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  1. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hiya TFG! I did mention it but never really looked into it as I'm getting on quite well with the odd bit of agave nectar.
  2. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Just a quick update. TOTM and a couple of lbs on - this is my first sort of proper totally out of dieting TOTM so it's to be expected, but I'm not resting on my laurels, I busted out the Jillian tonight and did Banish Fat Boost Metabolism - my fitness levels mean that this was pretty much a walk...
  3. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hiya - I started Jillian on the last few days of my compulsory 810 week in Week 13 and then after the first few days I was back on SS and remained on SS through the 30 day shred. If you look at my stats in my signature link back in July (just look up 30 day shred in my post tags in my blog) you...
  4. Cerulean

    Advice please for the 810 plan

    I loved 810...just make sure you have plenty of back up options - the cottage cheese is difficult to buy in the portions they state so you are left with leftovers. Weigh your chicken into the right weights in advance, a George Foreman is invaluable for quickly getting your protein on in a hurry...
  5. Cerulean

    really puzzling discovery

    Yeah - some combos of food are about 750 some are closer to 1000 (eg the chickpeas) - depends on if you have bars, if you have all the milk etc - don't sweat it - it's all based on Glycemic Index stuff really - it's not exact - it's more about making sure you get the protein you need and...
  6. Cerulean

    Is it true you cant exercise?

    The official answer is this Answer Do not start a strenuous exercise programme at the same time as you start the Cambridge Weight Plan. (IF you are already following a vigorous exercise programme then you may need to moderate it to a less active level for a week or two.) Moderate...
  7. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oh, and in case there's any confusion, BMR is your calorie burn if you are very sedentary - my actual burn has averaged at 2100 a day since I finished so that's about right for a moderately active ladyperson of my age ;)
  8. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    So, nearly a week on and a little lighter and I weigh less than I did when I finished SSing. I had a fantastically social weekend, making new friends and gadding about. I've bought a new winter coat - a size 14 so I can get chunky knits on under it and lost of flirty size 12 casual dresses. I...
  9. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hello Minis!! You may remember that the final end of this process (for me) was due to be capped off with my mother's 60th birthday celebrations, after that point I am officially in the 'real world'. So last weekend, there was a fabulous buffet and a 7 course tasting menu at Raymond Blanc's...
  10. Cerulean

    has any 1 done jillian micheals 30day shred?

    Yup, I did it whilst on SS - if you follow my blog link I did it from June - July this year, and don't be put off about 'putting on muscle'!
  11. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Also, I am full! I can't eat anything else. You have no idea what a huge difference this makes to me! I used to be always hungry. Especially after big meals.
  12. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    So - I think it's 8 weeks since I stopped SSing and started stepping up. Yes - it definitely is. All is well - holding firm at around 164lbs. Cycled 3 miles, walked 5 miles ran 2 k swam 1 k and was on the cross trainer for 30 minutes today. Yesterday was similar for exercise, I enjoy it - it's...
  13. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I slept for - er - 12 hours. This morning I was back to a much lighter weight - all the motivation I need to stick to simple eating!
  14. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Yesterday was a funny old day, my first properly free day in months. And it went well/didn't go well in some ways. Food was perfect, balanced meals, even my fruit consumption was exemplary, tiny bit of couscousy carb with the salad bought at lunch...made a sort of omeletty chilli pancake thing...
  15. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    There we go, back to normal. 250 cal breakfast, 350 cal lunch apple for a snack, a "cream tea" after walking home (a cream tea is Earl Grey and a small bowl of strawbs and 0% fat greek yoghurt!) - I Boris Biked up to Shoreditch Park and walked home from there (about 40 mins) in the blustery...
  16. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Okay then, play is done, normal life without an acting job resumes (but that's okay, there's a new show in the offing) I have had 4 days of eating half utter rubbish, half my proper diet. I have noted the calories and written down every last item of junk (and looking up their caloric values...
  17. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    And so yesterday I tried some new food. Goats cheese (prob about 1/3 less cals than the regular cheese I would have chosen) I bought it in a tiny potion pack and had a tiny pot of olives and Serrano ham and a leafy green salad for my tea in the theatre. It was absolutely divine. Simple tastes...
  18. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oh I have so much to tell you! So many interesting new things! Not really...just...well...things are going well - let's take you through yesterday - I was in the theatre for 12 hours. Breakfast Fruit and Berries plus apple and peanut butter (about 350 cals) (I carried all my stuff to the...
  19. Cerulean

    Surfhunny's Countdown to Florida

    Ah well, at least your mind is clear. Your insurance co might try to dispute the claim for their own benefit but that legal stuff goes on without you or her getting involved. She probably had previous advice on not discussing anything with the other party directly in case she admitted liability...
  20. Cerulean

    Hips bum and bellY

    It just goes when it goes, I promise - one week there'll be a sudden change! You might also be burning off the nasty dangerous fat in and around your vital organs which is the stuff you want rid of the most (it's just not as glamorous!)
  21. Cerulean

    Ketosis

    The stix can be dodgy so never go by them! 810 is borderline...some people are in ketosis, some people aren't quite - although LCDing means you are always close to it...and yes it takes longer to get there for some people than when you're plain SSing. It's not an exact science, due to your BMI...
  22. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    oooh - must make a note of this. Okay...so I guess after losing 5.5 stone and going from a 20 to a 12, you want to know about the skin thing. Don't forget I have done thsi journey twice. This time I have stopped before the last stone comes off to try to give my skin a chance to catch up. THERE...
  23. Cerulean

    Deflating the Bouncy Castle

    Yup - stress = cortisol = blood sugar going all over the shop = desire to munch munch munch munch munch. But also abrupt routine change can trigger the same response as your body goes 'Waitaminnit!!! you used to feed me at this time....WHAT HAPPENED??? IS THERE A FAMINE???? MUST HAVE FOOD NOW...
  24. Cerulean

    could a very kind person do me a favour?

    After Step 3 it would take ages to type it all out as there are multiple options and notes to read through which is why there are no links!
  25. Cerulean

    Are we allowed to have Atkins Bars?

    I suspect not, as - like I say - people have used them in a tight corner, but I know that not having the full 1/3 of Cambridge nutrients can have an adverse effect on your hunger - which is really why you want to stay in ketosis in the first place... I'm all for direct substitutions on the...
  26. Cerulean

    810 losses ?

    2.5 - 3lbs depending on how strict you are with yourself! :) At your weight it might be more like 2lbs depending on if you are still in ketosis.
  27. Cerulean

    grrr

    I wish there was a Like/Grr/Share option. I would click Grrrr. Good luck with getting to the bottom of the problem though.
  28. Cerulean

    Are we allowed to have Atkins Bars?

    You asked if you are allowed. The answer to that question is no, they are not permitted. I think they have been suggested as a once in a blue moon stuck away from home with no foodpacks alternative - not something you should probably do on a regular basis - missing the full set of CD balanced...
  29. Cerulean

    meringue question / experiment.

    The thing that makes meringues set is the caramelisation of sugar. They would never set properly without actual sugar (even using honey or agave you get a similar problem). See the comments below Meringue with sweetener??? - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums Someone on minis had soem success using...
  30. Cerulean

    Confused with step 2?

    Oh - yeah - the book says you're 'allowed' basalmic vinegar and a squirt of lemon juice - but I find that adding new flavours when you're on the edge of ketosis can create false hunger. I didn;t add flavourings until I'd done two full weeks of 810 (one was my Week 13 and the other Week 21 - so I...
  31. Cerulean

    Confused with step 2?

