my cambridge diet journey! UPDATED post 1 2/12/09

[lollylou1]

so where do i start this could be a long story to begin with.

My name is Lou, im 25 and currently have a baby girl who is 7 months old. whilst TTC i weighed 20 stone 6.5 pounds
After 18 months of TTC and many tests i realised i had to do anything i could to help with getting pregnant and i knew i had to start with my weight.
i had previously done all the traditional diets such as weight watchers, slimming world and rosemary connely, i had done calorie counting but nothing seemed to work for me, i found out about the cambridge diet and made an appointment.

i started the diet November 2007 and after 21 weeks on the diet i had lost 6 stone!!!! and got my

brief discription about the diet for anyone who hasnt heard of it, i had 3 meal replacement drinks or bars a day and lots of water!!! it totals around 400 cals

i had to immediately stop when i got my so began eating normal food again, t think to begin with i did eat crap because i hadnt eaten for so long plus all i wanted to eat was sausage sandwiches so it was inevitable that i was going to gain weight, throughout my whole pregnancy i refused to weigh myself, once i actually gave birth i started to feel myself gain weight everywhere!!!
i had always said i would return to the cambridge diet as soon as was allowed this was 12 weeks post birth so on 22nd february 2009 i went straight back to my counsellor and started again the down side of this was when i got weighed i was 20 stone 4.5 pounds i was devastated but wouldnt have changed it as i had a beautiful baby to show for it.

Anyway i have now been on the diet 19 weeks i have lost 5 stone 6.5 pounds in that time, i will post a before picture, its an awful picture but its my motivation!!! that was taken the day i started the diet and i VOW to never be that person again!!!

if you have read so far then thank you

i should have kept this from the beginning but i want to get to goal so badly and want to have something i can write in and moan when im feeling starving hungry like now as im due on!!!

Lou
xxx

this is me before weighing my heaviest!!!
https://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm2/lollylou1_2008/fat1.jpg

THIS WAS ME TODAY!!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=9775336&id=678415033

so i have added a new pic which shows my total weight loss from start to end!!!

https://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm2/lollylou1_2008/beforeafter.jpg

 

[lollylou1]

so this is me after 15 weeks on the diet wearing the same jeans and tshirt (different colour) as in the first picture

Lou
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15 weeks on the diet
https://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm2/lollylou1_2008/Aweek15.jpg

 

[lollylou1]

this is me in week 18!! i had lost 5 stone 2.5 pounds when this picture was taken last wednesday night!!

Lou
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18 weeks
https://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm2/lollylou1_2008/SDC11295.jpg

 

[mrscookie]

oh Lou!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats flippin fantastic!!!!!! You look brilliant!
I know when I met you I thought you looked great, But I didnt know what you looked like before, and now I have seen, you look soooo good!!
Well done hun
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i need to do this diet! My will power is shit, any advice?
lolxx

 

[lollylou1]

lol, its bloody hard going, im struggling so badly today as i feel starving due to being due on but i cant praise it enough, i am hoping to become a cambridge diet counsellor when i am finished as this diet has changed my life in many ways, i couldnt be happier with it, i want to be able to help others who want to lose the weight and when i look at those pictures i feel unter disgust in the first one but feel so proud of myself when i look at the others

Lou
xxx

 

[nessajane]

Like i said yest hun!! you look great you should be so proud of yourself x x

 

[princess_bump]

wow wow wow and wow again sweetie! you've done soooo amazingly! well done! you look beautiful xx

 

[Kimboowee]

Wow - you look fantastic. I've started a diet today and you've inspired me!!!

*Runs off to start a journal*

 

[bambikate]

WOW!!!!!!!!! Lou you look fab well done you must have got amazing willpower to do that diet - I couldn't do it! Well done hun you should be very proud of yourself and annabelle looks so grown up in the last pic!!!! x x

 

[embo216]

How Amazing do you look hun! xx

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Wow! Lou you look fabulous - well done!!! You're stunning.
xxx

 

[babezone]

u look fab hun well done xxxxxxxxx

 

[kaykay]

wow u look fantastic! how do I start this diet? do you have to weigh a certain amount before your allowed to go on this diet? x

 

[leedsforever]

THAT IS AMAZING HUNNI!!!!!!!!!

well done you

 

[juliew2561]

Unbelievable Lou!

You must be made of steel! Keep up the good work and I hope you get to your target weight! Dont get too thin though!! And I definitely think you should become a cambridge diet counsellor, you are living proof that it works!

You should be realy proud of yourself!

Jools XX

 

[lollylou1]

Thank u all so much for the replies they are very much appreciated, i know i have a hell of a long way to go yet but hopefully i can do it.

I have to be able to complete this diet for Annabelle, i want to be able to enjoy her life with her, i fear she will look at me and be ashamed of what she sees and i dont want that for her, i want to be able to take her to do different things like the themem park and cant do that if i cant fit my fat arse in the seats.

i want to have a child who can be proud of her mummy

Lou
xxx

 

[Elli21]

wow!! u look amazing Lou! x

 

[Beltane]

You look fantastic! Go you!

 

[Georgie90]

WOW!!!
You have done blimmin fantastic!
xxx

 

[Lil_Gem_1989]

Wow thats amazing! Well done x