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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    The day when you decide to have a go at wearing the size 16 shorts that stopped fitting and *drum roll* they do again :-D
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Thank you!!!! Excited!!! I start in 2 weeks.
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    So yesterday was a really really good day from a non-diet perspective.... Started off at 12 stone 13 lbs - yay! Then had a LONG (2.5 hour) interview in the morning. Got to the office in the afternoon to find an email asking me back for the final interview phase (half a day pair programming -...
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    Once more into the fray my friend

    I like your little emoticon :-) Sounds like a plan! How has your week been?
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Weigh in was the same as it has been all week just in the 12s. Have some interview prep to do for tomorrow but not feeling motivated. Sleepy and disappointed with just some meat and veggies for dinner. I WANT CARBS! I actually google things like pasta bake - like food porn. Been good today just...
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    CD again!

    Yum!!!
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    Cost

    It depends on the step you do. SS+ is 3 shakes a day (I think that was 44 quid a week ish @ 2.10 a product) plus you need to buy something small for the evening meal. Hope that helps. The price per product is entirely dependent on your consultant, 2.10 was just what my consultant charged.
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    (I'm also going to take the opportunity to admit that I had McDonalds for dinner yesterday)
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Made a lentil curry type of thing for dinner. The recipe said it was 500 calories but I skipped the cream, rice and adjusted a few other things so should have been ok. Left wanting food (nothing new there) as the portion was quite small. Missing my old Cambridge step 2 mushroom pasta recipe - I...
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    Step 1 Sole Source Day 1 again, 6st off but 6st on !

    Yeah...things were a lot more active back when I started. How have you been skydragon?
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    How are you getting on Tano?
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Thanks :-) Today is another day (and a Monday at that) The scales this morning were 1lb up so hopefully I can have a good week - pleading for it to be 3lbs! The good thing is that we don't have any food related plans for just less than two weeks so no reason not to be able to do well.
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    So Friday evening we went with the Thai Peanut and Coconut curry. Was yummy! However, when we halved the recipe to make two not four the portion was quite small - which while good for us left us feeling hungry and wanting to order out. It was tough but we managed to keep ourselves occupied until...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    You will have to let me know how you get on with Tummy Tuck.
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    You will get there :-) Trying to think of creative things to make for dinner. The soup tonight was nice but left feeling like something was missing. Maybe it's just that feeling of not having carbs. Tomorrow night is a coconut and peanut curry (low in carb, medium in fat). Hmmmm...now...
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    I'll start tomorrow

    haha mine doesn't usually either, Nic and I were having a take away off - the first one to suggest it is the bad influence and they get blamed when the order now button get's clicked....for some reason just neither one of us broke first to take the "blame" - so more well done her as I would have...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Thanks! I'm sure I will be jumping around the forum telling everyone if I do get an offer off any of them. Busy morning so far which has kept my mind off food. Already midday - yay! Last night was stir fried veggies and chicken, not too bad. Actually looked quite pretty on the plate. I also...
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    Once more into the fray my friend

    WOW!!! That's dedication!! I managed 6 months on sole source (with a handful of off plan meals for birthdays), a month on step 2, a month on step 3....and then a month where I gave the illusion of dieting but had lots of leaving meals and drinks so wasn't really.
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    Anyone weigh in on a Tuesday?

    Thankfully I don't get obsessed if it doesn't move for a few days. Think I am going to pick Monday's as my weigh day because that's usually my heaviest point of the week after busy weekends. Monday I was 13 stone 1 - today I was 12 stone 13! Whoop whoop!
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    my 100 day seatbelt challenge

    It's hard to reset attitudes towards food. I dieted for 9 months, lost 5 stone and viewed food differently - was SURE I had changed my relationship. It wasn't an instant relapse into my old thinking, gradual portion increases, gradually eating three big meals a day rather than the whole little...
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    ready to go and get slim for the summer!!!

    The BEST kind!!! The only ones I have been drinking as after 9 months I went off the rest of them :-P
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    I have a headache today! Ugh! And feeling super tired. I was being pressured by an agent to do a coding test last night for a job I am applying for. So logged in to do it and the clock starts - 3 HOURS!!! Who wants to get home from work and then do 3 more hours?? I focused on all the wrong...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Thanks! Kung Fu Panda 3. Unfortunately while the avocados looked ripe they were not at all and so didn't mash...ended up having it basically as slices.
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    Anyone weigh in on a Tuesday?

    Maybe I should set an official day/time. How come you are up so early?
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Only 1:30 and had at least 1.5 liters of water already....needing to pee constantly!
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    Anyone weigh in on a Tuesday?

    Every day is a weigh day for me :-P
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    ready to go and get slim for the summer!!!

    Don't worry too much about a week where the scales don't move - could be lots of reasons. Sometimes you have a week where your weight stays the same but your measurements go crazy, other times it's the opposite, then there is TOTM etc. I had one week that I had lost nothing until the day of my...
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    CD again!

    Ok - WHAT IS A TIKKA RICE PACK AND WHAT STEP CAN YOU EAT IT ON???? Think I am going to need some of them. It's been 2 years since I was officially on Cambridge and now I live in Singapore I only get shakes because I ask people to bring them when I visit - so many new products that I haven't...
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    Fear of a (please don't let me be a) fat bridesmaid!

    Don't be too down about the scales! These things happen. Sometimes you stay the same for a few days or a week....then the next week you bounce back and do even better. Keep going! You're dedication makes me feel like I should be more dedicated so don't give up - *insert joke about if you give...
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    Once more into the fray my friend

    I never really thought about probiotic supplements either, might look them up if I get time. Are kitostix easy to get hold of in Oz? They were really cheap in Boots in the UK but you had to order them in so never bothered. I have a feeling that's a good thing otherwise that might become a daily...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Feeling rather "blocked up" today. Scales were the same as yesterday but did well sticking to the diet - day 2 (again) DONE! Teetering on the 13 mark. We went to the cinema after work so didn't get home until 9:30 utterly starving but we didn't give in and eat out "just because" it was faster...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Thanks Elsa, nice to know someone is listening. I guess what would be ideal would be for my sisters to have a little one so Nic can get some exposure to children. She was an only child, never around babies growing up. Maybe give her some idea about them. I was 11 when my little sister was born...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Are you two following each other? Think that brings the active people on this section to 5!!! Whoop whoop!
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    I'll start tomorrow

    Hope it goes well :-) Sunday was my day 1 again as it was ou anniversary meal out on Saturday. Spent the whole day craving bad food (something fried) but kept busy with some work I had to finish and pushed through. Day 3 now and still hungry (on a food replacement diet so meant to be hungry...
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    my 100 day seatbelt challenge

    It's good you can be honest about falling off. I am not quite so good at that...I tend to hide it, I don't know why. If I do hide it then I think I got away with something and could do it again which is the wrong attitude to have - especially when I have no self-control with food. How are you...
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    Fear of a (please don't let me be a) fat bridesmaid!