    No - the noodles are allowed - one of the FAQ chapters explains that some of the recipes have different foods that are off the list because they have been calcuated professionally but nutritionists so as long as you follow the instructions exactly that recipe works at that level. Most of the...
  32. Cerulean

    810 plan

    810 list 3 Cambridge meal products 340ml skimmed milk or 195g fat free plain yoghurt 1 protein option (though you can mix and match, e.g., half of the cottage cheese and half of the chicken) 1 Vegetable option (or mix and match as for the protein) ====== Protein Options 250g...
  33. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Best tea EVER! I am getting better at this tasty but low cal thing. Tonight - two romaine lettuce leaves, 1 sliced tomato drizzled with smashed garlic that had been left in a little extra virgin olive oil overnight and two dry fried mashed celariac cakes with a few sliced mushrooms cooked in...
  34. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hmmmm - result of adding those carbs? I only ate about half of the portion...but I was very nibbly for the rest of the day. I think it might have been some sort of anxiety - and I didn't do my run - the heavens opened and I just sat in the flat feeling miserable - I'm also not quite sleeping...
  35. Cerulean

    Hen night

    You've started this week and you want to drink in a couple of weeks? Have you asked your Consultant what s/he thinks? The choice is totally yours, but I'm looking at your signature sentence...
  36. Cerulean

    What to have for dinner on SS+

    I just typed a reply and it disappeared - I really wouldn't sweat it over 18 cals of prawns. I use a nonstick pan for no fat omelettes - they aint pretty but on SS+ anything's a bonus!
  37. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hold on a second... So - today I have finally cooked my wholegrain couscous...it's ready in a box to eat after my gym session on the train to Richmond to see my bezzie friend. This means that this week there is more focus on portion control again - I have got the hang of Cambridge protein...
  38. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    State of the nation Well - remember my scales going haywire a few weeks back? They're now back in the correct ballpark...my period seems to be taking its sweet time, but I know it's on its way so I guess it's been that plus food. And anyway, scales or no scales I am 37 29 38 so still fitting a...
  39. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    So rehearsal went good as gold. I had an egg salad (seriously so yum, can do a deliciously tasty one for about 300 calories) for lunch and two sardines (I had to gut them and scale them!! Argh! But they were only 59p and I am supposed to eat them at least twice a week so - that's cool by me -...
  40. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    It makes-a no sense So last night was perfect. Lovely posh steak in London's trendy Spitalfields and my dining partner didn't order starchy carbs so there was nothing on the table that was off limits. We had steamed spinach, a heritage tomato salad and the naughtiest thing on the table was...
  41. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I passed the 100k mark on my running spreadsheet! 2 months to tot that total up. Don't get over-excited, mind, that's basically Just under 3lbs of calories burned. In two months. But yeah - going good!
  42. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    So - I am back on track - not a hint of a wobble - I'll get my run in today...tonight is the long promised steak dinner - I might have fish or chicken depending on the weights of steak available. This is for another friend's birthday - but that's okay because this friend is teetotal and the...
  43. Cerulean

    Doctors surgery have a policy of not signing VLCD forms!!!

    At a BMI of 45 you can;t start on the lower plans anyway, talk to your counsellor as the recommendations have changed - you would need to start on 1200 or 1000 - not sure - on my way out so I don't have time to check, but it does state it on the CWP website steps page.
  44. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Thanks Shanny! Although somewhat ironic in the circumstances - yesterday and this morning were somewhat interesting. So - yesterday I made a couple of mistakes - I really didn't eat a big enough breakfast or lunch - but I did eat both meals - in the afternoon, I took my friend to a country...
  45. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hello hello - I didn't do an update yesterday, did I? No. Hello to Spangles - I feel like I should hand out awards to people who make it all the way through the entire thread - it is somewhat overwhelming when you look at it all! And hurray for Gaijingirl...we almost met up back in the day, but...
  46. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I'm about to go off on a 16 mile walk. Eeepers! I have grilled chicken and egg salad and a few pieces of fruit in a bag. This is my first walk with food this year (usually I would take scotch eggs and cake - not on maintenance - my salad has been chilling and blending its flavours overnight so I...
  47. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oooh - forgot to say, supper last night was about 150 calories. A grilled 120g monkfish fillet (monkfish is really expensive but a pack with the fillet in was just over 2 quid - and it is my favourite fish!) and then some pak choi and shiitake mushrooms with a spot of chilli, garlic and soy...
  48. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Weight's staying the same...good job! Had a really rare and enjoyable evening. I don't have a telly digibox (I don't have time for telly!) so the few things I watch are in bed on my my macbook. But last night I cranked up the old Wii and got iPlayer going on it so that I could watch The Killing...
  49. Cerulean

    Surfhunny's Countdown to Florida

    To your credit, this is because you care and are passionate about what you do. Unfortunately that causes you anxiety, which is no payoff at all. Dunno what to say other than that really...just look after yourself and be as kind and thoughtful to you as you are about others. Trite, but true. S x
  50. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Today I had fruit and yoghurt for breakfast, plus the usual bar. Had a snack of Victoria Plums on the way to the gym from a lovely farmers market on route - I'm usually too early for the market on my Saturday gym visit but I shall be timing my trips to pass it on the way back from now on...
  51. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hi Illa - welcome back - hope Austria was kind to you and you didn't succumb to the Sachertorte and stayed away from the Kuchen ;) Looking forward to your holiday update!
  52. Cerulean

    A bit of info to share regarding crunch bars

    Post 365 on my diary (good few pages back) mentions the day of 4 bars(!!!!) but not the TMI after effects ;) I always fess up! I'm not a 100% er...more a 95% type.
  53. Cerulean

    Are there any Special Offers on buying bulk CD food packs?

    No...some CDCs offer a retainer offer on their first week back if they go away on hols for a while, but all CDCs set their own prices so there's no guarantee yours will. I regularly buy 3 weeks in one go and I get the odd bar or pack chucked in for free here and there.
  54. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Some days my magic spreadsheet is beyond perfect. I am pleased with its magic balancing act of calories in v calories out making up the exact numbers of lbs lost. And then weeks like this week happen. I am doing nothing different from the previous 2-3 weeks. I'm eating about the same, the only...
  55. Cerulean

    Surfhunny's Countdown to Florida

    Amazing loss there - brilliant!
  56. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I don't like that you get a stitch by the way! It's just nice to be called a legend ;)
  57. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Ooooh - I used to get stitches all the time and now I rarely do. It's to do with when you eat and how much water you get down you. Don't eat in the hour before and try to drink a litre of water around about an hour before. I have no idea how or why this speed worked - usually if I switch from...
  58. Cerulean

    Better than any goal - the difference in pace now I'm on 1200

    I like that you like this Nik ;) Stalk away...YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO CATCH ME COS I CAN RUN LIKE THE WIND!!!
  59. Cerulean

    Better than any goal - the difference in pace now I'm on 1200

    So after 2 weeks of Step 3 I ran just over 2 miles in 18 minutes tonight. That's a huge huge deal to me - that's the speed I ran at as a teenager. I never ever thought I'd get back there. It means so much more to me than the scales...I'm a bit choked up about it if I'm honest...maybe I will get...
  60. Cerulean

    Cerulean - in here please!

    You're funny! I was in the gym, yes ;) and then I was making my dinner. And in case anyone else is reading this thread and waiting for the answer...yes I did double bar, but only when I'm out all day and it can make you windy (sometimes hilariously so), but it's never taken me out of ketosis and...
  61. Cerulean

    A bit of info to share regarding crunch bars

    Oh and Sauce - other than I am still buying the packs I'm following a v similar approach - being a lot slower with carbs than the book suggests and focusing on low GI. And it's working pretty well for me.
  62. Cerulean

    A bit of info to share regarding crunch bars

    Sauce - I had a bad Friday night a few weeks back - I was well stressed - I ate 2 extra malt toffees after 9pm (as well as my 2 peanut crunches earlier in the day). I could have farted my way down the A1 into central London the next day - in fact if I remember rightly I cleared the top deck of...
  63. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Biggest non scale victory ever!!!! Tonight for the first time since I was 13 years old, I did 2 sub 9 minute miles. I pounded the living daylights out of that tedious treadmill and I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT! The fact that I can run that fast for that long is worth every single moment of...
  64. Cerulean

