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Had to get my bloodwork done and they weigh you too for the records.. I gained a pound. Checked it at home and yes. A pound gained while I follow this diet to the letter. I think it's time to quit and see those specialists. Starving myself and being hungry all day and gaining weight does not...

Yea I will enjoy it :) we're thinking of getting a hotel so good up until dinner and perhaps a cheeky breakfast in the hotel. And I know I will enjoy every spoonful. Well just a little afraid that with my luck and weirdo body I'll gain it all back in a night. We'll see though!

Yea I read your story Sun and I am first having a private blood test done to see what my insulin levels are like, as I am on metformin for a suspected insulin resistance, and secondly I am making an appointment privately with an endocrinologist on Monday. I've read their specialisms and this one...

You can do it! There are many many friendly people on this board that will pull you through any struggle. You've come to the right place. Good luck. :bighug:

I had my thyroid checked this week. I have not been taking my meds for a while now as I suspected they might be the thing that is stopping my weight loss/ aka make me gain weight. My tsh came back normal. I was prescribed a fairly high dose of 125mg, not taking it and my functions are all...

I understand. It is just very very hard for me at the moment to think about how to motivate myself going on if all and all I have just lost around 2 kilo's of fat in 3 weeks of starving myself. I know I carry/carried a lot of water weight and that is off. We are still not certain if those 2...

Only lost a kilo this week on SS+. Followed it to the letter, even my CDC was disappointed and hinted that I should stop. My initial weight loss has just been fluid and I am now doing a kilo a week. That is no where near what I should loose at my weight.. Feeling icky and unmotivated to...

I am a very strict vegetarian so my options in eating on SS+ are limited as it is and I highly doubt I can find a decent place to eat where they can outdo what I can do at home :). No point in eating out then in my opinion if I can make the tofu at home. I would try to stick to one meal and I am...

I am having my 5th year anniversary in 3 weeks and I am not looking forward to spending that just at home with steamed tofu. Would like to go out to eat and I am certain that will include carbs. I will get out of ketosis, but what would the damage be like? Is it like a whole week lost? Anyone...

I am going to try that next week. I had 2 cookies and cream to try. One i made with exactly the amount of water and I thought it was disgusting. But it's all I eat so I had to eat the second one but this one I watered down almost double and it wasn't so bad. And better I felt like I ate more...

Hi, no don't use water in a marinade as that will soak and make the tofu all mushy again. To drain all the water the easiest thing to do is slice it half vertically (or are only allowed half anyway) and place that slap on plenty of paper towels. Cover with some more and put a plate on top with...

Yea I tried spreading it out, but as soon as my lips touch that tetra straw I am lost. I see my CDC on Saturday again and I am just gonna struggle through this week I hope. I just never imagined being this hungry ALL the time. Ketosis nirvana my foot. I am fine with the mental part though...

The only thing I really miss is bread. And more precisely whole grain french bread with mozzarella and tomato. Mmm

I am a strict vegetarian, so all I can do is tofu or cottage cheese and I think I'll go over the carb limit if I keep nibling at that. I just don't understand. If I am not ravenous I am just hungry. I read all these pleasant stories of people in ketosis describing it as "nirvana" but so far...

Well so much for my conclusions.... the hungry/starving is back since last night with a vengeance. Rumbling stomach for nearly 24 hours now and absolutely starving. Had my tetra and soup, waiting for 5 o' clock for my dinner. I just don't get it... Is being in ketosis not supposed to stop this...

Lost 2.2 kilo's. I stopped taking my thyroid medication and it fell off. I have been wondering about that medication for years now. Been taking them yet nothing happened ever. Still a thyroid mess. Didn't take them the first week, lost a lot, took them again and stalled instantly, stopped and...

Weigh in tomorrow... hoping hoping I lost something...

I am so sorry for you. I had the exact same thing and switched to the plus... having that 200ccal meal makes all the difference for me. Hang in there!

I know Scooby I know... I've just been disappointing so many times with diets I can't help it. Been trying to loose weight now for sooo long and each time it just didn't happen. Been in the hospital once for 10 days while being fed by a drip and even then... no weight loss at all.

I feel a whole bunch better today today. Still hungry but I don't have the massive pain in my thigh muscles anymore. Still in Ketosis. Haven't lost any weight in 4 days though. 6 kilo's in 4 days and then 4 days nothing. I don't really enjoy this so far. 4 more days till my weigh in.

So I caved. Going off SS and up to step 2. I feel aweful, not for moving up 2 steps but physically. Had a plate of tofu with some mushrooms. Hopefully the weird achings I've been having in my muscles will be gone in the morning.

I was doing fine until the 5th day. I am assuming I was still running on what I ate last week or something. Switched from 3 to 4 meals, am in full Ketosis ( second most purple one) drink so much liquid I could burst and I am starving! My stomach rumbles all the time, I only get a little relief...

