I've done so well- just don't know what to do now!

[Novacane]

Haven't posted on mumsnet for a while- but knew if I posted my dilema on here I would get some good honest answers!

Well, Ive lost five stone recently, mainly on the Cambridge diet and a bit of Slimming World before that. Since the new year I have been messing about on Cambridge, and its really become very expensive and not overly effective as I have been picking and drinking vodka now and again etc.

Ive still got five stone to loose and am currently at a complete crossroads. Im frightenend of putting any weight back on as I have worked so hard to get here, but I can't face another week on Cambridge, its driving me nuts and making me binge (i've binged all this week)

I really would like to go back to slimming world, but am I just making excuses?
I have a directory that I could use to start myself off with (have lost my food optimising book) and see if I loose weight giving it say 2 weeks?

Ive never lost this amount of weight before, and am soo frightened of putting it back on, but Cambridge is not doing me any good as Its making me want to binge big style.

Help???

[Lazycow]

God I wish I could help. I had this problme, first with Lighter life and then later with the Cambridge diet. I started at 18.5 stone, went down to 12.5 stone i nabout 6 months. Then I started to put it back so on so I spent the next 2 years doing a couple of weeks of the foodpacks here and there and sometimes a month. However my eating in between just went haywire. now two years later I'm 16 stone again.

I genuinely belive the only answer to long-term weight loss is a 'non-diet' approach. something like Paul McKenna's approach or this: www.beyondchocolate.co.uk/how.htm

The problem is that when you come off a diet of any sort (including Atkins, WW or Slimming world) and particularly a strict one like Cambridge or LL you body sort of 'rebels' and wants to eat for England as you have effectively been starving it.

The problem with this longer term 'non-diet' approach is that I think it needs to go along side counselling or therapy and you need to be prepared to really trust yourself. I am so scared of food that this is now very difficult to do.

Sorry I don't have any 'easy' answers as I'm struggling with this myself.

[chocolatespiders]

if you cant face the cd anymore.. join sw or anything similar... there is many support threads on mumsnet for weightloss...
please try hard not to put weight back on because it will be so hard to lose again...

best of luck

[Novacane]

Thanks for your suggestions.

The no diet thing scares the hell out of me!

I have just spoken to an aquaintance that does lighterlife, and she thinks it really is the counselling that is the key.

Something to think about.

But right now im nowhere in a place where I cna start to sole source again- so I think Damage limitation is the name of the game until I sort my bloody head out in deciding what I'm gonna do.

watch this space.

[SpookyMadMummy]

I am a Cambridge Diet Counsellor. Email me sewing mad mum (at) hotmail (dot) com (keep lines remove spaces)
I might be able to help you.