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    Salad dressing

    Does anyone have a good recipe for a zero syn (or v low) salad dressing? The only one I could find on the site was a Caesar substitute with FF creme fraiche which was pretty grim.
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    Syns - Lindt creation lemon

    Thank you do much! Presumably I count the squares and divide 40 by that number to get syns for a square?
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    SW online?

    I haven't found any online forums so I don't think there are any. It's not the easiest site to navigate tbh but I reckon I'd have stumbled across them if they'd been there
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    Syns - Lindt creation lemon

    Does anyone know the suns (per square) of Lindt creations chocolate with lemon filling? The syns calculator suggests lemon sole - but I doubt that it's the same! WW has a brilliant thing where you scan a barcode but there doesn't seem to be an equivalent on the SW site? Mind you, it's not the...
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    Low carb and SW advice please

    Thank you all.
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    Low carb and SW advice please

    I want to give SW a go but is there a way I can do a low carb version? I am diabetic and need to keep my blood sugars down by limiting my carbs. thank you
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    If you miss a pack ....

    If it helps, my LLC (who is one of the original LLCs - she's been doing this since the late 80s) says that it doesn't matter too much if you only have 3 every now and again, and that it used to actually only BE 3 and they only moved it up to 4 packs comparatively recently. I don't think it...
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    Need help..

    If you're anything like me Toni, you'll find that after you've eaten the chocolate all the feelings you felt (that you're trying to muffle by eating) are still there and now you feel worse because you feel guilty for eating chocolate too. It's not to underestimate how hard it is though. I hope...
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    LL ~ I'm having another go!! Anyone else?!

    I'm not the best person to give advice on that score. I have a couple of social events in the next month and I have already decided I'm going to eat. Last summer bf and I had no social life because of this diet and so I decided not to be so hard-core - or to agonise about it so much. I'll get...
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    Week 26 Weigh In

    If you could bottle your attitude I would SO buy some.
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    Feelings of boredom? Or just anxious for it to end? What's goin on in my head!

    Yeeees it is all to do wiz ze mutter (said in bad German Freudy accent)
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    Feelings of boredom? Or just anxious for it to end? What's goin on in my head!

    I think it comes down to carrot or stick - are you losing weight because you hated the way you were (stick) or because you're looking forward to looking amazing (carrot). That's my interpretation so hope it's right!
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    Man Killed by an overdose of Water

    Yes apparently it's basically drowning from the inside out. I wouldn't say it was common but you do read about it every now and again - often clubbers who've taken drugs that make them incredibly thirsty and so they down mind-boggling quantities of water in a very short time. PS Yes, you're...
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    LL ~ I'm having another go!! Anyone else?!

    I'm on my second time too. I never got to goal but after 100 days did CD and other diets but put on a stone. So I'm back on LL to try and get my weight down nearer to goal (maybe even hit it this time!). My LLC says that food is an addiction for some people (most of us I'd guess and...
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    Feelings of boredom? Or just anxious for it to end? What's goin on in my head!

    My LLC says that you can fall prey to an "end of term" type feeling - you know where you can't get kids to do anything at the end of term because they're anticipating the holidays? Well, it's similar - you're almost there and it makes it tougher to be focussed and disciplined because you're...
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    Give me the benefit of your wisdom!

    In my 100 days I NEVER had bars and lost at average 3lbs a week with pale pink ketostix.
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    Give me the benefit of your wisdom!

    Yup, any tone of pink means you're in ketosis. I'm always pale pink myself. And some people do just lose more slowly - in my 100 days I rarely lost more than 3lbs any week. It IS frustrating that people lose faster but that would be true on any diet - the difference is that on any other diet...
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    Dizzy spells?

    Yes, I often get light-headed - mainly if I suddenly get up. It's just one of the side effects - unpleasant but fleeting - and has never made me actually faint.
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    Hi looking to start the Cambridge diet or lighter life

    And - having done both - LL packs are nicer (the shakes are and the (new) bars anyway) and that makes a big difference to me
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    First post - introduction

    Got to agree with Tange - the old style bars are VILE. I actually spat my first mouthful out! The new ones (peanut and cranberry) are quite pleasant, personally I prefer the peanut. And Lakeland do a nifty beaker thing with a ball whisk in it that I imagine would be good for shakes on the...
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    First post - introduction

    I mush up lots of crushed ice and whizz up the shakes and some water with the ice to make it very thick and creamy. Also try flavour combos - I agree that the chocolate is disappointing on its own but half and half with vanilla is reminiscent of a milky way (okay, vaguely) and with half...
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    Started again last week

    Hey Julia, only just seen this as I came on here when I restarted LL and there was nothing going on. Glad there's a few of us now! My story is that I did Foundation last year, getting to 100 days at the beginning of October and losing 3st4lbs (I have v slow losses rather than cheating). Then...
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    ANIMAL INSTINCTS!!

    Hmm, seen your grand total of lapses (0) so not too sure about your maths! 10% willpower BL, I mean, come on!! You're the text book version! The 70 days I saw was definitely around the psychology rather than the physical - which as all LLers know, is the trickiest bit. But when it comes...
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    ANIMAL INSTINCTS!!

    I've read that it takes 70 days to break a habit, BL! But maybe if you've got steely willpower (as you seem to BL) you can do it in 10% of the time!
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    ANIMAL INSTINCTS!!

    It might be my cynicism but I think this is crooked thinking. Our tricksy minds are trying to delude us that really we're paragons who only want to live on salad and virtuous food so why are we dieting? I know - from bitter experience - that if you give in to it a chicken salad very quickly...
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    smelling FOOD!!!!

    I have an almost indecent interest in what other people are eating - I grill (ho ho) my boyfriend about what he's had for lunch and sit and watch him eat every bite of his meal in the evening, like some greedy Labrador. Haven't actually started drooling yet but it can only be a matter of time...
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    Food when you can't have packs?

    It's worth discussing with your LLC too - and/or the people at LL HQ are very helpful.
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    foodpacks! Nice?

    I've had CD and LL and I MUCH prefer LL. Shakes are much thicker and creamier. Soups are about the same. New LL bars are lovely (for diet bars!)
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    First Day Over

    Hmm, vegetable soup is worse (gag) and the old-style bars (not peanut or cranberry). The first time I had one I had to spit it out in a very unladylike way. I swear even my mother's greedy labrador would spurn those!
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    Can i be successful 2nd time round????

