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Well that was a long time ago, since then I have graduated from uni, done a PG dip, graduated from that, I start a new job soon. And in between all that I have managed to put weight back on. I went right down to 10.5 stone. while I thought I looked really good, I got A LOT, A **** tone of...

I spotted your youtube update and thought I would see if I could find you hear. It seems that you have put in so much effort and time, it is rubbish that your blood pressure is being a pain. Mine has gone the other way and is too low. Hope to see you around, even if it is just for a chat about dogs.

Hey, I can tell you about my expeariance. I got to my goal, and worked up the steps. I found that step 5 was actually more than I was comfortable eating. I moved on to just what would be come my normal diet. and kept loosing weight. So the main idea is to only eat what you will work off on...

I agree with the others :)

9.6 woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Things have been super mad hear. Literally. I'm at a complicated time with my relationship. Headed into a stressfull time with that and with uni. But so far so good. Sitting at 12.6. Going to the gym tomorrow. the last 4 days I have slipped into eating rubbish. I need to not do that. So this...

OMG!! well done. Really. Read your posts that I had missed. I never realized your Cambridge person was that bad! the two I have had were very different but both good in different ways. Fingers crossed you avoid paper cuts!

Well done :) Keep up the good work. There is a section of the forum for most diets. I eat a lot of omelette's lol gonna have one for tea now :) with garlic omnomnom. Welcome along lol :)

Welcome along :) I assume you have found the part of the forum for that type of diet. There is nothing wrong with standing out. Loosing weight for health is a good idea. However, I know that I will never be anything less than a size 12. I know that I can't loose any more weight with out...

Hiya, I have POCS as well, there are parts on the form where there are other 'sufferers'. You are about the same hight as me. When I started trying to loose weight two years ago I was 18 stone and a size 22. I'm now under 12stone and a size 12. You can do it :) I found it helpfull to have a...

good luck :) How are you getting on ? I have everything crossed :D

hiya, if you haven't already I would go ask in the SW part of the forum. I have no idea.. sorry :( welcome along though and good luck with your journey :D :D

hiya :) how you getting on ?

awww, how are all the doggies doing now ?

hiya, how are you getting on? I would split your weight loss up. Smaller goals then you can feel fantastic when you get to one mile stone. Slowly and surely is good :) Keep it up :)

Hiya, I have done Cambridge, quite similar I think. I found that there were big fluctuations. That it worked out about 8-12lb a month if I did well and stuck to it :) I would also take measurements of your self, or get someone to help. I found some weeks I lost no weight at all, and this made...

Hiya, I love this site, it really helped me. I have been maintaining for a while now :) still hear because it is a good community. What diet are you trying?

It tells you on the left hand side of your post. Under your name. So far you have 43 :)

I had to laugh at the printer - freezer confusion. A friend of mine put milk in the cat bowl... and cat food in her cuppa this morning. One of those days. Things can build up, its surprising. The only way to drink the shakes is really really cold. Blah. Sounds like your doing good :)

OooO I hope it ends up on youtube. You are really good at speaking so don't worry. You know what makes you so good at it. You are human!! like the rest of us. I hate public speaking, just be really prapiared and know exactly what you want to say, so even if you forget words or can't work out...

Hey Lauren :) I agree with what you have been saying. I just cought up with it all. Hope its working out well for ya. I did the same, I look at my self and my goal. My BMI is going to be over for my hight. But you know what, I don't wanna look ill or like a boble head. Also, I don't think I...

so going up and down all the time. but still under 12!! boooyaaa! this is where I plan to stay!! RWARRRRR

clicking on it does make it bigger. Not sure I did good job at making before and after pics. but hear it is anyway :) I was not at goal when that was taken. so I'm even thiner now. well... lol i had a KFC and a Krispy Creme or 3 today. however, I have worked a lot of it off I think ;) Weigh...

Just catching up. interesting experiment. Really rubbish that you have been feeling so awful though.

Wooo 4lb off so 11st 12. Under goal. :)

hellloooooo Just catching up with you. So much has happened since I was away. I was thinking this the other day with the money. Sometimes I can't face saying to my CDC I don't need anything. Os I end up using products and eating. Making things worse. The plan is to not do that tonight. But I'm...

OMG guys. I never realized I had been away so long. So, my goal weight is 12 stone, I have gone up and down all the time. But just now I'm 12.3 so that is not bad. Its been mad, the relationship I was in had started to break down. for a while I was feeling quite sad and horrable. So it took...

Another thing we have in common. I can it seems loose max of about 3lb in a week, but gain 6 in one week end! fair enough I was out drinking one night but really! Ugh Gonna do an update.

Just watched your last video. dogs are the best friends anyone can have really. Missed on hear and on youtube. so so glad to see you about!!! see if you ever get any time at all.. There is a make up look I would love your opinion on. and PS.. I LOVE YOUR POMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

you will get there :)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH At target!!! at target AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH woooooooooo ahhhhhhh

CrazyDiamond ME too! Though of the 12 I put on I have lost 10 wooo.

My consultant said her sponsor put some curry powder in it. and it was like curry risotto. I have yet to try it.

I just looked at your post from last Christmas though. Between then and now there are loads of up and downs, but! you are still going! you are doing well. Don't feel like a fraud, because despite of everything, even bad moments and maybe self sabotage, you are doing it, you are getting there :D...

does the dark side actually have cookies? Because I am tempted. My first 2014 weigh in is Monday. My guess is .... 13.1. an increase of 10lb ish. With all I have eaten I'm thinking at least 3lb on a week for the last three weeks.