    A bit of info to share regarding crunch bars

    Hiya - I'll answer the question here as you've been waiting so patiently! I did start using 2 bars, but only the peanut ones and only when I can't make up packs because I'm somewhere where it would be unhygenic (the tetras taste weird to me). It can have a faintly windy effect if you have them...
  65. Cerulean

    cambridge diet, SS please be careful, I was on it

    Hi - yeah - I came down a bit hard on Miss_r in my post, I am a second time rounder so I have seen what happens and baby I know THE CRAZY HUNGER - I have worn the Haagen Dazs hat o' shame in a post VLCD binge frenzy, and yet...I came back. This time I knew what I was letting myself in for...
  66. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Arrrggghhh...I have no data this morning. Scales have gone bonkers. First they measured me at 149lbs - which would be lovely if it were true, but even I can't wish 10lbs away overnight. I did the time-honoured technical solution of rolling the batteries. I came out as 5lbs heavier than...
  67. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Shanny - I'm going to take more pictures when I'm down to 149lbs...so at this rate, in early November!! I had been aiming for my Mum's birthday - and I'm sure there'll be pictures that day anyway...that's a month today...so if I apply myself I could be under 11st by then. I've got my eye on a...
  68. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Exciting times, I had ham and tomato salad for lunch today! Whoop (an astonishing 225 calories!) - had rhubarb yog for pud. Dinner tonight was a chickpea sort of er - dunno - just chickpeas and spices and lots of my left over chopped up salady bits cooked through with the last scrapings of my 0%...
  69. Cerulean

    Cerulean - in here please!

    Nah - I walk a lot...always have. Once I'm in ketosis I only seem to get hungry if I'm bored or anxious...I must confess that I used diet drinks to take the edge off (non-citric acid ones, I'd have Coke Zero after a run for example) Walking to work as long as I had my coffee and water when I...
  70. Cerulean

    Cerulean - in here please!

    Hiya chick!!! am on me iPhone with a dodgy connection so links are tricky. I started whilst I was on week 13 (my 810 week) so for the first 3 days I was having a small meal. However, I did all three levels for 27 days once I switched back to SS with no ill effects. In my signature there's a link...
  71. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Good morning Minimins! Scales are back on the move again...and sticking to the 1200ish calories thing. Haven't had nuts or peanut butter this week (as I need less energy without rehearsals). There was a very negative comment on the forum yesterday which I could have addressed on the relevant...
  72. Cerulean

    worried about going from ss to ss+... info/help appreciated

    Yeah - just to confirm that unless there is a medical/physical reason that you should SS+ (which I can't see from your stats) you don't have to eat until Week 13. I'll give you a handy hint though - there will be some weeks you find the going tough - I had those myself and I pretended to...
  73. Cerulean

    What happened to Add-a-Meal Week??!!

    Hiya - they got rid of it and now send a letter to your GP to say you are SSing instead which sort of gets round the old reasons you had to do AAM. You can still choose to SS+ every few weeks in fact I think the book mentions that it is a good idea to do this to 'keep in touch' with food and I...
  74. Cerulean

    Guess whos back .. back again .. Gemmas back .. o the shame

    Hello there - no shame in coming back - brave work in my opinion ;) All the best for this time round. Stay Strong!! xx
  75. Cerulean

    Confused

    You need to call her, according to the book and the website you should not be on anything lower than 810 at the moment. No one with a BMI of over 40 is allowed to start on SS or SS+ any more and that has been the case for most of this year. When I have overbought packs (sometimes I don't know if...
  76. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Whoop! Did my 3.25 mile run at lunchtime, did no snacking all day. I'm a good girl, I am.
  77. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    There y' go Chunkey (less Chunkey!) Told you! Keep going mate, you're doing brill!
  78. Cerulean

    cambridge diet, SS please be careful, I was on it

    Oh also - I am on Step 3-4 - I have been eating real food for over a month and I am eating 5-8 portions of fruit and veg a day, 2 portions of organic protein and lots of lovely organic dairy - I haven't been tempted to cheat once, haven't had anything off plan or fattening. I have never eaten so...
  79. Cerulean

    cambridge diet, SS please be careful, I was on it

    Interesting post. I was at my counsellors last night (I am following the book through the steps) and she said "I am so glad you are doing this, so few people work their way through the steps like you are" and I said 'I know what happens if you don't follow the steps. I think you are missing a...
  80. Cerulean

    Weight or Size

    Hiya - I'm a 10-12 and I'm a BMI of 27 - my waist measurement is more than healthy for my height, but my BMI and fat ratios are slightly too high. That said, my blood pressure is back to normal and I am a zillion times healthier and more active than when I was a BMI of 40, so a height/weight...
  81. Cerulean

    Exercise?

    Hiya - the answer is complicated. Did you used to mountain walk or job before? If so - you can have a go at both moderately but you have to go easy. I started CD this year at a BMI of 40 - after 3 weeks I began hiking again (I was used to 16 mile walks) I cut back to doing an 8miler near...
  82. Cerulean

    I'm new to CD after LL.... Hello!

    Hullo Cackle - I'm an old LLer from 2007 - I've just come to the end of my CD journey - have 1 more stone to go which I'm doing very slowly and carefully by following all the steps and then keeping at the 1500 calorie stage at the end until I get to goal. If you have any questions about the...
  83. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Week 4...0.5lbs lost but in inch off my hips! And so? I lost 0.5lbs officially. But - meh - like me, her tape measure shows that I have lost an inch off my hips. So y'know - getting smaller, eating food - no bad thing in my book. You know me - it's not about the scales, it's about the inches...
  84. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oh...and I got a fantastic review :)
  85. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Today is my first weigh-in day after 3 weeks of unsupervised stabilising...I reckon my official loss is aroundabout 2lbs in clothes with food and fluids (compared to 3 weeks ago where I was still kind of in ketosis)...so I am being careful today. No nibbling before weigh-in - and I'm not...
  86. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hiya - so the previews for my play are all done now. Very sleepy - we have all week off (until next Saturday) - nice. Today I had a yoghurty fruity breakfast, then I walked to and from the gym and back and did a much lighter Sunday session than usual as running takes up too much of my energy...
  87. Cerulean

    How to not look like a deflated baloon?

    Yup! the sooner the better in my book....!
  88. Cerulean

    Shall I put the scales away?

    Some people do, some people don't. The official line is not to weigh yourself, to judge yourself by one set of scales at your counsellors alone. I do weigh myself every day because fluctuations don't bother me, I like to track exactly what happens on what day so I can spot my monthly cycle and...
  89. Cerulean

    Coke zero...... Anything else?

    Sarahlou - the correct 100% answer is no. I still kind of think the first time you do a VLCD you shoudl try to 100% it to give yourself the best chance. However, some people have found that drinking Coke Zero doesn't take them out of ketosis or cause them any issues. It's not approved by CD...
  90. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oooh - Nat - I haven't forgotten that yoy posted! That recipe sounds lovely. I am going have some pork cubes with caraway, I think and have that with the marrow. I've eaten all my kale! I wonder if it's time to try out my favourite Sichuan restaurant's famous cumin lamb skewers again...because...
  91. Cerulean

    How to not look like a deflated baloon?

    If you stay at the lower weight for 3-4 months after refeeding, you will see a huge improvement. But to help things along - post pregnancy cocoa butter and body brushing are my top tips!
  92. Cerulean

    Coke zero...... Anything else?

    I believe that M&S diet is a non citric acid cola as well. ALthough having read up on malic and phosphoric acid in drinks as a result of ChunkyMonkey's question theyr'e all derived from similar sources so I'm not quite sure of the logic. I didn't use carbonated drinks on my first time through...
  93. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    First show went brilliantly - for my post show lunch/dinner had grilled sardines on an apple and fennel and lettuce salad. Was too tired to make couscous so I'm off to have a nap. I forgot to buy eggs. Definitely need eggs. Have probably sweated off a good 2-3lbs under the lights with all the...
  94. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Ran another record breaking 5k (I even added in two short hill sections) did half an hour on the cross trainer...was just going to do 15 mins cooldown in the pool but I started running lines and before I knew it I'd done 30 mins. So - 1000 cals burned! (pretty much my nut and greengage...
  95. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oh - yeah - there's plan related stuff to think about in addition to the whole food thing. I've done 4 weeks of food - and when my counsellor weighs me on Monday if I eat lunch and breakfast and snack like I usually do, I'd weigh 3lbs more than the last time I weighed just from daily...
  96. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    The dress rehearsal went as brilliantly as I could expect...just need to polish my lines a bit tonight. The comfort eating was at full tilt after I got home from 5 hours of solid (and I mean solid - I'm playing a lead in two plays so I had no resting or chatting time, I was running from room to...
  97. Cerulean

    gross question about digestion.. DETAILS BE WARNED

    Its sometimes down to the richness of the nutrients, are you deffo spacing your packs a few hours apart? If you're sensitive to them you need to leave a good 4 hours between each pack. Also, I gave up the water flavouring after I realised it turned everything to liquid in my case!!!! Despite...
  98. Cerulean

    3rd week and 1llb on!!!!!!

