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  1. M

    Setting a goal weight &

    I have decided to start maintaining, even though I am tecnhnically still around 10lbs overweight according to BMI. I feel great and look well, and I love being a size 14. I think it has to be up to the individual. I dont feel "fat" anymore, so I have decided to stick with my present weight. It...
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    Maintaining Weight

    Hi, Still losing now on 1500 plan, so dont worry. I spent the whole time when doing SS planning how i would maintain. I bought a few cookbooks, the anthony worrel thompson one is quite good and has a very much low GI slant. I am also subscribing to weight loss resources which gived very...
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    What happens when you have a tummy tuck?

    Nearly done to target myself now, and am hating my tummy. Just a quickie, but has it been worth it Mike? Just ask cos would love to have my tum done, but worry my expectations are unrealistic and I wouldnt be able to cope with the recovery (two kids, teaching etc). I have had two C...
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    Needing every little bit of help please!

    WEll done Rossy! That is an excellent weight loss, and you must be thrilled. I had my monthly weighin and lost 15 lbs in July!!! Made up now about that. I have only a few to go now, so I am going to move up the stages now. :D
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    August Challenge!

    Fingers Crossed- Target 14lb, lost 0lb Royal Purple- Target 20lb, lost 0lb Fuzzyduck - Target 14lb, lost 0lb itsnowornever-target 14lb,lost 0lb Splash- Target 14lb, lost 0lb Myrtlemoo - Target 14lb, lost 0lb Wannalose8stone - Target 14lb, lost 0lb Sophia-Jo - Target 14lbs, lost 0lb Lenny -...
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    Needing every little bit of help please!

    The best thing like heaven said is to just keep to the packs. Once you are firmly in ketosis it does get easier because your weight drops so fast and you dont feel hungry. My hubbie has been doing it for the last two weeks and found the first week very hard but is getting into it now. The sod...
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    Needing every little bit of help please!

    :eek: Am weighing myself three times a day. This is mental. I am going to lock my scales in the greenhouse and reduce my weigh ins to twice a week. Give you a laugh.........................went to aqua tone the other day, and thought "this aint doing anything should have gone to the gym". Woke...
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    okay, so i just went for my gym induction .....

    I agree with everyone who has posted. I swear if the 6 stone I have lost is all muscle and water I dont give a Crap, cos I have gone from size 24 to size 14 in four months. I have often gone to the gym and done an hour's swim and an hour HARD WORK in the gym before having my first CD of the day...
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    Needing every little bit of help please!

    Whoo WHoo ladies, feel really buoyed up by these comments. Let's get rid of these last little crappy bits of flab!!!!
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    Guess what I have found...

    Listen hun if I could see the bones in my bum do you really think I'd be drinking three shakes a day??? No, unless they were Mc d's thick choc ones!!! Thank God I can only feel them when I try hard (dont ask, I know it's weird but I scratched my butt a few weeks ago and wondered what the lumps...
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    Needing every little bit of help please!

    Thanks Linda and Heaven, I think I can do it too, but I need constant butt kicks at the mo. Watching "the biggest loser" or somthing on UK Living and it is helping seeing how much they are doing to lose the flab. Defo with you Heaven, it does get harder. I have lots of (size ten) friends who say...
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    Guess what I have found...

    Scared the crap out of my husband the other day.......bent over in the nuddie and he shrieked " oh my god .............spine"!! Also am I the only person in the world who didnt realise they had bones in their arse???:eek: I have one in each buttock~!!!!
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    Needing every little bit of help please!

    I am finding the last 20lbs a real drag! I really need you guys to help me out on this last push. I have lost 6 stone since march 25th and feel so good now, but it is almost working against me because now I look ok and am SOOOOOO active, the initial buzz has gone a bit. I have been pissing...
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    What am I ???

    This is gutting I know! My best friend is a size 10 practically everywhere, and occasionally she goes down to an 8 in Wallis and up to a 12 in primark, george etc where they seem to cut a bit neater! She had to buy a SIZE SIXTEEN for her wedding dress two years ago, and she is 5'8'' and ten...
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    i've eaten :(

    The most important thing is that you put it right behind you and start again right away. I agree that if it was skinless and you didnt eat a Big Bird portion it should be fine and should not knock you out of ketosis. Chin up girl and back with it now. Glug the water and it shouldnt make too much...
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    Newbie

    Hi Louise again! My chubby hubby has just started sole source (first week) and as well as rat's breath (;)) he is finding it a bit tough as he LOVES his food and really misses the chewing thing. Our CDC has said that when he is allowed the bars (week three I think) then one of those will help...
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    Newbie

    Also hun the first three days are the very very worst of the whole diet. I made a deal with myself that I would give it one month, and i would stick to it whole-heartedly for that one month. I agreed with myself (I talk to myself a lot lol) that if I really found it too hard that I would go to...
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    Has anyone had hair loss on ss?

