I wrote this on my blog a little while back:
The Turning Point..
There was quite a few 'turning points' for me when I finally knew I had to do something about my weight, looking back now, I felt quite hopeless about losing weight and had done so for many years. The Cambridge Diet gives hope to the hopelessness, I truly believe that. It is totally amazing.
1. When I saw my best mate who had shed loads of weight on LL and was brimming with happiness. Before that day, I thought that these kind's of diets were ludacrus. When I knew that she was on it, I did initially ask a few questions, but put it to the back of my mind thinking that 'it was too drastic' however, it kept coming back into my mind and when I saw her after a few months, I couldnt believe how much weight she had lost. She gave me hope.
2. I was coming up to being 30 years old and feeling really fearful about it and not knowing why. I eventually realised that it was because I was scared of weighing the same as my age and ending up being one of those people on Discovery Health who couldnt get out of their house and needed the fire brigade. Because I started this diet at the beginning of March, when my 30th came at the end of March, I was so happy because I had lost over a stone already, and I knew that by the time I was 31, there was no way I would be obese.
3. The only shop I have ever been able to shop in for the last 10 years is Evans 'the fat shop' Early Jan 08, I realised that the biggest clothes in Evans were getting too small, that size 32 didnt fit anymore and I was scared that I wouldnt have anywhere to buy clothes. I would go to the shop and instead of looking at the item I would look at the clothes size first and then when I found a size 32, I would then look at what it looked like. Even if I didnt like it I would get it anyway becase 'it fit'
Today - 19th July 2008
I went into Evans today and the manager who knows me really well looked at me quite shocked and then asked me if I had lost a lot of weight because I didnt look like me and she didnt at first recognise me. I was well chuffed to say the least. To me, I am still obese. A size 22 now from a size 32 which is great, but still obese to say the least. But the look on her face was priceless and genuine and a real 'turning point' in my weightloss journey.
This diet has given me my life back and so much more. I feel so happy about my future and I cant wait to get to my target.