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Hi Tor - I heard about this the other day too...slimatee...can you get it in sainsburys or is it just specialist shops? x Ceeboo - I can imagine that you are feeling down about the weigh in, it probably won't be much comfort to say that it's all in the right direction, but as you have been...

Hi Tigg (love that it tries to autocorrect to tiff every time I type that!) Pickles... What sort, like gherkins? They could be nice....Also I'm veggie and would love any prep tips you can offer, anything else other than balsamic that can be used as sauce? I'm still weighing everything...

Do you like eggs lizz? I had two boiled eggs with watercress, cucumber, spring onion and balsamic the other day and it was lush. Didn't photo it for ********* as my battery died, but it looked very pretty. It's all so filling this SS+ lark! I rocked a maxi dress to work today and was freezing...

Wow! Your Freya is away till Thursday? I could send you our Freya if you like! Ha! Kidding she is way to useful with her siblings to send away! No kissing? The only good thing about him? What a pointless weekend 'dude'! Haha!! Xx

Autumn that sounds so sore, you poor pet! I really hope you feel better soon. Bless you for posting some support, it is greatly appreciated - but you really should go look after yourself now! Thank you xx

Tiggs, I genuinely can't thank you enough!!! THAT was the exact virtual slap round the face I needed!! You are so wise :-) I knew it was irrational, but after such good losses on SS, you get kind of stuck on that. But I need to remind myself that I am in this for the long haul. As in...

Hello everyone, Just had my first weigh in being on sole source plus (well, this morning!) and I'm panicking!! So I thought I'd jump straight to the oracles (you lot!) and get opinions... I have had good losses on SS (50lb total in 12weeks) but this week I started SS plus and lost......1 and...

Thanks all! I think I will give one of them a try when I next collect my products! I'll let you know how I get on! x

So the peanut bars.... Quick question to the peanut bar fans... I LOVE mint crunch. I like lemon too, but they are sickly! Don't much rate any of the others. BUT here's the thing, I hate peanut butter/nuts/nutty flavours generally, but bizarrely quite like snickers?!! Not any other chocolate...

Good luck bec! Let us know how your first weigh in goes tomorrow won't you?!! X

Haha!! I share your sadness with boob loss. Typically it's where I have lost the most cm.... 18cm lost round my bust! It's really ramped up my boob envy. I even emailed a few places about breast augmentations the other day. My husband cracked up when an email all about the procedure and costs...

Hi Anne! I'm sorry I don't think I have any special tips for water enjoyment. It just sort of came naturally to me after a week or two. Bearing in mind, I hardly used to drink water before cambridge....now I crave it! It may help to tell you how I go about it? Basically I literally down a...

Hi Chartreuse! I saw in your stats you started the day before me. (My logic for not starting on Monday 14th was that it was my daughters first birthday, so I went for Tuesday 15th instead!) How have you found this last 12 weeks? I have loved it and of course the amazing results! I am slightly...

Any veggie recipe ideas you have greatly appreciated! I don't eat meat or fish as have never liked taste or texture of these - so I'm not actually vegetarian at all, I just don't like meaty/fishy stuff! Gutted you can't have lentils/chick peas on SS+! I'm really looking forward to having a SS+...

Lizzrob: 12lbs minecraftmum: 14lb Tor: 14 Katykelly75: 14lbs Autumn: 12lbs TInkerbella: 14lbs Chlo: 14lbs 10June2014: 12lbs Princessava: 14lb Winklepip: 14lb BlackBBWUK: 14lb cwp2014: 12lbs

Hello! Well done for taking this step to get back on track. I really admire anyone who has the strength to accept they went wrong and restart. It's so much harder than starting first time round like me.... You know what you are in for!!! But, that said... Just think about how you felt last time...

Thank you! That's exactly it Tiggemma! It's knowing you are all going through this too. I relate to all of your good days, bad days, achievements and wobbles. And it makes us silent stalkers feel 'virtually' supported. especially when everyone in 'reality' has gone from claiming I'm...

