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I'm terrible at expressing myself to men, and have never told him how I feel. I don't know what he wants, because I never asked him. He's so articulate, it makes me feel incredibly tongue-tied. I've been single for about 12 years (meaning I've dated but not had a boyfriend, partner or real...

This stupid thing with this stupid boy has really knocked me for six. I feel as miserable as I did when I was comfort eating earlier this year. This morning the scales say 11st 8, yet I feel fat and worthless. I always assumed the reason he wouldn't get more serious with me was because he was...

Thanks, it's helping me to feel strong and invincible :)

Thanks again for all your support, really means a lot xxx The good news is, 5lbs off this week! Whoop!!

Thanks Lizz xx Going to do my extended beauty routine and get myself to bed...weigh in tomorrow and I want 4lbs. Not sure if I'll hit that but would love to as it's a sort of significant step for me to officially register in the 11s. Cheers again for the support x

Thanks. I can't even talk to my mates because I feel ashamed at how little I've managed to let it go despite the obvious evidence that I'm not that important to him. Thanks for listening xxx

I mean, it's been on and off 3 years. But last contact was ten days before I started CWP. How come I'm strong enough to do this challenging plan, and not to tell someone to sling his hook?!

Thanks Lizz. Having a cry here. This has been 3 years, too. My self esteem is still low enough that I tolerate it.

I'm feeling super grumpy and emotional tonight. I had a voicemail from a guy I used to date. I was crazy about him. It's been months, I wish he would stop messing with my feelings. I'm so inarticulate and awkward communicating with him. I don't know what to do. It's making me want a nice...

Woo. Into the elevens this morning! Hopefully that'll translate to being officially in the elevens on Monday night weigh in. I even wore my hair up today without having to be overly anxious about exposing the hamster cheeks and neck/jowls! Yay. Wonder how far I am off fitting into size 12 jeans...

So, in 'eating week' my boobs were slightly plumped up and a touch less horrific. Today they are making me very sad indeed. Bye bye boobies. It has been tons of fun.

Thanks! That's what I did already :D

I have two big goals in sight, in reach, close enough to touch... First, my 4 stone rosette, 2lbs away (already done on morning weigh-in at home, but evening water weight tipped me over). Second, I really want to get in to the elevens! That's officially 4lbs away. I so want to do both for next...

I sometimes get hungry, I think it's hormonal with me. Not very often though, on SS. Good luck in your battles, hope you are the victor! It'll pass. Plenty of water. Peppermint tea. Early night. Those are my methods.

Hi, it's Nivea Goodbye Cellulite. Working for me. Or I have coincidentally lost my cellulite in the last two weeks!

Thanks! You can do it, I really wasn't sure I could do even a week on this diet, and here I am! Best of luck :)

Mine was never shocking (and actually seemed to get a touch worse in the first few weeks), but it's now pretty much non existent and I'm only halfway to goal weight. I do some walking but no other exercise. I use a very good gel cream that you can get in the big famous high street pharmacy...

I just got measured for my height for the first time I can remember, and all this time I thought I was 5'2.5" and really I'm over 5'3"! This means my BMI is different. It means that I'm no longer obese, just merely 'overweight'. This is a real brain melt!

And the hunger has subsided. Praise be! Now back to it, only showing a 2lb loss so far this week and I was really hoping for something more magnificent. I was hoping for 5. I get weighed Monday night so almost 4 days to get that extra 3lbs off. Come on...

Ravenous, furious, head hurts, knackered. Please let this end soon!

Still fighting hunger a bit this week. There's no way I'll go off plan, but I just need to have a small moan about it. I've had my choc tetra for dinner but they are so delicious, I often end up wanting more than one. Hopefully as I settle back in to SS, I'll go back to having no appetite. I...

Thank you! Today has been a little hard going, I'm still not back in ketosis it seems, so was a bit hungry by the afternoon and had all my products well and truly in my tum by 5pm. I've had plenty of water and spent the last hour doing a rose facial, and applying bust boost, tummy toner...

