Slim for Summer
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No official weigh in today as cdc is on holiday. I had a wee peak on my own scales and I am 11st 6lbs. That's 1lbs below my original target! Really pleased.
I did did think I would be finished by this time but I still feel I have more to lose and I want to do it whilst I am on a roll. I know that getting in the zone in future could be harder. So I'm deciding that 10st 7lbs is my new target - roughly another stone to go. If I feel happy at that weight I will then lose another 4lbs so that when I start eating carbs again and the water weight comes back, I'll have a little room to play with. So, on to the final phase!
I did did think I would be finished by this time but I still feel I have more to lose and I want to do it whilst I am on a roll. I know that getting in the zone in future could be harder. So I'm deciding that 10st 7lbs is my new target - roughly another stone to go. If I feel happy at that weight I will then lose another 4lbs so that when I start eating carbs again and the water weight comes back, I'll have a little room to play with. So, on to the final phase!
Melinwelin
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Amazing well done honey you just be delighted xz
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Hi Julie Just wanted to drop by to say hello and say thank you for stopping by my diary.Wow, look at you, missy! More than 4 and a half stones off - that's brilliant!
Might have to read through the whole of your diary to see how you kept yourself on track.
Thanks Lily! I'll check in at your diary every few days to see how you're doing. Great to have some company on this hard journey!
3.5lbs off at weigh in tonight. Little bit lower than I would like after 2 weeks but it was at night and I am normally weighed first thing in the morning. So I probably have 1-2 lbs of water onboard today. It will all balance out in time I'm sure. Next weigh in is Saturday morning, only 4 days away really. So not expecting too much.
Then on Saturday day afternoon I have a day out to celebrate my husbands birthday - off plan. I am looking forward to it cos there'll be wine (oh my god it's been too long!) but could honestly do without it. I am so focused on getting to 10 something within the next few weeks and this will definitely delay that a little. But I suppose that's life and I need to learn to have a blow out then get back on track.
Hopefully i I can get to 10 something in the next 3 weeks. That takes us to 3rd week in May when I then have a girlie weekend away. Again that will be off plan. Then I have various social occasions through June and holiday in july!! So I'll need to be really good in between all of these plans. But I suppose this is what life is going to be like from now on and I've got to get used to it.
not that I've met my first target of 11st 7lbs, I'm going to change to 10st 7lbs. I have a feeling I might want to go to 10st but will wait and see how I feel. So 12 lbs to my next target.
Then on Saturday day afternoon I have a day out to celebrate my husbands birthday - off plan. I am looking forward to it cos there'll be wine (oh my god it's been too long!) but could honestly do without it. I am so focused on getting to 10 something within the next few weeks and this will definitely delay that a little. But I suppose that's life and I need to learn to have a blow out then get back on track.
Hopefully i I can get to 10 something in the next 3 weeks. That takes us to 3rd week in May when I then have a girlie weekend away. Again that will be off plan. Then I have various social occasions through June and holiday in july!! So I'll need to be really good in between all of these plans. But I suppose this is what life is going to be like from now on and I've got to get used to it.
not that I've met my first target of 11st 7lbs, I'm going to change to 10st 7lbs. I have a feeling I might want to go to 10st but will wait and see how I feel. So 12 lbs to my next target.
Thanks Lily! at over 16st I was a size 20. I'm now a 14, occasionally a 12, but should be firmly a 12 in the next week or so I think. Size 14 has really passed me by. I've bought some things but have tried to only get what I need to be reasonably smart for work. I normally buy clothes most weeks as I like wearing new things! But I have been very restrained and only had a few blow outs throughout this process. Once I am a size 10, I'm going to go on a mad shopping spree!
Lily
Gold Member
3.5lbs off today taking the grand total to 5 st!!!!
Now I have a weekend off plan! Bad timing, I know, but it's well overdue! Aiming for 10 st 13 lbs in the next 2 weeks. It's been a looooong time since I saw 10 anything!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Oh wow, 5 stones! Well done!
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bettiesrevenge
Gold Member
Wow congratulations....how long did that take???? I can't see your signature on my phone
I started in Nov 14 but had 2 weeks off for xmas. So 5 and a half months. I've had the odd day or weekend off at times as well. Although I'm in a hurry to get to the end of this, I also didn't want to put life on hold completely.
