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  1. bigtummymummy

    synner!!!!!!!!

    weighin is tonight.. aaarrrggghhhh!!!!
  2. bigtummymummy

    i'm thinking of doing EE but i'm confused!!!

    I'm not quite understanding the EE plan, is it three set meals? can you still have free foods through day? Can any one give me an example of what to eat.... i have looked throught the booklet and don't quite understand it... i may just be acting simple, but i want to get it right as i don't want...
  3. bigtummymummy

    synner!!!!!!!!

    I have not kept my food diery over weekend, so i'm gonna sit and fill it in now... i have had quite alot of syns since friday... upuntill then i had only had8 syns all week, so i had quite a few syns to play with... but think i have gone well over board..... i need to get back on track today and...
  4. bigtummymummy

    blown it

    i'm so disapointed... it was drinking alcohol on friday.. counted it in my syns, then came home and cos i had a few too many i thought it was a good idea to have pizza=3 slices.... which probably accounted for my syns for the weeek, as i use very little syns... but then to top it off last night...
  5. bigtummymummy

    oh my god!!!!

    I'm going to the Rocky Horror show tonight with the guys and girls from work, everyone going in tarty fancy dress.... i feel so big and fat, but have got something to wear, i think i'm gonna feel so self conciuos all night, at one time i would have got drunk and not cared... but i don't want to...
  6. bigtummymummy

    head not in the game....

    I have lost 9lb in 3 weeks, which i'm realy happy about, was star week last week, so have no excuse for feeling like this, i have used my syns on chocolate today to help get rid of this feeling, but i'm not gonna brake the plan cos i know it will be a slippey road to self distuction if i do. i...
  7. bigtummymummy

    head not in the game....

    Don't know what is wrong with me today but i feel like when i get weighed on Monday that i will not have lost weight as i feel so bloated..Monday.. i hear you say ....... yes i know it is 4 days away but i feel like i have failed aleady..... and now i'm in the mentality that if i have failed i...
  8. bigtummymummy

    My OH has made me want to eat.....

    Had a bit of a tif with my OH, over somthing stupid, but although we have not fallen out he has pi***d me off.... so now i'm in a bad mood and feel miserable and want to eat loads of chocolate!!!! He is now out training and i have put all kids to bed and sat on my own thinking about chocolate...
  9. bigtummymummy

    the food demons are out aarrgghhh!!!

    Yeah green day... ohhhh!!! CHIPS mmmmmmm!!!! lol!!! I forgot about SW chips. Although not sweet they are tempting...... thanks x
  10. bigtummymummy

    the food demons are out aarrgghhh!!!

    Help!!!!!!! Nothing is satisfying my hunger demons..... i have stuck to plan and had some small mirangues to battle the sweet craving (from my syns of course), but nothing is working, I have eaten loads of fruit, muller light, pasta and had mt HE A&B.... so where do i go from here... what more...
  11. bigtummymummy

    got to love them....

    My 17 month old son has speant the day trying to feed me everything he has been eating... cheese, cerial, toast, scrambled egg, crisps, chocolate biscuit, apple, grapes and his dummy.... Bless him he just does not understand why i wouldnt have the crisps or biscuit.. or dummy covered in slaver...
  12. bigtummymummy

    depressed!

    My scales weigh me exactly the same as the ones at SW, maybe that why i'm obsessed... hey at least i'm admitting to my problem lol!!!! i have managed to walk passed them today and not get weighed... might be tempted in the morning lol!!..... it's a hard habbit to quit lol!
  13. bigtummymummy

    depressed!

    I had been so depressed all week after only loosing half pound last week, i got into a habitual weighing myself morning noon and night routine (stupid i know).... i couldn't see any weight coming off, despite sticking to the diet 100%. Weighed myself on Sunday night and i weighed the same as i...
  14. bigtummymummy

    Red day .. sweet cravings

    I have been having red days for the last three days and since then have been craving sweets + chocolate, i have not given in and had any. I do not suffre this on green days. Anyone else have this on red days? Must be to do with blood sugars but i don't want to have chocolate and a quick sugar...
  15. bigtummymummy

    Night shifts- affect weight loss?

    I did a full week of nights last week, hardly ate as wasn't really hungry and more to the point didn't get time, my ward was so busy we didn't get brakes, hardly had any sins and only had some healthy extras.. i lost half pound, was not happy. my advise to you is eat and eat well, plenty of free...
  16. bigtummymummy

    Help - my job is making me eat!!!

    I'm sorry to hear you are so stressed and i know how you feel, at times my job drags me down. But one thing to remember, if hunger is not the problem then food is not the answer! I think you could do with taking relaxation classes, yoga... something like that.. if you can afford... or just...
  17. bigtummymummy

    Stopped making excuses

    Star week this week, and i have really impressed myself, on other diets i have always used the excuse that i have to eat crap this week as my body needs it.... always given in to those demon's demanding takeaway and chocolate.... but not this time, i have made sure i have eaten plenty of free...
  18. bigtummymummy

    HELP!!!!!!!!!!

    Thanks all, i did have some chocolate, 2 fudge bars, sent OH to buy them so i wouldn't be tempted to buy more, i was very satisfied and counted them in my sins
  19. bigtummymummy

    HELP!!!!!!!!!!

    It's star week.... and it hitting me with avengence..... been good all week and only had around 3-4 syns a day so far this week some days less.... so the chocolate devil is out and and screaming at me to eat some..... So my question to you my fellow SW friends... should i allow myself the...
  20. bigtummymummy

    Did I dream it?

    Now i really really want some lol!!! with a bottle of red wine lol!!!! ...... OFF TO HAVE A MULLERLIGHT INSTEAD LOL!!
  21. bigtummymummy

    Did I dream it?

