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Good luck!! I have tried CD twice now and must say i really really tried but hated it and was worried of the effect it was having on family meals etc as well as the expense... For 2 weeks i have been doing my own version of a ww diet lol lol and have lost 2lb eack week which is ok by me after...

Welcome back!!! I have missed your cheery diary!!! I think you cheated because like me when you feel really good and feel like you have accomplished something you treat youself with food...it's a hard habit to break and i think you are amazing to have lasted so long...as you know i didn't!!:o...

Weigh in !!! Well the weight losses were not as good as our scales but still good... I lost 7 1/2 Andy lost 12 1/2 Wow!!!!!!!! Andy is already struggling to keep his trouser's up lol lol :o

Awwww you are doing Great!!!!!!!! I am lucky that i am doing this diet with my husband and he really supports me and i support him...it must be so hard doing it by yourselfand you are doing fantastically well...i do not think i could do it by myself with no support!!! None of the rest of our...

Good luck!!!!!!!! Having moved house A LOT!!! I know how disruping and stressful moving is...try to find some time to pamper yourself even if it is late at night when the kids are in bed light a candle shut the bathroom door and have a nice relaxing soak with a glass of bubby(water). Candle...

Thanks again Jane!!! Feel great today!!!!!!!! Got over the baguette blip and feel great...the cdc has let andy and me have the bars to help with the craving...and boy does it help!!!! :) Well by our scales we have lost a lot... 11 lb for me and 14lb for andy!!!!!!!!!! Know we have 2 more days...

Well done!!! I have not fought my demon's so well today and had a 1/3rd of a chicken salad baguette....really regret it now you are really strong i hope you continue to do well i will be thinking of you!!! Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the support!!!!!!!! I have managed to get throught the rest of the day with no more slip up's...boys had chicken tikka and salad pitta's ...my favourite and even though there was extra left over i did not have one...the dog really loves me now!!!!!(i.e.: the dinners in the...

I am!!!!!!!! Lots and lots of water...i am not thinking about food....agh!!! Oh yes i am!!!!!!!!!!! I will not give in even though every nice thing i have ever eaten is going through my head as well as the thought...well you have already cheated and messed up 1 meal won't hurt... Why do i...

Oops!!!!!! Went out today because of the nice weather to look around a plant nursery...we were going to have just a diet coke at the cafe....but they would not take hubbys card for that amount so he ordered a chicken salad baguette as well....we did not have to eat it but did not want to waste...

Another day..... Oops!!!!!! Went out today because of the nice weather to look around a plant nursery...we were going to have just a diet coke at the cafe....but they would not take hubbys card for that amount so he ordered a chicken salad baguette as well....we did not have to eat it but did...

Thanks Kaz & Wannalose!!!! Really is soooooo much easier this time i am more focused and it really is not too bad!!!!!!!:) That totm is rotten isn't it? I can not wait for it to get better as i lose the weight...my mom is the same so i will have to watch out for it next month and not let it...

I felt the same!!! It is your decision to make but do not be too hasty...i stopped for 4 days after 1 week and have restarted again 2 days ago after remembering why i started in the first place!!! I really do not belaive there is another way you will lose a large amount quickly other than on...

Oh oh!!! Well 4 days off cd and put 4 pounds back on :( oh well i was expecting it and will just have to be extra good and get some excercise as well as not cheating...cdc was nice Today i went to get my access certificates from college...which i passed all :) i am really looking forward to...

Seeing cdc tonight!!! Well went to my parents for the weekend which was a nice change....'confessed' about the diet and they were ok about it!!!!!!!:) Go to see my cdc tonight to see what 4 days off has done...hope i have not put on too much :( could not get there before started this morning...

oh well!!! Thanks Kaz for the lecture it is much appreciated... feel lots happier now... am going to go to my moms for the weekend and 'confess' to being on a diet...hard not to we will be staying with them lol lol. You will have to e-mail me your number and we can text or chat... i promise i...

How soon do we forget? Yesterday i went to wolverhapton with my 'friend' shopping...why did i forget so quickly why i wanted to do cd and lose the weight???? I followed her from shop to shop where i could not fit into a single thing...before she said the unthinkable...lets go to evans for...

Hi Kaz!!! You look really great ...full of life and your skin and hair look great...i agree you look loads younger!!! I have had a terrible couple of days...stopped cd but am going back on...i can'y argue with success like yours i just have to be stronger...on a positive note i have not...

