Feeling a bit gung-ho - Meeting with CDC

My CDC (Cambridge Diet Counsellor) came to visit me this evening and I was impressed at what a pleasant and affable guy he is. He went through some general information about the various stages of the diet, told me a bit about his own experiences on it and he answered every question I had before I had a chance to ask it. I was a bit worried he would be 'salesman-ish' but he wasn't at all and I'm really glad I chose him as my counsellor already. I bought 2 weeks worth of sachets in a selection of flavours to last me through his holiday and he made sure I knew I could contact him if I needed any help, advice or encouragement, even while he was away, bless him. It almost seems a shame that he had to spoil that meeting by measuring me and weighing me and telling me what my BMI is! I hadn't stepped on a set of scales for almost a year because I knew I wasn't going to like what I saw. I had guessed I was going to be around the 20st mark and my scales only go up to 19st.

Much as it pains me to share them, here are my starting stats:

• Weight: 18st 7lb
  
• Waist: 48ins
  
• BMI: 41

If I had l lied about my height and added an extra half inch (which I often do) my BMI might have shown up as 40 but I decided there was no point in kidding anyone about anything at this stage. Consequently, I need to get my doctor's permission to do the really low calorie versions of the diet. I'm starting on Step 4 - 1200kcals per day and I'm hoping to go right down to Step 1 - 415-615kcals as soon as I get my doctor's approval (for a better explanation of the stages CLICK HERE) I've decided not to fix a target weight but I'm heading for the 12st mark and I'll see how I feel and look when I get there. I have a tendency to be quite muscular and even when I was at my skinniest in my early 20s, I never got below 10st 8lbs and a size 14, even when all my ribs were clearly visible and my face went all skeletal. I'm an actual big-boned lass!

Although I don't weigh as much as I thought I might, I still feel a pretty disgusted with myself but I'm using that to help motivate me even more and believe me, I feel pretty darned motivated already! In fact I feel like starting right now but I'm going to hold off until Friday as planned because my CDC has arranged to visit me Thursday after next which will make it a nice tidy 2 weeks before my next torture..... I mean weighing and measuring session.