    How nice would it be if they were free mmmmmmmm!!!!!! I want some now lol!!
  22. bigtummymummy

    motivation what do u do

    I'm going on a hen do abroad in summer, so i go upstair and put a bakini on and have a good look at myself.... it normally works...it's not a pretty site lol!!! It will be by summer though x
  23. bigtummymummy

    Too much energy!!

    Come clean my house and look after my 4 kids while i lay here on sofa lol!!!!! I know how you feel i think us nurses sometimes find it hard so slow down and relax as we always work at such a fast pace. How about a session at gym to tire you out, followed by steam room and jacuzi to relax, that...
  24. bigtummymummy

    Tips to help me drink more water

    I don't have a problem drinking water, but my friend does, so here is her tip, every time you need the loo for a wee, drink half pint before you go.... before you know it you will be weeing more so there for drinking more.... it works for her
  25. bigtummymummy

    Bored and lazy

    You can come spend 5 min at mine and if i'm lucky you might get carried away and do it all for me lol!!! he he he!!!!
  26. bigtummymummy

    Bored and lazy

    Though about making the kids do some house work, lol!! after all it is their mess i'm cleaning, and yes i'm being a perfect angle with the food. I'm still recovering from working my week of night shift last week, just feel so zapped of energy, i have three weeks of now so i thought that gives me...
  27. bigtummymummy

    Bored and lazy

    Yep, i'm having on of those days... i'm so bored, yet can't be bothered doing anything.... I need a good kick up the bum to get of this sofa, got loads of cleaning and ironing to do, need to do the bedrooms, vac the stairs, clean the kitchen , room and dining room.... i have 4 kids that make...
  28. bigtummymummy

    nasty comments

    I was at the gym last night, very red face and sweaty.... when two girls walked past and i overheard something nasty they were saying.... The girls were about 20, had full make-up on with really pretty hair (looked like they were about to go clubbing, not a gym workout)... they had very skimpy...
  29. bigtummymummy

    RED day... munchies?

    HELP needed, i'm on a red day and in a grazing mood, need some things to munch on, what can you suggest? Don't want fruit or muller lights..... and need my cheese HEa for tea tonight..... help before i eat the content of my fridge lol!!!
  30. bigtummymummy

    The devil inside....

    Just thought i would share a funny moment i had yesterday. I was in the kitchen.... head stuck in the fridge...mmmmmmm!!!:eatdrink051: what can i have... (you have all been there lol!) I found myself talking to myself, thankfully there was only my 17 month old son in the house with me.... as i...
  31. bigtummymummy

    My wi class a disapointment...

    I have txt her, our class is now computerised, not sure if any of yours is yet, she said she is just getting used to it and the PDA she carries around with all our info on it only brings up some peopls info, she has appolagised and siad that she will try to mention everyone and has offered to...
  32. bigtummymummy

    My wi class a disapointment...

    So second week on the diet and second class... what a disapointment.... where was the encouragement to stick to it!!!! where was the well dones!!! Let me tell you what i am ranting about!! After my disapointment at only loosing half a pound and finding out my friend had lost 4 1/2, despite her...
  33. bigtummymummy

    Monday weighers

    i'm disapointed, half pound off, wish it was more..... didn't eat enough last week due to work. Hope next week is better!
  34. bigtummymummy

    so disapointed!!!

    Got weighed last night..... only lost half pound. I worked seven 12 hour night shifts in a row last week and was really busy.... didn't really get breaks and when i did get chance to eat i was doing that while doing paper work. I seemed to live on fruit as it was something i could grab and eat...
  35. bigtummymummy

    First weigh in... yeah!!

    Got weighed last night and in my first week i have lost 5.5 lb ..... i'm so happy:D:D:D:D:D:D
  36. bigtummymummy

    why are people obsessed with what i eat!!!

    I worked a 14 hour shift yesterday, and to be honest i should have taken "proper" meals to work, but just threw some stuff in my bag at 6am and went to work. I had scrambled egg before i left the house, then in my bag, banana, oranges, apples, plums, pears plus 2 mug shots. So i was sat in our...
  37. bigtummymummy

    Antibiotics?????

    I'm now on antibiotics due to yet another chest infection!! Can anybody tell me if this affects your weight loss on SW, i know on some other diets it can. Has anybody experienced weight gain whilst on antibiotics. I get weighed on monday and this is my first week on SW, so don't want to be...
  38. bigtummymummy

    muller light limited edition lemon cheesecake

    I didn't know it was a syn either, thanks. I thought mine had gone off due to bits and texture of it.... horrible!!! i bought two so will force on of the kids to eat the other lol!!!
  39. bigtummymummy

    What Are You Having for Dinner Tonight?

    Red day. Having beef but not sure what to do with it... any ideas?
  40. bigtummymummy

    Dieting quotes

    Here are some dieting quotes that i have come accross... see what you think, some are good some not so.. in my opinion any way! Fell free to add more if you know any! If hunger is not the problem, then food is not the answer. Eat for the body you want, not the body you have. Don't...
  41. bigtummymummy

    how can it be?

    I get weighed on monday, so will let you know if all this munching has paid off. you are all an insperation and all seem to be doing so well with your weigh loss... so it must work.
  42. bigtummymummy

    how can it be?

    Just doing green and red at moment while i try get my head around all this. A member of the group i joined on monday said she did the week on EE and she lost 4 1/2 so i guesse it does work. you just seem to be able to eat so much on SW. And as for portion controll they said that it does not...
  43. bigtummymummy

    how can it be?

