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Your tastes change too as you go along, and the packs can be very different depending on how much water you use to make them up. I for one love cottage pie, a friend got lots based on that and ended up giving them to me cause he couldn't bear them. I started off making all my packs wrong as my...

Sadly if you're seeking any kind of treatment you can't ignore bmi, right or wrong it's a fact that has to be considered. Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts with me, it's helped my focus :)

That's where I got my chocolate from - but try amazon (a tip passed to me after I'd placed an order big enough to justify the delivery charge!) - they have a low carb section in grocery :)

If you're finding issues with chocolate and find you are struggling to control them, get hold of some sugar free chocolate. It will limit the damage, and will also probably *ahem* clear you out too if you're sensitive to malitol or sorbitol - on your 4th trip to the loo you may well be cured...

:welcome2: Hello Lisa! What a great motivation, it really does help I think when you have a specific goal in mind that is timebound. I started out wanting to lose 3 stone like you and then reassessed - didn't quite believe at the start that I could get to 3 stone off so didn't want to set...

It happens, and it happened, don't worry or ponder on it for too long hun. It's just a little chip in your full dinner service ;). I kind of wish I'd never found Aldi's coke zero cause it's fab and cheap too, and at times I do drink too much of it, I've not tried adding vodka yet though! It...

Sometimes though it seems to have the total opposite effect, I have days where I am exactly as I described earlier, but then sometimes I'm so on the ball and switched on and efficient and effective it's scary! And it's more scary than the fluffy brain to be honest! Today I've cracked on and...

Hello and welcome, this forum is great, I'm sure you'll have seen some of the support it can offer if you've been lurking already :) it's certainly kept me on track and helped me to understand the tough bits a bit more :)

I did a stress resiliance one day workshop with work on Friday led by a business psychologist. Loved the day and picked his brain about qualifications as I'm wanting to educate myself further in CBT. I'm a big advocate of Dr Beck (and I've not finished the book yet!) and do have a bit of a...

Hello and welcome! It is doable, I'm the queen of failed dieting and I managed 3 stone in a smidge over 12 weeks, you'll be there before you know it. One tip - don't buy any holiday clothes yet, I bought loads at the end of the sales and they're all too big already, I'm hanging fire now til I...

Good for you to be so very determined - write all your reasons done and put them on your fridge, in your bag, everywhere. Is very powerful to read them again in moments of weakness. I love s&s, I certainly wouldn't still be doing this if I hadn't found it, and using the very wonderful support...

Wafers..... Oh heck, I'll have to put an order in now, ordered 25 last time by accident - honest!

I've probably had the most days with 4 packs and a meal than 3 and a meal or a straight 4 packs. I'm not losing tons each week, but it's coming off - upping your cals will definitely slow it down, but I've kind of figured that it doesn't slow me down anywhere near as much as throwing in the...

I did an omlette kind of spanish style with allowed veggies - green peppers, leeks chopped very finely, spinach etc - was very filling. Also scrambled eggs with smoked salmon. Tried it with spinach one day, just didn't work at all. How about adding some spices to your boiled eggs for a little...

It does help - thank you. I think I'm at a point where I'm still viewing eating "food" as cheating - and then getting away with it cause it doesn't knock me out of ketosis and I still lose, but there are times (a lot of them) where my calorie intake is huge. I've not yet got out of the guilt...

Popped you on the list lozzer :) I'll go for 10lb to take me to my next mini target and I'll also get to overweight (what an odd word to be so excited about!). Time to knuckle down and get on with it. Cherry-Blossom 24lb (0lb lost, 24lb to go) Donjon 10lb Lass321 8lb (0lb lost 8lb to go)...

Thank you so much for responding - and for knowing where I'm coming from! I have never been anything other than very overweight as an adult, and for most of my teenage years too, so I really do have no clue what I'll look like, I did think to start with that a stone and a half ago would be...

Just scrapped in on the nose for my 60lb off total target date, but didn't do so good on the feb challenge - must try harder for march - no excuses! 3lb off this week. sarah-lou* 21lbs (0lbs lost, 21lbs to go)* donjon 14lbs (2lbs lost, 12lbs to go)* Gemsyo 14lbs (0lbs lost, 14lbs to go)*...

Oops, didn't update here last week - well Marrakech gained me 4lb, lost 2 of them by weigh in but frustratingly a pound off target 2 of 2013. Managed to scrap in by the skin of my teeth today on the target deadline date! Really not much of an effort going on, need to try harder. Dr Beck is...

I think I'm having a contemplative and reflective day today, this is another question around reaching target and longer term plans. For those who have lost a lot of weight - did you always plan to lose that much? Did you reach one target and think you could do another one? How did you know...

Just wondering as I'm starting to consider my longer term plans, low carbing really suits me and I feel so much better, however, aside from working through how to deal with cravings and desires for carb based food, I'm thinking longer term of whether or not using low carb replacements of carb...

I have an ongoing chain of things I'm doing, and if I'm lucky, on a good day, I might actually finish one or two of them. I don't plan it like that, it goes something like - take clothes off drier to put drier away so I can hoover > take clothes into spare bedroom to ironing pile > spot items...

I've had this so many times, and whilst it is true in a lot of cases that carrying extra weight can and does cause complications, when it's just an excuse not to look further it's really not great at all. I attended a funeral yesterday of a 66 year old guy who's lung cancer was so advanced when...

Just as an aside, M&S told me I was a 40DD, I'm actually a 34FF :eek:

I'm so totally there, and have been for my entire adult life (and beyond). A couple of things that have really helped me this time are the couple of things that I've scoffed at in the past and not considered how beneficial they actually are, so I've not done them before. Firstly - at the start...

Brilliant! Big well done to you for not strengthening that giving in muscle ;)

Ooh fab, have you been before? Wish we could live there, it's so beautiful.

It's great isn't it! I'm wearing size 16 skinny jeans today, first wear from new and absentmindedly just pulled them down like they were jeggings when I paid a visit - without undoing them! Needless to say, they ain't skinny on me :) 5 months ago I couldn't fit in size 22 jeans with an extra...

I'm not quite ready to go public with that yet - guessing you're using mobile access and can't see the signature? I've lost 57lb so far, although my ticker says 59lb, I'm not going up on my weight loss graph again, I'll it'll all be right again by the next weigh in :)

Going to our second home - Icmeler in Turkey. Already have it booked for 31st May but could not resist the incredibly cheap flights I found (not spain cheap, but cheap for Dalaman) - it's before the start of season really but there are a few places opening early, and some that stay open all...

