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    Weekend challenge

    I have got through day one of ss (no problem) but I now face the weekend which is my 'danger' time. I have often managed to ss from Monday to Thursday but once Friday evening comes and I have finished work for the weekend I find it so hard not have a glass (or four!) of wine - particularly if...
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    Bars?

    I'm fine with them too but they make some people a little 'windy' :eek:
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    Trouser therapy

    :sigh: In an effort to get kick started I decided today on a couple of courses of action: 1. Get back onto Minimins (positive peer influence and mutual support) 2. Bring my trousers to work (ritual humiliation) :D I got onto Minimins first thing this morning and made my first post and...
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    I'm just not losing :(

    Hang in there. When I shed my flab initially a couple of years ago I lost the final 11lbs in the final week of ss! I have no idea how it happened. Neither did the counsellor - she weighed me three times and checked my weigh-in log to be sure a mistake hadn't been made. But it hadn't! I was...
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    How much?

    Thanks Tahira, Good advice no doubt however I am completely obsessed with losing the pounds - the quicker the better! My big downfall is not so much food - ironically food doesn't interest me particularly - but wine!! I particularly like the sparkling variety and "use" it as my end of day...
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    How much?

    I know that 14lbs a month is more of less regarded as the maximum weight loss one can expect when using ss. However I have lost more than that in the past and am desperate to do so again. Have other people lost more than 1st in a month? I have 3stone to lose to get to a healthy BMI (all of...
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    'Girlfriends'??????

    I am doing very well on my diet and feeling very motivated to stick at it for the next 6 weeks or so by which point I should be to my target weight (or very near it anyway). I work with a woman with whom I am very friendly and she knows that I am desperatly trying to get back into last years...
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    Any advice on soup flavours appreciated

    Potato and leek is nice - its tastes for all the world like a hot cup (not exactly a rave review but it will give you the idea). I hate the broccoli and cheese :jelous: but have had some in an 'emergency'. it may be an acquired taste - acquired that is as a result of dire hunger! You'll just...
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    3 Vs 4

    The whole 'don't eat late unless you want to be fat' debate is longstanding. There are those who say that eating late results in fat being stored in the body and those who say it doesn't really matter when you eat, it's the total daily calorie intake and output which matters. I am in camp...
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    How long to get into ketosis?

    It happens more quickly for me - I am in ketosis by the end of day 2. I take tablets for an underactive thyroid - I don't know if that is an influence or whether I'm just lucky. Whichever, I have done it so many times now (:sigh::sigh::sigh::sigh::sigh::sigh:) that I 'know' when I am 'in'. I...
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    Exciting Plan

    Even worse!! ;)
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    Nightmare situation.

    "Get thee to the chippy" I think the silly man should have waited until he went on holiday and then done his gorging bit. Are you sure he's not (unconsciously) trying to sabotage you? Men are funny creatures when it comes to their 'cuddley' girls losing weight. Even if he does have his...
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    Exciting Plan

    I love the idea of a post-diet 'reward' but I can't imagine anything worse than having some prissy woman 'dress' me!! For me it would be the equivalent of a Trinny and Susanah or Gok wotisname night mare!! I prefer to go alone or perhaps with a VERY GOOD friend. Every girl to their own...
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    3 Vs 4

    Why is it that LL allows 4 packs a day(regardless of height) whereas CD allows only 3 for shorta**ses like me? :confused: I have checked the calories and there is little in it i.e. the difference between four LL packs and 4 CD packs is very little and so adding another CD pack would be neither...
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    I'm hungry!!!

    Why are you doing Slimfast? Have you given up on CD?
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    Help Crab and Prawns!

    You can get Ketostix from the chemist. Some chemists are suspicious of selling them to 'chubby chicks' though so I say they are for my mother in law!!! What's a little fib on my way to fab?!
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    I'm hungry!!!

    There is a difference between feeling hunger and 'fancying something nice to eat'. Once we get into ketosis the sense of real hunger goes but unfortunatly the desire for 'something nice' stays. Try to differentiate between the two - I find that helps. Hang in there.
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    Not impressed with the Bars

    All day long I look forward to the evening time which I can sit down with a nice mug of black coffee and a chocolate/cranberry bar straight from the fridge - yum!
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    Word Association

    sugar and spice
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    What is the one thing that you dream about when you get to goal?

    Getting back into that pair of black size 10 trousers which taunt me everytime I open the wardrobe!! Once I am there I will have 'arrived'. ETA is mid July - fingers crossed!
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    Goals, timescales and exercise

    If you stick to the diet a stone a month is a fairly realistic expectation. Exercise will assist but depending upon what you do if you build muscle (which is both likely and beneficial) that will weigh more than fat so it may seem as though your weight loss has slowed - that's why its a good...
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    Help Crab and Prawns!

    P.S. p.s. If you are in 'dark ketosis' this would suggest that you are dehydrated - you need to watch that an up the fluids.
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    Help Crab and Prawns!

    Women are supposed to have about 2000 calories a day and at the moment, most of us are existing on under 500 - so even with a few prawns (so long as they are not in batter!!!) the calorie intake is still exceptionally low and cant do much harm. They may be salty but isn't that just about fluid...
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    'Best friend gone'!

    ................... ' still managing to give HIM the 'cold shoulder'. Why couldn't I have been one of those people who can drink and eat more or less whatever they want?! I only have to 'look' at food and I end up 'wearing' it - having to tuck last nights tuna sarnie and chips into my...
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    Doctors orders to stop diet not happy !

    Poor old you. But just because you have to go back onto 'real' food for a bit doesn't necessarily mean that you'll undo all the good work to date. Eat sensibly and take a bit of exercise and you can at the very least maintain your current loss or perhaps even lose a few pounds more. I hope...
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    cant stop thinking about food!!!

    I don't know about some of you but my diary is governed by diaries - paper and electronic so I can 'watch' my life pass me by on a daily basis - page after page, week after week and year after year. One day I'll put in a meeting for two weeks ahead or even two months ahead and then suddenly...
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    'Best friend gone'!

    I am grieving the loss of my very best 'friend' ................ my lovely glass of chilled sparkling wine!! Every evening when I got in from work, 'HE' was there in the fridge waiting for me and a few bubbley slurps later all was well with my world. The memory of another S*** day at the...
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    Muscle burn..

    I get that a lot - I like to think its a good sign and indicates that my body is having to reach into those fat stores to keep me going!
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    So Tired....

    The tierdness will come and go - you just have to stick with it and not see it as a cue to cook some toast!! It does pass but it is an awful feeling. I walked into town and back tonight and was in a state of collapse afterwards!! However having had a pack, a couple glasses of water and some...
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    Starting week three

    Most of the females in my office are dieting at the moment - they're all doing WW. Well!! I don't think I have ever seen so much food being eaten or heard so much talk about food!! There are WW crisps and bars and biscuits and mounds of sandwiches and tupperware pots of pasta salad all of...
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    How much roughly per week?