    Tell him off for trying to convert you to the dark side! Jokingly of course....
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    The weekend was quite mixed. Started off very well....managed to be good until our anniversary evening meal and not think "well I might as well take the whole day off", the meal itself was lovely and I didn't eat nearly as much as I think I would. While a cheese and chocolate buffet sounds great...
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    Once more into the fray my friend

    Sounds like a plan! You sound like me....some weeks I was losing 1-2lbs when sticking to it 100%, it was hard to stay motivated when if I had felt it had been a tough week...but then out of nowhere there would be a 4lb jump and I would be happy again. Plus...the big focus should be on the inches...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    This section of the forum is so abandoned! When I started the first time there was so much going on....so many people around to chat with during those tough times, so many people to take inspiration from. :-( On a more positive front I was (only just) in the 12's today - 12 stone 13.6lb!!! I...
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    3 stone down on Step 2 in 10 weeks

    wow that's awesome! well done! Do you do anything special to prevent excess skin...? Yours looks great!
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    my 100 day seatbelt challenge

    Any plans for the weekend anyone? Feeling like I have a lot of energy at the moment so may produce a lot of random message to anyone and everyone who will read/listen :-P
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Another day almost done - BOOM! Not even hungry yet and it's 8pm already. Been on a proper roll at work....if my keyboard could smoke from all the typing that would be it's current state :-) I know I'm weird but I really love what I do for a living...that's not to say I love my job - actually...
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    my 100 day seatbelt challenge

    Sounds like an awesome trip!!!! While you say that if you had started earlier you could be be closer now but sometimes even something that should be very motivating just isn't quite enough....like you said the idea of the trip wasn't the motivator but the seatbelt. I tried to diet for my...
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    my 100 day seatbelt challenge

    Where are you going on your big trip?
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    my 100 day seatbelt challenge

    ,_ I have had the a few times. People trying to put together a small plate for me even when I continue to say no!
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    Fear of a (please don't let me be a) fat bridesmaid!

    Guess that's the good thing about this forum...most people are in either the same or similar boat. April is a bit manic for me also: every weekend is booked up until the second week of May. And then back to the UK for a few weeks at the end of May for a wedding (hoping to be a 16 for that - or...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Managed to curb the hunger with a drink. My colleagues brought in snacks today - doh! Ones that I like as well. Will try and move them to another desk when they aren't looking. My cheeky daily weigh has me back at 13 stone 2.2 - so the same as before our friend came to visit. I need to set out...
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    I'll start tomorrow

    Yay for your 1lb!! I had a cheeky (not sure why I say cheeky as there is a high probability I will be checking everyday) jump on the scales this morning and back to 13st 2 after a few days off last week when ill and a weekend away over Easter (planned break). Zumba instructor sounds fun, how...
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    Fear of a (please don't let me be a) fat bridesmaid!

    All sounds very familiar...my whole family have the ability to eat anything and never put on weight....I'm the odd sheep who loves food but food doesn't love me. Sounds like you have been doing a fantastic job so far, very committed and disciplined. Keep it up!
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    So hungry today....!!!!!!
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    I'll start tomorrow

    I laughed at the name of this post :-) I say this all the time! What's worse is that each time I think...well if I'm starting tomorrow I should have something really nice (and by that I mean bad for you) tonight...vicious cycle. Usually I make it until about 5pm...think how great I'm doing then...
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    Failed :-(

    What kind of diet were you following to being with? Were you exercising also? Maintaining is so difficult! I can't seem to find the reset button when it comes to my relationship with food either! For me I start increasing food portions a bit...then moving from my well balanced meal to...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    I wouldn't say I stuck to any kind of diet...I just didn't eat for the sake of eating. I did try everything...but just a mouthful rather than sharing a portion. Maybe it just took a few days to catch up as was back to 13 stone 4lbs this morning (I'm a daily weigh-er but don't get fed up about...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    haha no I wasn't kicked out...I took myself to the sofa to spare Nic a sleepless a night I was going to have :)
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    Step2 810kcal My return to the Cambridge plan

    How are you getting on after your first week? Seems a lot quieter on this forum than it was a few years ago... What step 2 meals are you making at the moment?
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    It's been a week of interrupted sleep, I think 5 consecutive nights on the sofa or in the spare room after late night coughing fits waking up my other half. Now I'm exhausted but still been to the supermarket already and bought a ton of vegetables for the week: mushrooms, non-descriptive leafy...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Seems like AGES but it's only been 8 days! So we had a friend visit for a few days the weekend before Easter and there was less eating than expected but more drinking - not excessive. Overall from a weight perspective I only went up 2 pounds...which I'm happy with and shocked that it was so...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    So it wasn't the worst but it also wasn't the best. Usually when guests come it's basically 3 big meals a day to try and fit in the amazingness that is Singapore's food. This time it was nibbles in the day and one meal in the evening but the drinks offset that. I haven't been on the scales to...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Yeah back when I first started I was super strict about everything....because my consultant was super strict. She told me not to even buy mince. This time I'm not being so military about it. The fajitas were yummy! Will be making them again! Today a friend arrives to a couple of days. I'm a...
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    Beth's Diary - size 8 please!

    What exercise are you doing? I just had a catch up on your blog and you are doing so well! Keep at it! Where are you off to on holiday?
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    3rd and final time!

    You can do it! What is your new consultant like? As you said...if they aren't great you won't have a good experience and stick with it. When I tried Cambridge the first time the consultant I got wasn't very good and had group sessions etc. and it put me off and stopped going after only 2 weeks...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Weighed myself today and happy to report that since starting (a week and a half ago) I have lost 6lbs :-D So now I am around the 13 stone 2 mark!! Whoop whoop! Last night was pomegranate and cucumber salad...with extra green salad leaves. Our protein option was some Singapore fake feta type...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    haha yeah I guess that the shaker is key for me, I have tried a few different types...the one with the metal ball inside, one with a mesh but large gaps....spoon...I'm just fussy like that...I can never seem to get it smooth enough for my liking unless it's small mesh. Maybe I haven't tried hard...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Surprise...it's me again! So the Cambridge backpacker was a bust! We left our shakers draining on the side in the Philippines and then left without them. Was literally 5 days in and we were being soooo good! We didn't manage to find anything remotely shaker like but had to carry around 3 boxes...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    Yeah, my last diary was called "Carb Junkie going cold turkey" - LOVE THEM SO MUCH! They just don't love me. Some days I don't feel hungry and think "yeah...I'm in ketosis...great! should be plain sailing from here on out...". Then I have something that's even a little carby but not exactly...
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    Help me!

