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Thanks foxy..my goal date is a day after yours which is the day i turn 40!! Argghh!! we can do it!!!

wow thank you all for your lovely messages!!! i am spurred on by all of them, determined to do well and don't feel quite as lonely on the journey ahead of me. Angel i don't know about you but i almost feel like i'm cheating it is so easy??! I have been looking at the recipes on here and am...

Hi folks, i am returning to mini's after coming off the CD, then WW diets.:break_diet: I did quite well last time but sadly and stupidly have slowly put my weight back on. :booboo: I am 40 this year and am determined to lose my weight for that milestone. I am at the gym 3 times a week...

Hi all, flowey i'm glad you had a great holiday and even more so as you stayed the same weight...fantastic...yes i was chuffed with myself and yes it is nice to be eating food again, i think after doing the CD food for me now is not as much of a major part of my life as it was and the pleasure...

I never seem to get time to come on anymore, just wanted to say hi and to let you know i lost 2 and a half pounds on WW this week so i'm pretty happy with that!!! I know i keep saying it but i will catch up soon. :crazy:

Becky you are doing so well keep it up, i just know i will be back on CD soon, my daughter's lost 8 an a half lb in 5 weeks which she seems to be happy with, she's only a size 12 to begin with so hasn't got as much to lose as me...i am going to support her for as long as poss but at the back of...

Hi all, so sorry i've not been on, my daughter felt like she needed more support on the weight watchers so i decided to join her and help...got weighed monday after pigging out and drinking lots the week before and was well happy to stay the same...been on the diet now for a week and find it...

Hi ladies how are you all getting along? I've decided not to get weighed til next Monday as it was my birthday on friday and i went a bit mental over the weekend, back on diet from yesterday though so hopefully by next monday i will have a loss!! Asa how did you get on at your weigh in...

Hi again just read through your posts well done Becky you'll definitely be in the 11's by your jolly's and i know how you feel when you say you are hungry i'm back to square one today and i'm starving!!! own fault lol Flowey well done for getting back on it, only a couple more days til your...

Hi all, just wanted to say a quick hi before i go off to work, i will catch up properly later. Well my birthday was fab, had a great night, i got myself an absolutely gorgeous top from Zara size M!!!!! I also bought myself some smart cropped pants from next in a size 14 for work. But OMG i...

Just had a chuckle at all your posts thanks for wishing me a good birthday girls, I'm sure i'll have a good one. Becky and No Mercy you're just too intelligent for words!! No Mercy thank you for the kind things you said, I think i tend to bury things and not let them get me down initially, but...

Flowey i'm sure you will easily fit in your jeans by a week on saturday, where are you going? x

Morning all, Well i had to go to bed last night as i felt so sick, not sure if it was anything to do with me eating that steak but i felt absolutely awful!! :9529: Back on the diet today and i'm sort of dreading my night out now cos i don't want to end up feeling like i did last night...

Hi everyone, well done on your loss flowey you're nearly there now....well i've cheated too last night and tonight, i had a steak tonight and some tuna last night, so not too bad really...funny how it makes you feel so guilty though??!!! I'm feeling a little bit down in the dumps today, think...

Oh my god ive just spent ages typing a post and it didn't send!!! Well done blossom 18 an a half pounds is amazing in 4 weeks!!! I used to live in Warrington when i was 14 til i was 19..many moons ago lol Becky i know what you mean about not being good at giving yourself advice, don't you...

BTW Blossom where in cheshire do you live, my parents live in Scholar Green which is just near Congleton and my brother lives in Winsford.

Good luck with that Blossom, let us know how you get on...you won't be entirely on your own cos you've got us lot on here. My CDC is really good she's letting me get weighed again on Thursday to give me a bit of motivation to not go off the rails when i go out on Friday for my...

Anyway goodnight fairies tomorrow's another day..be strong and keep up the fantastic work x x x

Flowey you're doing the right thing by doing the tuna salad like you said it's better than going mad and having a pizza or something, hope you carry on losing hun you have done so well so far...even if you don't lose anything you know you will get to goal after your hols x x x

Oh i've just read your post, i'm so glad i will go straight back into ketosis cos didn't fancy the 3 days cold turkey again...thanks becky...and i might go straight back on the diet after my night out cos when you put it like that (i could get to target in a month) that really does make me feel...

Hi all, Flowey I read the posts about alcohol, it really scared me, i have just had the one and topped it up with water, think i was just having a bit of a rebellious moment lol Becky i agree with you about breaking the diet up and next week is my holiday (even though i'm not actually going on...