    Whilst on LL I lost a stone in the first 2 weeks and then went on to lose between 3 and 4lbs a week after that. In my last week on ss I lost 11lbs - that was having being on ss for nearly 3 months!! I have no idea how and even the group leader was agog! So go girl.
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    Day 5 100%

    How do people cook the porridge? - every attempt I have made to date has ended in total disaster. It smells nice and looks like a nice big bowl full but the consistency is .... yuk! What I prepare could easily be used to stick wallpaper!!
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    Chubby Hi!

    Thanks Chaps. Am feeling very positve at the moment having just discovered that I'm already in ketosis! (I only started SS yesterday :eek:) I told my CDC who said that it can happen quickly particulary if a person hasn't much in terms of carb stores. I am now racking my brain trying to...
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    is cd unrealistic for long term weight loss?

    fat gene KD do you think the fat gene is mutating? Without doubt society is becoming fatter - is this purely down to more easily accessible food and less exercise or is the gene also to blame? Has there always been a fat gene waiting in the wings? Or has it developed as our lifestyles...
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    is cd unrealistic for long term weight loss?

    Fat person in thin body! This theory will feature in a forthcoming documentary on one of the digital channels soon. It's entitled something like "Why aren't thin people fat"? and its based on a theory that some of us were born to be fat!! What an awful thought. :eek: But, if you follow that...
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    Chubby Hi!

    Hi Chaps, The prodical dieter returns - tail between two chubby legs and feeling very sorry for myself. Having been a LL 'success story' in 2007/2008 I transferred to CD and got to target weight. I managed to maintain (give or take the 6/7lbs that fluctuated from one end of the month to the...
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    Hello all

    What beautiful girls!
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    Give me Hope!!

    I know I COULD do it but will I do it?!! I am so lacking in staying power at the moment - I am good at starting but **** at staying!!
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    Give me Hope!!

    Christmas is just around the corner and none of the clothes I could wear last year fit me now ................. because I fell off the CD wagon and my numerous attempts to climb back on failed miserably!! I know that all is not lost and that if I could locate some motivation I could be looking...
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    WHAT'S GOING ON?!!

    A carb intolerance? That just might be 'a result' - I would have an excuse to be good all the time!!! Whenever I was tempted I would just have to tell myself not to do it or else ................ :eek: I will probably talk it over with my CDC rather than go to the GP - I don't have a good...
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    O/T - Fake tan moisturiser

    I have never seen a successfully applied home fake tan!! They invariably look streaky - overdone around the knees and elbows and/or underdone at the backs of the knees. The orange hands are another minus - I know wearing gloves is advised but they serve only to clump the cream and make it...
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    Here we go....

    Yes Pen ........... you will be slim ....... and the headache will ease .......... and the hunger pangs will lessen ............ and you will stop dreaming about buttered toast .............. and you will get to a stage when you will love to go shopping ........... for clothes!! However until...
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    Shocked...

    Has anyone seen the recent pictures of that girl who played Sonya on Eastenders?!! :eek: Only about 3/4 weeks ago we were being treated to photos of her in a bikini looking like a goddess - all toned and tanned and gorgeous. Now she is looking more like 'the old Sonya' - which is okay (I...
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    Period TMI, but does it change?!

    I don't know what it is about CD but it does seem to mess with periods. I did LL last year for three complete months with no period problems whatsoever. After only two weeks on CD I could see that my periods were going to pose problems - I had three spells of bleeding over one 30 day cycle...
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    WHAT'S GOING ON?!!

    I find that once I stop SSing I struggle not to stuff my face with carbs - primarily bread based foods. I really crave them and once I start I find it hard to stop!:eek: What I have found is that the day after a 'Carb-binge', my whole body is sore to the touch. My face, neck, back and even...
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    TOTM

    YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!!!! I find periods on SS dreadful! Try to hang in there it does pass after a few days. I suffered dreadfully yesterday and felt so bad that I ate. Feel better today and back on the wagon. You try to do better than me and see if you can stick it out!
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    How nutritious is Sole source?

    According to the 'blurb' CD provides us with all the vitamins and nutrients we require to remain healthy. I must say that I haven't felt ill while doing either LL or CD. Chances are you would have been through that poorly patch whether on the diet or not. Hope you are feeling better now.
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    bad mood....wanna eat!!!

    Do you think it might be an idea to shelve the whole CD idea for a week or two and take the pressure off? I think that sometimes that's the best thing to do particularly when you get into this diet/binge cycle. Tell yourself that you are going to give it a rest until you start work next week...
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    toilet talk!

    You can't expect to produce 'big number 2's' when you are ingesting so little food. What comes out has to be related to what is going in and as not much is going in ............................!:D I wouldn't worry - drink loads of water and that will help what is there to ....... er...
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    day 1 again

    7lbs will just melt away - feel it melting already?! :D
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    feelin down!

    Your mum and sister need to understand that the ketosis you aim to achieve is being carefully managed and not to be confused with a similar worrying state experienced by some diabetics. I saw a really good review of LL carried out by a doctor last year (this was an independent review and not...
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    Worried!!

    I think you should wait - when your weight drops, your shape will change and you may want to think about buying something completely different to flatter the 'New You'. So bottle that impatience for the time being and look forward to a great shopping trip!
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    THUD!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thanks Danielle, I am indeed back on that wagon today and found it surprisingly easy to climb back on. No temptations to continue with last nights 'trip 'round the bread bin'!! I just want to get back into those size 10 trousers. I can wear the size 10 jeans now but the trousers are...
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    What extra touches does your cd counsellor do that has helped your journey?

    What I love about mine is that she is entirely 'human' - she is never judgemental and always understanding. In fact I am going to apply to the Pope to have her canonized!!
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    What extra touches does your cd counsellor do that has helped your journey?

    'My CDC has those fat blobs'. (Nade) What on earth is a 'fat blob'? It sounds like something that needs to be removed ....... fast!!
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    Why are you here?

    My reasons for being here are deeply personal and profound ..................... .......... I WANNA BE A BABE!!! :party0011:. ..... nothing wrong with that! ;)
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    Feeling a bit deflated

    If you didn't start CD until 28th June I think it may be a bit premature to expect to hit ketosis within two days - in my experience it's more likely to be 3 or 4 and some people take a little longer. So give it another day or so and it will come. Hang in there!
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    THUD!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :eek: .................. That was the sound I made when I fell off the CD wagon last evening :eek: Though it would be more accurate to say that I threw myself off ;), as opposed to fell off. I wrote on here yesterday how I am now on period 3 in a 30 day cycle (unheard of for me) and was...
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    kicked off ketosis

    Don't get me wrong ..... I am a great fan of ketosis ..... but I do think we get a bit hung up on it when we fall of the VLCD regime. Think about it, people on WW and all of the other diets never go into ketosis and yet they lose weight. So if we do 'slip up and slip out' of ketosis from time...
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    Period Pains

    I'm sure you'll be fine - even if they do go a bit haywire for a bit - it will all be worth it. It is probably worth keeping a close track of all bleeds, shows etc ...... you never know! :D
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    Desperately hanging in there!

