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Morning ladies. Well I sit here with actual food in my belly! Diet chef maple and pecan granola, blooming lovely but teeny tiny (like 2 table spoons tiny!) but bigger and tastier than a choc tetra! Lost 2lb last night bringing my total 100 day loss to 3st 1lb, 5lb shy of the goal I'd set to...

Aw, the lure of cd proved too tempting then missie? Those darn shakes! I swear they put something addictive in them. Its a running joke in this house and at work, we refer to CDC as my dealer and shakes my fix. When I go to weigh in I say I'm going to score. Hope you get on ok sweetie, a couple...

Oh Don't talk to me abt clothes sizes missie! This is 1 of the reasons the wedding outfit shopping was such a ball ache. Had 2 take 3 sizes of everything into the changing rooms with me. Also, trousers I wore to work yesterday are a 12 and they are too big now (crotch is hanging round my...

Oh wow! She looks great. Didn't chat to her but I looked at her diary and piccies but I think you should be in the daily mail! I guess pics wouldnt appear as dramatic with you cuz you didn't look fat in your befores, but def think you are prefect thinspiration with how toned you are from the...

Hey Lisa. Glad to hear you've managed to get a bit more down you today. It may take a while to stretch your tiny tum back to eating normal amounts of food but don't mistake the feeling of having food in there with feeling bigger/fatter. I love the feeling of emptiness/flatness that ss'ing...

Morning all. Happy yoyo thismorning, waking up with my little girl I'm the next room rather than in another country. She had a lovely time but said she missed her momma (oh, and her dad) I followed her round like a puppy all evening last night tho so I'm sure she'll soon tire of me again! Day...

Hey Lisa. We haven't 'spoke' before but I remember jealously reading your posts when I was stalking this thread before! Really chuffed for you that you got where you wanted to be, but like the others have mentioned its a concern that you've gone so much further and are heading for underweight...

I've replied to your pm missie x

Oh FFS! Must be well and truly sole destroying for you missie! I dont feel as tho I can give my 'don't rely on cd' talk as I'd be a total hypocrite (especially given what i posted yeaterday about maybe staying on it another 3 weeks) but as Caroline has said, perhaps it'd be worth you getting a...

Just thought... I reckon another part of the reason I'm feeling odd about finishing cd is that I'll miss my CDC. She's such a nice lady and seems a little lonely, she must be if she's keeping me talking! I need VERY little encouragement to chat, resulting in me being there for 2 and half hrs...

Oh can't open the pic on phone! I'll have a look on laptop later...was it food by any chance? Much happier with this weeks weigh in- lost 3. Not huge by others standards on ss but considering my sh1t losses over last 3 weeks I'm happy enough with it. 13lb left to goal weight is really...

Oh no! I've misunderstood, thought you were going there socially! In that case, shame for you also Caroline xxx

Parents don't realise how much we worry. I start panicking if they don't answer the phone within 3 rings! Had an uncharacteristicly decent sleep last night so am feeling quite chipper this morning but hope the feeling continues when I get on the scales tonight! Have a good day, is it up or...

I agree missie- you're gorge! And you look about 18! Caroline and legs are beauties too. I don't feel worthy to be in this gang. Did you get hold of your folks missie?

Morning girlies. My little Charlotte got there safely and I've had lots of text contact with her since- she's having a great time. lil bit jell! Those were the days eh. Missie- I'm 10 9 at mo, this time around I started at 13 5, my heaviest is a whopping 17 and half st! 13st 5 is the...

Oh and next weigh in is thur. I still keep expecting a big one after measly loss of 5lb in last 3 weeks but I think I'm just gonna be on a go slow till the end now. Gutted I won't get to 9 something for the wedding but gotta look on the bright side I ain't 13 5. I know I'd be trying to wriggle...

Aw, yes she's an absolute sweetheart. I know I'm biased but everyone else says it too. I've trawled the net, takes up most of my working day lately, hehe! My problem is that the dresses I love aren't suitable for me- and the dresses that are (wrinkly bingo wing/lumpy knee covering) aren't...

I know. She is a sensible girl - but then so was I and it used to go out the window on girls hols! It's day 90 single figures tmrw! Woo hoo! X

Hey girls. Im back, with sore feet from 2 days if intense shopping and no frickin dress to show for it! I really need to catch up on your love life Caroline! Remind me where I find your diary? Waved my daughter off to lanzarote thismorning, It was like her first day at school all over again...

That's brill missie! Loosing anything whilst eating is a miracle in my eyes! Getting ready for dress shopping now...eeek! X

Ah thank you x I am very interested in trying it as it sounds like something could live with long term but I can't conceive how it could possibly work? Am encouraged by carolines results but as my last few weeks weigh ins show- i never get the same results as others doing the same thing, which...

In 13 days ay approx 7.20pm when I get back from my weigh in - not that I'm counting or anything! Diet chef lamb hotpot and broccoli.... Come to mama! X

Omg! I'm missing for a day and the lovely Toby has become nob cheese? When and how did this happen?? I'm a misery guts and a half! Lost 2lb last night - in 9 friggin days, and off the back of a 3lb loss in previous 12 days! I really thought I was on for a 5lb'er so spent the evening feeling a...