Last weeks couple of days in Marrakech have given me a taste of sun, and my holiday seems a long way off. So, been hunting around for a bargain and booked it in last night - eek! :eek: Didn't really think it through cause now I've got a lot less time to get this body bikini ready! 52 days and...

I too had a chinese when I returned from Marrakech, to finish off the carb 2 days and to see if I could *ahem* clear it through a little quicker ;). Didn't work, still gained 2lb this week. But I'll have it off for sure this week. It happens, we have our reasons, we learn from them and we grow.

Ah pants, couldn't get the gain from Marrakech off - 2lb on this week :( sarah-lou* 21lbs (0lbs lost, 21lbs to go)* donjon 14lbs (2lbs lost, 12lbs to go)* Gemsyo 14lbs (0lbs lost, 14lbs to go)* MrsBurgundy 10lbs (3lbs lost, 7lbs to go) *Updated* StripedDaisy 10lbs (7.5lbs lost, 2.5lbs to go)*...

Check the packs as some of them are quite high in carbs. I thought they were ok at the start and had the chicken pieces a few times, was quite shocked to see the amount of carbs though, and didn't lose so much on those weeks :)

Welcome on board. Don't be nervous, be excited, this plan is life changing :). This forum is all the support you need, there is always someone around who can help out. I'm the biggest eater of emotions going - have you tried reading The Beck Diet Solution? It's working really well with me...

Congrats on your little girl, how lovely :) and welcome back. I'm sure you'll be having great results very quickly, and if you need a boost or a kick up the dooda, everyone on here is wonderful at both of those and more besides.

Ah, if I'd seen this earlier I would have posted you some :). Egg is always good - scrambled or omlette is filling, with an omlette you can add some veg and make it Spanish, always fill me to the brim. Most supermarkets do little packs of wafer thin ham or chicken around 59p or something, a bit...

Entirely normal and nothing to worry about. I tend to drink more than that, but I drink to thirst. If I've got a bit diluted then adding a little salt to packs helps balance it all out :)

Sorry, that'll be my fault - I LOVE the mac cheese and did order quite a few of them in my last order, I may well have cleared them out! :)

Thanks everyone, some very interesting pov's on this - all very helpful. Have to laugh really at my work colleagues - I'm still getting the snidy looks and noses in the air from the ladies I've left behind I think is the politest way to put it, and yesterday one of the skinny minnies was...

Totally - I get all of these. The morning tiredness and fog sometimes I think is from sleeping too deeply for too long, so you're awake but you feel like you're still asleep - the zombie effect! And the afternoon tiredness - the evening before last I had to have a 90 minute nap when I got in...

I do have to agree with Rob here, and that's not about your health condition or the level of experience of your gp. The things you have posted on this thread are of concern, as Starlight has highlighted already - and this is without having anything affecting your current medication. I can...

I'm totally with you about having no patience and wanting more and more off each week - but, take a step back and have a look at my losses. I've messed about for most of this year so far for one reason or another, only had a couple of weeks on the full plan in terms of overall calorie intake...

Notice this is your first post - are you aware you're on a VLCD TFR board?

I've always ordered the 5 a day monthly pack since reading it as a top tip on here. Then you can get exactly what you want and need to cover your days. I reorder with whatever I'm a bit short on (this months will be mainly shakes and soups as I did more meals on the last one) then you've...

Hey hun, bottom kick coming... Will you feel better having whiskey? Or will you feel worse that you do now cause you've (in whatever guise) succumbed to a temptation? There are so many ways our cravings can return to us, and when we feel lousy it makes it an easier journey for them to come...

Caz - I've been through all of the tests with no conclusions - went private to see a physio last year and he had me sorted in an hour. Gave me some stretches for my quads and the difference is absolutely amazing, I can't tell you! I've always had an issue with that knee and it's creaked since...

Arrrggghhh! Why is editing not working then double posting! See below..... :)

BIG WELCOME to everyone on day 1. I hope you'll find the support on here as amazing as I have and are reaching your targets in no time :)

Depends on your level of discipline with real food - if you ensure you're having 100g protein and 200g veg then they'll be the same, but if you're like me you'll guess a bit, or think that 120g chicken breast will be ok and it would be a waste to chop of 20g etc etc. With 4 packs there is no...

I started out with LL but didn't gel with the group at all, for the 4 occasions I attended, there were only me and 2 other ladies there each time, the rest were a bunch of new faces (to me) each week - totally not the principle of LL or what I felt I was paying for - hence investigating further...

3 packs won't give you enough cals to keep going, it's 4 packs or 3 and a meal now. And welcome back :)

Oooh! I just downloaded the app at the weekend, always fancied running and it's supposed to be really good for shaking off the loose skin and getting things all nicely shaped. I did make an attempted start about a year ago, but gave up after my age old knee injury flared up. I've since...

Water - always have it with you, and keep on drinking. Take your measurements now cause you won't believe how quickly you change. Take a full body before shot too, the difference in a few short months will be astonishing :)

Hello and welcome - and I really don't think you are in that much of a minority, it's just that the guys can't get much of a word in with all us girls going on and on... Honestly and truthfully - you won't be hungry. You might feel hungry but it won't be your body telling you that, it'll be...

Mellissa honey, not many people will have seen this as it's been posted as a reply on someone elses thread. If you start your own thread - perhaps in the weekly weigh in section, it will get seen by more people :)

I'm starting to discover just how tiny I actually am under all the layers of fat, and still have quite a way to go before I reach my goal. However, because I've shrunk so many sizes I look like I've lost a lot more than I actually have I think, and are starting to get the "you don't need to...

I'm right there with you - on day 2 after failing miserably on my trip to Marrakech - I've got most situations covered now for staying on plan, but staying in an incredibly friendly riad where they can't do enough for you and keep on bringing more and more pastries for breakfast, I was stumped...

I'm wondering if it's because you were active before? Bit of a long shot, but if you've not got a great deal to lose, and your body was used to a certain amount of exercise before you started the plan, then perhaps stopping all that and starting the plan has been a bit of a shock too far and...

If you scroll down the page where the subforums are shown at the top, you'll find a list of threads - most people seem to post and look in there rather than in these subforums - bit of a shame but that's how it goes! Took me a while to notice I could scroll down when I first joined, didn't...