    Are your chocolate shakes the horrible lactose free ones like there are over here? Or REAL chocolate ones like from the UK?
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    Step2 810kcal Vegetarian recipes

    https://www.minimins.com/threads/another-day-another-recipe-ss-recipe-ideas.327370/ some of my recipes on here can be adapted to make it veggetarian. e.g. Vegetables kebabs - great for oven roasting, grilling or bbqing Stuffed peppers....using some of your cottage cheese and other vegetables...
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    Step2 810kcal Vegetarian recipes

    Do you have the book? There is a really nice mushroom and leek pasta dish in there. The amounts vary from the usual approved amounts because it's gone to the Cambridge nutritionists and I can't remember them off the top of my head. They also have a nice lentil soup recipe. I will see if I have...
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    New to cd

    How are you both getting on? Starting again after putting a bit of the weight back on. Always feeling hungry ugh! The mint shakes go down far too quickly! I took one with me on my lunch break the other day and by the time I got down to floor 1 (from 3) it was gone.
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    I don't think I could have gotten through yesterday without my wifes help! 5pm rolled around and my energy level just plummeted, I went home from work and had a snooze I was that tired. It wasn't even a long or stressful day, quite the opposite in fact...I'm constantly bored at work and...
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    Step2 810kcal Dreamingmaid's enough is enough diary!!

    I can draw a lot of parallels with your attitude to food with myself. I don't know why I can't just have a bit and be happy with that. Getting into the mindset is an achievement in itself....my usual pattern is to get into the mindset for half a day, promptly follow by something that has left me...
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    Step 1 Sole Source Attempt number 3!

    Started again last week. I say started and by that I mean a low-carb, low-fat diet. I'm not strictly on Cambridge this time because I have moved to Singapore and my access to products consists of when friends and family visit. But this forum group is where I started some 2.5 years ago and it's...
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    New Country, New Diet Attempt

    It's been a while, probably a little too long. I started Cambridge back in the summer of 2013 and somehow managed 5 stone in 9 months. Back then I was working towards something, my wife and I were planning a trip around South East Asia and after seeing our honeymoon pictures in New Zealand and...
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    Once more into the fray my friend

    There is no harm in going for it anyway...good experience if nothing else! I can't seem to make up my mind on exactly what I want so mostly going for anything and then I will review if anything comes of any of the opportunities. Sounds like the weigh in was a blip, like you said. Good that you...
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    Help me!

    Elsa....what is Cambrige like over there in Australia? I noticed you posting as I didn't think anyone else would be up at this time...
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    Help me!

    Hey....good luck!!!! Today is my first day back on Minimims after nearly 2 years "maintaining". After managing 5 stone I have slowly put a stone and a bit back on, while that doesn't sound much in terms of dress size that's 1 but bordering on two so I want to do something about it again rather...
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    Final countdown!

    It's been sooooo long since I have been here! How are you all getting on?? I know it's hard to sum up 2 years in a few lines but here goes: It's been 2.5 years since I started my weight loss journey and managed 5 stone in 9 months Traveled for 10 months around south east asia - EPIC! Moved to...
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    The Cambridge Backpacker

    Oh and we left our shakers in the last guesthouse we were staying in yesterday - DOH!!!!! Need to find a new one ASAP. Anyone know any good sports shops in the Philippines? No? No one?
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    The Cambridge Backpacker

    The problem with travelling is finding it hard to make time to reply on here! I will try and update more in the next few days but for now I will try and answer your question Twiggy. By the time I was starting the Couch25K course we were basically in maintenance phase so while I was hoping to...
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    The Cambridge Backpacker

    I guess the first thing to note about my consultant in Singapore vs. my consultant from home is the complete lack of support, I showed up and bought my shakes and made chit chat for a few minutes before she was on her way. There was no one-to-one "consultation", no weighing or measuring, no...
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    Final countdown!

    Back to NYC again....???? Please say you hugged the Max Brenner window for me!!! Also I went to the Max Brenner in Singapore and it was PANTS!!! All the do is the hot chocolate and the waffles/chocolate pizza/chocolate melt in the middle cake etc. none of the restaurant menu at all, only the...
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    Back for the last time (oh that old chestnut!)

    Your post made me laugh and I made my wife (also a Cambridge veteran) read it! It was hard for me not to go and buy loads of running gadgets when I first started, but I have hardly ran in 6 months so glad I didn't. Sounds like you are keeping busy which always helps!
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I'm back with a shiny new log from the road: http://www.minimins.com/cd-weight-loss-diaries/349038-cambridge-backpacker.html Jut over a stone back on in 7 months but it's been worth it....but now it's time for change again, this time from random destinations in South East Asia as I try and diet...
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    The Cambridge Backpacker

    It's been about 8-9 months since I had my last Cambridge shake and just over 7 months since I set off on the journey of a lifetime with my wife around South East Asia and haven't really looked back We have been on planes, trains and automobiles - some boats in there as well to get from London to...
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    Singapore: Without Flying!!!

    Well this is it!! We depart tomorrow from St Pancras for the Eurostar!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    It's been a very BUSY week! Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has helped me on my diet journey and got me this far. Final weigh in shows I have managed to maintain my weight for the past month so happy about that. I look forward to returning in a year and losing the last stone, or...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I haven't been on here in a while...time seems to be going scarily quickly! A week tomorrow is my last day at work and the day after that we are off for a YEAR! We seem to be doing ok on the maintenance front, could be worse. Attempting a 10K (will try and run 5K and then run/walk as much as I...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Yeah we haven't been that good food wise for weeks (maybe even months) now. I do feel a bit more bloated and trousers tighter so I know we have to do something....just finding the motivation lacking. We have decided to try and have 3 shakes a day for the next 2 and a half weeks (eek) and hope to...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I haven't really been on here much this week, it's actually been quite busy at work which means that it's flown by. We have been REALLY REALLY bad on the diet for a while now and we really need to stop it. I'm going to try hard to make sure that for the final 3 weeks we eat out less and both...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Where are you off to? It's 3 WEEKS ON FRIDAY!!! We moved most of our things to my dads spare room yesterday so all we have left now are items that will either: come with us or get thrown out before we go. Well done on losing! I am still the same - 12 stone. Have you done your final 2 workouts...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I can't believe it....Couch25K Week 7 Run 1 PASSED!!!! It was attempt number 4 but managed it by slowing down a bit over the whole run rather than trying to keep up a fast pace from the start Run Profile | Couch25K Week 7 Run 1 - PASSED near London | Times and Records | Strava
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    Time to get serious!