Oh and enjoy the martial arts class tmrw x

If you'd suffer a guilty conscience over it then youve made right decision as that's not a good feeling to take on your next date with Toby. My days been up and down, I've been fitting into most of my size 12 trousers for a couple of weeks, and decided to have a cheeky try on of a pair that...

Caroline your new baby is a beauty! And I'd def go out with frenchy, thats the beauty of mr perfect living far away, not like you'll bump into him- just don't put it on Facebook in case he does any digging ; ) I'm very heartened by your size 10s still feeling comfy after a weekend on the razz...

Morning. I feel like I've got the hangover you should have missie! Feel really groggy - think cuz not enough water yesterday - every sip was a struggle for some reason. Am having the wash hair or dry shampoo dilemma again. May as well wash it and be late....what they gonna do? Sack me? Hehe! X

My mouths watering here girls! Well jell of all the lovely grub you've had. Ive starting to feel scared at the prospect of eating again now, its day 83 so is drawing near! I don't want to get into a binge cycle again, but from past experience I don't have a great deal of faith in self. I've got...

Great about the smoking legs, I admire you for that *she says as she's huddled under a patio umbrella in the rain having a fag!*

Morning all, Was giggling to self reading your posts from last night missie, got progressively incoherent. V funny! Hope you're not suffering too much now. Yep wash that man right out of your hair legs, once he feels you getting a bit distant he'll prob come running - its human nature...

Hello girls, Caroline you look amazeballs in that dress- you just can't beat a white dress with a tan. I had a Sunbed yesterday, gonna have a couple a week now cuz of impending wedding/do's - i know its bad for me but I feel a zillion times better with a bit of colour. Irish parents = lily...

That aint too shabby considering you've had some nice food, i will be chuffed if I only gain a lb in my first week off cd- but somehow I doubt it! Glad you comitted to giving it another week, your body may find its rhythm by then. Great that you're better in time for your hols legs, I'm so...

Yeah, pretty hungry but think more mental than physical, but what do I expect watching an american food programme! I'll keep fingers crossed for your weigh in x

Don't worry missie, I'm home 2 :( the pull to go out boozing this week has been overwhelming. Just been thinking, this time in 20 days i will be eating a diet chef lamb hotpot with brocoli, and this time in 22 days i'll prob be under a table buckled at the wedding! Think i must have a...

Don't be silly missie. I for one dont mind you venting! Thats what this forum is all about- weight loss SUPPORT. We will all be cheesed off at some point, dieting is frustrating. I've been a moany cow last couple of weeks over my results and believe me if I don't get under 10 and half next thur...

I've got fingers crossed for you legs, but with those inch results I'm thinking you're in for good news. Are you feeling better now? X

Thanks girls. Not sure what I'll do next, but it def won't invlove managing people. Will love being responsible for only my own performance again. It also won't involve presentations, they not fun for someone with my confidence issues! I'll have a while to think about it, I think I'll be put...

Hello girls, well I am one VERY happy yoyo! I got my redundancy!!!!! :) :) I am a little scared, bit institutionalised after 19 years, and will be sad to leave (most of) my colleagues but I'm absolutely chuffed to bits to ditch the pressure - and ain't gonna lie -dying to get my mitts on the...

I will have to come off it after this, I have promised my fam and friends that I'll participate in life - they'll tire of me being so boring before much longer! Besides, this wedding on 15th is the start of a lot of parties, and my 40th in dec is looming :( I want to look forward to them and...

Most def! That's why I'm buggered, I'm quite famous for my patience - in everything other than dieting! Always wanted it too quickly and so had to reduce further and further over the years to get results -which led me to cd, and now even that only delivers the weight loss that other folk get...

I'm thinkin of doing diet chef in a juddd stylee. I've got 3 or 400 quids worth of the food left and it is actually really tasty and very low in cals so could use sparingly on down days and double up on up days- as they are kinda small. Could be good way to keep track of my cals. Am very...

I'm am majorly bored too. I've even grown tired of trawling the internet for potential wedding outfits now. I have done zero work so far this week - never realised how boring that could be - but decided I'd give up trying to concentrate until I learn my fate. Been told that I'm first in with...

You and me both! :party0023:

Ah - aren't you all lovely. Glad I barged my way into this thread now! Just gotta try to practice what I preach now! I weighed in last night (instead of thurs) cuz CDC is off on her jollies today - and had only lost 2lb. I was lower than a snails belly when I came out of her house which was a...

Right, this is my area of expertise. The important thing girls is don't panic. It isn't fat you've gained it's water, and re filling of glycogen of stores. I once gained 10lb in 2 days, my CDC made me get back on the scales 3 times cuz she thought they were broke! Panic is the reason I'm still...

Morning. I agree about the men thing, always when you stop looking that mr right walks into your life. I'm sodding late again, yet here I am on minis? Wtf's wrong with me??

I must say since the invention of Facebook etc I've noticed an increasing number of people in bars/clubs being too busy taking pictures of them looking like they're having a good time, to actually have a good time!

To add insult to injury, chilli potato girl is now eating a big strawberry and white choc cupcake - and the bit that really hurts - she skinny!

Yay! Well done carolines mommy! I shall fingers crossed for both of you then come weigh in day. My weigh in is couple days early this week (tmrw) eek! I feel a little scared, after Thursdays disappointing result I'm not going to be happy with anything less than 3lbs - then as will be 9 day gap...

