Hi everyone
i would love to join your buddy thread, i always feel i need so much help on this diet because there are so many temptations lurking around and one bite can lead to disaster!!
A lil about me. My name is Jen and i live in London, UK. In 2006 i was really unwell and was weighing in at 25st i couldnt walk, could barely breathe and just felt like i was dying. I had to go into hospital where they put me on a strict diet and from that diet i lost almost a st in a week. After afew weeks the diet changed as my appetite changed and it was a pretty low carb diet but not exactly atkins. I went from 25st to 14st in year and a half and then i was getting some bad side affects like i was losing so much hair and it scared me into eating again. Thats when the weight piled on. To be honest i wasnt losing my hair from doing atkins, i was losing it because i was really extreme with my dieting. There were days when i wouldnt eat and other days i would just survive on a apple. Since about Oct/Nov 2007 ive gone from 14st.4lbs to 19st.3lbs
i feel so disappointed in myself that i let myself put on all that weight. So after several failed attempts at this since Nov 08 i only have just stated up again because i dont want to get any worst. Im on day 7 today
and so far have lost 6lbs which i am very happy about. I would be happy with a 2lb lost each week. Ive already calculated it out that if i lose 2lbs every week until xmas i would get down to my lowest!! *jumps for joy* its a long journey but i am so focused now. I am trying to retrain my thinking so that i stop seeing it as a diet and a way of life. I know everyone says that but i always got it in my head that i could diet reach my goal and then eat normally again, not possible!!!
Anyway sorry for the rambling, hope you dont mind me joining your thread.