Was out of ketosis last night before bed, hope it's not too painful slipping back in again! Wasn't hungry this morning, just had my first shake of the day and am well into my second litre of water. Six more weeks of this step, I reckon. I'm excited about the further changes ahead. Some of my...

Thanks Neko. I managed with just some extra water. So, I've survived my step 2 week, now back to the comfort of SS. So glad to get back into my routine. I reckon about 6 more weeks on this stage.

Oh man I am hungry!! Did my Ketostix last night and this morning, and I'm in mild ketosis but the act of having eaten is making me feel hunger. I've had my shake and now just had a bite of my bar, too. This is what I feared. My resolve to work through it is still high, but it's hard. I was...

Thanks ladies, really appreciate your help and the benefit of your experience in this. I did my first supermarket shop tonight. Took forever! Made a delicious meal though and I'm really pleased with myself. Can hardly believe how much we're able to have! Very full. I'm trying to make a meal...

Thanks Lizz, really appreciate your post as I'm so grumpy today. After the relative ease of having no choices and very clear rules, I'm anxious about making choices. I think the main issue in fact is that despite trying so hard to plan, my first meal today was looking like being at a restaurant...

Ok, bumping this to say I'm 12 weeks down, 50lbs down, and moving with great trepidation on to my week of step 2... I may use this thread to keep a track as I'm a bag of nerves in case I get this wrong!

Hi cwp, I count that as my start date as that's when I got weighed, but I didn't start properly until the Tuesday, so we're diet twins. Except I have a stack more to go, so I'll be on SS again. I'm like you with water, hated it and now love it and can't imagine going back to not having it. I've...

I'm also mid way through week 12, and had a helpful 'be careful that you don't pile it all back on once you chill out' from a near stranger. I bit back, explained that I know how to eat properly, thank you. Why the (expletive deleted) do people think anyone wants to hear their brain farts? It...

I haven't checked the entire thread, so forgive me if this is repetition. It's a quirky thing, not something I would've ever thought of, but it makes me smile. When I put my undies on the radiator to dry, I can now fit two extra pairs of pants on there!!

You're not a let down to anyone, you keep getting up and trying again, despite finding it very tough. That's so admirable. I'm nowhere near that danger zone yet, but believe me, I expect to have some tribulations as I get nearer goal weight. I suspect we share a perfectionist streak. You seem to...

Hi Jo, hope you're getting on ok this evening? Your honesty on here helps me with my own issues, thanks x

Just to update that the 1lb loss must have been just one of those things, because I managed a 5lbs loss again this week, and I'm beyond thrilled! Feel brilliant. Thanks again for all your positivity and support for my difficult week. There will be more, I'm sure, but I just have to maintain my...

My feet shrank and then got bigger again with the water retention. I've just had to buy my second pair of jeans in as many weeks. I got 16s, they were tight and then suddenly one day got all baggy on me. Tried on the 14s, they fit. Even took a picture, I was so chuffed!

This seems to have settled a bit for me. I shelled out a fortune on specialist scalp rubs, shampoos and supplements. Not sure if any of those are helping, but I really love spending on that kind of thing. Not sure if I'm discouraged from mentioning brands on here but I used a caffeine shampoo...

Sold!! I get grumpy if I can't go to the loo! I might have an Epsom Salts bath before bed, I think it slightly helps with my water retention. Fuss, fuss, grumble, grumble :0bathtime:

Hi Autumn, I have had ibs-type problems before and iron always bungs me up. It was painful, without the moisture (which Movicol adds back) and fibre (which I used to get plenty of pre-CWP). I'm tempted to try supplementing with fibre once the immediate problems are sorted. I'm not keen on...

Thanks Lizz, my consultant wasn't worried so much as she thought that introducing new things like mousse and water flavours might cloud the matter when trying to monitor weekly results. She is ok with my loss. Thanks again xx

Hi Lizz, I have had some great losses recently (see my sig), so I'm just being a fusspot about this week. It'll shift. I do tend to have very varied weekly losses but a good average. Thanks again for the menu suggestions, some good stuff there. I see from some of your other posts that you're a...