Today I bit the bullet and went to Bravissimo to get fitted for a new bra. I've been putting it off as I'm a bit of a cheapskate with undies and are quite happy in a £6 George tshirt bra, but with my changing shape, trying to get a nice fit was proving impossible just reducing back sizes. I...

The best analogy I've read about a "cheat" and our attitudes to the guilt - if you slip down a stair would you then throw yourself down the entire flight? It's just a small slip and it happens to us all. Get back to it and it will have the minimal impact. I for one had a brilliant week last...

I experienced this in a way I didn't expect on Wednesday - walking around all day on a city break. We ended up walking probably about 7 miles or so throughout the day and my legs just wouldn't walk any further, I think they just ran out of energy. In myself I felt ok but it literally was like...

I used the autoshapes in powerpoint - copied 6 times for the petals round a circle and changed the angle, then grouped each one to copy and paste the whole flower :)

I got all of this when I had a week off at Christmas. I planned it, and ate carbs again for that week as an experiment and it was just plain awful. I even got arthritis back in my hands. I know it's no coincidence either as I've come out of ketosis in Marrakech - I planned to stay on plan...

Hi Natalie and welcome Hope I can answer some of your questions! Firstly, average weight loss is around a stone a month, but that really depends a lot on how much you have to lose - I notice you don't have a great deal to go so you'll possibly find you lose a little less than this. The answer...

Delighted with 6lb this week - short week too as I'm heading off for 3 nights in a little sun. Brilliant! Packs are in the suitcase, plan is to stay on track, but never say never. 1lb to next target smashed is a decent incentive to keep it going :D

Thanks to the very lovely kick up the bottom from all you marvellous people - 6lb off, AND I'm weighing in 2 days early this week cause I'm off to Marrakech :D sarah-lou* 21lbs (0lbs lost, 21lbs to go)* donjon 14lbs (2lbs lost, 12lbs to go)* Gemsyo 14lbs (0lbs lost, 14lbs to go)* MrsBurgundy...

Thanks Starlight :)

Hello Is there such a thing as a list of what topic types to post where? Lots of stuff keeps getting moved into off topic recently, and to my uneducated eye they are about life on S&S, so I'm a bit puzzled as to why they keep going. Perhaps a guide will assist us all?

I do, but check the pack, some of them are packed with carbs - That chappy from Norfolk seems to add a lot of sugars in his packs ;)

I did love the lemon bar, but now I find the taste lingers around for a loooooong time.... I'm only left with the truffa now, might have to start a campaign for more without fruit and nuts for those of us that don't!

Oh what an entertaining read! Thanks for bumping - I had a moment earlier on today where I had that sudden realisation: - Ironing taking so much less time cause you can fit your entire top on the ironing board instead of needing 3 passes at it. - You start to look at face creams in more detail...

Ah bless you lulu, I'm back Friday, probably with tales of overindulgence to confess!

We're flying out to Marrakech tomorrow, back Friday. My OH is a really picky eater so we don't generally do meals out (all the better when S&Sing!) - I've got enough shakes and bars packed in my luggage to see me through til we get back :)

I can't do it at all, knocks my losses on the head and I used to be a total diet coke addict. Could never stomach coke zero before, but I'm liking it now. Aldi own brand is excellent and only 42p for a 2 litre bottle :)

You're doing so well, keeping those losses very high - what's your secret? :)

Just to get a little perspective - check out the possible side effects in a regular pack of paracetemol - a painkiller so safe you can take it while pregnant. Everybody knows how safe it is, and in what type of circumstance it's not - but if you thought all the listed side effects were likely...

Are you sure it's hunger? I've labelled a few things as hunger in the past and ate my way through them cause that's what I honestly thought they were. It's embarrassing now to discover that one of them was trapped wind - I feel really "hungry", tap on my chest a bit and do a huge burp and like...

Thank you. I did have it and it was huge, it was pretty new though and M&S Autograph so I put it on ebay! I'm going to keep the skirt in the pics I've got on my blog though, along with a pair of jeans I've got from when I was my absolute biggest. Serves as a shocking reminder to me how big I...

My antivibration mats arrived, all in place, and would you know it - downstairs neighbours have been out every day since they arrived! So, I've been able to go on the vibroplate. I've done nothing more than a few small squats to help tone my thighs up - I've now done this 4 times this week...

Alcohol won't kill your diet. It's really not advised as being in ketosis metabolises alcohol quite fast in a lot of people, so you might find that one drink and you're under the table. It will slow down your weight loss though - think of a fire, you are currently burning the logs (fat) nice...

Don't worry - the first week takes a good few days to show anything - as well as all the possible reasons listed above, it varies from person to person how long it takes to get into ketosis, an average 3 days can be much quicker or much longer. It will work, guaranteed, as long as you know...

I've got a £ a lb pot for clothes - I put an extra tenner in for each stone, soon adds up. I've posted my flowers before but I'll post again as it's a fab idea that I shamelessly stole from someone else on another site. It's another visual which helps - each flower is half a stone, 6 petals...

Just been posted on their facebook page - there is now a page on the website showing current stock levels and new products - mint chocolate shake looks good! Slim & Save Current Stock Levels

Have you ever added salt to your packs? Mac cheese with a sprinkling on top for example? I've never been one for salt but felt hideously dizzy at the start - adding salt stopped this.

Johnson up day down day - JUDDD - there is a section on here for it :) It's intermittent fasting.

Aww thanks Lulu, heading toward the end of day 3 of 100% and feeling good. Found my focus and glued it down!

Perhaps you could suggest JUDDD to your friend. A friend of mine was struggling with weekends, doing great all week, significant loss, then coming out of ketosis at the weekend and putting it all back on again, he's doing great with JUDDD :)

When I took a week off for Christmas and decided to eat whatever I fancied at that time, I did that also to see if there was a difference in how I felt eating carbs. There were a lot of physical symptoms that returned during that week - things I'd not ever even had a thought would be linked to...

2 days straight 100% - can't believe I forgot it was so easy to do! :)

It's really interesting that your doc thinks you were drinking too much. On occasion I measure my consumption when I don't think I'm getting enough in, and each time, including packs, I've been well over 5 litres in a day - I've got a 5 litre jug and once this was empty I figured I was drinking...