2 days off!!! I got very down and have not followed cd for 2 days...now feel like a wimp and am going back on!!! I am really low now and dissapointed in myelf....

2 days off!!! Well we have had 2 days off now...have not gone mad just had salads, vegetables etc...do not know whether we were too hasty to give up now...i am really sad.. I have 9 cd packs left and am going to take them today and contact the cdc for advice...feel a wimp and failure....

Swapping to ww!!!!!!!!! Well this is day 7... andy has lost 15lb's and i have lost 8lb's...it has never got much better and we have decided we can not do this diet long term...it's too mch like torture!!! I feel like a failure but i have to do whats right for us...and we really don't think...

Decision made!!! Thank you all so much for the advice and support...felt like such a failure....but cd for me is like torture...andy and i have never been so unhappy,irritable and ill and it has really disrupted the family life!!! We are going to give ww a try...we are still determined to...

At the momentmy husband and i are both doing cd and it is day 6...we feel like we are being tortured lol lol but are worried that on a normal diet we would not lose very quickly he wants to lose 7 1/2 stone and i want to lose 11 stone... Has anyone on here lost that much on ww... can it be...

weigh in tomorrow!! Yes i am excited ut worried its the totm and i always weigh heavier plus i really really want to eat badly today and it is my birthday tomorrow...usually go out for nice meal etc...sob sob

Thanks watobeslim I will have to try that... at the moment i am using strawberry and kiwi perfectly clear and red apple... diluting it with water... 1/3 flavoured 2/3 water... and thats no problem and i have been able to double the amount of water that way to between 4-5 litres a day...

I am on day 6 now lisa It has got a lot better i promise and i felt justlike you on day 3 we must both persevere if we want to suceed...i have been looking at the before and after photos for inspiration as well as thinking and looking at all the clothes i could be wearing 6 months from now if i...

Thanks again Jane!!! I will keep that in mind thank you for the support...it really helped..i am not normally so down...promise!!! lol lol lol I think it is just a build up that has had to come out...now i fel lots better...not quite energetic but in control!!!!!! It's day 6 and i can't...

Day 6 Well feel lots more posiive today...can't wait for weigh in although i am still worried that i won't have lost much due to totm my scales say 8lb loss...but we will see huh? Andy is a lot better and is gardening :) I think i need to get out and about more now and stop staying in...

Get well soon!!! Hope all goes well at the doctors...i am sure it will we are all sending you lots of positive energy!!!! You make e feel a real whinger over things that are not half as painfull and are a real inspiration...thank you!!! I will be on later to see if you are ok. Marie

Good luck!!! I know you can get over this blip Kaz..you are too positive not to!!! Just keep looking at those pictures... you have come such a long way so far...maybe looking at shorter term goals would help instead of looking at how much altogether you have to lose...that is helping me :-)...

so sorry!!! I am sure it will be sorted out soon and you will be back to your positive self soon!!! Be carefulll and don't leave it too long to go to the hospital ...the sooner you see someone hopefully the less they will have to do!!! Good luck i will be thinking of you!!!!!

Fingers crossed!!! I want to lose this week but am worried how the totm will effect this...on other diets i have stayed the same or gainged 1/2 to 1 pound when its totm - even though following them to the letter and not cheating!!! Probably could of picked a better week to start huh? lol lol...

Great news!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am dancing with joy....you so deserve this!!!!!!! I am looking forward to what happens next ....i know you will do great and stay positive!!!!! Treat yourself to a nice hot candlelit bath or a manicure/pedicure.... you deserve to be pampered!!!!

Thankyou for replying!!!! Wow that was quick lol lol Thats good hopefully we shall have a chance at that too...i have to lose about 11 stone so loose skin is something i worry about... andy says to say hi lol lol he does not want you to feel out numbered by women lol lol i told him that you...

Thanks Jane!!! Thank you so much for the kind words Jane!!! I don't think some people understand how important my hubby is to me...we both have virtually no family and no friends we are all each other have and with two autistic children and trying to retrain as social workers and teachers at...

Hiya!!! Glad to hearyou are feeling better!!!! It will all be downhill from here and you will soon be back to your normal self i am sure :-) Hope you don't mind me asking...don't answer if you find it rude...did you have the TT on the nhs or private? If private is it very expensive? I look...