    Sounds like you are properly back "in the zone"!! :-) Love those alarm clock blips (sarcastic tone), thankfully they don't happen that often.
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I haven't managed to do Week 7 Run 1 of the Couch25K course so far after two attempts. This session is the same as Week 6 Run 3 and I managed that one so not sure why I let myself give in now. I guess it feels a bit like my attitude towards the diet at the moment...! I am about 1.5 stone away...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Hope you enjoyed the long weekend as well! I had too much food and did too little exercise. We have way too many leaving events planned over the next month and things in the cupboards to use up. Have officially put on 3lbs over the few weeks since Easter but I didn't mind that much as I know I...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Seems like everyone is in the wars! Hope they are well enough to enjoy the bank holiday weekend. Your salad sounds yummy! 11lb since Monday???? That's GREAT! I'm still up 3lb from my Good Friday weight but Nic keeps telling me my tummy looks a bit flatter. Will see how the measumements come in...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I went home half way through yesterday as I just felt weak and exhausted. I must have slept for about 3-4 hours when I got back and then went to bed early as well. Feeling much better today. Still not perfect but more lively at least so should be able to get some work done. I intend to go for a...
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    Step 1 Sole Source The Carrie Diaries - A Yorkshire lass in Sydney: A journey to being healthy

    Shopping is way more fun when you can fit in clothes!! No more having to only shop in Debenhams, Evans and M&S to find clothes that fit...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Only got 2 vaccinations in the end as they didn't have the others available. But I have to go back next week and get some more. I think in total there will be either 7 injections or 10 (depends if I get shots for Rabies as well). Really don't want them. I feel very very drained today. It's like...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    5 vaccinations to get today....I feel like I'm going to be sick :-(
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    Are you for or against the strikes? I kind of feel like they have had so many strikes before over pay (when a lot already earn over the national average - and London average) that that's the only tune I hear now. So while I know the strike is about jobs and safety of passengers (which I don't...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Awww they are so cute!!! I am hoping when we get back from our travels that Nic will work part time or self employed (I'm pushing towards her becomming a Cambridge Consultant) and we will find a house not a flat so we can get a dog, I agree that it's not fair to leave a dog on it's own all day.
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    I had to get my wedding ring resized...it's gone down 4 sizes in a year!!! They are another one of those I didn't really think about...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Awwww....what breed is she? I would LOVE a dog but not got the room at the moment and I want a BIG dog. Just got back from my run...Couch25K Week 6 Run 3 - 25 minutes! I can imagine my run looked lame compared to anything James Cracknell does but we all have to start someplace! Had my 2nd...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Because we got an extra 15 days in China we are booking a 7 day trip to Tibet!!!! EXCITING! It's a good chunk of our budget but it's a once in a lifetime trip and we already reached our savings goal and have 2 more pay days to come (and don't have any rent or bills to pay between now and...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    My weekend was ok thanks. We went to the gym on Saturday then had rubbish oven food like chicken nuggets :-P Yesterday we had a big meal out with Nic's family as it's was her mums birthday and we didn't behave then either. How was yours? Feel a niggling sensation in my knee that I think has...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Sounds yummy (except the egg). I just got back from Zizzi's where I was good and had one of thier roast chicken salads - but offset that good choice with about half a pizzas worth of cheesy garlic bread. My boss paid for it all though :-)
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    And add on another 2lb! That's 7lbs!!! It does feel really depressing :-( I am due on so hoping a lot is water retention... Yesterdays run was really tough! To be fair I ran Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Tuesday (x2) and yesterday. Think I need a break day today even though my plan was to go...
  108. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    We got a 60 day visa!!!!! YAY!!! Now we have that whole extra time we are considering a trip to Tibet for a week or so...that's my task for the day...look into options and requirements. Running over lunch time which I am looking forward to. I was dissappointed when I thought that I wouldn't be...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Our passports are on their way back from the Chinese embassy!!!! EEEKK!! We don't yet know if we were granted a visa or the duration if we were sucessfull (we asked for 45 days but they don't like giving out ones for over 30 days). This time tomorrow we will either be really really happy or...
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    Step 1 Sole Source The Carrie Diaries - A Yorkshire lass in Sydney: A journey to being healthy

    Nope....gave in and had a good amount of chocolate! We still have lots left so decided to ration it....each day we go to the gym we are allowed a little bit of it... Great news about the size 14s!! Love next clothes. This is the first time in my adult life I am a 14 as well!!
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I went for two runs yesterday and feeling like I over did it a little today so will make sure I take my rest day today. I managed a full 20 minutes outside over lunch and then my intervals after work, even though they were slower than usual. Think the app lies to me as it says I burnt 1200...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Sounds like you enjoyed your weekend at least! I was fully intending to be good yesterday but then the bowl of crisps was put in front of me at a picnic and it went downhill from there. Just got back from Couch25K Week 5 Run 3 (repeated to see if I could do it outside). Tempted to go again...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    So it was a food filled weekend with a few gym visits thrown in there. We had a couple of take aways but we also had some "good" meals so it was very mixed. Had my weigh in and I lost 1/2lb last week which is basically nothing so as usual grumpyness followed as I had been so good and running and...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Wow that was a LONG time ago I said that!! Now I am thinking that about some 14's but most I get into ok :-D My mum asked me the other weekend if I wished I had done it before the wedding but honestly it's a no..we weren't in the right place to stick with it and not only that but I don't even...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    It's days like that when you really really want yummy food to make you feel better. Managed not to give in (much). We have been letting us have a handful of pringles and a quail egg sized bit of chocolate each day we run or go to the gym so having that yesterday made my mood a bit better but...
  116. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Nothing major but seems like even the little things that don't usually get to me are making me really upset. My mum and little sister aren't getting along and they are both blaming the other. My mum is acting like a child and my sister is a teenager. Just feeling angry and upset that my mum is...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Actually feel like crying at my desk
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Sounds like you have it all planned out :-)
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    You will be surprised how little you can eat after so little for so long. The big thing about coming off is getting back on...that's what to focus on. So many times I have given up on diets after one little "treat" turned into a weekend of treats....into a week of treats...!! I still have to...
  120. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Unfortunately there is no hard and fast rule...I have had a "treat" on a Friday evening and still lost 4lbs the following week but there have been weeks where I have done it and not lost anything. It's rare for me that I have a single evening/afternnon off and gain (maybe a bit of water) when on...
  121. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Feeling really grumpy today. My colleague is working from home AGAIN!!! So Friday he works from home and spent two hours mowing his lawn. He's off out in the sun maybe 75% of the time he should be working...just occassionaly moves his mouse so he doens't get marked as "away". This isn't anything...
  122. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    So Couch25K Week 5 Run 1 COMPLETE! Run Profile | Couch25K Week 5 Run 1 near London | Times and Records | Strava I have to say it was pretty tough going towards the end of the podcast and I had to slow right down but I made it which is the main thing. The route I take has now got me reaching the...
  123. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    5 hours is really good going :-) I never thought I would enjoy going for a run but when the weather is nice like this I find myself sitting at work wishing for the end of the day to go out! Well done for not having carbs...that's usually where I fall down.
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Currently it takes me about 45 minutes to run/walk. 1400 is A LOT of calories to burn!! Wonder how accurate my measurements are...? The website said 550 burned on Friday but my watch with heart rate monitor says it was 450...? I would LOVE to be able to do 10K in a hour. I didn't see...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Yeah i keep saying I will put some up..I should try and get around to it but I rarely go online when I get home as I am on the computer all day and out office blocks any kind of uploading as they think we are stealing code or something! I had a tuna and sweetcorn sandwich (on brown bread) and a...
  126. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I gave in and had a meal deal from Tesco for lunch!! Going to try and offset that by leaving out the carbs from my step 3 meal this evening. I should't have gone out during lunch time to try and find a post box, the intention was to try and delay having my shake for another hour by venturing out...
  127. F

