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So, I've had my protein meal and a bar and lots of talking with hubby. I was trying to explain to him that if I finish this before 8 weeks, I want it to be because that's what I have actively chosen and not because I have slipped up in some way. He can see that and totally agrees but thinks I...

Oh Gawd. Bloody tough night last night - excruciating hunger. Like, really, really bad. I guzzled water, had hot drinks, brushed my teeth. It was totally grim and painful - truly, felt painful. I didn't cave in though but I am genuinely struggling. I don't feel like I am going to eat anything...

Lordy, I find weekends tough mentally. I've just been to the village greengrocer's and done the week's fruit and veg shopping, then to the co-op for the odd few bits that we can't get in Aldi. My eldest is at cadet training this weekend and needs shed loads of food for his packed lunches! He'd...

Me too. I'm giving for 12lbs as I figure that month 2 may be a bit harder. Clairecat 15lbs (0lbs lost) 15lbs to go Clinquant 14lbs (0lbs lost) 14lbs to go Kayroo 12lbs (0lbs lost) 12lbs to go Mhara 14lbs (0lbs lost) 14lbs to go SeeLuLu 12lbs (0lbs lost) 12lbs to go

3lbs this week, taking me right to target! Slinkyson 22lbs (18lost) 4lbs to go Clairecat 19lbs (19.6lbs lost) 0.6lbs over target Skinny girl 14lbs (0lbs lost) 14lbs to go Jewel77 14lbs (13lbs lost) 1lb to go Katikins 21lbs (12lbs lost) 9lbs to go [/COLOR] shrinkingalice 14lbs (4lbs lost)...

Week 4 WI today and 3lbs lost this week. I'm really pleased with that as I thought I was on track for 2lbs. Just feeling in the groove at the moment. Meal pack at lunch, shake mid afternoon, 2 egg omelette for tea with veg, bar just now. My mouth still feels vlcd yucky - I've taken to...

I can understand the need to take a break. Really hope you have a good few days. Come and let us know how you are when you feel up to it.

Sounds like a good day! Can you believe we have done 28 days now? In some ways, I think it has flown by!

The days just seem to be rolling on by at the moment. Another pretty dull food day! cottage pie meal pack - surely there can't be many more of these in my box Lol? shake mid afternoon eggs, swede, courgette - it felt like 'egg and chips' - very yummy! maple bar WI number 4 tomorrow - expecting...

Yeah, my mum was diagnosed T2 a few years ago and I have been really encouraging her to stop listening to the low fat, eat carbs advice - but then, I think she is of a generation that listened and obeyed the medical profession! i haven't got diabetes but am really cautious because I am...

I tried the dark Truffaut last night and the maple/fruit/almond one tonight. Both yummy! thanks for the ideas with the cottage pie pack - it's really the only meal pack I find just yuck.

All trundling along OK with me. Good day today. Lunch - cottage pie meal pack (not really enjoying these so trying to use them up!) mid afternoon - shake dinner - 1 low carb sausage, courgette, slim pasta and splash of soya sauce evening snack - I'm going to have my very first bar! Not tried...

It really did feel cold today, didn't it? I think your 'warm up' meal sounds lovely. Apple pie too. Yum.

I think the trials we overcome make what we achieve even more worthwhile. Losing this weight is just not easy. Sending you lots of willpower inducing thoughts and a big hug.

I really am in awe of you keeping on this diet until your reach your goal weight. I think that mindset is incredible! My plan after February is to do 4:3 for as long as possible. I did this when I came off a vlcd before and I continued to lose weight - yes, more slowly, but I did keep losing...

Yup, I need to get that water down me too - let's make a pact to get glugging before WI number 4?!

Keep going! As much as we would like it to be, weight loss is just not a linear thing... it goes in fits and starts and is influenced by so many things, such as hormones, salt levels, water, exercise.... Focus on sticking to the plan and the scales will move.

In my experience, there should be no difference between simplicity and lifestyle. If you want to stick with lifestyle, then my advice would be to get some electronic scales if you haven't already and use them all the time - weigh your protein, veg and milk religiously and get glugging the water...

