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Just wanted to thank you all for your warm congratulations...it means a lot!! Thanks,

Hi, I have been Cding since June 2009 mainly ss or ss plus. I was doing so well and have lost just over 8 and a half stone up til' last Wednesday when I found out that I was pregnant...(I have done 10 pregnancy tests, I have also seen the Dr and asked her if it was possible I was having an early...

Hi all, I have been popping on and off this forum now for over 10 months now....I usually post on the CD part of the forum, but as a fellow pcos sufferer I often pop on to read through your posts as I find them all fascinating. Anyway I have decided to share my story with you all. My name is...

Hand blender all the way for lump free smooth shakes...you just can't get the lumps out with the shaker cup alone. I am on my second hand blender already as I wore the first one out....I got mine from Asda it was about £6. I have now just bought a smoothie to go machine...it is great comes with...

Hi Minirog, I have just read your thread and see that you have not had a reply yet, let me try to help! I am not sure about the milk issue... I know on ss+ skimmed is allowed as part of the plan... But I guess due to the fat content it should be avoided on ss. Week one is usually a big loss...

Hello all, and welcome to all the newbies....I am still alive but having a bit of a hectic week...am going to be away working again from early Saturday morning and do'nt know when I will be able to get time to post again...I am back in Norfolk again and this time it will be for about 16 days...I...

Hello everyone, sorry I have been away so long. I had some unexpected work come up and couldn't really refuse and have worked the last 2 weeks back to back nights and just have not had the time to get on at all. I have however stuck to plan and have lost 8 1/2 lb in the last 2 weeks so I am...

Butterfly, so glad to see you back.....blowout is not the word...I put on over 10lb over the festivities...but was so determined not to back peddle....managed to jump back on on the 4 th Jan and have SS since then...I was weighed on Monday and have lost all the weight I gained and an extra one...

I want to be slim and healthy by the time of my big 40 in July....I am doing quite well so far and hopefully it will be an achieveable dream.

Sunshine1, I know what you mean about the intimate stuff...my hubby can handly control himself....I think he thinks he's got a new woman!!!! Never had problems before in that department and my sex life has always been healthy...but I love the fact that he still fancies me and wants me regularly...

Oh! I have just thought of another one....this one has cost me a lot of money....As with going down 5 - 6 dress sizes...my ring sizes have changed dramatically and I have had to have them all altered by 4 sizes, I have just picked up my engagement ring which I have had changed completely as it...

Like you Zoe, I am finding this new weight loss fabulous and am discovering more or less everyday differnt things I can now do. 1) Like you I can also now fit in the bath comfortably and have the water lapping around me..I haven't had a bath for such a long time as before I used to get wedged in...

Ooooh...don't rub it in Parisbeach....I have had my copy of Just dance on order from HMV (£17.99) since before Christmas...but due to mass demand they are out of stock....although they advised me 3 days ago that it was now despatched...I haven't received it yet...it is definitely on its way...

Well done MM on your loss so far...I have had a good result too and my scales are saying 11lb since the 2nd Jan, I think due to the fact I had put on 10 lb over xmas it was quick to come off again...struggling to drink the water today...heating is ramped to the max but still so cold and not...

Oooohh, 2 ladies from Essex.....I am in Chigwell...what a small world. I would like to be in a size 10 - 12 in 6 months time...I have alreay dropped from a 28 to an 18 in the last 6 months and am looking forward to being even slimmer in the next 7 months by the time of my BIG 40 in July. I want...

Hi Clairemelanie, Chocolate and banana 1/2 'n' half mix is gorgeous and I think my invention, that seems to have caught on quite well by the others here. I don't like the chocolate or banana on its on but mixed it is gorgeous...I weigh mine on the scales and mix the powder together in little...

Hi Chloe, where abouts in London do you live? There must be a few rinks you can choose from. MM, your ds coach thing sounds like a good idea...shame about the Ice skating lessons..just make sure you book yourself on the next available course. I have just got myself all excited as I have just...

Happy New Year all my fellow butterfly chasers, Well after a major blip between Christmas and New Year, I have repolished my Halo and placed it firmly back on my head. I am now safely back on CD 100% SS and intend to stay this way for the next 12 weeks at least. I managed to gain a whopping 10...

:giveup::giveup::cry::cry: Please come and talk to me soon...getting very lonely here on my own with only myself to talk to...I feel like Billy no mates!!! Well WI not as bad as expected....only put on half a pound....still half a pound that should not be there but sure to shift that by the...

Well going for my WI at midday today...not holding out much hope.....I think I may have gained about 5 lb.....keep fingers crossed for me that I have not gained too much! I am going to try and get back on track today...going to order 2 weeks food and then not get weighed again til' the 4th Jan...

Oooh its very quiet here...was it something I said earlier???

Hi Vicki, Thats all very well if you could actually get the game....it is out of stock everywhere....even at Nintendo...I have ordered a copy from HMV online for £17.99 and they will ship it free when it comes back into stock. I am so jealous...was so looking forward to a boogie over...