    Step 1 Sole Source The Carrie Diaries - A Yorkshire lass in Sydney: A journey to being healthy

    :-) Thanks. Been up and down since before Christmas really and finding it so difficult to focus having lost so much and feeling happier about my weight. I still want to get into a healthy BMI though before I stop completely and hopefully tone/flatten my stomach a bit more in the process! How...
  128. F

    Step 1 Sole Source The Carrie Diaries - A Yorkshire lass in Sydney: A journey to being healthy

    haha so ture....it felt like every other window we passed walking around London this weekend was pilled high with cakes and chocolate!
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    HAVE AN AMAZING TIME!!!! Looking forward to hearing about your expeditions...hug Max Brenner window for me!
  130. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Well done for not having the kebab!! Being on step 3 this weekend wasn't so bad as we could cook real meals in the evevning. The hardest part was coming home late at night on Saturday as that's prime kebab time! Nic had far more resolve than I and made sure did get anyhting even though we had to...
  131. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I have a feeling it's going to be a tough weekend! Already longing for our usual weekend treat but not this time or no diving for us!!!!!!!!!! When I am hungry or want food (for whatever reason) I do get quite grumpy and negative about everything so my wife has a lovely weekend in store for her...
  132. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I can't say the food the person behind me is eating at their desk smells particularly nice but it is certainly making me hungry....
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    Tips to get back on track?

    I have been struggling and cheating rather a lot recently...how did you get on for the week? Currently I am on Cambridge Step 3 (100 cals - breakfast, 2 products and a 400 cal meal) and this is DAY 5!!! We can make it through the weekend....COME ON US!!
  134. F

    Easter Challenge

    So after genreally only following the diet 5 out of 7 days I haven't managed to lose anything other than the 9lbs I put on over the holiday (which I didn't include above). Bit dissappointed...I have started exercising and gone up to 1000 calories a day and over the past two weeks I have been...
  135. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Decision made: I am buying my colleagues old watch for a very good price. There is no point chosing between two expensive watches that both half do what I want...I might as well wait a year for the next generation that does everything that I want it to do! Now there is the risk I will get lost...
  136. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Looking forward to my run this afternoon/evening but that's not until 5pm....HOURS TO GO! How will I pass the time???
  137. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Well that's me for the day!!! Hope everyone has a good evening...
  138. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    My other half and I got married at our heaviest and have both lost 5-6 stone (Nic is beating me by over half a stone) since then. I haven't been a size 14 my whole adult life UNTILL NOW :-D
  139. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I have a target size to reach so I just got really cheap clothes for intermediate sizes...it's now that I can buy things in my target size and fit in *most* of them that the shopping habit has really taken off. I even bought a new winter a coat a few weeks ago even though I won't be able to use...
  140. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Because I see myself every day it's hard to remind myself of how much I have changed and of course I have yet to reach a point where I am happy about the way I look in the mirror...especially my stomach! It feels amazing to be able to go into any shop and get clothes, I have turned into a bit o...
  141. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Great...so the more expensive one doesn't do what I want either. So the choice is to buy a new laptop to support the watch that does everything I want it to and the watch (so looking at £170 for the watch + £300-400 for the laptop) but no easy way to upload/download....or just not have a watch. :-(
  142. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I don't even know which one is most suitable for my needs!!! I CAN'T DECIDE!!!! AHHHHH
  143. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Less than a week to go right?!? Very exciting. How are you? I'm ok with the exception of my watch dilemma :-( Not really a big issue but frustrating! Step 3 is going well, really enjoying the food! I feel like I shouldn't be eating so much, yesterday evening I made the chilli from the book and...
  144. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Did you give in????? There is a local kebab place near us that has really good food and that's been my weakness recently. That's great news about getting in the jeans! On the watch front I have a dilemma: Suunto lets you plan and load routes onto the watch and it will act like a GPS and...
  145. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Today has been pretty rubbish...my little sister and mum are arguing as always...the woman who has recently moved to sit behind me talks so loundly on the phone that I have to hear headphones all day but then I feel anti-social with my colleagues...I have to wait around another hour and a half...
  146. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Only just over two hours left to go....!!!
  147. F

    Step 1 Sole Source Put on weight?

    Yay!!! :-) I should stop as well...mine has said I have put on 1-2lb all week :-( Even though I don't acknowledge it as a weigh in it does make me a tad grumpy sometimes if it's a 4-5 day run of not moving at all...I should try and follow my own advice!
  148. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    When you see yourself every day it's hard to see the difference sometimes...most days I will look at my tummy disgust at my "pouch" (what my wife...errr...affectionately (?!?) named the lowest overhanging bit - what I guess you can describe as a fat fold where my stomach meets my hips....if that...
  149. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    You can really see it in your face! You don't look like the same person at all!!!!!!!! My watch arrived! Yay...now what? We are out this evening so I can't have a go with it....DOH!
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    Step2 810kcal Muiller Light Yoghurt on Step 2?