    I was mega-chuffed - I couldn't stop smiling. Losing pounds is such a marvellous incentive. I am hoping this bout of suffering pays off - soon!! :D But, I am pleased to say that despite feeling like c*** I am not hungry - not hungry at all. I would like something nice to eat but that is...
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    Period Pains

    I've read on here that many people experience changes in periods during CD - i.e more bleeding. Thankfully I have only one more week of SS to go so I am hoping all will settle down once I stop.
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    Desperately hanging in there!

    Have just had pack number 2 and half a bottle of coke zero - feel a bit better. Usually I don't have pack number 2 until dinner time so I anticipate missing that later on ... but by then I can just slump on the sofa in my jim jams - right now I have to go to the supermarket. I plan to walk...
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    Desperately hanging in there!

    I am having the most awful day .......... as I said in an earlier post I am on period # 3 in my 30 day cycle and I am feeling knackered and a bit weak. I know from doing LL last year that coming up to a period on SS I would feel more tired but on LL I only had one period a month. Three in one...
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    Sleep disturbance...

    I sleep like a log!! Do you wake up hungry?
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    cam off diet for a week.

    Happy 18th!!!! And you won't gain any (real) weight unless you overeat - so keep it under control. Have fun!
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    Anyone else .............. ?

    Last year I lost 3stones on LL and got down to a size 10/12 (10 on bottom/12 on top) - it was wonderful and I enjoyed every minute of it. Shopping was the best and I loved how 'not-being-fat' made me feel. About 3 months ago I managed to re-gain about a stone (developed awful eating habits due...
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    Sole Source to goal

    OOOOOH Camilla, Have I upset you? That certainly wasn't the intention.
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    Period Pains

    I know that there have been some period related threads on here over the past few weeks mainly discussing changes in periods whilst on CD. Like many others my period has changed since I started SS and I am no on my 3rd 'period' in one 28 day cycle - what a pain!! But speaking of pain - I...
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    Sole Source to goal

    I do not advocate doing SS below BMI 25 but I do think that we get into a lot of scare-mongering on the matter of VLCDs. Basically when we get into ketosis we are in a state of 'managed starvation' and that is how we lose weight fast. But look at all of the people who live with 'unmanaged...
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    Coke Zero a question...

    I'd be lost without my lunch time Coke Zero. I have a pack in the morning, a coke zero at lunch time, pack at dinner time and then a bar last thing with a black coffee. No problems with my weight loss.
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    3 or 4 packs a day?

    I wish I was 5' 9" - 0ne more pack would make a huge difference :sigh: but as a mini 5' 3" it' only 3 for me. Enjoy! :p
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    Yep im a failure!

    I don't think you should give up - it takes 'forever' on WW and you are still miserable - just for a LOT longer!! Get stuck in and shift that flab FAST!
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    what happens when you come off the diet?

    I'm thinking of going vegan when I finish this diet - I've been veggie for a long time but I want to make a complete change and I think that might work for me. I have also been considering JUDDD - I think I could live with that. Whatever, having had great success with LL last year I...
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    Little bit of info please!!!

    I started in week 2 - stayed in ketosis and experienced good weight losses.
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    Worried about breaking the diet

    Sounds to me like you've already made up your mind to break the diet (?). I don't know if you've updated your ticker but you've done well to lose 7.5 lbs - you could put that all back on with one full weekend of overindulgence. Don't do it!! Step away from that beer and chip butty - think...
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    And this weeks weight loss is... (drum roll...)

    Hi Nade, I didn't have as much as you to lose when I was on LL last year but towards the end of the 3 month SS phase, my weight loss slowed down until week 10, when out of the blue I lost 11 lbs in one week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even the LL counsellor was gobsmacked! So hang in there girl -...
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    When a compliment sounds like an insult ....

    :confused: I have told only a couple of my friends that I am doing CD - from past experience I know that I would get a better reception if I admitted to being an armed robber than on a VCLD!! But even those few friends that I have told seem to struggle with my decision. Two of them, both of...
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    Guys can i have your help please

    Everything I have is chocolate and only chocolate!!!! - savoury just doesn't do it for me on this diet. I used to like the LL mushroom soups but I haven't found anything on CD to compete so .................... it's a chocolate mousse or muffin for breakfast, a diet zero for lunch, a...
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    Homemade soup

    We bought a panini maker earlier in the week and last night the rest of the family 'tried it out'!! One had just beef tomato with pesto and bufalo mozzarella and another had tuna, black olives, anchovies and mozzarella ...... and then they went back for more. Throughout the whole tortuous...
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    SS shake value, 200??

    Why don't you Google VLCDs (very low calorie diets) and see what comes up. While you might not be able to access the CD easily from your part of the world, I am in no doubt that there will be an equivalent in the USA. Let us know how you get on.
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    Dress Panic has set in...

    If I were you I'd just wear the shoes!! ;)
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    Will someone please...

    sorry should have said baking parchment - it was a long time ago!
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    Help having a bad day

    Go girl!! :party0049: - I shall be doing the same thing very soon. I do treat myself to some really nice coffee whilst on this diet - can't wait. Hope it works for you.
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    Will someone please...

    Well - according to the LL crowd you can make crisps!!! I tried it a few times and while they were by no means Walkers quality - they did the job in a 'crisp emergency'. You mix the mixture into a paste then spread thin (don't you just love that word?!!) blobs of it on some grease proof...
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    Having trouble figuring out a good goal weight..

    BMI is only a guide and as often been said many marathon runners would be considered underweight by its standards and many rugby players hugely overweight. I got to a BMI of jut under 25 last year and I looked good - I was size 12 on top (the boobs do return, I promise ;)) and a size 10 on the...
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    Help having a bad day

    You can buy some mousse 'stuff' from your CDT but making muffins takes nothing extra - just mix the mixture into very little water until smooth, then pop in the microwave for about a minute - maybe 90 seconds and there you have it! ;) Now I am not going to pretend it is anything like a...
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    sodding richard n judy

    Some people are never happy with how they look - it's not about fat, it's about self perception. I love listening and watching stuff like that. I know that some people with lots to lose do have issues afterwards with loose skin etc but there are ways of dealing with that too and the health...
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    sodding richard n judy

    spit it out - now! :D
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    Help having a bad day

    Have you tried making the mixture into a mousse or a muffin? - I found that the shakes made me barf :eek: - I can however 'eat' them if converted into something chewy. Try that and see what happens. Also after this amount of time you should be able to have a bar - the cranberry one is...
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    Guys can i have your help please

    I gave up trying to blend - now I just turn everything into either a mousse or a muffin. Yum (I think!!)
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    Period?

