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    Thursday Weighers

    First weigh in tonight and I've lost 4lbs. Happy with that since I did get a bit happy with the Crabbies earlier in the week (which are a gutting 13 syns each! :cry:). Last week I was trying to make do with the stuff we already had in the house so hopefully now that I've had a chance to stock up...
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    I'm worried i'm not as slim as I feel...

    I'm now very close to my 1st goal - 10st, which would make me right at the top end of 'normal' as opposed to 'overweight'. Right now i'm feeling over the moon about this. I've lost 18lbs in 4 weeks which i'm thrilled about as i'm finally losing the baby weight but i'm worried that this is false...
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    Up to 810 this week - question.

    I'm moving up to 810 this week which i'm pleased about as it means I can be more effective at the gym. I know people say you can lose almost as much on 810 as you do on SS but I was wondering whether I should expect to have a gain or STS week on the first week of 810 or whether I should expect...
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    The Monday WI check in!

    Well ladies, on my 3rd WI I lost........ 1lb! Not much I know but I was expecting it since 12lbs is a hell of a lot to lose in 2 weeks when you don't have a huge amount to lose altogether (body has to have a chance to catch up!) and since I started exercising this week. Even if I havn't lost...
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    The Monday WI check in!

    So how are all of you lovelly people you have your WI's at the start of the week? I've got my 3rd WI on Mon and have an inkling that i've STS. Annoying because i've been sticking 100% but partially expected since it's the dreaded 3rd week and i've started working out. Don't forget to post...
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    Advice appreciated about trip to China

    It's not the time it actually takes to get to China it's the time they take to process it there. My dad splits his time between 2 different cities out there with apartments in 2 different complexes. His company (who owns the flats) wont accept direct mail to the flats but it has to be sent to a...
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    Advice appreciated about trip to China

    Last time I tried to post something over there it took 4 weeks so I don't think i'll be chancing that!
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    Advice appreciated about trip to China

    My mother and I have just booked a bit of a last minute trip to China (my dad works out there and was meant to come visit us but couldn't, hence the last minute trip). We should be leaving on the 25th for about 10 days. If i'd had more warning about the trip I would have slowly started to work...
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    I ate emotionally last night....

    BUT DID NOT CHEAT!! Last night I was generally fed up with my other half and stomping around 'cleaning the kitchen' (generally banging pots and pans and making myself heard!). For the past week i've been going to the gym so I agreed with my CDC that I would have a SS+ meal on the days I worked...
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    Do you think that this would work without Mix-a-Mousse?

    I bought the orange water flavouring the other day and really don't like it! I don't want to have just wasted £6 so I was thinking of trying the 'cheesecake' recipe (vanilla CD + orange WF + Mix-a-Mousse) but my CDC charges £4 odd for MaM and if I don't like that either don't want to have wasted...
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    CD for teenagers?

    There is a girl in my area who is about your age who does CD but she wasn't allowed to do SS. I believe she's either on 1000 or 1200 and her CDC is making her get regular checkups from her Dr and she had to have permission from her Dr before she started. Were you hoping to lose the 4st in the...
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    How Much Roughly?

    There is an RRP but since all the CDC's are self employed they can choose what they want to charge.
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    Yellow book question?!?!

    I think it's more to do with the carb counts of the later meals. The cals don't just go up when you move up the plans but they also ease you back into carbs as well
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    Gutted! I really don't like the water flavourings!

    I've been really looking forward to having the water flavourings. Finally picked up the orange tonight and it was just really bleh... I'll try playing around with the strength and having it with fizzy water but now it looks like 6 pound down the drain (and not the good pounds...)
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    Ketostix? where to buy?

    I bought mine from ebay and they work fine. As long as the packs are sealed and in date then there's no problems with them. They used to have them in most chemists a few years ago when there was a big Atkins craze going on but they may be a bit harder to find nowadays. Just ask for either...
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    New to Forum/Cambridge

    Good luck!
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    I went to cambridge diet hell today and survived!

    You should've watched the Biggest Loser the other day! They had a challenge where they were in an arena and they were surrounded by typical 'arena food'. The object was to put as many calories on the other players tables and I was absolutely shocked when I heard how many calories this stuff had...
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    Successful avoidance of food situation!

    Ooo! Good trick! I've pulled a fake hangover before which explained why I couldn't drink or eat anything. I just said I couldn't stomach it! (That wouldn't really work in a work situation!)
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    What can we actually have????

    I have the books but not all of then things mentioned by loubyloo are in the book (like the gelatin and husks), although they have been sanctioned by CDC when contacted directly about them. I personally would quite like to know about the vague items which are listed in the book, like herbs and...
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    Alternative to Easter eggs?!?