Going for team lunch tomorrow to celebrate the end of appraisal season... Dreading the sorts of comments I'll no doubt get about not having anything but iced water! I already had "why don't you just have a salad?" I am halfway in to my 12th and last week of SS. I have been 100% throughout...

That's an old favourite of the CWP haters!!

That post made me laugh Tor! I'm a silent stalker of this thread too and I wanted the jelly instructions!! Teehee! I have posted on other threads and created some, but it's only this thread that I tend to read but didn't want to jump on as you guys have such a nice bond already! Keep it up...

Thanks Autumn! :-)

People telling you to "stop now" or "you're fine now, no more surely?" Then I point out that I am still in the 'overweight' category on the NHS bmi calculator, doesn't seem to dampen there new found enthusiasm for cambridge hating. And it really blows their minds when I say if I lose another...

I'm finding taking senakot helps quite a bit.... Do you know if you can have a mix a mousse thing on the same day as a bar? Or is it one or other? I would ask my CDC but she's on holiday!

I am way off being brave enough mentally to get into a swim suit. I haven't been swimming for years and years!! But I adore it too! Well done lizz!

Ian you look amazing! H&M medium!! Well done!! :-)

Hello, Just wondering if anyone else had experienced this? I've been having wicked acid like indigestion for the last two weeks (so basically week 5-6 of sole source). It's only at night time. And I haven't 'cheated' once?! I have been having a shake (fruit ones) for breakfast, a bar for lunch...

2 stone lost for me now Clairey! How are you getting on? :-)

How was your night out liz? I was craving a nice Pinot this evening!!!

Hello everyone! Hope you are all good. Not posted on here for ages, but have been reading posts still! Good luck to all the new starters, well done to existing people! I had weigh in today and broke the 2st loss! That's in 6 weeks. Seems crazy! I can't even remember being bigger....? Still 100%...

Lizz can you come to my office next week? Every time someone says something stupid I'll direct then your way!!!

I am so jealous! A village shop?!?! Wow! How quaint! But I sympathise with the everyday temptations all around you :( sending you some kick ass willpower!!!

Lizz you are the most positive person on here! Haha!! I thought I was focused, but I'm a total inadequate next to you ;) That said, I haven't cheated yet and I do like the diet too! Except today, feeling poorly!

Cat can do - Well done on your weight losses so far! They are awesome!! :)

Just running something by you....I've felt really off today. Like I've got gasses bubbling in my tummy and abdomen. A bit like a sort of upset tummy. Not really felt myself, I've maintained all the water and cambridge products, but really struggled not to bring them back up. :( Have you had...

How did lunch date go then jojo?! Did your willpower stop after the grilled chicken? It's nice to be able to treat yourself. I feel sorry for my husband as our curry nights are a thing of the past now and the curry house doesn't deliver for one :(

Well done liz! I think I need to go up in lift and find my pre-children clothes..... Though I'm still a long way off that!! I have noticed my second chin is disappearing though!! Whoop whoop!!

At work today I had.... "just a bit?" "A little piece?" "What if I cut it in half?" NO!! I DON'T WANT THE CAKE!!! I also had some very condescending looks. And a smug colleague who was so happy to tell me his friend did CWP, lost 4st and put it all back on 6months after finishing. I've given...

Hiya!! No problem pet! Tell us how you've been getting on? How's your weight loss? I'm in week two and I do feel like it's getting easier. I'm so looking forward to week 3's porridge though! :)

I totally messed up my maths! It was 8lbs for week one, not 7lbs. Ok so not a major difference but it means so much to me that all important pound extra!

Well done jo!! That's an amazing loss! You should be very proud. I thought i'd lost 7lbs week one, but turns out my maths is just really bad and it was 8lbs! So I was a little bit more smug! I think you should think more about going out for a healthy meal though. Do you really want to have the...