    Jellybabie I'm a restarter too. Lost 3st4lbs last year in my 100 days and finished them in early October. I came back and did Cambridge for a few months then low-carbed - in the course of this I dropped slightly less than a stone overall (put on on holiday and spectacularly over Christmas)...
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    First Day Over

    I had heard that they were getting rid of caramel?
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    VLCD menu based diet

    Mikey Have you read Gary Taube's "The Diet Delusion"? It seems to undertake all the research you've indentified as being inadequate/non-existent and also analyses the reasons behind the low-fat dieting assumptions that are widespread. He is a science journalist and I would not say it's an...
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    Wednesday hour x hour

    Wow Mikey, that's incredible, many congratulations
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    Hen party Weekend

    That was what I was trying to say Ali but you've been much more eloquent. Was feeling a bit ashamed in case my post had been seen to encourage becs to stray - I promise I wasn't.
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    Evil diet coke

    Did you see 10 Years Younger last night? There was a woman on there who had had to have ALL her teeth removed at approx age of 35 because they had rotted away due to her daily consumption of 12 cans of Diet Coke. All you people who are missing it - be pleased you are breaking the habit...
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    Wednesday hour x hour

    Congratulations! That'll stop you thinking about food anyway!
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    Hen party Weekend

    Low carb options are best. You can stay in a mild form of ketosis if you don't eat bread, pasta, potato stuff etc. Stick to lean protein and veg/salad. But you will have to accept that you will put weight on I'm afraid. And you may find that alcohol has a very strong effect on you at first.
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    Cold water

    Mmm, have to say I tried one of those but didn't like the taste it gave the water. Should be okay in a smoothie though (mmmm, smoothies...)
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    lighter life

    Oooh, you're going to be soooo sorry you said "Don't you dare shut up"!! Mmmmm, cereal bars, la la la la can't hear you, can't hear you *frantically shoves fingers in ears*. At the moment even if my sofa WAS on fire I'd stop to shove one down my neck. Very hungry (day 3 of restart and did a...
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    Cold water

    I read yesterday that cold water stops you feeling so hungry as the coldness makes your stomach shrink slightly. Good tip for those of us not yet in ketosis I thought - and an additional prod to keep us guzzling it down.
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    Curious and bit scared

    When I went back to my GP after I lost over 3st, without even LOOKING at me she made reference to be being "obese"! Then when she realised she kept gushing on and on about how amazing it was to have lost so much weight. As you can imagine, I pointed out, pulling no punches, that it was...
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    lighter life

    I think that's sensible toller-girl, I don't like the thought of being dependent on LL. This is a means to an end for me and then I want to get on with real life - which for me is likely always going to involve keeping a strict eye on my diet BUT I have to be able to manage outside of the LL...
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    Curious and bit scared

    It's so annoying isn't it? Mine only charged me £10 (my NHS GP, that is) but I was still outraged. You are SAVING the NHS money by losing weight and you ought to be entitled to support from them. I would definitely phone the practice manager and get very stroppy.
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    'Breakfast' packs

    I'm in my first week as a restarter so can't have bars yet - consequently I'm having a double shake in the morning and another in the evening. As of next week I'm planning a chocolate or vanilla coffee in the morning, a bar at lunchtime and a double shake in the evening. I have...
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    'Breakfast' packs

    I am intending to have a chocolate or vanilla pack in a coffee for 'breakfast' next week - does anyone have any other good ideas? Thanks!
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    Beginning, Middle, End! Piccies!

    Hi Claire I remember you coming on to Minis at the time I was coming to the end of my 100 days. When I logged back in this week (going back on LL to lose the last 3st) I saw your photo and nearly choked on my water! I remember your pics then and now, well, the difference is DRAMATIC; you're...
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    Feeling dreadful first thing...

    I hide my grumpiness under a (probably thin) veneer of pleasantness! Or, more accurately, semi-comatose-ness. I perk up no end around 10am-11am though!
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    Feeling dreadful first thing...

    Hmmm, are you annoyingly chirpy first thing?!
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    Feeling dreadful first thing...

    To be honest, I ALWAYS feel really grumpy in the morning, irrespective of LL! I've not heard of this but are you stopping drinking in the evening because you don't want to be up in the night going to the loo? It sounds like you're dehydrated so maybe try a big glass of water just before bed....
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    Running

    Just started back on LL in Development. I have been following a running programme and I'm keen to keep going with it (as when I went on holiday even, my fitness levels dropped). How do people find it, running just on packs? All advice gratefully received!
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    LLCs in London - recommendations please

    Thanks everyone who replied. Think I am sorted now.
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    LLCs in London - recommendations please

    Thanks Tange but that is quite away away! I need Central-ish London or somewhere I can travel to easily and quickly from there. Live in East London, work near Charing Cross
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    LLCs in London - recommendations please

    I finished Foundation last October and lost just over 3st. Since then I've been roughly maintaining - trouble is, I've been trying to diet! So I'm thinking of returning for another 3 month push. I didn't have a great counsellor last time so would really, really appreciate any recommendations...
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    A little fun test - its spooky

    Orange spanner. At least there's 2 of us!
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    Mixing Shakes - Embarrassing moment

    I noticed in the Lakeland catalgue (I must be getting old!!) that they do a beaker thing with a spiral ball in and it works like a whisk if you shake it - I think it's in the genius clipit box range.
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    my musings

    PS Just remembered (from reading another similar post) that the 4 week course of what is essentially Developers is called a refresher course.
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    my musings

    I was looking to do what you're thinking of too. I did the 100 days with LL and then switched to CD (money issues and a poor LLC being the reasons). I asked my LLC about going back to do RtM without doing Development and she was very very hostile (I had no intention of going back to her but...
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    What are the mousse like?

    I am the CD dunce when it comes to mix-a-mousse - I've given everyone a break and stopped asking loads of stupid questions! BUT I have one about twice a week and only once have I managed to make it right! Usually it doesn't thicken much at all! I am beginning to suspect that maybe my mousse...
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    Ugh - what an AWFUL dinner!!!

    For all those who hate the husks in water - did you know you can buy capsules that you just swallow with a glass of water 30mins - 1hour before you "eat"? No snot, no grit, easy peesy. I got mine from Holland and Barrett
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    FLAVOURED BOATERS COFFEE - NO!

    Just to confuse things further, I asked my LLC about flavoured coffee and apparently although it's physically fine they discourage you having it as they think that having too many flavours will make you more likely to break the diet. I use the Whittards flavoured instant coffees (2 tsp in my...
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    what is different from LL to CD

    I preferred the taste of the LL packs to CD ones - the shakes are much thicker and creamier on LL and the new bars are streaks ahead. But I prefer the price of the CD packs! And there's more variety too. You can't really mix LL and CD packs in one day as LL is 4 packs a day and CD is 3 - the...
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    A confession

    Kebabs ARE covered in cooking oil! This might do it though - apparently where you get those cones of meat, they sometimes slap the new meat over the old and food hygiene people have found that the middle is completely infested with maggots where it's decomposed. Still fancy a kebab?
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    Please help me choose food for these meals out!