    All it takes is drinking one more glass of water or wearing different clothes or it being totm/mid cycle to go up by an lb. Week 2 and three can sometimes be a sts week especially if your week two loss is good (as yours was) if you're 100% wait till next week...you have deffo lost weight...just...
  99. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Er - yes - nothing to report - stayed the same...not doing exercise as still conserving energy for the last rehearsal and the performances this weekend - totally have to confess to comfort eating last night but now I think about it that just means I had a bar instead of a hot chocolate pack and...
  100. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Regular readers of this diary would be aware that I trust my scales implicitly apart from when they go funny for a few days. This is one of those patches - usually lasts 5 days - this morning my scales had noooo idea what weight I was - so if we're going to be like that it may be better to just...
  101. Cerulean

    Long story...long!!

    Rotten thing to happen... If it takes 3 days to get into ketosis from having a full glycogen load, then having 100 cals or so of carbs will take no time at all to clear out of your system. That's not to say that having some sugar or salty stuff won't make you even more nibbly...cos it may well...
  102. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I am mixing up my exercise...today I did 30 mins of Cross Trainer on varying levels. Kept to about 95 spm as its supposed to be a rest day! Scary woman next to me was on about 140...sheesh, scary lady, slow down! Left half my salad today...suspect after the initial 3 week excitement of FOOD...
  103. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Look at my weight! Less than 2 stone til Ultimate Goal! Whoop Whoop! (Ultimate goal is a big ask...but I do intend to get there - not with Cambridge as I found being less than 10st on food packs a living hell...no - that bit - the last stone will be done with exercise) I must say that Low GI...
  104. Cerulean

    This is me...fat free!

    Cor you look absolutely belting! Good luck getting back in the zone!
  105. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Soooo - I did - er - 5k without really thinking about it in record time (seriously - I ran it at my old race pace) and I enjoyed it took it easy and did 10 mins on the cross trainer (my lazy arsed way of getting cardio in is to set myself up on the cross trainer for 45 minutes 4 times a week -...
  106. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I've been taking it well easy this morning! So much so that I've been a bit jittery about my lack of doing-ness. Let it go, Saz, let it go... As long as I keep referring to my running and swimming gear as my 'PE kit', I'll know I'm not quite a growned up yet - I have been trying to get it...
  107. Cerulean

    Really dedicated, fab results.. Major problem!!!

    Oh sweetheart - just do what you need to do to get through this - you've proved that you are committed...you can come back and do this any time, if you have to give up the packs for any reason, you can come back. It will work for you again because you know that it works - but you need your...
  108. Cerulean

    Really dedicated, fab results.. Major problem!!!

    Hiya hun...I know there are strict rules on a VLCD about getting your packs down and normally I wouldn't make any exceptions, but grief and shock often mean that our appetites and digestive systems do shut down like this. You can either come off the diet (not that you'd be eating much anyway) or...
  109. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    It's so so nice to have a Sunday and nothing to do in it - no pressure, nowhere to be, no appointments, no have-to-dos. The only have-to-do is a sesh at the gym...just to keep my hand in with the running - not sure how my horrible instep blister feels about that, but I must find out! And this...
  110. Cerulean

    Been on holiday a week.....(food talk warning!!)

    Confession - the reason I didn't ever go off plan in SS/SS+ is because I never stop at one Rolo ;) (or didn't) I stopped after two party eggs the other day, which is a first for me! You've done so well...take credit where it's due, realise that guilt is the first step to failure and that you're...
  111. Cerulean

    why can't you have gherkins?

    Pickles give some people cravings for other food - it'll be down to the fact that some people put extra sugar and salt in their cures - cos cabbage is allowed - so I bet it's to do with the salt - it might make you retain water - the food choices do everything they can to guide you away from...
  112. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I have noticed a strange pattern. I eat more on my rest days! If I have a scheduled rest day I eat wayyyy more! To cap that off, rehearsal was 8 hours today so no gym for me at all...the last gym in my chain closes in 10 mins and there was no way I could have got to rehearsal in time from my gym...
  113. Cerulean

    Bernard Matthews Turkey Breast Roast

    I recently had one of his 100g prepacked cooked turkey bits as I was desperate whilst out and about and hadn't managed to find any protein. I'm on 1000 and the sugar tasted vile so there must be A LOT of sugar. You are way better off nutrition and cost-wise buying turkey steaks and cooking them...
  114. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I have consolidated all of my calories consumed versus energy expended and lbs lost and it tallies!!!! My BMR (ie just sitting around) looks like its around 1800 which is around spot on for my BMI and age and sedentary job. So I have not screwed up my metabolism!! I'm going to keep tracking...
  115. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    So, turns out I can walk in my size 10 M&S pencil skirt, So I am wearing it with a French boater top and ballet pumps. Totally channelling Audrey au jourd'hui My size 8 jeans go on over my legs - but they's leave me with the mother of all muffin tops...so I'll try them in a stone's time!
  116. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    MORNING! I had a majorly long rehearsal last night - over 3 hours. I left work at 5, did 30 mins running and 30 mins swimming, walked over the the reherasal rooms and then got home at 11. Lost more weight...I can always tell when my scales are on the downward trend in advance...they sort of...
  117. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Princess, that's actually a great loss at that weight - I'm only losing 2lbs a week at the moment, but I have about 3 times more energy and my workouts are getting more oomph!
  118. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Amazon.com: The Metabolic Typing Diet: Customize Your Diet to Your Own Unique Body Chemistry (9780767905640): William Linz Wolcott, Trish Fahey: Books I have to admit that if you come out as mixed it really doesn't explain that very well (I've read it since someone came out as mixed and went...
  119. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Mixed types need to eat abit of everything! My bookexplains it as eating one way one day and one way the next day. Also mixed types can be confused due to previous imbalances. If I wasn't so obviously a protein type, I'd have gone for a consultation with a professional.
  120. Cerulean

    anyone eat the cambridge bars?

    Dunno the carbs, but none of the bars are 138 cals, that's the soups and shakes. Peanut crunch is 185 and malt toffee is 175 ( but has more carbs than peanut crunch) thats all i know!
  121. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Cor - it's all coming back to me now! Last time I was addicted to builders tea with sweetner as soon as I could have milk!!!! And not just addicted, I was having 2 bags in each cup at least 5 times a day! I just made myself my first cup in weeks and it's nice, but no better or more interesting...
  122. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Just remembered a brill thing...I don't have any cravings any more!!! I'd forgotten I was off SS as I walked through the farmers market and when I was offered a wild plum to taste I almost refused out if habit and then went 'oh yeah!!!' Smelling food is no longer a cruel and unusual punishment!
  123. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hi princess - there's an explanation further back in this thread, but as everyone is different and its quite complicated I'd suggest you google the tests. Basically, I burn carbs quickly so if I don't exercise straight after eating them they convert to fat almost instantly. I burn protein and...
  124. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oh! I forgot to say! I got the feedback from my visit to Granny's!!! 'She looks stunning' "Really healthy, so much better than when she came off the diet last time' 'She's got muscles in her arms and everything! You can tell she's really fit now' My sister says she can see the difference that...
  125. Cerulean

    Wish me luck 1st day today. :)