Yay! Thanks to the marvellous support on here, 2lb gone. Yesterday was showing nothing! I can do this, I will do this! :D:D

Back on focus - 2lb gone (overnight!) - 5 day week to weigh in this week before Marrakech :) *sarah-lou* 21lbs (0lbs lost, 21lbs to go)* donjon 14lbs (0lbs lost, 14lbs to go)* Gemsyo 14lbs (0lbs lost, 14lbs to go)* MrsBurgundy 10lbs (2lbs lost, 8lbs to go) *Updated* StripedDaisy 10lbs...

I can't tell you what that means to know that I'm not alone. I've said before, and it really is true, that I've always felt like I'm a huge person, and I just grew physically into how I felt I was in my head, so probably my whole life I've been overweight in my head. So now I am starting to...

:cry: < happy tears though. Thank you so so much everyone. You made me cry. But guess what, it's half 7 and I've still got 2 packs to go with NO CHEATS today. I'm writing out mini goals for my fridge, and I'm feeling a lot less frazzled about stuff and I'm smiling again. Had a crappy day at...

What about your caffiene intake - have you changed that on S&S? I used to live on diet coke and coffee, don't do the diet coke any more but if I've not got enough coffee in then I get a killer headache lasting for ages. I'll have to do a detox eventually, but one thing at a time!

I really should have put that in the first post! Those jeans are a New Look 16 in their regular range, not Inspire. My start pics are size 22 with stretch leggings! In anything with stretch now, I'm in a 14 but still a 16 really I guess for proper sized stuff! Although, I did get a size 12...

Thanks so much both of you. I'm really not good at asking for help, so just posting that this morning was hard, but had an incredibly theraputic effect. And Lulu - thank you, you have completely hit the nail on the head - I'm scared of coming out of my hiding place, behind the fat, I've hidden...

You'll do it :) And then we need pics... ;)

I'm having a really tough time. I just can't stop eating. It's all on plan but way too many calories. The worst thing is, I know what I'm doing, I can hear Dr Beck talking to me every time I reach for something but my rebellious child is completely out of control and I just keep eating. I...

It's tough, it really is. When you've got through your life by eating your emotions it can sometimes feel nigh on impossible to do anything different no matter how hard you try. And when something triggers such strong emotions, it feels the most natural thing in the world to eat your way...

Scary. Whilst I would never advocate questioning medical advice, it is an easy answer as soon as they know you're on a vlcd. It may be the cause, it may not be. Just keep a really close eye and don't hesitate to pester for more tests if those symptoms don't go with your increased calorie...

Don't want to get all deep and meaningful, but I've thought about this overnight as the first thing that came to mind was "life" - and it really is true. I'm in a reasonably good job and like my life, but all those things I really want to do - they've just been fat girl dreams. Not any more!! :D

You'll soon have that knocked on the head chick, it's so fast, it's blooming amazing! :)

I think I've been 100% today - made my veg allowance into a soup - is that still 100% ;) - it was very nice!

Worst case scenario - you come out of ketosis. 3 days max and you'll be back in and losing again. It's easy to feel out of control and let circumstances take over, and feel overwhelmed and upset - but all of this is within your control. Firstly you need to start feeling better, then work on...

Wow, that's 27 and a half stone of forever gone fat! Brilliant! Massive well done to everyone, keep at it - what a amazing story it could be for S&S if we could shift 2013lb in 2013. Might float that thought to Rob.... ;)

Hey, I'm 41 and mine is shrinking so there's lots of hope for all you young things! Do you remember that Nike advert from a few years back - belly's gonna get you - with a bloke being chased by a huge belly down the street? That was my belly, with a few extra scars just to make it a bit more...

I was really quite concerned at the start as my face just dropped and went all saggy, I really did consider if that was going to continue that I might think twice. But, within a couple of weeks it settled into it's new smaller size. I always thought I had great cheekbones - turns out it was...

Found a couple of size 16 dresses in my holiday suitcase yesterday - must have been a bit more optimistic last year than I thought I was. Just over a week to go - Hunca, how did you find attitudes towards dress? I'm reading lots of guides that say keep shoulders covered for ladies, no shorts...

I've got that neck thing going on too, it does improve with daily moisturising, but I can still do a good Diedre impression! I've never, since being a teenager, been able (or wanted to) wear anything shorter than on my knee, I've always had a pad of fat sitting just above it on my inner thighs...

Read this earlier on the WeMITTs forum on here - kind of put it into perspective for me :) The thing is, you MIGHT end up with saggy bits - and you might not. The way I look at it is you've got the skin already - the only choice you have is how full of fat to have it. Start worrying about...

Don't think I've been in a size 14 since I was 14!! And if I work out how many years that is I'll be feeling very very old.....:eek: 27 years ago!! New Look is the funniest for me, their sizes between their ranges are so different - pick up an 18 in their Inspire range and it fits about 3...

The sugar free ones are ok, but be careful with them - they also have a tendency to make you go!

We ended up going to just outside of Hammermet, we were going to that little island - begins with a D, can't remember now, but got changed as the whole Libya thing started up and the island was considered too close to the border. It was a fab hot holiday in April, so August will be scorchio. I...

If my downstairs neighbours ever go out I'll be doing 10 minutes on my virbroplate. I do a few exercises on it, but nothing more intense than a few biceps and triceps curls, lat pull downs etc, and I'm not doing them with weights - I used 1 litre water bottles before and tore a bicep, took...

That's a really interesting theory, lots of research on dieters adema (odema) around too. Makes sense - thanks for posting :)

Hmmm, I have to wonder if this is the body taking a little pit stop. I had my first week of sts this week at 3 stone 9lb off. Whilst I haven't been 100%, I've been 100% on plan, just the cals that have been a bit higher, but this last week my cal intake has been lower than the rest of January...

Wow! Tunisia in August! You'll have a super scorching time. Not been there since I was a teenager, great country. And by August you'll be a proper skinny mini in your itsy bitsy yellow polka dot bikini :)

One pack to go, feeling rather proud as I'm in a lot of hormonal pain lol and would have indulged in extra bars by now!

Hello and welcome. I know just where you are coming from about trying again and again and how that affects your head. You will see a difference with S&S, and you already know the results you can get on a vlcd. My best tip would be to get a copy of the Beck Diet Solution, it's a fabulous book...

:welcome::welcome: I defected LL after 3 weeks, there is no way I'd still be losing if I'd stayed any longer with it, apart from the cost, I really struggled with their packs. S&S is so amazing and I totally love the results. I'm sure you'll be seeing your results very quickly :)

He's airconditioned ;)

I really do think everyone is individual. I've not really lost that much over January as some of it was Christmas gain, in terms of weight, but I've really shrunk in size. Before Christmas I was snug into a 16 as long as it had a bit of stretch at 3 stone off. I've only dropped another 9lb...