    The most important thing is to avoid carbs as much as poss and sugar. It's probably better to order things you can resist as much as possible too! Try and leave some on your plate. And go for the least faffed about stuff as well. I'd go for the scallops then the sole or the halibut. It...
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    A confession

    I hear the kebabs in Peckham are particularly fine.....
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    Is this a case of "adapted child" behavior?

    I'm sure she's doing it to try and love you but of course she's actually just making things harder for you. Time for a frank chat? There are other ways she can show her love - and one of those is to support you. If she finds it too hard I guess you could get her making your pack up for you in...
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    Thought Records

    Well done CG. Both for resisting a full blown binge AND for recognising the thoughts that take you there. Any sort of self understanding has got to help (even if it's not a magic wand and still requires willpower) you deal with similar situations in the future. I find that I push the...
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    flavours...

    I find I have to think of the packs almost as medicine - not as something to be enjoyed necessarily. Having said that, there's enough choice on CD to find something you can bear. I have toffe and walnut and vanilla packs in coffee, spicy tomato, chicken and mushroom and chilli soups and...
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    leek and potatoe

    I don't like the leek and potato - or the broccoli and cheese and think they're really similar. Only soups I can drink are chilli, chicken and mushroom and tomato (but I'm starting to take against the tomato too!)
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    Sarah's back, and this time she's happy

    Welcome back - and what a lovely catch up post. Really glad that things are working out so well for you. Keep in touch...
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    Im changing camps

    Sorry but the CD bars are pretty much the same as the old LL bars (neither of which I like). The CD bars do have proper chocolate on them (not that nasty white stuff which I reckon was birds' droppings!) but the inside is the same. On the bright side, because they do have slightly more carbs...
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    Mousse my tetra

    I need remedial mix a mousse - even with a pack not a tetra. I've been following the instructions but although I put it in the freezer for 15 mins after I've mixed it, it never thickens up beyond the consistency of floppy custard. What am I doing wrong please?
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    Im changing camps

    I too made the swop from LL to CD. I do miss the group from LL but just couldn't justify the cost - my LLC was hopeless at counselling which always made me feel short-changed. I don't think the shakes on CD are as anywhere near as nice as the LL ones - they're all like the old style LL...
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    A picture to put me off Mcdonalds

    Just to REALLY put you off - all those companies make their burgers from something called reclaimed mechanical meat. When all the decent bits have been cut off the carcasses, they pressure hose them to get all the scraps off (and from the floor!) and squish them up to make burgers. Yum. I'm...
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    Mousse my tetra

    Any tips on how you turn a tetra into a mousse? I tried last night and it went sort of lumpy. Shame as it had the potential to be quite nice. Mind you, I was probably too ambitious as I haven't yet made a decent mousse out of a shake - it never really gets thick, more like a runny custard, is...
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    Bars

    I hate all the bars with a passion! Although I did once carefully lick all the chocolate off one (that bit's okay!)
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    CDC's help!

    I've read that the jury's out whether cough mixture actually helps or not, other than by lubricating your throat and a placebo effect. Drink alot of fluids (which you will be doing) and if you have a sore throat you can always gargle with TCP or a soluble asprin. Paracetamol will keep any...
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    DAMN ADVERTS!!!!

    I LOVE the M&S one - in a weird masochistic way. I do have to restrain myself from licking the telly though! As it is I look like my mother's labrador in front of food - right down to the drool!
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    CDC's help!

    I'm not a CDC but sucrose and glucose are sugar - and because they're high up in the list of ingredients it means there's plenty of both in the cough mixture. Sorry, but sugar probably will knock you out of ketosis - unless you're very lucky. Hope you feel better soon.
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    Whats the Most Anyone has put on over the Xmas break?

    I'm ashamed to say I put on 17lbs!:eek: That was a month of completely out of control eating though. I've lost 10lbs of it already but it was a shock (WHY does it take less time to put on than take off - grrrrr?)
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    My secret box!

    A block of ice wouldn't stop me either! I'd gnaw through it. Clearly I have "issues"! Do I win the prize for least willpower?!
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    My secret box!

    Rade - how do you bear it? You must have a willpower of steel. I wouldn't trust myself not to crack and scoff the lot. In fact, where do you live?!
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    Hungry Hippo: One Way Trip to Slendordom

    My GP charged me - and it's not uncommon I'm afraid (can be up to £150 I believe). Seems particularly galling given that you're trying to improve your health.
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    bars & packs

    I like the toffee and walnut, hot, with a spoonful of instant coffee in for breakfast and chocolate tetras. I don't mind tomato, chilli or chicken and mushroom soups. I hate all the bars with a passion! And the banana tetra!
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    Chewing gum vs mints

    Thanks for this, I think I'll try them and see how I go. Mints aren't a trigger for me (unlike fruit chewing gum which I ate so much of I blew up like a puffer fish!) so I should be able to have one or two a day which can't do THAT much harm.
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    WILLPOWER!!!

    That's amazing - I am truly in awe! Hope you get your rewards on the scales
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    Chewing gum vs mints

    I know we can have the occasional tab of chewing gum and particularly after some of the soups that's really good! But I'm having a read problem with hunger and have read that chewing gum can make this worse. Can I have any sugar free mints at all does anyone know? Thanks
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    Depressing post ..dont read if u r feeling inspired....ok not that depressing!!

    That's really interesting Leesy. Is there anything that we can do to keep those pesky grehlins in line?
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    An interesting 5 min read

    Interesting - but in a way, depressing! I'd be very happy with a 25 BMI! Maybe when I get there I'll be revising downwards - you just never know!
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    Depressing post ..dont read if u r feeling inspired....ok not that depressing!!

    Noo Noo - don't want to be the voice of doom but rather forewarned is forearmed. I see one of the top weight loss specialists in the country (as before LL and CD I had been unable to lose much weight at all). He was surprisingly supportive when I said I was going to go on LL but he said that...
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    Excess Skin - did anyone suffer from it?

    In my experience men aren't bad at sense and logic but pretty rubbish at empathy! Anyway, whether your skin pings back or not is largely down to genetics - ask your mum, aunt etc what happened after they were pregnant. But if you body brush and moisturise regularly you'll be helping it...
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    Savoury vegetable drink - Free on Sole Source!

    Here you go (this is for the ordinary Bouillon in the green tub): Per serving (5g/250ml): 12 kcal 0.5 protein 1.5 carbs, of which 0.4 sugar 0.4 fat, of which 0.2 saturates 0.9 sodium Hope that helps (had a tub on my desk!).
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    I am apparently the walrus.

