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Phew! Finally have started here, after a week of reading FAQs recipes etc, i hope i get on good. So for today - so far i have had: Omlette thingy with 1 egg & some egg whites with smoked salmon snacking on plain chicken Lunch with be Galette with chicken & beef Muller Light Toffee Steak for...

Thanks for the warm welcome people. I am not starting till next Monday - have a few social things on this week and want to clear the diary for this! I did the website questionnaire and looks like i am facing 6 days of Attack - yikes! Going to stock up the fridge this week and get cracking next...

Thanks for the post! So am thinking eggs for brekkie, smoked salmon galette thingy for lunch & loads of chicken & fat free yogurt for dinner. Would this be an ok sample day? Are quorn veggie products allowed? Can you use soy sauce? Also what actual brand yogurts are best? Thanks! So excited to...

Hi people, I am new to this area if minis, usually in the diaries section! Monday week I am starting Dukan & am slowly working my way through the book. It seems like it will suit me- I need some quick results & love low carb! Two questions for you on here- 1. What can I expect to loose week by...

Oh i never added my details here - due March 31st - yikes!

congrats hun! Delighted for you!

Hi Ladies, Just popping in to day hi and reassure that it does get better! I was so ill up until 14 weeks - vomiting etc and then day 1 of week 15 it stopped! Then slowley and surely up until week 20 i started to feel better - energy back, full of beans and from 20 - 32 weeks i was a different...

Sorry to hear you are so scared hun - pregnancy is such a worring time. All i can do is share my story - i had spotting & bleeding right up until 17 weeks, never found a reason for it. I am now 38 weeks and thankfully all seems to be well with babs. I was always asked when i went in to hosp with...

I feel for ya Sarah - i was so ill for the first 14 weeks - well from 7-14 weeks. I am now nearly 35 weeks. I was so delighted and over the moon when i found out i was pregnant but was as miserable as sin for weeks - vomiting 5/6 times a day, only able to stomach oven chips, toast and junk food...

Delighted to hear the scan went well. I had spotting earlier on in pregnancy and went for an early scan and bawled my eyes out when i saw the heartbeat, the relief was unbelievable!

Just to let you know that if you are 8+5 then you will defo see something in the scan. I had a scan at 8 weeks and there was a definate blob shape but more importantly a little heart beat flickering away. The relief was amazing and i can highly reccomend a scan!

Hey Fern, Just browsing along here and saw your message. Congrats on your pregnancy and hope it all goes well for you! I am nearly 25 weeks pregnant and smiled when i read your posts. For me normal eating habits etc went out the window for the first 14 weeks. At 6.5 weeks morning sickness...

Oh my god Sarah - he is gorgeous, an absolute cutie. Can't wait to hear all about it - huge congrats!

Ya Luas is practically door to door so defo go with maxi dress! I will be in jeans, heels and a top of some sort with a blazer probs!

Ok ladies - table for 8 booked for 6pm! I can't wait now, have nearly picked what i am having already! Can't believe some of you can't find anything on the early bird - i could eat everything!!! I have to work now on Sat but my office is very near the Gibson so could maybe meet around 4ish in...

So, how many of us are there - Mitten Clarri Hope Pam Gen Minz Caws 7?? What time will i book for, 6ish??

Great stuff - will wait till Monday and then maybe book a table! I take no responsibility for food poisening etc etc!!!!

What about someplace like this - Restaurant Menu for Cactus Jacks (Middle Abbey St) They have an early bird offer as well before 7pm - it's kinda casual but nice and on the tram line from the hotel?

Yes, i defo think we need a plan of action for Saturday! We should meet early afternoon and then go for dinner someplace in the city centre...but where to? Has anyone any preference of what kind of food cause we should probably make a reservation being a Saturday? So - Italian, Indian, Thai...

Well done on the shopping - love the look of your stroller! I like the sporty looking ones. Will that do you from birth? I am dying to get looking at stuff and planning what to buy (love being organised) but am too scared to as much as glance at anything!

Hey Ladies, Just a quick post! Plodding along as the title says! Had another scan yesterday and all was good - for the first time ever could actually make out a baby shape on the monitor and not just a random blob! Could see the head and little arm and leg buds. Junior was boucing and dancing...

That's brilliant that the aircoach stops at the O2 (right beside the Gibson), that means there is a bus from door to door. That is defo the best option and perfect for getting back to the airport as well. There are not many places to eat right beside the Gibson, but along the tram line there...

Thanks Ladies. Well, never a dull moment with me. About an hour after i posted i went to the loo and noticed a lot of brown "stuff" (sorry!) back so as advised by the doctors back to the hospital i went. Another agonosing wait and a scan that went on for ages before being told all ok and the...

