Search results

I had my gallbladder out last August. Started SnS mid January and have lost 2.5 stone since, and thats been with the odd cheat here and there. I wouldn't worry! I think the main reason people put weight on after gb surgery is because they can start eating fatty foods again! Personally I...

Oh, thanks!! Nothing lost last week (had a small glass of wine and tonnes of meat to celebrate getting an amazing new job!) 5lbs down this week :D :D :D

I bought mine online from Holland and Barrett, I had to buy 11 packs to get free delivery.

I say "NO NO NO NO NO!" in my head when I'm tempted.

One whole pack (200g) a day for about 4 evenings this week, so about the same as you overall :)

Oh I also sometimes use the pan that I've cooked my chilli/spaghetti in and it soaks up the excess yumminess! I went OTT on these this last week but still lost 3lbs! If you do get bunged up then Senokot is your friend :)

I would go easy with any sort of seasoning on these! I started trying to put chilli and garlic in with them, but it soaks up absolutely ALL the flavour and was not easy to eat. Even a bit of pepper is too much for them! I now use a bit of bouillon and have them in a sort of broth, they then...

Lots of zero noodles this week and TOTM but still 3 pounds down :D

Thanks :D :D Oh yes, I like to mix it up! Tasted like cough syrup/nesquik!

Day 38 - Today I put some Dr Pepper Zero in a Banana shake and ate it with a spoon...and enjoyed it. Nuff said.

I'm wondering if any of you have these on a regular basis?! I read somewhere that S&S have said that you can eat as many as you like. I've found myself having two packets in the last two days and am a little concerned about it even though we've been told it's safe. It seems too good to be true!

I did the Cambridge diet a while back and lost almost 4 stone, it was okay and I found it quite easy at the time. However, I tried to redo it after putting on some weight and found it extremely hard for two weeks and very very boring. I then read about S&S here and haven't looked back! It's...

The tip about planning when to have your packs is a very good one. I have four packs a day, one every 3 hours or so. I fill the rest of the time with water, peppermint tea and some bouillon. Invest in some spices for your packs/protein meal. Someone recommended smoked paprika which I...

This diet is great, I'm so glad i found it and I'm sure you will be too! I have found it much more bearable than other VLCD's and the large drops keep you super-motivated - especially for you men!

Yes you're right, I will! I thought it was me going bananas with my tastebuds!

I was also mega-gutted with this :( Was sent the old packs in my sample pack, and the new ones in my big order. Can't help but feel a bit ripped off! Old hazelnuts were amazing!

Must make time to update my diary at some point, but 5lbs down this week in spite of a lunch with some salmon! Very happy :D :D :D :D :D

It was the SML diet, but the prices seem to have gone up to £1.35: Bars - SML range of delicious VLCD LCD meal replacement foodpacks

Yes I was also wondering about this!

lol I had to google that, thought you were joking!

Yes it must seem completely counter-intuitive to be eating butter etc after CWP! Did you do induction or just go right in? I was doing CWP, now on Slim and Save, so already in ketosis, am considering switching to Atkins in a few weeks time so just wondering!

Aw, this is quite nice, and I like colouring in. No kid is getting my colouring pencils.

Bird - Poop

You really have to be mentally "in the zone" for sole source otherwise it just won't work. Talk to your counsellor and be honest with him/her, they've seen and heard it all before I'm sure. It may be that you're better off on a higher plan (810 or 1000) for the time being, you can always come...

I made this yesterday and it was lovely! I didn't use fry light on the swede though, just baked.

I'm curious to see if anyone has switched from a VLCD such as Cambridge or Slim and Save to Atkins? If so, did you do the induction weeks or go straight into the next phase and how did the losses compare?

1.5lbs down this week! A little lower than I would have wanted, but I've now lost over a stone overall so chuffed about that at least :)

Okay, thanks everyone! Didn't know that random people could create entries. Yay I can still have my weekly Caffe Nero fix then.

Just wondering what everyones experience is of this site? I used it today to check the info for a grande skinny latte from Caffe Nero and it came up with 37g of carbs, Caffe Nero's own site says 14g. Who to believe! I want to believe the latter.