    Good luck there! I'm sure you'll do brilliantly!
  126. Cerulean

    Struggeling

    On the LL forum we always used to say that week 8 was the watch-out week...you've got to the point where you're really good at the diet but it's just before you go into cruising the diet...so don't worry, it's all good and there are always the odd tough days, usually they're followed by a really...
  127. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Weight coming off! Whoop! Maybe 10% fat is the way forward (I think to myself hopefully ;) ) allegedly according to my metabolic type I am not supposed to eat low fat alternatives, I am supposed to eat the real deal of everything. Next week I may try adding some high quality oils like walnut...
  128. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Waaaaaahhhhhhh diasastrous!!!!! Yoghurt disaster!!!! Alert alert! ;) I decided to have some plums and yoghurt for a snack - I did a big organised shop of prawns and salad and allowable fruit and dried chickpeas and turkey - go me. I swear I spotted that I had Total Greek Yoghurt in my hand...
  129. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Just to let you know, I feel a bit headachey and under the weather...wil probably still do a swim and steam as exercise seems to clear out my pipes and makes me feel better. Not hungry, have had a bar and an apple and not had my mid morning snack bar as I am beginning the weaning process and the...
  130. Cerulean

    810 food

    810 list 3 Cambridge meal products 340ml skimmed milk or 195g fat free plain yoghurt 1 protein option (though you can mix and match, e.g., half of the cottage cheese and half of the chicken) 1 Vegetable option (or mix and match as for the protein) ====== Protein Options 250g...
  131. Cerulean

    810 food

    Peas are a bit carby - and yeah - the book does explain that in the FAQ at the end of the 1000 chapter, I think - tiny bits of foods not on the list are kind of okay in combo with other ingredients. So you could use miso soup and garlic and ginger with the pak choi for example - but the idea is...
  132. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I somehow managed my 4.5k scheduled run tonight (bless LA Fitness for staying open in the city until 7.30pm - your staff are stars) - running has become fun! (It always kicks in once I've licked the 5k) I had forgotten my socks - so I could have given up earlier but I just bloody did it...
  133. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I am okay, I live in a gang heavy area of north London (one of the big publicised murders was at the end of my road) but that means our local police have been very vigilant and the shop curfew I was whinging about probably saved us last night. What I ate on my summer holidays. So I've...
  134. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Nat, I could have totally ramraided Morrisons (which had closed early unexpectedly for no good reason as we only had a small gang of troublemakers at midnight last night) for some Coke Zero (what a time to run out!!! I've soaked me chickpeas for tomorrow...if the worst comes to the worst I'll...
  135. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Awww TFG, I can see what the intention is behind the suggestions and it's really sweet, but it's hilarious at how wrong it is
  136. Cerulean

    is there ever another golden time..

    Hiya! I am having my second golden time! No such thing is only having one shot at this. Admittedly it's harder, but also easier because you know more about what is happening to you and it's less frightening - but yeah - the motivation to keep on it can seem harder. But you get through it the...
  137. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    What part of 'I can eat chicken and salad' translates into just providing sandwiches! Bless my sister for totally ignoring everything I said! Today I sort of did a kind of 1000 plan day. 2 food packs, apples, berries, small bit of bread, mainly 1000 plan protein (some sliiiightly off the usual...
  138. Cerulean

    810

    Courtesy of the lovely Lily who posted them for me a couple of months back. 810 list 3 Cambridge meal products 340ml skimmed milk or 195g fat free plain yoghurt 1 protein option (though you can mix and match, e.g., half of the cottage cheese and half of the chicken) 1 Vegetable...
  139. Cerulean

    30 day Shred

    Day 6 level 1 (2nd time round) complete too (waves at Naz!) Did 29 press-ups today. Also I ran my first 5k in 2 years today. So happy!
  140. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    And even though I would have forgiven myself if I hadn't, I shredded today. We didn;t find very many good blackberries - I ate about 10 - rather nice! Friend offered me more and I refused. Didn't feel like it, they didn't set me off being snacky even though I was genuinely hungry at that point...
  141. Cerulean

    How did I get here?

    Hi, I lost 8 st on LL and put 7 back on, lost 5.5 on CD and am now slowly stepping up whilst still losing. If you want to read my diary thread, I started in March this year and have done brilliantly on CD - have concentrated on making sure stabilisation runs smoothly this time so I never have to...
  142. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Just a quickie before I get the tube...I RAN 5K today!!! (it was supposed to be a long slow run, but I sprinted the last kilometer! I swam 600m (had to meet a friend so swim was cut short) then walked 3miles through the woods near my house. So...my first 5k...my 5-10k training starts here...so I...
  143. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Haha - Nat - I know that script, I just wish I had known the actual script for the play I am in! Yesterday was interesting as well - if you think about it, I am doing 8-900 cals of exercise on a full day (which yesterday was) and about 2-400 on a 'rest' day...I ate extra chicken (I roasted 2...
  144. Cerulean

    STRUGGLING!!!

    Some nights you just have to tough it out...just grip on for grim death and think how good you'll feel in the morning for making it. Also the week following a TOTM loss is usually a good one - so I know you'll want it to be as good as it possibly can be :)
  145. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Just a quick update on my plan for tomorrow before I go up to bed (I know, its just Saturday nights are tricky in the days when booze and takeaways are off the books - and I treasure my Sunday mornings of quiet gyms and the big lovely pool at my local gym or pond on the heath far more!)...
  146. Cerulean

    30 day Shred

    Shredded today so that's 5 times out of 6 days level 1...not sure that I'm noticing that much of a difference this time...but we'll see in the fullness of the shred - oh hang on - yes I know what I'm noticing - the top fat off my belly is going - I am starting to totally smooth out on my torso...
  147. Cerulean

    week 5 and no cdc

    Do you know what the difference usually is? My CDC usually weighs me 2-3lbs heavier in clothes at 6pm so if you know what the difference usually is, record that weight as your inbetween one. If you look at my weights in my sig - I've been away and my CDC's been away, I record my home weight in...
  148. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hiya ChunkyMonkey - yeah - I think it's to do with testosterone levels and soy - I have these strange bumps at the side of my neck...I only have a couple more weeks on 3 packs a day so I'm going to ride it out...but I seem to remember really breaking out at the end of 20 or so weeks of LL and...
  149. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Nat - phew! Yeah - Shred is always half fun and elation half 'OMG WHY DO I DO THIS???' Now before you all think I am on the goody goody train to perfection land, I screwed up slightly last night. Dunno what it was - be it tiredness, super anxiety over today (boring stuff to do with acting and...
  150. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oh Princess - that sounds rubbish! I usually only have the mix grill and extra lamb and the bindi bhaji and pumpkin curry - we had a lovely prawn balti for my bday...but you're right - maybe their regular suppliers are taking it easy too! I can't imagine after so many years they'd risk going...
  151. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Today I ate prawns and cottage cheese and leaves...I think I calculated that I was close to about 960 cals...This is all a bit strange as I don't drink the milk which is basically 120 cals and that's the amount I overeat in protein and leaves...so really confused by the amounts for 810...I don't...
  152. Cerulean

    30 day Shred

    Forgive me Shredders for I have skipped...Should be Day 5 today but yesterday after 3 days in a row I needed sleep (have a faint bout of hayfever and the heat means my sleeping pattern is a bit shot) so I missed doing it in the morning, had work til 5, rehearsal from 5-10 so there was no way I...
  153. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Did my 2 mile run - good speed, bit boring - need some new exciting tuneage for the old iPhone. I feel great after a run, but I am at the boring learning my stride and getting my breathing right stage at the mo...until I can comfortably run a 5k I don't like any of the road routes near my house...
  154. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Don't sweat the small stuff...nah, really - important, that. Just so ya know - my experiment with a bit of extra veg yesterday but less exercise worked pretty well - woke up with keto-dog-breath-of-death this morning so I assume that I am treading a very narrow line between in and out...very...
  155. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hiya Princess! I agree, its tough round here! Especially with Brick Lane so close. Am taking my friend to Tayyabs in Whitechapel for lots of grilled meat and salad as soon as I'm on 1500!!! I don't miss the boozing actually as I've been so busy this year - the lack of booze means I've had lots...
  156. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Hey Sal...just two words for you....COME ONNNNNN!! You know you can do this. The time will pass whether you're on the Cambridge train or not...may as well hop on board and toot toot along the expressway to slimsville. (I can't believe I just said that). I'm a bit under the weather...
  157. Cerulean

    30 day Shred

    Did Day 3 of Level 1 Shred 2. Did 2.5kg weights on the middle set, light weights (1.2kg) for all the others and I dropped them during all the cardio bar the punching due to the heat - I think this was mainly cos I managed about 25 press ups in total - didn't have the strength for much else...
  158. Cerulean

    Exercise, resistance training

    Hi meoww - I did LL too - how odd - there were a load of us that did Body Pump on the old LL forum (that was a few years back though before all the medical stuff got quite serious) Do what feels right for you, drop your weights if necessary, but I have put on a spot of muscle in 20 weeks of CD -...
  159. Cerulean

    what sort of loses do you tend to see...