    It is perfectly normal on cd to have break through bleeding if you are on depo, coil, pill or even periods becoming closer or longer in between. Nothing to worry about but you can always have a chat with Doctors if you want piece of mind xx julesrush cdc norwich Why is this 'perfectly...
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    Had enough of the almost constant bleeding,

    I can well accept that if one was on a VLCD for a long time it would be likely to affect periods (as with anorexia) however, I think it very odd that changes should take place within a couple of weeks. That's been my experience and it seems the experience of a few other people too.
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    Had enough of the almost constant bleeding,

    worried now! Having read this thread I have really started to stress!!! I started SS just over two weeks ago (about 1 stone to lose) and just after a period. By the middle of the second week my period was back. Prior to reading this thread I put this down to my age (mid forties) and thought...
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    CD is my crutch .... anyone else feel like this ???

    Hi Ash, I think you answer your own question in your very last paragraph - 'you wish you'd never cheated'. You want to turn back time and you think the way to do that is to 're-visit' your past weight loss success and all that is all tied up with CD. I think you need to 're-frame' this and...
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    muffins.

    Dieting Queen - I too only have chocolate packs!!! I will have the mint chocolate ones or sometimes the orange chocolate ones but I hate everything else. The Butterscotch is not too bad I suppose but whenever I have had that I have always mixed it with instant coffee!
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    Feeling Fat!!

    Who Feels Fat Today?! :sigh: Maybe we should start a 'Who feels fat today' theme - what do you think?!! Now "Feeling fat" would have nothing to do with being fat - we all know that we can have 'thin days' when we are a little on the large side and 'Fat days' when we are in fact thin or have...
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    cd question

    There are days when I feel like a POW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :jelous: Indeed today is one of those days - I feel as though I have been beaten around the head with a bat! On the matter of POWs they have done research and found that they (those who survived the overall awful experience) subsequently...
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    muffins.

    I only ever have muffins - I tried drinking the mix on my very first day and it went down the sink!!! I found it so entirely awful I never tried it again. Now I either make it into muffins or mix it with just a little water and have it as a type of cold mousse type dessert. Contrary to being...
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    cd question

    I am quite familiar with the 'legs like lead' feeling - it will pass. Like I have said I never felt like I was on top form but I felt sufficiently okay to do what I needed to do on a daily basis (must say I have never had need to 'dash' - though I did go Spinning a few times a week once I got...
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    cd question

    Feeling like **** is, I'm afaid, quite a common experience. Before I started on a VLCD last year I read all the blurb about how once ketosis kicks in you can feel full of energy and experience heightened mood. That wasn't my experience and while the really awful feelings eventually subsided...
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    Feeling Fat!!

    Thanks Debs - it was an informative waffle so thanks for that! I am the queen of waffle so it is likely that we will get along just fine! You've got me thinking - the only thing I did differently yesterday was add a bar - up until then I had been having only the 3 packs but yesterday I had two...
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    Being 8 stone something by June 30th- achievable?

    It sounds to me as though you want to stop (?) and try something different. And maybe you should. To be honest it seems unlikely that you should be maintaining weight if you are sticking to your 850 - you're not adding somthing else are you e.g. odd glass of wine? If you are being 'good'...
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    Gulp! Before and on the way photos

    You look Gorgeous!! Well done!!! :D
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    Feeling Fat!!

    This is my 8th day SSing and so far so good - absolutely no cheating :D and I have been in ketosis since day 3 :D:D. Yesterday I felt that I could already see the improvement - jeans looser, bones that have been hidden for the past 2/3 months have begun to re-appear etc. So great. This morning...
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    45 lbs in 70 days?

    I've recently started dry body brushing and am very impressed with the results. I am also making sure that I finish my shower with a blast of cold water :eek:. It is working and already my butt looks smoother. Back to the question - I think that with total dedication (and plenty of water)...
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    Ketosis

    Having lost 3st on LL last year, I 'achieved' a size 10/12 (10 on bottom and 12 on top - big boobs ;)!) but since last January I have GROWN to a size 12/14 and I don't like it :cry:. Combination of bikkie-binges at work at about 4.00p.m. and then bottle of wine most evening to unwind. I know...
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    OMG - heath ledger is dead!!!

    Just goes to show ............... I loved him in Brokeback Mountain ............. but ..... just goes to show ...... being aesthetically beautiful and appearing to have everything isn't everything! Feels a bit like losing Elvis!! :cry:
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    Don't you just hate it?!!

    Hi Corinne J, I can so identify with what you write. I spent all of my childhood and most of my adult life with the firm belief that I was a 'big-boned girl'. I was told "the weight suits you" and "you're probably one of those people with brown fat :confused:!!) and "you're naturally big" and...
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    Don't you just hate it?!!

    Thank you for your views chaps! I have to admit that despite my struggles with maintenance I have managed to stay at a size 10/12 for the past 6 months - I have fallen into a pattern of gaining 7/8 lbs and then shifting it and then gaining it again (please don't preach because I already know...
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    Don't you just hate it?!!

    I hate it when my skinny friends are patronising with me about my desire to be slim. :mad: They verbalize their support and acknowledge losses when they occur and when there is a lapse and a few pounds creep back on again they offer sympathy. But this sympathy is accompanied by comments such...
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    Is weight loss slower 2nd time around?

    I can't see how the weight loss should be any different second time around. Obviously when there is lots of weight to be lost one can expect bigger losses and as the weight to be lost decreases the losses become less. So if you start at a lesser weight 2nd time around I suppose you could...
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    Body dysmorphia

    :eek: Hi Chaps, I think I am suffering from a case of body dysmorphia in that eventhough I can fit into 'normal' size jeans and tops I still feel as though I am far larger than the size on the label. I know that some people may scoff at my "problem" but it is really affecting my ability to...
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    Where are my boobs going!!!

    I can vouch for the fact that while boobs may not be as big as once they were (and most of us wouldn't really want that anyway, would we?!) they most certainly do perk up after a while. I was very worried about my 'thrupenny-bit-in-the-bottom-of-a-sock' offerings when I first lost weight but...
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    Feeling Like a Barrell

    Hi Chaps, I am feeling competely 'barrelesque' this evening. I am still struggling to get back on track and have been nibbling rubbish mid afternoon most days This afternoon it got to about 2.00p.m. and I had about 6 crackers and a piece of cheese. Later I ate a scone and part of a muffin. I...
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    HOUR BY HOUR?????