    You are not alone either HH. There are so many inspirational people on this site who have wanted to - and succeeded in - losing over 10st. Try and find some blogs to follow their journeys, it's really helpful. I did LL initially and I think it was one of their DVDs when a woman said she used...
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    Savoury vegetable drink - Free on Sole Source!

    I find Marigold Bouillon an absolute life-saver for those so-hungry-I'm-going-to-chew-my-own-arm-off moments. You can buy in most supermarkets with oxo cubes etc. I prefer the organic one in the orangey/brown tub as it has little (minute) bits (of veg) in it. That one is sometime in the...
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    Gall Stones

    Hate to say it, but I just read in a magazine yesterday that gallstones can be brought on by VLCDs. I doubt it's common or we'd hear more about it on the boards so you have been unlucky. I hasten to add that I've only read this and am no expert.
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    Do you feel like you could do it alone?

    I do understand your frustration (I wrote a similarly angry post when I'd put ON 0.5lb despite being exemplary!) but 3lbs is not a poor loss. The "promise" is a stone a month which is 3.5lbs a week - you're not far off that and have had fantastic weeks so far taking you way ahead. As has been...
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    My coccyx hurts - anyone else in the same boat?

    Just remembered - I think Cerulean said the fat she had left (and there wasn't much judging by the photos!) kind of re-distributed around her body and all's well that ends well.
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    Chromium

    You're both very kind. Sadly I am a real hardened choc addict and the chocolate flavour packs bear no resemblance (just makes me feel bitter!) so don't do anything to help cravings. Know I'll get through it...
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    My coccyx hurts - anyone else in the same boat?

    I vaguely remember Cerulean posting about this on the LL bit as her weight got right down. I think she said it sorted itself out (her body readjusted I suppose) but I'm not absolutely sure and it might be worth doing a search on her name to see if you can locate the posts. Well done for...
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    Chromium

    Does anyone know if it's okay to take chromium whilst on CD? It's a mineral which is supposed to suppress desire for sweet things - my chocolate withdrawal symptoms are killing me and I could do with all the help I can get!
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    New Year's Resolutions

    Leesy - I sincerely hope that the novelty of wearing size 10 clothes NEVER wears off for you! Congratulations.
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    Can I take a 1 a day multi-vitamin on LL

    That's interesting about nails - mine have become appallingly weak and flaky. Perhaps I'll invest in some of those suppplements (I'm quite worried about my bones if my nails are this bad). I know that plenty of people say they've never had better nails, hair, skin etc than on LL as they're...
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    Am I really in ketosis if I'm still feeling so hungry

    I think (like most things) that ketosis varies from person to person. Personally I don't find it to be a magic wand that banishes all hunger to, oh, I don't know, Keira Knightley's direction :whistle:! But gradually I noticed that I was less hungry and that even when I was really (genuinely)...
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    What does it take to get out of Ketosis??

    Like most things in life (sigh) this is not an easy one to answer! Basically, getting into or falling out of ketosis is harder or easier on an individual basis - for some people they might be able to eat something high carb and still stay in ketosis, others only have to have a diet coke or even...
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    Wardrobe cleanout.. can anyone make use of these?

    That's really nice of you Porgeous. And I'm amused to see you follow the same school of shopping as me - buy something, then buy pretty much the same thing again and again and again.....! Your before and afters are fantastic by the way.
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    Yet More Opinions

    Presumably she's trying stick rather than carrot (maybe because this is an abstinent diet! :D) but it seems pretty rotten to me. Everyone loses differently - I was angelic through my 100 days and lost slowly, I think I'd have killed my LLC if she'd said it wasn't good enough and she was kicking...
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    Cambridge v Lighterlife (SALES FIGURES)

    I have done both LL and CD - and I think one of the main things they have in common (apart from not eating and packs of space food!!) are that the diets are really only as good as the counsellor. I've had bad counsellors for both! With LL you don't notice as much as they have alot of...
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    Constipation solution for you all :)

    Hmm, yes, dulcolax is a thing of evil but then constipation is grim too. I use the psyllium husk tablets and they do help (20 mins on toilet (ouch) as opposed to an hour and a half (OUCH OUCH OUCH)). Think I was prescribed liquid paraffin many years ago but it made me gag - perhaps that's how...
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    Question re Buying packs

    As with alot of CD issues, it depends on your CDC! Mine won't do less than a fortnight's worth of packs in one sale as they say it's "not worth their while".
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    Cambridge Magazine - September

    I'd really like to see it but my CDC always fobs me off when I ask for one
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    Do I still have 3 shakes today?

    Techically I think you are supposed to - because you're missing out on vitamins etc that are in the packs. Personally - and assuming you don't make a habit of this - I wouldn't. But I think I might get be (ahem) told off - :whoopass: - by a CDC for saying this!
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    GREEN TEA

    I really like green tea - not so much the plain version but Twinings do a really nice green Earl Grey. The trick is not to leave the bag in too long or it makes it bitter. If you have a Crussh near you, their green tea is particularly delicious. Apparently 3 cups a day speeds up your...
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    Question about packs......

    I've moved to CD from LL too - and I think the packs are not nearly as good as LL ones! The shakes anyway - they're much thinner than the new formatted LL ones like banana (which was a favourite). And the bars are hideous (especially when compared to the 2 new LL bars). But the soups are...
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    What's your favourite CD flavour??

    I was on LL and the shakes are not nearly as good so that rather colours my reply but of the shakes I prefer the toffee and walnut, hot with a spoonful of coffee. Soups (better than LL) - tomato and chicken and mushroom, then chilli. HATE the vegetable one - just the smell makes me want to...
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    Lighter Life vs. Cambridge Diet

    I did the LL 100 days, then went on holiday and put on half a stone and then came back and started CD. The half stone dropped off pretty quickly, thank goodness and I would say that the losses have been much the same as LL. I'm on 3 packs so taking in less calories than Freja (sorry for...
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    Flavoured Coffee

    Apparently you're not supposed to have them. When you ask alot of hard questions though, this seems to be because they (LL HO) think too many flavours will encourage us to cheat, rather than the coffees actually taking us out of ketosis.
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    Hot packs - advice please

    Truffles???? I think you need to explain!
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    Hot packs - advice please

    I've just started CD and could do with some advice from you experts. Which packs work well hot? Now that the weather's so cold and my feet even colder.....!
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    Bar bisciuts

    Do all the flavours of bar work when turned into biscuits? I was disappointed that I don't like the bars (except for licking the chocolate off the outside!!) and thought this might be a good thing to do with them - it made the LL ones (almost) edible. But I had a peanut bar last night and...
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    Lumps (soup, not mine!) - esp LL to CD folk

    It was chicken and mushroom (quite pleasant, esp when compared to LL - except for the socking great lumps!). May get mini metal whisk and go with the suggestion of brazening it out that it's a cuppa-soup. And maybe my technique will improve too!
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    Lumps (soup, not mine!) - esp LL to CD folk

    I'm on my first day of CD having done 100 days on LL and then gone on holiday. I'm having my first soup - which although having a better taste than LL, is incredibly lumpy! I'm very secretive about the diet and don't want to start whisking anything in the office - any tips? I made a paste...
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    A question and also a bit of positivity at last!!!