    Glad this has come up again, I am getting so worried I was going to see my doctor! My hair has been fine up til the last four weeks and I am shedding like a gud un! It is not as bad as when I had chemo in my 20s (handfuls of the stuff came out then, was nearly bald...........sexy), but it does...
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    body fat percentage confusion!

    Thanks everyone! When I was 46 % I weighed 14 st 9. Glad the bloody things are inaccurate, cos when I got home I researched onthe internet and discovered that I would have to lose another 42lbs to reduce my body fat down to an "acceptable" 28 %, and to be honest I would be too skinny at that...
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    body fat percentage confusion!

    Hi, thanks for the reply! They measured body fat using tanita scales. I have been doing bicep curls, tricep dips, leg press, chest press, shoulder press as well as about 30-40 mins of cardio. More often than not I have also used the pool to do about 40 lengths 5 days per week. My trainer at the...
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    body fat percentage confusion!

    had my body fat measured at the gym today. Although i have lost 35 lbs since joining with them in May (oh and 78 overall since starting CD in March:p) my body fat percentage has only dropped from 46% to 41 %. Does that mean that I have lost a load of lean tissue instead of fat? I dont get how I...
  22. M

    Gym question - Don't think I'm going to join now

    The gym makes it a bit tougher cos it makes you hungrier in my experience. But, and this is a huge but, I have been going regularly for about 8 weeks and it has given me a huge boost of energy and has made an enormous difference to the shape of my body and its tone. Also I have been doing a hell...
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    Replica fat

    might sound a bit cheap but you could buy a kilo of "value" lard or something from tesco! To make yourself feel like a super environmentalist (or a mentalist hehe) mix it with seeds every couple of weeks and turn it into fat balls for the birds! Oh god, day one of the school holidays and sound...
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    shouldnt but would (not cd related obv!)

    Dont hate me but saw a pic of Tony Blair in his 1997 campaign for election and thought "mmmmmmmmmm" once. Not anymore tho gals! On the topic of men in power, how about Bill Clinton and Paddy Pantsdown. Gawd I am soooooooooooooooo wrong
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    1st mix a mousse

    Dont let me be the one to tell ya! Actually I am a mutant and actually love brocolli and cheese. Without mix a mousse hehehe:jelous:
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    1st mix a mousse

    And shock horror it even makes the fruits of the forest shake pallatable!!!
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    Help - Ran out of CD products..?

    God! Make sure you get a spare key to your mothers! I always keep an extra week in the house in case of serious emergencies!
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    Whats the silliest thing you've ever done in pursuit of losing weight?

    No really crazy diets (tho my mates all think this one is a bit whacky:mad:), however always schedule my weigh ins first thing in the morning, and NEVER have a shake before I get weighed in case it makes a single ounce of a difference!! My mum lost four stone once on an apple, an orange and a...
  29. M

    Couple lose 18 stone between them and still going strong

    Just checked out the photos on your blog and all I can say is "wow!" You and your wife are an inspiration to me. Keep posting!:D
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    Recommended Shopping List?

    I really agree with Karion! The first few weeks u will be really motivated and will be fine with the shakes "clean". I also agree that you should spend the first few weeks trying all the shakes at least once each. I have found (16 weeks in) that your tastes change a lot, and the first few months...
  31. M

    weight gain during period?

    DEfinately gain weight in the week before my period, either that or during my period I always lose about 7lb!!!! I dont worry too much, but it is gutting cos I struggle every PMT week to stick to it and to not see this reflected on the scales is GUTTING! Damn being a woman!! Hehe.:D
  32. M

    shouldnt but would (not cd related obv!)

    Chris Moyles! Funny and would make me look like a skinny mini!!!!:eek:
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    Does CD screw up ur metabolism??

    Hi, Thanks for such quick replies! I am BMI27 at the moment, and moved up to 790 just cos I was getting too tempted to nibble on sole source having stuck to it diligently for 14 weeks and didnt want to undo all my work with a binge. I suppose I just have to be more patient! I am also mentally...
  34. M

    Does CD screw up ur metabolism??

    :( I know I have lost a third of my body weight, but I have moved to 790 plan following a rough patch where I thought I would barf if I had another shake:D. All going well, and love the food but the weight just aint shifting. Am down to about 1 or 2 pounds a week, following weight losses of...
  35. M

    should I do the Cambridge diet??