Hi Ladies, Sorry for the long absence, have been too knackered to type anything on here, also have been leading a very boring life and didn't want to send you into floods of boredom tears! I am OK, still very nervous but struggling along and trying to relax as best i can. I have had no...

I would defo prefer to give the show a miss!! The hotel bar iw probably lovely for a few drinks and a chat, i presume the visitors from over sees (!) will want to be out and about sight seeing etc during the day or am i wrong? Pam - i am with Clarri, Bewleys hotel is lovely, really nice food...

Hi Islandbreeze, Thanks so much for taking the time to post on my diary and sharing your story with me. Wow! You have been through a lot with your first pregnancy and now back again and at 33 weeks! Brilliant! Thanks so much for the advice and kind words, how has this pregnancy been for you...

Hi Sarah, Just read your whole diary after your post on mine! Congrats on your pregnancy, it was lovely to read from start to hear and see how excited you have been and your ups and downs! Well done on the weight gain to date - 6lbs so far is brilliant, really good! I can't wait to start...

Hi Ladies, Mind if i join you all on here? I am normally found on the Members Diaries section but am setting up around here now as well if that's ok? A little introduction - i am 30 years old and myself and OH were TTC for 18 mths before getting pregnant. We actually got pregnant on our...

Am not liking the turn the entertainment for the night has taken in my absence!!! Only messing, as Clarri says we can grin and bear it for the night for our visitors!!! On the bus from airport thing - i would get a bus direct to Busaras, the 747 is one that goes there. Once you walk out the...

Book ladies - BOOK!! I am defo on for the Sat night but will be sober Mitten!

Gemstone, was your Arlington price for single occupancy? Then i defo think the Gibson is better value, 99 for a double room, 109 for a triple room. It is 20 mins walk from the centre but the tram leaves from outside the door every 5 mins and brings you straight in. It's also handy for the...

To be honest i don't think you will find any cheaper than 99 for a double room anywhere within reasonable distance of the centre of Dublin. If people share then that would be 50 euro each, would that be an option? The Arlington is fine - v good location and that price seems quite reasonable...

The Gibson Hotel OK people, the above hotel has double rooms for 99 and triples for 109 for the 18th September. It's beside the O2 in Dublin, about a 20 minute walk from the centre BUT has a tram stop outside the door that gets you into city centre in about 7 mins! The tram (Luas) outside the...

Ya Fitz keep away from Ballymun! Not a good area. I think Clarri is on to something with not staying right in the City Centre, maybe a little outside. Am sure anyone who wants to go in during the day and do the touristy things will, surely for the rest of us we just need a venue for a few drinks...

Oh how exciting, people are booked and the lovely Miss Hope is one of them - can't wait to meet you all!!!!! I think Clarri is right and accomodation needs to get sorted asap, i will have another scout around this eve and see what i can find!

I'll be there! I'm in!!! As for hotel suggestions - what about Jursy - Christchurch, Parnell St or the Quays - all very central and usually cheap!

Ya - a date has been agreed and decided - count me in!!! Have people booked yet??

I have been thinking of Sarah all day and even popped on earlier and read her posts from the last few weeks. I just can't believe what started as a bad stomach ache 6 weeks ago has led to this. Sarah's diary was always one i popped on here to see first and i knew if i ever had a problem or a...

Oh my god - i have just logged on and read this and am at work with tears streaming down my face. What an absolute shock, i really just can't take it in. I never met Sarah IRL but like many i chatted with her on here, she is the lovliest, most supportitive amazing person. This really is an...

Maybe myself and yourself will have to do some pre meet venue sampling Gen?!

That weekend suits me fine. Oh i hope this goes ahead, would love to meet all my good MMs friends. xxx

Defo count me in!! Sooner than then would be brill, but i can hold out until August time!

Yes me too!!! Who knew there was life apart from the members only diary section!

So does that mean i only count as half a sin or 6.5??? I am on a red day so can have 2 x Hex A so if i have more skimmed milk in tea etc is that ok also? Thanks a million!!

Hey All, Am new to SW and love my morning Starbucks Skinny Latte - how many syns for this? As it's skimmed milk can i use as a Hex A? Thanks lovlies!

Thanks Ladies. Anyone else?

Ok, so i think we have a fair few Irish peeps on here right now so what about a meet up in Dublin, perhaps last Saturday in November? Obviously if anyone wants to travel from outside Ireland they are more than welcome as well! We could pick a nice wee pub and settle in for an afternoon/night of...

Oh no, you didn't drag me back! I do pop in here every now and again for a read but would feel a little odd posting, ya know what i mean? Kinda like i was jinxing things or something. Love reading all about it though and you ladies have a great support system set up here for each other!

Hi Hun, Just wanted to pop by and say thanks for your lovely comments on my diary a couple of days ago. Sadly am still not qualifying for posting in pregnancy & babies but i hope to join all you lovely women some day. I pop in every now and again but have to admit to feeling a little jealous...