Me too! Girl next to me tucked into a jacket pot with chilli and cheese at lunchtime- it hurt :'(

I'm still plodding away on my 100 day 100% ss mission - day 76 now without so much as a crumb! I've got a couple of months worth of diet chef meals cluttering up my cupboards so I'm planning to go on those after, but possibly incorporating them in a juddd type diet? My metabolism is really...

Hello girlies, Legs- wow! I hope you had a fantastic time at the wedding, I would have if I'd gone to it lookin as fab as you did! Feeling good somehow makes the best party a hundred times better doesn't it? Any nice ushers/guests that took your fancy? X Sounds like you had a wonderful...

Thanks girls. I'm feeling ok about it now- I know that some weeks our bodies just defy logic. It is totm and I had felt kind of puffy around the midriff and boobs the last 2 days. I have only 4 weigh ins left before the wedding now and needed to lose an average of 3 a week to get to 9...

Hello girls, just a quickie update as am packing my daughters stuff for v. Very disappointing weigh in - a measly pound!! I know it's a loss but I've been averaging 3 a week so had kind of come to expect it. Here's hoping it'll catch up with me next week! On the bright side, in the 10s- only...

I have missed drinking a lot this time around, the weather, the Olympics, rellies over from Ireland, all things that have encouraged people around me to drink more often than usual and made me feel like really boring killjoy! I can't wait for a tipple at this wedding on 15th sept, but I'll prob...

It's odd, some days I feel on top of the world and not bothered by being around/making food for others, in fact enjoy it? Other days I imagine myself stabbing people in the face with their fork if they eat around me. Today is the latter! I'm sure I'll be alright tomrw- although i guess that...

Hi girls, Jeeez! I don't know what the friggs wrong with me today. I've got this grumpy/tearful thing going on and can't shake it. Perhaps it's tomrws weigh in looming and The fact that I'm STARVING! Just made daughter some toast and my hands were trembling while I was buttering it, so wanted...

P.s. Been reading your diary with my mouth watering...even on your down days!

That's good news! *Getting hat back out* Have a really fab holiday, I hope you come back relaxed suntanned and a few lbs lighter from your juddd'ing! X

Wish I could say something positive along the lines of you'll find your princes 1 day and live happily ever after.... but 21 years on I'm still learning its no bed of roses! Lol!

Is one of mine too, although I find on ss that I can even salivate over a slice of cucumber! Had a realisation that my thought process isn't in the right place if am to avoid piling the weight back on again.... The portions were huge, like something you'd see on man vs food.....and I found...

Must be something in the air today as I feel twice the size I did yesterday. Trousers are snugger as well? I feel I deserve to be thinner today after what I've been through as well! A team lunch, watching 16 people scoff massive pizzas, burgers, steak baguettes swilled down with lots of booze...

Oh what a knobhead! Flaming men!!! Don't feel like a mug hun, feel like an intelligent woman who made it her business to find out the truth before it was too late x

Thanks for your the sympathy over redundancy threat girls - but I am praying I get it. I'll be back to lap up sympathy next thursday if I'm staying! I really can't see it as the rest of the company have already started their restructures and there is no equivalent of my role in those depts so...

Really struggling with the motivation to get ready and go to work thismorning. Think it's because I was due to find out today whether I'll be made redundant - but the ******* have delayed the announcement till next thursday now! I have the money spent in my head already so they hadn't better...

I'm sure you'll do it, there's nothing better for the willpower than a man - be it a potential new one or a ex you want to see what he's missing! Not that we're shallow or anything! Also, whilst 3 or 4 lbs makes a huge diff to us confidence wise, in reality it prob isn't visible to the naked...

My usually lazy OH is the ironer on hols cuz he gets impatient and thirsty while I'm teasing my humidity unfriendly frizz into a hairstyle and does whatever it takes to hurry me along!

That's really nice! Although was almost 2 busy jealously staring at your flat tum 2 notice it. I really do need to exercise! Well done on having the egg, they say you gym going folk need plenty protein.

I don't mind packing, it's the unpacking/washing when you get home that I can't stand! I don't iron anything mind, I just take a big iron with me (in OH's case of course!) so maybe that's cheating?

I'm getting so jell with all this holiday talk! And I love turkey - what part you going to? You said you've left some stuff there? Have you got a holiday home or a Turkish toyboy tucked away?

Hello, nice to meet you 2! Well that sounds like 1 hell of a holiday! Also confirms my theory (hopes) that booze doesn't actually make you gain weight. Its the food you scoff whilst under the influence (and in my case the next day) that does the damage! Oooh I do miss a socialable drink on...

Yes I've seen it, and was all 2 familiar! To this day I will never purchase a beach bag without a separate pocket for the room key! My OH still laughs whenever he recalls the sheer terror on my face as I tipped the contents all over the floor to find it! Cereal bars is good idea tho, for me...

I was thrilled! Only down side was that my second week clothes were too big for me and had to wear my first week clothes twice!

I found diary really helpful too. Liked being able to refer back to it and read how positive and happy I sounded whilst being good and how completely derranged I was after being bad!

I once went on hols and only gained 4lbs in a fortnight - which is unheard of for me! My secret..... I drank some manky tap water every night! Completely er.. cleared me out next morning! I dont condone that behaviour of course, I just drank it whilst very drunk and severely dehydrated one...