You can so do it!! It's the final push!! :-)

Thanks so much Sara!! All your comments are making me feel better. Not that I felt really bad, I knew it's an ok loss really, I'm just being a twit! x

Thanks liz! And well done on your achievement so far, I so hope to follow in your footsteps :-)

You guys have me actually laughing!! It is rude emma, you're so right, but all this stuff just rolls off their tongues like nothing. Like unless you're actually calling a fat person fat, then anything else fine to say!!

This made me laugh. Another one I haven't had yet!! :-)

Oh wow so with you on this!!!!

Thanks lizz!! I am happy. I am. It's just weird it's like I'm obsessed with all things weight loss. I suppose that a good thing in a way! Adds to the motivation! How you doing? Still obsessively cleaning?! Haha!!

Kick up the butt I meant, not 'luck' up the butt! Ha!

Sweetiepie! Don't be so hard on yourself! Seriously, 5lbs, that's a steady healthy loss for the timescale. What diet/ plan are you following? 1) Have you tried writing a food diary? 2) Are you drinking plenty of water? It is so hard when you have all those sweet treats around you. Family...

Oh you poor thing! Well you ozzy's aren't great with cold hey?!! It's horrible the cold bit, even worse here in uk! Try give it a bit longer. Or speak to your cambridge supplier about stepping up maybe? I don't know, I'm new to this too (just in week 2 myself). I know 'they' say you start to...

Ok so my 'unofficial' weigh in shows a loss of 7lbs! It's unofficial because my first actual weigh in with Cambridge consultant is on week two, next week. But home scales showed 7lb loss for week one. I am a little gutted because I thought after hearing everyone's 9, 10, even 12lb losses that I...

Don't be down kat. A loss is a loss. At least it wasn't 2lb gain! Don't beat yourself up, you did good! If we were on WW or SW then 2lb week is a good sustainable amount! :)

Well done jojo!! That's an amazing loss! :-)

Boredom is high for me with the products, but I'm looking forward to week 3 onwards when I can (hopefully!) enjoy porridge, bars and just having different recites I'm sure will help. My motivating reasons: First and most importantly, it's definitely for myself. My own health and happiness...

So true! It definitely puts me off cheating!

Glad you found the site and not a packet if crisps or a crunchie!! That's exactly how I found the site and I do find it works flicking through threads, looking at the success pictures, talking/commenting to others :-)

Good idea!!! :)

Soci - you are an inspiration! You must be so thrilled! Well done, and best of luck with the last shift of weight you want so much! X

6lbs is a great loss!! Be proud x

Hiya! My first shake is anytime between 8 - 9. Second anytime between 12 - 2. Third anytime between 6.30 - 8. I'm so focused on what I want to achieve, that I just distract myself through any hunger pains! I have trouble sleeping this week too!! :-( I think negative side effects getting...

Really well done!! What an achievement! :)

It is meal replacement, I'm finding it ok. It's my first time doing cambridge and I'm just a week in, so all any positivity and enthusiasm may decline as the weeks go on! Haha!

Hi holly, From the stats you gave it sounds like you are well within the 'normal' weight recommendations. So potentially you don't have to lose any weight to be heathy. Best if luck if you want to lose a few ounces or pounds, but please pet, just be mindful that you are already in that heathy...

Hi becky! Sound as like you have lots of plates spinning in your life! Good luck with SW. I'm on cambridge diet which is very different. Most people don't understand this, but I actually find weight watchers/slimming works far more difficult that the restrictions if cambridge, lighter life...

I think that's it, I don't feel so sluggish. Not weighed down. You're so right!

That's amazing! my energy levels haven't got as good as that yet!!!

Thanks jojo! We so can do this!!! I had sneaky peak this morning on home scales and again this evening, there was 2lb difference in readings (heavier in the evening obviously). Frustrating!!!

Evening! No choc for me :-( gutting. Why did I choose to start this week??!! Ha!