WoW! :clap: that is proper inspiration to keep going.. well done.

I think I officially need to be on SS+ because my BMI is over 47 at the moment, but I am a all or nothing kinda gall. Although I am starving at the moment. Full in Ketosis but still hungry and it's only day 6. Thinking of switching to 4 meals a day to better suit my body yet I am enjoying the...

Hi Kirsty, Yea I am still here. Mighty depressed but here. I foolishly relaxed my diet and gained weight again. I let all the people talk me into eating more and that backfired. I am now back onto my original plan and luckily I am loosing weight again. :) my body does know best I reckon. How...

You'll do great. Just set yourself little goals, they are so much easier to get and make you feel great.

Don't give up! We all go through that! Don't let the pressure of it all get to you. Take it hour by hour, day by day. We didn't get this way overnight. I strongly believe overeating is just another addiction, people just don't treat it like an addiction. I like to see it as a nasty habit I...

Weekends are usually easier for me, no temptations here. I don't really know what I want. I've never been slim, at least I can't remember. And when I kinda was I always thought I was fat/ugly etc anyway as I was a teen. I'll just see what happens, maybe I'll be surprised. You'll make your...

You can't really compare. you are so much slimmer then me to begin with. Really overweight people always loose quickly in the beginning. After a while it will slow down and then the hard part begins.

I know, that is why I eat when my body is hungry. So far I feel good, I got some cravings but that's more habbit I think then actual want.

But I have been eating more graduatly. I just eat when my body asks for it. It's quit weird for me to do, as I always thought that hunger was a good thing. I'd go through the day starving and not feeling very well. Weighed myself today, lost 8.4 kilograms in 2 weeks now. I think I am doing...

I am sure I am not eating enough at the moment, but I want to teach my body to be 'normal' again. I've been either dieting or overeating all my life so it needs to learn to ask for things. I eat when I feel hungry at that was going fine for the last 2 weeks. I've been slipping yesterday and the...

Much appreciated Taz :) Yesterday was a hard day for me. The paprika crisps my co-workers ate smelled divine and my sandwiches were just soggy and not very tasty. I had porridge in the morning, a sandwich around 12, another one around 3 and beans and cheese on toast for dinner. Overall I've...

Aww.... why did you snack? Where you really hungry or was it something else? If you find it hard to stop the snacking it might be worth keeping a mood diary too so you can identify why you are snacking.

He propably would, but I am just not ready. Maybe in a few more kilograms. I used to go swimming when I was around 120kg. If all goes well I should have enough confidence by then again.

Well I am rooting for you !! Go you!! I can't help you on the calories, never counted calories in my life :) Most food I make from scratch and I really clueless how much calories would be in 1 portion, sure I could try and calculate, but that'll take hours and I've got better stuff to do :)...

You are doing great :) all those walks are sure to pay off.

You'll be fine. Just don't beat yourself up when you think you did bad. You have a clear goal in your head and that is the price, all these minor setbacks mean absolutely nothing when you reach your goal. What is one bag of crisps on 1 night when you lost your 103 pounds? Beating yourself up...

Hi Brewanne, You can do it! I don't think you lack willpower I think you lack food. You have to be sure to eat proper meals, that will stop you from snacking. If you skip lunch you are very likely having a binge later. Please try and eat on normal times and eat properly. Without the shakes...

Hi all, I've had the worse backache yesterday... Food wise an odd day. I had some porridge in the morning and then nothing until diner, I just wasn't hungry. I had the rest of my stirfry I made yesterday. Then after diner I was hungry but full. Very odd. I did my exercise and at 10.30 I decided...

:cry:Starjumps? I am not sure what I'll break or tear, but it will be something. I'm happy to make it up the stairs at night.

HI all, I am doing very low impact exercise, most of it is while sitting down. We figured this is the only way for me right now to get anything done. I had another good day yesterday. Had some porridge, 2 glasses of orange juice (just love that) half a baquette with cheese and my usual...

We all know that, but it's hard not to check every day... My weighday is Sunday. Today a normal day for me. Porridge with some fruits for breakfast, could not finish the porridge. A normal sandwich for lunch with a pack of blue berries, my second sandwich at 3-ish. For dinner I had a bowl of...

Hi Pigeonia, I am not sure what my biggest downfall is. The first thing I thought about was just food. As a very strict vegetarian I am already restricted in what I can eat, because a lot of lovely things have egg in them. Egg less cakes are ok, but nothing compared to sponge cakes. If I would...

Hi Pigeonia and thanks :) I had an odd day today. Had porridge for breakfast with just 2 slices of banana. I love banana's but today they just didn't seem right. Around 10 I snuck in 5 grapes, I was hungry. I had a lunch of my usual sandwich and I had a buttered puran puri. Couldn't finish...