Thanks for all the support you guys! Purple hugs you certainly deserve it and glad to hear things are going well Mrs Dywer! I really hope this month is your month Mrs Funuk1! After 8 years you are great to have such a positive outlook, bloody hell i am 6 months and am getting so annoyed! What's...

Every day for a week - am tired just thinking about it! Did you not use the OPKs at all then" I have out my dates into similar on-line things and gotten a fertile week but then generally just gone with my + on the OPK. I am on month 6 now and this is hard work and is getting harder the longer it...

Can i ask you girls how many times around the fertile period you do the deed? We are using the OPK tests and when we get a smiley face doing it that day and for 2 days after, once on each day. Is that enought? We both have busy hectic jobs and to be honest normally that kinda stuff is left for...

Can i also be added? I am doing CD SS+ to help me loose weight to get pregnant. We have been trying for some while now to no avail and i would die if my weight was the problem. The guilt at thinking that my weight would prevent DH from being a dad is huge and i need to get the stones shifted...

Could i join the group as well? I am currently on SS+ and trying to loose with the aim of having a wee sprog!

Hi everyone, I am in the exact same boat. Am currently on CD SS+ as well as trying for a baby. I have been off the pill since Jan and have regular periods and smiley faces on my ovulation sticks since then but no sign of a baby!! I started CD 3 weeks ago at 18.2, i tried to loose the healthy...

Ahh i see - i am going to have to cut down on my portion size of the greens so cause i have been having a fair bit, knew it was too good to be true. Am going to stock up on the mince and fillets though - mince with some herbs and spices will be delicious! I guess even if i have had too much...

Thanks you guys! Bloody hell - 2 tablespoons of letuce is nothing! I don't get how it's 200 calories so cause 120g of chicken is less than that! My CDC told me to have as much lettuce and celery as i like! Hmm, maybe someone else has some answers? Thanks for your help girls, didn't realise i...

Hi, I started SS+ today and have a couple of quick questions i would love a hand with!! 1. Do i need to drink more water cause i am eating 1 meal a day? Had 3 litres today should i have more? 2. My CDC told me to have a 200 calorie meal - protein and green/white veg. I had about 130 cals of...

Ahh Purple, am so so delighted for you - must have been just magical to see the little sac and hear about the heartbeat - my eyes are welling up here thinking of it!! When will your next scan now be? Wierd about the pains though - pregnancy is a very strange thing really! Thanks so much for...

You have done so well with the weight loss Purple - time to just concentrate on you and the lodger right now. Please let us know how you get on! I have been trying for a little one myself since Jan this year, got my smiley face last night on the OPK so had a busy evening and morning. Am quite...

Best of luck for tomorrow Purple Huges, will keep you in my thoughts and hope everything goes perfectly. You seem so excited and happy - it's lovely to see! From a TTC at the moment fattie!

Me too!! Count me in!

I bought some regular OPKs from the chemist - 25 Euro for 5. Just ordered 50 for 12 euro off e-bay! Do the internet cheapie ones work as well? Any particular reccomendations?

I am in Dublin and would be very interested as well. Love to put faces to names!!

Starlight i love Louis cause he is from Ireland, Mayo and from 10 mins away from my house. He is a real grafter and spent years touring with dodgy bands before making it big with Boyzone. He is a lovely man, honest as a dye and really genuine. Him and Simon are great mates and the stuff on the X...

Ahh i can't believe it, i loved Ruth. Really hate to see her go and other loosers stay in, am gutted:cry:

Ahh, i love louis

Ahhhh... also Ruth has lost loads of weight - looks brilliant.... the tension..

She looks amazing though - i am not lying when i say i would kill to look like that. :cry::cry: Diana to go, her or JLS but she is getting on my nerves now - liked her to start but enough now of her and her freaky claw hands.

I have a link to my diary and previous attempts in my siganture, have a look there - not very exciting reading! I just want to get throught the first week on this and then i will feel loads better. I am trying to re-read diaries of succesfull CDers and getting into the swing of it. I wasn't...

Thanks. Are you starting tomorrow as well? Re-starting this is the hardest thing ever - the emotions and the cravings are the hardest thing. I feel like i have so far to go and instead of getting on with it am whinging and moaning. So my lesson for tomorro is - even more water, more Headex...

Title says it all - Day 1 a huge success until 7.30 and my nasty urges got the better of me - what is my problem?

Starting today and would love to have lost 1.5 stone by end of November. Hopefully this is do-able cause i am starting at a massive weight and am allowing for a big first week loss. Anyone else starting today?

Thanks so much guys - this has given me huge inspiration. I have a checkered history with TFR diets - went from 13 stone to 10 with Lipotrim 2 years ago, piled it all back on. Then went on Cambridge Diet last year and got back to 12 stone for my wedding. That was a year ago and am totally out...