Well, I had a weekend off plan, as planned! Honestly .... I can't wait to get back into ketosis.
We went out on Saturday afternoon, started with some cocktails and then for Thai food. I had breakfast with a little carbs as I knew I needed something in my tummy before drinking. Clearly it wasn't enough! I ended up a bit worse for wear and at home in bed for 7pm! I've had a drink whilst on this diet before but I must have overdone it this time with champagne cocktails, mojito and then some red wine. Couldn't finish my meal and could barely hold on whilst my husband finished his desert! I felt very ill and the whole thing was disposed of that evening .... That's the politest way I can say it.
Spent sunday on the couch with a hangover and started to feel better in the afternoon. We went out again on Sunday evening for a gourmet burger. Delicious but very heavy. Could only eat half.
Now i feel very bloated and my tummy aches. I miss being in ketosis and feeling light and lean. I've really been surprised this weekend. I worried that I would stop cwp and then be eating everything in sight (as I love to eat out, socialise, etc) but I honestly don't think I will. I much prefer being thinner and feeling light to having heavy food and feeling bloated. I really hope that feeling stays.
So Back to day 1 again today. I'm glugging down water like it's going out of fashion, have a coffee and will have a hot chocolate mint shake later before a day of shopping in town. Loads of walking around will help today too. I should feel better by end of the next few days. Ketosis .... Please come back, I miss you!!
We went out on Saturday afternoon, started with some cocktails and then for Thai food. I had breakfast with a little carbs as I knew I needed something in my tummy before drinking. Clearly it wasn't enough! I ended up a bit worse for wear and at home in bed for 7pm! I've had a drink whilst on this diet before but I must have overdone it this time with champagne cocktails, mojito and then some red wine. Couldn't finish my meal and could barely hold on whilst my husband finished his desert! I felt very ill and the whole thing was disposed of that evening .... That's the politest way I can say it.
Spent sunday on the couch with a hangover and started to feel better in the afternoon. We went out again on Sunday evening for a gourmet burger. Delicious but very heavy. Could only eat half.
Now i feel very bloated and my tummy aches. I miss being in ketosis and feeling light and lean. I've really been surprised this weekend. I worried that I would stop cwp and then be eating everything in sight (as I love to eat out, socialise, etc) but I honestly don't think I will. I much prefer being thinner and feeling light to having heavy food and feeling bloated. I really hope that feeling stays.
So Back to day 1 again today. I'm glugging down water like it's going out of fashion, have a coffee and will have a hot chocolate mint shake later before a day of shopping in town. Loads of walking around will help today too. I should feel better by end of the next few days. Ketosis .... Please come back, I miss you!!
No loss at weigh in today ..... Well 0.25lb! To be honest that's what I expected given I had a weekend off plan and then another meal (protein only) mid-week for a friends birthday. So on to a fresh week and a fresh bash at getting to 10 something. I'm determined to do it this week, even though I have another 2 social events with food!!! I am going to see if I can change one event to just coffee and then not drink at the other .... Just protein. Then I have another week until our girls spa weekend away. I am hoping I can do 6lbs in the next 2 weeks taking me to 10 st 10 lbs. that's doable I think! So .... Back on it and excited for the next new number!
I think I'm talking to myself on this diary but never mind. Anyway, the 10's are STILL not here! Why is it when you're near to getting that new number something gets in the way and makes you wait what seems like an eternity! My period is now due - although no major symptoms yet .... so not sure how close it actually is. I must be retaining a little water as I am still 11st after 2 days but my body feels thinner. I feel like the scales should be shifting but nope! I suppose the positive in this is that I would previously have gained up to 4 lbs or maybe more at this time of the month. But that seems to be much less these days.
Anyway, It will all balance out in the end and I will get to the 10's.
