What Made You Take the Plunge

[fluffycat09]

Im getting married next year and am determined to have a size 12 wedding dress. We want to start a family soon after that and I dont want to end up another 3+ stone heavier.

I want to be able to go shopping without gettng upset and spending the rest of the day crying about it, I want to go out for dinner and not think people are starring at me to see what I am eating, I dont want to be the fattest girl at work, my H2B loves me whatever but I want him to think i'm hot!

Brilliant reasons, loving the resturant one... I think people look at fat people having desert and think. 'fat cow, she shouldn't be eating that'.........

You will be steaming on your wedding night, I forcast the hottest newly wed on the beach.....

 

[fluffycat09]

for me its just to look better for myself were i can look in the mirror and not crying for once.

and showing my husband that i can be slim and sexy again as hes told me to lose the weight or him.

but im no longer doing it for him its for me i want to be more healthy., im starting on tuesday when i get bak home

What........... what a total arse...... Lose weight or lose him.,..... you are joking.......... total ****.......... do you love him very much?

You do it for yourself honey and if you find you don't love him, dress up to the nines and dump him.... bloody hell, can't believe someone would say that.

 

[fluffycat09]

For me it was all about wanting to stop hiding away, to stop feeling like I have to be a different person because I was fat.

I want to have the self confidence to go to the beach and not hide my body in a towel, I want to be able to say "this is me, and I am what I am"

Do you want to swagger down the beach in a bikini and know you look fab, we don't have to look like pammy or some other beach babe, but to feel fab does it.
Men you know prefer someone who is sensual than someone who is cold... swing those hips on the beach..... doesn't matter if they are a little larger than a 10.... as long as you swagger.....

 

[Gracey]

Well for me the underlying reason is that I want to have children soon - and my partner does too, but wants me to be a healthy weight too before we start. I have been trying for a long time with limited success. What kicked off the CD idea again though was buying a dress for my 30th birthday party in 8 weeks time...a size too small. So I guess it started as an idea to lose weight for my party but now that I have started I can't see a reason not to CD all the way to my goal weight.

 

[Water_Melon]

I deserve to be happy....

I'm doing this as being fat/overweight does not make me happy....
I want to wear my clothes, I dont want to hide at home stuffing my face as I feel that is all I am good enough for, I want to enjoy other peoples company and socialise rather than comparing my overweight frame to everyone else's in the room, I want this for me most importantly! I no longer want food as my best friend! xx xx

 

[fluffycat09]

I'm doing this as being fat/overweight does not make me happy....
I want to wear my clothes, I dont want to hide at home stuffing my face as I feel that is all I am good enough for, I want to enjoy other peoples company and socialise rather than comparing my overweight frame to everyone else's in the room, I want this for me most importantly! I no longer want food as my best friend! xx xx

Oh I can so relate to that

 

[Hudson]

It's a few things for me - I started working at a massive health company last year and I have to talk to doctors everyday about ways to keep healthy (I'm a press officer so I write press releases and articles) and it makes me feel so bad when they talk about the risks of heart disease etc. I just got married too, and while mt husband thinks I am the most beautiful thing on the planet (think he must be blind!), I don't want to be his fat wife, or leave him behind because I die early from something horrible.

All my firends are tiny as well, and I feel like the fat one when we go out! I want to be able to wear the nice dresses an tops that they were, but feel I always have to wear something black, long, with sleeves!

I am also quite tall, 5' 11'', and I feel humungous next to slim people!

Bring it on, I will be a size 12 soon!!

JH x

 

[Nibbles]

I just want to be "me" again. I don't want to be this frumpy, fat mummy (frumpy cos I wear clothes to hide). I want to be sexy, sassy and confident

I also want to have more energy and be a healthy weight. When I have lost my weight I plan to buy some killer heels and some sexy undies!

I think the turning point for me was wearing a size 18 and all my clothes being tight I just couldn't face going up another size so decided to take it in hand! Here I am only two weeks later and a stone lighter!! Bring it on..... lol!

Ditto, ditto, ditto, all of the above posts.
Lurking in the 100%, rather than the Maintenance sub-forum.
Being back in a size 10 has so boosted how i feel about myself.
Buying new clothes and undies has been great.
My new work uniform feels so smart, especially after deciding to do the Cambridge Diet instead of getting a new size 16 uniform.
Three months after starting the diet, work issued me with a size 10.
And five months later, it all still fits, having managed to maintain within a 2-4 lb margin.