Zoe, it is a great feeling isn't it? We visited some of my husbands friends on Saturday night and his mate said to me that he would have walked past me in the street as he hardly recognised me and I know I shouldn't gloat about things like this but his wife has really gained a lot of weight and...

Hello all my fellow butterfly chasers, hope you are all well, sorry I've not been about for a while but been bogged down with icing and decorating 8 Christmas cakes. All done now just need to deliver them...just been online to Parcel2go and requested a collection for delivery to Scotland for my...

Hi Emma, like you I keep umming and aahhing as to whether to have a Christmas break and eat or stay with the program...I am terrified to eat in case I can't stop and I am still very focussed at the moment and don't want to lose that...but on the other hand the devil in me is nagging me saying...

Hi Emma, I would like to lose between another 2 - 3 stone depending on how I look as I go lower....if I feel happy after I have lost another 2 stone then I will stop...but realisticly I think I won't be happy until I have a healthy BMI of at least 25 which I need to be about 11 st 10 lb...I do...

Hi all my fellow butterfly chasers, I am now back from my week away at work in Norfolk. Butterfly, I hope you are not advertising my space..boo..hoo!!! as I am still here....just a bit hectic at work this time of year and just can't get to the computer..I have just fnished an 83 hour week and am...

Back again, Shanny try and resist temptation...it is hard I know and Christmas cake...my favourite I love it....I have baked 8 of the darn things this year and it was my biggest test. Wadpol, glad to hear you are feeling a bit better...hope you enjoyed the cheese sarnie..you naughty girl! I am...

Hi all fellow butterfly chasers, As I am working away next week until Friday...I had to go back to my CDC today and get some more packs to get me through the week....I wasn't going to get weighed as I was weighed on Monday....but you know me and curiousity so decided I would just see (as my...

Only 3 lb Wadpol...that is a fantastic weight loss...well done..don't be disappointed. I am sorry to hear you are in so much pain...wishing you get better soon. I am not hungry today and have only had 1 shake so far and only 2 litres of water so far....I just don't fancy anything...I might...

Hi all my fellow buttefly chasers, I am back fighting fit and well....sorry I have not been around for a while and thanks for all of your well wishes..I am feeling so much better....I had to work at the weekend and would have been on before if I hadn't have worked. I have tried to catch up with...

Owww H2LB...You are naughty....I don't feel half as guilty now I know you caved at the chicken counter. Try not to beat yourself up over it..just jump back on the wagon and start again...as tomorrow is a new day.

Hi all, Sounds like your having a busy day MM...reading your post just made me feel exhausted and as for you H2LB..xmas shopping and wrapping them up already..WOW!! I leave all that to the last minute...you sound so organised. I am still laid up with the squits...been to GP this morning and have...

Hi all, MM...thanks for your advice, but I am definitely not lactose intolerant as have been mainly SSing with all the products since June and have always had the opposite problem..constipation!! This I feel is definitely a stomach bug of some sort. I have contacted my CDC and she has emailed HQ...

Welcome to our team..Minimel, Hopingtolosebig and wadpol, hope you will enjoy it here feel free to chat about anything at all and don't be shy about asking for our advice on issues. I have found this whole team thing helps me greatly and Butterfly is always around and offers me great support and...

Hi Butterfly, I have been weighed today..a day earlier than normal and am extremely peed off to say the least...as according to my CDC's scales I have put on 2 lb..now usually her scales are 3 lb lighter than mine..and mine were showing a 1 lb loss this morning so should have been at least 3 - 4...

Butterfly, I am still here and have not abandoned you...PC problems resolved..but I just can't get on to post most weekends as I work from Friday night through to ealy hours of Monday morning and as I do 12 hour shifts I just don't get the time to get on unfortunately....I was working away this...

I have a OH and a 16 year old son and I cook, shop and work 32 hours at the weekend and run the house....the first week or so are the worst...but if you are in the right headspace and are extremely focussed on the task of losing weight then I find you get over the food issues quickly....I am too...

Where is everbody????? Don't abandon me now please!!!!! Just had my WI this morning and have lost 1 & 1/4 lb not bad considering all my probs and I decided to bite the bullet this morning and got weighed in winter clothes (jeans etc) which weighed an extra 2 lb as I checked before and after I...

Hello all, Sorry not been about for a while..I was working away in Norwich at the weekend and then came back onto minis for a looksie on Monday and then lost my connection Yesterday...so only just got back up and running...felt like I'd lost my left arm without the internet....what did we used...

Emma, If you just remember this little rhyme its easy..... "a litre of water is a pint and 3/4's"...that is how I remember..but I know what you mean about having the same bottles...I always have the TESCO litre bottles and try and guzzle at least 3 a day. I get totally confused if I leave my...

Hi, I have lost loads of hair in the last 8 weeks or so..my hair is really thick and I have lots of it so no bald patches or anything...but I definitely think it has got thinner....it comes out in big clumps when I wash it or brush it...not too worried though as I've heard that it is CD related...