    On day four and just looking back on my food diary... not sure how it is possible to loose weight and eat so much food... i'm eating plenty of free and super free but it seems wrong!!! so much food!!!! I guess the scales will let me know if it works or not lol!!!
  44. bigtummymummy

    BIG MISTAKE

    Yeah think i'll get my OH to hide them in loft, i won't be doing it agian lol!!
  45. bigtummymummy

    need advice.. Star week

    Right girlies.... need some advice. I start night shift next week, 7 x 12 hour shifts in a row, and have just realised this should be my star week.. should i stick to green plan so i'm full of carbs to help keep the sweet craveings away or should i have more Red as i have very bad ones since...
  46. bigtummymummy

    BIG MISTAKE

    WHY did i do it!!!!!! I hopped on the scales this morning , feling really possitive that i would have lost something. Day 4 on SW... optomistic i know.. but i thought i would have seen a little losss at least!!! But NO i weigh exactly thesame as i did when i started.... gutted!!!! feel quite...
  47. bigtummymummy

    The Opposite Effect

    I'm the same, went to a friends wedding ,took me 2 months to find the "perfect dress", got loads of compliments on how nice i looked and felt great that day.... but looking back at the pics and i could die, is that fat woman really me... am i really that big... what was i thinking buying that...
  48. bigtummymummy

    What helps to keep you motivated?

    I don't want to be the fat one out of my group of very slim sexy looking friends... i want to be one of them.... i'm sick of making them look good lol!! I want to look good in a wedding dress, hoping to plan it for 2012.... so got time to get there. I want to go into any shop and be able to buy...
  49. bigtummymummy

    SINS HELP

    On day three of plan been having green days so far. I have only had a total of 6 sins so far in the 3 days, for the low fat marge have been having on my bread. Should i be trying to have more... not been avoiding them but have not needed to include any in my meals so far. I'm not well today and...
  50. bigtummymummy

    night shift ..need food ideas

    Yeah they all bring in crisps, cakes, lots of chocolate and sweets.. things that you can grab as you walk past, eating on the run... probably how i got this big... you don't have time to think what you put in your mouth and don't realise how many times you keep popping that food in... oh the...
  51. bigtummymummy

    night shift ..need food ideas

    Think a shopping trip is needed lol!! thanks x
  52. bigtummymummy

    night shift ..need food ideas

    Think i'm also worried about not eating enough, because i seem to have to froce myself to eat on nights as i just don't feel particularly hungry, but if i don't eat i feel like i'm ready to drop at around 5am... i'm also concerned as some night we don't even get a brake or chance to eat.... yes...
  53. bigtummymummy

    night shift ..need food ideas

    Does anyone else work night shifts. I will be starting a week of nights on sunday and need food ideas. We don't get regular brakes and tend to eat food on the ward due to staffing levels. Most of the staff bring in callorie and fat laden foods "feel good food" to help get through the night...
  54. bigtummymummy

    FIRST CLASS

    Thanks for all the advice x
  55. bigtummymummy

    FIRST CLASS

    Despite the terible road conditions, I made it to my fisrt SW class last night,I was not happy with my weight, but i am very possitve and know I will loose the weight. I was a bit confused at the extra easy plan, but i'm sure when i have read the books several times it will all make sence. The...
  56. bigtummymummy

    First Day HELP!!!!!

    I think i will be better wed when i'm back at work, will be too busy to think about food.... 14 hour shift with 3 brakes .... no chance for snacking.... in retrospect... not sure if that is a good thing!
  57. bigtummymummy

    why the nerves!!!!!

    I'm joining a new class tonight and starting SW for the second time... did it three years ago. But i have knots in my stomack and feel nervious.... stupid i know!!! I feel like i'm getting ready for a job interview lol!!! Not sure why i feel like this..... maybe the nerves of finding out what i...
  58. bigtummymummy

    First Day HELP!!!!!

    I know last time i did SW that a lot of peolpe in my group said that they found red days better and that weight loss was also better, but i was always ok with both. Don't like this feeling of been hungry though, especially when i have eaten plenty, was not sure wether i should get something...
  59. bigtummymummy

    First Day HELP!!!!!

    Thanks, i feel like i'm over eating though.. if that is possible on this diet. I had scrambled egg, mushrooms and toms for breakfast, pasta and vegies for lunch, loads of fruit and 2 muller light yoghurts, plus my allowance of brown bread..... think i'm grazing today as it's my day off, maybe...
  60. bigtummymummy

    First Day HELP!!!!!

    I'm on my first day, green day:D. Although i have had plenty to eat i seem to feel hungry, i have eaten more than i usually eat aswell but just have that empty feeling in my stomach. I did the diet three years ago but don't recall feeling like this.... can anyone tell me why i'm so hungry.
  61. bigtummymummy

    new starter....again lol!!!

    Well i'm of to join slimmers world agian tonight, it has bee about tree years since i last did it and thing seem to have changed (improved).... looking forward to it! I lost 3 1/2 stone last year on Cambridge diet.... but put 2 stone back on... so i'm gonna do it the right way this time. Not...
  62. bigtummymummy

    HELP...Slimming World-ers Unite!

    Hi, i'm starting the diet today, i'm joining tonight, but have done diet before so i am on track with what i am eating already today. I am also the fat one in my group of very slim friends, who all tell me i'm ok and i don't need to to loose weight.. who they trying to kid lol!! I'm a size...
  63. bigtummymummy

    Arn't mums wonderfull

    My mum knows that i'm on SSCD, and she keeps telling me how well i'm doing and how good i'm looking, however on the other hand, she keeps telling me to eat, lol!!! She says things like: " would a little food really hurt?" " you look so tired, maybe you shold eat somthing" " you have been at...
  64. bigtummymummy

    Happy happy happy

    I got weighed on Monday and had lost 7lb, couldn't be happier, especially after a bad week the week before, i will be good this week and drink lots and hope for another good weigh in next Monday x
  65. bigtummymummy

    Having a bad day!