    Do most people get presents on easter then? We never have! Although that's probably because our birthdays are around then so we're getting enough as it is!
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    I love Quorn!!

    And it's only SS+! I really don't think I could handle the 810 portions!
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    will i loose weight ,when i start cd again after 1 month

    If you just stopped CD without working up the plans there's almost a certainty that you'll gain some of the weight back. Some of the weight lost in the first week is water as people rarely drink as much as they should each week and therefore retain but when you start drinking litres of the...
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    Alternative to Easter eggs?!?

    No doubt i'll be given Easter Eggs but i'll just let the other half eat them all. It's only fair, this time last year I was pregnant and ended up eating all of mine and his! His turn this year!
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    I am very concerned. Please help.

    My CDC was similar in terms of the 'cheating' advice as she told me "anything to get you through!". I understood what she meant tho. She wasn't saying it was ok to cheat but there are going to be situations in which you will need to/be pressured into eating so she made sure that we knew how to...
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    I love Quorn!!

    I ate my first SS+ meal yest which was turkey breast and to be honest it was hardly worth cooking it was so small! I've juist dry fried up the quorn mince we're allowed and OMG it was huge! I actually struggled to finish it! That's definitely gonna be on the menu from now on!
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    Help will gammon and eggs .......

    Gammon and eggs shouldn't knock you out of ketosis as it's low carb but it is pretty high in cals. It may knock you back weight loss wise for a day or 2 but on the bright side it may also 'shock' your system so that it gives your metabolism a boost! The thing to watch out for is that gammon...
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    Is It For Me..?

    Hey littlelindy! By the looks of it you have very close stats to me. I'm 5ft3 and my start weight was 11st6 (160lbs). As long as you're 10st 10 or over (so you'll be BMI 25 + 1st) then you'll be allowed to do SS. The general rule is that the heavier you are the faster you will lose as your...
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    This is hard...

    If you can survive the weekend then you can definitely survive work! Good luck!
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    Ooo bugger! Is this ok?

    I have and it's definitely not listed for SS+, just 810
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    Quorn on offer

    I saw that the mince was also £1 in Tesco today but I have no idea about the chicken pieces.
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    Ooo bugger! Is this ok?

    I was stocking up on food today as I plan to do SS+ with a white and green meal next week but i've bought regular cottage cheese. I thought the allowed foods were the same as 810 just different portions but apparently you can only have reduced fat cottage cheese on SS+ Do you think it would...
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    Thoughts please?

    Also without ketosis although weightloss is bound to happen initially due to the low calorie levels but this weight loss could stall as the body could go into starvation mode.
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    favourite flavours?

    Some people swear by blending it up first but i've always just mixed it with a fork. Porridge isn't porridge without a few lumps!
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    Anyone Up for February Challenge!!!!

    I love the biggest loser! It's such a pity we're so many seasons behind. I think this one is season 5 but in the US they're on season 10 or something!
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    3 or 4 packs thats the question?

    There's an option of SS+ in which you have 4 packs a day instead of the usual 3 and they say that the weight loss isn't much different (SS is meant to be around 14lbs a month and SS+ maybe 12-14lbs). If you're used to 4 packs a day then you may find it easier to stick with that routine. Also...
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    TETRA

    I've been wondering how freezing it is meant to kill all the nutrients when freezing things usually helps the nutrients to last longer....?
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    first weigh in

    Wow! Great start!
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    favourite flavours?

    I tend to mix mine up with a hand blender so havn't had that problem but it always happens when i'm shaking up the baby's bottles! I could def recommend the hand blender though and I think they cost less then a fiver from Tesco. I think i've tried all the shakes hot. None of them were bad but...
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    Sneaking back after many months carrying more weight than ever

    You're in a much better position than most of us here as you know how hard this diet can be but also how well it works! Us newbies are just dreaming of getting to our goal weight but you know that you've done it once so can do it again! Out of interest did you go up the maintenance steps when...
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    favourite flavours?

    Has anyone tried the chocolate shake made up with peppermint tea? Does it just taste the same as choc mint?
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    Oh no! Lemon tea

    Apparently cod liver oil can actually increase ketosis (some very basic info on this here Fish Liver Oils). There also shouldn't be any problem with the glucosamine sulphate capsule but check they aren't in a sugar base. I think it would be listed as cellulous or something similar
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    favourite flavours?

    I love Toffee & Walnut hot and Chocolate with a teaspoon of coffee! Yum!
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    COKE ZERO

    The reason that Coke Zero is 'ok' (although not sanctioned by CD) is because it is zero calories unlike some other diet drinks and also it does not contain citric acid which can throw some people out of ketosis. There's a sticky about it on the main CD page. Some people don't have any problem...
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    Maintaining whilst on holiday...