    Hi hun, I was sceptical too, and all my friends and family were concerned about the very low cal thing. I have lost 75 lbs in 14 weeks (or so) and have never felt better in my life. My skin used to be Sh*t and now is clear and glows and I have toned up pretty well without too much flab. It is a...
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    adding a meal

    Hi everyone, Lost 72 pounds now and have another 28 to go before I reach BMI25. I am really getting sick of SSing, and was thinking about doing AAM permanently, well til I get down to target weight anyhow! I want to get these 28 off before September, so I only have two months to shift it. What...
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    36D hehe

    Went to posh underwear shop wearing my grey mummy pants and washed out bra, and left with a tonne of 36D bras and.................wait for it...................thongs!!!!! All matching, and spent a bloody fortune that I don't have, but I dont care! Was measured by the girlie in the shop and...
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    A small cheat:help!

    Have just had AAM portion of lean roast beef and salad! Shame is its not AAM til Sat! Bollocks. Anyone know if this will screw things up weightloss wise? Also, should I have my last shake of the day?? OOOOOOH what a bloody idiot I am!:break_diet:
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    Thats it -- off to Quacks

    hi, also feelinga bit washed out after 12 weeks on CD. Finding food really hard to resist. Think TOTM just round the corner though and work is a drudge at the moment as well. Am defo going to keep going for the sake of the final 40lbs as have done so well. (keep telling myself that anyhow!!!!)...
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    Is This Normal

    HI, I have little fatty lumps all over my tummy and rib cage. Got so worried I went to see the quack! He said that it is typical of weight loss, and is just fatty bits! Wish my tummy was firm! currently resembles stretch marked play doh!!
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    thanks mini, it is so kind of you to find all those smilies! Made pasta tonight for kids and hubs, and was sorely tempted! Glad I didnt cos would have felt a right fake had I given in!!!
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    Just a quick update, but I have now lost 62lbs in ten weeks! At my weigh in yesterday I had lost 13 lb in a fortnight! This diet rocks! I have joined a gym and my instructor has warned that weight loss may well slow up a bit as I am doing a lot of resistance work to tone up. Apparently muscle...
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    AAM Week

    I have been told that the tiny amount of food u get with AAM does not affect weight loss too much. It only adds up to an extra 100 odd cals.
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    Not eating all my sachets

    I agree, over the last few weeks have gone right off the soups. Also I missed a few shakes this week, and only lost two punds, so wont be doing that again! Personally with the bars I have an odd relationship! I loved the choc and toffee at first, but now I hate the texture. I have got into the...
  45. M

    How Do You Treat Yourself While On Cd?

    oh GOD! Treating myself is something I have always done. B4 it would be a bottle of wine and nibbly food. Last weekend (to celebrate losing three stone and becos all my clothes were falling off, and I guess cos it was birthday) I bought: 4 pairs shoes 4 pairs of trousers 4 tops 2 handbags Pair...
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    Really random concern

    Hi, I am amazed that although I have lost three stone +, and my back has shrunk, the boobs are still the same cup size. Was a bit worried about this too, but all ok so far.
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    Not Drinking is Getting me Down

    Hi Em, I know how you feel! I have had the odd glass of wine and beer, but am no way drinking myself under the table the way I used to! It has affected my social life a little, but I am trying to find other things to do with my mates. I am prob a bit older than you however, and I DO remember the...
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    BUYING CAMBRIDGE OFF EBAY

    Hi angel, have been on for nearly 7 weeks and I think (weigh in Saturday!!) that I have lost 3 stone 3 lbs! I am really pleased cos I have gone from busting out of size 22/24s to neatly fitting into size 18s.
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    BUYING CAMBRIDGE OFF EBAY

    HI, Good luck with your CD start. It's a great diet! I wouldnt buy from E bay cos the cost is way more than you pay when buying from a CDC. Also I known from others on this site that the stuff on E bay can be imported and therefore not necessarily the same nutritional content as the gear they...
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    How Many Times Have You Cheated?

    Had a glass of wine or two, but nothing else. I am also planning to sole source my way down to target without doing AAM. I have lost 3 stone in 6 weeks. This is my first time doing CD and I really rate the diet. If I allowed myself to do a real carb cheat, psychologically I would consider than...
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    are doctors sympathetic to cambridge diet

    Thanks Kaz. My cdc did give me booklet for mum's doctor, so I hope they go for it. Without sounding smug, I think this diet is so easy cos it takes food out of the equation completely, unlike other reduced food diets. That would suit my mum, cos her binging is reaching epic proportions.
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    are doctors sympathetic to cambridge diet

    Hi, I have been doing cambridge for 6 weeks, and have had fab weight loss (41lbs). My mother is really impressed with the results i have had and wants to give it a go. Her BMI is 55. I spoke to my CDC tonight and she said that mum will have to get doc's permission to start the diet, which I...
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    Hi all, Had my weigh in tonight and have lost another 5lbs! That brings my total to 41 in six weeks! Best news ever, am chucking out all my size 22s (loads! All debenhams suits etc, anyone wants them they are welcome!). My birthday is on monday and lovely hubby is taking me shopping for more...
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    Hi JK, I love my beer and wine too, but I have managed to stay off (ish) it for the last five weeks. I have exciting news! I have lost another 12 pounds!!!! Before anyone wets themselves (!) this has been over a fortnight, but that brings my total up to 36lbs in five weeks! FKN hell!! Also just...
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    Anyone else done AAM early to improve Weight Loss?