Hi, I have lost 6 stone 2 lb in 21 weeks (started 11/06/09) and still going strong...still got about 3 - 4 stone more to go, but I am no longer morbidly obese and am now just obese. CD is a great diet and I don't know of any other plan where you lose weight this quickly. Good luck on your...

Well girls, I have just come back from my WI...1 day early I hasten to add and I have lost a very unexpected 2 & 1/2 lb..I wasn't expecting to lose anything due to my constipation and bleeding probs at the moment. I am absolutely chuffed to be honest! I was so desperate to go to the loo last...

Hi all, Butterfly the tablets I am taking worked like a dream before I was on CD and gave me a much needed break for a few months at a time...but can only take them for blocks of 3 months....before CD...last November took them in a 3 month block and worked like magic...in fact I was in hospital...

Just wish my psoriasis on my wrist would clear up with CD....but nothing seems to helping it at the moment....I am extremely embarassed by it at the moment as it looks like a 3rd degree burn....and wearing long sleeves at this time of the year is definitely not good for it as it usually clears...

Well done Nova...that's fantastic!! I have got to have my WI tomorrow instead of Friday this week as my CDC has to go out on Friday...not holding out much hope for more than a lb as I am severely constipated again and am bleeding again (ongoing problem I have where I have been bleeding...

Well done Laurie.....1 stone is fantastic...keep up the good work! Corinne well done too...5 lb is amazing! Butterfly...I'm with you on the porridge thing....Love ordinary porridge but cannot stand the CD version...yuk!! I have told everyone this year that we won't be buying any Christmas...

Just thought I'd pop on quick to let you all know my results of WI this morning.......well I lost a whopping 5 & 3/4 lb:wow::talk017::wow:that is 1/2 a lb shy of a stone in a fortnight......I have just 1 & 1/4 lb til' I reach my 6 stone mark....I am so happy....definitley break the 6 stone...

Just remember to dust it once or twice a week.....I loved it when I first got it...then like everything the novelty wore off and it sits in the corner of my living room now and gets dusted like any other bit of furniture....I can't use it if my son isn't around as would not know even how to...

Hi all, Nova welcome to our friendly team and congratulations on your 5 lb weight loss this week that is fantastic. Corrine....way to go girl....that is excellent!! Butterfly...never mind....I know exactly how that feels...but just climb back on that horse girl!!! Anyway just popped on to be...

Melanie, 1.2 lb is still a loss in the right direction...don't beat yourself up.....just concentrate on having a good week this week. CD is definitely not for the faint hearted and needs discipline to see you through to the end and of course this is tough....we all have tough days believe...

Hi Claire, nice to see you back.....are you doing CD at the moment or just cutting down? I know you have a lot of health problems going on at the moment..but well done on your weight loss so far. Hope you stay focussed and get back on the CD wagon soon, speak soon

Hi fellow butterfly chasers, Just thought I'd pop on and say hello...I am still being good...still having my fresh turkey with my vegs in my soup of a night...which I am really enjoying. Great news that we were this weeks challenge winners. Claire sorry to hear that you have been poorly and...

Hi Laurie, I started CD on 11th June and have lost 5 & 1/2 stone so far to date. It really works and has been life changing so far for me this is what keeps me motivated. I have a long way to go and need to lose at least another 4 or 5 stone...but I am no longer morbidly obese and I feel...

Looks fine to me Butterfly, but then I haven't got a clue...me and maths just don't mix! Just thought I'd pop on and say hi to everyone and see if we are all being good....back of to work in a little while. I have had my home cooked turkey every noght since Friday and it is far more filling than...

Well my fellow Butterfly chasers, I have just sat down for the evening after cooking the dinner.....(roast turkey and all the trimmings including stuffing and pigs in blankets...trial run for christmas dinner). I was good of course and only had a few slices of turkey (skin off) and some very...

Good evening (good early morning) fellow Butterfly chasers, Just wanted to welcome Melanie x and special k...hope you will enjoy our friendly team. Butterfly, sorry to hear your little one is so poorly...bless her....we have all survived unscathed by this swine flu bug so far...I don't usually...

Nice to here all about you Corinne, it is fabulous feeling new bones that I never knew I had.....and very envious of the uniform you are wearing....you need to go back a good few posts to read about my sexy uniform I have to wear for work. You are a brave woman to be a student nurse and...

Course you can join our team...welcome, why don't you do a little or large post and tell us a bit about yourself whatever you want....if you drop back to the start of our threads you will find information about us all in the early threads....but feel free to ask and say what you want...we will...

Special K and Melanie x, Why don't you join our team Chasing Butterflies....we need new members desperately...our members are dropping like flies.....feel free to post on our thread, you will be welcomed with open arms!!!!

Butterfly, woo...hooo!!! on your 6 lb weight loss thats fantastic.....hope you haven't jeopordised it with your minor blip. I am still having a good week SSing, but have found that if I don't get a shake down me at least every 4 hours I start to feel a bit hungry....something never experienced...