Hi Guys, I am a massive 17 stone and wondering what the average losses are for someone starting at 17 stone on the button on Sole Source? I am starting tomorrow and urgently need inspiration and hope to get me through the first week!:break_diet: Thanks

Thanks guys – you are all so nice that I am nearly in tears here! The urge to eat is just so great that I am nearly crying here. I keep thinking tomorrow would be a better day to start – the first of the month and all that, plus am off work. AHHHH

Wow - over 2 stone in 5 weeks, that's amazing!!

Hey, Yup, today is Day 1 for me – talk about a blow out, I have been a disaster!! Started my healthy eating in Feb at 16.7, got to 14.7 through that and WW. In the past month I have gotten back to 16 and am desperate at this stage! I am a bridesmaid in 4 weeks and had to swap my dress...

Has anyone else started SS at 16 stone and how much have they lost in 4 weeks? Desperate person here!!!!!:wave_cry::wave_cry:

Thanks ladies, I am already tempted and it’s only 11am!! Just had the tea and biscuit break and supped my water! Had my cheese string though – delicious!! 14g in a tetra??? Oh my god! Am so shocked!! What about the soups? I bought a few Atkins morning bars in Boots as well and then came on here...

Well here I am on Day 1 - finally! Have been stuffing myself for the last few days and feel huge now!!! So today I have had 2 x eggs for breakfast with a slice of ham, have a cheese string for a snack and am going to have salad and meat for lunch & dinner. Also going to try for 3 litres of...

Thanks Karen - i just need to get my mojo back and go for it. Tomorrow i will start and with you guys on here doing it to it might get me to cop on! I know what you mean about SS and the no life - i basically stayed in for weeks on end when i did it. Cancelled my whole life and didn't...

Oh mine can last for days and then when I get a grip I can’t imagine that I ate what I did. If that makes sense? Like I know what I eat is so bad and I can pile on pounds in a day but once I’ve started a “bad” day the rest of the day follows suit regardless of hunger etc. I know it sounds crazy...

I am sure I will be flying on Atkins, once I get started!! I have excellent will power and can stick with SS’ing etc no problem but on the other hand when I am bad I am very bad!! As I am at the moment. I got to target about 2 years ago with Lipotrim and lasted about a day before I piled the...

Thanks so much WannabeSlim – that menu sounds delicious and very do-able!! Have you checked for ketosis? I think my problem is I am so screwed up with piling on and loosing weight and binging that I can’t settle and eat anything like a normal diet now. Perhaps we can be diet buddies on this now...

Well done Wannabe Slim - i think i recognise you from the WW forum? I was on there for a while as well - am a disaster ! Anyway, wanted to say a huge congrats on the 6lbs loss - that's brilliant!!! I have been trying to start Atkins for the last 3 days and have failed each day! Had eggs today...

Ah thanks ladies – I guess I am just a real doubting Thomas about this. Anyway, I am going to re-start tomorrow and I have decided to commit to a week, with exercise and 100% following the rules and see how it goes! Does anyone know or have they tried incorporating the CD Tetras on to the plan...

Welcome to my Atkins diet thread!! Diary and ramblings and the like!! So, I was supposed to start yesterday. I have been on here for the last week or two reading and asking questions, have bought the 2 books and was ready for the off. I had 3 eggs scrambled with a slice of ham for breakfast, 2...

Wow - you are doing so well - 11lbs is brill. Was that straight from Cambridge or just a total start to Atkins? I will a read through the book again tonight, i want to be 100% sure of what i am doing when i start on Monday!It just seems so alien to even consier cheese or oils after literally a...

Thanks Pinks! You are doing great by the way with Atkins - is that 11lbs in 2 weeks you have lost? How do you know how much carbs are in coffee etc and how do you know how much fats are enough? With regard to burgers and sausages - do you check the carb count of each or just aim to get the most...

Well, just back from the book store and equipt with a differed Atkins book and the veg/salad are there as per Dancing’s post in grammes. I know the traditional thoughts or opinions of Atkins are as a full fat sausage laden diet but I am going to try as much as possible to lean cuts tofu etc...

Right, that's it at lunchtime i am off to hunt down the book with the gram measurements!! 2-3 cupfulls of salad is sod all ie approx 5 lettuce leafs and there is no way hosay i can live on that!! Thanks for all the help guys! Will be starting a diary on here on Monday - fingers corssed this...

Mine is the original orange and blue covered book. To be honest i prefer the grammes cause what the funk is a cup of veggies?? Like how much is that supposed to be? What book do you have, maybe its a UK version and i have a US version? Does your defo say that amount for the induction phase?

