Week Five

This week started with so much confidence and such a natural high I have even made an appointment to see my Doctor to come off or cut down on my anti-depressants as I clearly don't need them any more.

For some reason this week I have a couple of times eaten when 1. I should have stopped eating my dinner because I felt full, because it was mostly vegetables I kept going felt so guilty afterwards as though I had failed myself 2, Eaten bread twice when I should not have done again felt guilty and disappointed with myself because I really thought I had beaten those monkeys off my back.

COMPLACENCY has crept in I fear, it must stop now, I cannot eat more than I did last week just because I lost weight last week and the week before,that thought process is failed and will only end in weight gain. I must keep on track and keep focused on the long term goal.

That said I must put last week away and start afresh this week remembering why I am doing this how the weight loss so far has been amazing how much better I feel in myself to be able to exercise (walking only for now) and feel as though I'm not going to have a heart attack, wearing older smaller trousers that I never believed I would get in without surgery, and to keep repaying the faith that Sandra and Trevor have in me to follow my journey plan to its joyous natural happy ending.

So now the all important weekly weigh in last week's was 119.4kg this week it is ..............119.1kg a loss of 0.3kg or a nearly whole 0.7 of a lb. Firstly a loss is a loss so thats good but if I am truly honest and I have to be to myself for this to work properly I am shocked with a weight loss and I think the only reason for the loss was due to the walking done in London for the demo yesterday and the 1hour 20 minute route march back to the coach which we made with minutes to spare,two months ago I would not have made it thats for sure.

So on to next week and the battle ahead to keep the control I now have over food, not the other way round I hope I'm not letting Sandra and Trevor down but last week was very hard and I nearly failed this week will be harder because I am aware of what I did last week and must stop it from happening next week. Thank goodness I have the knowledge to see were I struggled and be able to address them. Bring on Week Six I am ready prepared and waiting for you.

Week Four

Welcome to week four of my journey with the help of Thinking Slimmer and its all good news this week no negative thoughts no But's no regrets only Positive's all the way.

I cannot remember the last time I felt this good about myself and positive about my life all at the same time, I feel like I want to burst with excitement, thankfully I can blog my positivity and then look forward to moving on to next week and have no doubts about the week ahead.

The whole week has gone well, I have been on late shifts three times this week and only one night my blood sugar dropped so I am coping so much better and I can clearly see the benefits of the choices I now make.I also had two days off together and never worried or thought about food like I used to do, always in and out of the kitchen picking at food all day and night.

So the weigh in then you can take it it went well !!! Last week my weight was 121.0kg this week it is 119.4kg thats a loss of 1.6kg or 3.5 pounds my BMI has come down from 43.55 to 38.4 so I have come down from severely obese to obese which is another milestone.

So on to next week full of confidence and belief, I never thought I would be in a position to say and mean this especially after only four weeks. "IF I CAN DO THIS ANYONE CAN DO IT." Thank you Sandra and Trevor for the help and support that you have given and are giving you have turned my life around.

Week Three

Had a good week this week actually looked forward to weigh in so thats a big positive to start with. Had a salad with mackerel on Saturday night I did think that it was not proper food! Not only did I eat it all I enjoyed it and it filled me up another positive from the week. Also went to maccie d's for t-break and resisted  the smell and walked out with just a cuppa another positive that the control is there and I don't need junk food. 

I do worry that I may be eating to much fruit I feel that maybe I eat fruit just to eat and that is not supposed to happen. I will have to keep an eye on this as I don't want to not eat enough. On the whole food is really not as big an issue as it always was in the past and I feel comfortable with the process that I am going through, the slimpod is working and I am still amazed that it is if I'm honest.

The weigh in this week came in at 121.0kg last weeks was 121.9kg thats a loss of 0.9kg. First off all thats a great weight loss and I'm really pleased that I have lost weight again, BUT (why does there have to be one?) I feel a little deflated that it was not a bit more I just feel that last week was pretty much the same as this week but only half the weight loss?

 Having found weight conversion at last and the fact I weigh in kg my goal weight of 13 stone is 83kg so breaking down the numbers started 133kg target 83kg 50kg weight loss to target and only 38kg to go and 12 kg already gone now it looks so much easier. Here's to week Four and losing at least another bag of sugar maybe 2.