Ladies, if you ever fancy a little sun with your tattooing, I can highly recommend one in Icmeler Turkey ;) Excellent standard and charges per piece - averages around £25-£30 an hour :)

Cottage pie is great jazzed up with a bit of black pepper, crushed chillis and italian herbs. I love the curry with steamed spinach, feels like a right plateful! Mac cheese is my fav though, love it!

If I can do it then honestly, anyone can. I've had nearly 30 years of trying to lose weight with very limited success until now - had my Christmas week off in there, and exercised my sabotaging thoughts regularly during January - 4 straight months at it and you'll be there for sure. I've just...

Thank you, a few people have said I look younger now - that'll be because you can't see my Diedre Barlow neck! No, I shouldn't jest, I should accept the compliments given, they are all wonderful to receive - thanks so much. It still astonishes me that I'm getting them, and it's a good lesson...

I need to do a month 100%, my bad habits have crept back in again in January under the guise of being entirely stressed out by circumstances. Circumstances will always happen, I need to deal with them better. Will be a challenge as I'm off to Marrakech for 3 days - but the plan is 100% - as...

My first STS - I know why, bottom duly kicked. Moving onto Feb... Caroline - 18lbs. (Final weigh in - 18.9lbs down) Simmy1978 - 14lbs. (0lbs down, 14lbs to go) Noodles1609 - 14lb (Final weigh in 15.5lb down) Princesssappho - 14lb (8lb down, 6lb to go) LastEverDiet - 18lbs (0lbs down, 18lbs to...

*sarah-lou* 21lbs (0lbs lost, 21lbs to go) donjon 14lbs (0lbs lost, 14lbs to go) Gemsyo 14lbs (0lbs, 14lbs to go) MrsBurgundy 14lbs (0lbs, 14lbs to go) StripedDaisy 10lbs (0lbs, 10lbs to go) lulu1964 14lbs (0lbs, 14lbs to go) sugar_face 14lbs (0lbs, 14lbs to go) noodles1609 9lb (0lb, 9lb to go)

Excellent, that's really great - proud of you girl :)

Ah pants. A hard lesson to learn this week. All this extra to deal with the stress has caught up with me and I've had my very first week of STS. And man, it sucks! Big lesson on how I ended up here in the first place, and probably the kick up the backside I needed. All the bars and wafers...

Lol, and then I go on facebook and the following is right there on my news feed from Beck: Wednesday Sabotage: Since I didn’t lose weight this week, I must be doing something wrong. This isn’t working. Response: Even if I was perfect on my diet, it’s not a guarantee that the scale will go...

I'm right there with you! Been there and done that and still lost. It gives you a bit of a false sense of purpose though and can lead to bigger "cheating" - it has with me, cause I think I can get away with it. I've had big words this week, given myself a proper Beck style talking to and are...

Take a deep breathe. Let it out. Now take another. It's ok, and it will be fine. Firstly, the exercise - start with walking - how do you get to work, park further away, get off the bus earlier, walk to the next bus stop before you get on it, walking is great, it really helps start toning you...

I've had this from time to time throughout the weeks, some days I can barely keep my eyes open. I have noticed though that adding a little salt to the packs to combat the dizziness seems to work for the tiredness too, don't know if there is a connection or it's just a co-incidence. I also feel...

Well so far I've failed miserably. I really need to work on being a bit less considerate, like the rest of my neighbours are! I'll have to ask them for some tips. I live in a 2nd floor apartment, my downstairs neighbours are never in, as they run a working mens club in another town. What's...

Check out the Verity website - they have a really good discussion board, you'll find everything you need to know about polycystic ovaries on there. I've only got one ovary left now (I lost the other one at 20 to a 2lb dermoid cyst), and have 2 endometrial cysts on this in addition to pcos, lots...

Ah ok, just wondered. Professor Balen in Leeds is one of the leading experts on PCOS and fertility. He's on the medical board of Verity the PCOS charity. Straight talking chap but really knows his stuff. If you find no joy at Pinderfields they may agree to refer you - he's based at Seacroft...

You've got a great plan going there. I notice you're West Yorkshire - not off to see Balen are you?

I just did a biggie for a friend too - 28 bars and 15 wafers (I cocked up the numbers and didn't notice til I confirmed - oops) - think the del was £3.99 :)

11lb for me on week one - that was with LL. After a week off S&S at Christmas, first week back on plan was an 8lb loss :)

Hey there, just wanted to say - I too have pcos, and endo, and have had that chat with my consultant with a bmi over 40. He told me to go get surgery cause there is no way I'd get my bmi down to 35 (where we have 5% chance with ICSI) before the cut off age of 43 (I'm 41 now) and to totally...

AMAZING! (I got so excited for you that mine did too :D)

It's not as much as the big pack, you'd still pay postage if you got them on ebay. Was just a suggestion... :)

Order some more from S&S - you can place an order just for bars, you don't have to get the full packs each time. I'm similar in that I order the 5 a day pack and have 4 so it lasts 5 weeks, but you can only get 28 bars max, so I just pop another order in for the bars to cover a couple of big...

Just seen your reply chick - 2 weeks tomorrow now! I'm glad the no thanks will work as I'm starting to worry a little! We're staying right smack bang in the middle of everything which will be fabulous for the atmosphere, but reading all the do's and don't I'm wondering if I've made an error...

One of the things I'm trying to teach myself this year is to consider if I would tell someone else what I tell myself, or whether I wouldn't dream of being so rude and horrible to anyone outside of my head. We are always the unkindest to ourselves, which gets quite tough when you have to spend...

2 of my favourite quotes: "Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission" "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind" It does work - I've just posted a pic for my 4 month anniversary of doing this - I've dropped a dress size a month, you'll be doing that too :)

Last time I lost 3 stone that's when I started to get comments. It was nice that nobody commented when I put half of it back on again! This time round, again 3 stone, so that really does seem to be the magic number. I'm really liking now that people I've not seen for a few months are doing a...

Why are they your friends? Nobody needs friends like that, I'd be deleting them all for their nastiness. Perhaps they should take a moment to educate themselves before being so incredibly judgemental. You're doing great, just keep on doing that and you'll soon be posting pictures of your...