Your guess is as good as mine? It decided to re-post my reply from about an hour ago of it's own accord. I tried to delete it but it kept asking for reason. I put duplicate - and it posted it?? Perhaps I scared my computer by shouting so much over lost post on Friday thats its going to post...

Thats flippin gorgeous!! You'll look a million dollars in it. I have trawled the internet for weeks looking for a dress for the wedding I've gotta go to on 15th. I always struggle with dresses cuz of the bingo wing situation. Dresses with sleeves always look a bit 'loose women' (i mean the...

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P.S. if you were 10st in that red dress pic then 9 and half would def be too low for you. You look PERFECT in that pic - like someone off hollyoaks! x

Haha! I must admit when I got past 40 days I was feeling quite smug that I'd beat Jesus!

Ah thanks for making me feel so welcome. I used to post on here loads a few years ago but it became very distracting - work was defintely something I'd squash in around minis not the other way round! Also, naughty OH snooped and read my posts/diary. I felt betrayed and a little foolish - used to...

Thanks x. I hope so too. Although the results I want change the closer I get. I'm always moving the goalposts - which is why I arrived at the 100 day thing rather than an ideal weight this time. On the 100th day I've got to stop no matter what weight I am. When I started (this time around!)...

Thank you! SS'ing somehow seems like a comfy pair of old slippers to me after so long. I hear ya on the cost front. I always feel a bit shafted when I get home and put my £45 worth of 'food' in the fridge and it don't even take up half a shelf! I'll be in a similar predicament when I get to...

Hello again ladies, I spent 2 hours on friday (whilst at work :nono:) typing a long post only to lose the flaming thing!!! I was fuming at the time but was prob for the best really - I'd have bored you all to tears! Besides, you all seem to have made you minds up now on which plan to proceed...

Hello. Firsrly, thanks for taking the time to read my long post! And am relieved you didn't think I was sticking my nose in! I've got relatives staying at the mo and feel rude tapping away while they're here so I'll do a proper reply tmrw while I'm at work Hope you're all having a good day x

Hi ladies, I've been stalking your thread for weeks now and this should i/shouldnt i topic compelled me to join in. Realise you've moved on to men talk now but I started righting this a few hours ago then got caught up doing something else - sorry to change subject! Will try and keep it brief...

Hi All, Reading through this thread there seems to be differing interpretations of what a 'binge' is. Falling off the wagon, cheating etc are going off plan - a binge is different - I think this is where the problem begins. It certainly did for me anyway... I lost the ability to...

Can I join please? I haven't posted for a long time and think it could be the reason I'm struggling. 1st time on CD seemed so much easier than it has every time since (and there have been many!) The extra focus and much needed support of joining this challenge may be just what I need. You are...

Just posting to say thanks to anyone who has read my diary so far and goodbye. :cry: I won't be posting on it anymore as OH snooped and read all my posts while I was out yesterday. I feel so hurt that he felt the need to do so and really don't feel able to write any of my derranged...

:wavey: Relatively good days dieting under my belt but I had an extra pack :sigh: . An about to faint feeling came over me today at work, but luckily I got to a chair just in the nick of time. I knocked 2 cups of coffee over on the way though! Oh well would have been much more embarrassing...

Hiya - was on your thread - posts crossed again! You are welcome. I was most disturbed when you said you were going to stop posting for a while - it would be like ITV announcing they were taking Corrie off the air! Don't know what I'd have done with my evenings! Yes we will do it. These ups...

:scale: 6lb off! Hooray! After my horrific 11lb gain over the weekend I was absolutely thrilled to have shifted so much of it in 2 days. Dare I hope that I could get the other 5 off by my weigh in on Tuesday?? Na - I probably shouldn't in case I end up disappointed! And disappointment could...

Ah, thank you Sash. I'm finding writing it all down very therapeutic actually - just hope noone I know ever joins minimins! I'm so pleased you got away with naughty weekend! :party0049: Same happened to my friend lastnight. I thought she was gonna do a naked streak round our CDC's house when...

Nonsense Sarah, it was a great post! Very comforting. Not that I want you to struggle too of course, but it does help sometimes to realise you're not the only one feeling like sh*te! I have lots of lovely friends but it is only on minimins that I've found people who have the same level of...

Hi Mike, Congratulations on the op! I've had several skin removal procedures and the ETT was the best - both for results and ease of recovery. Everyone has different experiences, this was mine...I hope yours goes as smoothly! My consultant told me that I would be in a lot of pain when...

Best of luck Marie! You've done it before so can do it again! 1 day under you're belt already. How did it go?

I do feel better for 'typing' about it all with someone, thank you for your kind words as always xxx Hope you can get hold of some packs from somewhere? what will you do?

Ah thanks Kazbro. I'm glad that my post may have made you think twice about the toast. Toast is one of my usual pitfalls - but I couldn't manage to fit any in at the weekend! :rolleyes: There will be so many temptations along the way but I'm sure you'll overcome them. You've had great...

Hi Sash, I have a diary thread in the strugglers and restarters forum and I encourage you to read it to see what damage restarting 'normal' eating and drinking straight from SSing can do. From my own experience and from reading other threads it seems that only 2 things can come of it -...