Forgot to update mine on Thursday - another 4lbs for me, taking me to 18lbs in total for my first month... fingers crossed for a 3lb loss this week! Slinkyson 22lbs (16lost) 6lbs to go Clairecat 19lbs (18.9lbs lost) 0.1lbs to go Skinny girl 14lbs (0lbs lost) 14lbs to go Jewel77 14lbs (12lbs...

I've just placed my final Slim and save order for 2014! I'm on track to keep going until 26th February which is a day less than 8 weeks and is my son's birthday, so I felt that was a good time to aim for. I didn't need to place a very big order as I ordered the biggest value pack I could when I...

Just caught up the last few pages of your diary - 11lbs lost in total is great. Sounds like you are in the zone! loved your graduation pics too - you looked fab and happy!

Thanks, Toni. I am pleased with 18lbs. Resisting continues to to be challenging for me if I'm honest but I'm going to do this 8 weeks if it kills me! I know I can do alternate day fasting then quite comfortably. I've just got to keep doing it! Hope your weekend is going well too. I can't...

Hello! I am just over 3 weeks into an 8 week stint. I find it much easier to do, knowing that I have a time limited period to be on the diet. I could potentially be on the diet for 6-9 months but I just can't face that prospect! All the best for day 1 tomorrow.

That inch loss is impressive. Well done. I weigh daily too and find that it helps to keep an average rather than a daily - it's really interesting how the average goes down and it really helps to avoid being disappointed by the daily fluctuations. I will use it even more when I switch to...

You can use weights if you want but you can also just use your own body weight -and do things like squats, lunges, planks, press ups etc. Keep going through the hungry days - I've had one of those today. I wonder if the cold weather doesn't help either!

Regarding exercise... this is just my opinion: I think we are on too low calories to do something really intensive, particularly cardio. However, I do think that - in spite of the protein element contained in the diet - we are still at risk of losing muscle mass as a vlcd is pretty drastic and...

I love the fly lady comment! I do a daily reboot of the washing machine otherwise it gets unmanageable. Good to hear you got straight back on after the blip. Blips are just blips. As you say, they only become an issue when the blip becomes a trend!

Week 3 brings a 4lb loss. Pleased with that. Today: chilli con carne pack and green beans chocolate shake sausage, mushrooms, slim pasta will finish off the day with a shake later. 22 days done - 34 to go! Can't believe 3 weeks have gone already. Managed some good resistance at work today...

WI tomorrow morning! Fingers crossed. Today: lunch - cottage pie pack and green beans shake noodles, veg and spicy Spag pack shake I reckon I missed my water target though - really need to crack this!

Thanks everyone. Much better day today - no awful hunger to deal with, thankfully. Food today: chilli pack and fine beans at lunch shake at 4pm cheesy pasta pack with courgette, mushrooms and slim noodles at 7pm I'll finish off with a shake before bed. I have also had a go at a '7 minute...

What a fab loss - well done! :)

Oh blimey, I have had a very tough 24 hours. Yesterday was all going fine until.... my husband said he'd noticed my breath was a bit honky and bought me some sugar free gum. I had a chew without thinking anything of it. Bam. Straight out of ketosis for me. The hunger pangs kicked in so quickly -...

OMG - talk about willpower. I've just cut my little one's hair - he's 4 and hair cutting isn't his favourite thing. Anyway, I bribed him and said he could have some Haribos after his hair cut. Two big packs have been sitting in the cupboard for ages. So, I opened the packet and smelt them - they...

Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!

You're doing well! Your diary makes me smile - positive and happy!

Don't beat yourself up about the blip. It's a blip not a trend! Also, try and think about how many on plan days you *have* achieved rather than just the one occasion where you went off plan. Keep going!

Today is going well so far. I have cooked my usual roast chicken for the family with me having the chicken and some lovely vegetables. I have finally cracked the swede chips - I cut them nice and thickly, boiled them for about 10 mins then popped them in the oven with some fry light. They...

