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Thanks for all the suggestions... I am seriously thinking about not cheating because I will be really upset if I gain and will have to get back at it.:( Its not easy restarting... Also as the trip involves a lot of walking I am hoping my weight will remain steady at least or even lose a few...

:confused:I am going on vacation for 6 days and would like to know how I can stay on this diet without eating the wrong food. I know I will be forced to eat as we are going with a huge group of friends. I might have to have a meal every day and I will try to stick to soups/shakes the rest of the...

Hey! last evening after work I decided to get a pedicure and manicure... I came home and sat around with hubby n son and decided to wear my jeans that I haven't worn for a long time because it was tight:o But I fit into it!!!!! It was actually loose!! I am thrilled!!!!:p I went to the parlor and...

Excellent!! I would love to see their reaction!! You go girl!

Well done on your weight loss and just keep at it. I am sorry about the dog ...spend some good times with him and PLEASE do NOT use food to handle this pain. You need to stay focused and not throw it all away....

No I haven't had the bars... I guess its that the whole of last two weeks I was in and out of cheating... My son wasn't feeling well, but I am not using this as an excuse... I just need to be more focused! Like Anisah said "you will get to goal if you keep going."

I think icemoose has made a very good point here. I think we all react differently to this diet and the imp thing is that you appreciate your body for the weight loss. AND continue. Thank you very much for giving me this percpective... THANK YOU!

Thanks! dears I feel a bit better after hearing you say its not SO bad as I thought... I am going to try harder at this now.... I see you all are having gr8 losses and I don't want to fall behind! I can feel the losses though ...Like my clothes fit better and some are even loose... Actually I...

Dear all, I am in my 7th week of CD and I have lost 9 kilos. I spoke with my CDC over phone and she said it's a slow weight loss. I am very discouraged and feel very down:cry:I did have some bad days in b/w and I am trying to be very good on ss+ I am not blaming my CDC but I feel so down and...

Congrats on ur marvellous achievements! Have fun and go enjoy life out there... If you need us any time we are all here:)

good to hear that:) Do check with the doc next time if it hurts so badly again. And try to also have a nice hot bath as it helps the blood vessels... xx

I have been on the CD now for 7 weeks and have lost 9 kgs and I am very happy about that:) But I am loosing loads of hair!!:cry:I wasn't worried in the beginning because I read here that its normal when on CD and you will have a better growth of hair later on ... But the thing is I am loosing...

oh!! Did you check with your CDC Lostris why this is happening? I think you should ask her. Also have a hot bag over your tummy (not too hot) when the pain is unbearable...You could have freshly ground ginger with some boiled water... Add a bit of sugar. This should calm the pain. Also have some...

Hi KD! good morning:) I am very good now:) phew! I had a tough time last week but I am on the diet again and stuck to it all the way and will continue to do so. I weighed myself and lost a kilo!!!:) I am happy happy happy! Thank you for your support love! I really appreciate it. You are a...

Hi I got mine last week and it was ok just regular... I think there might be a delay for some and others will have it on time... I guess at the end it will sort itself out. Initially it might go off track but get back once you have started to loose weight and your body has adjusted to the new...

wow!! thanks luv:) that is such an inspirational and thought provoking talk! I know it's my head that has to be set in place... and I didn't feel deprived at all KD when I did CD. It went very well but then I realized the more I cheat the harder its to get back on! I wrote little notes all over...

Thanks KD for your advice. I think that is what I am going to do. It's been hectic at work and my son has fever ... so it's not easy at the moment. I liked your idea of switching to 810. I really love CD and everytime I cheat I feel so let down ...this diet is far better than many others I have...

I am off the diet for today and I was yesterday too...:( I can't stay on the diet today... There is too much happening and I feel I can get back on this tomorrow when I am better and things have settled down. And from tomorrow its going to be very strict business for me. I am having a bad week...

It's totm for me and I have been on such a bad snack mode today!! I can't resist and almost felt like crying. SO I just went and got myself a packet of crunchos almonds!!:cry:I couldn't stop it!! My goodness! it was so bad:( Have to get back on the diet and not do this! I know I know!:wave_cry:

Beat the urge! You are the only one who can do it. Treat yourself to anything else other than food. Go for a walk, a swim or even for a pedicure! You have had all the chocolates you needed all your life and we are in this diet together so we can stop doing that :)u can have that chocolate...

you know freinds last night I hug a dress in the closet that I wore when I was in college - a size 10!! I stood and stared at that dress saying to myself I will get into that within few months. It made me feel like I have a huge gift at the end of this road. You are all right - nothing can feel...