Well I am definitely losing inches at least as the rediscovered wardrobe of smaller jeans from years gone by which fitted me perfectly are now all starting to get loose and baggy....especially round the bum area....I hat not having a bum...just one part of me I wanted to hold on to..but it seems...

Just wanted to share....I have just made a chocolate and banana (half & half) mixed mousse and it was delicious.....I usually have this as a mix shake for breakfast every morning and thought I would try it as a mousse tonight instead of my usual chocomint......I cannot believe how lovely it...

Hi Kayleigh09, Have you been onto the CD website? There is a list of CD counsellors on the website...there should be one close to you...just find one from the list and give them a call...they will then set up a meeting with you to arrange starting the diet. Simple as that. It's a great diet and...

Well done...it is such a great feeling...isn't it? Keep up the good work.

Where are all my fellow butterfly chasers, feeling lonely here tonight on my own.....still SSing 100 % and looking forward to my WI on Friday as I feel the scales are definitely moving again in the right direction. Hope all you girls are being good and are all still on the wagon. Hope someone...

Hi witchy, You haven't entered your height details in the stats so it cannot work out a BMI for you...you need to enter the height in centimetres. Hope this helps.

Hi Butterfly, thanks for your kind post...still feeling a bit down about the lack of weight loss this week...although now am convinced that my CDC scales were out as mine are showing a loss of 3 lb and I am always 2 lb lighter on my CDC's scales (I have the same scales as her). I thought that I...

Hi Hannahstar, welcome to our team, great to have you on board, we are all a very friendly bunch here....feel free to ask questions and get things of your chest!!! Why don't you post a thread telling us all abit about yourself.....if you go back to the beginning threads you will find all of our...

Hi Alexice, I am always in and out of M & S and will probably pop in there sometime next week to get my self some more knickers as the ones I am wearing are hanging off me and fall down when I move, gone from a 24 knickers to a 16 (I am not a 16 yet in clothes but the knickers are the lycra...

Butterfly, What is dextrose? I always try and buy the fresh turkey carved on the bone from the deli counter....it costs enough so shouldn't have any of those nasty additives....have had to have the packet stuff before now..but always check the ingredients...always avoid the water added reformed...

Hi fellow butterfly chasers, Well to say I am a bit upset is an understatement.....Had my WI this morning and I have put on 1 lb......how can this be? I have not done anything different than usual. That is me back on SS 100% now to see if it will kick start the big losses again. I think there is...

Hello all, Butterfly Congrats on your 3 lb loss..thats fab!! Glad to hear you have got your head back in the zone...gawd you really do sound focussed...good luck to you! I have got my dreaded WI tomorrow and I don't feel the scales have moved at all...I am getting a bit down hearted about it...

Hi Kaf, I'm slightly lactose intolerant...if I have too much dairy..I get stomach cramps and then this is followed by foul smelling yellow poopydoops...(sorry for the TMI)..but figured that as CD usually makes people constipated then I would be ok and I have been...until the last 5 or 6...

Slimmermesoon, Wishing you the best of luck with your weight loss journey.....try not to concentrate on how long your journey will take and just take each day as it comes..stay strong and focussed and you will be fine....its a head thing not an eating thing. Good luck again!

Welcome, welcome, welcome Jess, We definitely need some new recruits, thanks for joining us...we are a friendly bunch here just jump on board and post away. We are quite a small team and only have 4 members left now..including you of course...they are me, you, butterfly and claire. If you flick...

Hi Shell09, Don't know if the bio oil will work on stretch marks you have already as this is used usually as a preventative measure to stop you getting stretchmarks..ie; in pregnancy....a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse as bolted if you ask me....sorry to disillusion you...but...

Hi all, Good luck Butterfly with your new job...I am sure it will be fine. I too am really struggling on the waterfront and have also promised to get at least 3 litres down me by the end of today...I find it is better when I am out and about as I seem to be constantly glugging...it is when I am...

Just keep drinking the water and it will hopefully get better....mine has improved massively and as long as I keep on top of the water thing I only really get the bad breath thing first thing in the morning...I usually wake up with the dogs nose in my mouth...they seem to like the...

Thank you all for your advice...it was greatly received, I just needed to know that I wasn't alone...I had heard about hairloss before on VLCD's but was shocked when it started to happen to me as been on CD for 17 weks now and I have only noticed it really in the last few weeks. My friend said...

Hi fellow butterfly chasers, Just come back from WI and have only lost 2 & 3/4 lb....this is not good for me as usually average 7lb per fortnight and have only managed 5lb this fortnight. I will soldier on though...I think it may be down to the weather getting colder and me not being able to...

Hi, I am looking for some help and advice on hair loss..I seem to be losing mine in great chunks...I have got to the stage now that I try and put off brushing it inbetween washes as I cannot bear to see the amount I am losing in the hairbrush...I am only washing it 2 - 3 times a week and am...