Yeeeeees!!! That killed me the other day at BBQ.... Just one won't hurt?!! Haha! Oh wow... Not had the pregnancy accusations yet.... But it's bound to start tongues wagging as back to work tomorrow after two weeks off and I'll be going to the loo all the time!! But I just don't want to explain...

Hi Sara! Wow, so we are pretty similar diet timescales, I started Tuesday. Mood swings are fine, as long as they end up swinging the right way! I will always reply on here if you want to vent! I work most days so not always straight away replies, but don't suffer in silence! We are all in this...

Oh don't best yourself up pet. It's what you do after the wobble that really makes the difference. You know? Where you go from there, continue to 'cheat' or forget it and move on. Sounds like you are doing the latter so well done!! :-) I LOVE baking. Love it. But I don't think I could do it on...

Just reading this thread made me smile! I too can't help but weigh myself everyday. Sometimes twice a day. And my weight even fluctuated by 4lbs one day. Crazy! Why do we put ourselves through it?! I wish I could just sit tight for 'official' weigh in (with CDC) !!

Hey! Yes, I've read such different things about ketosis too. It's frustrating, much as I tell myself it doesn't matter, I'm still a tad obsessed by it. I think I may go and buy done ketosiks things to test? Have you used them? Day 5: it's been much better today actually, not been hungry -...

Not sure there's a random ? At the end of my post :-)

Hi Jojo! I'm at the end of day 5 of cambridge. I've stuck to it 100% so far! It's been a bit easier today, days 3&4 were quite bad though. I hope I'm in ketosis already! Good luck with your journey ?

Thank you :-) It has been easier today I'm sure, day five. I seem to have more energy?!

Thank you! That's amazing that you stayed strong in leisure places! So much temptation!! Good job :-)

Today I made my husband a full English and my children various other breakfasts. Then I made them ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch with fresh strawberries and chopped apple. (Chocolate eggs in between all of this obviously!) Now I've just prepped all the veg for the roast dinner tonight...

Is anyone struggling to sleep? I'm having trouble getting to sleep and when I do it's very restless sleep, since starting CWP...is this normal?

8 weeks?!! Wow!! Well done lady :-)

Fantastic weight loss, you look gorgeous! And really reassuring to hear you are keeping the weight off too!

Yay!! Well done! I might nick that idea. Day 5 today for me, BBQ out the way and I didn't crack. Not even with the homemade pavlova or the Pinot! I feel so happy!!!

Thanks mabs! So true!! Both my sister in laws have said "wow, you'll be so different"! No I won't, I'll just look different!

Hi Emma, You are so completely right with the 'control' thing. My eating (and baking!) was way out of control. I need the discipline of CWP to get me back on track. And it's working. Already. I'm not talking about the weight loss as such, I'm talking about the mental state I am now in. (A...

That's fantastic news! Well done :-)

Thanks Emma! That's a classic of my husband actually! Bless him ;-) Anyone else had silly comments/questions/advice?!! Please post to brighten up our days!

Thanks sweet halo! It's crazy that mention CWP and people look at you like you're about to spontaneously combust or something! 21lbs in one week? You know you are meant to drink the shakes, not just stare at then right?! Ha! Good work, I'm extremely impressed!

You are by far my favourite before/after story! Thank you for sharing! I wish I could think of a sensible, or fitting, question to ask you, but you have answered anything I would like to know in this thread already! Very informative. Good work! Xx

I since starting CWP (only 4days ago!) I have so far had many comments and opinions from many people. Below is a select few: 1) "Oh that's ridiculous! You are fine as you are!" My reply: "well, thank you. But I'm going to try anyway." My thoughts: Really? Really? No, I am not fine. I am quite...

Your consultant sounds awesome! Yes, I must admit I definitely need the regime of weekly weigh ins. The thought of someone else seeing my weight..... Eeeeek! But it's positive if the weight goes in the right direction. I'm really paranoid that even though I've stuck to the plan totally, I'm not...

