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Thanks again guys for being so welcoming and supportive. Meg

So I have quit. I am going to continue with the supplies I have left, but I can't not eat anymore. I guess that's the issue; I haven't not eaten for the last few weeks. It's really affecting my mental state and as that is precarious enough (stress at work and being so far away from family and...

Have had 6 servings of shakes and bars today. I told my CDC that I was going to have to take more until I can get back on properly. She seemed ok with that. But at least I haven't been tired and cranky today. Just wanting something solid to eat.

I can sit cross legged much more comfortably. My rings are looser. I can feel my hipbone when I am lying on my side.

Three servings of the brilliant vanilla today. I don't think that I'll ever drink it hot again. Lovely!

Oh Rayven. *hugs* But don't make me sick! ;) Sorry to hear that you're all down with some kind of bug or CP. Make sure you look after yourself during this stressful time! Let us know how you get on.

Still really jonesing on that vanilla shake! Had another one and it was just as good the second time! Mmmmm...

Hi Trace. Don't worry about it too much! Get back on the horse today - 100%!!!

Purple Hugs - 14lbs - (5lb Lost) Becky - 28lbs Katycakes - 10lbs - (6lb lost) Sarette - 14lbs - (2lb Lost) Change35 - 18lbs (-7lb lost) Bibiana -14lbs melissa85 - 15lbs (-3lbs) Eyeontheprize - 14 lbs - (10) IndianPrincess - 14lbs The True Me - 10lbs Bevy - 14lbs (5lb lost) Slimpossible -...

Wow. That so didn't happen at my school! We had red haired kids, and I ordered red contacts to wear but they didn't arrive on time!!!! I even charged my kids 5p to go to the toilet and if they didn't have the money they could get someone to sponsor them. We had people turning their eyelids the...

English in high school. Have six classes of assessments, and another three classes of homework to mark. Argh! lol... Just had my vanilla shake and, man, it hit the spot. Haven't liked the vanilla much before but that was sooo nice!

I can join my winter coat around my breasts... won't be long until it'll join around my waist too! Just in time for summer ;) I can scratch the middle of my back.

Hi all. Just about to get ready for a long day of work. Marking, grrr. :) Why do we set homework when it creates more work for ourselves! lol... Looking forward to my shakes and a 100% day today.

Morning my lovely friends! I am about to go and mark mark mark... and create a detention list for assignments still owing. mwahahaha. I don't want to do it, but I have to - my students keep asking for them! I always plan to have such a quick turnaround and then I find something better to do...

Interesting. Conversely, I can only drink the lactose free Choc Orange boiling hot otherwise it doesn't mix well and leaves grit in my mouth! Different tastebuds hey?

Hi. Have increased to 5 packs a day including bars and tetras now. Had a discussion with my CDC and that's the decision we made. Going to make such a go of it this week! I don't usually struggle on the weekend but am going to the shops today to get some shoes (shopping yay!) and the cakes and...

oops, I meant 5. Using my laptop in bed and am in an awkward position. Am avoiding getting up because the housemates are cooking really nice smelling food and I want it to be a 100% day today so am removing myself from the situation!

Hi Rayven, I am on antidepressants but when I am feeling good I forget to take them! :( Self-sabotage... My panic is about 5000% better and I don't have them as bad as I used to. So that's coming along. Amanda: sorry, was 277lb, now 276.75lb. I spoke to my CDC and she said, "I don't want to...

Totally with you. Have had a glass of water this morning. Planning on getting a cup of tea, a chocolate shake and then doing some chores to keep myself busy so I don't cave and snack!

Amanda71 start weight 170lbs -6lbs =164lbs (3.53%) :) Rayven start weight 226lbs - 7lbs = 219lbs (3.10%) :D Imac 208 lbs - STS Diet4-40 start weight 267 - 12lbs = 255lbs (4.49%) Hi guys. Really sorry that I am not keeping up my end of the team. I lost 1/4 of a pound! Seeing as I have really...

To be small enough that I can wear the school uniform on free dress days.

Congrats Amanda. Great WI results! Conferences hey? That's good. I find you will always get one thing out of a conference. Doesn't have to be huge and life-changing; it's often just an idea someone else has had and you feel like you want to use it. Or they say something that just makes you go...

Dear Brain, you are my worst enemy. I like you but I need you to cooperate if I am to get far on this journey. Dear Chest, I thank you for plugging away each day with this body. I am trying to lighten your load. Keep going for me please. Dear Eyes, please don't let water come from you today...

tested myself this morning after the horrible night last night. Am more into Ketosis today that yesterday if I am reading the pinkness of the strip correctly. Wierd. Extremely thankful! Hour by hour today. Target today to drink water.

Thanks for the advice guys. Going to talk to my CDC about adding a meal or whatever it's called now.

