Struggling near target...join us for encouragment

[miss jelly tot]

Thanks Crazy, I shouldn't look at other diets, sleepy calls it food porn and it's so true on this diet.

Oohh on a positive note, weighed myself today and have lost exactly 10lbs since Tuesday restarting SS. Wahoooo!!

Well done bet you are so happy. Makes the holiday treats worth it.

 

[crazylilblondie]

Thanks Crazy, I shouldn't look at other diets, sleepy calls it food porn and it's so true on this diet.
Well done bet you are so happy. Makes the holiday treats worth it.

Food porn haha love it!
Hmm the treats still dont seem worth it - though I did have some amazing food, I just binged on food I didnt really enjoy for the sake of it. Wish id just had a few treats and then I could of done 810 this week instead.. but alas it was not to be!

 

[trisha]

never mind trip, it happens to us all. I'd did okay yesterday, but today went to a christening and although I resisted the pasties etcI did have a tiny little taste of oh carrot cake:copon:so its day 1 again tomorrow:break_diet:

 

[hels123smiles]

Damn it, Ive eaten loads too! I have stuck to healthyish choices (apart from a bit of mash) but eaten plenty of it. Grrrrrrrrrr!
I may have to go back to SS eating just complicates stuff!

 

[hels123smiles]

Im such an idiot. I have just binged on 3 bourbons and a muller fruit corner. Id so hoped on loosing the last 5lbs before DH comes home and we WI on Friday morning. Sod it. Its more likely to be 7lbs now. SLAP ME :copon:
Im going back on SS tomorrow. I want to get to 9st (so 13lbs to loose) before holidays (11 June) so if I put weight on I will still be in target (9st 7lbs)
I just want to get out of this habit of binging. I thought with having a CDC I might be able to able to discuss my food obsession and habits, but its not been possible. :sigh:

I hope everyone else has had a more productive weekend. xx

 

[Katycakes]

Hi folks... in Sydney now and checking in for moral support! I am feeling really adrift without CD and it seems I'm not the only one struggling. I envy you the 'safety blanket' of SS but I suppose it is hard to go back to & stick to, face it, everything is hard at this stage.

Hels, don't be too hard on yourself... what seems like a binge now is probably very different to the old-style binges, if you are anything like me. Sooo hard to do Cd if you don't like quorn, I didn't eat it at al before but love it now. It does fill you up. Feel like I am made of quorn now, & miss it loads because you don't really come across it when 'away'. Had pasta for lunch today and have been consumed by guilt ever since. I am tending to eat brekky & lunch & skipping tea, feels very scary without the CD steps to cling to. Anyway, Sydney is awesome, and work is good so far... will check in again when I can, but stay strong folks, you CAN do it. So close. Just a few steps more...

xxx

 

[hels123smiles]

Awww bless you KC giving advice from Sydney!! Your a treasure.I was only saying to my DH today how I dont know what Ill do with out CD, I keep trying to take a step up but I like the safety net of CD. This is a massivve test for you KC, i think if you can do it there you will be well equipt for when you get home, see it as a challenge......can you be the only person ever to go away and not gain?? You can do it, make informed sensible choices where you can your doing fantastic already, well done!!!!!!!!Your right though, my binge last night was no where near like what I used to do, and I would have been well under 1500 cals through out the day with out doubt so not all bad.Im back on track today, half of me cant wait to finish with CD but the other half doesnt know quite how Ill cope?? i wont manage the maintenance plans and was hoping to stick on 810 till hols (11th June) then go on to SW when i get back to loose excess and maintain and just to be able to eat!!!! wHAT DO YOU THINK??

 

[miss jelly tot]

Katy your doing so well to stick to the healthier options. Alot of people would us the holiday as an excuse to eat but you seem well in control. Hope any days off you are enjoying with sight seeing.

i wont manage the maintenance plans and was hoping to stick on 810 till hols (11th June) then go on to SW when i get back to loose excess and maintain and just to be able to eat!!!! wHAT DO YOU THINK??

Your so on my level at the moment. I have already been and fetched the SW books. I keep saying I will switch when i hit target but just can't seem to get there. This morning I had put on a lb because it's totm. It's really depressing me and food at the mo is torture. I have decided that SW is def my option for maintaing as I love pasta, potatoes, rice and on CD I feel food has to be limited and counted, I take my hat off to the people who can do it. Don't get me wrong I love CD for getting me here but it's making me down and moody. Sorry everyone moan over.

I do agree that it seems like all our binges are nothing like what they used to be, a bit of carrott cake or mash is nothing in the 'wide world' but in CD it makes us all feel as if we have been bad.........

 

[hels123smiles]

Trip, if you run over to the SW board let me know!!! Ill be your buddy lol!I agree with you when you say CD is planned and limited, it is driving me mad I want to be in control of choosing healthy choices now and am going to really cane it the next 3 weeks to get to target, enjoy my hols and come back to start SW to loose the gained lbs and maintainYou have done so well hun, 5 months of Cambridge and a fab loss, bloomin good going, hats off to you!!KC, i cant wait to hear all about your trip, i went to OZ in 99 for a year and am looking forward to hearing about all the places you visited! Your doing so well, there are some amazing eateries in OZ!

 

[trisha]

only just managed to get on internet as it has been very slow or down since I got home from work.