Can anyone please help me with portion sizes on Induction for Atkins? Apologies for all the confusion, tying to get my head in the right gear before starting Atkins on Monday! In the book for Induction it says that we are allowed 2-3 handfulls of salad (leaves etc) during the day. However...

dancing, Thank you so much for all your help - would be lost without you. I got 2 x Atkins books yesterday, 1 the actual book and a kinda weight loss journal thing as well. I am going to start on the 19th and stick with the induction for 4 weeks (2 weeks hard core and then relax a little for...

Peppers are salad - interesting! In the book does it list exactly what you can and can't have any quantities etc? I have read on the web site but found it very confusing with talk of half a cup of salad etc. If i am going to do this i want to be 100% accurate. Like you i have done the Sole...

Dancing, That was just a sample menu - i haven't started Atkins yet, was just typing out what i thought i could eat. I have a hen party the next 2 weekends so am starting Monday May 19th. I weigh 14.7 stone (:sigh:) and need to get to 12.7 stone by July 26th. Do you think, on Atkins it's...

Thanks so much Dancing - i am sure you are sick of my million questions by now - am really excited about starting now - can't wait to get loosing and hopefully i will have as much success as you! I hadn't realised how much salad that was - i thought during the induction that there was like a...

Thanks Dancing. So a 2 egg ommlette/scrambled eggs with myabe bacon for breakfast, then salad and egg/chicken for lunch and then the same with a bit of veggie for dinner. Am i right in saying that 220g is the allowance every day for salad and 120g for green leafy veg? Is there a limit on the...

That would be great Dancing. I will be getting my book tomorrow, like i say, i am just looking for some real life stories as it were! I am a little confused about the salad allowances. When you say you bring Egg & Salad to lunch with cheese, what quantities are you talking about? Is it basically...

Congrats Dancing - that's a brill loss. Water or not, who cares?! I have a copy of the book on order and i have been reading on the web site about it and i can see what kinds of food you can eat. What i am just looking for is a typical menu? I work long hours at work and am curious how people...

I am thinking of starting Atkins as have failed a million times at the Sole Sourcing and am going CRAZY. Can someone please give me an idea of what i would be eating in an average day? Thanks guys!!

Hi guys, Am a big lurker on here, not posted in yonks! I am actually not on CD - have been doing a WW/calorie counting thing since end Jan and have gone from 16.7 to 14.7. Pretty happy with that but a long way to 10 stone and my goal weight! Anyway, i have approx 3 weeks of Cambridge product...

I found calorie counting pretty good - i was sticking to between 1200 and 1600 calories per day, depending on weekend etc. I paid no attnetion to fat though, just calories. I started on 1 Feb at 16.1 and started WW at 15.3 so nearly a stone in approx 6 weeks (i was not good 100%!)So i would...

6 pounds in a week?? That’s blinking brilliant!! Was that your first week? So 22, a little voice in my head is saying stick with 18, it’s less and you will thus loose more?? I think I am just so so fed up today and feel like I am going to be counting points etc and getting no where for ever...

Back again... So, Week 1 went ok - i lost 2 pounds. It could have been more as i had a couple of bad days that weekend. Next WI on Tuesday and not very positive. Can i ask the seasoned pros - do you religioulsy stick to your points every day or go over some and under on others? Also how the...

Hi There, I have been very bad at updating my diary and thread on here recently so will try and update today. Meanwhile i have a question. I have been calorie counting since beginning of Feb and lost over a stone before i decided to join WW 2 weeks ago. I lost 2 pounds on my first week and...

Ya i am, it was my own wedding in September last year (details of that and my weight struggle are on my diary link) so this time i am bridesmaid for my Hubbies sister (my best friend). Alas she is a tiny size 8 so that doesn't help!! Also she has purchased me a Coast bridesmaid dress in a size...

Thanks a million for that, I was beginning to feel ignored here! So today is my Day 2 and I am still being super careful with what I am eating and pointing etc. I have decided as much as is possible to make/organise all my own food for the duration of this. It makes pointing so much easier; I am...

Hi Ladies (& men?) I have been on minimins a while now, my sorry weight loss and weight gain story are on my diary (link below) I have been calorie counting since late Jan and lost over a stone. Re-joined WW for the millionth time last night as i think i need a bit more structure and here i...

3 packs and a meal? By meal do you mean a small piece of chicken/fish and some veg? I wonder would 2 packs and a lightly larger (no carbs) evening meal work? Congrats on the great weight loss - i am very very envious!

Hi Girls, Am in awe of you all on here - the weight is falling off at a massive rate!! I am calorie counting myself at the moment, joining Weight Watchers next week and it is a very SLOW process. I have done Lipotrim and Cambridge in the past and had excellent weight losses but terribel...