Hi Amanda, what's nvq if you don't mind me asking?

Hello ladies. Taking it hour by hour today and lasted until 5pm. I had a shake for breakfast, morning tea, lettuce, cucumber, chicken and egg (CDC told me to sub this in for tuna or cottage cheese?) and was feeling really positive. Then had a massive blarny with one of my kids and had to get in...

Dear 14 year old girl, You will not beat me. I have made a decision that you are going to sit in your seating plan seat and that is where you will sit. The other students are going to get very bored of the fight each lesson and you will lose. I am an adult and you will do what I say. I do not...

Hi. I am really struggling with being able to control my emotions in class while attempting this diet. When I am not at school, there is no effort in going 100% but it takes all my willpower to not walk out of school if I am 100% on schooldays. Even if I eat just green and white on schooldays I...

I find I can't last through the day without eating something. It's demoralising but I'm learning what I can cope with. I can 100% on my days off, but I can't seem to be able to do it while at work. I tried to have lettuce and chicken today as my food at lunch, but had a horrific panic attack...

Absolutely Amanda. Saturday 7pm it shall be... and this week I will post a loss! Hope to be firmly back in K by Tuesday at the latest and to be really good and walk past the refec carb food.

Forgot to say good on you all too for getting back on!

Just about to turn off the computer. Am a wee bit hungry at the moment, but nothing I can't handle. I am so proud of myself for not craving to that pizza I was offered... or the peppermint choc chip ice cream, which is my absolute favourite food in the world! Hoping to sleep well tonight, but...

Hi all. I had my potato and leek soup quite thick tonight. Only about 500ml water... had an entire bowl but it felt thick and therefore felt like it had substance. Still headachey, but much less brain foggy. Got distracted by Come Dine With Me. It's becoming a tradition in this house for us all...

Feeling really bad now. Foggy brain, heavy head and hunger (which is a bit more than just hunger) My housemates are starting to cook and I can smell pizza, garlic meatballs and curry. Am looking forward to my potato and leek soup, but really really want to have some bread with it. Have drunk...

I kinda have a plan at work then I walk pass the refec/caf and it's just so tempting and easy... I get very tired walking around and around and fighting all day and it seems so much better to just have a meal... but I need to correct that behaviour. 2pm now and I know I am heading into...

I totally do too. Have finally stopped (mostly) weighing myself morning and night, but still do it in the morning. Like to see whether I am going down STS or going up. Habit created from when I was doing LA Weightloss and it was a requirement. Congrats BB on your marriage and jealous of having...

I am restarting today. Did one week a month ago and have been struggling. Feeling really positive today. Counting this as week 0.

Dear Thread Thank you for minimins being here so I can talk about my weightloss and having people around me who know what I am going through and are supportive. Meg

Totally out of ketosis atm... tested myself this morning as I blew out yesterday after my WI and had a burger, garlic bread and waffle and ice cream... Why do I do these things to myself?!? Feeling quite happy and motivated today. Drinking lots of water, needing to pee so I know I am on my way...

Thanks. I am going to start taking some B12 tablets again... Was on them last year as I was vegan. Will buy them sometime this week. Thanks for the confirmation that this could be an issue. Had convinced myself that as the party line is that it's 100% of the daily nutrients, but figure now as...

High spirits are good. I am always able to stick to the diet on the weekend (as long as I am not out) but it's the week that really kills me. Struggling with water. I tend to have my shakes/soups with 1L of water instead of the 227ml (and can't really tell the difference) but really struggle...

Hi. I was wondering who here is not within the UK? Also, specifically, what is it called in the US and can you get it in Canada? How are we all finding it in differing countries if you're a nomad?

In relation to visiting Australia, I am an Australian living in the UK with a lot to lose and made sure I could continue when I returned in December. Welcome to Cambridge Diet® and SoyaSlim® It doesn't have a find a counsellor on the website but you can call them. The only issue I guess would...

Chewing some gum at the moment. Not yet making me hungry, but keeping my mouth occupied as well as giving me some taste in my mouth. Have not had to have a discussion with myself as I am not hungry and do not want to pick yet. About to get stuck into all of my marking alongside washing and...

I started again SS yesterday and was asleep by 5pm. Woke up at 2am and then slept again from 6 until 9. Still tired. Hour by hour - totally my mantra for today. Going to get involved in marking all my students' assignments!

Day 1. My mantra today: Hour by hour, 1 day down.

I stayed the same this week. Right back on track today and for the rest of eternity!!! :) Will update you next Sunday!

Getting right back on track today after allowing myself a few 'treats' during the week and staying the stame... Taking it hour by hour. I read a post here last week that said to allow yourself to eat every hour and then ask yourself before eating whether you needed it. Am going to do that and...

Me too totally. Totally craving things I would never have eaten before!