I hated it. First one I thought maybe I made it wrong. Tried again, I could not even get half way though it with out feeling sick. I gave my other packet away to a friend also on the diet. lol I have yet to see how she got on with it. I love rice pudding, but its not really rice, the texture is...

that's a how mine turned out as well.. bleugh. I prefer the bars for a treat, decided I can't stomach the mix a mouse.

My plan for Christmas failed. I went on to a see food diet. How did you guys get on?

can't fit any more food in.... gonna pop...

Exactly the same Lynne lol I started off trying to be good. Then it just became to hard. Everyone else was eating a full fried breakfast in this cafe, the only diet option they had was carbs, so I had the choice of a plate of meat or some carbs. I chose the plate of fried meat lol that was the...

hellllooo, how are we all doing?

I have a tub I don't use. At first I thought hmm ok this is ok. Instead of setting it in the fridge I set it in the freezer just for a few minuets. But I can't stomach it these days .. eugh lol its just to blemongy.

yeah its worth starting. you could loose a good amount even if you stop on the 23rd. Thats two weeks. Say you lost 3lb a week thats 6lb. Thats nearly half a stone. and like last-timer said, its a slightly better starting place for eating loads christmas, as we all will. Even if you put on 6lb...

no loss no gain.. well my waist seems to have lost a little, my arms had lost last week.

Did anyone get the new product. New cambridge vanilla rice pudding. Guess what I'm having for supper tonight. Its 177 calories, and cooks a bit like the porridge. My CDC said if I like the vanilla shakes I should like it.

I have eaten too much foood... lol But that was the best burger I have ever tasted.

well done :) I'm not doing so well lol I do have an advent calender, its the highlight of my day. I noticed "Operation Graduation Dress" I'm aiming for a nice graduation dress as well.

it often averages out over a month. I would say to begin with on the first few steps you can loose a stone a month. Key is to make sure you are drinking all the water. Its horrid when weight lose is soo low after all that effort. but it does work, there can be loads of reasons for a low loss...

I'm now 6 months in to the diet. I'm doing it with two friends. We have found depending on your body you can have a day off and even still loose that week. We all went to pizza hut, and none of us put weight on. Only one of us lost weight though. I'm really lucky, I can have at least two days of...

no change in weight, but inches of my arm and bits of my legs.

well done on the weight loss, getting past the plateau. Those sort of meds can take quite a while to get to a therapeutic level, its because of how the brain works and the body at filtering things out. I have been to counseling a few times now :( I really find it helps though, see if you find...

AtkinsFTW - thank you so much for your post :) I think I said, but I started this jouney with two other friends. They keep calling me swat and teachers pet :( lol its not my fault! I asked my CDC when I could start back and she was unsure to asked the Cambridge medial team. I only just found...

I agree with AtkinsFTW, they can be different for everyone. I think of them as a set of mental crutches.

First weigh in for two weeks. I was in hospital last week lol back is doing really well, I walked up to the local shops today. I was surprised at weigh in to do so well. There is no way they removed 2.5lb of stuff from my back. So I guess healing really dose use more calories. I have asked...

ps, mine started as a bulging disk and progressed to partial then an impressive bulge in my back. So be very careful!! lol

hey, thank you. Actually, when the disk slipped my pain out of 10 was hmmm 400 lol but now its like a 2. Mildly irritating, I can live with that all good. Ahh of course, yeah forgot about the first few weeks being different. I added the bars week three, then the water flavouring week 4. Just...

oh I just remembered. Tescos do their own hair and nail vitamin tablets. They are in the three for two at the moment at mym tesco. I find they work really well to help my hair falling and breaking. I also suffer from really weak nails.

*hugs* thank you for your reply and message. Sending some sort of good fairyes to chase away all the sad and blue. Good luck with the food dairy, I thought about one but never did it.

Ps, is it actually just cough syrup, I just reread the post abd saw packet abd wondered.

Well will an illness like a cold or flu often the medication is to help the person suffering not cure the flu. Helping someone feel less sick can really benefit their healing. Now I'm not a doctor, but I would say the body needs looks after to heal and get well properly, also we burn more...

Oh yeah, the hollow belly day. Do you have water flavorings? The golden veg is a lot like a cuppa soup. It really helps. Drink loads. I have always failed to get past that. I end up giving in :( be strong!!

Ty for the reply. Gonna do my best :)

Hey, I can relate to this. Although I'm not at goal due to health reasons I have had to stop cambridge. My plan Is to continue to have a shake or something for breakfast. Its nice and easy and fast. I might then have a bar for lunch at uni/ work. Then a main meal, I want to stick to smaller...

hey, I would advice to stick to cambridge rules. Don't do sole source till your BMI is lower. The steps are designed to that the body doesn't go into starvation mode and start hoarding food. As well as making sure we are getting everything we need :) It is all about balance, Its really...

So, it happened really quickly. within one week, I fainted, had an MRI and was taken in for an operation straight after the MRI. So I spoke to my CDC and I can't do cambridge just now. I was in hospital for 4 days and tryed to eat the best I could. I went for vegy meals with no sauce or some...

A lot can change in a week. my back started to play up and get sore. Then I fainted and it got really really sore. I spoke to a doctor, I then got an appointment for an mri scheduled for a few weeks. Someone was unable to make their appointment, So I got a last minuet cancellation on wednesday...