    There are lots of brands that do fat free "greek style" yogurt...they are the ones that tend to be lowest in sugar....
  151. F

    Step2 810kcal Muiller Light Yoghurt on Step 2?

    I don't drink milk either and usually have Total 0% as it's fat free and mostly protien...the down side is that it's about £1 for a 170g tub!!! Millerlight greek style 120g pot has 11g of carbs that sugar vs. total's 4g in it's 170g pot. Total has an extra 3g of protien as well...
  152. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Yesterdays run walk was about 8K in total but split into two: work to the overground = 6K then the overground to home = 2K. No real improvement on the speed front but I did manage to do the whole podcast this time without giving in on the last few minutes so happy about that. Don't get me wrong...
  153. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    That's great! I can't justify spending that much for T25 with the amount I have spent over the last month on new clothes and running gear but it is something that I would love to try :-P I'm sure if you have been doing that then you will be able to run for longer than you think! I'm not saying I...
  154. F

    Step 1 Sole Source Put on weight?

    Weigh fluctuates naturally through out the week...there have been weeks when the scales say I have stayed the same even until the morning before my weigh in then I have it and I am 4lbs down. I weigh most days but it's only the official one I have with my consultant that I take seriously. Don't...
  155. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Just over a week...VERY EXCITING!! Weekend was our one year anniversary so we went to a nice restaurant and stayed in the hotel we got married in so it wasn't a diet weekend at all. So it's properly step 3 today and it's ok so far....chickpea mash and peppered beef for dinner from the recipe...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    The challenge has begun: make it to the first May bank holiday cheat 100% on step 3! Nic has joined the gym this weekend and planning on going this evening and I have kept at the running. My first official weigh in in 2 months puts me at 2lb heavier than before I went to New York which isn't...
  157. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    BORED! BORED! BORED! Wish it was the end of the day already! I am actually looking forward to getting out into what looks like actual SUN! Feeling quite restless... How should I entertain myself? I was planning running routes around the world but got to the point where I don't know where we...
  158. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Feeling very hungry today....
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I managed to convince Nic that I needed a watch :-P hopefully it will be here on Monday!! Woohoo!! Running to my consultants office today which is about 5.5k. Obviously not running the whole way but maybe about 25 minutes of actual running thrown in with all the walking. Week 4 day 1 today...
  160. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Someone needs to help me convince the wife that I need a running watch :-P I really want to be able to see the routes I have been running! All my colleagues run at lunch and come back and looks at their stats online with their watch uploads and I am jealous!!!
  161. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Yesterdays run felt much harder than Mondays but I did go twice the distance. Friday's run (week 4 run 1) is going to be TOUGH!! Expecting to run the podcast on a loop until I make it the 5.8km to my consultants office! There is a really good facebook recipe share page that has quite a few step...
  162. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Forgot to say: I ran past a "watch your speed" sign yesterday...I was thanked for not breaching the speed limit :-P I did the maths for each week of the couch to 5k plan and surprised at the week 4 jump from running a total of 9 minutes in week 3 to a total of 16 minutes!!!! (r = run, w =...
  163. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Viita....way too many posts ago to find it again so please can you send me your bulger wheat recipe again?
  164. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Hmmm...this recipe looks like a good step 3 candidate: https://www.yeovalley.co.uk/our-recipes/recipe/spiced-haddock-with-chick-pea-mash
  165. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Bored at work now!!! Contemplating making a shopping list for the weekend to get some step 3 things....
  166. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I did a mix of both...bit faster than Sunday but not as fast as I usually go. Starting step 3 properly on Monday rather than 2.5! Fingers crossed I still lose something. Nic is now the same weigh as I am exactly (according to the scales yesterday) so has lost I think 7lbs more than me in total...
  167. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    So had 4 days off while at my mums for mothers day so back on the diet from this lunch time onwards (as had a bagel this morning). Other than our anniversary meal on Saturday it's a big push until the May bank holiday! Hoping to have reached the 6 stone mark by then as seem to have stayed pretty...
  168. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Oh yeah....and it's not in the little book but on the menu that has savory things on it as well...
  169. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    10 weeks exactly! Not as expensive as something like insanity but not sure I have the funds for that :-( I am now on week 3 of the couch to 5k plan though....! But something with a bit faster results would be good to try. I'm torn about getting a running watch. The thing about having a weekly...
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    PS4 or no PS4???

    I had an XBox 360 but when given the option between PS3 and XBox we would always end up getting the PS3 version so sold that. Got a Wii U and only ever had it for the Mario games so sold that as well.... Really looking forward to the PS4 but AGES to go before I can get it :-(
  171. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    That's exactly the right way to describe it!!!
  172. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I saw T25 advertised while I was in NY and it looked really interesting! How much did you pay for it if you don't mind me asking? Hoping that while I am away we will go to food market type places for skewers of meat kind of things rather than sit down meals as well which should help. I am...
  173. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    It is really clever....it's ribbons of chocolate creps as the pasta, chocolate ice cream (but we swapped that for peanut butter ice cream) and the richest chocolate sauce you have ever tried!!
  174. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I saw the photo on the other thread...very pretty! Looks great! Also....CHOCOLATE PASTA! MAX BRENNER!!! JEALOUS!!
  175. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    While the coat is a 12...it must be a roomy 12 because my size 14 work trousers still don't fit :-( I can wear some size 14 trousers/shorts but I don't mark myself as truely a 14 until I can wear Debenhams size 14 work trousers!! Nic and I have made a deal: after our anniversary weekend (the...
  176. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I need to put up the two pictures the wife and I took at the weekend in our old clothes. It looks like Nic is holding up trousers in front of her not wearing them... You totals are amazing!!! Keep it up!!
  177. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I bought a size 12 coat yesterday in the debenhams sale: Rocha.John Rocha Designer navy double breasted coat- at Debenhams.com The 14 was already roomy around the waist but fit perfestly across the bust....the 12 fit perfectly around the waist but on the tight side around the bust.....I went...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    The other way around....put all of your chickpeas in the blender and add about 4 table spoons of the liquid from the tin. Keep adding liquid bit by bit until you get the desired consistency. Other than more chickpea and bulger salad types of thing like you made the other day I'm not sure...
  179. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Not sure what the underlying system is...can't seem to find the "powered by" type of things that's usually on the bottom of pages provided by third party software....and the info pages I don't have permission to view (typical) BBC - Food - Recipes : Chickpea curry Jamie Oliver | Member Recipes...
  180. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    They just got something new....that's the problem!! They have completely set up everything wrong! All the user groups are completely messed up, people don't know how to use it so getting random emails to say I am an implementer for a change and I can click an nice little button to run a script...
  181. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Oh god....I hear ITSM and I just think about all the change request processes we have to go through....NIGHTMARE EVERY TIME!
  182. F

    134kkg. The countdown begins!!!

