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21st February 2009

Hi All,

I have been really busy for the last fortnight, with visitors, going the gym 3 times a week for the last 3 weeks and lots of sorting things out at home,
so I have not been able to get on line much.

for the last week Jordan has been here, making sure I am good with the eating, and lee from the forum is coming here for a week from today, again so he can keep me on track, while i'm being as committed as possible to eating healthy and not binging. :-)

in the last week I have had a milk shake from McDonalds, and 2chinese meals on Thursday night, that where split between 3 of us, other than that all my meals have been cooked at home and mad as healthy as possible. and over the last week I have NOT HAD even one single binge. I have had a couple of cravings, so when I have felt them coming on I have been into the kitchen and made a bowl of fruit and fibre as a bit of a snack, and its really worked to stop me binging.

Last week I saw my dietician and she cancelled my next two appointments saying I don't need them now, she is ready to refer me to the hospital for surgery now, so she is just waiting for the report from cbt and then it should take about 18 weeks to all go through, I still want to lose weight on my own, but with all my medical problems and the specialists stating that I have got to lose as fast as is possible its not looking like I can lose enough in such a short time to stop the operation from being useful. although I think knowing the surgery is now a certainty in my life its made me more confident and also seems to have completely stopped me binging,. I know if I have the operation I will never be able to binge or it would be so so so bad, and I also know the operation will be cancelled if I have any weight gains from now till then too, so I'm making sure I don't. I got weighed when I saw the dietician and I had lost 2.5Kg over the last couple of weeks which was good, and also once again I was back to 32 and half stone. this coming Monday I will be going to the weight drop in to see how I'm doing at the moment, although with all the gym I have been going to that may have caused a bit of a gain (it always does) but if so then I'm going to stay confident knowing its a good gain, if that makes sense.

also on Monday I will be having my last cbt appointment too, alto I would like the cbt to carry on, because its a good realise for any problems, I also cant wait for it to end, so I can say all that side of me is over, its been really good talking and getting all the problems that I did not even conceder to be a problem out in the open, and then get to terms with emotional eating, and the binge eating, cbt has been the main part of my weight treatment, that I think has helped so much, and would urge EVERYONE with weight problems to see if they can get to talk to a CBT therapist through there doctor.

I will be really good over the next week, but then next Saturday is the forum meet up in Stoke. I cant wait to meet some of the new members that are attending, and to see some of the older faces, the meet ups are always fun, and I hope lots of people manage to get to this one:-)

I will try to update in the week, this week, but if not then I will be back next Sunday with another update.

bye for now,

Mark xx

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED !!!

I NEED YOUR HELP, I don't mind people just reading the updates in this diary, but I would prefer you to come along to my forum www.fat2slimforum.co.uk and offer some support to me, if you want support yourself then its best place for it, the forum is not just for me, its for everyone. you don't have to need support, just come along say hello and follow events, take part in quizzes, have some fun, just as long as your willing to support people who need it IF YOU CAN.

Fat 2 Slim Forum is NOT a diet site, but just a bunch of friendly people who are there for one and other. If you don't want to post then feel free not to, but please post a hello so we know your with us ;-) also we have a GUESTBOOK where you can leave quick comments and thoughts about me and the markcrook.co.uk site. If you have any thoughts, comments or suggestions (other than my spelling and grammar) feel free to contact me or leave them on the GUEST BOOK , or FORUM and I look forward to meeting new members on the FORUM soon.

now enough of my waffling, please check out my diary regularly to see how I'm doing.

Bye for now. Mark Crook.