I have plenty! Possibly the worst was getting wedged in a turnstile at a football match! I tried to get out before OH and DD turned round to see where I was, so I launched myself forward with such force that the lad standing inside the ticket box almost fell off his stool! By the time I got...

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sit here - thoroughly ashamed of myself (with very very tight trousers on!) wishing I could turn back the clock. Reading my pre Friday posts it seems obvious to me that my intentions to get back to my diet after my 'Friday night off'...

Oh bm2lm - I do feel for you, you sound so sad. If, as it sounds, all is well in the rest of your life it probably is down to the diet - not physically I guess - but mentally. We have all had some awful days through our weight loss journeys - and probably worse ones before we started it...

:wavey: Another good day on the food (or rather, lack of it) front. Well, so far anyway! choc porridge choc bar choc muffin orange jelly 3.5 litres water 6 black coffees I have found it a bit of a struggle today. Lots of temptation came my way - no more than usual though - but the smell...

Quickie update! Very tired this evening - my late evenings on minimins are catching up on me! Todays intake has been.... choc porridge peanut bar 2 slices of wafer thin turkey ham :mad: choc muffin berry jelly 3.5 litres water 5 black coffees Didn't chicken out of haircut! Not sure...

:wavey: Hello! Had a perfect day yesterday - well diet wise anyway! choc porridge cranberry bar choc muffin berry jelly 4.5 litres water 4 black coffees And I did half an hour on the rowing machine! My old scales have obviously took offence to the arrival of new digital model! I had...

Thanks Jasmine! Glad I'm not the only one who's weigh ins are like a yoga class!

It took my OH a while to get his head round it too, but then I don't I have yet either so it's not surprising really! I am very fortunate to have a fab group of really close girlfriends but when I gained my weight I lost the will to go out so only saw them at each others houses or shopping...

My OH has never understood my food hang ups either. Mind you, I've never encountered anyone that did until I found minimins! Sure, lots of my friends diet and Mom has always battled with her weight - but none of them seem as excited/obsessed by food as me or as devestated by the consequences of...

Hopped on my new digital scales thismorning to discover that they are 6lbs heavier than my mechanical ones :rolleyes: Not too bothered about this as I always knew that my old ones where on the kind side (especially once I'd 'adjusted' them!). On the new ones I am same as on my CDC's. But -...

Congratulations - lots of 1st time porridge success - obviously better 'cooks' than me. It took me at least 4 attempts to master! My fave porridge flavours are choc and choc mint, I do like toffee and walnut usually but have gone off it a bit for the last few weeks. I find that happens every...

Hi penny, Well done on your big loss :superwoman: !! Noone believes I can gain so much either, even my CDC accuses me of having weights in my pockets! It does come off quite quickly once I get back to SSing but that will be no use to me during a 2 week holiday. If I don't get on an even...

Yes I think you're right Sarah. I SS'd today (just to give me chance to make my mind up :rolleyes: ) and think that if I do it up till Friday I will feel better in myself for going out. I do get nervous ahead of nights out especially when I know I'm going to see some people that I haven't for...

Great thread Sarah! This is going to make me sound like a bitter old cow but I often use seeing someone who has hurt me or been nasty about my weight in the past as motivation! My OH's sister constantly took the p*ss out of me when I was at my heaviest (but in a really snide way so that I...

Challenge over and a 2 and a quarter gain to show for it! Bluddy weekends eh! Wishing you all a better result than me! xxx

Ooh - somebody read it! Thanks ladies! Just back from weigh in....put 2 and a quarter on :cry: I'm trying not to be p*ssed off as I know it will come off again in a couple of days but it just gets me down that I can't seem to master staying the same. I've lost 9 stone for crying out loud -...

They won't all be this long I promise - I just had to formally introduce self :)

Hi All :wavey: I thought I should start a diary thread after noticing how much space I've been taking up on the 7 day challenge threads with my constant waffling! Most others are just posting a quick entry with their food for the day so my long posts stand out like a sore thumb! Feel as if...

Must hold my hands up to being an obsessive weigher too! I am limiting myself to once a day now though - in the mornings pre shower (wet hair weighs more!) and after morning wee! Trouble is my scales have a dial on them so I can sometimes spend 15 minutes getting on and off after fiddling with...

Forgot to say. The pain and bulge weren't actually in my tummy either - it was inbetween belly button and bust on the left side just by my ribs. :confused:

Hiya - same thing happened to me. After successful bout of SSing I rewarded myself with a visit to Pizza hut for DD birthday (not really the best choice I know!) I ate it and really enjoyed it - got up to get myself a bowl of ice cream from the ice cream factory bit and had the most awful...

Posts crossed Tracie! Never mind eh - at least you're not alone! x

:whoopass: :badmood: :whoopass: :badmood: :whoopass: :badmood: I blew it too girls!! I think there must have been something in the air this weekend! I was feeling a bit low yesterday and disappointed in myself for little blip on saturday, so wasn't in the best frame of mind when I got...

Good luck for the op planet dots. Hope it goes well. You aren't allowed to do CD for 3 months after having any surgery unfortunately. I had an op in January and gained weight in the week after it so I panicked and got back onto CD :whoopass: thinking it was probably just precautionary advice...