    My mood is quite low today, and feeling the fridge is calling me....... i feel so miserable and could so easily give in, so insted of opening the fridge i opened the lap top to come on her and seek insperation and motivation to try stay on track.... does anyone else go through days like this?
  66. bigtummymummy

    Quick question.

    I bought the mixamouse the other day and love it, but just wondered how many times you can use it a day, as it doesnt say on the tub. At most i have used it twice, but try not to use more than once as i'm not sure... don't want to ruin the good work i am trying to do. Do any of you know the...
  67. bigtummymummy

    Mood swings

    I have been on SS for 45 days now:wow:, and i still can't get used to the mood swings:devilangel: i seem to have on this diet, at one moment i feel ontop of the world and feel so empowered, then the next i feel so low, and want to turn to food:17729: to pick my mood up (i don't give in, well...
  68. bigtummymummy

    Why are thin people so mean!!

    I was being steriotypical with her as that is how she was with me.... i obviously know all thin peple are not like this, most of my friends are thin. It was a point to put accross to make people read the thread. A nasty person is a nasty person regardless of weight..... but think of it this way...
  69. bigtummymummy

    Why are thin people so mean!!

    I wish i could have come up witha whitty comment about her... but then again i'm not that mean!!!!
  70. bigtummymummy

    Why are thin people so mean!!

    I was at work the other day, and was having to transfer a patient from a theater trolly to her bed. We had to do this in a small side room, which didn't leave much room for me, the other staff nurse and porter to move around. There was a small gap at the bottom of the bed, which i needed to get...
  71. bigtummymummy

    Feeling Ill

    I was on antibiotics last week for a chest infection ( which still has not gone)... and now i have such a bad chesty cough that i had to have cough medcine last night and this morning... i have not been in ketosis since been on the antibiotics and don't think i will get there now with the cough...
  72. bigtummymummy

    i need new clothes!

    Despite feeling like my weight loss is not as good as i wanted it to be, i'm happy that i don't fit in the clothes i was wearing three weeks ago. I can now fit into a pair of pants that a bought 2 years ago that never fit (could'nt get them past my thighs)..there not even tight and i bet i won't...
  73. bigtummymummy

    Is Day 1 the worst?

    Day 3-5 were bad for me too, although come day 6 i felt great!!!
  74. bigtummymummy

    WHY WHY WHY!!!!

    i'm off to the gym for a swim, not gonna be looking in the fridge then.... this is so HARD!!!
  75. bigtummymummy

    WHY WHY WHY!!!!

    Yeah i am in ketosis but it only light pink.... i drink over 4 pints of water most days but do struggle when at work. I'm a nurse and work on an extreemly busy ward, we are lucky to get a dinner brake some days, so i can go nearly 8 hour with only having 1/2 a pint, which i know doesn't help, i...
  76. bigtummymummy

    WHY WHY WHY!!!!

    I'M SO DISAPOINTED THAT MY WEIGHT LOSS IS SO SLOW...... I'M NOW ON DAY 27 AND STILL HAVE NOT LOST A FULL STONE:confused::confused::confused: I TRY AND TRY AND WORK SO HARD AT IT AND WONDER WHY I PUT MYSELF THROUGH IT, IT'S SO HARD TO DO BUT THE WIGHT IS SOOOOOO SLOW AT COMING OFF. I ONLY LOST...
  77. bigtummymummy

    Anyone else have a terrible habit of weighing every day?!

    Yeah i'm doing the same, sometimes three times a day... it's starting to become an obsession.... i weigh myself and if it has gone up slightly (due to the water intake) or not moved, i go do 5 min on my stepper.... not sure wether this is a good thing i am getting into, although i think it is...
  78. bigtummymummy

    can't get warm!!

    Since starting on CDSS i have struggled to keep warm, doesn't seem to matter if i have the heating on full or am wrapped up, i'm always cold!! Does anyone else have this problem?:gen125: I have just come to the end of week 3 and hope this will improve as i go on.
  79. bigtummymummy

    Do you know what the real reason/s are for your weight gain?

    I think my problems stem from my childhood, i was under weight untill about 10-11, i was very poorly when young and spent a lot off time in hospital and on steroids. I never wanted to eat, felt too ill, i had a very small appitite. So my mum obviously trying to do her best for me would force...
  80. bigtummymummy

    Constipation....(".)

    Yes you can, but don't it's really aggressive and causes bad stomach cramps, try sennacot (senna) instead much gentler and works well. I have looked at other threads on hear about same stuff, as i was suffering too, and they all seem to say the same thing. hope that help hun x
  81. bigtummymummy

    controll!!!

    Thanks Millij, i am glugging away like a good one today, trying to put my body back into ketosis, water water every where lol!!!
  82. bigtummymummy

    controll!!!

    I have been so disapointed in my failings over last few days... Sun & Mon have been terible.. I have really let myself down!!! I had a small child size meal on sunday and then gave in again to temptation yesterday to a packet of crisps. I have voices in my head saying 'go on one won't hurt'...
  83. bigtummymummy

    Have you heard the news!!

    covonia is full of sugar!!!!! so is most cough and cold remedies, so it might stop you being in ketosis. But you have to figure out what is more important... looking after yourself while Ill or sticking to diet.... hard decision hun, i would try go without if poss and stick to paracetamol, but...
  84. bigtummymummy

    Eating left over's

    Yeah every bit of left overs now go in the bin or dog bowel.... it's to easy to pop food in your mouth and not think about it. Thats why this diet is good as on SS we elimenate food complely, although it,s still hard to resist at times, but we must be strong.
  85. bigtummymummy

    Eating left over's

    i totally agree, if we were to look at the collorie content of all those things we picked on i think we would be shocked. It all adds up and we prob don't even remember picking at it. I looked at a packet of digestive biscuite and there is 69 callories in just one.... i used to sit with a cup of...
  86. bigtummymummy

    Have you heard the news!!