Andy feels better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!! yay!!!!! yay!!! Andy is drinking some coffee again now and feels better and more positive...i am soooooooooo happy :-) We have changed our cdc today after finding out we have one 10mins away instead of an hour away(more if lots of traffic!!!)This is...

Good luck!!! I know the weigh in will go well and can't wait to read the next instalment of your uplifting diary! I hope i do as well my weigh in is on wednesday at 2.30....not that i am counting or anything lol lol

Day 5.... Still feel grotty but can't blame the cd it is totm and that is always really bad for me anyway! :-) Andy is drinking black coffee now and feels a lot better but very fed up we are going to try to change our counsellor to someone closer and change some of the sachets...a lot are...

Thanks minime! I am ok and its great news about the kiwi and strawberry i am going to try and find it tomorrow...its not in co-op, tesco, or the local shops!!! sob sob!!! Feel a lot better now andy is up and not too bad now ...still in pain but a lot brighter :-) Have washed up,put the...

Day 4 Hubby is in bed and has been up most of the night in pain with his back and legs...think it may be caffeine withdrawel...hope so...hope it goes away soon he is really upset and in lots of pain...i fel really guilty... I feel ok this morningbut a bit tired and dizzy with a muzzy head...

Still hanging in!!!!!!! Day 4 I feel a lot better this morning but the hubby has hardly slept and is still in quite a lot of pain...mainly his back so i have left him in bed

Is coke zero allowed?? I have read you can't have coke zero!!! Am i wrong??? Have been told you can have red apple perfectly clear still water or their strawberry and kiwi sparkling water... hope so i have been diluting water 50/50 with red aapple and it is SO much easier to get down ...i was...

Thanks again!!!!! lol lol Andy was a big coffee dinker but he can't stomach it without milk and one sugar...do you think that is the problem???? I only drank peach squash so that may be why i don't feel as bad as he does....i really feel guilty because he feels so ill ...it was me that first...

Thanks !!! I am calming down a bit already after wrting it down lol lol lol i think i must like attention!!! Andy has gone to bed because he feels so ill and the pain is in his upper legs and back ....i don't think i would feel so bad if he was not ill...he is my rock and like i said is never...

Yuck!!!! I feel awful!!!!!!!!! On the good side the awful taste has gone from my mouth on the bad side i feel awful :-( My head aches and i am dizzy.... and i want a sandwich so much i want to cry...even a quarter would be great...chicken...cheese...pork...whatever...i would even settle for a...

Day 3....... Yuck!!!! I feel awful!!!!!!!!! On the good side the awful taste has gone from my mouth on the bad side i feel awful :-( My head aches and i am dizzy.... and i want a sandwich so much i want to cry...even a quarter would be great...chicken...cheese...pork...whatever...i would even...

So proud!!! WOOHOO!!!!! As somone who also crept up to the size 28 i know you must feel great to get in a 20...and with no elastic!!!! Thats how i have fooled myself in the past that i have not put on by not weighing and buying everything elasticated...because its more comfortable!!!! lol...

Strawberry and kiwi??????? I have tried that before it is really really nice could drinl litres of that no problem!!!!!!!! Are you sure? are you still losing well drinking that ????? does anyone else know if it is ok???? Please please please tell me its true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hubby is feeling...

That is true if i were not on this diet i would not be craving healthy food like you i would go for the bacon saqrnie, baguette, fish and chips option lol lol lol thats why i chose cd!!!! thanks for reminding me

cdc too far away!!!! Unfortunately the cdc is 45-70 mins away from where i live which is too far to pop over to for the water flavouring i think there is one closer but we liked her profile...but now i think we should of picked one that was closer!!! Had the butterscotch shake warm for...

Thank you Jane!!! I am still trying really really hard totolerate water but i am findind it really really hard its not helped byt he fact i know that before cd i only used to drink 3-4 cups of squash a day and have never been a big drinker....everyone has always told me off but now i read...

Hope you like the savoury ones!!! My hubby tried the yesterday and thought they were all yummy especially the cjilli one!!! I unfortunately did not like them...sweet are definately the ones for me...there again i got to this weight because of a love of chocolate so not surprising really...

Oh no!!!! One teaspoon a day!!!!!!!!!!! Oh dear...i have been out and bought still and sparkling bottled water the still is a bit better but have not tried the sparkling left...this is going to be hard!!!!!!! lol lol I had a toffee walnut shake made with warm water for lunch which again was...