Thanks guys for the big welcome! I am posting over on my diary thread mainly but am going to try and join in here as well. Had a badish weekend food wise and am back up to 15.8 as of this morning. I am away next weekend so will be eating out and drinking so this week I am going to try and be...

Hi There, I am a calorie counter as well – find me over on the Diaries thread rambling along! I am 5’5” and trying to stick to between 900 and 1200 calories a day. I don’t have a digital scale so try and count as accurately as I can from food packaging and guestimations. I am also trying to...

Morning, Glad to hear the date went well. You are right to enjoy your last weekend! I started SS'ing this morning and feel as miserable as hell. It's my gzillionth time re-starting and i am hoping i can keep to it. If you click on my name and see my previous posts i am sure you will find my...

Thanks so much you guys – this site really is amazing and to have a resource like this with others who understand the problems is truly brilliant. I am going to try and use my time on the SS programme this time to re-educate and plan ahead. You guys are right – this is not a diet for a few...

Thanks guys. I also did not work back up through the plans or re-feed properly on the plans. I was like “yippee”, food here I come. This time around I am going to try and work my aam week into 2 weekends away I have and try and learn control through that. I am terrified of doing very well for 3...

Hi Guys, I am re-starting Cambridge Diet on Monday next – currently at all time heaviest weight of 16 stone. Got to 10 stone with Lipotrim in 2006, stayed that weight for approx 2 weeks and then started the re-gain. I got married in September last year at 12 stone (had reached 14 but lost 2...

Bloody broke again!!! Not even hungry but just had a load of ham and some pasta:cry::cry::cry:What the flaming hell is wrong with me! going to update my ticker and have a stern word with myself!!!remind myself how far i have come and how much more i need to do!:wave_cry::wave_cry:

Hi Tricia, Thought we had lost you there for a while!! About the dress – they are putting a panel in. I have a fitting next Friday and it will be installed then! It’s like a continuation of the back panel under the corset. To be honest I am glad. There was a good gap at the back with actual...

Good Morning Tricia! Hope you are ok? Delighted to hear that your dress fitting went well - i am so chuffed for you and a 32 back bra??? I can only dream!LOL Well, i had my fitting on Saturday and it was a lot better than the last time - the dress pulled up over my hips and i could actually...

Thanks Tricia – best of luck for 12 – am thinking of ya! Let me know how you get on! I am obsessed with cooking as well – making lovely meals for OH and asking for details about the taste etc etc What are we like?! As soon as I am back from wedding Weight Watchers here I come – at least you can...

Best of luck with the dress fitting today - will have everything crossed for ya! I am up tomorrow at 4pm - hate it!!! How are you getting on with the SS? It must be hard with kids - have you many? I find cooking very hard as well but have become obsessed with reading menus, recipes and...

We are the exact same Trisha – the few days before the wedding are going to be tough alright. Normally on hols I eat all around me, will have to practise control this time though. I just bought a hideous Spandex pully in thing ahead of the fitting on Sat – hope it knocks a few inches off!! It...

Tricia, Hello! What a right pair we are!! Well, i had my weight in last night - losya measly pound but then i ate for 3 days so what did i expect? Makes me so mad cause if i had stuck with it would prob have had around 4 off as well! I am on Day 3 now (Again and for the last time i hope!) I...

I wish Day 3 – today is only Day 2! Had the break on Sat night and then kept eating all day Sunday and Monday!!! This diet is so hard – on any other diet a slip up would not do to much damage on this one it really does undo all the good work! I guess the message is not to slip up!! My stomach...

Good Morning!! Well, managed a day of SS'ing yesterday along with a 30 min brisk walk, 10 mins on the cross trainer and arm toning exercises. Feel much calmer and confident today! Am literally dreading the dress fitting on Sat - really no way the dress will fit! Between one thing and another...

Hi Tricia, Hope you had a better day yesterday then i had! Was fine till i went home, made OH's dinner and wound up picking at it and some meat for the night:break_diet::break_diet:I am raging with myself - it's not like i have the time for this carry on! I don't feel as stuffed or bloated...

Welsh Wobbler - you did the exact same as me! I was very good Sat night, weighed myself Sunday morning and was the exact same. Had a shake and then decided to eat, and oh god did i eat, Sunday evening!!Am back on track today - not a bit hungry and my stomach is so bloated it's unreal. Obviously...

Morning Tricia, I am trying to keep a positive spin on it as well - ketosis and then plain sailing here we go - :rolleyes::rolleyes: That's crap about the underwear, gives you another few days grace though! How was your hen at the weekend?

Good Morning! Monday morning and back in the old work routine! Well my diet went out the window yesterday - the weekend started well, Friday was no problem and saturday day was a breeze as well. I wasin my fiance;s home town all weekend. Saturday night we had arranged to meet his mum in a...