Thank you friends for your encouraging words and also I am feeling more "human" to know most of you feel the same way but are doing a good job not letting in to the cravings. The weekends are always bad because of friends and families always being around... My weekend wasn't good and I tried...

Thelast few days I cannot get rid of my thoughts that is only about food.... I am trying so hard to resist it! :mad:And with my 7 year old it's difficult to rid the cupboards off all the bad stuff.. he enjoys his crisps and cakes once in a while BUT their existence in the house is bothering...

No sweetheart don't feel down. Just look back at what you have achieved! It's not easy! But you did it and you will continue:) A sausage is nothing my dear. The day before yesterday you remember what I ATE!! or you could say gobbled! So don't feel sad. Just stick to the plan. Take it easy. We...

hi, my cdc told me that those who have a lesser BMI should not do ss or ss+. I think you should up your calories so you have your metabolilsm running. You don't have so much to loose. Also if you are feeling faint and weak you must see your cdc immediately. You should reconsider your plan on CD...

Thank you so much!! Dear darlings, You all Susan, Bev, Kira, Sabab, Bigbird, Booboochicken, Martin, WitchyAnne, Largelesley, Minz and Toots have shown me how supportive you all are. :)I feel like I am not alone in this anymore. Especially when Martin said "we are behind you"... I almost...

Thank you gals! I am trying hard to forget what happened yesterday:( I have just stuck to my soup and few pieces of grilled chicken since I am doing ss+ and I am being very careful to not repeat what happened last nite. Wish me luck dears.

Yesterday was a bad day!!:break_diet: I can't tell you how sick I felt after what I did:cry:The whole day I was good sticking to my soup but by the time I came home, I was famished!! And I just wouldn't enter the kitchen but I did and I just blew it!! I ate crisps, fish and beef cutlets that was...

My turning point came when I had two miscarriages in 6 months!! It was devastating and made me realize that my body is not healthy at all to carry a baby.:cry: That gave me the biggest shock of my life! I cried a whole week. Crying myself to sleep:(. I was depressed ALL of the time. I couldn't...

All of you have made me realize that there is no point in cheating and it will be even more difficult getting back on CD if we cheat! SO I am convinced and I will not allow anything to deviate me from my plan!:) I am so glad I am on this forum - you guyz are life savers:)

Very informative I must say Mini. Thank you! My CDC said that there are enough nutrients in the 3 packs that is sufficient for my body to perform well... Since its a phase that most of the CD dieters go through, along with the promise of better hair and better health, I am re-assured:) xx

Same here!! I kept wondering when some one would turn up from this side of the world:) And as you said it is very difficult dieting alone. But this forum is awesome and you will get all the support you want. I was helped out many times when I was in the dumps:( But keep up with the diet :)

ok... I try to not comb or wash my hair very often...because the hairflow is worrying me a bit... I'll see how it goes the next few days. But I am not worried and I am sticking to the diet:)

Has any one experienced hairloss being on CD? I am losing a bit of hair and I am quite worried:( Should I have any viatmin like B complex or something?:confused: Or will this just clear by itself? This is my 4th week on ss+... Any feedback on this will be appreciated?:sigh:

I read somewhere on this forum that on ss+ you can have your 3 sachets and 200kcal meal plus 220ml of milk.:confused: Is this allowed? I thought ss+ was 3 sachets and one 200kcal meal. Please correct me here. I am not sure if this is allowed... :confused: Can some body please clear this for me?

I know Susan. It's really not worth it! I did a reality check also and remembered how people sneer at me here and it's not nice at all... Thanks hon for helping me here:) It's given me a boost to keep going. Thanks luv:)

That's gr8 news! good for you:) I will do what you said here about drinking water. After that episode I try to drink water spread over the day... Makes sense also. I agree with you totaly that this diet is amazing and it's such a 'pick me up':)

Has any one cheated being on CD? :oAnd when you do cheat what is that you eat? Also how do you all stay so good on the diet?:) I am on week 5 and I am trying so hard to stay focused...:break_diet:

makes sense! Yeah I do have the killer breath!!:o the only thing is that two days ago I cheated with a bit of carbs:sigh: I am back on track... One thing I like about this diet is that you cannot eat much even if you want to... I feel my stomach has shrunk and its so much better without those...

Bev, I buy my stix from the local pharmacy. It's cheaper. My CDC did suggest buying it from her but I didn't. I think what Susan said here makes sense... Pink is good and you are burning fat but purple means you are burning fat but then you are dehydrated!:o that is not good.. so I must up my...