    Watch the News today, i heard it on the BBC news and on GMTV this morning.... see what you think, i don't think i beleive it!
  87. bigtummymummy

    Have you heard the news!!

    News out today about a study, that it is a bug that makes you fat!!! Just wondered what people thought about it. Personally it was all the food i ate and the lack of excersise and four kids iv'e had that made me fat lol!!
  88. bigtummymummy

    Don't know why i did it!!

    I have been so p***sed of since wednesday when my last weigh in i had put 2lb on despite being 100% ss. I went to gym twice and drank loads and by sunday aftrenoon i had lost 8lb, so was so plased with myself, which means i have got a stone off in 2 and half weeks... So why did i feel like i...
  89. bigtummymummy

    lol!!! lightbulb moment!!!

    I have just had an amusing thought:D..... I love this site and find so much advice, support and information, that i have become hooked on it. But have you concidered what we are all doing while on here?..... we sit... and don't move very much!!! Not conducive of loosing weight... lol!!! I have...
  90. bigtummymummy

    What do you crave ?

    It was photo's on facebook that made me go on CD, i look sooooo fat!!
  91. bigtummymummy

    Can't get back into swing of things...

    Hi Darren, well done for your weight loss so far and for wanting to get back on the plan. You might be best to do SS 100% for first few week that way it stops you craving food (after a week). It's a good idea to come on hear every day, especially the times when the food demonds are hounding...
  92. bigtummymummy

    What's the funniest/craziest thing being on CD ss made you do

    Oh yeah and in my first week i concidered taking a half eaten burger out of the bin that my son had just thrown away!!! Gross i know!! I also thought that the dog food smelt nice and concidered having a taste lol!!! I make myself feel sick when i think of what my mind cungers up regarding food...
  93. bigtummymummy

    What's the funniest/craziest thing being on CD ss made you do

    I thought i was the only person who wanted to lick food lol!!!! this diet does send you mad, i made tuna sandwiches for kids the other day and spent an hour sucking my thum cos it taste of tuna.. sad i know lol!!! I was gonna ask my OH for a lick of his burger.... and i'm not even keen on...
  94. bigtummymummy

    What do you crave ?

    I was also a chocohlic before CD, but don'e care at all about it now... i do miss fruit now, keep looking at the fruit bowl mmmmm!!! I peeled an orange the other day just for the smell of it. I have never been a burger fan, but the other day when my OH was having one i thought about licking it...
  95. bigtummymummy

    Woke up feeling possitive!

    After been so moody and depressed since my weigh in on wednesday :badmood:( when i had put 2lb on) even though i was been 100% ss, i woke this morning feeling good:stickdance:. I went to the gym last night:character00115: , think more for my mental state than to lose weight, i think it was more...
  96. bigtummymummy

    First Meeting!

    You all seem to be paying more than me, the indervidual price is £1.70, so for 21 for the week i pay £35.70, although the bars are more expensive, think they cost me £1.95 each. My CD spent around 45 min discusing the plan and what you can and can't have, and filling in the paperwork, she then...
  97. bigtummymummy

    Veg Drink Flavouring is Nice

    Yeah i use the veg one to con myself into thinking i'm having a soup, especially on an evening. i'm not as bothered with the cold water flavour as i don't mind the water but they are ok for a change, they also last ages so well worth the money.
  98. bigtummymummy

    Does CD effect TOTM?

    One for the ladies on here, can anyone help??:confused: I was due on on the 20th, still no sign... this is only my third since having my baby, but last two were on time. I did have a light one that lasted 2 days in first week of CD, I'm on week three now. So just want to know if anyone elses...
  99. bigtummymummy

    Need to take my anger out!!!

    Well i went to the gym and had a swim aswell, then chilled in jakuzi and sauna last night. So my mind feels better... much better, i'm going again on Sunday. I also got weighed on the electrinic scales, the ones that measures hight, weight and BMI, and according to that i weigh 13s 4lb, which is...
  100. bigtummymummy

    Need to take my anger out!!!

    i wore the same clothes and got weighed at same time, not had a drink since dinner time and it was 6:30 when i got weighed ( had been at work and not had time for a drink.. naughty naughty i know) plus i take shoes of to get weighed. Just gonna do a cardio work out and try get some possitive...
  101. bigtummymummy

    feeling like giving in!!

    Thanks Purple Hugs, keep in touch and let us know how your first week back on CD goes x
  102. bigtummymummy

    feeling like giving in!!

    My kids and OH are suffering with my swinging moods, they all wear tin hats and stay out my way lol!!! it's so hard to stick to when you don't feel you are doing well. My CDC rang me earlier, she is really good and very supportive, and said just to give it another week and we will see where we...
  103. bigtummymummy

    Help! Is there any thing I can have instead of the packs?

    If you look at some threads for CD there are recepies for other things you can do with the packets.... what abot trying to make chrisps from them , u might find them easier to stomack x
  104. bigtummymummy

    Need to take my anger out!!!

    Well i feel so p***ed off at putting weight on.. despite being 100% ss, that i have decided that i'm going to the gym tonight to try and burn some off this stuborn weight off, it's time my lard ass was shrinking... so if the diet alone wont do it then drastic action is needed. I know i'm prob...
  105. bigtummymummy

    Not Sticking In!!!