My friends who are also on the diet with me were bad and bearly used any products. I jumped on the band wagon and did the same. Ate with them. But unlike them, I only put on 2lb :( I feel bad, almost two weeks of eating actual food. Though to be fair, I was not as bad as them. I see no reason...

not good, my other half failed to get a job she really wanted, so we ended up with take away just after weigh in. And I guess thats fine it was just after weigh in. But then i got ill, no idea whats going on but I fainted and I have done my back in. So weigh in this week was +2lb arg! but it...

Hows things, Let us know how stuff is going, not fussed if its bad or good. We will still be hear anyway :)

well.....the food binge lasted over a week. I literally ate all of the foods I could get hold off.. But today is good. I have not cheated. well except the cream in my coffee this morning. You know CD is really about head space. If your head can get round it, its fine, it works its really...

I went on a strange food binge for three days I ate everything I could eat. Not good stuff either. Today I feel a mix of cravings, but also a feeling of nooo more foooddd. so full off food. Though if a cheeseburger stuffed crust pizza was on offer i would eat it!

sigh, kfc friday, then a mcdonald's today, anyone want a bet on weigh day tomorrow

hiya, I would love to hear how you are getting on with that, and any recipes you have found along the way :)

Hiya, Its not my diet area, I know nothing about it. But there is a slimming world section. I'm sure you found it by now. Hope you get some helpful advice. See you around :)

hiya :) well done on your weight loss so far :) I hope you can get to your goal without too much stress.

Hiya, I'm on week erm... 20 I think of cambridge. How are you guys getting on?

been really perfectly good all week. lost one lb... one.... So I can eat a cheese burger pizza and still loose 2lb or only eat allowed messured foods and loose 1lb hmmm

I'm ill booo cough cough cough cough,,,

boooya, time of the month and still lost two lb :D :D I like this. Gotta go to the doc about the dizzy spells though.

cook... chores.... you are ill! they wait or someone else done them :P :P Gotta rest properly to get well. Find a good film and snuggle up with the living teddy bears :) Good luck, I hope you get someone that is good at taking blood. I used to hate needles, now I just hate the bruising after...

yeah, those foods are how I got in this mess. Thing is, I lost two stone just healthy eating and exercise, then when I started cambridge I lost another two stone. Because, I was looking at it as a choice. I was loving the control I had over my eating, and my weight. Now I feel like I'm stuck in...

take care of yourself. Not a lot you can do about being ill. No one wants to be trying to make honey and lemon when they are ill, bought stuff is easier. One of the things I have come to realize about myself, is sometimes Even though I look better and feel better I still get some crappy...

ps thanks for your reply :)

I'm just catching up on all thats been going on with you. I have been reading the links as well, I have never thought about it. That is me too :( so maybe this is why I feel like I'm fighting myself all the time. Have fun while you are away! Enjoy it, try to relax if you can.

good luck! I hope you can find something that works. And if you do let me know! Well, I lost 1lb today, so even though I over ate, I managed to loose. Go figure. My cdc thinks it was the sickness :/ so I thought I would treat my self with a burger king!!! AHHH. I was at the gym for two hours...

WOOOOOOOOOOOO in to the healthy BMI range woooopwooop go team you!!! Stick to that good feeling. In life there is always something else, Always some other stress of complication. But despite life getting in the way, you ARE doing it, you are in the healthy range. High end of it, but still you...

What I'm I doing!! what on earth just happened. I ate that much food at the bbq I was sick all the way home. What a prat. That will teach me. And now tomorrow I'm going to feel awful. Was it worth it, no. but i would do it again! Why don't I learn. Bad food is just bad. Its not good in anyway, A...

yesterday I had to walk past the local shops on the way home, and the chippy smellt so so nice. So I ended up buying chips. Today I have felt awfull for it. Not to do with the chips. But because I feel guilty. I was starving hungry. But I should have had my water flavouring and more water or...

PUPPPIIIIEESSS!!!! so so so cute. I have too meny pets to be posting pictures lol I'm easily led, if everyone else was eating cake I would eat cake. So this bbq tomorrow is going to be hell. Do you think the coconut oil really helps? well actually, I read your post on it a while ago. I just...

Well so far so good, on weigh day I had three products and a wee bit of chicken. Yesterday I had a banana and three products. Today I have had three products and a peatch. It was the last peatch. I have a few plumbs left, one banana, and some nectarines. But at a max of one/two a day they...

Well, the eat all you like meal on tuesday was fantastic, I ate so much I was almost sick. That is bad, then I ate a pizza hut over two nights, then I sort of had a KFC, erm.. *cough* It fell in the car.. when I drove through the drive in. And erm.. 8 bits of chicken counter rotisserie chicken...

Maybe he can put his fantastic cooking skills to use and keep your new diet interesting? For me I was able to lose weight without using any sort of diet. But then I hurt my back and I had real issues moving about. So I found being on a vlcd worked really well. cambridge diet has steps...

Under the bit to enter the start date is there an example of what it should look like. I think its day/month/year. No idea why you would be having issues with that. There are some things you can't do till you have posted so many times.

I have only ever tried cambridge, but I love it. Good luck with whatever you choose :)

woop woop good luck with your weigh in!!

hiya :) welcome along. I think you are right about the mini goals. I find it really helps.

If I was bored I would stop reading :P I enjoy catching up with what people have been up to. I mostly keep a diet diary for me. Because I want to keep on top of me, and how I feel etc. So I don't bother if no one reads it. I tend to cook maybe twice a week, then freeze everything. So I just...