Reset my goal from 14lbs to 21lbs. 2 more WIs - fingers crossed! Slinkyson 22lbs (11lbs lost) 9lbs to go Clairecat 19lbs (2.5lbs lost) 6.2lbs to go Skinny girl 14lbs (0lbs lost) 14lbs to go Jewel77 14lbs (12lbs lost) 2lbs to go Katikins 21lbs (12lbs lost) 9lbs to go shrinkingalice 14lbs (4lbs...

"The goal of obesity treatment is not necessarily to get to a normal weight. It's to move in a direction where your health is significantly improved." Scott Kahan, director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness.

You've done the first few - hardest - days! Brilliant! I am am finding this weekend a hard prospect mentally. I have no idea why I am feeling like this when other weekends have been fine! I wonder if it's just the change unsettles us after getting into a groove all week?

Sounds like you are doing really well - keep going!

Mmmm, that tuna does sound nice! I might just try that.

I'd be very surprised if you gained weight eating a measly 750 calories, Toni. A VLCD is anything less than 800 calories, so I really wouldn't stress.

Thank you, everyone! Ready to go for my 3rd weekend on the diet... Nearly 16 days done with 40 to go. One day at a time.

Thank you, Toni! Not long until your Week 2 WI now.

Well, week 2 lost 5lbs - that's a whole stone in 2 weeks! Yay! I must say though, I am struggling to find time to eat at all on work days and seem to be having all my packs and/or meal in the evening. I don't think this is too good a habit really but is genuinely because I am just a incredibly...

Fantastic! Well done! :D

Oh and TOTM is here. Woopydoo. Last time on a vlcd I carried on bleeding for weeks and weeks. Really hoping this doesn't happen again.

Day 12 done - 44 to go! Very busy day today - one shake at lunchtime, protein meal with Slim noodles and veg, 2 shakes throughout the evening and some soya yoghurt. Need to try and have some more packs during the day, I think - running on empty all day isn't good. It's bizarre thinking - it's...

Well done on your loss and a good start to Week 2!

It wasn't easy at all! I've made him freeze half of it, so there is less 'out' and potentially available!

Thanks!

OK, so hubby just baked a chocolate cake with youngest. This was not easy. If there was one food in the world I could choose, it would be chocolate cake. Have I caved in? Oh no! Whilst they were tucking in, I decided that surely, I could do 'something' with a chocolate shake pack. I mixed a...

Hi Cornish - we are a very similar weight and are both doing an 8 week stint! I wonder how well we'll both do! Like you, I am putting in some yoghurt - I've gone for alpro soya which is the lowest calorie and carb I could find. I figure anything below 800 cals is still in vlcd territory! Good...

40 second plank! Wow! :) I am at the 'shake after 20 seconds phase'!

Great news - a stone in 2 weeks! Very, very well done to you!

It's Thursday. I feel like it's going OK, so far. I am definitely more able to focus because I have set myself a time limit, I think. Day 11: Good day so far today. Hubby gave me a lie in, bless him. I then prepared the family's Sunday roast dinner. They all had potatoes and gravy, whilst I...

Ooohhh, nice looking dinner there!

Thanks for stopping by my diary! Looks like you have made a great start too!

Slinkyson 22lbs (0lbs lost) 22lbs to go Clairecat 19lbs (0lbs lost) 19lbs to go Skinny girl 14lbs (0lbs lost) 14lbs to go Jewel77 14lbs (7lbs lost) 7lbs to go Katikins 21lbs (6lbs lost) 15lbs to go shrinkingalice 14lbs (4lbs lost) 10lbs to go Clinquant 14lbs (4lbs lost) 10lbs to go...

Second weekend going OK so far. Warm shake at lunchtime which has tided me over until now and I'm wondering about food! It's Saturday night which in our house means fish and chips! I'm going to have a portion of chicken which is what I did last week. I'll yank all the skin off! Last week I had...

Hi there - just read through your last few pages. Wow. You are doing really well. I know you really don't feel as if you are but you really are! Stick with your plan.