Thank you for the advice Kath!!! I am going to try the sport bottle thing and think room tempor slightly warm is easier...can you have flavoured water???? or not??????????

Drank some water....yuck yuck yuck!!!! I really hate water i have never drank it raw like that in my life hahahaha Tried it cold..ugh thought i would throw up!!! Tried it tepid...not as bad...can cope ...yay!!!! Are there anything better ?? This is tap water tastes metal like...is fizzy...

Thank you for the support!!!! Well its day one!!! Drank some water....yuck yuck yuck!!!! I really hate water i have never drank it raw like that in my life hahahaha Tried it cold..ugh thought i would throw up!!! Tried it tepid...not as bad...can cope ...yay!!!! Are there anything better...

You are doing so well!!!! I hope ythis does not soungd weird...but i am so proud of you!!!! It takes a special person to go through this and still be able to joke and be kind enough to share his experiences with others. You are truly an inspiration....thank you

Saw the cdc!! Well the cdc was really really nice...very chatty and quite loud lol lol So now i will have to bite the bullet and put down the statistics :-( bust=53 inches waist=49 inches hips=60inches(oh my god!!!!) Thigh=33 inches weight=20 stone 12 ounces All this at age 31...

Thank you! Thanks for your kind words on my diary thread i am setting out soon to meet the cdc for the first time...wish me luck!!! You are doing really well and your right it does sound like we have a lot in common...we should have a good chat soon its good to let off steam with someone that...

oh no!!!! Oh no!!! Oh well it is d-day today i eet my cdc at 2pm and by toorrow will be on my first cd pack...i hope they are nice...or at least ok!!! Last night my youngest soncompared me to dawn french whilst watching the vicor of dibly....made me very upset i would much rather be compared...

Oh well it is d-day today i eet my cdc at 2pm and by toorrow will be on my first cd pack...i hope they are nice...or at least ok!!! Last night my youngest soncompared me to dawn french whilst watching the vicor of dibly....made me very upset i would much rather be compared to catherine zeta...

more to tel.... Thank you peachy and karen i just need to let all the bad stuff out so that i can finally let it all go and move forward...i really need to you can't change the past no matter how hard you try... Drew was a really happy contented baby who slept a lot .. i had to wake him for...

D day tomorrow!!! Thank you Debs and Kaz for your kind words i am going to write everything down as a sort of self therapy lol lol if it bores people they can stop reading lmao Oh well where was i .... After i met my husband to be at a slimming club(oh the irony) we were inseperable until i...

Thank you!!! Thank you so much for the info now i know what to expect and your right with all the naughtys gone i may even save some lol lol ust have to feed the 3 kids still...damn!!! hahahahah My husband can't believe the support on here and thinks it is great thank you all.

I don't actually start cd until wednesday...well thats when i meet the cdc for the first time i am hoping to start thursday first thing...is it sad to say i am really excited??? I have decided to keep a diary and am going to start way back when my food problem started...... Well what can i...

Tell all pleasei am soooo nervous!!! I have a meeting with a cdc on wednesday and am very very nervous...how much did it cost you on your first meeting?? Both myself and my husband are startig at the same time and the money thing is a bit worrying :-( Good luck on your weight loss journey!!!

Looking forward to photographic inspiration!! I am starting cd on wednesday and this is such an inspiration for me as i thought the amount of weight that i want to lose was completely impossible but reading your posting i can see thet its not!!! I am looking forward to seeing the photos and...

Great Diary!!! I read your diary fro start to finish last night lol lol which was quite scary but also motivating too!!! I am due to meet my cdc for the first time on wednesday and i am hopeful that in a years time i ill have lost around 12 stone too and the thought of excessive skin is very...

Good luck!! Excessive skin is something i am very worried about because i have to lose about 12 stone....how much did you lose??? I hope you will put a diary on here about how it goes for others of us who this will be an option for.... I will be thinking of you and keepimg my fingers...

What an inspiration!! I just love this site eveyone is so ubeat and positive and have made such great progress i am so jealous.... I have my first meeting with a cdc wednesday and if i do anywhere near as good as you i will be over the moon!! Thank you for posting such uplifting and...

Not started yet!!! I have just read your diary from start to ... well now lol lol and it sounds great!!! I am going to contact CD on monday and get started!! i have been putting it off for a while now but have decided it is the right time. Being very very overweight has put me off (i am...