My tutor gave the class some good advice today for managing stress. Watch for it coming, because its impossible to avoid. Look ahead and what is happening in the next week or so, keep looking, be prepared. Plan in time to relax. Think about how you get when stressed, he said he gets grumpy. He...

:) well I will watch out for the tutorial you mean :) I avoid wearing make up sometimes, coz if I know I'm going to go to the gym or walking, I know I will get in a mess and end up with eye liner all over the place and panda eyes. So sometimes I have no time and its not worth it. I hope...

OOoooOoo "manga character wigs " I like the sound of that! Lisa-Ann I never saw that debate but I would like to. So often I see clothes that look good on the mannequin but would never look good on my size or shape, even though they come in that size. I was looking at clothes online, and...

This week has been the week of the month where I crave everything bad, I did fairly well. wooo. I keep thinking I could have done better. I do it to my self all the time, feel like I could have done better. But really, the truth is being back there now, I would do the same. And could I have...

Hey, Thank you so much for your comments. That actually will work for me. I have never smoked or ever tried any drugs, my logic had always been that it was so bad for my health I I was not interested at all. Sometimes I feel life is so short, why would I want to make it shorter. I was out...

you don't have to say sorry for not popping in lol, the whole point is we are hear when you need us. Gotta have a life as well. I know what you mean about the rain, I live in scotland, and its horrid. One year we had no summer at all, even the dogs got fat. The gp visit sounds quite...

Yeah, I'm on week 15 or 16 I think. I have just over a stone to loose I think now.. I put on this week :( I cheated. It was my own fault. Yeah you could split it and mix and match. For example , on ss+ you could have two eggs as your protein.. Or you could make a one egg omelette. So its...

hey, I'm trying to think of some helpful tips. I think these are only questions you will know the answer to. But here goes. Have you tried keeping a food diary, so you can literally list everything you eat and drink, even for a few days or a week. And then you can see where you have issues...

welcome along, and well done on your weight loss so far :)

hiya :) Well the right attitude and the first steps are quite hard and a really good start. well done with what you are doing so far, you must do a fair amount of running about with the kids. Good luck with your weight loss journey.

body pump! your keen, I think I would die at a body bump class hehe. How are you getting on with WW? Sounds like a good plan though, you will have time to maybe start a new hobby as well, I found it was good for keeping my mind off food. Good luck getting to your goal :)

hiya :) welcome along, well done with your weight loss so far! good luck with your weight loss journey.

hey :) You sound like you are in a good place with this. you know what you need to do, and are going to do it :) That is quite a hard first step though. Being able to take a step back and see where things are going wrong. Its good you have caught it now and are able to start working on it...

hey, I know what you mean, with others there for support. and also the thought of weigh in and putting weight on. It really helps. I see a person for weigh in's, I go with friends. They are almost too supportive though. Its got to the point where it doesn't matter if I lose weight or not, no...

Hey, i'm just about to start 4th year on the 12th eeepp! I find exam and assessment season a nightmare. Because I sit and eat rubbish while studying, it was a hard habit to break. Also I get stressed thinking I have not done enough reading, or that my essay is rubbish so I feel ruff and end...

hiya :) I'm on a vlcd, the only proper diet I have ever been on and I think its fantastic. A lot of products on the market I personally don't like. I'm not a fan of slim fast for example. So while cambridge is not cheap, I have the options of: shakes, porridge, soup or bars as well as recipes...

hiya, I would make little goals, aim to loose something like at least 2lb a week. You will loose the first stone in no time :) I don't know a lot about slimming world, I'm on a different diet. But good luck anyway :)

hiya :) welcome along. What diet are you going to use?

well done on your weight loss so far :) soon you will be able to go back to the gym as well, just start of gentilly. what step are you on? Once you are on week three you are allowed other products. I find the bars really good in the evening, also the water flavouring.

Hey, gonna break your post down into bits so I don't forget to answer part of it. I was fine with step 2, was still losing. I found the larger portion of protein too much. So I mixed and matched half the chicken with one egg for example. So I had a poached egg for lunch or something. I like...

Hey!!! I missed your wee rhino on the treadmill signature. I don't want gallstones *grumpy face*. I don't tick all the boxes though, to fingers crossed I'm alright. I think your weight gain isnt bad for what you had going on. I in 6 months I managed to eat 3stone. It's taken nearly 5 months...

Still no closer to deciding what my goal should be. So I don't know if I have 14lb to loose or more. Last week I managed to cheat every day and still loose 1lb. So I think I need to be better but that isnt bad. This week hasnt been that much better. On monday night we got a chippy, on tuesday I...

I did the psychology of hunger in uni as part of my bio psych class. It was interesting, there are a number of reasons we can feel hungry. I can't see if you said how much you drink during the day. I find drinking a good 4-5 pints a day, helps. But of course I pee like a race horse. Also I...

hey, The headaches could be for a number of reasons. I think people on that part of the forum might know more than me. The water is really good, that is what you should be drinking anyway. This link explains it Water and drinks - Live Well - NHS Choices Short vertion is, we need about 4...

You can do this! this time its your time! I have no idea about gallbladder stuff :( erm, maybe other people will know. Have you googled weight loss with no gallbladder or anything like that. Have you asked your doctor? There will be info about somewhere. There might be forums with other people...