    Thanks for that Nicky - I had visions of people checking in every hour and the mind boggled!
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    Bad Breath

    Goldspot is fairly strong but not that bad - it sensation eases after a few seconds. It really works though and it lasts for a couple of hours (more for some people). You'll know you need another spray when people start backing away :D - JOKE!!!!
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    Weird lump in my throat

    I know that anxiety is often a cause of the symptom you describe - are you feeling uptight or stressed out? And if you are worrying about the sensation that will make you feel uptight. As a previous CDer outlined indigestion can also be to blame and having an empty tum (SSing) can play havoc...
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    Bad Breath

    My CDC told me that she has used sugar free mints from time to time with no ill effect - they might be worth a try if you are worried. Are we allowed to use 'Goldspot' - that's good and if it's only for one night it can't do much harm, can it? Better than being known as 'Stinkey'!!!!! :D
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    HOUR BY HOUR?????

    How do people manage the 'hour by hour' set up? I would love the idea of it some days but once my day gets going (about 6.30a.m.) I often don't even have time to pee let alone give/get hourly updates on mimimins. Do all you lucky people work in desk jobs where no one looks over your shoulder...
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    Your opinion please....I'm i over reacting??

    I think you're over reacting when you say that you want to eat in order to gain weight and reduce the amount of attention you've been getting since turning into a babe!! STEP AWAY FROM THAT DOUGHNUT NOW! But that creep (which is what he was!) probably comes on to all sorts of women for all...
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    Oh Gawd!!

    Hi Chaps, I am sure that I have gained about a stone in the past 3 weeks. I haven't weighed myself (I don't own a scales - long story!) but I just know from looking. My belly has returned with a vengence and my a*** has also re-appeared. I know why it's happened and I have only myself to...
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    Is it normal to feel so ill?!!!

    Sounds like you've 'hit the wall'. I felt really ill at the start too but it does pass - in my experience it took a little longer than 3/4 days though - (more like 7 or 8 and even then whilst on SS I used to have really bad days from time to time particulary coming up to a period). Luckily...
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    Lighterlife to Cambridge

    I switched and never regretted it. There was no way that the 'input' from the LLC warranted so much additional cost. She was pleasant enough but didn't have a clue when it came to CBT and she would cancel and/or shorten a session at the drop of a hat. I did miss the other women in my group as...
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    Weight gone up, but clothes size gone down, a bit anyway

    Weight training can result in loss of inches but increase in weight as muscle weighs heavier than fat. On the other hand the time of day when you tried on the jeans might have a bearing on matters - early morning most people are less bloated than later in the day. And if you weigh yourself at...
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    How much water do you drink aday ?

    My smallest loss was 2lbs one week but I had been 'bad' so it was no surprise. I think that water is the secret to shifting weight quickly but you do need to be careful not to overdo it because it can be dangerous. Best of luck.
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    How much water do you drink aday ?

    I started on LL and they advocated drinking 4litres of water a day which I have continued to do on CD and probably a bit more. Some days I drank about 7 but I undestand that this is a bit too much and I think I developed an electrolyte imbalance as a result. So I'm back 4 again with an...
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    Serious trumpet blowing!!

    Hi Chaps, Thanks for all your kind comments!! I have gone from 12st 13lbs to 9st 9lbs (last time I weighed myself though this is subject to occasional fluctuations!!) and now have a BMI which is regarded to be within acceptable limits for my height - 5' 4". Oh joy! I went from 12st 13lbs...
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    Christmas Target Outfits

    I love the dresses!! But I don't like showing off my 'baby-bingos'. It's such a pity because my shoulders and chest area look great but I am sorely let down by the B-Bs!! :( I hate 'shrug or shawl thing' and it is so difficult to find party dresses with little sleeves. If anyone knows of an...
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    Coming out of the closet and ...

    Hi and welcome! I was a very regular 'gym bunny' (Spinning) prior to starting LL but I found it very difficult to maintain my 3/4 sessions a week while on such a low calorie diet. Spinning burns about 500 calories a session so there wasn't much spare! So I started walking and found that...
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    Serious trumpet blowing!!

    Gym kit Hi Chaps, I started back to the gym in earnest last week having not been there regularly for months. My 'thing' is Spinning so I wear black lycra leggings and a t-shirt. Well ............... you should see me in my leggings!!!! (look away now if you can't stand self-love) I LOOK...
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    Disappointing weight loss in week 2. Wondering if it's the sparkling water

    Hi Eleanor, Yes 8lbs! Think about 4 litres in terms of 4 big plastic bottles of coke - you know how heavy they are!! It is difficult to cut back on water if your WI is in the evening but mine was too. I always made up for it later on.
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    completely off topic - house buying?

    We've decided to 'cut and run' and plan to sell our house next Summer, stash the equity (fingers crossed!) and rent a nice apartment. If you think about it the UK is one of the few European countries where people are obsessed with owning property. In most other countries people rent and have...
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    WHICH BARS DO YOU RECOMMEND?

    The Cranberry is gorgeous as is the Chocolate Orange. I leave one in the freezer for the day and then have it last thing with a big mug of coffee - usually watching CSI or something like that. Bliss!
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    Disappointing weight loss in week 2. Wondering if it's the sparkling water

    I've always drank sparkling water and it's never been a problem. However what I did learn early on is not to fill up on water prior to a WI. I know one woman who can weigh 8lbs heavier at the end of the day than in the morning! On WI days I always kept my water intake low until afterwards.
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    What's size 18/16/14 etc in inches?

    I'm afraid that there is no absolute answer to this one. Different shops vary in terms of what constitutes the various sizes. As many people have discovered what fits in one shop may not fit at all in another.
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    Reasons to enjoy doing the Cambridge Diet!

    ** No longer being the 'biggest girl' in the Spinning class - finding that you are in fact often the slimmest girl there - bliss!! ** Looking younger ** nice undies ** all the arm chairs are "bigger"!! ** Having to tighten that life jacket because you are smaller than the last time you...
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    Reasons to enjoy doing the Cambridge Diet!

    1. Catching sight of me in a shop window - WOW, I'm hot!!!! :D 2. Finding that a man I've just smiled at has paid for my coffee! 3. Having left home without a warm top and not breaking into a cold sweat when a friend offers to lend you hers - it fits!!!! 4. All of my husbands shirts and...
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    BLOATED BELLY

    This might sound daft but I have found that sleeping on my stomach helps with the bloating problem. I found this out over 20 years ago after my first child was born - a very old midwife told all us 'young things' (they segregated by age back then - really!) to lay pillows under our stomachs...
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    compliments

    Hi Skinny, In my experience it is the 'polite' people who use the term "looking well" when they notice that you have lost weight. They want to pay a compliment but don't want to be so brash as to be too personal - I like that! Well done you. May you continue to "look well"!!!! :D
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    OK this is sooo odd!

    Perfect - more reason to keep them on! :D
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    Difference in clothes sizes in different shops?

    I think S-J is far prettier - nicer bone structure!
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    OK this is sooo odd!