Hi Guys! Great to hear from some Irish people - i did Lipotrim before and piled all the weight on again after it :mad::mad: So i turned to Cambridge this time. I have been on it for approx a month but had a break of a week in between for my hen. I am down from 14 stone to just over 12 and a...

Day 10 today! Well, felt very very dodgy this morning. Leapt out of bed way to fast and saw black for about 30 seconds. I usually don't have my Tetra till i get to work and on the train on the way in i was so weak and dizzy. Having the tetra now and some water - god i hate this blooming diet...

Sorry, away from my desk all morning!! Spinning stars sound like a great idea – I have no idea how to do them though! This diet is SOOOOO hard and totally anti social. I am dreading this weekend as I dread every weekend on this. I find work ok – I have a very set routine, drink loads of water...

Hi, I am from Dublin and following SS on the Cambridge plan, i am normally to be found panicking on the Brides to Be Thread. Just wondering are there any other people in Dublin/Ireland on this? Seems to me that most people in Dublin are currently on Lipotrim and the Cambridge Plan is not...

How you getting on today Honey DD?

Good Morning, How did you go Tricia? Did you make it through the first day! I have to say i am very jealous - we are the same height and as i mentioned under 10 stone is always where i wanted to be for my wedding - i guess it wasn't to be:wave_cry::wave_cry:But onwards and upwards!!! We...

Hi Tricia, Lovely to hear from you! Best of luck getting back into the “Zone”! 10.6 is brill, what height are you? That’s the weight I would love to be for the wedding and in my head I always thought I would be 9!! Oh well, as you say nothing in life goes to plan! And I will be better at 11...

Morning People, Well, seem to be all alone here on my thread - oh well:cry::cry: Another day over - went to my CDC last night and was down 5 pounds!!!:) The last time i had been weighed was before my hens and my week long after math from that! So i am back to where i was before the hen and...

Hi all, Apologies for not being on all weekend - no internet at my parent's house! Well, had an ok weekend, i had a horribel day Friday (Day 3) once i left work - stuck in a car for 5 hours travelling and starving! I picked a little Friday night, incl a biscuit! but had a stern talking to...

I hear ya Tricia – I am getting married abroad as well. Where are you off to? We are marrying in Lanzarote! My dress, when it fits is quite falttering but on the beach and by the pool there will be no hiding! I am on Day 3 off Ssing – going great so far but am very aware that a slip could be...

Morning People, Day 2 and i am still here - thank god!!! Yesterday was pretty ok - had choc Tetra, Peanut Bar, Chilli Soup and 4.5 litres of water. Had a banging headahe last night but that seems to be gone now, thank god! I have been a busy bee all morning - did some sopping, got a...

Ok, Here i am re-starting today and will succeed! Just had a Tetra and some water and going to get up and do a 40 min walk, have a dress fitting in 2.5 weeks and need a stone gone by then:sigh::sigh:, lot of hard work needed before then!

Hi HoneyDD, I am re-starting SS today as well - have 2.5 weeks until my next wedding dress fitting and determined to get a stone off by then! Perhaps we can encourage each other along to get over the worst of it - can't wait to get back into the Zone and the great feeling of being on SS and...

God just spotting all my mistakes on my last post - hard to type on my lap top. Going to see my CDC tonight for a kick in the butt! Going to get up early tomorrow, do a walk, drink my water, stop feeling sorry for myself and get 2 stone shifted! Thanks Welsh Wobbler - you are doing great...

Thanks Sonkie, i am just so down about the whole thing. The doctor tld me last night that i was very run down and stressed out, ad i didn't even mention the diet to her. it's the first thing i think of every mornning - my lovely dress and how on earth i am going to fit into it. I am really...

Thanks guys - back i bed today! Went to doc yesterday ad throat/ear still not healed so advised bed rest. Going to CDC today and need a kick up my massive bum as still not back SSing and using every execuse under the sun for it. Going to get all Tetras and soups to give me a kick start for the...

Hi Guys, Well my journal has been a little neglected of late but am back today. Only re-starting SS today – was sick all last week ( and still am) and just couldn’t face Ssing. I weighed myself yesterday and was 13.1 so only 3lbs up on my lowest weight before my break. Hoping to get cracking...

Can i join in as well? Back on SS today after a week long break. Am hoping to shift over 14lbs in August, i really need to. Hoping for a bit loss this week as it's like starting again?? So i am going to aim for a 20lb loss. Fingers crossed guys!

Thanks Lenny have to say feeling very sorree for myself:tear_drop:

Well, am writing at home from my sick bed. Went to doc after yesterday and have an ear/throat infection. On Anti Biotics so holding off re-starting until tomorrow. Bit of a disaster but going to up the water and exercise and have a stone off in 3 weeks if it kills me - might just do that! Then i...