Hi Autumn, I have a litany of health fun, and hard to say how much would have arisen regardless of the diet. Ok so I've had water retention before, but on this diet it's very bad. Lasts longer, hurts more, etc. Have had blood tests and was very slightly protein deficient which GP says may have...

A nice dress, although with a larger bust I always tended to look bigger even when I was a size ten on the bottom half and a 14 on top. And I'll need tights because I have bad veins and can't/won't bare my legs.

I needed to read this today.

Thanks ladies. I think I have to leave my adventures until next week, I only lost 1lb this week so my consultant thinks I ought not to try anything new until we see if it sorts itself next week. I've started taking Movicol on prescription, plus some prescribed vitamins, so perhaps they've...

Hi everyone, I'm going to be heading in to week 11 of SS tomorrow and I've noticed that I'm getting less and less adventurous with product. I basically have choc mint shake, choc tetra, choc peanut bar, and oriental or veg soup. I've tried the porridge and hated it, I managed to explode the...

Hi Kittycat, glad you asked that! I see on my record card that there are 5 lots of potential measurements (waist, hips, bust, arms, thighs), but my consultant just does bust, waist and hips, once every 4 weeks. Therefore my loss, if a total of those 3, is going to seem rather less than a total...

Hi, InnerMe. After 3 stone lost, I'm down from a 36KK, to a 34K. I've lost a lot of the fullness and they look and feel rather sad. I have another 4 stone to go, so I think I just have to chalk this up as one of the sacrifices along the way to better health. Sorry not to have a more reassuring...

Hi Jerbs, Even though the registration tick list didn't say I needed to consult my GP before starting, I did consult her. I took her through the plan and asked if she had any concerns. I was seeing her anyway, didn't make a special appointment. She has asked to see me again at intervals and...

Got my results and they may partly explain the water retention issues. Won't go in to it here as a) not a doctor and b) it's not clear if it's related to my diet or not. Good news is, seems like it'll be easy enough to treat.

Hi, MrsB, best of luck. I'm part way through my journey, and this forum is a good place to turn to for information, support and motivation. I have/had a total of just over 7 stone to lose, so I know how it feels to have a lot to lose. It soon comes off though on this plan!

I found the porridge vile, I was pretty distressed by it. However, I like most of the sachet shakes and love choc mint. I adore the choc tetra and the others are pretty nice too. Soup-wise, I have veg, oriental or chicken mushroom. I like the lemon bar and just discovered the peanut bar which I...

Hope you're doing ok, Jo? Your posts here are so useful and full of insight, I follow really closely.

For me, it's the pronounced thinning, and patches which are so thin they look actually bald. I never had kids, so no point of comparison there for me. I'm worried because of my age, that it might never come back to the thick, shiny hair I always had, I used to get compliments on it. What with...

I've had some blood tests done, I'm awaiting the results. I had a bath with Epsom salts last night, which seemed to help a little bit. I've also cut coffee down to one every other day. Don't think I could cope with having less than that!

Usually between 3-4 litres, not less than 2.5L.

Bumping an old thread again, this time to ask if anyone else has issues with water retention? I've seen my GP, spoken to my consultant, phoned Cambridge HQ and spoken to their medical staff. My ankles have been larger than my thighs now for about a month. It's painful, unsightly, frustrating...

:) Thanks Lizz x

Thanks, ladies. Lizz, that's about what I'm looking at, so it's good to know it can be done!

I realise I'm bumping a very old thread here but it's relevant. I started to notice thinning a couple of weeks ago, I always had lovely hair so it's really depressing. Can anyone confirm if it does grow back once you've moved up the steps?

I can only say that my losses have been similar to that some weeks, but then I've had an extra big loss that balances it out. It tends to average out over the month at about half a stone each fortnight. I've also got five more stone to go. Hope you feel that you can stick with it, I'm sure...

Hi, I'm interested to know how long people have done SS. I'm aware that the plan requires at least one week on step 2 after 12 weeks, but have any of you done that week then gone back on SS for another 12 weeks, for example? I'm on my 8th week of SS, and with so much left to lose, I think the...

I'm impressed that you've taken your weight in hand before you got to a point of having a lot to lose. I think it's tough either way, of course, but you have your goal in sight which is brilliant!

