I've tried lots of diets over the years. Up until I was 30 I always managed to control my weight with dieting - I'd put on 1/2 stone or stone, go on a diet and lose it and this kept me fairly slim although I've always had the tendency to put weight on.
When I turned 30 however, the diets stopped working and I piled on the weight. I tried WW, lost 8lbs and then nothing for months. I went on Atkins and lost 3 stones to take me to about a stone away from my target, then it stopped working. I put all that on again and when I went back on it lost an initial 1/2 stone and then nothing. I did Scottish Slimmers and lost nothing. I got xenical & lost 8lb and then nothing else. I did F2 and lost nothing. I tried appetite suppressants and think they were placebos. Last year I did SW and was loving it losing 1lb a week and lost a stone and 1/2. I was delighted but then my weight loss stopped with that too and for about 4 or 5 months of sticking to the diet I lost nothing.
This has all been terribly depressing for me as I always stuck to the diets but with months of not losing I finally gave up and started eating too much again, outting more weight on.
I am terrified this happens to me with CD. But it doesn't seem to do this with this diet. Finally the dream of being slim feels more like it could become a reality for me. Which is absolutely amazing.
What are your experiences of diets and why do you prefer CD? Have any of you done diets, stuck to them and they stopped working? Or is that just me? I'd love to hear what people's experiences were and hopefully find that CD works for everyone.
When I turned 30 however, the diets stopped working and I piled on the weight. I tried WW, lost 8lbs and then nothing for months. I went on Atkins and lost 3 stones to take me to about a stone away from my target, then it stopped working. I put all that on again and when I went back on it lost an initial 1/2 stone and then nothing. I did Scottish Slimmers and lost nothing. I got xenical & lost 8lb and then nothing else. I did F2 and lost nothing. I tried appetite suppressants and think they were placebos. Last year I did SW and was loving it losing 1lb a week and lost a stone and 1/2. I was delighted but then my weight loss stopped with that too and for about 4 or 5 months of sticking to the diet I lost nothing.
This has all been terribly depressing for me as I always stuck to the diets but with months of not losing I finally gave up and started eating too much again, outting more weight on.
I am terrified this happens to me with CD. But it doesn't seem to do this with this diet. Finally the dream of being slim feels more like it could become a reality for me. Which is absolutely amazing.
What are your experiences of diets and why do you prefer CD? Have any of you done diets, stuck to them and they stopped working? Or is that just me? I'd love to hear what people's experiences were and hopefully find that CD works for everyone.
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