    After TotM, great losses - the week before, utter rubbish.
  160. Cerulean

    so annoyed

    Woah - that sounds like torture! Good job we're here, eh? ;) You've done so well...I guess you'll just have to finish the programme abd become a CDC yourself!
  161. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Grumpy Cerulean's FAQs of Sole Sourcing I'm not going to mention all that has just passed any more, but thank you all for your comments and support. And in the meantime I'd like to beg a little forgiveness - gawd knows I get aerated and occasionally very preachy about advising people not to...
  162. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Awwwww you GUUUUYYYYS!!! You are all lovely! Thanks for reminging (reminging??? er reminding - thanks iPhone) me why I heart Minis so much :) Anyway...back to the business of doing the diet...today is a cardio rest day...I shall be Shredding later tonight (I like to leave 36 hours between some...
  163. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Thankyou Sal and Shanny. I just feel a bit childish myself which was why I tried just ignoring it but then I remembered tgat this is a Cambridge Support Forum so why the hell am I worried about it? I know that stepping off is a vulnerable time where you need handholding and encouragement and...
  164. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Forgot to mention the best bit! Ate about 950 cals yesterday and lost 2lbs overnight (drank looooads of water as well cos of exercise and the weather) So I have started shredding and lost 3.5lbs in 2 days. So the shredding and eating on an LCD has nowt to do with it - I am on the 2 weeks of my...
  165. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Also, I put pictures up and keep a diary to help people, to spur people on, to have them picked apart and criticised by a stranger is the height of bad manners.
  166. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Yeah, it's weird choosing where to go really - I see this 'journey' as being all about the maintenance - SSing is the easy bit. Just eat the packs and drink the water and tell people to bugger off if they try to make you eat. I really am not contributing to the forum any more though, someone...
  167. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    LOL - I think KD had the best spreadsheets ever - but my new one with all the tabs for running, swimming and the food diary is a masterpiece...but I have to do too much manual stuff in it to publish it.
  168. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Cool, I'd keep updating just not quite sure if theres some CD forum rule once you're eating potatoes!!! (Not for a coupla weeks, I hasten to add!) I don't mind telling you that I am shattered, I only got about 6 hours sleep...Did the shred in the am and have been getting a tad muscle achey all...
  169. Cerulean

    need insprition CD SS stories please

    Hiya....I'm a restarter, started at 17st in mid march - am now 11st 10 in 20 weeks - have started stepping up and have been on 810 since the end of week 20. There are pics in my blog...I'll do some more shortly when i get to 11st 7 (my favourite weight :) )
  170. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oooooh, quick question...does my diary stay here? Is that allowed or am I supposed to go in a maintenance forum? Do you SSing guys want to know what I'm eating or is that a pain in the bum?
  171. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Did day 2 of the Shred. Feeling good. Today is a 4k run and rehearsal tonight. Slight food confession...ate two batches of chickpeas prob cos I was thirsty - but weight still good - ate about 1000 cal yesterday and did 550 of exercise so - all good. Have read through the steps and am determined...
  172. Cerulean

    30 day Shred

    I couldn't do more than one 2 months ago, hell at the end of my first 30 days I was still barely making it through a whole set...have had a few weeks off just swimming and running and can do a good 20-30 now!
  173. Cerulean

    30 day Shred

    DAY TWO Level One. Dropped the weights for last set of cardio - one and a half sets of full press ups before switching!! Did lighter weights on first strength set to allow recovery from last night. All good!
  174. Cerulean

    Weight Loss During Menstrual Cycle?

    Yup - can't lose a single lb until Aunt Flo is on her way out then I lose all my weight for the month in 2 weeks and stay the same through ovulation. It wasn't like that first time round - I was pretty consistent with just one STS week mid cycle.
  175. Cerulean

    30 day Shred

    SHRED TWO ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: Day 1 Level 1 - This time with 6lb weights (mainly) SHRED TWO: THIS TIME I HAVE 6lb WEIGHTS - DAY ONE Hullo - I am a VLCDer on the Cambridge Forum - I lost 16lbs and 9 inches off my main bits a month or so ago on my first time through the Shred. I am now running...
  176. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Day 145 and Day 1 of The Shred (All over again!) Hello! I had my first WI in 3 weeks. 7lbs off - my CWPC was a bit...hmmm...but I've been 810ing, it was a hot day and the tape measure proves I lost a dress size in 3 weeks. Bloody scales nutters (not just my CWPC - everyone other than me!) LOOK...
  177. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I do wear trainers (you will see that sometimes they fall off) I have laminate floors and i only wear my running trainers inside at the moment so i don't have gunge issues!!!
  178. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Woah! It's August! So yeah - Surfhunny asked me if I was scared about the beginning of the end. You know what, I am not scared, elated, excited, overjoyed to be eating and hey - even snacking a bit (albeit on radishes!) I have absolutely no feelings about food other than yeah, it's nice and...
  179. Cerulean

    Getting so frustrated

    Egbert, only you know how easy it will be to clear your life. If you know you can give this 2 months in the autumn or winter, then you should do it - I know Jan/Feb are great months for me to get on with it as everything comes to a halt and the whole world understands a detox, but in order not...
  180. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I've lost 30% of me! The scales finally shifted by 2lbs overnight despite having about 4 times as much salad as I am supposed to have (still only 100 cals of salad, but still) Body fat is finally creeping down towards the 20s, I am now a safe distance away from the 12s and I am less than 11st...
  181. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    TFG - you may need to talk to someone trained in it because this may mean that you have borked your type over the years (my friend had by eating low fat high carb for too long) It was very easy for me to answer and I came out 20 points ahead in protein. I thnk being mixed is cool - it just means...
  182. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Well - there we go - I upped my exercise! I walked 4.6 miles to the gym and the heath and back through Archway to my home. At the gym I did a 4.2k run (2.6 miles) so next week I'll be definitely up for trying a long slow 5k for my Sunday run. I was all red and sweaty so I walked up to the Ladies...
  183. Cerulean

    Surfhunny's Countdown to Florida

    If she goes through her solicitor you just pass the letter to your insurer saying, 'This is her first contact with me following the event'
  184. Cerulean