Hi Smiley, yes, I'm SSing it all the way through until I'm too low a BMI to keep doing so. I'll do a week on stage 2 after my first 12 weeks SS is up. Then back onto shakes and soups. I need the rigidity of that, I'm a rather all or nothing kind of girl. I occasionally find that I feel deprived...

Hi, in my experience the physical hunger subsides a great deal, though makes the odd appearance. It's more emotional hunger. Often people who find themselves overweight are using food for emotional reasons or for the sensual pleasure. That kind of hunger may still occur, but it's a useful way to...

Putting my shoes on without having to do battle so much with my boobs and belly for access. Wristwatch not being tight. Already the bulges above my knees on the inside of my legs have gone down a lot. My feet shrank after just a few days but I currently have unexplained water retention so am...

Honk, if I'm right I think this is my 38th day and all at 100%.

I tend to only buy clothes when my existing ones are falling apart, and only in a few places as I struggle with getting stuff to fit. I have some jeans from Evans which are a good shape on me, so went to try on the size down when they got baggy. Woo, they fitted. But I am NO WAY a size 16 with...

Hi Catfish, if you're trying again then you haven't failed. You're ready to pick up and keep trying, and you should applaud yourself for that. Personally I have lost weight in a variety of ways and eventually put it back on, but I've forgiven myself and I'm not beating myself up. I'm just going...

I had an upset tummy after trying the bars. Might that be it?

Brilliant post, thank you.

Congratulations, you should feel really proud of yourself!

I had some negative responses at first but that seems to have turned around since they see me every day, sticking to plan, losing weight. I try (not always successfully) to turn those voices into motivation to prove them wrong. My closest friend at work is very slim and has studied nutrition and...

Hi Trijian, sorry to hear you've split from your partner, hope you're coping ok. I just wanted to say that I think it's worth giving the plan a go. I started off sceptical, and did a lot of research, then took the plunge. I find it has saved me a fortune as I no longer buy food to treat myself...

I've had mint lime with no damage to my ketosis, but we're all different. Tiggemma, the choc tea is really delicious. I've seen some threads about it on here. However, it has carob and I think barley malt in the ingredients dec so I've avoided. Sometimes it's really helpful that I work in food...

My consultant also advised that the most recent guidance allows fruit teas now. That said, I've tended to check if they have hidden sugars or similar, like concentrated fruit juices or things like barley malt or carob. I've not had my beloved chocolate tea because that stuff is so good it can't...

Honk for day 23 100% on SS. Lizz, I think we're about the same, right? I got weighed on 14th April and started on 15th.

Yes, SS, just starting my 4th week. Coping ok at the moment but a little afraid of a future slim me, so need to work on that. I don't know who I am if I'm not that warm, soft, rounded person. Happily, the amount I have to lose, I'll have time to get my head around it as I go along. Hope you...

Hi Jo, I'm a lurker more than a poster, but I just wanted to say thanks for this thread. As well as helping you by reviewing your experiences and relationship with food, it's really helping me to read it. A lot of what you say really resonates. Thanks.

Honk for day 14.

I'd echo the water recommendations. Also, I find I'm enjoying doing things like putting on a face mask or beauty treatment. I did this brilliant foot thing that you leave on for an hour to get rid of excess dry skin. An hour is just long enough for streaming another episode of crime drama. And...

Hi, newly signed up here after weeks of lurking. Just wanted to ask if anyone had the same tendency I have, that is, thinking of how long this might take and how far I have to go. Does anyone have any tips or motivation for working through those times? I'm out of the first week, when my...

I tried to reply to say my colleague had been negative but apparently my post went in to moderation. Brand new here so not sure if that's standard or if I triggered it somehow? Sorry to go off topic. Anyway was trying to say thanks for starting this thread OP and some good responses here to aim...

So glad you started this thread! My colleague is insisting on repeatedly criticising the plan and her latest is 'it's scientifically impossible to go from 440 calories to 800 and still lose weight'. Er, calories in less than calories used = weight loss, right? Also, I'm still socialising but...

Day 11 here.