    No Hedgemag!! Keep them on - you will find that if you are tempted to nibble (which no doubt you never are!!) that nice tight feeling will serve to both motivate and warn you!! :D
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    The Ladies Rest Room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Where was the camera last time I visited the loo in M & S?!!! The only thing missing was reference to closing that loo door and turning around only to find a great turd floating in the bowl. :eek: A turd which does not belong to you but which will not flush - you don't feel you can come out...
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    Diet till "healthy weight" or until happy?

    I agree with Karrion - I think it is worth 'trying on the new body' and 'wearing it' for a bit before deciding it isn't right for you. I aspired only to be a size 14 but look so much better now. Everything seems so much more in proportion and it is lovely to be able to wear smaller sizes. I...
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    OK this is sooo odd!

    I was in M & S the other day and had a browse through the Per Una section. I am now a size 10 on the bottom half and a size 12 on top (boobs are back - hooray - and according to the woman who measured me for a new bra a couple of weeks ago I have "an amazingly pronounced rib cage" - OOER!!)...
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    I cant cope!!

    With 5 weeks to go you have loads of time to shift most of that 2 extra stones!! But I am wondering if you might be a little depressed. You are sounding very negative and critical of yourself and that often indicates depression. Have you spoken to you GP? If not, it might be worth...
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    Theories anyone?

    I used to have this really skinny friend who was a chef. She could make the most wonderful pastries - her chocolate eclairs were to die for. We loved them and sure enough whenever my son and I would visit she would have made a BIG!! plateful especially for us. She would sit there with a coffee...
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    FOR SALE!

    I'm keeping the 'firm parts' so no sale!
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    Word Association

    I have completely lost the plot on this thread - I just cannot seem to find where it's at and as a result have made some extremely daft associations - like the last one. I think I am responding to one word and then find that my post has popped up somewhere else. I make a point of going to the...
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    Word Association

    ME!
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    The picking doesnt want to end....help!!!!

    Maybe you should stop picking and just eat something. I find that sorts me out ............. stuff, get it over with and then start again!!
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    FOR SALE!

    Heaven what you're suggesting is a bit like taking all your old, unwanted stuff to a car boot, selling it but then coming back with someone elses old tat! :eek: So thank you but not thank you. I can however let you have the Baby Bingos at a good price! :D X
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    thinking of switching to cambridge

    Like you I lost 3st on LL but wanted to shift another half stone or so so I switched to Cambridge and never regretted it. I never enjoyed the counselling element of LL (though I did meet some lovely women in the group) and so it seemed a bit daft to keep paying almost double the amount for...
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    Theories anyone?

    On the matter of 'talking food', once it 'speaks' to me it has to go in the bin. My husband and daughter lose the plot when they find that stuff has vanished. I am not completly inconsiderate and before I throw something out I will always ask, "Does anyone want this last piece of cake or this...
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    FOR SALE!

    I am proposing that we start selling off our unwanted body parts ..... so far I am offering the following at excellent rates ... 1. Baggy Belly with variety of stretch marks 2. Baby Bingo wings (suitable for the smaller frame) 3. Saddle bags (inner thigh) suitable perhaps for someone...
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    Awful week!!!

    Ooooooooooooooooooooh thank you soooooooooo much for the lovely support Angel but as you will see from my last post, I have to give back all awards and reject all accolades having fallen from grace big time today!! But ............ yesterday I did deserve it and no doubt I will again. I'm...
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    Can you drink too much water???

    Drinking too much water is extremely dangerous!! Have a look on Google for details - people have been known to die as a result of taking on too much water. You need to be really, really careful. I am sure that 10 + as advised earlier is far, far too much. The Lighterlife Forum has a lot...
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    Awful week!!!

    Hi Chaps, Dog appears to be a little less "bound" today but thankfully she is also a little less "loose" (a little visualization needed, perhaps!!!!). Fingers crossed and incontinence pads in place (dog, not me!). That's the good news and the not so good news is that today I have succummed...
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    Awful week!!!

    Jnae, The dog is on warm chicken breast - far too good for H tonight!!
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    Trouble getting to sleep?

    If I were you Dub07, I'd find a darkened room and have a little lie down!!!!!
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    calories in alcahol

    Beer is so bad!! Whenever I've drank it I've known all about it a couple of days later - it 'lays down' all around my belly and waist!!! Pure spirits are best in terms of calories but some of the low cal alcopops are good. I used to drink the Diet Lemon Bacardi Breezers which worked out at...
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    Awful week!!!

    I have just had (or, I should say, AM HAVING) the most awful week. On Monday, my car failed the MOT and I had to fork out £200 + to get it through. Then I had to pay £99 to tax it (could only afford to do it for 6 months because of the MOT cost). Later in the day my dog was unwell so I took...
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    Theories anyone?

    I'm Irish too (?) - we Irish are very logical!
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    calories in alcahol

    I agree with DQ - drinking alcohol while eating very little is not to be recommended. You could end up looking as skinny as Paris Hilton or Amy Winehouse!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Seriously though, mixing alcohol with a very low calorie diet is a very bad idea though you can see why and how they...
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    Theories anyone?

    Alcoholics, drugs users and indeed paedophiles don't always 'act' on the addiction anymore than you will empty the the cupboards - but then one day 'because it's there'.......................
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    Theories anyone?

    I don't know if you subscribe to the theory that some people are addicted to food - I do. My amateur theory would indicate that as an 'addict' we will do like any other addict and do all we can to ensure a supply of what we need. So often we find people with drink problems working behind bars...
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    Biggest Loss in a week ?

    It didn't with me - I started out with 3 stones to lose and had the biggest single week weight loss (11lbs) in week 12!!! I know that really big people lose lots of week during the initial weeks and months and that it slows down as you fat stores reduce but in my case something odd happened...
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    Biggest Loss in a week ?

    I lost 11lbs in week 12 whilst on LL - still don't know how it happened and the LLC couldn't explain it!! Curious and curiouser!!!!
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    some more piccies

    Can no longer be considered a a 'big girl' then?!!! Don't you look so much younger?!! Well done you - gorgeous!.:D
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    calories in alcahol

    The thing you need to remember about calories in alcohol is that they are "empty" calories and not stored by the body. The reason why alcohol makes you gain weight is that the body 'likes' it because it is easy to utilise and so it uses up the alcohol calories first and stores the food...
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    Weigh in and pictures

    You look like you're wearing someone elses clothes!!!!! :D What a feeling!!!!!!! ........................... - well done!!!!!!!
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    Bad Moods??

    I think once you can see 'real results' this improves the mood dramatically. Like others I too struggled with the early weeks of the diet but once I saw my weight really drop and once I could get into sizes 12 and then 10 I became soooooooooooooooooooooooooo cheerful!! There are times...
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    DON'T YOU JUST HATE IT WHEN......

    I dont't think we should be surprised by this. It is a known fact that perceptions of beauty vary from society to society and in our society slim is beautiful!!! We don't see chubbies on the covers of style magazines or in adverts (unless it's a joke or it involves someone who is rich but...
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    Total binge!