I'm doing a strange combination of CD Sole Source Plus and S&S, I have lots of tetras leftover so have one of those everyday as well as two S&S packs and something from the protein list on SS+ as well as 200g of veg! My logic being that the CD packs are higher in calories, so this is in fact...

Thank you for that weasey very helpful, yes CD limited bars to one per day on the basis of more carbs I think. Although the cynic in me thinks that S&S are possibly restricting bars as they may be more expensive to produce too and currently have flat pricing, but who knows!

Well done! I love this diet :D

But it is strange how bars are limited to one per day and they are less carbs, hmmm! I think I will avoid and have the chilli instead henceforth!

I've just added the spag bol to the S&S meal planner and its come up as 20g carbs, this can't be right can it?!?!?

Thanks both! I love love loved the chilli and also the vanilla and almond bar which I don't think they do anymore! :( x 100000 Weirdly enough I'm not mad about the lemon and white choc bar which people have raved about, I needed more zing. You've done fabulously so far Caz!

Thanks sarah-lou! 3.5lbs down on my first S&S week (Week 3 overall), which isn't at all bad I think! I've ordered my 28 day pack so am committed now!

Hi Merc, Well done on your loss! I have started S&S today after being on the Cambridge plan for two weeks. We have very similar starting weights and goals so it will be good to see how each other gets on! Fluff

Day 1 on S&S (or Day 17 on *a* VLCD!) I've been doing the Cambridge plan for two weeks and have done reasonably well (10lbs down so far). I was quite shocked at the price hike of their products so have decided to give S&S a go! Today has been my first full day, I have 30 odd Cambridge...

I've just started my 28 sample pack and thought I would revive this thread and give my opinion on the things I try as I go! Meals Chilli (white pack) - really very pleased with this, smells beautiful and is lovely and spicy, does taste very meaty and not particularly fake-meaty! Chilli...

Thanks all :) I started the packs last night, had the lemon bar and the dark choc trufa this morning which were okay, but the chilli this evening was amazing! Had it with mushrooms and cauliflower rice, quickly followed by the macaroni cheese and broccoli , which needs to be made with less...

Hello All, I have been doing Cambridge sole source/sole source plus for two weeks and am considering switching over to Slim and Save (sooo much cheaper!). I've just got my 28 sample pack and will be testing the flavours this coming week, I have a considerable number of Cambridge shakes left...

Thanks Teresa :) I weighed myself yesterday morning and I was actually down 10lbs so that's the weight loss I'm taking! It was the same place my CDC measured me in, so hopefully it's correct. Have lost an inch from the waist too so I know it's working. My CDC was due to come over next...

Day 14 Had my WW scales delivered to work today, was hesitant about using them after two weeks on the plan(s) due to TOTM coming up, but did anyway....and I shouldn't have. A loss of 7 pounds in 2 weeks!! I know it's a lot more than that as I have noticed the drop in so many ways, knee high...

Days 12 and 13 Carried on with the ss+ over the last two days, have been having no added sugar squash, maybe a few too many veggies with my meal and bouillon, but nothing has affected ketosis so far. So far I've only had cottage cheese and eggs, will move onto the other options soon. I do...

Days 10 and 11 So yesterday I continued with the SS+ plan, had two tetras then two eggs, spinach and mushroom for dinner. Felt completely stuffed, then forced down a third tetra to get all my nutrients! Today I could have done without a meal to be honest. I went out for coffee with someone...

Aw thanks Teresa, I've put the details below in my diary entries for Days 10 and 11 :)

I stupidly ordered 84 chocolate tetras without considering that I might want bars in the 3rd week, d'oh! Lucky you with your lemony goodness! :( xx

Day 9 I had a wobbly today, but a sensible one. Felt ridiculously hungry and my stomach WOULD NOT STOP rumbling, and so at 10pm I had some quorn with green beans, which I suppose makes it a SS+ day. I don't feel completely terrible about it as it could have been. Tomorrow is another day..