Thanx Bev and judders74 for your insights into this. It is pretty confusing! But like you said judders74 that the color change on the stix are affected by a number of factors. But it would help to know if you are on track and burning fat:) That's what ketones means, right? Well, I have been...

Dear friends, I have been using the Ketone stix as suggested by my counsellor and I also read on the CD website the reason why it's used. Most of the time I used the stix it turned to pink or purple. I understand that it means my body is burning fat:) But I also read on some of the posts here...

I do feel better today... must have been all the water I drink:)

Thanx susan... I feel weird and I am stuck here at work:( Wasn't the purple color suppose to also mean that I'm burning fat?? that's why we do the ketosis test right? To see if we are on the track? I am drinking loads of water also.... Donno...

I am on ss+ for 3 weeks now and today I had my soup for breaky and had some grilled fish and mushrooms for lunch... And now I have a bad stomach... I went to the loo twice:o sorry I am embarrased to say so:( Would any of you know why this is happening? I am fine otherwise and thought I will have...

Thanks gals for all your love and inspirations. I love this forum! It's just an amazing place :)

Thanks Susan for the wishes:) I like what you said Minz about "allergy"!! I had a good laugh now:) I think I will just do that. I will look whacky when I tell the waiter that I am allergic to dressings and oils!! HA HA!! I could have some grilled fish and veggies without any butter... Hubby is...

Hey Minz! so u really think that the weight loss is good? I haven't visited my CDC in 3 weeks now and somehow I don't feel like going:( Also I like what you said here that we should think of ourselves first and sticking to SS should be our gift! that's quite right what u said here...Thanks for...

Thank you all for your help... I know you all understand how I feel. I am so addicted to the weighing machine! And yes it's SO depressing when they don't budge. Also it's making me so moody and I cry for the silliest of things:( I have finished 4 weeks on the CD and have lost only 6 kgs and I...

Yesterday I measured myself and realized that I have lost a total of 23 inches from all over my body:) and I am quiet happy. But I have been weighing the same for the last 1 week with absolutely no change... :confused: Is this normal. I am doing the ss+ and being very careful what I eat. I can...

Thank you my darlings!! I feel better and I am so glad I have this forum where you all r just amazing:) I am getting sentimental:) Yesterday I went home and got on the scale feeling so scared and the good news is that I have lost!! which is such an incentive to be on this diet. CD rocks!! God...

I have been on ss+ and have done fairly well... Today there was a suprise b'day party at work and there was nothing I could possible touch. There were cup cakes, bread sticks, pastries, croissants, danish pastries, muffins, sweets and chocolates all over the place. Still lying around. :sigh:I...

Sorry to sound stupid:o but what do u mean by pm?

Wow!!! that is simply great:) Thank you Hedgehog and MadamDotty for your help. I was beginning to get worried but as Hedgehog said I am quiet relieved that I can continue on this till I reach my goal... I have been drinking loads of water and today morning when I woke up I did the ketone test...

I have been on CD for 3 1/2 weeks and I have lost 6 kilos and I am quite happy. Now, I did ss for a week and found it very difficult to continue and was afraid I might come off the diet. And that's when I heard about ss+. So I switched to doing ss+ and I am able to survive! :) How far can I...

Lesly, I emailed you and I got an automated delivery failure email:( Is there any other way I can contact you? :confused: Another email ID perhaps? Thanks love

that's the thing! any way let's see how things go on... I am doing ss+ now and I am able to stick to it... though my cdc was very adamant i stick to only ss I couldn't do that! so i did a bit of research on the web and realized i can do the ss+... thank you ladies for all your help! It's just...

Hi Lesly, yeah I will have to do that. It's really insane! When I called her the secretary in the office said they do not provide books because they follow only ss and the booklet has other info on many other things that we don't need!!! I was stumped! what do I say to that??

Thanks MsJMC and Martin for your feedback. You have no idea how great you guys are!! I was stuck in a rut for a while. I find ss+ very convenient and helpful to stay focused. I have 1 sachet for breakfast for lunch I have half a sachet and some grilled chicken and boiled veggies staying in the...

Thank you darlings for the positive feedback and I am relieved that I can do the ss+ instead of the ss... It's better than ss as I almost fell sick... I will up my intake of water.. I do drink more that 10 glasses of water and I keep running to the loo:) but if you gals think its less I will...

Can I not do ssing and go straight to ss+? as I am finding it difficult to do only ss...I did it for a week and was really exhausted and therefore started the ss+. Is that ok?