    Mia, i'll come to your house and eat all the chocs and cheese to get it out your way... i might as well as i put weight on despite being 100% ss... i'm so p***ed off i could just sit and gourge myself on any food right now...... i won't but i could. I know how hard this diet is and if we were...
  106. bigtummymummy

    feeling like giving in!!

    Yeah lets stick together.... i'm so close to giving in that the support would be good, i might do some excercise tonight to see if that will shift some pounds, might help with the moodiness as well. You have done so well so far with big weight loss in first week and average in second, i on the...
  107. bigtummymummy

    feeling like giving in!!

    Thanks to you all, i have had my measurments done and lost half inch of bust but one inch put on thighs.... stayed same everywhere else. i have cheaked ketosis this morning and it didn't change colour, but i have been drinking loads of water, so not sure if my reading was off due to dilution...
  108. bigtummymummy

    feeling like giving in!!

    I am on week 2 and got weighed last night and put 2lb on.... not sure how that is possible when i have been 100% SS. i just feel so depressed and that i might as well have eaten last week. i'm having to take it a day at a time this week ( or more like hour by hour), i'm soooo disapointed and...
  109. bigtummymummy

    I CAN'T BELEIVE IT!!!

    Half an inch off chest and put one inch on thighs..... i'm still in ketosis so can't understand it!!!
  110. bigtummymummy

    I CAN'T BELEIVE IT!!!

    Just had my second weigh in:cry::cry: and i have put 2lb on...HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE:confused::confused::confused::confused: I have bee SS 100% and managed to put weight on!!!!!:eek: My CDC seems to think it is water retention:argh: due to it should be my TOTM and it's only my third since having...
  111. bigtummymummy

    I TURNED DOWN CHOCOLATE!!!!!

    I had my first day back at work yesterday :character00264: , and all the nurses were all tucking into a tin of chocolates :17729: that the a patient had given the staff. A few kept telling me to get some.... i siad NO!!! I have gone from being a chocoholic to not giving a damn about it. I...
  112. bigtummymummy

    Preparing food is making me feel sick.

    I felt like that for a few days in week one, it did ware off. I also have four children and hate making meals for them, i have to resist and not pick at the food, i also have to go away from them while they eat ( which i don't like doing) but you have to do whatever not to cheat on this diet...
  113. bigtummymummy

    My first lunch out since starting SS

    too true hun!!!! we are now married to CD and it comes with us wherever we go. But we can't deprive our selves of a life as well as food... plus it will be worth it in a few months when those people see how well we have done with our determination and strong will power, even though it's not...
  114. bigtummymummy

    My first lunch out since starting SS

    I had a simelar experiance last night. I was invited to a jakuzi and champeign party. All my friends knew i was on CD so no one pressured me to eat or drink. There were lots of food and copious amounts of alcohol..... and i drank water and tea all night.... i even got my swimming cosy on and sat...
  115. bigtummymummy

    If you're not working how to keep self occupied during SS

    Get out walking, clean the house from top to bottom, go visit family and friends ( but don't allow them to let you cheat), write a diary for CD to help keep your mind focused, put on an excercise DVD and try have a go at it, read insperational/ motivational books.... keeps your mind on track. I...
  116. bigtummymummy

    Something nobody knows

    I want to get fit enough to run a marathon, i'm asthmatic and struggle to run to the end of the road at the mo.
  117. bigtummymummy

    Need Advice... i'm ill

    I'm just feeling sorry for my self lol!!! i'm gonna have a hot bath, followed by a cup of tea and an early night. I have tried the shakes hot and find then vile. I'm back at work tomorrow so won't have time to feel sorry for my self. Thanks for all the support and advice x
  118. bigtummymummy

    Need Advice... i'm ill

    I have woke this morning feeling full of cold, i have a killer head ach and my body aches all over.... so generaly feel crap:sick::sick::cry::cry::cry:. I have taken pain killers and tried my hardest to drink the water, although struggling. I just feel that if i had a propper meal i would feel...
  119. bigtummymummy

    HELP!!

    I was tempted just to lick his burger lol!!! just to get the taste without the calories lol!!! This diet sends you mad at times......
  120. bigtummymummy

    no energy!!!

    I'm now on day 10, and i have no energy...... partly because i am not sleeping well since starting CD and partly because i have four kids, one of which is a teething baby. Some days i feel like i have taken on too much.... plus i'm back at work on Monday (i'm a staff nurse) as my maternity leave...
  121. bigtummymummy

    I HAVE CHEATED ON SS

    We all have our fall downs at some point.... and if you are a person that can be easily pressured from friends then it's time to start thinking tactically.... such as lying to them... here we go! You go to a party and they try get you to eat food - just say you had a really big lunch before you...
  122. bigtummymummy

    1st Weigh in Yesterday!

    Well done, keep up the good work x
  123. bigtummymummy

    CD has turned me into an insomniac!!!

    i'm a nurse and don't think i could take the pills, i need to be up at 6am at the latest and would worry to much about sleeping in or been to groggy at work from them. Plus i need to be ok to wake throught the night as i have a 5 months old baby who on occasion wakes for a night feed.
  124. bigtummymummy

    HELP!!

    i'm back on track today, i never feel hungry through the day it's the nights i'm the worst. I think i might have to start going to bed at the same time as the kids... can't think about food if your asleep lol!!
  125. bigtummymummy

    CD has turned me into an insomniac!!!

    I feel soooo tired.... but can't sleep. I go to bed and just lay there awake, even though i spend all day feeling tired and that i could fall asleep at any time.... but here we are again, it's late and i have spent the last hour trying to catch some zzzzzz..... but no luck!!! I'm so gonna feel...
  126. bigtummymummy

    i want to hide away..