:wow: a quarter of the way there in 1 week! You must be thrilled to bits - WELL DONE!

Well I managed to make it through last night without adding any other naughties to my list. Feel a mixture of pleased AND worried though. Pleased as I didn't use my little blip as a licence to binge, but worried that I'm on a slippery slope! Will be heading over for our usual family...

You're right June, what kind of Mother would I be if I hadn't! :rolleyes:

Bugger it!!! I tasted the soup! Oh, and just to clarify - by 'tasted' I mean 5 spoonfuls with garlic and herb croutons! :mad:

I wish it was bedtime!! I'm craving like mad today, and have had a little slip. Had choc porridge for brekkie, choc bar for lunch then when was getting the milk out of the fridge for OH coffee I wolfed down 150g of cottage cheese straight from the tub :( . I was p*ssed off because it meant...

Hello, What lucky ladies keeping hold of your assets! I'm hovering around goal following at 9 stone loss. Sadly mine emptied out and I was left with 2 flat flaps of skin that I could have tucked into the waistband of my trousers! Nothing that a visit to Bupa didn't sort out tho! ;)

It's happened again! I feel really grumpy :badmood:. This is my second sad Friday on the trot now. It started on the way home from work again, and has got progressively worse. WTF?? I know it's probably more to do with other stuff going on than CD, but the half eaten gateaux defrosting in the...

Ah thank you June. So sorry you're feeling unwell. It's probably for the best that you take a bit of time out to get yourself back up to full strength before tackling the diet. It's hard enough when you're feeling 100%. Take care of yourself and enjoy your cambridge break. Have a piece of...

Oops - apologies for double post - don't know how I managed that?

Morning Challengers (and hello to Ben - fab loss! :wow: ) Yesterday final intake was as predicted so am very pleased with myself! I approach the weekend with some trepidation though. For 2 reasons... Last friday evening a black cloud :raincloud: descended on me and no matter how hard I...

Morning Challengers (and hello to Ben - fab loss! :wow: ) Yesterday final intake was as predicted so am very pleased with myself! I approach the weekend with some trepidation though. For 2 reasons... Last friday evening a black cloud :raincloud: descended on me and no matter how hard I...

Thanks June. I'm so glad you are feeling better today. Asthma attacks must be scary. Poor you :hug99: . Good luck for :scale: Westiegirl - we'll have everything crossed for you! I may not get on later as my friend is coming to visit so will post todays summary now (as I know I won't...

Morning All :wavey: and a big well done! Day 3 already. Am pleased to report that the rest of the croutons (and cupboard and fridge contents) remain intact thismorning! I know it sounds weird but I actually feel really encouraged and cheered up over the soup&crouton incident yesterday. I...

Good evening! Oooh I'm struggling! Have been great all day - choc porridge for brekkie, and a cranberry bar for lunch. And what a lovely suprise - it was a new one! (very nice, more chewy). I got home and DD had made tomato soup at school. She excitedly waited for me to taste it. Being...

Muffins are yummy! Be careful not to overcook as can go a little dry. I make mine so they are a little bit soggy in the middle and have with a black coffee. If you close your eyes you could be in Starbucks! :rolleyes: :giggle:

Hiya. I second everything russiandoll said. I don't think I could get by without my porridge. I have to make all of my shakes seem like a meal (i.e eaten with a spoon - or hands with the truffles!) as drinking them just didn't seem to satisfy me mentally! I was struggling with breakfast...

Hi, Just a quickie.... Just had a cranberry bar for lunch and half way through it I noticed it seemed more chewy than crunchy. I checked the wrapper to see it if said 'new & improved' but it didn't. I read somewhere that the new ones would have this written on? Hope it was one of the...

Hi Clairabell, My built in apron was past the point of no return too so had an extended tummy tuck and it was money well spent! Everyone's experiences/bodies/pain thresholds are different but I found it an absolute breeze. My consultant told me to expect to wake up in a lot of pain but I...

Hi Clairabell, My built in apron was past the point of no return too so had an extended tummy tuck and it was money well spent! Everyone's experiences/bodies/pain thresholds are different but I found it an absolute breeze. My consultant told me to expect to wake up in a lot of pain but I...

I'm not sure why, and I can't describe what they smell of but smell they do! Mine lasted for about 4-5 days. I've tried loads of the DIY ones too recently. Was using the Johnsons gradual tan moisturiser but the smell made me feel really grubby. Best (and nicest smelling) one I've found so far...

Hello, I had one a couple of weeks ago, I decided to take baby steps and just get the top half done for my first time as I was nervous of getting my wobbly bits and stretch marks out in front of the young glamourous very slim sprayer! It was ok though. I was in and out withing 5 minutes. I...

:wow: Nina! Fab loss, well done you! See you on the new thread :wavey:

Evening All :wavey: Just updating a change from predicted menu posted earlier. No - didn't have fish and chips instead! :rolleyes: Tea was 150g chicken and more button sprouts than anyone has EVER squashed onto 3 tablespoons! And am just waiting for a choc tetra to defrost a bit...

Hi Misdee, My aims are always special occasions or a night out. Especially if I know I'm going to see someone that I haven't seen for while. It gives me extra willpower tokens somehow! I guess it's in the hope that i'll here those magic words "have you lost weight?" To us dieters those...