Dear dieters, I am on ss+ and I have a question:confused:. I know that I can have 3 sachets of CD and one 200kcal meal. Can I have the meal during lunch or should I have all the 3 sachets and then by late evening have my meal as dinner? Please help!:o Can I have black coffee on ss+? Also...

Thank you for all your suggestions! Love you all:) I went to the site and downloaded the booklet but I couldn't get to the "managing your weight" booklet...something was wrong and it kept showing me error messages. I also like the idea about enquiring with the head office.. I will send them an...

thank you dears .. the only thing is that I cannot find another cdc around my area... I live in Dubai (don't be surprised, please) ... this diet is fairly new to this region... so she is the only one I can rely on:( but I am thinking of getting it through Amazon.com ...what say?? Pls keep me in...

yeah.... so I guess we have to just wait it out... My CDC said it will be fine once the body gets used to the diet. It must be going thru shock by cutting out on so many things we have spoilt it with all these yrs!

well, I just called and asked my CDC to give me the booklets and she just said she doesn't have any! I am quiet surprised and don't know what to do:(

My CDC didn't give me any booklets or information that I can refer to:sigh:. I have done some research on the net and printed out some info from the CD website. Other than that I do not have any info on what to do when I am on this diet. How can I get a booklet:confused: does any of kind souls...

Best of luck Maggie! Just remember it's your body and your the only one who knows best to take good care of it. Just imagine how fab you are going look and feel in a few months time!! We are all here if you need help:)

so no nuts, huh? I do snack once in a while on a few almonds when my cravings are really bad... I will have to give it up! :( But thank you for all the info. I am on the ss+ now .. I even got myself a food weigher so I am sure to eat only what is allowed... Yesterday I had grilled chicken...

Thanks gals... so I better just wait it out and see how my body reacts to this. I have been getting my periods every month except this month after I started the CD diet....

so you mean to say you have irregular periods on CD? I had shows whole of last week but nothing after that:(

Has any of you experienced problems with your monthly cycle:o while being on the CD? any help is appreciated....

There are many shakes though I am not a big fan of them... there is cappucino, almond&walnut(i think), fruits of the forrest, butterscotch, chocolate, vanilla.. then we have the chocolate bars, the peanut and caramel bars - I have used only these two at the moment... For a whole weeks (7 days)...

I did go online and do some research:) Yes the packets look the same as you have there... And its the same calories. One sachet is 137kcal. I have the veggie soup and also the tomato soup. We do get the oriental chilli and many shakes and the choco bars. I like the fact that I can add some food...

Dear MsJMC, How can I download the booklet? I have a weird feeling that my CDC will not have the booklet. I haven't seen any with her and with any of the other patients...Can I buy it somewhere? I am not sure if any stores here in Dubai will have it...

Thank you Karen! I will ask her for the booklet. it will be very helpful, I am sure... I would be very grateful to you Karen if you can given me the kinds of food and their quantity that I can have on SS+... I am a bit lost here as you can see with my CDC not giving any info on this. You are...

Dear darlings thank you so much for writing in! you have no idea how much this helping me. I felt like an utter loser before this. My CDC is stuck in her old ways. She never told me of any booklet and I don't have one. It sounds so much more wonderful if I can have the 3 sachets and a 200kcal...

Thank you my dears for writing and helping me!! I really appreciate it love. Well, it looks like my CDC is stuck in her own old ways. I did not get any booklet or any such information. Your suggestion of either having the 3 sachets and a 200kcal meal OR 3 sachets and 200ml milk sounds wonderful...

oh! wow! I guess she is then! She told me to have ONLY 3 sachets and that's it. No doctor's permission and nothing. She was adamant I don't touch any food which is difficult having to cook for the family and I work too. I do have a little bit of food now for eg. today I had few strands of...

Hi Thank you for writing in. I do have lots of water at least 2 big bottles during the day and a few glasses in the evening. You said I can have the 3 sachets, 200calories meal AND milk? Can I have milk also?? My CDC has asked me to not touch milk and she just does not allow me to eat food!! I...

Dear All, I have been on CD for 3 weeks and I cannot just stick to SS so I do have some protein and boiled veggies for one meal and have the 3 regular shakes. Will this disrupt my weightloss?:cry: Can any CDCs please help me here. I get severe headaches when I limit myself to only the 3...

Dear friends, I have been on the CD for 3 weeks now and I have lost 7 kilos ... I tried to do the ss but wasn't able to keep up with it. SO I started adding a meal to it, very limited though. I have my 3 shakes and for lunch I have a bowl of grilled chciken... Is this ok? Can any of the CD...