    Surfhunny's Countdown to Florida

    God - I know exactly what you're going through - a few years back I was totally fully comp and all covered and I reversed into someone in a petrol station in a dodgy bit of Bristol late at night. Totally my fault - but no worries cos I was covered to the nines, yeah. The guy said 'Just give me...
  185. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    The decision to 810 So I think I'm officially doing 810 now. I think it's because now (one of) the play(s) is over I want to up my exercise and I think August is going to be a good month for The Shred. If I Shred through August and stay 810 for the next 3 weeks and then 1000 from that point...
  186. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Finished the play - did well - had a rehearsal for the other plays early in the morning, lots of running around so my breakfast was a bar, a shake, 2 eggs - so many calories all at once - not sure it took me out of ketosis as people often say it does, I did feel a bit 'munchy' afterwards though...
  187. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Just spoke to mum - my parents own a pub in the West Country - they have a computer behind the bar and they put up my facebook pictures the other night - people didn't recognise me and asked who it was! Mum said 'I don't care what you do, just don't put the weight back on!' I do not intend to!'...
  188. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Phew! Got a letter off my landlord - rent increase deferred for 2 months...ready to sign contract. Can afford to pay for Mum's 60th birthday and stay living here! I had a prawn and cottage cheese salad for lunch. I'm working from home which makes a gym visit a tad tricky as my home gym is 20...
  189. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Told ya so So that extra 0.8lbs dissolved overnight and I'm back in the 11s. Whoop! Am working from home today (I did A LOT of work yesterday so today I can just answer emails and do filing and kick back a bit!) I don't really need an 810 meal today as I can have my packs whenever up until...
  190. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oooh - TFG - All my Viv dresses are size 20...which is more like a high street 16 (they have a size chart on their webiste - but basically they fit me from about 13.5st - 15.5st) I have a red with small white polkadot full circle halterneck dress which I will probably pass on as I have a...
  191. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    I had about 100g of tuna in spring water (threw away the rest of the tin as I wasn't taht bothered by it after a few mouthfuls) and some celery to get through the evening. So not quite the day I'd planned, but still - 3 packs plus a SS+ ish meal...I've made a new sexy spreadsheet that tracks the...
  192. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Non Scale....."Victory"??? So I missed my run because I left my tshirt at home and had no alternative, so I swam. As I swam and got into my stride I sped slong merrily for 40 lengths before realising that my boobs had floated free of my size 14 cossie. Oooooops.
  193. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Today is a Thursday which means that it is 20 weeks since I started, I am here in my slightly loose size 12 pinstripe high waisted trousers and my very fitted silk shirt from Mexx. 20 weeks, eh? 20 weeks to go from a size 20-22 to a size 12. Not too shabby! Despite being briefly back in the 12s...
  194. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    The overnight effect Well, what you get when you don't stick strictly to the rules is a 0.8lb overnight gain. Which means nothing, but for newbies who ask what happens if you don't follow the stepping up, this is what starts to happen if you consistently don't follow the guidelines. It'll come...
  195. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Thanks guys...nice to hear! And as if by magic tonight I had my first 'You have to stop the diet now' from exactly the person I suspected I would hear it from! I did say 'I'm 12 stone, luv, I'm not skinny, really' and brushed it off...but you always know you're near (ish) then end when those...
  196. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    A rant For the first time in 4 and a half years I have had to put someone on my ignore list. What the hell are they even doing on the CD forum if all they can do is say 'People could just lose the weight on a calorie controlled diet'. I don't swear on Minimins, I really don't but F*CK OFF...
  197. Cerulean

    Angel getting her wings back.. (810 PLAN)

    Skinny - it's The Metabolic Typing Diet by William Wolcott...really interesting but it's quite complicated to explain. Some of us convert the energy from carbs far too quickly and don't use the energy when it is available so we convert sugar to bodyfat...those types of people need to eat lots of...
  198. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Opening night again.... Caught the bus up to Tufnell Park, went in a lovely cafe and just let my mind zone out a bit, had a giant coffee. Walked down the pretty hill to my home gym, ran my 2.25 miles in 2 mins less than I did it last time - thanks to The Prodigy...Swam - had a lovely long swim...
  199. Cerulean

    A bit of science lol

    The science is that 3.5lbs of that weight loss in the first week will be fat and the rest is glycogen, your ready reserves of energy that your body carries around with you - on a VLCD in the first week, you lose this so that you are in ketosis. Alas, try as you might you can;t ever lose that...
  200. Cerulean

    Diary of an 810er...

    Ha - just read through this - I've noticed that if you have what some of the allowances say there is no way of getting your calories around 810 - some combinations are more like 950! Also - I know what you mean about Jillian Michaels and CDC! All that joggling certainly gets things moving ;)
  201. Cerulean

    Angel getting her wings back.. (810 PLAN)

    Hiya! I'm about to move onto 810 for the next month - I'm coming to the end of my journey, so I'm using it to get from about 11st 10 to under 11st which is almost my healthy weight so we can compare notes on 810 techniques! I was also a binge eater myself. I've been doing a lot of reading on...
  202. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    No more 40s! http://www.marksandspencer.com/General-Womens-Size-Guides-Product-Information-Help/b/47647031 According to this I am now a medium woman! I am 37.5 29 39...so a size 12 in trousers (confirmed by my slinky M&S trousers from the good old days of 2008) and almost a size 12 on top -...
  203. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    ELLEVEN STONE SOMETHING! Well - even with a small meal yesterday, I lost a pound overnight and I am now (semi officially - but officially in my book as it is my home scales I will be living by in the future) 11st 13lbs and 12 oz. Less than 1st 4 to go to a normal weight. Looks like I'm into the...
  204. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Just got home from the dress rehearsal (left the house at 9.15 having had a bar and a banana shake for breakfast) I dashed to Oxford Street to get a white strapless bra to go under my toga - Me in a 34 DD bandeau bra - can you imagine! And then I was in the theatre for 12 hours. I've done this...
  205. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Today is an exercise rest day as you need a recovery day after your long slow run. I had been hoping after 5 days of stagnating at 168.8 the scales might have budged this morning, especially as I did 800 cals of exercise yesterday...but nah - I seem to remember that exercise burn is a 2 day...
  206. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Just got back to a computer and read all the lovely comments. Thank you all, I hope (I know I will this time!) I do you all justice! Only a week of SS/SS+ to go...and then August will be my month of 810. And what the hell, why not have another crack at the 30 day shred - I stopped doing weights...
  207. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    rehearsal went well, everyone had pizza apart from me...its just pizza, eh? sleepy now.
  208. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    On my way to last normal rehearsal before we get to the theatre. Ran for 30 mins so that means 810 approacheth as I won't run for longer without food. Swam a mile and had a good hot sauna. Feel great. Byeeeee!
  209. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oooh - Nat you're quite the Sherlock! Alas no, I work in an investment bank (not one of the ones that owes you and me money, I hasten to add) - I did start out my professional life working on MoD accounting projects so I must have been influenced!
  210. Cerulean

    hello!.question re mayo

    I have a halfway house solution which may not be to everyone's taste - but I'll put it out there cos it's yummy, but when I'm on 810, I switch out my milk for 0% Total Greek Yoghurt and I mix it with tandoori spices and marinade chicken in it overnight and then george foreman it - you get that...
  211. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    So this morning I ran 2 miles and swam 800 metres. I would have done more but the pool got stupid busy and I felt I'd done enough so I had extra happy sauna funtimes. Didn't walk to and from the gym cos I didn't need to...went to rehearsal, worked hard - quite physical and then did some...
  212. Cerulean

    Why does the weight come back?

    Okay - there is a technical explanation...the research says that VLCDers are no more or less successful at keeping it off than other diets - the same thing happens to everyone, you put your body into weightloss mode for several weeks and months. Your hormones, thinking they are doing you a...
  213. Cerulean

    What was your turning point?

    Creeping back up to morbidly obese again...decided enough was enough - also I started getting jowls...not good!
  214. Cerulean

    I did it once, i can do it AGAIN!!!

    You can do it again! I went from 18st - 10 st in 2007, by 2011 I was pushing 17st and now I'm almost in the 11s...it's tough to start with, but I've done it all over again and am almost finished!
  215. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Up early today, I want to have a nice spa morning so I shall wander over to the gym, get my 2 mile run in and a nice km-mile swim and a spa session. Then I have a rehearsal and tonight I am performing poetry. I've finally got a Boris bike key (well it should arrive today or monday)...as I...
  216. Cerulean

    Cerulean's new before and after 2011

    AOGG - Any gauntness is glycogen loss - it hits my face particularly hard, but I always look healthy again once I refeed - I have very high cheekbones - my friends say I look like Peter Cushing when I'm on a VLCD!! - weight comes off my face and collarbones even when I'm obese. I definitely have...
  217. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Also Nat YOU ARE IN THE ELEVENS!!! You may be only 1lb ahead of me, but woah, it's an important one!
  218. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Awww cheers Nat - I'd look Hawtter if my skin hadn't imploded, I am currently suffering from the worst acne in my life. I know it's to do with the foodpacks. But arrrggghhh. Also, my tenancy is an agreement that ends each year (on a sort of casual basis, but legally, yes, they can put my rent...
  219. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    And so it goes on Tough day yesterday, training someone who had to sit with me all day, so that looked weird as I didn't eat all day, so there was fussing and who wants to tell a stranger about Cambridge? And then when it was lunchtime I had to joke 'I don't eat human food at the moment, I'm...
  220. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Tough week this week, busy every night and work a little bit tougher than usual because I have a trainee for the next two days which makes the whole day something I have to think about rather than just freestyling. And then the letter to my landlord lands on their matt this morning so I have to...
  221. Cerulean

    Diary of an 810er...