Midweek Thoughts

Having contact with Sandra and Trevor this week has given me a lift out of my midweek blues were I think that I am doing badly and will surely not lose any weight this week.

The biggest changes that I have noticed this week is that I don't miss coke zero sweets chocolate bars and crisps that was an amazing thought when I realized  that. The second is the depression seems to have lifted and I feel happier and at peace with the way my life is changing for the better.

I still have a couple of demons to work through but Sandra and Trevor are aware of and we will work through them I am positive of that. It really does make a massive difference to be treated as an individual as group session's clearly do not work for me. (Portsmouth PCT take note one size does not fit all).

Whilst it is still early in the weight loss process this is clearly working for me and I can see major improvements that If i'm honest I had my doubts, they have now gone and  www.ThinkingSlimmer.com is going to work for me for the rest of my life.

First Contact with Thinking slimmer

Crazy! Man piles on the weight so he can have operation to help him lose it all again

January 27, 2011

WRITTEN BY SANDRA@THINKINGSLIMMER.COM

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THE world’s leading cognitive hypnotherapist has offered to help Darin McCloud lose weight under hypnosis so that he won’t need to fatten himself up to qualify for a gastric band.

Darin, 45, weighs 280lbs and suffers from diabetes but his local hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, says he is 14lbs too light to qualify for a £7,000 operation.

So the 5ft 7in traffic warden spends all day eating bacon rolls, crisps and takeaway burgers so that he will put on enough weight to have an operation to make him lose it all again.

Master hypnotherapist Trevor Silvester, of the Thinking Slimmer weight loss consultancy in London, said:  “I feel desperately sorry for Darin, because I know I can help him, but his case is the saddest, maddest example yet of the lunacy of gastric bands.

“When will people wake up to the facts – that gastric bands make surgeons rich but do little for most the patients who undergo the operation.

“Treating the body to cure the symptoms of obesity does not solve the root cause, which is almost always an emotional attachment to food. You have to retune the mind, not tamper with the body.”

Trevor, the founder of cognitive hypnotherapy with a practice at No 1 Harley Street, London, has offered to treat Darin free of charge at Thinking Slimmerand provide him with a series of hypnotic voice recordings called Slimpods.

They have been created to make people see food and exercise differently, taking away cravings, making them feel full quicker and wanting to move about more.

Trevor  went on: “There are thousands of people like Darin who have lost weight and kept it off through hypnotherapy, At Thinking Slimmer we have many case studies that prove our techniques work easily and effectively without the trauma – and expense to the  NHS – of major surgery.

“One of our ladies lost 36lbs in four months without the need to diet. If Darin is serious about wanting to lose weight and improve his health then he could certainly lose up to five stone in six months with Thinking Slimmer.

“Our hypnotic recordings called Slimpods take away all the drudgery of dieting and all the mental anguish of gastric band surgery. One of my partners at Thinking Slimmer met a woman recently who had undergone gastric band surgery and although she had lost four stone she was desperately unhappy because her craving for food was still there.

“The tragedy for her was that she was still obsessed with eating but was in turmoil because her body wouldn’t allow her to do what her mind was desperate to do.

“I understand why Darin says he can’t diet any more – like most people, he’s realised that in the long run diets just don’t work. Research shows that 95 per cent of people who diet end up putting all the weight back on again. 

Week Two

Week two and I feel better about the whole process of changing my eating habits and working them into my shift patterns,now more willing to accept eating at different times as I need to give my body energy at the right times.I have had two bad nights with my blood sugar levels this week but I am aware why they happened and have made a mental note to make changes if my evenings are different from the norm.

The slimpod is still working well and I listen every night before I go to sleep and I am convinced that it also helps me to sleep better as well this is a big plus as lack of quality of sleep has been a big problem over the years.I still have worries about overeating but this week I feel better about it than last week so I will just take it one week at a time and hope it gets easier as time passes.

Anyway the big way weigh in, last week my weight was 124.3kg and today's weight is 121.9kg that's a weight loss of 2.4kg for this week. I am really pleased with the weight loss and the way this week went in achieving that weight loss.

I am now looking forward to the next week which is a big improvement on last week I have also noticed that this week I have been more happy and the hazy fog in my head has lifted this is clearly making a big difference
to my wellbeing and weight loss. I am still struggling with hunger pains but again I am hopeful this will ease with time.