Aww :hug99: Miss Rooster. Don't give in! You've done so well! I have lost 9 stone altogether (a combination of WW, Rosemary Conley, and CD) and I can't tell you the difference it's made to my life. Well I can - before I didn't have one and now I do! I joined a 7 day challenge last week and...

Afternoon All, Well Day 1 of 790 for me ....... aaargh! :rolleyes: So far it's been like a normal SS day with exception of me having to remember to take some chicken out of the freezer before I came to work! I've had choc porridge peanut bar 2 litres water 3 black coffees My plan...

As everyone else has said - just put it behind you Pandora. Your fab losses so far are testiment to how much willpower and determination you have! I have no doubt is just an off day/week and you'll be back on the straight and narrow in no time. When I saw the thread title I had to have a look...

I'll sign up for another week please. It did me the world of good last week. This week I have to start controlled eating and am very scared. This will be my 3rd attempt as each time I get to goal I feel compelled to reward myself for a few days and have put between 8 and 11 lb on each time...

Well - the results are in! Am just back from my weigh in and I lost a fandabydozy 8 and a half lbs :bliss: !!! So I shifted the 8lb I gained last week with an extra half for good measure. :thankyou: for the encouragement along the way and well done to everyone for your fab losses :grouphugg:

Hooray! 7 days of faultless SSing under my belt :clap: Am very excited for my weigh in tomorrow - hope I'm not disapointed! I've been in a much better frame of mind today despite watching the family eat king prawn cocktails, lamb dinner with all the trimmings, followed by mothers home made...

Well done Westiegirl! Have just read all about your evening on your thread. You did very well to stick to diet coke and only induldge in 1 little alcopop!:clap: I've been an avid reader of your thread for the last couple of months. I discovered it one day and sat and read the whole lot...

Hi Boofaloo, Have noticed that you haven't posted on the 7 day challenge thread that you started for a few days and wondered how you are? Wanted you to know how helpful it's been keeping me on the straight and narrow - was just what I needed to get me focused after a VERY naughty weekend -...

Morning all! Another day of being good under my belt but MY GOD was it hard! I was like a bear with a sore head all day long for some reason. I felt tearful one minute and really angry the next :confused: ? Things that don't usually phase me were really getting to me. I felt tearful when...

Hello All, Yesterday was another successful day for me despite coming up against some tough demons! It felt as though everyone in the world was eating chips except me yesterday. Everyone in the office had them at lunchtime, then when I got home DD asked if she could have some as neighbor was...

Hiya tracie, Husk link attached. They have gone up to 6.95 again now :( but on the bright side it is free P&P. Glad I bought 5 in my last order now :) . I'd ordered some for my Mom and friend to try who were also CDing, and some for my CDC as she hadn't heard of them. But alas Mother and...

P.S. Bars have never made any difference to me and I am very carb sensitve usually. Only have to look at bread and I've gained half a stone! I have always stuck to the 'one a day' rule though - I know some CD-ers steer clear of bars altogether with them being so moreish! I read a post the...

Hello there notsotrim! Don't fret over putting on what you once lost. We've ALL done it or we wouldn't be on here getting support and encouragement not to do it again! If I add up the weight I've lost over the years i reckon it'd be close to 500 stones! Unfortunately the calculation of...

Hi all, I've been making jelly and they turn out fab after a bit of practice! I put 400ml of cold water (have been using sparkling to give it a bit more of a tang!) into a mixing bowl with a teaspoon of water flavouring. While whizzing it up with the hand blender I slowly sprinkle 2 sccops...

Hi Roosters, Glad I'm not the only one! I think that's why I have never got round to getting new ones! Do you fiddle with the dial a bit too? It seems someone sneaks into my house while I'm sleeping and moves it up above the zero :rolleyes: ! I have to adjust it back down almost everytime...

Me again! Wondered if IreneH tried the porridge yet? I saw tracie very kindly posted the recipe. I just wanted to let you know that my first 4 or 5 attempts were VILE! but I urge you to perservere cuz it's lovely and very filling. There are a few different recipes floating around so I...

Hello all, No post yesterday due to busy day but I'm still here on the sole source wagon! Yesterdays intake was choc porridge choc orange bar (my current fave) choc muffin berry jelly 3.5 litres of water 5 black coffees Mmm, choc for every meal AGAIN yesterday - I notice a pattern...

We're going great guns aren't we girls! Day 3 intake = choc porridge choc bar choc mint mousse berry jelly 3.5 litres water 5 black coffees Only just reailsed Ive eaten choc for every meal today. Old habits die hard eh! I am feeling hungry today, I think the nervous energy due to...

Well thank goodness! I thought I was going mad!! I felt sure it wasn't the actions of a sane woman to buy/cook the VERY thing that I am most dying to eat for OH and DD then watch them eat it - which BTW takes them twice as long as normal as I ask them to describe just HOW nice it is in graphic...

Hi Tracie Just wondered if you've tried mix a mousse? I made one tonight and really enjoyed it - cold with the added bonus of having texture! I also freeze my tetras and have as ice cream (ish!). They may help keep you going through the nice weather. BTW you mentioned boaters orange...

Well the end of day 2 and my bed beckons. In addition to earlier post have had strawberry mousse berry jelly 2 litres of water 2 black coffees I've had a few arguements with evil chatterbox thisevening regarding a fresh crusty bloomer :drool: in the bread bin but I won! :) Hope everyone...