Well done! You must be so happy, I hope mine is as good (my first weigh in is Tuesday. Eeek!) x

I'm all over the chilli flakes adding it to soups but didn't know that about the sweeter spices, thank you!! :-)

This is amazing! You did so good lady! Great inspiration :-)

Please let me know how your ice creams turned out, I so want to try this...but I think I will mess it up!!

Thanks Jo :-) great loss for you by the way!!

Wow I didn't know the porridges had those flavours! I thought it was just normal porridge (which I like anyway so was happy!) So cinnamon is ok to add to it also then?

Thanks mabs! :-)

That's a great plan. I'm sure it will work!! Renovating your house?! It's horrific isn't it? I was pregnant when we did ours (doing the path outside proves that we have had enough internally and are moving externally!) we knocked down a wall, built another wall somewhere else, repaired...

Thanks both! I'll be fine, I won't crack because much as it hunger hurts I'm in the zone. I'm all or nothing so if I crack I'll end up having two burgers, three sausages, 4 spicy chicken wigs and a rack of ribs....... (And I'm a vegetarian! Ha!) but seriously, being that I don't eat meat, I...

Did I actually answer your question or Did I just rant on?! Ha ha!!

Easter plans will mean the obligatory visits to my family and the in laws... Unless I can get out of the latter! My husband is paving our front path. The proses is taking much longer than we first thought. (We have never paved anywhere before!) We started prep work for it Monday (our third...

Thank you for spelling it out for me!! Oooops I don't think I went back enough to see that original posting! X

Thanks Jeanette! I realised this after posting... It's all new to me you see, I found the cambridge section though. Happy dieting! :-)

Yes I'm sure it will. We have a friends BBQ tomorrow....eeeek!! Unlikely to get better then...

Why didn't I think of that when I was moving house last year?!!! I just break my toes. All the time, but I don't get any sympathy from my husband any more. He just views it as a symptom of my clumsiness. How are you finding the diet today?

I've not had anything but water, was just a comment consultant made! Not guilty!! Yet ;-)

Oh I didn't realise! I though it was soups and shake only for first two weeks. Never mind I've got shakes and soups now, but look forward to porridge on week 3!

Oh god you are do right....it's all my fault. My big cake eating face. On the plus size I had a rake load of fun getting to my current size :)

I'm typing posts on my phone and it keeps auto correcting words. I really should check before I post! Etching? I'm not even sure what I meant to type! Replace as you see fit!

Don't try any make this any better. Its a rubbish name choice. I want so etching exciting and daring like assassin..... C W P..... Don't judge me but I can only think if really inappropriate things that it could stand for! Day four has commenced. I'm loving it. And hating it. In equal amounts...

You have a hardcore consultant then!! I think I could benefit from that....

Not tried any porridge yet as I'm only in week one. They sound yummy though!

Thanks for the taste analysis of the mango one! I think I may avoid.....!!

In sure I'm the only person who doesn't HATE the tomato one!! Teehee! I wouldn't say I liked any of the soups, but I don't dislike them either... They are just the tools that will get me to where I need to be :)

My consultant recommended coke zero only, not diet coke!

I'm on day 4 today and have found it really hard! Not hard enough to give up though. I think finding it tough was just a known factor for me. I knew it would be hard, it IS really hard, but results will be worth it, so I crack on!! It's great to hear other peoples symptoms as it reassures me...

I'm still a bit confused? I didn't drink as much water as I should before cambridge, but now I'm trying to drink 3-4litres and, toilet trips aside, I'm not having an issue yet. Not been weighed yet as part way through week one. Can anyone tell me if I aimed to drink 5-6 litres if it would...

Oh wow! That's actually really reassuring! I don't care what I look like underneath clothes at the moment, I just want to look good in clothes! Mind you I bet as soon as I'm over the traumatic weight I'll shift all my anxieties and worries on to baggyness! I'm hoping exercise will help and be...

Let me know how you get on with mango, I want to try it next time I pick up my sachets!