Thanks for the advice katy,

hels I too am scared how I'll manage without cd, especially when I put on weight with only small cheats on cd, how will I cope when I'm eating normally again. I think I.m going to try and stick to low gi foods.

trip I also love pasta and rice, but I know that they make me bloated and put on weight if I eat too much of them, so when I finally finish cd I'm going to limit them, especially ay first

 

[hels123smiles]

OMG Trip............look how close you are to target............GO FOR IT!

 

[miss jelly tot]

Thanks Hels and Trisha :grouphugg:
Im feeling alot more positive today. Yesterday I ate low fat crisps, a skinny cow sandwich ice cream and quork (very low fat cheese) extra and this morning I lost another lb , whats that all about lol.
We are all so close and can do it. We may have our down days but do we stuff ourselves silly like we used to, I know I don't and have CD to thanks for that.

Trip, if you run over to the SW board let me know!!! Ill be your buddy lol!

When I get to target hopefully in a week or so I will be. I am going to try and slowly combine the two. I have read that if you swap straight over some people have sts on the first week then lost on the second. I'll let you know:wavey:

 

[crazylilblondie]

It's times like this that make it worth it.

After my disasterous binge eating holiday break, I went back on SS for a week. 1 week weigh in this morning and Ive lost 11.6lb!!! I dont believe it! Bare in mind i put on 8.8lbs on holiday, though I do believe alot of it was water weight and Ive hardly lost that amount in fat! Just glad the scales are back where they should be, and im almost 3lbs LIGHTER than before the holiday! I tell you though this week was deffo harder than the first time round, tears have been shed!

Anyways happy happy happy!! and 5lbs to go arrgghhh!!!

 

[Sizzlingjo]

Morning Ladies, sorry not on yesterday went shopping for holiday clothes, and I have brought a beautiful tunic top that is a size 14, which is great for me in one way as that was all i ever wanted to be ( started at a size 22 !!)0 but i am 5" 11", got weighed yesterday and put on 2.5lb so not moving in the right direction, finding it so hard to stick on the plan ( going away in 19 days) and still need to lose at least 11lbs (ideally 17lbs to be below target - to include tolerance !!!) dont think I am ever going to get there and feel such a failure every day thinking this is the day .................

 

[miss jelly tot]

Well done Crazy thats a great loss

I tell you though this week was deffo harder than the first time round, tears have been shed!

So so true.
Sizzing don't be hard on yourself look how far you have come. You have lost a quarter of you!! (25.1%) Your also in the size you wanted to be, congratulations. In the grand scheme of things 2lb is nothing (although in our heads it is) and hopefully you will lose that easily.

 

[ruthontheedge]

Hiya everyone

Well i have about stone n half to get to my 'ideal' weight. I always said when i started i wanted to be a 14 / 16 which is what i am now but i think that if i stop cd and just eat sensibly i'm a failure and have given up - isn't your mind a funny thing! i know i feel proud of the fact i have lost 4 n half stone since november :happy096:and love how i feel better in myself both physically and mentally but i am also terrified that i will pile weight back on as i have been doing a couple of weeks of eating light meals on an evening and my weight has stayed still. But i also think i may have been taking the pee a bit and eating other stuff so own fault!
I am going back on shakes and bars only for a couple of weeks before my cd counsellor goes on holiday for 3 AAAGGGGHHHH!!! This way i hope to loose a good bit.
I really want to proove to myself that i can do it. I think for all these years i have been depressed by my weight i don't want to be a failure again - god i'm depressing myself!!

Also when i tell people that i want to loose another stone they are like - oooh you have lost enough! Can't bloody win can you??:sigh: When your fat you have to loose it and when you do your losing too much!!

Also physillis husk thingys - going to have to try them as been having major probs in that department.

Well rant over - sorry to babble on. Any reponses would be appreciated.
x

 

[hels123smiles]

Hi and welcome Ruthontheedge!!! You have done fantastically! Id just tell those people that go on about you loosing more that you want to be in a 'healthy' BMI range. You sound just like the rest of us on here, I cant belive how hard it is when your so close..........bloody food complictes EVERYTHING!

OMG CRAZY!!!!!! you are just amazing lol!!!! I hope I do as well on and after my hols! You are so close now!

Trip, Im so glad your feeling more positive now.

I have decided. I am going to go for it on 810 and do the best I can until I go on hols. When I come back Im going to go to SW, as I will be used to eating and will hopefully be around target. Will they let you join with BMI of 23??

Does it sound like a plan?

Right Im going rowing...... urghh! xxxxxxx

 

[trisha]

welcome Ruth you've come to the right place for support and encouragement.

Well done on the loss crazy

Sizzing don't be hard on yourself, we've all found it hard to stick to the plan at times especially me

Trip glad you're feeling more positive, I am as well but still finding it quite hard not to pick. My daughter made tea for herself and hubby tonight so I wasn't tempted, and I had a shower while they ate it. I stuck to my tomato soup

 

[miss jelly tot]

Well done trish for not giving in, thats the hardest part. I don't know about everyone else but when I start eating then I can't stop, so would be better to not start at all (untill I needed too.)

Welcome Ruth and congratulatons on how far you have come so far. I'm sure some times people comment just because they are jealous. They seem to give out negatives when you do something so positive for some reason??

Hels SW don't go on BMI. On your height the lowest acceptable target weight is 8 stone 1lb! As long as you have more than 7lb to lose to your own personal target, that you set, you can join.

 

[hels123smiles]

Fab, thanks Trip. x