:) way to go, your doing well so far. Little blips can happen, at least you can learn from it :) good luck with what you have left to loose :)

hey, I have been drinking tea with milk all though my caimbridge journey. I think that some people are more sencitive than others. Too much milk might knock you out of ketosis, but it might not. I havent found it make a big diffrence, at least not that I know off. I'm still loosing every where...

well, if you are you had no true way of knowing that the soya was actually hideing more evil that it let on at first sight. Can only even go with the info you have at the time, then at least you know you did the best you could at the time... ( a bit philosophical ) I'm doing cambridge woooo...

Not sure what I want my goal to be now. I was talking about goals with a few people, my ideal weight for my hight is anywhere between 8st5 - 11st5. So my goal had been 12 stone, then 11 stone when I saw what it should be. Now I'm not sure. I know that I have never ever managed to stay at 12...

So my weight is not going down too well. Its going up and down and up and down. Gone from having 12lb to loose up to 1st2lb to loose because I keep cheating. I spoke to my consultant, she said that having so many issues on step one, and having so little left to loose it would be fine to move...

My thoughts on the milk/cream/ soya milk is choose the less evil of them till you know for sure. If soya milk is your best option with the information you have, it is the most informed choice you can make. I imagine, putting on weight from the milk would make me sad, so I think I would stick...

I just wanted to say hi, I love the suport hear. I have been following your youtube for years and I have just relised your hear :) I have a stone left to loose woooo I'm on caimbridge, I know it was not for you. But its working well for me :) week 15 :) Your doing so well! well done! don't...

Hey, I have dark weeks. I try to do the best I can. So at a bbq I just have grilled chicken, If I have a night out I have to eat some carbs. I tend to go all out and have a day off so I go for cheesy garlic bread. but then that week I put 3lb on. Though the next week I loose it again. I go...

Have you tried weighing out quorn mince! Its more than I can eat. What I do when the protein portion is so high is half it. So I had have the prawns with half the cottage cheese, or mixed it in with something else. Makes it easier because it can be too much sometimes.

wooooo Well done :D :D :D How awesome is that! have fun while you are away.

I'm 30. I had 5stone to loose. I have lost 4 in total in two years. I have found that on the whole my skin has gone back. There are a few areas I'm not happy with. There are options, there was a cream/oil recommended on a different thread on this subject. I have forgotten its name. But I agree...

hey, the main meal options for step three have a part A and a part B. You can have one A or one B for dinner. Option B is the recipies, and that confused me as well, the stuff in that part is not in the list of allowed foods. And often they are more than one portion. I notice the stew makes 4...

I agree with what the other two said. It is really important to be getting the vitamins and minerals you need to stay healthy and not sick. I notice a lack of protein, are you a vegetarian or is there any reason you don't have any fish, chicken, beans or egg in your salad. Are you only eating...

I can understand why last week was bad. But it sounds like you feel bad for falling of the diet waggon. Learn from it, you don't want to sabotage your self again. Like shoebedoo said, you are in control. It is hard, but I try and think about why I'm eating. If I'm eating for an emotional reason...

Hey, I get light headed when only on my three cambridge products. So Instead of doing that step, I was doing the step where i was having the three shakes and a little small meal in the afternoon. As you will know, there is a list of allowed foods and its gotta be weighed. I think cainbridge...

I love fooood, My down fall is eating all the food lol. It is hard, but you will know your self. Its all about good diet and exercise. A small amount of sweeties can be a weekly treat, or an every third week treat. You can do it! nothing that is easy is ever worth it. It might be a challenge...

lol good intro, I'm owned by quiet a few pets. I don't know a lot about WW, people on that part of the forum will know way more than me. Though diet and exercise though it will happen. As long as your going the right direction, don't worry too much about the numbers. With doing exercise as...

Hiya, I do a different diet :) I would suggest drinking more water, that will help. Its never easy when your ill though. SW stuff is not my strong point, but I'm sure someone in that part of the forum will know about syns and stuff. Good luck on your journey :)

hiya :) there is a weight watchers part of the forum :) I bet they will have loads of hints and types. The diet I'm on is a bit different. Welcome along and Good luck on your journey.

hiya :) welcome along and good luck with your journey. How are you finding ww?

I'm not there yet, but I imagin I will find it really hard. how are you finding it?

I do a diffrent shake diet. But its bad for me too. There are a number of reasons. So being on a very low calorie diet can be dangerous if not done properly. That is why the goverment keeps an eye on them. And why some of them are not alowed on this site. So the shakes are fomualted to have...

I find it way way to think. so I put my 150mls of water in the freezer for a while in a bottle. I don't use the full scoop of the powder, I find its too thick for me then. So I use exactly half. Turns out the scoop is 15ml so with cake making messureing spoons I put in 7.5ml. I leave the water...

mee tooo. Because I cheated I don't have to do a week at step two then go back on step one. But I think at this stange it would help. Its a wee bit more food and also I think it boosts the matabolism a bit and gives for a bit of a rest before going back to step one again. Though at this point...

hiya :) welcome along. You can do this!! this is your time! good luck.

well done on your weight loss so far and geting to day 10 :) doing good!! just think in 5 days you will be half way though the 30 :) not too bad is it :)

well done guys :) I only had really really bad head akes the first time gonig into ketosis and it seems not everyone gets them. Good luck for the week ahead, but ya wont need it :)

hiya :) welcome along.

I have drank normal black tea with milk the whole time, and still lost weight. But could I have lost more? could i have coped with out tea? hmm lol I love tea, more than I love loosing weight and being thinner and healthy is the answer to that. I don't take suger, and I've only been puting in a...

thank you scooter- boy. :) How are you getting on now?