Blossom i've got everything crossed for Wednesday for you x x

Hi all, well..drum roll please..........i lost 3lb!!!!! and that was 2 days early!!!! so thats 16lb in 3 weeks!!!!! My CDC's trick up her sleeve was to half your packs and eat 6 small meals a day, this tricks your body into thinking its getting more food so doesn't hold on to what it's...

wow flowey i didn't realise you'd lost 3 stone!!! thats a massive loss in 10 weeks!! why did you take a break from it, did you put on any weight in between? I'm constantly thinking if i eat anything i will put on all my 13lbs i've lost or at least half of it...which i suppose is a good thing...

Hi Becky i was thinking it might be water retention...but then thought it might be my metabolism may have slowed right down and i've not lost any...we will see. Where do you get the Ketostix from? I've never once tested myself for ketosis...i know i am in it tho cos of my breath being like a...

Thanks blossom i hope she pulls through it too, she's such a lovely kind hearted young lady, it breaks my heart to see her so ill. Glad your Dad's caught his early, hope he's better really soon. Good for you for waiting til Wednesday to decide...in my head when i feel like giving up there is a...

Oooohh i love hearing people's weigh in results, let us know how you get on...i'm getting weighed tomorrow too so will let you know...good luck x x Have a fab day everyone x x

Hiya all, Blossom i've arranged to see me CDC tomorrow cos i've just had a whinge to her about it, she said she's got a trick up her sleeve she's going to tell me about tomorrow...i'm intrigued and will let you in on the secret as soon as she tells me..it better be good...lol...stay strong...

Yes i suffered with heartburn for a few days last week, but it's gone now...only side effect i've got now is the death breath, it's times like these i'm glad i'm single :giggle:

My challenge is to just be 100%, i stayed the same weight last week (week 2, my weigh in was tuesday) and have been 100% and my scales say i haven't lost any since then!!! :confused: If i don't lose any i will be so gutted...does anyone have any idea why that could possibly happen? I am also...

Hi ladies, thanks for your posts, Liz i have set my goal to 12st 7 and that's exactly what i am going to do..see if i feel like i need or want to lose more. Thanks for the link. eyeontheprize, first of all congratulations you are an inspiration!!! And i do love being tall sometimes, but think...

Hiya everyone, well i have been really good this weekend (i know its only saturday) all my work colleagues went out last night but i just couldn't face going out and drinking water so stayed in. I'm sure i'll make up for it and have a couple on friday.:party0016: Anyway what i was going to...

Hi all , are there any ladies who like me are very tall? I have always found men's comments about my size based around the fact that i'm "the size of a rugby player" or "built like a man" extremely painful and feel the need to try and always look feminine. Does any other of us tall ladies...

Hi Al I am on week 3 of CD and my 2nd weigh in i stayed the same, i was a bit gutted to say the least, but thought if i just went and ate food would feel more gutted to put on any of the 13lbs i lost in week one. So here i am on a friday night with my bottle of water staying strong and looking...

Maria from Coronation street, i think she is so pretty!!! Only trouble is she's young and dinky and i'm 5ft11 and 39 next week :8855: A girl can dream!!!

To walk with your head held high past a load of workmen and get a wolf whistle instead of rushing past head down completely paranoid!! :flirt2:

Hi thoka was just reading your post and can assure you i felt exactly the same, i was worried constantly as i felt so lightheaded and convinced myself that this diet was really unhealthy and making me ill....i'm on week 3 now and it really does get better. My CDC assured me it would..even...

Hiya ladies, blossom hope your dad's ok my daughter's best mate's got Hodgkin's she's having a rough old time of it too, when i see her it makes me feel so guilty about the stuff i moan about. I'm also thinking about you hun and you can scream away cos i know i would!! x She's only 17 and on...

You've done so well to lose all that in just 10 weeks...i didn't think i'd ever get past week 1 to be honest....and i'm pretty sure that without all your encouragement and advice i wouldn't've done. Can't wait to go shopping in a few weeks...where usually i would dread it!!!

Hiya flowey...wahey size 14!!!! That's brilliant can't wait til i can fit in some 14's, ive got a pair of jeans that used to fit me, think theyre a size 12 and just tried them on...they're nowhere bloody near fastening tho haha Give it a couple more weeks tho and they will!! I've just...

I was thinking about Madge too, when she followed through when she was out :8855:wonder if she's still on the diet. That would've been enough to put me right off lol x x

Thanks i'll try the cranberry one before i decide whether to swap them or not...with a glass of water. I took a 2 litre bottle of fizzy water with me to work today and a glass and nearly got thru it all, which is good going for me cos i really never used to drink water very much before CD...