    I totally agree - hardly any 810ers around and no real record of diets and what people eat and what people lose - people don't stay there for very long - I enjoyed my compulsory 810 week but I put 2lbs on during it even though I stuck to it religiously, so I can sort of see why people get...
  222. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    So tired and my weightloss has slowed again over the last two weeks. I know I'm getting smaller as all my 14s are too big for me by far, but when you're trying to hit a BMI and you know that you're running out of time and money...well - it's a royal pain. I know it will take about 6 weeks to get...
  223. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Oh crappy day :(( My landlord is putting up my rent by 15% - so just as I am coming off the diet, my already tight budget is severely restricted. Ugh...I'll manage cos I'm a grown up - but it caused 2 hours of sheer exhausted temporary depression as I looked at London rental prices - which...
  224. Cerulean

    Surfhunny's Countdown to Florida

    But stopping yourself a bite into a binge when you could have easily talked yourself into getting your money's worth is a major deal...I know I can rarely do it without resorting to Fairy Liquid squirty tactics...On explanation might be Ghrelin - your hormones are screaming at you to eat (you...
  225. Cerulean

    Twitter/Blog Motivation

    Hiya - I'm keepoffthearse.wordpress.com - have subscribed to yours. I keep twitter and facebook free of VLCD references as I have friends who are v negative about Cambridge so I don't want to blow my cover!
  226. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Knackered - just got back from rehearsal - OMG I had the fierce hunger today and no mistake. Jaysus. And it was a quiet day physically...go figure. I know it was partially tiredness and also all the planning to see when I come off this stage and thinking about 810 meals...and it was easy enough...
  227. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    The beginning of the end Well - I'm 12st 1.5 which means I'm properly 5st down. 1st 5.5lbs away from 'healthy' although according to the waist measurement indicator, I am more than healthy (less than 31 inches) but according to body fat measurements, I am not - so ha - I can't stop just yet. I...
  228. Cerulean

    Sore throat

    I make Cambridge Lemsip! Ibuprofen and hot water flavouring :)
  229. Cerulean

    measurements...

    Every week without fail!
  230. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Yeah - I am fascinated by the kettlebell stuff, we have them at my city gym...but I'm not doing anything with heavier weights until I'm off SS - 810 is coming up soon (not sure when - too busy to do food shopping til Midsummer Night's Dream is over!)
  231. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Thanks! I was just thinking I should start another 30 day shred with new super weights as I'm just not getting on with 6week6pack - I really do miss all the cardio and strength work! - I know I will take up 6w6p when I'm a bit lighter and have less fat and can see the actual effect, but the...
  232. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Off to rehearsal for 4 hours...walked the mile and a bit to the gym, ran 3k gently (v. gently, no stopping or walking and then swam 1500m. Coffee and a peanut bar on the bus. Good work Sarah.
  233. Cerulean

    Question about going off SS

    Ooh Elaine - that's brilliant to see - and well done for making the switch so effectively - you've got a lot of discipline there!
  234. Cerulean

    Can I drink these teas

    Fennel is not on the standard permitted list, but green and peppermint are fine.
  235. Cerulean

    Excess skin after CD ???

    Thank you for your concern. However, this is a post about loose skin, not whether you think I am going to keep the weight off or not or my food issues. I wasn't going to say anything but I think I should. This forum is for supporting people on CD. From previous comments and posts, you're doing...
  236. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Quick update...woke up ran lines, got bus to rehearsal, horrible day rather glad I had something to do, ran across town to a workshop for a volunteering thing with kids I'm doing, then the buses were weird (I've had it with weird buses for one week!) 4 stopes shut in a row and I had to walk in...
  237. Cerulean

    Excess skin after CD ???

    Aquarius - I do understand your CDC's caution and it's important not to push yourself too far, but I have put on muscle mass whilst on SS and my biceps have grown - so I'm living breathing proof that you can do it. And I am the original picked last at gym kind of girl...so I'm not scarily fit -...
  238. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Illa - I started doing the diet after I got the role in the top picture - I was starting to get typecast as shouting authority figures and horrible women (or ratbags as Monty Python call them) The subsequent roles I have got are in a similar vein as I still have the strength and authority, but...
  239. Cerulean

    Excess skin after CD ???

    Aquarius - seriously? Your CDC said that? I've been fine with light but intense weight work and as long as you do light weights in BP you should be fine (have a quiet word with the instructor beforehand so they don't get over-enthusiastic with you) - By all means build up slowly and surely over...
  240. Cerulean

    Excess skin after CD ???

    Hi - I've gone from a BMI of 42 to 23 in the past and this year from 39.9 to 28 - but this time I have done the 30 day shred and been working with weights - my skin is much firmer and my bingo wings are disappearing - I am 37. Sure I'll have a few wobbly bits, but reducing your body fat...
  241. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Nat - I am a biiit ripped....with fat on top...sort of a raspberry ripple!
  242. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    Heh, Shanny - I'm 171lbs today - so 12st 3. So I'm 1st 5lbs overweight and my bodyfat is still 36% (should be under 30 at my age) but I have a healthy waist measurement. I'm thinking of 810ing once I get under the magic 11st 13 - so hopefully from next weekend.
  243. Cerulean

    Cerulean's Maintenance Diary - 20 wks of SSing - Maintaining since 25/07/11

    What a calamatous day!!!! Get the full story here.... Keep off the arse But for those of you who like to stay tuned to minimins.com - here's the fun part! Yes, I am doing acting and am 1st 8lbs into this year's journey...so around 215lbs... Ladies loo rodeo by perfectlyvague, on...
  244. Cerulean

    Cerulean's new before and after 2011

    Yes, I am doing acting and am 1st 8lbs into this year's journey...so around 215lbs... Ladies loo rodeo by perfectlyvague, on Flickr And this is me today inexplicably waving my hand in the air (like I just don't care) 45lbs lighter in 3 months. It's not quite an after photo as I have another 2...
  245. Cerulean

    Advice needed - am in mild shock following an accident

    Cheers Shiny - I think you've got it there...yeah - a bar with a cup of something strong (I'm cool without milk or sweetner). You are wise :) Oooh - I do have a tiny square of posh dark choc from the posh Italian cafe I go to on the southbank...so if the jitters really don't subside that can...
  246. Cerulean

    Before & After Photo Thread of Inspiration!!! Post Your photos here!

    You want pictures...you got pictures! I don'r really have any good before pics...I was a size 20 on March 10th this year... Today I am a size 12 July 15th 2011 12st 3? ish? Actually if you really dig around on here you can see my original before photos anyway - so here I am 4 years later...
  247. Cerulean

    What keeps you motivated?

    Little things like going from 17st to this in 4 months and 5 days Ladies loo rodeo by perfectlyvague, on Flickr
  248. Cerulean

    Advice needed - am in mild shock following an accident

    And no - I'm not going anywhere near A&E - I have total white coat syndrome and hate hospitals and seriously I'd be put right to the back of the queue, I am not injured - just stressy and jittery but not having palpitations or any signs of physiological shock.
  249. Cerulean

    Advice needed - am in mild shock following an accident

    Er...now - I don't want to alarm anyone, I am fine, really I am, but a bus rolled into my bus shelter whilst I was under it and I got covered in tiny fragments of glass. I got dusted off by paramedics but there was another lady far worse off then me so I stripped to my bra, shook off my top and...
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