I wore a different bra today and my right breast is almost a cup smaller than my left! I really hope the left one catches up soon! lol... ecstatic that I am losing it off my breasts though. Also noticed that my jeans aren't quite so tight around my lower stomach or thighs... only have 1.5...

TCM is traditional chinese medicine. It definitely can help for depression. If you're interested, find a good chinese doctor or acupuncture place as these are the places most likely to prescribe it. They often use flowers in their prescriptions, but they haven't kicked me out of ketosis yet...

OK. Had my WI today - stayed the same :( oh well... not going to beat myself up... just make sure I am great this coming week. 277lbs no loss.

I listen to a hypnotherapy CD evey night as I go to sleep and all I know is that I am waking more refreshed and (generally) sleeping right through the night which I wasn't doing. I can recommend TCM and acupuncture to anybody. The herbs might look horrid and taste a bit nasty, but I tell you...

I get really frustrated by my panic attacks because they come when exercising (to the point I avoid it, am just too scared of it. Six months ago I wouldn't even stand up without someone being around I was so scared of my heart giving out). Much much better now through western and TCM combined...

If I won that much, 10% would go to charity (probably the Australian Butterfly Foundation and Youngcare - teenage eating disorders and nursing homes for under 35s) I would buy a flat in London, New York, Melbourne and Berlin. A large house in Brisbane for my mum, give $500,000 to each of my...

lightbulb moment!

Hi all. Thanks for the warm welcome. My name is Meg and I am a teacher at a high school. No kids, single, living in sharehousing... Makes not cooking a bit of a breeze... but eating out with friends is my challenge! :) How does this work? I post my weight losses here and someone collates it all?

Hi all. Not sure if your vacancy is still open, but would love to join your team if it still is! I will check back either way. thanks!

low in calories... high in citric acid! ;)

Hi all. Looking to join a team when a place is open! Thanks.

I meant hold out through the nausea, not that you were wanting to eat. Sorry that my post was ambiguous.

Oh God yes. One of my housemates is doing everything to undermine me. I am definitely not into making her happy - all she does is make fun of my weight, but then tries to undermine my efforts. Then the size 8 woman tells me she's going to go on the diet too as she's so fat and she wanted help...

Oh, to be able to sit on someone's lap again!

Most definitely it is a secret for me. I want to be high 8s low 9s. I haven't been that since I was 10. I thin realistically I would be happy as a size 12 but would love to be an 8 or a 10.

Hi. I'm eating again because of the extreme tiredness that I was facing on the SS. Trying to do it well with the green and white. My suggestion would be to hold out as long as possible because getting back on is horrendous. Sorry not much help, just wanted to let you know there are ppl out...

Thank you Steve. Much much much much better than writing down the numbers and bad maths regarding calculating what's been lost!

... right... I left a letter out. I did not mean a whole chicken! I meant the whole chicken and green veg thing. No matter how good and exercise I was doing, I think a whole chicken would negate a lot of my work! lol :)

Hey. Thanks for the replies. Good to know that someone else feels the same. I feel so crap that I've had to come off it. Started doing the whole chicken and green veg/lettuce. Not sure if it's making a difference yet...

Hi all. Must say first off that since I have started posting here I feel welcome and connected with the greater world. Now for my query/complaint: I have noticed that when i SS 100% I am totally exhausted, can;t keep my eyes open, feel really weak and stairs are like a mountain to climb. This...

.... lol... I thought you meant she was wearing a red top and that they are unflattering! :)

I've not been given any books either. When I asked her what to have as I need to be on food this week (monetary issues) she just said green veg and white protein. Thanks! Am sticking to chicken and egg (she said egg was ok as I will have to deal with school dinners - they're 1 quid and I have...

Being as I can't eat dairy anyway, it's not so much a problem. I've been getting DVDs and books for a good five/six years. Won't be getting anything this year though because I'm not near family.

The light faded from my eyes I realised that he couldn't be mine. The time had come the fat walrus said, as she looked at his receding back walking no loping running speeding from her. Standing in the room, Mirror mirror one the wall who is the fattest of them all? she cried in shock when her...

In answer to your interest, I eat at about 8.30-9am while I have a spare lesson at school. I eat lunch at 1.20 (lunch break) and then I fill my water bottle up with a cappuccino shake and drink it on the way home. I will have half a pack later if I need it. I buy 4 a day just in case but barely...

I'm finding that food looks lovely. Smell is great too, but just looking at the food my housemates prepare is testing me. The two main meals they eat that I am totally jonesing for (but have resisted) are spaghetti and garlic meatballs and pita bread and melted cheese. Sooo nice to look at but...

I had noticed that before and it was a two-edged sword. I saw the weight loss in the morning and the weight gain in the afternoon. I have decided to only weigh myself once per week. It might take me a bit to control the weighing at home, but I think for my sanity I need to stick to only on the...