Morning all, we did it we got through another day!!!! :clap: Meat and veg sounds fanbloomintastic to me and i'm sure i wont be able to eat very much after a month with next to nothing...but that's good cos what i do eat i'll enjoy and not feel too bad. I usually drink lager when i go out but...

I've got a night out with work on friday 29th which is also my birthday and guess where we're going? For a chinese!!!!!!! ARGGGGHHHH!!!!!! In an ideal world I wouldn't eat or drink anything, but hey, this isn't an ideal world is it? lol I've already told my CDC about it and she's going to...

:wave_cry:Blossom my rumbles are still rumbling!!! I'm going to swap them (the bars) for something else my CDC is really good like that if i don't like anything or go off it she just swaps it for me. My daughter got a magazine with weight watchers and thats the same.."i lost a stone in 3...

Ellie you can do it, the results are so quick it wont be long til you can post your thin one next to it. Good luck x x x

I use my tetras instead of milk in my coffee cos i cannot abide black coffee!!! It's a good way to drink more fluid, i have decaff tho to stop cravings and headaches

I've just been to my friends and she was having chinese...which happens to be my favourite food in the whole wide world..lol...i didn't stay long for fear of dribbling at the smell :bolt: I think this week will be a hard one!!! Becky I keep having daydreams of just going mad and gorgeing...

Cheska, have yourself a great holiday enjoy yourself hun and see you Thursday x x

Blossom a lb is better than i did i'm all bloated up today aswell so i know how you feel, being a woman isnt easy sometimes is it? lol No Mercy i think he will regret what he's done too but it's done now and he can't change it. Just hope he knows that cos i dont want anything more to do with...

Morning girls, awww bless you all i think you all need a big:grouphugg: Flowey don't feel bad about moaning, this is what the forum's all about we're here to support each other, if nobody moaned people would be put off asking anything as everyone else would appear to be coping (if you know...

Hi all, feeling very positive today, the diet's been no problem at all...although my son who's 12 did cookery today and made pasties and was so chuffed when he brought them home, bless him, i felt really guilty telling him i wasn't going to sample his masterpieces!! :( The ex issue is ok, i...

Morning all, thanks Blossom and no he isn't worth a minute of my time anymore, we didn't live together thank god so I have no reason to contact the :censored:rat. lol Good news is i've stuck to the CD since my blip and not nibbled or eaten so bring on my weigh in on Wednesday!! :cross: Have a...

Thanks flowey, you're always very supportive, i will put it behind me and carry on being good, i'm hoping it doesnt show up too much by wednesday when i have my weigh in. But if it does so be it. Blossom i've been a right snap case today with everyone, bless you for apologising and well done...

I've been laughing at your comments on the speed dating aswell, it's not until July so that gives me plenty of time to lose weight and gain confidence...i just think it will be a reet good laugh!! My mate can talk a glass eye to sleep so she'll be fine, but i think a few drinks will definitely...

Flowey I might sound like i'm in control but inside i'm going through hell and am thinking how i can get away with surgically removing his f**king bits!! :mad: The thought of him doing that with her...well i cant even tell you how i feel cos i dont even know how to describe it myself. :confused...

Becky thats fantastic, well done!!! 4 weeks at 5lb thats 20lb that would be 11st4!!! There's motivation if you ever needed it!! x x x

Morning ladies, well i didn't sleep very well last night and have done so much thinking and crying :cry:my head hurts...if i hadn't started CD and was on the road to being slim this would've been so much harder. The fact that i'm feeling more positive about myself and my body....and my...

Thanks girls that means such a lot. Will chat tomorrow x x x x

Wow no mercy thats fantastic!!! Well done you!! Flowey i found out he has been cheating on me...i've had a terrible day and feel like reaching for a nice big bottle of wine...but i won't, i've stuck to my diet with no problem. I am so upset, i realised today i was doing this initially to try...

:needhug:OMG!!! I've just had some really bad news(man related)...i'm blazing!!! :flamingmad: I just feel like whats the bloomin point!!! I absolutely hate men!!! :raincloud: :needhug::needhug::needhug::needhug:

Thanks i'll look forward to getting some of that next week. I was really bad before and had a slice of chicken breast :copon: didn't really even enjoy it and it wasn't cos i was hungry cos i'm not so god knows why i did that. Oh well i'm going to put it behind me and carry on. My energy...

Hope youre feeling better tomorrow blossom. I will try the mousse stuff Becky thanks for that..is there a certain trick to mastering it?

Stick with it shlinz youre doing so well. Healthy eating isn't as easy as you think it will be. x x

Sorry becky not sure how much they are...I didnt know you could get mousse? I've had really bad heartburn all last night and today, do you think rennies would be ok to munch on?