    I keep checking the scales and it varies from day to day...my lowest was 11 stone 9 and my highest (this week) has been 12 stone :-( mostly down to the meals off at the weekend but all week it has been really really difficult to be strict. I have taken up running to help reduce the damage when I...
  183. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    What kind of software? I'm a developer...currently building eTrading platforms. I have been building reporting tools for the past nearly two years so this week started on the eTrading project and it's refreshing! Lot's of new things to learn. Having gone from basically working on my own for...
  184. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I'm ok thanks...need to have my shake as been so busy my mind was taken off the fact i was hungry!! How's you? What is it you do work wise?
  185. F

    134kkg. The countdown begins!!!

    I have been almost there for quite a while now with holidays over the past few months but it's creeping down slowly. I am one stone lower than before Christmas but that doesn't reflect the weigh rollercoaster. Looking forward to going up the steps soon!!
  186. F

    PS4 or no PS4???

    I didn't get it no :-( The wife and I are off on our travels for a year in a couple of months so we thought the money would be better spent on that but I do have the promise of getting one as SOON as we get back!!! What console have you got?
  187. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    The meals in minutes book is really confusing by saying things like "make it a step 3 recipe by adding 50g of mince" when it's a step 3,4,5 meal....soooo....what step is the recipe in? And how do you ADD food to make it suitable for a lower step???? Also feeling VERY HUNGRY right now. I have...
  188. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Is the Cambridge Cookbook not "Meals in Minutes"?
  189. F

    Step 1 Sole Source The Carrie Diaries - A Yorkshire lass in Sydney: A journey to being healthy

    Haha I am wondering if that is an intentional Game of Thrones quote....?
  190. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Shame about the sauce. Mine always seems to curdle even when leaving the chicken in overnight....one day I will get it right! I did manage it once...the very first time I did it...never again since then :-( I went and got some coconut oil and the necter stuff you guys were talking about. I have...
  191. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Buy one get one half price in Holland and Barret at the moment....but they are the HUGE tubs!
  192. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Yeah...will try and not put the yogurt in until the end next time!!
  193. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    You guys have got me looking for recipes with coconut oil now: Tropical Quinoa Pilaf with Coconut, Sweet Potatoes and Kale | Whole Foods Market BBC - Food - Recipes : Dry curry of cabbage, carrot and coconut (Thoran) http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/blog/cooking-coconut-oil
  194. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Yeah...all sounds like it would work. Sounds similar to this one: Skinny korma with steamed rice recipe - Channel4 - 4Food - you could even try it with your coconut oil :-) I always mees up when i cook with yoghurt though....seems to split. Not sure if I leave it cooking too long or on too...
  195. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I'm resisting going up the steps as I still want to lose a good stone yet and like the high losses that comes with the shakes.....
  196. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Side note: I get my wedding ring back from the jewelers today!!!! YAY!!! I had to get it reduced by 4 sizes!!
  197. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Googling this one as well....
  198. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Sorry to hear about the little one...must be stessful :-( Congrats on the new job!!! That's great news! I have been really busy for the past few months so my posts don't tend to flow into one another or get time to write replies as much as I used to but still get to check in even if I don't get...
  199. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I have started running part of the way home from work a few times a week and everyone keeps telling me I shouldn't....even the wife! I am not going crazy or anything...I have done virtually no exercise at all since leaving school 10 years ago so I am working up slowly. On some days I feel...
  200. F

    134kkg. The countdown begins!!!

    Good luck!!! The prizes always sound amazing!
  201. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Lol lucky! My energy levels tend to rollercoaster. What step are you on again?
  202. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Not heard from you for AGES! How are you getting on?
  203. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    1-2lb is GREAT though....don't be disheartened! You are doing so well! My consultant was so busy, running late with quite a queue that me dropping by and taking 60 seconds to make an appointment she didn't really have time to seem any way :-) Just feels like slow progress. Need to get to step...
  204. F

    Step 1 Sole Source Stretch mark cure!

    The person I spoke to was not as helpful as your person....should have got the cream!!! Day 4 and nothing noticed yet....
  205. F

    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I dropped in on my consultant on Friday evening and made an appointment for a week on Friday (as she is away this Friday) :-) The weekend wasn't very good on a food front and this was the first time we broke it in 2 weeks. We proceeded to have numerous meals we shouldn't have had. It's so...
  206. F

    Step 1 Sole Source Stretch mark cure!

    So I bought the stick from boots but had to wait for it to get delivered. The first thing: it's tiny! I wonder how long this stick is meant to last, it certainly won't be much longer than a week...but that's basically covering my WHOLE stomach as i have a lot of stretch marks! I might go with...
  207. F

    Singapore: Without Flying!!!

    Date set: June 6th!!!! Eeek!!!
  208. F

    Lack of motivation

    Usually when I start a diet it's because I have a burst of motivation or determination and they last maybe 2 weeks, a month tops. This time however was a bit different...I just resigned myself to being miserable (because I love food) for the next 6 months and went with a VLCD (Cambridge was my...
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    Step 1 Sole Source First week on plan!

    Well done on everyones great losses so far! I got back of holiday nearly three weeks ago now and been back on the diet for almost two weeks (but feels like forever). I have been on Cambridge for the past 8 months (not religiously due to things like Christmas, Birthdays, Holidays etc. getting in...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    What is on the menu tonight? You should make a thread and take photos :-) post recipes! When I start step 3 would be good to use! Feeling hungry and it's only 12:45!!!! Grrrrr!
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    Step 2 doesn't have to be expensive unless you have the meat protein options. Lentils and chickpeas are very cheap. You can have about a tin of chickpeas per meal and that's 30/35p from the big supermarkets. A bag of lentils costs about £1 (again big supermarkets like Asda, Sainsburys) and you...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I decided on 11 stone 12 as my weigh in for this week after being 11 stone 12 and a half last night. I have fluctuated between 11 stone 9 and 11 stone 13 for the past few days so as I am out this evening and won't be home until very late I opted to use last nights weight as my "unofficial weigh...
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    Step 1 Sole Source Coke zero