    I know it's not popular, but my AAM week coincides with my PMT week. No way could I stick to such minute portion sizes this week!! Will wait til next week and see how I feel then. I have read on the web that some people have ss'd for 12 weeks with no problems. I am going to be flexible with...
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    HAve exciting news! Am now 15 131/4! This beats the CR%p out of the 18 2 3/4 I was on March 19th. Loving this diet! Also been chucking a strong coffee in with mu choc shake in the morning. Yummy
  57. M

    MSN

    Mine is [email protected], am loving MSN. Rather too much, feel free to add me too!
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    Question for CDCs or generally anyone cleverer than me!!!

    I found the choc and caramel ones did rather unspeakable things to my digestive system (ahem), despite being flipping lovely, but I tried the nut one and the cranberry one last week and they were fine. Interestingly though, I did feel hungrier on the days I had them, which I think might be a...
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    Question about AAM?

    Hi, I am due to AAM next week, but I have another 4 stone to lose, and thought I would skip it too. I said to my CD that I was going to give it a miss, and she said it was safe to SS for 12 weeks without a break. I was planning to do the whole 12 weeks SS. Is this a really bad idea?? She hasnt...
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    My first weigh in!

    cant get my smileys to work darn it! Well done anyway!!
  61. M

    My first weigh in!

    That is really great news, well done and keep up the hard work!
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    Does CD actually save you money

    Hi gdollery, I have 6 stone in total to lose. BOO HOO! But I am a third of the way there now! Thanks for your kind words! (ps. Kids and OH had homemade moussaka and freshly baked bread for supper...........hell, am turning into Stepford Wife, cept a fatty!)
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    Does CD actually save you money

    Yes Misdee mine do too! I get them to grate cheese, and chop up loads of veggies and I reach into my carefully stocked freezer (mini freak too!) and get out a couple of pizza bases I baked the week b4. Flippin heck am Domestic Goddess without the Nigella figure! (I wish). Off topic again...
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    Does CD actually save you money

    I have saved money as I was out to lunch 5 times a week (£7.50 a day), also enjoying the odd bottle of wine 3 times a week (at least £15), not to mention the sandwich on the way home from work (at least £7 a week), the odd choc bar, and the impact on the family groceries! We spend about £300 a...
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    Bless you Bekie, and best of flipping luck with this diet. It is the best one I have ever done, and I am sure you have the motivation to do it with such a target. Keep us all posted, and good luck again for tomorrow
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    oh, didnt work, sorry
  67. M

    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    hehe, sorry, but this makes me giggle!!
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    Hurray, lost another 4 lbs this week, so that makes 25 off in three weeks. Am made up!!! Boredom is setting in though. Need to be extra careful this next couple of weeks as I am not seeing my CDC for a fortnight. But I am determined to keep going! OH bought me a new whizzy thing. Havent tried...
  69. M

    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    Hi all, Will give you all a laugh. Note to self, do not EVER submerge your electric whzzy thing in water. Got a nasty shock off mine as I was making my Delicious Shake (ahem) for lunch! For supper had to make my third Delicious Shake using the food mixer................one word......lumpy. Hope...
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    Good luck Mandy, the first two or three days defo the worst. I am just a bit bored of liquid food! I said to OH last night that if the weight loss was slow I would can it to be honest. I weigh in tomorrow, so will post. Think I have lost about 4lbs, which is ok I guess.
  71. M

    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    Hi, really glad so many of us are getting on board this thread train! I am a teacher as well, so am enjoying the holiday, and really hoping to make 2 stone off before I go back in ten days. 7 lbs to go though! Had a few tricky days over the weekend, but feel much better today! Thanks everyone...
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    Thanks! Please be in my gang lol! I weigh in every Sat with my CDC. What about you? I am really going for it at the moment, I am desperate to get into shape as I am starting a new job in September. In the past four years I have put on 6 flipping stone:eek: , largely because of my current job...
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    cambridge buddies wanted please!

    hi, I am in my third week of sole source, and am finding this diet really effective. I have lost 20 lbs so far, and want to lose another 80 by end of September. I have ordered a pedometer and fully intend 10000 steps a day to help me on my mission! I am looking for a few gals to team up with who...
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    feeling so damn cold!

    Started CD three weeks ago, and have lost 20 pounds so far! But gawd am I freezing or what! currently in bed with two winter duvets and bed socks! Why is this? Researched on internet scary stuff about metabolic rates slowing down have come up.........:eek: . Dont want that! Any ideas?
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