I am glad I am not the only one :) always figured I must be demented :)

I am planning on weighing myself tomorrow morning. I still need to buy a measuring tape, so that will be next week until I have hopefully some results. I have always avoided being photographed. I have 1 picture from October 2007, my wedding puctures. I so hate the way I look on those and...

I have always been told to weigh yourself only once a week, because your weight can really fluctuate strangly. The last dietician I went to said that at my weightclass it could even fluctuate with multiple kg's a day.

Hiya Shortie, I am special :) I live in the UK, but am Dutch and am married to an lovely Indian man.... So I use KG but eat crisps and a lot of curry and chapati.... Like I said I am very special :) My sister lives in New Zealand though, but she doesn't need to drop a gram.

Yesterday, For morning and lunch I had half a baquette with my usual topping (tomato, lettuce, cucumber, ketchup, mustard, cheese) I had one for lunch and I had one for breakfast. For dinner I had the same thing but as a sandwich with some patra and a puran puri. Overal I have not been...

To wrap up my day. I lunched again with a wholegrain sandwich with mustard, a little ketchup, margerine, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, gherkin and 3 self cut slices of cathedral extra mature. I have half a pack of blue berries and an apple with it. Around 3-ish I got hungry and ate my other...

I kind of knew, but not why. It is so ridiculous that vital information in what is good for you, how to loose weight etc etc is not available freely and honestly. If you search on the web, half of it is just untrue and the other half just wants to make money so they only tell you half you...

No no I should have been more specific. I wait 20 minutes after the water, if I am still hungry, I eat. Same with lunch, I eat one sandwich, wait 20 minutes and if I still need the second one, I will eat it. I am assuming I need to retrain my body knowing when it's full or when enough is enough.

Wow, you are doing so good :) Don't get upset over "only" loosing 6kg. You are walking 2 to 6km a day! That is amazing, I am only hoping I will reach your level of fitness! Keep up the amazing work, you seem very determined and the dress will look marvellous on you.

Spend all evening searching through my old boxes, because hearing you guys talk about WW made me realise something.... I bought a points plan plus CD years ago... and I found it again. I installed it on my computer and will roughly try to give that a go. I don't think I'll get to my recommended...

Hi Taz and Starlight, Great minds indeed. I am not ready yet to go to yet another slimming club. I understand it is a good thing if you get the right club, I entered the wrong one before and that kind of stuck with me... old habits and all. I did get my husband all excited about researching...

Hi Starlight, I think that's a major flaw in my personality. I am all or nothing. Either I don't care and eat whatever I want or I go into some starvation mode. I find it very hard to decide what would be a normal amount to eat. I am hungry now, but that would be because dinner smells...

I don't think it's to bad today. I had a massive craving around 10-ish for a toffee crisp chocolate bar. I could almost taste it, had my coins ready to get one. I msn-ed my husband and he stopped me just in time. Snacking is a major issue here. At least twice a day most of my co-workers go...

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Started my food diary. Slightly shy about it, but I will try and stay honest :)

Eaten so far today: 1 glass of orange juice 2 wholegrain slices of toast with peanut butter 1 pot of fruit yoghurt (yum) 1 sandwich with 2 slices of wholegrain bread, topped with margarine and wholegrain mustard, with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, carrot, gherkin and a veggie spread called...

Well !! Let's do this then. I need to loose a massive amount of weight. Not dwelling on that right now, any weight I'll loose will be a bonus. I am seriously overweight, as you can imagine as I need to loose over 70kg to begin with. I am very unfit, just 300 steps tires me out, taking...

That's a good idea. It will be odd to let everyone read what I am doing and how I am doing, but as it's not face to face perhaps it'll be ok. I'll give it a go!

Not really no. After my first and only experience with a slimming club I was cured for life. It was awkward enough to go there and share my weight as it was being 'bullied' for being different. Same with dieticians, I don't think I'll even give that a go. The last one just said try slim fast...

Hi Frances, I always asumed Rose Elliot's Vegetarian Low Carb Diet included egg. Most vegetarian diet plans do. I will order me a copy to check it out. I always understood that low-carb was not as good for you. I know swimming is very good, I used to do it as a teen.... frankly the thought...

Hi Taz, I hope so. I need support. I've been to a slimming club and I was gently removed as they just did not know what to do with me. It's just horrible that with all the stimulation to loose weight no one really knows how to help the ones that seriously need help. I am so unfit its not funny...

Hi 30flirty, Cambridge, Lighter life and slimfast are basically the same. I don't want to do that any more. I lost a lot of weight, but I learned nothing about food or exercise. Specially exercise as I was just to tired to do anything. I am looking for a multi-year plan and not a quick fix...

Hi there, New to this forum, not new to dieting. I've been a big girl all my life but I am at an all time high, or low depending on how you'd look at it. I weigh around 150kg at 1.79mrt. Morbidly obese, yes I know. Luckily I encounter many MANY people daily who remind me just how big I am...