I weigh-in in another two weeks! I have a mobile CDC, who doesn't come every week and who is away for a bit too, but is always available on the phone! I'm happy with this as I'm out of the house a lot of the time and will hopefully see a lose of well over a stone at the end of week 3. The...

Day 8 Day 8 For the first time, I achieved my correct water intake (3 litres). I had a combination of the bouillon and peppermint, ceylon (love it!) and regular tea to help me along my way. I was at home all day essay writing which helped matters. Plus drinking water was a handy distraction...

My CDC is mobile, so can't come every week as he's not particularly local, but its a huge timesaver me as I'm working full-time as well as doing a masters part-time; plus I'm not home a great deal in any case! Started the diet partly because of all the stress, and knowing that this might cause...

I felt a million times better on Day 6!

Hi Nikki, good luck for your restart!

Hi Yummy, how have you got on after this? You DO have willpower, you WILL have wiilpower!!!

I ordered 4 weeks worth of choc tetras and am sick of them!! Cannot wait to try the lemon yogurt bars. I used to enjoy the peanut crunch and cranberry crunch bars. Oriental chilli was the only soup I could stomach. I liked all the shakes other than fruits of the forest, which tasted of evil...

Well done, you look great.

Well done (especially on keeping it off!)

Good luck for your first day, and prepare some thoughts for when you're feeling low (maybe read your post!). Find something to do with your hands. Buy lots of herbal teas and paracetamol!

Hi maryam, wondering if you're still around and how you're getting on.

I also use a 750ml bottle, one with a sports cap, which I find a lot easier to drink from for some reason. If I have 2 of those at work thats 1.5 litres, which is easily done in 8 hours. I also have a "travel bottle" which is 500ml, I drink one on the way to work, and one on the way home...

Thanks Sammy, I haven't weighed myself yet, even though I'm at the end of week 1, going to leave it until end of week 3 when I am being seen by my consultant, but can already see the difference with loosening of clothes and my stomach not being in the way so much!

Yay someone is reading :) You did very well Aysha, so can do so again! It's all about being in the zone isn't it. If you're in it then nothing can stop you. Tea and coffee is better than the water, which is now boring me to death already, but I'm now counting the bouillon towards my water...

Day 7 It snowed today, went to work. I work in a building with no lift, and with an office on the 4th floor. Finding the climb much harder than normal (due to lack of glycogen perhaps). After two hours of being at work, was told to go home, yay. Went to my parent's house for the first time...

Thanks all. I've reached the end of week 1, it's been horrendous but the dreams about visiting various bakeries and eating all in sight have subsided. Hoping it's going to be plain sailing now, with regards to hunger. But my cravings for meat will probably not go away :/ Good luck everyone.

Day 6 First day at work on diet today. The freezing conditions are not helping. Craved toast and meat all day. Went out and bought the veg bouillon which was amazingly savoury and comforting. It will be my saviour for the next fortnight. Pondering where to weigh myself on Saturday at one...

I started my renewed attempt at sole sourcing on 12th January 2013 after many months away from it. I have struggled many times to start CD again and had to have a big break from it to feel motivated again (not to mention a considerable weight gain). Am turning 35 in May, at which point I need...

Hi Maryam, I've just restarted myself (on Day 6 now), I lost a lot of weight on Cambridge a while ago and know how amazing the results are if you stick to it and don't mess about too much! I was much heavier than you and lost 10lbs in the first week, I would guess at your weight around 5/6lbs...

Hi Angel, I have a very similar goal to you and also returning to Cambridge after a long time. I started on 12th Jan and want to lose 3st10lb by the start of May (when I turn 35!). My first weigh-in isn't until 2nd Feb. Well done on your loss so far!

Hi Hayley, this sounds really simplistic but my counsellor says that if you're going to cheat then cheat with an extra shake! That way you're just doing sole source + for a day and it won't make much difference in the long term.

Hi All, I've recently returned to sole source (currently ending Day 5). Did really well about a year ago, lost about 3 stones, but have gradually piled it back on and 10lbs more! Have found it really hard this time around - rumbling tummy, dealing with a cold, headaches, (wind!) but have not...

Strawberry tetra?