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Thanks girls Cheska dont beat yourself up over it, but you CAN do it, you can do it in no time!! x x Becky 2 more sleeps now, my daughter is very anti-CD and thinks i'm crazy for even thinking about doing it but we will see lol Have a great day everyone x x x

Can you not find a temporary CDC for the 3 weeks? We're always here for any advice Ugg but everybody is so different on this diet. You find that some people feel great, some really sh*t, some it takes longer, some are very lucky and have no problem at all. If you feel really bad go and...

It can be tough going though when youre running round after kids, working, cooking, cleaning etc..i agree the diet is fantastic and going on SS+ til you feel ok wont have much of an effect on your weight loss.

I've only been on this for 9 days so cant really comment as an expert, but I'm 5ft11 and a half and i have 4 a day....on a few occasions i have felt like that and have had an extra pack. My CDC promised me tonight my energy levels would increase this week, so i will wait and see. If i feel...

Becky i think classes would be a really good idea, I think some people go for the LL simply for the group therapy, even though it's a lot more money. Anyway who needs group therapy when you got the sugar plum fairies lol

Thanks blossom i feel like the cat that got the cream!!

I felt like doing back flips out of my CDC's garden!! lol 13lbs!!!

:clap::woohoo::greenapple:Well ladies.....i'm here and chuffed to bits i lost 13 lbs!!:banana dancer: Only a stone til i'm normal!!

Greeneyes I was really lightheaded for the first few days, this is how i cope...have a good glass of water, sit or lie down and shut my eyes for 10 mins. I find if you drink plenty of water most symptoms (bar the monkey breath) are eased. Sorry if this is not very helpful hun, keep up the...

Hi ladies, Shlinz I've been having hot flushes but more so at night...but i was thinking i could be pre menopausal? I'm 38 soon to be 39 so not sure if thats too young. And guess what........weigh in day today at 7.30pm!!!!!!! :banana dancer: Had a really good chat to my CDC last night and i...

OMG Shlinz well done!!! Aww i bet i wont lose that much, would be happy as pigs in poo if i did tho!!! And flowey your loss was fanbloomintastic!!!

:grouphugg:Awww ladies youre the best!!! I resisted temptation :devilangel:and had my frozen tetra for my tea...and I have read all your posts thank you soooooo much for the encouragement and support!!! I rang my CDC earlier and was like "but can i not have just a salad for my dinner" she said...

:cry:Hi ladies Well I'm seriously struggling today, my daughter joined WW last night and I'm thinking about switching to that so we can do it together. I'm miserable, moody, my breath smells like cow dung and i'm so hungry i could eat a scabby dog with fleas!!! I must've lost at least a stone...

Lin18 how on earth did you do 13 weeks on SS? I've done one and am ready to chew my right arm off!!

I think it's just a matter of what you eat when we finish the diet. You have to slowly introduce carbs back into your diet otherwise you do get a big gain. And as for the weigh in mine cant come quick enough...then again it is my first one...ive done a week today but my CDC cant fit me in til...

Awww Elliemellie dont worry, put it behind you and keep strong. I was just wondering about my account how i view my profile etc..but i found it on another thread somewhere you have to post at least 50 times before you can do that.

Good good good...well i've phoned my CDC and she cant fit me in til Wednesday for my weigh in so that will be a week and 2 days, i'm so glad i bought more stuff so i can last til then, but i'm reeeeeally struggling tonight. I've already had my 4 packs and i'm bloomin starvin!!!:help2:

Not sad, just something you have got into a habit of doing. I've found if i'm stressed or feel sad i eat, my main killer is the few glasses of wine, after that i just eat for england...and scotland and wales lol Onwards and upwards tho!!!! x x x

Well done for not caving in Memphis it's surprising what you find out about yourself on this diet and your food habits isnt it? Quick question: how long does it take for my account to be activated (or whatever it is)? Anybody know? x

My weekend was not too bad...well actually it was a struggle really..lol...i've got into the habit of having at least a few glasses of red wine every weekend and just not being able to treat myself was really difficult. BUT...on the positive side i realise that those few glasses of red wine were...

Oh and Cheska i can imagine that it's the hardest thing in the world getting back on track, in the right mind frame etc..but fair play and hats off to you for your determination!!! Go girl!!! :hug99:

Hi ladies, aww madge i hope you didnt find my post offensive if you did i'm really sorry.:o Well i was dreading work today but no need as my sicknote didnt run out til tomoro so couldnt go in!!! :D Supposed to get weighed tomoro I'm really hoping my CDC can squeeze me in somewhere. I have...