Well done for all the resisting! I think the more times we manage it, the easier it becomes - but don't feel bad for having to work at it though. Just think of all the years we have all made 'little choice' after 'little choice' to have an extra sandwich, or a second slice of cake or another...

Just had a quick read of your last couple of days. Sounds like you are having a tough time. Hope you can weather this rough patch. This diet is certainly no walk in the park!

Back of the net. Week 1 - 9lbs.

I put two shakes of gluten free soy sauce on them - no carbs/added sugar, so decided it was worth the risk!

Wow - I can't believe I've done a week already. 7 days done! Just 49 to go now. Very hectic day at work today. I'm definitely liking the soups at lunchtime - they seem quite normal, like cup a soups, which lots of people have at work anyway, so I don't stand out as having 'shakes'. I am...

Day 6 done - all on plan! My order from holland & Barrett arrived today so I tried some slim rice with my chilli con carne meal pack. Certainly helped bulk it up a bit! A whole pack for just 14 calories and no carbs! Wow! Just 50 days to go!

Someone on here - sorry, can't remember who - said they prepared their shake cold, so all mixed up and ready, and then blasted in microwave. I've tried thus method and it's fab. About 1 min or so is just long enough.

Day 5 nearly done and all on plan! Go me! Back at work and surrounded by everyone's chocs and biscuits they have brought in to use up! I stayed strong though. Phew. Have had a 4 pack plus veg and milk day today. Soup at lunchtime, shake at 3pm (aka danger time), curry at 5:30 with veg and just...

Well done on ordering the scales - you will find them a god send. I couldn't manage without mine. Keep going - you're doing really well.

Today has been a whole lot easier than yesterday. Chicken and Veg at lunchtime, red fruits shake at 4pm, mushroom pasta and remaining veg at 6pm and deciding when to have my last shake of the day. Just had a 20min brisk walk on the treadmill (I'm a runner when I'm thinner!!), followed by a...

Thank you!

That is so right... I first did intermittent fasting when coming off a vlcd and it felt a breeze!

Thanks for stopping by my diary. 5:2 is great. Many people seem to be able to lose on it but for me it is about maintenance. I do lose on 4:3 though. I also suspect that I have to work harder at ditching sugar.

Hello! Welcome to the 8 week challengers! Looking forward to gearing how you get on.

Wow! Well done!

How are things going for you today? I was interested to read how things were going with your daughter. I have 2 boys and am really concerned not to give an impression of women and food being messed up! Re the veg and milk - use them up, I say! I'm going for the slim noodles as well when my...

Loads less daunting for me. But then I know some have a specific weight goal that they need to reach by a certain time, so my circumstances are different perhaps. I've been wondering for a while if I need to set myself a range of 'time related' goals, so 8 weeks on vlcd, then so many weeks on...

Slinkyson 22lbs (0lbs lost) 22lbs to go Clairecat 19lbs (0lbs lost) 19lbs to go Skinny girl 14lbs (0lbs lost) 14lbs to go Jewel77 14lbs (olbs lost) 14lbs to go Katikins 21lbs (0lbs lost) 21lbs to go shrinkingalice 14lbs (4lbs lost) 10lbs to go Clinquant 14lbs (0lbs lost) 14lbs to go...

You've done really well! I'm just committing totally to 8 weeks. I'll re-evaluate then but for now, in my head, it's 8 weeks and that's it!

Not sure if I went into ketosis on day 1 actually? I'm pretty used to fasting now and experienced headaches on day 1 but they have all gone now. Struggled to work out today if it was real or mental hunger. Whatever it was, it was definitely my toughest day so far.

Thanks for the welcome. I'm hoping 8 weeks will see me lose 2 stone? But for me the most important goal is to do the actual 8 weeks and to let the numbers on the scales take care of themselves!

Hello I have decided to do this for a time-limited period as, although I could probably do with losing 6 stones, I am not sure I could start this knowing I have 6 months! I am slightly in awe of people who can do that! My plan is to do 8 weeks and then continue with ADF to lose some more. So...