    This is a perennial problem - not just for us LLers either - my friend who is a perfect size 10 cannot get boots to fit over her calfs. And they vary wildly - I tried a pair on in Clarks which hardly did up at all and another pair in Next which were fine! I usually buy from Duo - expensive...
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    Body Brushing?

    I've read that you should use long sweeping strokes from your feet upwards, concentrating on your thighs and bum where some unfortunate people (;)) have cellulite and always towards your heart. Then either down your arms if they're raised in the air or up them if you keep them by your side...
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    I gave in....

    I can absolutely understand why you're cross and upset with yourself - but remember, this is a learning experience and sometimes mistakes help us to learn. Really think about what was going through your mind and do a thought record and you'll find that you can perhaps take a valuable experience...
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    How Much Did You All Lose @ Your Fist Weigh In

    I lost 7.7lbs - again a comparatively low loss for week 1 but it's not a race (as I keep being told) and I'm now coming to the end of Foundation with the real prospect of losing 3st7lbs. Hang in there!
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    Sarah's Management Thread (August 12th - November 5th 2007)

    Hi Cerulean So glad to see you back. I'm pleased for you that those issues in your private life that were giving you such a hard time are less problematic - or even gone (hopefully)! You still sound like you're doing so well in the food management and self-analysis and all round life...
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    cant do this anymore

    So well done for getting through this without the crutch of food - you must know now that you can go all the way with this, having been through such a rotten time. Hope you get things sorted with your mum. Sounds very hard on you all. Thinking of you...
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    What do you think to the counselling?

    I think the counselling lives or dies according to how good your LLC is. Mine is pretty damn poor - all she does is read from the photocopied sheet LL HQ provide her with, in a sing-song voice. If you ask her a question, she just repeats what's written on the sheet. I think she's genuinely...
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    forgot my bar, absolutley starving so.....

    I think it varies from person to person. I do get hungry - properly physically hungry - on LL once or twice a day, most days. And I have never not been in ketosis. I asked my LLC about this and she said that some people just do feel hunger all the way through.
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    Sarah's Management Thread (August 12th - November 5th 2007)

    I too read your blog. Hope you sort things out and will be thinking of you.
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    New formula Vanilla

    Hear, hear, chunky chicken. I find the chocolate packs the thinnest and yet lumpiest too (even when blitzed mercilessly in a high speed blender). Very glad to hear that they're going to thicken up.
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    Recommendations- CDC in London

    Can anyone recommend a CDC who does evening sessions in central London? I'm coming to the end of my LL 100 days and then going on holiday - when I come back I want to start CD to lose the remaining weight. Thanks
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    Do we get our before and after photo?

    We've been told we're having our after photos taken on day 84 - and then being given them on day 91 (final session)!
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    100 days - or not?

    When did you start? LL foundation stage has a 3 week window when people can join so if you started at the end of that 3 week window then you won't finish at 100 days but the others in your group who started on the first week it will/should be their 100 days. Nope, I was in at the start!
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    100 days - or not?

    She just said that was the way it was. You're not there to buy packs on day 98 as you should have moved on to Developers or Management so she's not running a class for us. It just sounds odd that you don't get a final weigh in and general well done you made it session - reviewing where you...
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    100 days - or not?

    We were told last night at our LL session that our final week will be on day 91. Is this normal? How can we say what we lost in 100 days when it's so far from the end? Very disappointed in this - thought it would be day 98 which although it's technically not the magic 100 is at least as close...
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    Loose Skin

    Be careful what you wish for - indeed, Cheery Dino! I'm wishing for a taut, beautifully flat stomach!! Fat chance has more than one meaning here!
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    What do you do when you are hungry?

    I drink a load of water. And sulk a bit too - but this not a recommended course of action!
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    Loose Skin

    Not to gross people out but what about fat aprons? A friend of mine has one and wants to know if it will shrink back to an ordinary belly. Oh, okay, it's me then. It's vile, I hate it and I'd cope better with a sticky out tummy than a droopy over knickers one. Will it ever become just fat...
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    Feeling down and need to eat

    I'm really sorry about your cat and I hope it all turns out well. But regarding food - well, if you do eat that chocolate you're just going to feel worse about yourself and even more down. I think maybe the kindest thing you can do for yourself is not eat the chocolate (I feel weird even...
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    Good article in this month's Easy Living

    I am a magazine junkie but I thought the article "Are you friends making you fat?" was very good. It talks about situations where you are pressured to eat and strategies you can employ - all very pertinent for us! Just as a taster this is how it starts: "You want to lose a few pounds - or at...
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    Excess Skin??

    It seems to revolve around a couple of factors - how elastic your skin is (and the younger you are, the more likely it is to be elastic) and how much weight you've got to lose (the less, the better). I think firming moisturisers must help a bit (maybe I'm just kidding myself!) and on How to...
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    Question for those who swapped from LL to CD

    This is all really useful as I too am planning to swop from LL to CD after my holiday after my 100 days. Hopefully will be starting CD w/c 22 October. Is the caramel/butterscotch shake better on CD? Can't bear it on LL. In fact if anyone would like to comment on these it would be good...
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    New formula Vanilla

    Just had my first new vanilla today - consistency is totally different. I tend to use mine with coffee to make a "vanilla latte" (if you've never tasted vanilla latte!!) and it was oddly thick. Has anyone had it as a milkshake? I had the old vanilla one as a shake - admittedly by mistake as...
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    Istanbul-do not read ıf you are hungry!

    We're off on holiday to Turkey in 4 weeks (Istanbul for a few days (first time there) and then Kalkan for 10 days). I'm on LL and will just have finished my 100 days and am planning to eat (sensibly) whilst there and then come back and do CD. I do think that Turkish food is mainly pretty...
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    FORGOT A FOOD PACK

    Personally I wouldn't bother having the extra one today - you don't want to confuse your body by going from 3 to 5. Just make sure you go back to 4 plus the water from today. I put out the 4 packs for the following day each night. But I am sadly anal - I even write out a 'menu' of what packs...
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    Do you have ALL your foodpacks!

    Really? Perhaps I'm missing out in some way - let us into your secret recipe. Perhaps you have a knack - the rest of my group thought they were pretty grim too! And as you say, nothing like an actual muffin (unsurprisingly)!
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    Do you have ALL your foodpacks!