Hello all, Claire sorry you are still unwell with the gallstone thing, that must be so painful. I hope you are feeling better soon. Please keep us posted so that we know that you are doing fine..health wise or otherwise. Butterfly...glad to hear you are moving wards...good luck with that..hope...

Hi Butterfly, glad you are over your blip and now back on track, I really don't think I could stop if I started to eat. I have however, introduced in the last couple of weeks fresh turkey slices to my soup of a night and a mixture of very green vegetables to help with the constipation...and...

Hi, I always mix half and half of the chocolate and banana packs together.......absolutely lush!!! I have it for my breakfast every morning. To stop getting the lumpy balls I would recommend a electric hand blender....they are quite reasonably priced if you get the cheapest one from TESCO or...

Hi all, Well just been weighed (a day early) and as expected only lost 2 & 1/4 lb.....1lb short for my 5 stone mark! Never mind at least I know I will get there next week. I am still pleased as my losses are still averaging 7 lb a fortnight, so only expected a small loss this week...next week...

Hi Emma, My CDC said you can freeze the packs and it doesn't affect the nutrients...that 15 minute thingy mainly applies when adding hot water to the packs and freezing apparantly does not affect it....I have frozen them before in my IKEA ice lolly thingymebob!! The chocomint one is really nice...

Hi Daydreambeliever, I am quite definitely here for the long haul...I started 15 weeks ago at 22 stone 10 & 3/4 lb......I now weigh 17 stone 13 & 3/4 pounds and am just 3 lb away from my 5 stone mark. Not bad in 15 weeks I feel....if that doesn't keep a person motivated to lose more then I don't...

Hi all, Just thought I'd pop on and say hello..as I have been working all weekend and am only just back in the land of the living!! Great losses this week team...a big well done to us all!! I am going to go through my wardrobe later and bag up for charity all the really ridiculously baggy...

Hi all my fellow butterfly chasers, Guru.....well done on your 4 lb loss and butterfly 2 lb is still 2 lb off in the right direction...well done! Devilishandsweet, I am so glad you have had a good week and seem to be back in the zone and well done on the size 22 top...I know how you feel...I...

I watched that programme too...the lady who had the op weighed 30 stone when she started and lost a whopping 10 stone in the first 3 months...but she had a gastric bybass which means she only has miniscule amounts of food and the bypass changes the way her body metabolises the calories she is...

Hi all, I am so sorry Claire that you are still suffering with the gall bladder problem. I hope you feel better soon...just try and get your head back in the zone....as one of the larger ladies on this site that weighed 22 st 10 lb at the beginning of my journey..I feel I can offer you some...

Good afternoon all my fellow butterfly chasers, I have just had my WI and have lost 2 1/2 lb. :bliss::bliss:this is great considering I have been weighing myself all week on my own scales and didn't think I had lost anything this week as mine hadn't seemed to have moved since last week. I have...

Oh also forgot to add....I am no longer morbidly obese and am now just obese!!!!

Hi all my fellow butterfly chasers, I just cannot believe it....I went for my WI this morning and I have lost another 5 1/2 lb...wooohooo!!!!:bliss::bliss:that is 12 lb in 3 weeks....I am as pleased as punch!! I'm off now to finish making a Banoffee Pie as a surprise for my nearest and...

Ooops sorry mrsessex, I didn't see you there...welcome to our team. Sarah, well done 4 lb is fabulous. DAS hope you are feeling better and don't be so hard on yourself...if you are not well it is not good to put your body under any unduly stress...take it easy and concentrate on getting 100%...

Guru, you can't leave us....you are just having a bad spell thats all.....you just need to refocus and remember why you are on this journey...just think of the end result and don't think only 2 lb...that is a loss regardless, you have lost over 3 stone in less than 8 weeks....that is astounding...

Hi all my fellow Butterflies, Sorry I have not been on for a while...had a very hectic week. I have been to work all weekend and it was my nieces birthday on Saturday and so I spent all of Thursday and Friday making and icing her a cake....It is virtually impossible to make a cake and not lick...

Hi Butterfly, Yes...I am supposed to eat next week (week 13)..but I have discussed this with my CDC and although she would like me to move to SS+ for at least a week she said that she cannot force me to do this and as she doesn't live with me she cannot force me to do this. I know I am not...

Well done Guru on your 2 lb weight loss....that's brilliant considering. I just don't know how you can just jump off the wagon and then climb back on again....I know I couldn't do that....I reacon if I fell off the wagon I just would not be able to get back to the headspace I'm in now and get...

Butterfly...you go girl....well done on your 5 lb loss! I haven't been on for a few days as had problems with my Internet connection. I hope all you ladies are doing well and all heading for big losses. Sorry to hear that you haven't been well Claire. I hope you feel better soon. Guru..don't...

Hi all, Sarah, sorry to hear you have not been too well..I hope you are feeling less stressed now that you know that there is not too much to worry about. Hope you get better soon...and a 2 lb loss is great considering the stress you must be under. Anyway I had my WI this morning and lost 4 &...