So far the diet has gone from fantastic to hell. At first I was getting used to it, and thanks to the people hear, knew what to expect and was doing well. Now, at this point I have to do at least a week of step two. However, I feel I might have already done it or worse.. infact way worse. So...

I feel your pain, I'm having a hard time just now. Keep strong, you can't drink if your in ketosis anyway. It can be very very bad news not worth the risk. I don't think I would be that strong at a BBQ shaz29 well done!!!

wooo hooo how awesome is that! well done :) :)

I only come on once a day at night, so you do need to give me a chance. My first CDC said that was bad but could not tell me why. My new one said she can't see why it would be an issue. The plan is scientifically tested, you are pretty much guaranteed to loose weight if you follow it. So the...

my experience is that nothing helps. Once I'm in ketosis its worse. I have acid breath all the time. I have to chew gum before i plan to be close to people. My partner has a few times gone oh wow.. erm... do you want a mint :( its awful. It makes me so paranoid. But I lost another 7lb this week...

So I was out at the week end, I drank and ate sooooo much, then on the sunday I ate hangover food :( oh what a mess. Then on monday I started eating loads of chicken and stuff. As weigh into day I was so worried. I lost 7lb! no idea how. :( that can't be right at all.. arg.

I did it again, I went to an eat all you like place and ate 3 big plates of food and two plates of puddings. Then on tuesday night I ate kabbab meat and garlic mayo. At least I'm not dizzy just now, but I have put on 2lb. I went to the gym and swimming a few times over the last few weeks. And...

hiya, so I would guess you are not on one of the diets :P lol Question for ya. I have a herniated disk in my spine. Any idea what exercise I can do and still be able to walk after? I went swimming three times last week doing 30 lengths each time in just over an hour. This week I have been layed...

hiya :) I'm trying to be realistic about my weight loss. There is no way I could go back to 10 stone and maintain it. So I'm thinking I might be ok around 12 stone. I'm quite tall though :) How are you getting on with the healthy eating?

hiya :) I think there are loads and loads of different ways to loose weight. I guess you need to find not only what works best for you. But that you can maintain in the long run. My issue is falling back on my old habits.

hiya :) as long as its going down its going the right way :) slowly is supposed to be healthy... so they say. I get annoyed with bogus science as well. I'm a psychology student and I spend a lot of my day looking at research.

well done on your weight loss so far :) keep up the good work :D

Oh I don't envy your job. Good luck.

:( I wish I did. Every few weeks I think.. I can't go onnnnnnn. But then I do, because things just keep going lol sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck.

I know what you mean! I was always tall and thin, now I'm tall and fat. I hide my size well apparently. I think its the hight. People used to say I had hollow legs, where was I puting all that food. Now That I've just turned 30 I can't even look at food with out putting up weight.

hiya :) Well done on your weight loss so far its not easy.

:( sorry its so hard just now. All I can suggest is that it will get better. do you think you would be able to have one planed night off then go back to it again? Would that help. That is what we do every 4 weeks or so, it makes weight loss slower but more bearable.

hello :) if what you are doing works and is not too hard then I would suggest it is a good weight loss routine. The hardest part is finding something that we can stick to. Because its too easy to get to a target weight and then let it slide again. Being mindful with everything is a very good...

Hiya, I have never tried Maxitone, but I can empathise with the other things you mentioned. Good luck :)

hey, Have you been measuring them? If you look on youtube there are work out suggestions for legs and thighs. I plan to try some of them :)

I currently pay £2 for all the non made up products and bars. I was paying £1.95 for packets and £2.15 for bars. So it can depend on who you see. I think because there is so little difference its about finding someone that works for you on Cambridge. I have seen some consultants charge as much...

that is still a really good weight loss. Well done :)

hey, I guess its about finding what diet is right for you, and works best for you. I'm getting on well with Cambridge. But its not for everyone, as you said it is also expensive. Good luck with what ever you decide :)

Well week nine weight loss, 3lb off wooo. I have been that busy and had so many other things to think about that food has not really been on my mind. Next week I have a planed day off to go try out a new restaurant. I will eat and eat and eat and eat lol I know I will put on that week now...

hey :) good ta, how are you guys getting on :)

hey, I'm on ss+ as well :) I have a few recipes I have been using. We are ( as far as I'm aware) we are only allowed the stuff from the list of food in the step one part of the book. so no dressings and no carrots :( It was explained to me, that veg that grows underground is high in carbs. So I...

well, if I healthy weight loss is 2-3lb a week. And we say its 12 - 15 weeks. Then I guess it would be between 36 - 45lb. I guess i depends what diet you are on to what you actually loose as well as your age, and body type that sort of thing. I would not worry to much about the numbers, I...

I don't know that there is one. I'm on the Cambridge diet, I get weighed when ever I go to buy more products. That depends when we are all free to meet up. I guess as far away from when you have been bad is not a bad idea. or as we have a habit of doing, is eating something bad just after we...

I was going to say water, then everyone else did. So the amount of calories needed to make one lb of fat is something like a few thousand, though there is loads of rubbish online about that calcualtion as well. However, it is more likely due to the heat and needing to drink more. Also I would...

Ooo I was wondering how to do my own nails. I have two acrylics on and 8 normal nails lol How are you getting on?

aww i do think its important to get someone you get on well with. Makes it all easer.

hmm... Its an interesting theory. I'm not sure. My thoughts are that, no that should not be what is causing it. It could be other things. Weight loss on the cambridge plan dose slow down as you get closer to your target. I have seen people say on the boards that their last stone was really hard...