    It's true that cooking your packs kills off some of the nutrients - that's why you should only do it to one a day. Personally I do a double shake most evenings (can recommend strawberry and banana or chocolate and banana) and it's nicer than a single flavour on its own. But apparently cooking...
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    How do I make a vanilla Latte? Coffee rationinhg?

    I can't bear the vanilla on its own - smells overly sweet and synthetic - and I always have it hot with a big spoon of instant coffee in. Apparently the new vanilla is much nicer though - I've heard rumours that it's like cream soda! I'm hoping it will be a dead ringer for McD's vanilla...
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    Soooo gutted - what went wrong????

    Musical Missy I can SOOOOOOOO identify with you - I have lower than average losses generally and one week I put on almost 1lb, despite being textbook perfect on the rules! All I can say is that somehow you have to dig deep, grit your teeth and carry on. I lost 7lbs the following week which...
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    LL Magazine

    Yes Cerulean, that makes sense. I thought it was also pretty stupid to pretend that the next issue is out on Boxing Day - as if! I guess we won't get it until just before New Year. I really only like the success stories - looking forward to seeing Cerulean in there soon actually!
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    Weight - lumps of metal, not lumps of fat

    I am busy worrying about saggy skin (which as most of mine is still stuffed with fat is possibly a bit academic!) and was thinking of going to the "gym" where I live. It's an unventilated basement room with some equipment - nothing post. But I vaguely remember someone saying that it's...
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    Good news for Fat Bottomed Girls

    I have read (with my addiction to glossy mags I suspect in one of those) that as everyone tends to have areas where fat goes first (for pear shaped women it's all too often hips and thighs) and that's also where you lose weight last. Not sure if there's any scientific evidence to back this up...
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    Week 1 /2 Management Food Questions....

    Re meat - I couldn't agree more with you Cerulean. I'd rather have it less often, pay more and know that the animal had a happy life. Of course all this is irrelevant as I'm on packs for as looooong as I can see ahead!
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    What are the nicest bars? on LL

    I think the fruit is the best of a bad bunch. Only made into biscuits too. Apparently there was a conscious decision in LL HQ not to make them too tasty in case we started obsessing :confused:. Thanks guys!
  155. P

    Asparagus

    You can roast it too - that's v tasty as it concentrates the flavour. Oooh, this is giving me cravings!:drool:
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    Asparagus

    Also apparently not everyone has the gene that makes your wee smell after eating asparagus - and not everyone has the ability to smell it. So for your wee to smell and for you to be able to smell it, you have to have both! Strange but apparently true.
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    Sarah's Management Thread (August 12th - November 5th 2007)

    Don't panic - nail bed practically calorie free! Tee hee hee :D
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    All those who've moved to CD from LL

    I'm going on holiday as soon as I finish 100 days and I do intend to eat (sensibly, healthily and in moderation). Then get back on to abstinence when I return. I lose very slowly so reckon I'll be on until at least February/March (not Christmas Day though!;)). I do think new packs on CD will...
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    All those who've moved to CD from LL

    I am seriously thinking of coming over to CD once my LL 100 days are over in early October (and when I come back from holiday). Could anyone who has done this please tell me whether the weight loss is broadly similar on both plans? Thanks in anticipation!
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    Starting LL in May

    Sp is an editorial abbreviation, it means spelling. So pbfhpunk is saying she thinks she spelt broccoli wrong. She was right but who cares when she brings such exciting news! I did read somewhere else that there would be a new flavour - broccoli and cheese and tomato are flavours that are on...
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    Sarah's Management Thread (August 12th - November 5th 2007)

    Good luck with your Wednesday bete noir! That gold star is waiting in the wings... love
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    HELP re eating food!

    Avoiding carbs is definitely key (if you're going down the path of virtue!). Indian - chicken tikka or any of those non-saucy grill type dishes will be best. I would think if you were going to go wild you could have literally a couple of spoons of plain boiled rice (no more than that...
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    Ketosis hunger

    I have the psychological hunger pretty much constantly but this is definitely physical hunger (and my pee sticks are textbook so I know I am in ketosis)
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    Ketosis hunger

    I keep getting hungry! I don't understand why as I thought that the ketosis was supposed to prevent this? It's only a couple of times a day and does eventually go but it makes things that bit harder. Does anyone else have this? I'm in abstinence and drink 5-6l a day...
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    Nut Crunch - the work of the devil himself??

    I hated them too. In fact I bit into one whilst out for the first time - and had to spit it out! Luckily we were on a walk and in a field so no-one saw my disgusting manners. I then rubbed my tongue against my t-shirt to try and get rid of the taste! Someone in my group sprinkles them with...
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    Flavouring smuggler

    Not really Sandra. But I usually only manage 4 so maybe I need to be a bit more conscientious about taking them all. It'll have to be a Dulcolax at the weekend I think! Never a pleasant experience!
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    Flavouring smuggler

    I have the classic LL problem of bunged-upness and was told by my LLC to up my water flavourings. I am v secret squirrel about LL at work so measured the flavouring out into a twist of clingfilm to pour into my water bottle in the office. It was only once I'd walked past 4 police officers with...
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    Sarah's Management Thread (August 12th - November 5th 2007)

    I'm liking the Scarlett O'Hara simile - as I think you definitely look quite Scarlett O'Hara-ish. Thinking of you and wishing you strength and happiness.
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    All set for my holidays (NOT)

    I KNOW what you mean about German bread - it's delicious! People always seem to think of France when they think of good bread and think of black bread when they think of German bread but German bread is incredible - all those seeds, yum. I have read it's hard to get back to the programme if...
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    Friend's comments (long post sorry) Help needed!

    It sounds to me like this is all about her, not about you. Her self esteem is damaged by her weight gain and she's taking it out on you because you're losing which alters the equalibrium of your friendship and damages her self esteem yet further. Sounds like a toxic friend to me but if you...
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    Feeling yuck!

