Yvessa
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone,
Having bored my partner to death about the ins and outs of the milk diet I have decided to start a diary and started with a hideously long post.
My weight has been an issue for as long as I remember; in high school I started to see dieticians and my doctor was worried about my weight. My confidence was really low at school, I was bullied and generally very unhappy.
I moved to a new school and for a while was happier and with going to the gym and eating one meal a day I did lose weight and got down to a size 16 at 18 years old!
Slowly, year by year the weight has piled on in fits and starts and despite always trying a new diet I became more and more immobile.
I had my daughter in 2002 at 21stone and over the last 9 years have put on another 9 stone, despite starting a new and fairly active career.
I finally decided after Christmas that I needed more help than any diet could give me and if I didn't do something drastic I would lose the ability to live the life that I had worked so hard to build. I wanted to be a more involved mum and a healthier person. But above all, I wanted people to see me, rather than a fat person. Even people who know me and like me still see the fat person first; I can't blame them. So do I!
I was quite lucky, my GP was very supportive and he pushed me through the funding process very quickly. He appealed and I got funding; he was so excited he even phoned me to tell me!
I was referred on the 25th of August, got my first appointment on the 9th of September and then the triple on the 26th.
After my first week of the milk diet, according to my scales I have lost 13lb! I can't quite believe it and am waiting for the other shoe to drop. But still, for the first time in a decade, I feel a trickle of hope.
Yve
Having bored my partner to death about the ins and outs of the milk diet I have decided to start a diary and started with a hideously long post.
My weight has been an issue for as long as I remember; in high school I started to see dieticians and my doctor was worried about my weight. My confidence was really low at school, I was bullied and generally very unhappy.
I moved to a new school and for a while was happier and with going to the gym and eating one meal a day I did lose weight and got down to a size 16 at 18 years old!
Slowly, year by year the weight has piled on in fits and starts and despite always trying a new diet I became more and more immobile.
I had my daughter in 2002 at 21stone and over the last 9 years have put on another 9 stone, despite starting a new and fairly active career.
I finally decided after Christmas that I needed more help than any diet could give me and if I didn't do something drastic I would lose the ability to live the life that I had worked so hard to build. I wanted to be a more involved mum and a healthier person. But above all, I wanted people to see me, rather than a fat person. Even people who know me and like me still see the fat person first; I can't blame them. So do I!
I was quite lucky, my GP was very supportive and he pushed me through the funding process very quickly. He appealed and I got funding; he was so excited he even phoned me to tell me!
I was referred on the 25th of August, got my first appointment on the 9th of September and then the triple on the 26th.
After my first week of the milk diet, according to my scales I have lost 13lb! I can't quite believe it and am waiting for the other shoe to drop. But still, for the first time in a decade, I feel a trickle of hope.
Yve
xxx