    I think it is dissappointing to discover that despite our best efforts and the counselling input we still aren't cured and the inclination towards pizza or chocolate or whatever our poison of choice :rolleyes:, lies dormant just waiting for an opportunity to leap into action. Since losing...
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    Word Association

    OOPs - I responded to 'cone' and not 'wafer'! :o
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    Word Association

    Madonna!!
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    Can it be done?????

    Hi Chaps, I am just off on two weeks holiday and want to return home 7lbs lighter than I am now - but is this an impossible aspiration?!! I am currently 9st 13lbs (have got just under the 10st since last weigh in - hooray) and very much want to get to my target of 9 st 7lbs by Sunday 2nd...
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    Pickled Gerkins!!

    I couldn't get enough of them when I was pregnant!! Are you sure that fat is your problem or could it be .................. something else? :eek:
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    Addicted to Bones.

    Believe me girls - the bones ARE there!!! Mine too were obscured by our friend 'THE FAT' :eek: up until about 4/5 weeks ago but now they are on show. So hang in there and ...... ** Drink the water ** Eat/Drink the Packs ** Take the walks (10,000 steps a day!) ** Avoid the fridge (and...
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    Addicted to Bones.

    Well then, you're so cooooooooooooooooooool Luke :cool::cool::cool::cool:!!
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    Addicted to Bones.

    Hi Chaps, I have fallen in love with my lovely newly exposed bones. They are so coooooooooooooooooooooool :cool:. Yesterday I had some time off work and did a spot of shopping. I could go into any one of the high street shops (even the ones that cater to the skinny-little-girls) and pick up...
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    Last Person To Post Wins

    C'est moi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wave_cry:
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    Funny Mouth Taste

    Hi Nicola, I suffered the same plight during my initial stages of LL. I felt as though I had spend hourse sucking on an old iron farm gate!! The only thing that helped was drinking water - indeed initially I thought it was thirst - and it passed after a few weeks. Hang in there - it's a...
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    Word Association

    .. in crime
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    Last Person To Post Wins

    Deluded he was .................... I AM HERE!!
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    Word Association

    off .................. (that cheese cake!)
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    Help please! Is this normal?

    Can't put my experiences down to stroke (thankfully!!) but I do know that the early stages of ketosis and being in ketosis coming up to a period brings about some weird and wonderful sensations! Can't wait for the official feedback on this one. We'll probably find out that we all need to go...
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    Bras

    Don't scoff .................. these double as inner tubes for your bicycle tyres!
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    Word Association

    .............................. or is gout a condition?!
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    Word Association

    That was Foot in Mouth as opposed to Foot and Mouth!!!!!!! You just have to pay more attention :D But since we are on diseases ...................... Gout!
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    Carbs and Ketosis

    Thanks Chaps, Fingers crossed!
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    Help with inspiration

    Hi Em Like you I am inclined towards self sabotage. I have even less to lose than you do and am already a size 10/12 but I am messing about with losing the last few pounds that will get me to 9 stones. I want to eat like a gannett and there are days when I have done just that and why...
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    Last Person To Post Wins

    Bog off Allan!! I thought that everyone else was asleep. But I am now officially the winner as the last time for posting was ........................ just then!! Well done me :D
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    Help please! Is this normal?

    Sometimes when I walk briskly (which I love to do and do a lot) I often get a numb sensation around my mouth and lips and sometimes the chin. This is only since being on a VLCD
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    Ham Sandwiches

    Ham still intact but ................. ... I have been feeling extremely drawn to those lovely Cambridge bars in the freezer today!! I think I'm going to limit the number I buy this week as I feel a gorge-fest coming on. I am definitely going through a funny-phase at the moment. I am totally...
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    Word Association

    .. in mouth!
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    Carbs and Ketosis

    Does anyone know how much carbohydrate one has to eat in order to affect ketosis? :confused: I have trawled through the net and been on the Cambridge and LL sites but have been unable to find a definitve answer. Thanks.
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    Help please! Is this normal?

    Hi, I think you do need some expert advice on this but for what it's worth I experienced a numb sensation in my face and lips when I started on LL and I know that others did too as I read about it on the LL forum. While I had cold hand and feet they did not turn blue so we'll wait to see what...
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    Word Association

    pounds of fat - yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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    Word Association

    plough
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    Word Association

    I'm lost now .................... what word are we on?! :confused:
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    Ham Sandwiches

    What wonderfully complex creatures we are :D. Let's hope you maintain your desire for cottage cheese once you have reached your goal weight - that would simplify things somewhat, wouldn't it?! Imagine waking up in the middle of the night and thinking "Oh Gawd, that cottage cheese is in...
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    Christmas Challenge.... WELL DONE YOU LOT - almost 100 stone lost between you

    Hi Wanna, I can't join the '3 Stone Off by Christmas' gang but I would like to join as a 'Keep the 3 Stone Off for Christmas' gang if you plan to get one together?!
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    Ham Sandwiches

    :character00254: NO!
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    Annoyed with myself

    Think of it this way .... even with your little blip you are still injesting far fewer calories than you would do normally and so you are bound to lose weight. The maintenance of ketosis is however the thing we need to nurture is we are to enjoy VLCD nirvana!!
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    Ham Sandwiches

    ...... Thanks for the offer but I have a fist full of ham sandwiches at the moment and will need to get back to you ........................ :D
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    Word Association

    Tin Man
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    Ham Sandwiches

    Just as well I'm not sensitive :cry:.
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    I don't know what to do....

    Eventhough I am now past my first target and can wear a size 10 my husband and daughter watch what I eat like hawks! On the occasions when I have fallen off the wagon (which has happened from time to time................!) they are like the voice of my conscience with comments like "I...
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    Word Association

    He is ...........!
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    Ham Sandwiches

    Thanks for the sympathy chaps - NOT!!! :o:o:o:o:o:o:o. I must be a little 'special' or something!!
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    Bulemia

    The woman I met was clear that she had developed an 'eating disorder' as opposed to having developed an inability to digest food - she said she was making herself vomit and also using laxatives and occasionally diuretics!!!! It sounds awful. I think I read somewhere that Princess Diana was a...
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    Ham Sandwiches

    Hi Chaps, I have been vegetarian for over 20 years now and apart from an occasional deviation (usually accidental - my mother-in-law uses lard in her baking and I was oblivious to what lard was for years!) during that time I have never knowingly eaten meat. Well having been on a VCLD since...
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    Word Association

    Geldof :cool:
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    Word Association

    size
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    I don't know what to do....