Well done Guru on your 4lb loss...my WI is at midday today...will be back later with the results. I wanted to wear a nice pair of cropped jean capri's today that have been in the wardrobe for a few years..they fit me if I hoist them in with a belt....but have weighed myself with them off and...

Well done Angelchaser...-4 lb is a great loss....I love the Strawberry silk tetras and the peanut bars really help get things moving..if you know what I mean....they do make you really windy almost immediately so beware if you are out in public!!! I cannot believe we are the biggest losers this...

I always have a tin of Wrigley's sugarfree Ice mints with me and pop one of them when needed try and limit them to less than 7 or 8 a day. Like gum it is not strictly allowed on SS but it hasn't affected my losses or my ketosis. I find chewing S/F gum just makes me hungry and at least with the...

Sorry did I say fridge...I actually meant the freezer....the fridge just does not do the mousse justice...yum!! I also pour my mousse into a glass sundae dish just to make it seem extra special....it's all about the psychology!!!

I find the trick to get it lovely angel delight consistencey is to open the shake pack and add just under a scoop of the MAM to the pack and stir dry with a teaspoon in the shake pack and then get 150ml of cold water from the fridge...get your hand blender at the ready and then quickly add the...

Hi Girls, Had my WI this morning and have lost 3lb:), I knew it wasn't going to be a great loss this week as had a big one last week and my losses seem to be working into a pattern now of a really good week and an average week. I am not complaining though 9 lb in 2 weeks is good going and...

Binibikini, I can't believe you can only get Vanilla, Strawberry and Chocolate shakes....I'd be committing harikari by now, can't you at least get Banana shakes either? I don't like Banana shake...but I love it mixed with Chocolate (1/2 pack of each mixed to make a normal size portion). Is it...

Just got back from ASDA as my hand blender decided to pack up this morning and I nearly had a heart failure....a must have item on this diet and I definitely wouldn't have been able to survive without replacing it.....I was having a mooch around the nice bras and knickers...I can't wait to be...

Hi, Just wanted to say...I quite often have days where I feel dizzy, weak, tired and sick on SS...and I have figured out when I feel like this it usually lasts a couple of days. I know for a fact that on the days I feel like this that the previous day..I have not drunk enough water. I always...

Goodmorning fellow butterfly chasers, Well done Sarah.....2 stone in 3 weeks is absolutely fantastic and well done butterfly on a 5 lb loss well chuffed for you. We all sound like we are on track and focussed...what a great feeling. My WI is tomorrow....CDC arranged last week to weigh me today...

Hi all, Just thought I'd come on and post a quick hello as have been unable to get on the computer due to my nightshifts this weekend. Lori, climb back on that wagon girl....and don't let anyone feed you for comfort...stay strong!!! I have told people that ask about CD and I don't care what...

Good evening my fellow butterflys, Well I had my WI this morning and I have lost 6 lb:bliss::bliss::bliss:I can't believe it...I felt that I had had a good week, but didn't realise it was gonna be that good....I have just 1 & 1/4 lb to go until I have lost 3 stone. I hope to smash that by next...

That would be nice Guru..thanks, I must admit though haven't even seen my aunt for at least 10 years..how bad is that? But..if I am ever working that way I'll give you a shout!!

Hi all, Guru, I have an aunt in W-O-N and I worked in Clacton the other week and at Thorpe-le-Soken. Devilishandsweet, well done on your 4 lb weight loss..that is great..keep up the good work. Its great news that we are this weeks biggest losers.

I personally think it is upto you and depends on the type of person you are....if you are strong willed and know you can go back to SSing after then do SS+ or follow the 810 plan. If I was in your shoes though I must admit...I wouldn't eat and stay with SS 100%. There will be other parties and...

Thanks Irene, that is great news and I know the whole team will be chuffed!!!!

Just thought I'd pop on and say welcome Guru, glad you could join us. Look forward to hearing all about you and another friend to help us all keep motivated. I read in your post that you live in Essex...well me too...where abouts in Essex do you live? I live in Chigwell. Hey...

Hi enlightenmetoo, To find the thread you need to come out of 100%cd and go up to the sub forum cambridge diet forum and you will need to go to page 2 as others have posted different threads so it has moved down to page 2 again, it is not highlighted boldly..but it does have a 5 star rating..as...

Just thought I'd quickly pop on and say hi girls off to bed shortly before my night shift....well done Butterfly on your 8lb loss thats fantastic and angelchaser 4lb is awsome keep up the good work...Devilishandsweet I hope your WI goes well and will be waiting with baited breath to see how much...

Icemoose, I know it has been an age since you posted this thread but how very informative, I knew there was a link between water intake and waistloss (weightloss) but wasn't quite sure what or why...all I knew is that if I drink more water than usual it always shows on the scales....and after...