My mum asked me exactly that question yesterday. I'm not entirely sure how I'll do it to be honest, and I'm not entirely sure what my target is either. I've really struggled this month with personal circumstances and have overeaten on a number of days, and on most days I have had some element...

4 months ago today, on 27th September I started my VLCD journey. 3 weeks with LL and the rest with S&S. I planned a week off at Christmas and had it! I've been back on plan since then, but not so much the VLC aspect as it's been a tough 2013 so far. Anyhow, out of curiosity, this morning I...

I think it does depend on how disciplined you are. The beauty of TMR plans is that it's all done for you, you've got all your nutrition and the right amount of calories. When you do 3 and a meal, it's quite easy to just go over a bit on protein cause it would be a waste to cut off that 30g of...

What veg did you have in mind? Don't think beetroot is on the list but it's fine - checked it out with Rob at S&S. If there's something specific you're thinking of, drop Rob a note, he'll get back to you very quickly :)

It's entirely possible you've gone into shut down. Your body can do an awful lot, but change from your previous calorie intake to about an eighth of that (going by my own previous calorie intake on an average day!) is going to affect it and you need to give it time to get used to doing just...

Some very exciting developments on their way - I'm sure there's more to come ;)

Brocolli goes good with fish, you often find it in fish pies. I have leeks too, sometimes a bit of spring onion and maybe spinach - all steamed

Often, I do like a bit of scrambled!

I'm sure it's fine, check the carb content on the label but I can't imagine it's anything other than low, and it would only be like sprinkling a touch of salt on top anyhow. Have you considered tuna steaks? Often find them in the frozen fish section and are amazing steamed with veg :)

Fabulous! I recall with fondness the day I first discovered my breastbone, it was so odd I was really concerned for a moment that I had some kind of hideous rock hard tumour :o And here I am trying to convince myself I'm not a hypocondriac!!

I've never been a fish fan but have very much enjoyed it recently. Do you have a steamer? I've steamed with some fresh herbs - I've not done this combo and not sure if lemongrass is allowed, but I've got an inkling to now try that with cod :) Then I've poured over mac cheese made a tad on the...

I just have to say it's so lovely to have another babbler! I fear I may have to give up my babbling crown ;) Babble away chick, I for one love to read it all. There are a few of us on here at the moment that are in the stage of being thrilled and amazed at what we are managing to achieve with...

Everyone at work was really nice/unhelpful at the same time becuase my boss kept teasing me with cake (which I didn't want at all!) but it was a bit humiliating, a bit run fat girl run. Sigh. Ooooh do you know, that really makes me mad! There are so many laws against doing that to so many...

Hello and welcome Everyone is incredibly friendly and supportive on here, so feel free to join in whenever the mood takes you. I'm a right interfering old loony so I'm usually about! Top tip - take it a day at a time, an hour at a time on the days that you need to and pretty soon it'll become...

Brilliant! Well done for sticking with it, the results are great :)

It won't take you out of ketosis but it will up your calories. Is it definitely hunger? Can you wait half an hour, have a bath or do something different and see if you still want it then?

OK, you should be in ketosis, so it's very likely to not be hunger. Not sure what type of illness you have, but maybe the one of the following things I've found out about what I thought was hunger might ring a bell perhaps? I get rumbling pains, really feels like I'm hungry and I've always fed...

Tanya, take a look at my weekly losses - most weeks I haven't reached 3lb off. Granted my first week was big, but I started with a great deal more to lose. I've reached 51lb this week, 17 weeks on a plan and down 3 stone 9lb. On Rosemary Conley I did 28lb in 104 weeks! I know it feels...

Check out the links on my post above - Dr Beck is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist specialising in overeating, her book is brilliant :)

Keep on it! I get a bigger buzz from the negatives now - amuses me no end when the yo-yoers snub me and look me up and down enviously. One girl at work is so obvious she literally stops doing what she's doing and just stares as I go by. I love it! Take their negative energy and throw it...

Don't be sabotaged by the unkind and uneducated words of others. I know how difficult it is, all I really wanted was for my parents to be proud of my acheivements (and I'm 41!!) so I didn't share S&S with them for about 5 or 6 weeks, when I did they couldn't have been more supportive, and are...

I have the Beck book on my kindle and have read it twice to a few days into the plan! (I'm working on my focus!). I also have all the worksheets that make up the workbook (I think) that I downloaded from the Beck website - you get daily tips from here too. And if you're on facebook, follow...

Absolutely delighted with 3lb off on a challenging week, smashed my first 2013 target and my January Challenge target too. One very happy noodles!! Caroline - 18lbs. (16.5lbs down, 1.5lbs to go) Simmy1978 - 14lbs. (0lbs down, 14lbs to go) Noodles1609 - 14lb (15.5lb down, 0lb to go)...

:D:D:D First target of 2013 smashed! 3lb off this week. I'm so blooming happy about that. It's felt like a real naughty week, vlc is still out of the window and I've really struggled emotionally. However, the last two days have been quite a time of personal realisation and all of a sudden...

Hmmm..... I'm not far enough through the book to deal with that yet, I'll come back to you.... ;)

You're totally not the only loony! I'm definitely another one. However, for your chocolate craving, the good Dr Beck has the following advice: Do you need this mars bar? If you think you do, would you still need this mars bar if your life depended on you not eating it? Would you still want...

A couple of large glasses with water flavouring works for me! Something I need to keep on remembering when taking it to work! Seriously, I got so worried about not going at the beginning that I started marking it on my calendar when I did go. It does settle into a ryhthm after a few weeks, I...

Oh bless you, what a lovely thing to say - thank you :) I really am earning my water anorak badge here, the more I read the more fascinating it is! I've read quite a bit about water increasing your metabolism, which sounds a bit bonkers to me, but I've just come across an American study that...

All should be S&S branded by the end of the month I think, but some were already going out at the beginning of the month - it's just their stock levels of each product. Exactly the same products, nothing to be concerned about at all :)

Hello, welcome back - big well done for following your plan, that's really something :)

I've been having a bit of a trawl round t'internet to see what I can find about the science, some of the most interesting looking articles are the ones I can't get into during the day (I'll look later at home :)) but it kind of looks in a nutshell that with lower carb intake, the kidneys flush...

Caroline - :D:D:D You made me cry. In a good way. I'm so totally with you on the never feeling pretty, never being proud of yourself and have so very many times had that same hunt round all the shops. I too could just about maybe if I buy it in a stretchy material fit into a Monsoon biggest...