I was meeting a friend tonight and it was going to be dinner (which would have been protein only) but I changed it to coffee. So at least I feel like I have improved my chances of getting there this week. Although I have a meal out with friends on Friday that I can't get out of. I will pick at some chicken and try to eat very little but make it not noticeable hopefully. No drinks either. Then weekend after next I have a girls spa weekend away. Surely I can be a good few lbs lighter by then? There may be swimsuit action so praying I lose a little bit to boost my confidence a little. on the plus side, my skin is not too bad. I was worried about loose skin but it's been fine. As I lose, I get 'baggy' but it improves after a month or so. Then I lose more, get baggy then it improves. So I know it will probably be fine ultimately. I have ruined my skin over the years with weight fluctuation and there's nothing much I can do about the stretch marks but I can live with that. I have been overdosing on body butter, body balm, firming lotion, you name it. I do think it's all helping.
I am still motivated to get to target. I'm not coming this far and stopping. I see so many people on here who get close then decide to move up the steps before getting to target or try something new. Many end up back here. Who knows how I will go but I want to try to do this completely. Get to target then move up the steps, maintaining at each step before moving on. But I am starting to want target to just be here already. I've been here for 7 months doing this and, while it is a LOT quicker than other plans, it's still a long time without real and regular food. On the other hand, as long as I'm here and doing this, I am in control, not socialising with food all the time and most importantly not gaining. so do I want it to be done? Do I want to go back to counting calories and thinking about planning food? It's much easier to remove the choice and have my products. Not sure. But .... I don't need to think too much about it just now. I'm here till the job's done. No debate. So I'll carry on for now and face the future when it comes!!
Anyway, It will all balance out in the end and I will get to the 10's.
I was meeting a friend tonight and it was going to be dinner (which would have been protein only) but I changed it to coffee. So at least I feel like I have improved my chances of getting there this week. Although I have a meal out with friends on Friday that I can't get out of. I will pick at some chicken and try to eat very little but make it not noticeable hopefully. No drinks either. Then weekend after next I have a girls spa weekend away. Surely I can be a good few lbs lighter by then? There may be swimsuit action so praying I lose a little bit to boost my confidence a little. on the plus side, my skin is not too bad. I was worried about loose skin but it's been fine. As I lose, I get 'baggy' but it improves after a month or so. Then I lose more, get baggy then it improves. So I know it will probably be fine ultimately. I have ruined my skin over the years with weight fluctuation and there's nothing much I can do about the stretch marks but I can live with that. I have been overdosing on body butter, body balm, firming lotion, you name it. I do think it's all helping.
I am still motivated to get to target. I'm not coming this far and stopping. I see so many people on here who get close then decide to move up the steps before getting to target or try something new. Many end up back here. Who knows how I will go but I want to try to do this completely. Get to target then move up the steps, maintaining at each step before moving on. But I am starting to want target to just be here already. I've been here for 7 months doing this and, while it is a LOT quicker than other plans, it's still a long time without real and regular food. On the other hand, as long as I'm here and doing this, I am in control, not socialising with food all the time and most importantly not gaining. so do I want it to be done? Do I want to go back to counting calories and thinking about planning food? It's much easier to remove the choice and have my products. Not sure. But .... I don't need to think too much about it just now. I'm here till the job's done. No debate. So I'll carry on for now and face the future when it comes!!
Lily
Gold Member
I'm here! I don't know what's been going on with this site but I couldn't get on last night or this afternoon for a while.
I have had pretty much all the thoughts you're having. First time around I lost 5 and a half stone in 6 months (it really slowed down once my BMI dropped under 30 - frustrating.com). And then I went on holiday. It wasn't that I came off the plan completely after that - I just lost focus. I started eating things I shouldn't. Chocolate found its way back into my life, along with pizza. And you think you're going to be able to stop, to rein it in. And some weeks I did, some I didn't. I carried on seeing my consultant for a long time, all the while watching the scales creep back up. Bizarrely, I felt fatter at a stone above my lowest weight than I had at my highest ŵeight (obviously I'd love to be back there now!).
And then the mind games start. You manage to persuade yourself that it's time to give up on Cambridge, because after all, surely it's not healthy to be on it forever. And of course, well meaning friends and family beg you to stop "that stupid diet" because it makes them uncomfortable when you don't partake in the BBQ they're having. They'll go along with it when you're really fat because they worry about you being big, but when you look more acceptable (even if you still have miles to go before hitting a healthy BMI) the support goes away. And worse, you feel embarrassed that you're still doing the diet and getting nowhere. It all adds up to finally giving up.