    I have the feeling I have something caught in my throat too! Nothing big - more wispy. I think it's just a side effect. I don't get it all the time now (I'm on day 51) so I'm just ignoring it. If you've tried to cough it up that might make your throat sore. There are side effects for...
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    Boiled Sweets - For Flying

    Without wanting to rain on your (sugarfree) parade, I think the only reason boiled sweets are recommended is that it makes you swallow, which in turn un-pops your ears. You could just have water and keep drinking. Less fun admittedly!
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    Psyllium husks

    Hi Mrs L Think I will have to stick with my current LLC (although if she tells me the reason I have not lost weight is due to negative thinking again I may have to kill her) until after 100 days. But assuming that I carry on to Development (depends on whether LL have played their part of the...
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    Nettle tea

    It's leaves (clearly!) so it's okay. And it's not pleasant so I think it's almost certainly allowed! It's very curious - it's a colour somewhere between dark khaki and black and tasted rather of that smell you get in autumn of sodden, water logged, decaying leaves. It's not pleasant but it is...
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    Milk Week

    Bleurgh - I hate milk! I've asked my LLC to find out if there is any alternative (HO were apparently thinking about it) before I get to week 13. Plain cottage cheese would be okay - or fruit juice or anything apart from the evil white stuff really. Although Brie or Stilton would be especially...
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    Nettle tea

    I read far too many glossy mags and I'm therefore a mine of useless information - I read it in one of those. Can't remember which I'm afraid but I guess a google search might give more info.
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    Psyllium husks

    Oh no - knocks you out of ketosis? I'll have to stop taking them - I have enough problems getting any kind of result on this diet without making it even harder for myself. Damn.
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    Psyllium husks

    I can't remember how many are in the bottle - it's a big bottle! You have to take 2 tablets, 30-60 mins before a meal (or pack in our case!), three times a day so I'm sure there's at least enough for a month. They were easy to find in H&B but Sandra's online ordering sounds good (unless your...
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    Psyllium husks

    I bought them in Holland and Barrett and they were their own brand (and were £11.99!) but Mrs L recommends Solgar. I tried to get these but nowhere seems to stock Solgar and my need was, er, pressing!
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    Psyllium husks

    I've found them effective but I take them in capsule form as I find the packs quite unpalatable enough without adding anything to them! Much better than laxatives (explosive! And from one uncomfortable extreme to another!) or the water flavouring which makes no difference to me at all.
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    Nettle tea

    How much of this do you have to drink to combat water retention in your experience?
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    Psyllium husks

    Does anyone know (Mrs L this means you especially!) whether you take psyllium husks only when you're having problems with constipation or every day, regardless? I have to say that they do seem to work! Although I was a bit alarmed to read on the bottle that if you don't drink them down with...
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    Weighing yourself at home - effect on morale?

    I was weighing myself at pop-in time when I couldn't make it but not really registering it as I don't entirely trust my scales (which have been known to register weight differences of a stone and a half in 3 consecutive weighs!). But since I put on almost a lb last week :cry: I've been rather...
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    Exercise Advice

    I think it just smacks of bullying. I think you've dealt with it with real dignity.
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    Exercise Advice

    I'm really shocked too. Suspect this speaks volumes about your instructor's feelings of inadequacy and hang-ups. Well done you for rising above it. But don't rise so far above it that you don't complain!
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    London LLCs

    To Cerulean Apparently I'm not allowed to send private messages! Will see if I can contact you via your blog (which I love by the way). I know I can email Mrs L from hers (which I also love!). I went to WW and we were asked if we could name a type of lettuce! I think that may have been the...
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    London LLCs

    Cerulean - how do I leave a private message? The Kensington lady (Philippa?) - do you have details for her non-chubby mini? Thanks everyone - am prepared to travel in London (within reason)
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    Inexplicable weight gain

    If I thought I was depressed last week after a distinctly unstellar loss of 2.8lbs (dwindling from the 2 previous unimpressive 3lbs) - that was nothing to how I feel this week. I put weight on - HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? I didn't cheat, I drank c5 litres of water every day, no tea, no coffee, kept...
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    London LLCs

    Does anyone have a good LLC in London? Ours is nice but ineffectual - she is pleasant but can't answer any questions, deal with tricky issues and her counselling is awful. She reads out the sheets sent by LL HO verbatim in a sing-song storytime for children voice but doesn't seem to understand...
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    Best wisdom teeth remover in London

    Glad it was okay (molton brown goodies? Don't get those on the NHS more's the pity!). You deserve to love and spoil yourself a little - if not now, when, after all. And you look gorgeous even when recovering from an op!
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    OH family coming - eeek

    Sometimes people are odd! When my mother lost a tonne of weight (not literally!) on CD my grandmother didn't comment and my mum was really upset. When I asked Grandma why she'd not said anything she told me that she didn't like to as it was a sensitive issue - but that of course she'd noticed...
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    Dwindling - 3 stone "guarantee"

    Thank you Mrs L - have just read and replied on my blog. What would we do without you?
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    Dwindling - 3 stone "guarantee"

    About 5 litres a day - sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less. I'm pretty good about it. No tea or coffee.
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    Dwindling - 3 stone "guarantee"

    Thanks everyone for the kind words. Unfortunately the numbers ARE as bad as I said as you can't take into account the first two weeks when you lose more than in the rest of the programme. So I'm gradually losing less and less each week. Took a laxative on Saturday night, having been bunged...
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    Dwindling - 3 stone "guarantee"

    I'm really upset and discouraged today. My weight loss has been very slow but it's now gone below the average of what I need to achieve the 3 st in 100 days "guarantee" (which I discover is not a guarantee but an average - and it's looking like I'll be one of those that balance out you big...
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    tea

    No jasmine tea? I thought this was okay (green jasmine specifically)? Earl Grey is something our LLC has in class by the way.
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    Bars!

    I was bitterly disappointed with the bars too. The toffee was unpleasant, the lemon (which I had high hopes for) vile and the nut - well, I had to spit it out and brush my teeth. I still shiver with horror when I think about it! If you make biscuits with them (although sounds like your LLC...
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    Oh no, oh no, oh no

    I'm having a v stressful day and I just ate a Haribo tangfastic fizzy sweet. Apart from the guilt, disappointment etc (probably couldn't have picked anything worse) do you think it will knock me out of ketosis? I am an idiot. And I feel odd - probably not just psychologically either. I'm v...
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    Mix-a-mousse

    I'm on LL but bought some Mix-a-mousse from ebay from the CD plan. I did it before I read the thread on it and I paid £12 and understand it's more like £3 so more fool me. I bought it as I'm not keen on the packs and thought it would be another to get them down. Anyway I used it on a...
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    The Highs and Lows of Development

    Tiger Girl - I have exactly the same thing. I somehow thought that it would be easier to resist food as I went on (I'm week 5) but it's still as much of an agonising struggle each time. It gets quite tiring. If you find a solution please do let us know. Good luck with the siren song of...
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    My weight tracking - might help people with slow loss weeks

    Thanks so much for this Cerulean. I was thinking of asking people to do exactly this (perhaps with loss each week too for those of us who are too mathematically challenged to work out the loss from the cumulative!) so I can see what to expect from real life!
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    Men! Part II

    Stocky???! Remember this is a sex that can't tell the difference between lipstick and mascara. I have seen the photos, you are so not stocky that it's amazing that he managed to hit on the least likely word. I would say you are dainty but curvaceous personally.
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    How do you handle questions like...how did you do it ?