You've hit the nail on the head by not having enough packs, your body is hanging onto everything (quite literally) as it hasn't had enough nutrition. Needing to take laxatives tells me you're not getting enough fluid inside either. You will go if you have enough, just bear in mind that the...

Lol, the next person adores it! It is like ready brek, or oats so simple. You can have it a bit stodgy or thinner - it's great! I love it!

I'm pretty sure that would be a no - what is the tikka made from? how is it cooked? It'll likely be up in calories if it's not also up in carbs :)

Personally I think so, it's completely changing my life! I know that sounds a bit dramatic but it is true. I totally admire your motivation too, that's a tough time you've had there and your attitude is brilliant. I'm sure you'll achieve your goals in no time at all :)

Your tastes do change, not sure if that's about being in ketosis or not, but to give you an example, my favourite soup was thai at the beginning, now I can't even bear the thought of opening the packet, let alone having to down it! Maybe you could try an alternative ketogenic plan to get you in...

how about one of the shakes hot? Chocolate is great, think I've seen a thread about having strawberry hot, vanilla with a spoon of coffee?

The "meals" are not meals in as much as meat and two veg on a plate - they are reconstituted with water and are a little like babyfood. They are great and do really fill you up, but they are not meals like you would purchase from say, dietchef or rosemary conley solo slim. If you choose to...

Reading The Beck Diet Solution - it's all in there and you feel like she's been following you around when she wrote it! The plan has hints and tips for dealing with all these situations. I keep seeing a quote all over the place at the moment which is quite apt - motivation doesn't last...

That makes two of then, I too am a sniffer. I find it sorts the cravings for fresh bread and so many other things, just getting that smell inside!

Does anyone put their bars in the fridge? You get a jaw workout at the very least, takes a while to get through them!

I am utterly astonished every single time I step on the scales. I'm even more astonished when I buy something else in the sales for my target drawer and find it fits already. It doesn't feel like any of the other plans I've ever done, and for that I am totally grateful to S&S and so glad I...

There are so many different shakes to try - make them up with different amounts of water to get a different taste - I make mine with at least 500ml, or have the chocolate one hot. The oatmeal is really good though, I have it every morning unless I have protein instead first thing and have...

Try having a shake long, makes it just like a drink then if you're struggling with the "food" - or alternatively, have a chocolate shake in a mug and heat it up before bed for a really lovely hot chocolate - great in this snowy weather :)

OK! I will be the guinea pig and will report my progress. I'm going to start with a ton of measurements from ankles to neck and see what happens. I'll do 10 minutes per day with light exercises but no weights (bicep curls, triceps, lat pull downs, standing sit ups) and see what happens...

They send them with the most reliable couriers I've ever come across! Pretty confident they'll arrive - unless you live on a remote farm in South Wales :D. If all else fails, stick with the low carb and you'll keep on losing - warm chicken salad with wilted spinach, steak and brocolli etc etc...

Davey, I do hope you are still reading even if you've chosen to not participate in the forums. I absolutely appreciate how difficult it is to hear something you don't want to hear from somebody who doesn't know you. With the very odd exception (and the contributors to this thread so far are...

Totally normal. I notice you mention the water flavourings - I have a couple of glasses with flavouring now if I am in need of some assistance in, *ahem* going, otherwise I avoid. It gives me huge amount of painful rumblings. I've also had trapped wind in my chest so bad I was about to call...

All the packs are dead easy to make up. Do you have a kettle at work? The soups are just like any other packet soup, pour in the water and stir - and they are all really lovely. You get amazing results with S&S - honestly :)

It's all a learning process and it's good that you've dealt with and recognised why you did what you did. Your story sounds perfectly feasible to me, if you've come out of ketosis and filled up your glycogen stores with what you'd lost with their initial emptying, then you've broken even. You...

I'm quite happy not to be doing any exercise while following S&S, I know I should be getting a habit eventually but I'm fine with sliding into that very gradually! However, I'm wondering, and not that it's really exercise, but has anyone had good results from using a vibroplate while on a vlcd...

Much to my astonishment, they do actually shrink all by themselves! After reading this thread last night and wondering if I will be able to attempt flight when I'm light enough to take off, I went to measure my arms and had a good long look at them in the mirror - and they are quite a bit...

Hi Claire It's a biological fact that you will be in ketosis at some point, when that point is does vary quite widely from person to person, you have to work through your stored energy first by clearing through the glycogen. I think the average is around 3 days, but for every average there are...

Another 2lb off this week. Should really do my measurements again too as I've had a ton of comments this week about being considerably smaller! I'm really pleased with how this is going as I've struggled again emotionally this week, it's been so hard. My food choices are fine for staying in...

Just a lil 2lb for me, happy with that, steady away... Caroline - 18lbs. (12.9lbs down, 5.1lbs to go) Simmy1978 - 14lbs. (0lbs down, 14lbs to go) Noodles1609 - 14lb (12.5lb down, 1.5lb to go) Princesssappho - 14lb (7lb down, 7lb to go) LastEverDiet - 18lbs (0lbs down, 18lbs to go) trisha -...

I had the whole water thing described to me as follows - no idea if it's true or not, but it kind of makes sense and keeps me hydrated! There is only so much room in your body for the end process of fat breakdown, so once you've maxed it, there is no more room, so production slows down. The...

Rocket, sea salt, black pepper, baby spinach, spring onion, lil beetroot along with the extra lettuce :)

I have my copy still sitting on the shelf - got flu when mine arrived and haven't shifted my backside since! Well that's not true, I've walked further into work every day this week from the cheaper car park so I'm making a start to build up to Ms Michaels. However, if we're talking PT's from...

Brilliant first weeks loss - well done.

Yes it works out the cheapest way - 28 days of 4 packs a day (112 items) is £124.99, 28 days of 5 packs a days (140 items) is £149.99 - plus p&p for each pack. If you have 4 packs a day, the the 140 item pack lasts for 5 weeks :). There's not a massive amount in it, £1.07 a pack against £1.11...

Any of the folk that go on these programmes could be members here, or could just be looking around for support and happen across MM, I hope if any of them did they wouldn't read anything that would make them feel less welcome than the rest of us, that's all :)

Ours is not to judge the reasons why.... That poor lady had gone through the humiliation of going onto national tv in a desperate attempt to get some help and she got a telling off for eating too much. She already knew that, then she was put in "prison" for 3 months and fed shakes. At no...