The prices we were quoted were anywhere from £1.95 to £2.25 for shakes. From £2 to £2.50 for bars. That is with a quick scout about. I'm currently being charged £2 for all products. So we found someone really nice, quite close and cheaper wooo ;) The first meeting went really well.

Hey, I did the same thing :( though no where near as bad. The NHS can give people a gym card. The reason I bring this up is that the guys at my gym are fantastic about my back. They understand that even looking down hurts, and weight on my arms hurts. So mostly I'm stuck doing stretches. I...

Hey, I would agree with the others. As you get near your goal weight loss is slower. It might not be a bad thing to move up a step. Are you eating the bars? you do need more water with them mind, I forget sometimes.

hey I posted on your intro thread lol but hi again :)

hey, welcome. I would guess that is a diet you can't mention by name. But feel free to post anyway. we can still support each other. :)

doing good so far. There are things you can't so till you have done 20 or 50 posts. So I would just look about the forum for the diet you are doing, post a bit there or hear to get used to it. Have a wee look about at the general stuff :) Then once you are used to that, and have posted things...

It takes a wee while to get used to. Its easier after the first week. finding things to do that are not revolved round food is a good idea. I would cut down on carbs and suger for a few days before you start. You will most likely go on to the first step. There for you will have no carbs or sugar...

hiya :) good luck with your journey.

good luck :)

good luck :)

well done :(

yeah some of them are disgusting. I have found I can stand Cambridge. But only some of them, and only with stuff added. My cdc suggested adding coffee. So I have the chocolate, butterscotch and vanilla with a spoonful of coffee added. The chicken and mushroom soup is like normal cuppa soup...

having to change CDC :( :( soooob. I like the girl we have! awww well lets hope the new one is just as nice.

My CDC is having to move on, so we are looking for a new one. All I can think is NOO NO NO NO. Took us three weeks to settle on this one lol now got to do it all again. Emailed 10 people, 5 got back to me, one is local and cheaper. Keep everything crossed people.

ahhh dam, I ate a lot of food today... A LOT OF FOOD. the day before weigh day. I'm just sick off being tired and having no energy all the time.

lol I'm on week 6 and have only ever felt really bad, not so bad, really tired, or ok. lol never felt full of energy or anything. Hmmmm.

the bloat could well be going down. Also it looked hot where you were, I think I was told heat makes bloat worse. Anyway, you are back on track and doing well :) well done for that :) Shitty about the job and stuff :( How are you nails? What did you get done? I bent one of my acrylics back...

wooo 5lb off. So that is a total of 23lb in 6 weeks. That is 3.8 ish lb a week average. That is alright. I could do that going to the gym and eating right. I have done it before. However I'm losing weight and spending my time in other ways instead of eating or the gym. so If I do well again...

hello :) 25lb left wooo :) well done!

oh sounds like you have a challenge there. I don't know, I have no good advice. Good luck though :)

hiya :) welcome along. I wonder if your allowed to tell us what company? Is it one of the diets that feature on the forums?

Hiya, That is exactly one of the reasons I'm hear :) I just turned 30 at the start of june. I did manage to loose a stone in weight before my birthday. Good luck.

hiya :)

hello. :) Are you thinking of starting a specific diet?

I had a go at the video to see how it felt. As a student I spend a long time in lectures or sitting at a desk. I feel it really stretched my muscles with out me looking strange to anyone watching. sorry to hear about your friend :( The issue I have with swimming is the time it takes. Drying...

woooo :) well done. I'm on ss+ as well. just doing my 6th week. just had my week 5 weigh in. You know you can do it, because you have before. Fingers crossed it not too hard. I still seem to be hungry all the time. Any recipe ideas for ss+ would be awesome as well. I'm getting a little fed up...

hello, :) why are you feeling down about it already? I mean think about it this way. It takes all the thinking about food and time making food away. So its just a case of getting your mind set. This is why I am doing, this is my food for the day lets do this. Its not easy. So its good to...

so 2 lb off this week lol that puts me back even what I was two weeks ago. sort of annoying. Fingers crossed i can do better this week. I think I need to start doing more.

hahahahhha, what is the point! I have that issue as well. I have double G cup bras, swimming costumes only come in those sort of sizes from specialist big boobage shops. But they are not actually made for getting wet in! Well I hope it was not so expensive that you could have ditched it in...

hey, I'm confused about what an lg is. Don't let it get to you, you have taken the first really hard step admitting you want to or need to loose weight. Now you need to find a way that will work well for you and fit in with your life. It could be worse, three stone is 42lb. Make smaller...

well done! That is my philosophy as well. If I have to take a break or a fall of to just not go mad, do the best I can and carry on.

hiya :) good luck with your first weigh in :) and welcome.

hey and welcome :) not going to wish you luck because you won't need it :) you will be fine. Cambridge can be a challenge but its really rewarding in the results. I look forward to seeing you progress :D I'm on week 5.

I found the change hard to start with, but by the end of week one once I had been weighed I was soooo happy. I had a planned day off for my 30th and I put on, but other than that Cambridge does work when you get your head round it. are you on sole source or?

Well done! you have dine really well :) Inspiration for people like me not long started a diet.