How much water are all you constipated ladies drinking, I too get a bit constipated now and again doing SS, but I would say it is not really constipation but more of a lack of wanting to go. I find if I increase my water it helps dramatically. Water is so important and I find when I drink more I...

Thanks Angelchaser and devilishandsweet for your words of encouragement. Anyway you will all be pleased to hear that I had my WI at 11 am this morning and I have actually lost 3 lb:character00100::character00100::bliss::bliss:I am so glad....I thought I'd only lost about a lb...it makes it all...

I have got two here...if you want them..if you are going with other people that might need them. Let me know by pming me! I can't pm you yet as haven't enough priviledges yet until I get to 50 posts or something.

Hi Kharzaji, Hopefully when you get to college you will be with more mature teenagers who are at college like you to learn. I think you'll find that you have left the school bullies behind at the school gate. Bullie do not usually amount to much and generally end up leaving school and end up...

Hi Caroline G, Have you thought about buying a Diet plate...they are great, I bought one for my son as he eats like a horse especialy carbs, this plate sections the plate of into correct portion sizes for carbs and protein with unlimited vegetables and salad. The plate is quite an inspirational...

Hello my fellow Butterfly chasers, Firstly I would like to say woo...hooo!!! Sarah you go girl...well done on your weight loss you must be absolutely chuffed with yourself:character00100::character00100::character00100::happy096::bliss::0clapper:You won't need any encouragement this week to stay...

Don't be too disappointed Angelchaser, Just climb back on the horse and try again....try not to give in to temptation...be strong...you can do it. I must admit SSing is not for the fainthearted but once you get into Ketosis you will start to feel better. It took me over a week to get to Ketosis...

I have only lost 2 and a bit of my 9 or 10 stone that I would like to lose so far......but, I can already:- See my boobs first when I look down and not my belly! As Emma says fit into a plastic garden chair and stand up without taking it with me! I have lost one of my three chins...

and may I just add Kelsocool..CONGRATULATIONS on your weight loss to date. Have you been SSing the whole time???? You must be chuffed to bits.... I hope I can do as well as you I have at least 8 more stone to lose!!!

It might have something to do with it...but I'm not really an Essex girl...I was born and bred in East London....born by the sound of Bow Bells...a true Cockney and proud of it too...even if I do get slated for my accent. Where are you from Kelsocool originally...as I see you are in...

Hi Sarah, I will wish you an early good luck for Tuesday and hope you lose bucket loads!!!! Sometimes when you don't feel like you have lost anything...you get weighed and have lost loads...Think positive thoughts!!!!

Just wanted to add....if I reach my target weight by Christmas....I am going to wrap myself in nothing but a red bow and a santa hat and present myself to him for Christmas!!! Hopefully he will think all his Christmases have come at once.

God....I think there must be something wrong with me....as a very large lady I have never really suffered with major confidence issues and have always had a healthy appetite in the bedroom dept!! My husband has never really acted any differently to me where sex is concerned as I continued to...

Hi Devilishandsweet, The only way to get on top of this one is to take complete control of all the family finances....agree an amount with your OH that he is allowed to have for himself each week, like an allowance or if he can't be trusted to have it weekly then a daily allowance. DO NOT let...

Bloody ticker, these things were obviously sent to try us!!!

Sorry, Just needed to do a little post to see if that bloody ticker thing has changed don't seem to get the hang of the thing when comes to editing it..I never know if it has done it or not!!

Good afternoon all my fellow Butterfly chasers, Sorry I couldn't get here sooner...only my Virgin connection has been down all night and has only just rebooted itself this morning...we have had no telly and no broadband....it's been dire..what did people do before the invention of TV and...

Hi Liza, Good to have you on board, this is a great forum and I am loving it here, everone is so friendly and supportive and you will get good advice from fellow members. Everybody is different and the first week is usually the biggest on the weight loss front...but remember you are usually...

Keep your pecker up Butterfly, Just climb back on the wagon and be a good girl this week. At least you didn't gain any weight and managed to STS.....it could have been far worse! I always try and have my pack before preparing the family dinner so it makes it less of a temptation....I think I am...

Well done Curlywurly, You have done really well, a great inspiration for all fellow CDers. I'm sure with your positive attitude and kind personality you will be a great CDC. Wishing you well in your future venture.

Emma, Don't want to burst your bubble or anything...but if and when you get referred to a Fertility Specialist one of the first tests they will want to perform is the dreaded Sperm test as they need to know and rule out problems on both sides so they will know how to progress with the correct...

Glad to here that your'e kids don't go to that Nursery! The gog is on Limes Farm isn't it? Unfortunately, I had the pleasure of living there once! The synagogue is probably lovely,but most of the people attending the synagogue do not have the pleasure of living on the estate thankfully! I was...

Oh my CDC is from Doddinghurst as my BF was supposed to do diet with me and so got one close to her house as she does home visits...that unfortunately didn't work out as my friend can't stick to anything due to her need to binge drink at least twice a week...so I now go to CDC house on a...