Hello and welcome This might sound insane at the moment, but you will do it, and more than likely you'll have to remind yourself to have the packs. You just don't think about food, you don't feel hungry and you just get on with your day. You won't need to snack. By all means have the allowed...

Thank you all - I appreciate your comments very much. The badges - on the S&S website, this thread - hopefully will link them on the off topic section here - http://www.minimins.com/slim-save-off-topic/259536-badges-achievement.html :)

Not necessarily to improve them, as I do like my packs, but for variety - chilli flakes, dried basil and black pepper in cottage pie, make the chocolate milkshake up thicker for a mug and heat it up for a hot chocolate, make packs with more or less water to alter the consistency of them - a bit...

Yes, totally. I think it's quite normal as your body adjusts. You get into ketosis and feel amazing and do all sorts of stuff with the energy spurt, then your body goes "what's happening!" and you rollercoaster back the other way for a couple of days, nothing to worry about. I often find that...

Hello and welcome from someone who feels like an oldie now, and I'm only on week 16! I'm sure you'll do great :)

I guess these are questions best asked to Rob. Skinny latte - depends on where from I guess, are they using syrups or fresh ground to make it up? Red meat - can't really answer that other than to say I have it a couple of times a week as protein, thats not to say it's right though as I'm...

Personally I think it very much depends how you found yourself needing/wanting to lose weight. A lot of people get to that point because they eat too much/move too little and don't know what to do about it. Some wouldn't know healthy food if it came and slapped them in the face, some think a...

The 5lb is water weight without a doubt - you refill your glycogen stores when you come out of ketosis and your body stores this at the ratio of 3:1 in water - so it's no excuse, it's a fact! Often people think they've done awfully by coming off for a short while, but honestly, it is water...

Excellent! Keep at it, you'll be at your target in no time at all :)

You will! Brilliant first weeks loss, and you're so totally there with the feel good factor. Don't worry one bit if you get a really tired couple of days this week, you'll soon get the energy kick in once again, it's all normal :)

That's quite a dilemna, and to be honest I'm with you on it being your choice but in a partnership there needs to be some compromise in most things (funny how it's always us girls doing the compromise....). You've said two conflicting things - hubby wants you to come off packs so you can eat...

Pics from the start of my WL journey - I started with RC in September 2010, 2 years and only 2 stone later I switched, and just 15 weeks later I've now lost a total (since Sept 10) of 5 stone 4lb. The second attachment is September 2012 just before I started with LL/S&S.

Yes, and suprisingly so. I only like the white chocolate and lemon and the milk chocolate truffa, but both of them take some getting through :)

Breakfast - scrambled egg, lunch - tuna salad, eve meal - chicken & veg, snack - an atkins bar?

Hi, wondering firstly if you got the heartburn with water while doing s&s - I am a terrible sufferer and always have been, get really painful heartburn with water. But oddly - haven't at all since starting s&s. so I'm thinking now the heartburn must have been the reaction of a carb based...

It could be the missing pack, but it also could be one of the many bugs flying around at the moment too. When I had flu the last thing I wanted to do was have my packs, but I did feel better for making the effort, so it does make a difference :)

Thank you WT. Dad is doing ok, thank you for asking. They cancelled the op literally at the last second on Friday which was rather stressful but did it on Monday instead. He's still in ICU but hopefully will move to HD sometime today or tomorrow. It would have been a pizza fest before s&s!!

Just check out the carbs, they sometimes stick all sorts of stuff in tins that you wouldn't think of :)

I've found with the cycle changes I get now that day 3 and 4 of TOTM are the worst for me with fluid retention and bloating. I was showing a gain this week on those days (I'm an evil daily weigher) but ended up dropping 2.5lb. I have to remind myself to up my fluid to clear out that fluid at...

Take it one day at a time, one meal time at a time if you need to. I read some brilliant analogies the other day about feeling a failure if you "cheat" and throwing the towel in - if you slip down one step, do you then throw yourself down the full flight? If you miss your turning on the...

It's one of the Beck techniques to give yourself credit for your acheivements each day - it's an excellent way of reminding yourself how good you really are! Yesterday I made some big life decisions instead of procrastinating as usual. Massive progress for me, and a very pleasant side effect...

2.5lb off for me this week, lets see if I can polish off that 3.5lb left for the Jan target this week :) Caroline - 14lbs. (0lbs down, 14lbs to go) Simmy1978 - 14lbs. (0lbs down, 14lbs to go) Noodles1609 - 14lb (10.5lb down, 3.5lb to go) Princesssappho - 14lb (5lb down, 9lb to go) LastEverDiet...

Definitely echo planning a break. For me it was a very timely reminder of why I'm doing this, I felt terrible eating carbs again, and it really helped me identify foods that don't like me - and to think about why I like them so much. It was really an education in understanding my diet choices...

2.5lb this week. Pretty darn pleased with that, it's been a very challenging week and I'm proud that I stayed on plan, albeit with extras on some days. But, on reflection, the stuff I've faced this week would have been carb marathons of several thousand calories (each one!) in the past, so I...

Awww thank you, that's so lovely to hear :)

Milk may knock you out of ketosis because of the lactose - milk sugar. It's a bit like the citric acid thing, some people are more sensitve than others. I'm not a milk fan at all, and haven't touched a drop since I started at the end of September, including the break week at Christmas. I'm...

One thing I've noted since starting this, nobody else is concerned at all about what I eat and drink, really, nobody gives a monkeys! Help out by taking food round to everyone else and make sure they get their fill, or talk, lots! Not sure exactly what type of venue you'll be at, my party was...

You've probably set off already, but are you including veg, quite a list of what you can have - and protein?

It's quite normal, don't worry too much, it will pass. You're putting your body through some big changes so it's likely wondering where the volume of food it's got used to has gone and is objecting - also the type of fuel you're putting in will require some slightly different digestion to your...

I accidently had over 2 litres on one day (mindless eating/drinking and all that!) last week, lost 8lb - you'll be fine :)

I didn't get any of the signs I got first time after my break at Christmas. I did get what I have narrowed down to being gout in my thumb for about 36 hours over day 2 and 3 so I think that must have been it. Lost 8lb though so don't lose hope :)

I'm a sniffer too! It really does help. Have a list of all the reasons you want to lose weight and put it on display in your kitchen so you can read it while cooking to keep you on track :)