    The main thing to watch out for is the dressings on the salad as a lot of them may have added sugars. Off the top of my head I know that potatoes (obv) are quite high carb and so are carrots and sweet corn. If there's any veg you're interested in then you can check here Low Carb Diet Tools...
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    Mousse

    It's the 'mix a mousse'. You mix it with your CD packs and chill it and it's meant to have the same texture as mousse. If you only started on the 16th (like me) then they may not have mentioned it since we can't have them til the 3rd week. It's worth asking about at your next WI
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    Maintenance question

    Ok, I may be getting a little ahead of myself here since i'm not at target yet but according to my home scales (not official til Mon WI) I only have 5lbs to go until BMI 25 and starting the maintenance. I completely understand the importance of moving up the steps but I was hoping to stick to...
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    Maintaining whilst on holiday...

    It may be an idea for you to start incorporating some food into your diet now either through SS+ or 810 so that your body is a little more used to it before you go and it shouldn't affect your weight loss til the holiday? Where are you going? I would've thought that most places would be able...
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    I am getting married July 2009

    WOW 3lbs!! You'll be there in no time! I'm getting married in July too and although I have a dress i'm hoping that i'll be too small for it by the wedding since i've promised myself my dream dress if I lose the weight! Amara Royale by Maggie Sottero!
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    I start Wednesday!

    They say the average weight loss is about 1st a month but since you tend to lose more in the first week it's not unheard of to lose a stone in the first 2-3 weeks and then a stone a month after that. Good luck! I'm sure you'll look great on your holiday!
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    hi guys im back

    Glad you're feeling better now! Congrats on your amazing weight loss!
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    COKE ZERO

    Coke zero doesn't pose a problem for some people so you may be fine in that respect but I really think you should find some way to get all 3 packs in to make sure you get all of the nutrients you need. Is it that you don't like them or are they too rich for you to finish a whole pack at once...
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    what does CD involve

    CD has a number of different plans depend on how much weight / how rapidly you want to lose. The lowest calorie plan is SS (sole source) where you consume 3-4 packs of CD products (soups, shakes, porridge, or bars), a lot of water and not much else! The weight loss on this is estimated at about...
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    Weightloss Incentives

    I'm actually finding it amazingly easy! The only trouble is getting the water down, which i'm just about managing but it's an effort! Next week i'm getting the water flavourings so hopefully that'll make that easier! And there's nothing to stop you from looking at Wedding dresses! Just take a...
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    Gah! I had an Atkins bar!

    The only thing I would say to watch out for is that Atkins bars have actually proved to kick some people (who are following Atkins) out of ketosis. It's not the actual carb count but rather the glycerin and polydextrose which can cause people to stall. As CD is obviously different to Atkins then...
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    Weightloss Incentives

    As weird as this incentive sounds I'm going to get myself a new wedding dress! I'm getting married in July and have a dress which I do love but it wasn't the style of dress I really wanted since that style didn't suit me when I had a spare tyre. The way it's going it looks like I wont even...
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    My silly fear

    I really think that you need to have an action plan for when you finish the program and you are out on your own. There will always be situations where you may gain weight (i.e. Christmas, Holidays...) but if you know in advance how to approach and handle them. I am going to be weighing myself...
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    When moving up the plans...

    ... can you skip SS+ and go straight onto 810 or is SS+ also a step up to maintainence? Also is it when you hit BMI 25 that you move up or do you have to do that before you hit that milestone? At my WI on Mon I was 10.12 but when I weighed this morning I was 10.8(!!) and as 10st is where I get...
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    Just Started!

    I don't think there's really a set amount of time you have to leave between shakes although some people find them a little 'rich' so have trouble having them so close together. Personally I like to have them all quite early since I have trouble getting my water down. If all my shakes are gone by...
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    Anyone else with 2st or less to lose?

    I've got about 2st to lose. I found that after having the depo injection eating 'normally' would cause me to gain weight and dieting would only allow me to maintain so I had to go for something a little extreme like CD in order for me to lose the weight.
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    Happy Pancake Day!

    I was actually tempted to try to make some using a vanilla shake as pancake batter but knew it would go very very wrong!
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    Cancellation Policy?

    I don't understand why you would need a cancellation policy when you aren't tied into a contract/subscription. I believe some CDC's will weight their clients fortnightly or possibly even monthly in some cases if you don't want to be weighed each week. And I don't think there are necessarily...
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    WEEK I WI

    That's amazing! You must feel great! :happy096:
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    Is she right? (food reference)

    I think one of the biggest issues here is the fact that she's not re-educating herself about food if she uses it as her 'prize' every week. I've always considered CD SS to be a break from food so that we can reasses why we need it and to break ourselves away from emotional eating. Although it...
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    Should I give in? SS to SS+?