    I'm hungry anyway :-P
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Nearly time for my 2nd shake of the day. Must be getting pretty excited about the holiday now though! Off for a run after work. Rather than get the tube to Canada Water and then the overground to West Croydon I am going to start running to New Cross Gate a few times a week. It's 6k so enough...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Yeah, I have enough of everything :-) Nic lost 5lbs this week....very jealous!! I think I will have lost about 6-7lb when I do my own weigh in tomorrow evening but now we are only 3lb apart so she is catching up quickly!!!! (not that it is a contest - which it totally in a way is). I want us to...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I don't want an appointment for tomorrow evening which is the risk if I text her now so I will wait until tomorrow evening. I know where her office is and her open times so I will drop in next Friday if I have had no response and ask her to either book me in for the following week and give me a...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    She has my card with my stats on...I want that back otherwise my new consultant won't have an accurate point for things like stone markers and to be able to tell me if I have lost any inches recently.... She might have removed me as I haven't chased her for an appointment since she didn't...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I text appologising and asking for an appointment, her reply was that she was dissappointed that I didn't tell anyone I wasn't going but no details about the appointment I asked for. Thought I would give her a week or two then ask again so that will be tomorrow. Though on Monday I was removed...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    What step was that salad again? The place I went to on Friday evening had lots of similar types of salads and they were all very good :-) Are you feeling any better today? I know I will never follow this advice myself BUUUTTT....don't worry about only losing 1lb this week after a great week...
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    I completely agree with all of your points but if for whatever reason the advice was to stay on that step I would hope that the first logical step wouldn't be that I was after the money. It could be inexperience, it could be that she didn't take the request to move up a step seriously, it could...
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    Sorry, as someone planning on becomming a consultant I guess that comment hit a nerve. I would be pretty upset if someone suggested my methods of consulting were money orientated/grabbing, (particularly having never met me or had me as their consultant) because I advised on staying on a...
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    Easter Challenge

    Because you both posted at the same time FunnyFarm's update isn't in your post for the next person who copies and pates an update...
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    I think it's about £1 for a shake. No idea about the rest of the products...
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    I'm not sure that is a totally justified thing to say. Each consultant is different: some want you to stay on the lower steps until you reach your goal (if your goal is reasonable for you as an individual) others want you to get near your goal and work up so you reach your goal when on step 4/5...
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    Easter Challenge

    I haven't stopped but after a carb filled holiday for 10 days and then struggling to get back on the diet for a week after that I am finally back at my pre-holiday weight! That's why my target was 14lbs not 21 or 28lbs as I knew I would have to get back to that weight before I could start the...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Seems like I haven't been on here in a while. I went home ill from work on Monday afternoon and then had yesterday off and working at home today because still not feeling great and managed to keep myself up basically all night with coughing. I was feeling much better yesterday evening and had my...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Looks great....!! Yummy!
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    Think I am going to have a skinny latte for breakfast and then something like chicken for lunch. Grrrr...rookie mistake!
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    Left my shakes at home and hungry already!!!! Only another 8 hours until I get home...yay...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Pretty good weekend for our standards! We were out on Friday night but didn't have anything terrible for us...! So we ate a few carbs which we didn't intend to, mostly it was things like bulger wheat which isn't the end of the world. Our grilled meats were very nice :-) The weekend we managed...
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    Step 1 Sole Source Stretch mark cure!

    I have so many stretch marks that are quite wide that I'm hoping that the recovery might be more like a zip effect and pull me in a little bit at the same time :-P if not I guess it will maybe give me a better canvas to work with in my future firming endeavours!! firming healthy skin must be...
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    Step 1 Sole Source Stretch mark cure!

    Going to have a look....I apply Palmers products once or twice a day currently and have no idea if it's doing anything. I'm getting to the point where I want a way to firm up the excess skin rather than reduce stretch marks.....do you think this might help with that? Worth a try I guess...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Headache didn't last long so no meds needed. Just wish the hunger would go away as well now.... Unbelievably bored at work!
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    Feeling hungry and I have a bit of a headache :-(
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    That is an interesting article but I find it difficult to relate to...I think I am the person the article describes as "lavish"...glutteny is my sin but I don't suffer from self-sabotage I don't think. I eat because I want (not the same as need or because I am hungry) the food, not to nurse some...
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    lol This week my main craving has been for garlic mayo as I walked past a house on the way home that smelt very strongly of it!
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    Around Christmas I noticed just how much all of these offers are on the wrong kinds of foods. When you get buy on get one free on bag sharing crisp bags and pringles...and tins of sweets and chocolates....but meat...meat is always on offer for the same amount 3 x £10....it's been that way for so...
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    Very expensive! For some people those convenience foods are just so cheap that it it's more suitable to their budgets....! On the other hand you have me where I can afford healthier food but I like the taste of the rubbish food too much! I have days where I really want a kebab and chips....there...
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    Me and the scales, the scales and me

    Great thread! Someone on here said recently that weight management takes motivation to start and commitment to stick with it. So I agree completely as the movement on the scales is the motivation to stick with it but you need commitment to stick with it even when the scales don't give you the...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    I don't think I updated this recently. I am wearing a size 14 currently so ALMOST at my goal I set out 9 months ago but until the bit of a muffin top has completely gone I am not going to say I am there... Ultimate Goal: Reach a size 14 trouser size Mini Goals: Lose 1 stone Lose 2 stone...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + I'm so bored of it all today

    I am with you on seeing the products being a long term meal replacement. I know that when it comes to breakfast there isn't much I like and I never like getting up earlier to make sure I have any so having bars and shakes for my first meal of the day is something I can see myself doing. I am...
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    I fully support this idea! There should be a clinic for this type of thing! Imagining some futuristic looking "pods" and they have a creepy name like "Gastric Consumption Suppressant Chamber"...if they could include something that works out your muscles for you while you are in the comma then...
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    We should start a club! :-P Though I am pretty sure there are lots out there already!
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    haha! I might....the wife tells me off for going on the scales too much as it is. I usually wait until she has gone in the other room and sneek a weigh in! 12 nights is a really long time! Are you planning any other trips while you are there like Washington DC, Phili, Boston? I could eat A LOT...
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    Step 1 Sole Source + Carb Junkie Going Cold Turkey

    It will be off in no time!! How long are you going for again? I don't have a weigh in this week so I kind of want to do my own for my signature update. However, I don't want to be over generous and use the 12 stone figure from last night because if that's not accurate due to the time of day I...
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    Is anyone starting Cambridge January 2014? Lets support each other!

    I'm somewhat jealous of all the talk of being so close to goal. Mine was always to be a "comfortable 14" as my initial primary goal and I have a pair of jeans my wife looks really good in (no muffin top and everything) but I have a bit of one so they are what I am working on. The problem with...
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