Happy birthday Becky and i admire you're strength for sticking to the diet today, well done hun. Madge that is hilarious, my friend did a similar thing she was on Orlistat and still eating loads of cr*p (not a good idea) she was in our local shop and had to walk out backwards as she had an...

Afternoon all, just flicked thru the posts and youre all doing so well and the comments cheer me up no end. I'm on day 6 and i was reading the thread called "theres two types of CDer" or something like that. Well i must say i cant help being the type 1 who sees the diet as a prison and cant...

I'm feeling great Becky thanks, will have to mop the floor every night before i go to bed just in case lol, my mum's just made me feel so positive i was saying i cant believe i'm gonna be 40 next year, she said you will look and feel so good you won't feel 40 in fact you will feel younger than...

Wow witchy you have willpower of steel!! I'm avoiding people at the moment completely lol

hi fairies well done to us all for sticking at it for another day :happy096: i woke up this morning and nearly passed out when i got up to make a brew...i was panicking a bit but i just lay back down had some water, had my porridge and i'm ok now. I've set myself a mental goal today to stick...

lol that's amazing have you lost all that weight since April? Are you in a size 16 or are they too big (sorry didnt understand what you meant)? That would be 5 dress sizes..wow!!!!! well done!!!!! I'm in a size 16...just about...i would love to go down to a comfortable size 12 and stay there...

We will be up there soon with the rest of them :happy096:

I agree this forum does really help, if i didnt have people answering my questions i would've driven my CDC mad lol The thing that spurrs me on is the progress that so many on here have made, its amazing. Have you seen the slideshow? x

I can feel a difference already too, my first weigh in will be on Wednesday as my CDC can't fit me in on the Tuesday. Can't wait to compare losses Shlinz, have you been on this diet before?

Blossom can you not have bars on week 2?

I have to cook for my 2 kids every night and the picking was more of a habit than i realised until i couldnt do it. This weekend i am avoiding people altogether, keeping myself busy cleaning and other rock n roll things like that lol

Oh well fingers crossed i dont get bad breath then...and coke zero can be my new treat once a day. I'm on day 4 too Shlinz and am hoping exactly the same, i cant wait til i can have a bar..something to chew on would be great, does anyone recommend any flavours?

I agree with you tillyfloss my weekends are not very structured. I have been off work this week so am quite apprehensive about how i'll find that aswell. I work in an office where people are always offering out treats...its not the hunger that gets you its the questions from people i expect...

Is the bad breath constant while you're in ketosis or is there anything you can do about it? Sorry one more question...am i allowed to drink zero drinks?

Hope is fine flowey..lol..day 4 is a lot better than day 3, i was a bit worried yesterday as i felt really lightheaded and started to question whether this was any good for me (the usual excuses), but thanks to a few words of encouragement and reassurance i got through it. I'm not feeling hungry...

Hi all you fellow CDers, i must say the support on here is great, it really keeps your spirits up when they start flagging so thanks everyone.

Thanks flowey i will come and have a chat....and yes this is my first time so I'm just trying to find my feet..lol..to be able to see them would be good!! x

I'd say no its not too late, go for it, just make sure you have the 3 or 4 shakes/tetra's or whatever within the day. The sooner you start the sooner you start losing. Good luck

I'm doing so well lasting for 4 days (well i think so anyway) and i really do NOT want to fall off the wagon, weekends for me are the killer. I've been on so many diets and failed due to having a glass or 3 of wine ;) Does anyone have any tips for me to get through til monday unscathed? At...

:newbie: Hi all I was just wondering what everyones reasons were for losing weight. Me personally it was someone asking me if i was pregnant...i was so humiliated!!! :beam: I didn't realise i had got so big, it made me step back and take a good long look at myself in the mirror. Also i am 40...

Hi all Thanks for all your words of advice and encouragement, I will try not to stress too much about it. I was reading about Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen's wife, she lost loads of weight on the LL, but she said she was at the gym every day etc...I go to the gym a lot and am really hoping that i...

Hi all I started SS on 6th May and today feel really lightheaded which concerns me a little, I have been drinking loads of water I'd say approx 2 and a half litres a day maybe more. Does anyone have any idea how long i should expect this to last? Apart from the lightheaded feeling I am doing...

Thank you Lin18, day 3 and I'm feeling a bit light-headed, i hope that doesnt last too long as it makes me think it's not doing me any good. :sigh:

Hi I'm totally new to all this, i started Sole Source yesterday and would appreciate any tips, support, even just conversation would do lol I've got approx 32lbs to lose and after looking through some of the forums know that this is hopefully not going to take me too long. I've tried every diet...