The best decision made >>>> The Cambridge Diet

 

[lisalulu]

What made me take the plunge...? Kept bugging my H2b to show me the piccies that were taken by a photographer from his works xmas party but he kept putting me off. I eventually emailed one of his colleagues and she sent them. I looked HUGE!! My h2b had kept them from me as to not upset me- but it made me feel worse. I'm keeping a copy of that pic as my 'before' picture and am gunna make next years xmas do piccies my 'after' ones

 

[emma237]

For me its a mixture of reasons. Firstly for my health as i was struggling with day to day things. Secondly for confidence, self esteem reasons. Also for my son as i feel he has missed out with me being the size i am/was. I would also love to have another baby and unfortunatly 5 months ago i had a miscarriage - which i have put down to my size, so eventually once i have lost all my weight i would love to try again for another baby. Obviously buying clothes from "normal shops" would be so good - something ive not been able to do for over 10yrs!! I am mainly doing this for me though and to get the fun person that i used to be back! x

 

[exp107]

I'm doing it for me, no other reason really I don't care what other people think of me I have been overweight my entire adult life although it wasn't til I gave up work when I had son 2 that it really got out of hand :sigh: well now I'm getting things back under control for me, so I feel better about me

 

[fluffycat09]

What made me take the plunge...? Kept bugging my H2b to show me the piccies that were taken by a photographer from his works xmas party but he kept putting me off. I eventually emailed one of his colleagues and she sent them. I looked HUGE!! My h2b had kept them from me as to not upset me- but it made me feel worse. I'm keeping a copy of that pic as my 'before' picture and am gunna make next years xmas do piccies my 'after' ones

Ahh what a sweet hubby.
Can't wait to see next years with the year befores....

 

[fluffycat09]

I'm doing it for me, no other reason really I don't care what other people think of me I have been overweight my entire adult life although it wasn't til I gave up work when I had son 2 that it really got out of hand :sigh: well now I'm getting things back under control for me, so I feel better about me

Good for you...:happy096:
Tell me what is CD W8, are you doing two diets.., Im just nosy. sorry....

 

[efk]

I'm doing it for myself, I'm 28 this year and still single (not that that bothers me, I can please myself, come and go as I like, stay in my pjs all day if I like - my Mum used to tell me off for that when I lived at home!), I love my friends to pieces but used to feel awful when I'd be out with them, they'd look lovely in their River Island/ Topshop clothes etc and I'd be there in Evans finest! I used to think that they were embarrassed to be seen with me, even though I knew that they are the best friends in the world and it didn't bother them in the slightest.

I've wanted to join the Navy for about three years and kept saying 'yeah I'll lose the weight' and being good for a couple of weeks and then giving up. My Grandad died 3 weeks before Christmas and he had been a sailor, I struggled to get into the seatbelt on the plane on the way up to the funeral and resolved that I would lose the weight and join the Navy to make Grandad proud. I only have to lose two and a half stone now (and get fit!!) before I can be considered but I am so determined this time. My Gran met my Grandad while they were both in the Navy and she is very proud why I am doing this diet.

I also have another reason too, my sister is expecting in October and I want to be able to run around after my new niece or nephew!

Thank you to everyone for sharing your stories with us all.

 

[tillyfloss]

For me, a lot of things have happened in my life over the years creating a feeling of being part of other peoples lives rather than in control of my own.
Now I am seperating from my husband, am 40 and have decided that I will no longer be the fat friend who makes others feel good about themselves. I want to be healthier, I want to banish polyester trousers from my wardrobe forever and wear clothes that look good instead of clothes that jsut about fit.
I want to have even better sex and not be worried about squashing my man . And most importantly I want to find the person who is inside me who is happy and confident, and who is in control of my life and who is an excellent role model for the children..

x

 

[Watergirl]

For me it was my beach holiday last year. I felt so sad and unattractive, convinced that my bf found everyone else more attractive than me, despite him insisting not.
I'm tired of my opinion about myself affecting my relationships with people.
Before CD I remember saying to my bf that I'd rather be dead than fat for the rest of my life.

 

[Trolley Dolly xx]

For so long I have not like myself very much and I know this has effected pretty much everything in my life. I want to have a full and fun life now.
Fed up of feeling like a fat munchkin in my work uniform, have heard comments from people as I dont fit the image of a air hostess!! No more!! Mind you have dropped 4 sizes now, two to go. yey.
If I love me....maybe one day I meet Mr right...but till then want to have a lot of fun and shopping along the way....find the real me.
Good luck everyone xxxxxxxx

 

[Angela83]

For me it was trying on size 20 trousers and not being able to get into them, i decided to loose the weight instead of buying bigger clothes. I want to be a healthy role model for my little boy and if it happens again I want to look pregnant and not just fat if I have another baby. I grew up with my mum who was always trying to loose weight, I don't want to look back in 25 years and wish that Id lost weight, I want to do it NOW and keep it off!

 

[drlarios]

For me it was my GP saying that it would not be possible to lose weight with an underactive thyroid and that I would just have to be careful and expect to gradually get bigger as my metabolic rate was about 800 calories. I shifted all my 10 and 12 clothes out the wardrobe and went to the personal shopper in Debenhams for a new size 16/18 wardrobe. It was so much harder buying clothes I felt nice in but I managed it eventually. My cardiologist then said that my incresed weight was not helping my angina. I thought "you know what, I don't have to accept this, I don't like having a role of fat round my middle and my legs sticking together at the top. If my metabolic rate is low I'll just have to eat lower than that to lose the excess weight" After that I know it will be an ongoing struggle and maybe I'll be on and off it for the rest of my life but if that's what it takes to be healthy and slim then I think its probably a price worth paying.

 

[drlarios]

I've just got to get through day 1 first!