Dear scales, I am grateful that you dropped this week. Am very confused to why you cooperated, but am very grateful. Dear sister. You are someone I love but cannot be around while I am on my journey. I will see you when I am happier in myself and my reaction to you cannot derail me from my goal.

Hi. Maybe see the thread on dealing with a bereavement? It was here earlier this morning. My suggestion would be to do what feels right for you. Look for carb-friendly food. I would definitely offer to cook the family meal and make it something that would be fine to eat. Also I would have a...

Hi. It was decided that I would have two packs a day and one meal. I managed to scrape enough for 14 packs together from coinage etc and the packs I had left over. Am happy with that. Spent twenty minutes discussing the best food to eat and foods to avoid. Talking about how to eat for the 1.50...

I will speak to her and hope she is amenable. Will update the thread once I've seen her.

So after my couple of blow outs this week I am completely motivated and confident again. That's great and I love the feeling of control I have. Unfortunately I work on contract basis and didn't have any work the week before or of half term... this means that my rent is going into overdraft and...

I know that for the first time ever I have been on time and had food cravings. Logically our periods will be different as it's hormone based and as weight goes down our hormones are readjusted. I think, that's what I've been told by drs on previous weight loss attempts.

1. Being 10 and weighed in class and my weight put on the chart in class. This was to show averages and how to graph numbers. 2. Having people lean out windows of cars screaming past and calling me names. Or throwing things. 3. Indenting foam chair seats on one sitting.

Dear Gremlin who invaded my students - thank you for keeping me on my toes and making me appreciate the times that you allow them to work on task. Dear Ben Elton and Freddie Mercury (and Brian May and the others): thanks for combining some songs that I am not really keen on and brilliant script...

Hi all. Thanks for your words. I have had such a hideous few days - just ravenous and obliging that hunger! I've not had cravings for food like this ever in my entire life! That is no exaggeration! Was getting really frustrated and then my TOTM came on this afternoon and the cravings have just...

My sister recently lost 90kg - through working out at the gym and watching food intake - and is about to have surgery to take away the large portion of unused skin. She's 22. I think it really depends on the amount of weight lost and the genetic make-up of the skin.

I just had a massive blow out at dinner tonight. I had a baguette with salami and three different kinds of cheese. I am instantly hot, headachey, stomachache and lethargic. Carbs are lethal. Lethal I tells ya. I'm not beating myself up for having food; I had one of those days where I just...

I'm in! I want to lose 10 pounds. Do I just find the thread each week and update?

Hi. I am lactose intolerant and I know that if I have one of the regular shakes I am sooo gonna be sitting on the loo all day. Sticking to the soy shakes now.

I am totally there with you all. Brain foggy and tired. But I've stopped sleeping! Wake up everyday at 3am and can't always get back to sleep (hence I am on here at 4.40am!) My job is not really one that I can deal with in this state for much longer. I need to be really balanced and I can feel...

Weight loss rewards 1 stone Bath with new book 2 stone Movie night with friends. 3 stone Professional leg wax. 4 stone Eyebrow wax. 5 stone Gel nails. 6 stone Join a gym and have PT sessions 7 stone...

In my honest opinion... I think...

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Again, thank you for all your great replies. My housemate said that she could see a major change in the way I look (especially the way a specific shirt fits) I think I need to move out of thinking I am a fat person, and think of myself as I am becoming!

Thanks for the replies everyone.

Thank you Thank you for your warm welcomes. I did one full week of CD three weeks ago and then had half term and parties... deviated but right back on it now! Feel really free.

Hi All. This is the second time I've lost this amount of weight, and the same thing has happened. Clothes are slightly loose, but nowhere near dropping a size. Am interested in how long it took you to drop a size? I'm not really too worried, because I know that it will happen. I am just...

I would love to be able to shop anywhere instead of just shops like Evans. Ultimate sizes: England - 12 top 16 bottom Australia - 8 top 12 bottom. Current sizes: England - 24 top 30/32 bottom Australia - 20 top 26 bottom

- To not wake up in the middle of the night and think there's a sinister reason. - To match my confidence of my brain with the confidence of how I look - To prove to myself I can do something I set out to do. - To see rejection for what it is. Not always think that men are completely superficial...

Hi to you all. I am currently living in England, working as a teacher and working on me. Becoming the person I've know for a long time that I am inside. Getting my body to reflect the person I am on the inside. Am doing CD as I have decided that cutting food out is the best option for me to...

- To fit any seatbelt in any car I get in. - To be able to sit on a chair with my knees bent below my chin and my feet on the chair seat - To have people respond to me on dating sites (or even better, in real life) - To see my collar bone - To be able to go back to ballet classes - To be able to...