    It can be difficult to stick by a decision if those around you are questioning that decision. It sounds to me as though your husband and daughter (most likely spurred on by her Dad!) were feeling uncomfortable about the fact that they were eating and you were not. It would have been nicer for...
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    Annoyed with myself

    Possibly .............. but it's not the end of the world! I have been struggling for the past couple of weeks - 3 days of virtuous dieting followed by two days of eating all sorts of forbidden (though lovely) stuff but have still managed to lose weight. It is really difficult to get back on...
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    Bulemia

    That's what I thought Karen but she presented as a really bright and intelligent woman and was adamant that the VCLD was responsible. She told me that she had been referred to a psychologist as a result of the problem and that the psychologist had confirmed her belief!!! I don't think she was...
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    Bulemia

    Hi Chaps, I was at a 2-day conference in London earlier in the week and during the first evening I spent a bit of time talking to a woman who told me that she had been on a VCLD about two years ago. She looked great but told me that she had developed Bulemia as a result of the diet!! :eek...
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    Going to have to say goodbye

    Nessa, If you want to continue to lose weight quickly The Scarsdale Diet is a good one. It is a two week on two week off programme (second two weeks are less stringent than the first two) and I can vouch for the fact that it works. Most bookshops carry a copy of the diet book but if you...
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    Word Association

    butter
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    Word Association

    cream!
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    Diet Doctors Inside and Out...

    The only way to "pile the weight on again" (Gawd how I hate that expression!!) is to take in excessive numbers of calories i.e. stuff your face over and over again. If you overeat you get fat and if you don't, you won't!!!! So no matter how you lose weight - be it via a VLCD or WW or Atkins...
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    Opinons (sp?) please

    Hi Nessa, How about 'economizing' on your partner's food for a while - I'm sure that with a bit of additional effort and imagination on your part you should be able to shave sufficient off his weekly food bill to enable you to continue to do the diet. Switch him onto meatloaf, buy a cheaper...
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    Word Association

    Ting!
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    Have I blown it?? How long til ketosis back?

    I've had a few binging episodes during my time SSing and while it has obviously delayed the weight loss I did get there eventually. I think we need to remember that (unless we really go for a stuff-fest) even when we do deviate from the diet we are still taking in fewer calories than we need...
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    Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!

    You should have responded "Yes, and isn't it just as well that thickos like you can find jobs laying carpets because I doubt you'd be much good at laying anything else"!!!! A little strong perhaps, but you get my drift.................. :o
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    Coke Zero

    Thanks Chaps, I think that my mood has a lot to do with the fact that my period is due. I find SSing really difficult for 2/3 days before it arrives and I think that is the likely cause of my 'misery-fest' :(. I agree that it is important to keep an eye on the overall picture - right now and...
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    Coke Zero

    So no more Coke Zero for me then!!! I am so desperate to get finished with this diet - it is beginning to get to me now and anything that gets in the way of my target weight (9stone) is being binned! I have just finished making bacon sandwiches for my family. My husband had his bacon...
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    Coke Zero

    Is there a limit to the amount of Coke Zero one can drink on CD? I am not a guzzler of coke but want to ensure that the 1/2 glasses a day I am currently drinking is not likely to affect my weight loss. Thanks
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    790 thread

    Hi Chaps, My CDC has recommended that I move onto 790 at this stage and then onto 1000. What can one expect to lose per week on 790? I am desperate to get to the end of this dieting lark and it seems so much easier to stay SS until I get to where I want to be and then look to increase the...
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    790 thread

    Sounds wonderful - 'can't wait!
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    Insults or a touch over sensitive???

    Way to go Sazzy!!!! Let her have both barrells!!! :whoopass: I had a thread on the LL forum about 'encounters' just like that one and the fact that many of the 'unfat' (or most usually those who are oblivious to their own shape and girth) seem to think that we "big girls and guys" are fair...
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    Indigestion remedies

    Thanks Chaps, Where is that box?!!
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    Dep-provera,anyone?

    I had the Depo about 6 years ago and it brought about the most dramatic weight increase. It didn't affect my appetite but regardless of this my thighs and middle region grew to massive proportions! - (I wasn't particularly big at that time). I was horrified and of course it takes 3 months to...
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    butterscotch shake

    I switched from LL to CD only yesterday and so far I have ENJOYED :D the following: Coffee and Walnut shake (made into a muffin) - Lovely Cheese and Broccoli soup - Nice (tastes like Stilton which I like) Cranberry Bar (out of the freezer) - Yum Chocolate shake (made into a muffin) -...
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    Indigestion remedies

    Hi Chaps, I have suffered from a 'dicky tum' for a number of years - really sensitive to eating /drinking certain things (mostly nice food and champagne :sigh: - my life is sh***!!!!!). It gets so bad that from time to time I have had to resort to various remedies both over the counter and...
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    Giving up CD for a while.

    Hi Chaps, What's SW? :confused:
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    The Day of the Gannett!!!!

    I did have 3 stone to lose and lost that a a little bit more while on LL. But I did weigh 9lbs heavier when I signed on for CD earlier in the week. So now I want to rid myself of the bloat and am looking to drop another stone - that will give me a BMI of 22. Before my binge I had a BMI of 24.4...
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    Lost my wedding ring

    It isn't in your pocket, is it? I thought that I had lost a ring a while ago but found that it was in my pocket. It had become loose and when I put my hand in my pocket it must have come off. Alternativly it could have come off in your bag or even in your nappy/kiddie nursery bag. (You can...
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    Ketosis - getting back in there!

    Hi Chaps, I am advised that it takes about 3/4 days to get into Ketosis when one begins a VCLD but does anyone know whether it is possible to get back in more quickly than that if you've been 'in' but come out again? I've spent most of the past 3 months in ketosis but it seems to me that...
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    I am done.... final pics at 8 stone 12lbs

    My goodness!!!! You look like the daughter of the person you used to be!! What a stunner. Well done you!!!
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    Word Association

    wrap
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    The Day of the Gannett!!!!

    Yes - I do!! And believe me nobody checks size lables on clothes more often that I do. For example: before I buy a pair of size 10 jeans or trousers anywhere I first of all try on a few of the same pair to be sure that I haven't picked up one that has been wrongly labled. Then I go to at least...
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    10 week pictures

    Your Partner Will Be Asking For A Refund At This Rate - You Are Only 'half The Man' You Were!! Good For You ;)
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    Word Association

    on!
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    Last Person To Post Wins

    And there they all were, despite their best efforts ....... PIPPED AT THE POST BY THE POSSUM!
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    The Day of the Gannett!!!!

    Hi Chaps, The CDC was wonderful and I am now fully stocked up for the next couple of weeks. She allowed me to sample the bars before I chose what to have(extremely considerate I thought) and I was well impressed! They taste like proper candy bars - what a novelty?. It will be so nice to have...
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    The Day of the Gannett!!!!

    Thanks Sam, I will go for the weigh in and am just in the process of ironing a set of clothes to wear - the 'lightest' set I can find - a pair of light linen trousers (size 10 - let's hope they zip up :eek:) and a very light top - every ounce helps. And eventhough I know I should be glugging...
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