Well done to everyone for making it through the 1st day of the challenge! :clap: Went for my weigh in last night and had gained 8lbs during my naughty weekend :cry: I did feel a bit glum initially but it has given me added incentive to continue with this challenge. So - yesterdays...

Hiya. After another weekend off the rails :sigh: I would like to join the 7 day SS challenge! I was at goal and meant to be introducing food gradually but have struggled a LOT with it. I have gained and lost a stone 3 times :o in the space of a month due to a series of terrible binges...

Ah thanks for your replies and support. I've had a good day - no I'll rephrase that - I've BEEN good, but it hasn't been a good day! Why is it always so hard to go back to work after a bank holiday? It's only 2 extra days??And I've felt STARVING all day. Come back ketosis, all is forgiven -...

:cry: I've done it again!!! Sabotaged my achievements with a 4 day binge and now I am A MASSIVE STONE HEAVIER! I really can't believe that I have come into work today a stone heavier than when I left here on Thursday evening?? I had family visiting from Ireland and was very much looking...

Boo hoo! I've just spent an hour pouring my heart out in a post and lost it all. :mad: !!!!! I am too tired to do it all again but just wanted to say thanks to all for your advice and well wishes. BTW - Thanks to getting straight back to SS following my binge I had only gained a pound at...

Thanks for your reply wannabslim. I'm often on minimins but not a very regular poster - I have read lots of your posts - in fact reading them today is what made me fess up to my sins at the weekend! (didn't want to hijack your thread though). I haven't chosen not to receive messages - I...

Hello, apologies for the really long post but I need to get this off my chest and would appreciate hearing from anyone else who may have overcome the same problem... I have lost 9 stone altogether (not all with CD) and have been told I need to re-introduce food now. I'm really really...

I remember watching Jonathon Ross interview Kathleen Turner about 15 years ago, he asked her a question about her fluctuating weight. She said "there comes a time in a womans life where she has to choose between her butt and her face" I thought it was quite amusing at the time, but now I'm 34...

Hi Bobby, This is a struggling point for me too. I am envious of those of you who have posted that you've had just as good a night, or even better as there is no hangover to contend with after but this is never the case for me. :jelous: If it's just a chatting night out with couple of...

I ADORE pancakes so knew today would be a bad day for me. My OH works nights you see, so if I don't make them my daughter would have to go without - she's 11 - so a bit too young to be in charge of a frying pan. So, on my way home from work lastnight I popped into M&S and bought a microwave...

Hello, I bought some water flavouring to add to a chocolate pack to make truffles the other day, hoping I was going to end up with a terrys chocolate orange (well as near as damn it!) I only put a quarter of a teaspoon in and it was WAY too much. I was so excited for them to come out of the...

Hello, After an 8 and a half stone weight loss I was left with awful saggy skin. My tummy was like an apron, I could tuck my boobs into the waistband of my trousers and my arms and thighs look like curtain swags! Whilst I was thrilled to have lost the weight I still found myself feeling sad, I...

Thanks for you replies xxx. I know - it was so nice of them to go to so much trouble - that's why I felt compelled to eat it! Just wish I could master not thinking "oh sod it - in for a penny in for a pound" and turning every slight slip into a binge! Beleive me- if it had been a box of 12...

Hello All, Am ashamed to say that I cheated last night - I REALLY didn't want to but felt as though I had no choice! OH and daughter had taken the time to go on to the Cambridge website to look at the add a meal options so that they could cook me a Valentines meal for when I got home from...

I've just had some truffles with a mint choc pack - ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! And has really cheered me up following my failure yesterday to make porridge or thicken soup properly with husks.:) It's weigh in day tomorrow and I'm going to buy some orange water flavouring. Mmmm Terry's chocolate...

Keep me posted please KWB as I have just wasted a pack of soup. Soup I can deal with throwing away but not a muffin! I thought I'd done well at first but then three spoonfuls in it started to go slimey and made me gag! Even as I poured it down the sink I was heaving cuz it looked so...

Thanks. I'll just sprinkle a few in at a time then, as slimey cheese and broc might resemble something you sneeze out :eek: and put me off psyllium husks for life! Will let you know how I get on!

Hello, With all this talk of recipes for truffles and porridge etc I've been thinking about other possibilities. I LOVE making choc muffins but they are always gone in 10 seconds! I wondered if anyone has tried adding psyllium husks to them in order to bulk them up to a more substantial...

Take it from me..... :mad: Step away from the cupboards ladies - cuz I've just eaten all the things you have listed (and a little bit more besides!) and I feel sick and desperately upset. Believe me - feeling hungry but proud of yourself is SO much better than this feeling of 3 pieces of...

Oh No!! Was dreading this response! Kind of wish I hadn't posted now. :cry: Don't get me wrong - I am grateful for all of your advice, I just feel so scared in case I don't have the strength to take it. I never imagined that when I started CD to get a stubborn stone and a half off that I...

Hi, Although I am a regular reader this is my first post. I really enjoy reading all of the inspirational success stories and encouraging posts I have a bit of a dilemma..... On thursday I had surgery (a revision of breast lift and bottom lift that i had In June last year. I know that...