    I'm not hiding away as life is not that easy, plus i like my social life, but the idea of people noticing that you have lost weight is always a good boost. You looked to have done really well from your pics.
  127. bigtummymummy

    Help will it affect my ketosis

    mmmmm cheese cake.... i would have swallowed lol!!! Good for you that u didn't, don't think it will effect the ketosis hun.
  128. bigtummymummy

    Ketosis Sticks

    Hun it should change to pink, and as above if it is too dark you need to drink more water, Remember can be best to test in the morning as the urine will be at it's strongest, it gets very diluted if you are drinking the amont of water recomended, so you might think you are not in ketosis...
  129. bigtummymummy

    HELP!!

    The food DEMONDS :mad::mad:are out in force tonight.... BIG TIME!!! Arrrgggghhh!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek:............. I have been fine for last few days, i'm on day 9 SS CD. I fighting the thoughts of putting food in my mouth, i feel soooooo hungry tonight:cry::cry:. It doesn't help that kids are...
  130. bigtummymummy

    i want to hide away..

    Does anyone else feel like this..... At the moment in this time of weight loss ( 2nd week), i want to stay in and hide away... not because i'm embarresed how i look or can't controll the food or drink when i'm out and about, BUT because i want everyone to be shocked in a few weeks (months) when...
  131. bigtummymummy

    Day 5 and never felt as miserable...EVER!

    Oh hun, i was right where you are now last week... i really wondered why i was putting myself through the missery, the headachs, the mood swings, stomach cramps, constant tiredness ........ I'm now on day 9 ss and feel so much better, it does get better ( i might not have belived anyone if they...
  132. bigtummymummy

    missinformed advice from family and friend!!

    I'm glad that we are all strong enough not to let these people sway us from the diet.... i think some people like having fat friends cos it makes them look and feel good. thats why they tell us we are fine as we are.
  133. bigtummymummy

    groups

    Can anyone tell me what people are on about when they talk about joining a group? how do you go about joining one, the support would be good and i would like to be part of one.... i have only been on this site for a few day and still trying to work it out, so any advive is appreciated, thanks x:D
  134. bigtummymummy

    Hi new CDers

    I started CD 8 days ago, i have been on here a couple of days now, and hear a lot of people mention joining teams, so how do you do it and what does it involve.... i would love to join one just let me know how.... pls x
  135. bigtummymummy

    need advice!!!!!!!

    I have been invited to a champange and jakuzi night at a friends house. For one that means wearing a swimming costume:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:, and 2 i'm not drinking or eating:sigh:. I don't really want to tell them about CD, so what can i say:confused::confused::confused:, i need excuses;)...
  136. bigtummymummy

    first weigh in

    omg!! Thats a fantastic loss, you must be soooo pleased with yourself!! Weldone for getting through the first week x
  137. bigtummymummy

    9Ibs !!!!! Wooo hooo!

    Thats great, well done you! i got weighed last night after first week and lost 8 n 1/2 lb, so i know how happy you are feling..... once again well done x
  138. bigtummymummy

    missinformed advice from family and friend!!

    OMG!!! Why is it that family and friends are full of advice about a diet they know nothing about!!!:mad: It makes me mad:mad::mad::mad:!! My mum thinks it's gonna make me ill, several of my friends (skinny ones) keep telling me i don't need to lose weight!!! and that this isn't the right diet...
  139. bigtummymummy

    Exercise Challenge Thread.

    I live a 30 min walk away from my kids school, i walk there and back twice a day, so that two hours of walking come rain or shine... i am also attending the gym once a week, which includes a swim (it would be more than once a week if time alowed) and from next week i start swimming one night a...
  140. bigtummymummy

    a DAY AT A TIME..

    I have come to the conclusion:confused: after 8 days on SSCD that it is so important to take it a day at a time:rolleyes:! I think if i think too much about my goals for next week or the week after i put too much pressure on myself:eek:. So i now write a diary:p ( never done one before ) and...
  141. bigtummymummy

    I'm over the moon!!! first weigh in!

    Thanks for all the support and encouragement!!!
  142. bigtummymummy

    Soooooo Tired !!!

    Hi Tracey, i'm on day 8 now and although feeling soooo much better than i was, i still feel tired, i'm hoping it improves. I find if i go for a walk or swim or anything to keep me active i feel better, whowever i'm not i fitness freak and really struggle, especially when tired to motivate...
  143. bigtummymummy

    I'm over the moon!!! first weigh in!

    Well i got throught he first week and went to hell and back:eek:!!!! It was worth it though:p!! I have lost 8 n half pounds.... plus 2 inch from my thighs, 1/2 inch from chest, 1 inch from waist and 2 1/2 inch from hips:p:p:p:o:o:o:o:o:o. I am so pleased that the hell and fighting food demonds...
  144. bigtummymummy

    top of the morning to you all

    Hi Noddy, i'm also on day 6 and have weigh in tomorrow. i'm so excited too i have worked realy hard and suffered loads, i have been very hungry (satarving), but not today, i think things are starting to settle down now. i hope i have a good loss or i will feel sooooo disapointed. wishing you...
  145. bigtummymummy

    How not to fall of the damn wagon again!

    Hi girls, well what is working for me is... I got my fiancee to take some pics of me in underwear, front, side and back.... i was discusted at how bad i looked and all i do know when having to fight those food demonds is look at the pics and think that i can't cheat as i hate the way i look ...
  146. bigtummymummy

    Visible results ... when do we see them?!

    i have done the same with the photo's, i got my fiancee to take pic's of me in underwear (not saucy ones lol!!) and i will take some more in a months time, i'm coming to the end of week one, and have found that when the thoughts of food pop into my mind, i go and look at the photo's and it stops...
  147. bigtummymummy

    Horrible CDC

    This is the second tme i have done the diet, my first was two years ago (had a baby since then) my CDC was ok but never really told me much, all she ever said was "drink more water". i got more info and support from a friend on the same diet than the CDC. So this time around i looked for a new...
  148. bigtummymummy

    "For God's Sake"!!!!!!!!!!