Bur as I've often said here, Cambridge ruins you for all other diets. Nothing else is as fast or as rewarding. The returners come back not because the diet failed, but because they remember it was the one diet that actually worked (because it was the one they had to stick to for the least amount of time to get great results!).
All diets work. It's the individuals who find it hard to get it right. If you go to any of the other forums here - SW, WW, low carb, 5:2 (there are many!) you'll find just as many returners, probably more! And actually, as time frames go, you're probably talking about the same length of time of commitment on the various plans - it's just you can lose a lot more weight in 4m on Cambridge than you can on WW or SW.
Not sure where I'm going with this.
Probably just to say, you've done so amazingly well - and to say, don't be too hard on yourself. It's likely not to be plain sailing, keeping the weight off. What's really good is that you're thinking about this now.And those 10s will make an appearance really soon!
I'm here! I don't know what's been going on with this site but I couldn't get on last night or this afternoon for a while.
I have had pretty much all the thoughts you're having. First time around I lost 5 and a half stone in 6 months (it really slowed down once my BMI dropped under 30 - frustrating.com). And then I went on holiday. It wasn't that I came off the plan completely after that - I just lost focus. I started eating things I shouldn't. Chocolate found its way back into my life, along with pizza. And you think you're going to be able to stop, to rein it in. And some weeks I did, some I didn't. I carried on seeing my consultant for a long time, all the while watching the scales creep back up. Bizarrely, I felt fatter at a stone above my lowest weight than I had at my highest ŵeight (obviously I'd love to be back there now!).
And then the mind games start. You manage to persuade yourself that it's time to give up on Cambridge, because after all, surely it's not healthy to be on it forever. And of course, well meaning friends and family beg you to stop "that stupid diet" because it makes them uncomfortable when you don't partake in the BBQ they're having. They'll go along with it when you're really fat because they worry about you being big, but when you look more acceptable (even if you still have miles to go before hitting a healthy BMI) the support goes away. And worse, you feel embarrassed that you're still doing the diet and getting nowhere. It all adds up to finally giving up.
Bur as I've often said here, Cambridge ruins you for all other diets. Nothing else is as fast or as rewarding. The returners come back not because the diet failed, but because they remember it was the one diet that actually worked (because it was the one they had to stick to for the least amount of time to get great results!).
All diets work. It's the individuals who find it hard to get it right. If you go to any of the other forums here - SW, WW, low carb, 5:2 (there are many!) you'll find just as many returners, probably more! And actually, as time frames go, you're probably talking about the same length of time of commitment on the various plans - it's just you can lose a lot more weight in 4m on Cambridge than you can on WW or SW.
Not sure where I'm going with this.
And those 10s will make an appearance really soon!
thanks Lily. Firstly it's good to know someone is out there and listening. ��
You make a lot of sense in everything you've said. The journey you describe with the creeping weight and mind games is what I think I'm scared of I think. on a previous occasion, I lost c. 3 stone (just on my own, no specific plan) which was not nearly enough and had me at c. 12.5 St. I didn't finish by getting to a healthy weight, thought I looked better and relaxed. Of course, most of it went back on and the even scarier thing was that I didn't really consciously notice. That scares the life out of me. Cambridge is amazing and to some degree I can see it being part of my life for a long time.
But I am really desperate to stay where I am and to not have to muster the strength to do this all over again. It takes some amount of mental strength to do. Everyone on here losing weight and sticking to plan is seriously strong. It's hard .... But the results are amazing. Truly life changing in my mind. I think I need to accept that it has to be control for the rest of my life. There is no 'back to normal' as that's a slippery slope. I think I thought the weight loss was the hard bit then you were done. Not sure I've come to terms with the fact you're never done really.
but I do know that I love where I am and want to try very hard to maintain (once I get to goal, I'm not done). I need to think about how I keep myself in check. Like you said, getting weighed regularly and some other strategies to keep me consciously aware of my weight. Will have to give it some thought.
The good news is that the 10's appeared this morning! It's a miracle! Its a miracle! Have a great day. X