Curlywurley, Weird I did it the other way round grew up from the age of 10 in Loughton and moved about from the age of 18 and finally settled back in Loughton in 1992 and moved to Chigwell in 1993 and have been settled here ever since..I live near Grange Hill Station.

Hi Curlywurly, You have done extremely well on this diet and your losses have been great..don't get me wrong I am ecstatic with my weight loss so far..I have lost 3lb short of 2 stone in 5 weeks and I hope I get to that 2 stone marker this WI on Thursday. I know this diet is the next best thing...

I must say I have been there and done that with all of the slimming companies out there, WW, SW, LL. I was very successful with WW and lost over 4 1/2 stone but as its the mind that needs to change I did end up gaining it all back over the course of 2 years and an extra 2 stone. I don't look at...

Emma, Me again....just had a thought and might post a thread for us PCOS girls as any sufferer of PCOS knows losing weight for us is extremely hard as not all of our weight gain is by eating the wrong stuff, but due to hormone imbalance and Insulin resistance and makes getting the weight off...

Hi Emma, My name is Nicki and I was 13 when I was diagnosed with PCOS and that was in 1983 and not a lot was known about it back then...ie; putting on weight, hairy chin etc. The only thing they told me back then was that I might have problems conceiving. Well losing the weight will definitely...

Hello Devilishandsweet, Nice to meet you at last, looking forward to hearing all about you and looking forward to spurring each other on with our weight loss. Hope them pounds are shifting themselves in the right direction. So glad your laptop is up and running again....don't know what I would...

I know what you mean Lorna about sore throats....I am a big baby too..I think it is one of the worst pains ever...can't work out what is going own as it is only my throat that is sore and a little tickley cough, I've got no runny nose or anything and I don't feel like I'm getting a cold....never...

Just tried to update my tracker but can't figure out how to put in the 1/4 lbs as it is saying 24.2 lb lost when it should be 24.75.....Any ideas!!!!!

Hi Butterflies, Just got back from my WI, I have lost 4 lb and have lost 24 3/4 lb so far in 5 weeks....only got 3 1/4 lb til' I have lost 2 Stone:bliss:Hopefully lose that by next WI. I am so pleased. I must get to the gym every day and stay focussed. Woke up this morning with a really sore...

Guru, I understand where your coming from with the IVF thing, I was waiting for fertility treatment in 1992 and was told I needed to lose at least 3 stone before they could help me (I was 15 stone at the time). I suffer with PCOS and was told I would need help to get pregnant. That was 17 years...

Guru, I am the same height as you and I weigh 1 lb more than you and started 22 lb heavier than you 4 weeks ago, I see the reason you say you have 11 stone to lose is because you want to be 10st 7lb....it's great to set yourself a goal, but, I personally think you should set yourself lots of...

Hi Guru, I know what you mean about the taste in your mouth....first thing in the morning is worst...I quite often wake up with the dog sniffing my mouth (gross I know)! Just wanted to say my CDC said it is fine to have the occassional sugarfree mint...they will not affect ketosis or weight...

Well done Lorna, 5 lbs is great, fabulous weight loss so far, I have my WI tomorrow hoping to get into the next stone bracket. I will update you all tomorrow afternoon once I get weighed. Keep up the good work!!!!!

Just a little bit of information about myself!!!!! Hi all my fellow butterfly chasers, I thought I would introduce myself properly, as all I seem to have done so far is waffle on about random stuff. Here goes. My name is Nicki (you may have guessed that already), I am as of yesterday 39...

Hi newmaks, butterfly and any other fellow team members, The chocmint mousse is made using the mix-a-mousse powder (available from your CDC) basically I think it is just a tub of powdered gelatine...but what you do is you get 150ml of very cold water (the colder the better) then take a sachet of...

Hi all my fellow team members, I think chasing butterflies is a lovely name and I would be delighted to go with that name. I think if butterfly wants to be the team leader that would be great. I am probably not the best person for that job as I work nights from Friday to Sunday most weekends...

Hi Butterfly, Just thought I'd pop on and say hello as a fellow team member. I think this team thing is great for keeping people motivated, especially as the teams are kept to only 6 members...definitely makes it more personal. Well I hope we all lose loads of weight and keep each other on...

Thanks Caramelcherry, I am so glad you have accepted me to join your team...I am sure that we will all be a great help to each other...keeping each other on track with positive motivation and tips. Congratulations on your success with LL...3 stone gone already WOW..Well done!!!! I tried LL a...

Hiya Caramelcherry, I am new too and looking for a team to join have you got space for me too pleeeeeease!!!! I have about 8 more stone to lose and think I will be here for a while!!!!! Started SSing on 11th June and have lost 20 & 3/4 lb so far. I am desperate to belong to a group with a nice...

Hi, another newbie here, I have been reading the threads here for weeks and decided to dive in and join as you all seem such a friendly bunch....spurring each other on and keeping everyone here motivated. I love the idea of the team thing and would love to join a team if any of you have space...