    Hi hun, sorry to hear that you are suffering. Antibiotics will not effect your weight loss, but some peole can retain a little water when taking them... but don't stop drinking!!!! keep going with the same amount or a little more water. you may find you don't lose as much on your next weigh in...
  149. bigtummymummy

    I could eat a scabby horse!!

    It's really good to hear from you all and to know i'm not going mad.... i ended up playing games on the Wii last night to take my mind off of it (which helped)... we are trying to buy wii fitness but every where is sold out. I have woke this morning feeling better and not hungry.... NOT yet any...
  150. bigtummymummy

    I could eat a scabby horse!!

    yeah the carbs an sugars were reduced.... i think it's more of a mental issue, knowing you can't have something makes you want it more!!! i think it is best not to watch T.V it can make things worse. i have not noticed food on programs just on the food add, KFC, Mc D's, and what ever else there...
  151. bigtummymummy

    Day 3! Need Some Buddysss xx

    i'm on day 5 and think i'm going insane..... even the dog food looks tempting lol!!! having srange thoughts about food and i think i would eat anything... all the adds on T.V for food make me worse i really have to occupy my mind and drink lots of water..... is it wrong to want to take food out...
  152. bigtummymummy

    I could eat a scabby horse!!

    Why is it that any food looks good when you are hungry.... i'm starving despite drinking 4 pints of water and still counting. I was even tempted to get the kids left overs rom tea from the top of the bin ( now that is not a sane mind thinking). Deprevation is a hard thing to overcome and week...
  153. bigtummymummy

    Day 5 on cambridge and feel crap!!!

    thanks, how do you join groups?
  154. bigtummymummy

    Day 5 on cambridge and feel crap!!!

    can any of you tell me how i add the things to the bottom of the page like all you have..... i'm new and have no idea lol!!! Help! Thanks for all the support x
  155. bigtummymummy

    Day 5 on cambridge and feel crap!!!

    hi, blush yeah my man says he loves me too and says i'm not that bad but do need to loose a little. it's not a little it's more like 4 stone!! Belive me i am repulsed at how fat i have got and how bad my body looks..... when he took the photo's it was a real wake up call, especially the picture...
  156. bigtummymummy

    i can't sleep either!!

    hi all, i'm on day5 ss and am so tired, i also have trouble getting to sleep and have become an extreemly light sleeper when i do. my worst problem for feeling exausted is my 5 month old baby who likes to wake me when i finally manage to drop off around 2am. i am in ketosis and not feeling...
  157. bigtummymummy

    Re-invention of the cd 100% club-sign in thread!!!

    hi, i'm new to the site, but would like to join in. i'm on day 5 and don't get weighed till wed evening.... is that o.k i don't realy know how this site works and have no idea how to add a photo or one of the weight loss bars that you all seem to have.. Any help!!
  158. bigtummymummy

    Day 3! Need Some Buddysss xx

    i'm on day 5 of CD and feeling tired and moody but not give in yet... what do i mean yet!! i'm not going to give in!!! i find the porradge quite hard to swallow but just wash it down with water. the jacket potatoe was not a good idea hun as it is full of carbs and will make it hard to get into...
  159. bigtummymummy

    Hi everyone

    Hi everyone, i am new to this site and not sure how it realy works, but i'm sure i will get to grips with it soon. I am on day5 of the CD and feel crap, i'm moody and starving. Is this normal for me to feel so miserable.... any help, advice is welcome :)
  160. bigtummymummy

    Girls I'm sorry need to ask a TMI question

    I am on day 5 of CD now and experienced the same thing around day 3 despite my totm not for 2 weeks, i'm glad to see that i'm not alone, but never thought it was so common, you never get told this when you join the diet.
  161. bigtummymummy

    Day 5 on cambridge and feel crap!!!

    Thanks for the support and i would be greatfull to buddie up with someone who is going through th same thing:). Although i feel so crap and want to give in, the thing that keeps me going is... I got my Fiancee to take some photo's of me in my underwear:eek: (not saucy pics lol!!:8855:) but...
  162. bigtummymummy

    How I snacked at the Cinema on Saturday

    I too went to the cinema on Sat, and like you i love the popcorn and other stuff, like ice junkies...... i was on day 3 of CD... and suffering from starvation lol!! I took a big bottle of water and just drank that any time i thought of food, which was most of the night. I can't have the bars yet...
  163. bigtummymummy

    Day 5 on cambridge and feel crap!!!

    I started on the cambridge on the 8th Jan and have suffered ever since:cry:. I feel extreemly moody and i'm starving. I'm having to fight some demonds to resist putting any thing in my mouth:mad::mad:!!! i feel anoyed that i think about quiting in my first week. Anyone got any advice on how to...
  164. bigtummymummy

    im not in ketosis

    i'm on day 5 and in ketosis, but feel like crap, I am very hungry and moody, but am told this will pass... i hope so cos i'm fighting hard not to give in. Try again tommorow with the ketosis test, don't give in!!;) stick to your diet correctly and don't cheat and you will soon be in ketosis :)
  165. bigtummymummy

    Day 5 on cambridge and feel crap!!!

    After years of been over weight and doing any diet going, i decided that enough is enough of being fat. I also have a hen do booked for july and all the girls going are no bigger than a size 10:sigh:. I had my fourth child 5 months ago and now feel i need to sort myself out. I started the...
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