Hi pixie! Cambridge is a daily struggle for me but I am so motivated by what I know will be the end result. Don't be so hard on yourself, you only just had a baby! My last has just turned one and it's only now that I've thought about losing the baby weight :-) We can do this! (I say this and...

It's ok I think I saw all the posts you thought were missing! I've just had my first shake of the day (banana) and 2 1/2 pints water down already by 8am!! But I have been up since 5am with my youngest :-(

hi LizzRob! Great weight loss from 20 to 10!! I'm really worried about 'baggy' skin after weight loss. I'm currently 18, wanting to be a 10/12....any thoughts?

Interesting post! For me, it's all or nothing. So I'm either on a VLCD or I fully throw myself into eating! Good luck to everyone else in the diet prison or making a choice with their intake :-)

Never mind the weight story...How did you break your leg?!! ;-) Good luck anyway! x

Good luck! I think your fresh approach is sensible! x

Love your user name... Being new to all this forum stuff...I am already regretting my uninspiring name choice!

Good luck on your fat burning mission! you have fine it before and will do it again ;-)

It's half term and Easter. I have three children and an inherently slim husband who can eat anything with no weight gain, so have been bulk buying chocolate eggs knowing that not a piece of them will be mine! Soul destroying :-(

I see you posted this a day ago...hope your next day got a whole lot better! Don't analyse the wotsit consumption, move on from it, all is not lost :-)

Mabs, I've just started cambridge too! On 15/04/14. Really hope it all goes well for you!! X

I found that adding dried chilli flakes (my consultant assured me this was fine!) makes the tomato one way better! ;-)

I don't medically/scientifically/factually know the answer to this but it seems unlikely the coffee you had would affect it, even with milk. Don't over analyse so much, it's still a great loss! Good weeks and ok weeks. Even bad weeks. All learning and part of the journey xx

Don't be down, for someone who is only on day 3 of a diet, so not lost anything yet, your weight loss sounds amazing! It it will be ok. Some weeks will be better than others, but stick with it! xx

My consultant is great. I don't think I'll need much support from her but it's great that she's only a text away for all my silly questions!! How's yours? (I'm totally behind the times with text speak, forum abbreviations and diet terminology!)

I have skinny wrists. Bizarre I know, but true... And I really like my eye lashes! Never used eye lash curlers in my life :-)

I'm going to buy a babysitter. So I can go out and get tipsy with my husband...no wait...my friends...no my husband...whichever makes me sound better :-)

Hello! Thank you for replying! I'm on the step where you just have three sachets a day and a rake load of water. I guess that must be a stage behind you! Will you you get punishment for mentioning the c word? (Crisps) oooops, now I have!! Seriously though thanks for the tip! I will...

Wow! We are like twins or something! Except I'm fatter (according to our stats) teehee! Day three today for you too? So why in earth did you start on a Tuesday not Monday then? My excuse : my daughters 1st birthday on Monday and I was not ready to miss out on baking and eating cake!! (Do you...

New to all this forum stuff and new to cambridge weight plan. Day 3 - hunger really kicking in but still highly motivated and focused on my goal anyone else just starting cambridge? Anyone else finding the 'spicy' tomato soup not spicy enough?!! (Apparently you can use dried chilli flakes...

New to all this forum stuff and new to cambridge weight plan. Day 3 - hunger really kicking in but still highly motivated and focused on my goal anyone else just starting cambridge? Anyone else finding the 'spicy' tomato soup not spicy enough?!! (Apparently you can use dried chilli flakes...

Hope everyone is staying strong! We are in this together as are so many more. Let's beat the hunger pains! Focus on what will be...bring on the bikinis (I'm a year away from this yet! Day three of cambridge so I'm potentially delusional from hunger) x

Hello, Well, day 3 of cambridge weight plan comes to a close! I am so motivated and excited for my journey and can't wait to see where I end up! I have never joined any forum sites or blogs before so am not familiar with all the functions and abbreviations! Anyone else just starting...