    You - and all the successful LLers - are a walking talking advertisement for it! Pictures paint a 1000 words and all that!
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    Question for cerulean

    Hi Cerulean I know you've been for colonic irrigation and you're based in London like me - where did you go please? Not to get too graphic but I'm suffering with constipation so bad that my body went into shock at the weekend (apparently that was why I went hot and cold, clammy and shaking as...
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    How do you handle questions like...how did you do it ?

    I don't think you should have to censor your enthusiasm and motivation - all you can do is provide information in your own best way and then it's up to the other person to decide what to do with it. I would have loved someone to talk to before I started (and for help and advice at first). I...
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    Harry Potter...the ending is......!!!

    I've read it and am half way through it for the second time! When reading the final scenes (won't give it away) I was actually shaking - don't know if it was nerves or excitement or what but it proves that I am very very sad. But I don't care! I loved it and thought it was the best book yet.
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    Marigold Bouillon

    Can anyone advise, there are 2 types, the one in the green tub (normal) and one in the orangey-brown tub (vegan organic) - can we have either/both? I have always had the one in the green tub since long before I started LL and had the organic for the first time this week - it was delicious with...
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    Milk Week

    Oh no, don't say that as a joke Julia! I hate milk and was seriously hoping I might be able to have a piece of Brie instead. I guess not :sigh: Do you know if there is any alternative to quaffing lots of milk though?
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    New stuff up on the blog and advice needed on a food dilemma!

    I agree with Mrs L about arnica - start taking them in tablet form about a week before, it really makes a difference with the way your body copes with the intrusiveness of surgery. Hope all goes well - we'll all be thinking of you.
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    Counselling

    How long do people's counselling sessions last? Ours always seems to get squeezed into the last 15 mins and consequently we go through it rather quickly. I don't feel I'm getting much out of it so far (week 3) but maybe this is because I'm yet to get properly into it. Thanks Minis!
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    Not very happy chicken

    Apparently nettle tea is brilliant for water retention - health food shops sell it and as it's a leaf tea you should be fine with it. Chin up, it's a blip you can get over. You look fantastic already so I imagine looking in the mirror must give you a boost!
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    Zest mag

    There's a double page article about a successful LLer in the August issue for anyone interested.
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    Herbs

    Are we allowed to put herbs in the soups to disguise the taste a bit? I assume since we can have leaf tea like mint that we can put rosemary, tarragon, chives etc in soups? Yours hopefully....
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    Sorry...its a moan...I need help please.

    I am no expert as I'm only just starting out so I hope it's not cheeky (or just plain wrong) to offer my take on this but if it were me I'd keep going til the holiday (I'd kick myself if I hadn't and it would stop me enjoying the holiday as much as I might have done) and then eat a bit out there...
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    Bath stuff bargain - FAO Mrs Lard

    Coconut and almond? I think I'd be tempted to drink it!
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    Cinnamon???

    We've been told that salt is okay but to go easy as it can encourage your body to retain water. And cinnamon apparently increases your metabolic rate.
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    Week 1 weigh in expectations

    Thank you all so much. Really don't know what I'd do without you to share worries with! [My blog - http://lighterlifemunter2minx.blogspot.com]
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    Week 1 weigh in expectations

    I've just had my first weigh in and lost 7.7lbs. To be honest, I'm a little disappointed as what I've read on this site and blogs made me thing 9lbs+ was pretty standard (and the girl I sat next to lost 9lbs). I'm not one of those who just snuck in on the margins of what's acceptable to join...
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    Electrolyte imbalance

    Waitrose has it too. Green tub, orange lid
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    Just how much body fat can you ultimately lose? Development/Management

    Whilst I'm nowhere near the eviable state of deciding just how slim I want to be, I am a voracious reader of womens' mags and this specialist knowledge (!) would suggest that you (well, not you, all of us!) lose fat in mysterious ways. Everyone has stubborn areas where fat goes to readily (I'm...
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    Advice please - weigh ins

    I usually have my packs - one at breakfast, one in the office at lunchtime (under extreme secrecy), one for supper and then a hot chocolate before bed. But on LL meeting nights this won't be possible as by the time I get in I won't be able to fit in 2 packs before bed. So I thought I'd have my...
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    Headache & BP question please

    There is caffeine in green tea - but not much so I can't think it's that. You probably ought to see your GP - they don't like sudden unexplained and persistant headaches. Just don't let him/her fob you off by saying it's the diet without looking into anything else. Poor you. Hope you feel...
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    Negetive stroke

    Git. (He is) Actually I think there's a bit of denial there - that "I don't look at you" sounds like a teenage boy denying a crush. Don't listen to him you've done fabulously - and don't lend him your sellotape or anything else again! Peridot (Lighter Life - from munter to minx?)
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    Lumps

    Thanks everyone! Hoping for a lump-free future (both me and the soup :D)
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    Headache & BP question please

    Speaking as a queen of headaches (!) absolutely caffeine can have a strong effect, especially if you're not used to it. And the shaky feeling is a classic. You get caffeine in ordinary tea too so you might want to be careful about the amount of caffeine you take in (maybe try decaff coffee if...
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    Lumps

    Have any of you seasoned minis got some advice for a newbie on how to make one of the soup packs in a mug at work without humungous great lumps in it? Don't want to use a whisk or do anything to draw attention to myself (sssh all very secretive about it for now!)
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    hi

    Point out to your GP if they play up that the National Obesity Forum recommend VLCDs and since they're specialists in their field and a GP is just a generalist..... Okay, they may not like it but it would make me feel better! Otherwise you could try an NHS walk in centre - I bet they'd do it...
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    Well I've gone and done it

    Hi - I've just started too (this is day one - and already I've been to the loo an alarming number of times). I look forward to hearing your news as it's nice to see how someone's doing who's at the same stage. I had a hot vanilla shake with a spoonful of coffee in it for breakfast - had to...
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    Flip me! I'm Gorgeous!

    We'd love to hear more from you on your blog though Cerulean - don't forget that you guys are inspirational for those of us just starting out on the path.
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    Flip me! I'm Gorgeous!

    I've seen the pics on your blog - and you are soooo right. Totally gorgeous!
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    Progress pictures

    It's true - you'd never guess that first and last picture are the same person - you look AMAZING! You must be very proud of yourself.
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    "Doesn't she have a lovely face"?

    Sorry to come to this late but had to just add my personal favourite - "Oooh, you look well". Clearly, "you look fat"! Do they think we're stupid?! Still, once I've started LL (Tuesday 26th hopefully), the days of hearing that particular insultiment (do you see what I did there? Tee hee) should...
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