    I've heard of people adding some of the marigold boullion to their chicken to spice it up a bit (we're allowed 1tsp per day). Make sure you get the reduced salt version to aviod water retention.
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    First weekers- who has their WI on Monday?

    Woohoo! I lost 8lbs! That's 5% of my bodyweight! That's crazy! Gotta go change my ticker now... :-)
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    Fibresure or Fybogel?

    Are you allowed to have either of these whilst on CD? Alternatively can fibre89 be used in water instead of the shakes. Sometimes I really have to make myself finish all the water that I need to and I think that having the added incentive of getting extra fibre will help me to do that. If you...
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    O.K. I just have 2 more questions to ask

    I think it depends on the person whether or not it'll effect your WI. Some people tend to retain water/bloat during ToM whereas others feel little effect. Likewise, some people will crave certain foods, which could make the diet harder during this time, and others wont. One thing to bear in...
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    Newbie

    There isn't really any counselling with CD. You have your CDC who's there to encourage you and give you support but it's Lighterlife which has counselling in terms of cognitive behavioural therapy.
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    Hi! am starting Cambridge diet tomorrow :)

    Welcome aboard! It's the best decision i've made in a long time!
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    Do you like your shakes hot or cold?

    I tend to have most of them hot but that'll probably change when the weather gets warmer. I even had the strawberry shake hot the other day when I zoned out and started making it like I would the other shakes. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it either
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    How low carb is CD?

    My CDC gave me a list of nutritional information about CD products but I can't find it for the life of me! I was just wondering how many carbs we were getting in CD? I have played with low carb diets in the past and really feel that they suit me but I was quite shocked when I heard that the...
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    Oh no...I think I'm going off porridge...

    When I first did CD last year I absolutely LOVED the Oriental Chilli soup and would stick to soups for 80% of meals. This time I can't get enough of the sweet stuff! I'm even considering having an entire sweet week next week (although knowing my luck i'll have gone off shakes by then and just...
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    The elusive "zone"

    I agree, the 'zone' is a mental state rather than a physical. I have done countless diets in the past and although have been technically good I usually end up failing at them because my actions may change but my thoughts don't. I'd always want what was on someone elses plate and would almost...
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    Returning Will Do It This Time

    I've told my fiance that he has to be ridiculously hard on me. Cruel to be kind. No matter what excuse I give he can't let me get away with anything. I too was really annoyed at myself that if I had carried on in my first attempt in November i'd be at goal by now but now i'm just thinking to...
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    back again after a yr. need tons of help please.

    I'm addicted to the Biggest Loser! I watch it every morning on Sky religiously! I find it such a boost when I see how much they lose in such a little time. On most diets I would just resign myself to the fact that I could never lose that much in the week. On CD you never know!!
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    cutting carbs

    It's great to get into the habit of cutting carbs. I plan to stick to a low carb diet to maintain after i've reached my goal.
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    Cooking for others?

    My fiance thinks that Christmas has come early since i've been doing CD! Before I started I would only make us food that we both liked but now he's getting all of the stuff which I hated (and therefore wouldn't cook) but he loved! I swear, making some of this food is really encouraging because...
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    I'VE LOST HOW MUCH!!?

    Chief Dragon that is amazing! I bet you feel great!
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    Isn't this diet so much easier than the rest?

    I have to say that i'm really finding it easy (she says 1 week in...). The only thing that I have found hard is getting people to understand certain aspects of it. Like why I can only have peppermint tea and not regular and little things that they think of as healthy are no nos on low carb.
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    First weekers- who has their WI on Monday?

    First WI for me on Monday night too! Can't wait!
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    worst memory of being fat

    I also remember when I was in school and a teacher called me fat. We were talking about diets and I was saying about this diet which was going around my mums office where you were meant to lose a stone in a week. The teacher announced to the whole class that I needed to lose 4 stone to be...
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    Woohoo! Restart on Monday!

    Spoke to my CDC and i'm all set to start back on Monday! I'm so excited! When I started in November I just felt a bit down about having to resort to something like CD to lose the weight but now i've got a much better frame of mind and i'm thinking of it as an awesome opportunity to get the...
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    Did anyone feel embarrassed to restart?

    I did CD SS last November but ended up giving up on it when I was only losing around 2 or 3 lbs each week. I felt really guilty that I was spending this money on the diet when I thought I could lose that amount each week just by upping the exercise and cutting down the food. Well, I was...
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