I have one year left woooo, a masters eeep! lol Smart goals are the way to go, (small, managable, Attainable, realistic, time-specific) I 'm hoping this Monday will not be so bad lol WELL DONE!! that is awesome, I'm not sure if I would be able to stop my self eating all the nice stuff. good...

oh no, that's horrid!! how mean. Look at it from the other side, maybe its the kick up the but to do what you needed to do anyway. Maybe it will be something positive for you.

well done! that will get better. :clap:

na, from week three on. I'm not that taken with them. but I guess they are good for a change.

good luck :)

hiya welcome :) I have never heard of this 30 day shred. I'm on Cambridge diet, so far lost 16lb in 4 weeks :) But it is hard work. Good luck, look forward to seeing you around.

Hey, I'm on ss+ but I have been experimenting with all the foods we get. Omelettes, steamed food, cooked in grease proof paper in the oven. I made a prawn and veg curry :) Tomorrow I'm going to have portabello mushrooms stuffed with veg with poached egg on top :) I went to the herbs and...

I love that, how is the chest support? Being a 34GG has a down side when looking for clothing lol

wooo well done!!!

OMG, I'm speechless. Well done!! in 6 months.... bloody hell...I.. you... WOW! See that the hard work pays off. Thank you for sharing!!!

your doing really well :) I'm just starting week 5. I had a blip this week as it was my birthday and I just passed my 3rd year of uni. So I managed to put 2lb on :( I did have my 30th party though So I guess its not too bad. This year loads of my friends have turned 30 and there have been a lot...

well done! Don't be surprised if your weight loss over a month averages out. some people loose less week 2/3 than they did week one and get really unhappy about it. That is really awesome! I know how you feel, I have cooked some super tasty meals and cup cakes, I haven't been able to even lick...

Oh I could eat that on the Cambridge ss+ I love you lol that looks awesome. I have been cooking my mushrooms in my veg allowance. I could have two eggs, and 80 grams of veg total. So I might need to go for two small mushrooms, I can only have cottage cheese though and it would have to be instead...

I'm in edinburgh as well :) I think you need to not be so hard on your self, find what is right for you. It will be easer to stick to. I think you need to be in the right head space for it to work also. So not only do you have to do it, but you really want this, determination helps. You can do...

hey, I have heard about a few people on hear that have had the same disappointment. The weight seems to average out over a month, So its roughly 1st a month. Some people loose less some people more. I think around ovulation time a week or so before my period I start noticing water retention...

I agree with chlo, its really important to get the 3 products and the water drank/eaten. I have also found I can feel really ruff if I forget. The cartons and bars are filling and good for in a rush. I know what you mean about the hunger though. I don't really get hungry till lunch time. So I...

I have been out a few times while on Cambridge I'm on ss+ through. So I have managed to find something I would eat. It is hard, I have got my dad chocolate, but I'm refusing to eat any of it. One of my flat mates got half a whole seller worth of chocolate. not even kidding she got boxes of 58...

Hiya, Good luck with your weight loss. I have I think around 4 or 5 to loose. i know what you mean. I had a day of for my birthday and it was a really nice sunday lunch feeling that I missed. Sitting all full and comfy. Now I'm on week 5 and still Hungary all the time :(

aww, its hard not to think of the journy as just the weight loss part. When really its about learning new habbits for life. It will be come auto pilot eventually . I would keep getting weighted weekly even after being at my goal. I think the maintaining part is gonig to be the hard part for me...

hey, Your goal weight is close to mine and we are the same hight :) I started just slightly heaver than you. Even with a few days of for my birthday I still managed to loose a stone in a month. So it can be done :) It is hard at times. Just remember why you are doing this, and how worth it, it...

cool :) good luck with that. There is a part of the forum for that diet. There will be other people there who will know exactly what you are going though. Though I think its a vlcd? There is a genral part for very low calorie diets as well. Look forward to seeing you around.

hiya, Welcome along :) good luck on your weight loss journey. I notice so far you have lost 1lb. That is awesome :D well done.

hiya, I was a size 10 when I was 14 but I don't think I can ever be that small again lol I think my smallest with out looking like a stick is going to be a size 14. I guess it depends on your hight and build. I'm quite tall and I have large hips and sholders, so If I was a size 10 I think I...

hiya, What is orlistat? I'm in scotland as well. The westher has been ok for a while, but then the scottish rain came back lol that is a good weight loss for week one, well done.

hiya :) welcome to the forum. You can stick to it and you will, tell your self that and don't let you sabotage your self ;) good luck :)

good luck, I know how easy it can be to relax and fall in to bad habbits. I guess making new ones helps. If you can why don't you find something else that helps. So if your angery you could make your self walk round the block? or kill some zombies in a game :) It is hard, good luck! :)

once you have posted 20 times you can look at your profile. When I lick on my name on the top right of the page, I can see all threads I have started and all that I have posted on. Makes it easer for remembering who I need to reply to lol

I have a list of reasons I'm doing this, there is a list on hear as well somewhere. It can be really hard sometimes. I feel being in the right head space helps, If I have decided what I am and I'm not doing then I know that I am drinking only shakes and water, and I'm not eating crap! Good luck.

hey, Weights are good due to the slow stedy rate of burning calories off and building lean muscle. You will know all you need to know about weight and fitness. Hear you can give us tips :D :D I hernatated a disk in my spine, and I know what you mean. I have always been lazy but having a sore...

Hey, The thing I love about cambridge is that the toffee malt bar tastes like a choclate bar!! lol I looove it. your just slightly taller than me :) good luck.

Although the adverage is a stone a month, the naughty days will make an impact. I think it is a relistic goal. Good luck!