Thnaks SunflowerBride. Am trying not to panic! Just had a read of your thread and seeing how amazing you looked has been a great inspiration for me! I had a terribel day yesterday and feeling very poorly today - ear and throat infection so all i want to do is eat :cry::cry:Oh where is my great...

Wow - SunflowerBride you look totally and utterly amazing! I have read your full report and couldn't not post - you are stunning!! You must be so thrilled and delighted to have stuck with the plan for the big day and surely when you see photos like that it's all worth it! You're a babe!!!

Hi Tricia, Thank god i am not the only one - having a nightmare of a time. Had food again this morning and seem to be back at 13.3 - hence the updated ticker. 5 pounds back on again?? I am just finding it tough and the more i don't start then the worse i feel etc etc. I have a throat...

Thanks for the suport - it's just the getting re-started is so blinking hard! Ahh...tomorrow here i come

Hello, I am normally on the Brides to be section but very quiet so on here looking for support. I had my hen this weekend - best weekend ever - living it up with my girls. I had been SS'ing for 16 days before i went away and was just over a stone down. I was pretty good all weekend but have...

Ahhhh...I knew this would flaming happen. Had a great day and then came home and convinced myself to eat. I am disgsuted with myself. Looking at hen party pics and thick i look fine and pretty but so fat compared with the other girls. i was the biggest there by far...do i want to look back at my...

Good Morning People! Well, I am home and alive after my hen! Had a brilliant weekend – the best ever! I am in Ireland so we went to Sligo for the weekend – had an absolute ball and can highly recommend! Even met one of the Westlife lads in the night club! So, I had a 3 day break in total – Fri...

Hi People, Day 16 for me and am in a right little routine at this stage. I am raging I didn’t start sooner and have got to target by my hen – oh well, what’s the point of regrets? Tomorrow I am heading off on my hen – plan to have 2 packs tomorrow and an evening meal with drinkies. Saturday –...

Tricia, I am the exact same – have a constant feeling of excited nerves/sick in my stomach. My wedding is 10 weeks away, can’t be like that until then! My 2nd dress fitting is on the 18th, since the last time I went the dress wouldn’t come up over my hips I hope the next one will be more...

Morning People, Very quiet on here - where are Bo Lady and Princess Katie? Well, had a little weigh in this morning, Day 15 and am 13 stone on the button, so 1 stone gone so far. The weight loss is slowing down now but i can't wait to see 12 and then 11 and 10 on my scales!! I am still very...

Thanks Welsh Wobbler - Had a good think about things last night and am going to try and relax about it from here on in! I am going to have a meal Friday night, breakfast and a meal Saturday, with a few vodkas and diet 7ups, then straight back on the plan Sunday morning. I will try and stick with...

I know exactly how you feel – I wasn’t at Alton Towers recently but went in for my first dress fitting on Saturday. The dress stuck at my hips and wouldn’t budge. I was devastated, even though I knew it was coming. The woman could see how upset I was and started trying to be nice “look how...

Thanks so much you guys – it really was a horrific embarrassing humiliating experience and I was tempted to stuff myself after wards but I just though “ Hang on, stuffing my face is what has got me here so no, I won’t”. Still knocked me for 6 though and I can still remember how upset I was...

Good Morning All, Well, had a horrible horrible weekend! I am nearly relived to be back in work and away from it all. Being on this diet at weekends is just so depressing! I was in my boyf’s house for the weekend and felt so miserable sitting in on Friday night watching everyone guzzling wine...

Good Morning All, Well, had a horrible horrible weekend! I am nearly relived to be back in work and away from it all. Being on this diet at weekends is just so depressing! I was in my boyf’s house for the weekend and felt so miserable sitting in on Friday night watching everyone guzzling wine...

Hi People, I am having the opposite to the problem the poster described - every morning i have terrible cramps in my stomach and diahorea (sp?). It's pretty gross and i never had it when i was on Lipotrim. Does it ease up or what's the story? All advise welcome!

Thanks Honey DD. You're right i really need to realx - weddings are a blinking nightmare! I am getting major hassle today about the plans for the wedding planner and also my poor BM is getting stress from the hotel about our hen! Won't be doing any squeezing into my dress photo - think i...

Thanks Lenny, Going to have a read of your diary now. I know i really need to relax, getting this worked up is not good for me! My stomach is in knots and i am not even hungry, again fom the nerves. I hope i don't have to feel like this for the next 10 weeks!!!! I think i will take your...

Lenny & Honey DD, Best of luck re-starting. I am on the thread below and am on Day 10 and doing very well, only problem is hen weekend next week and am DREADING it!! I will be eating and drinking but am terrified i won't get back on the wagon again straight afterwards. Lenny, Have you...

Good Morning, Another rainy day here in Dublin :cry::cry:When will it ever stop, well apparently not for the next 10 days anyway! Day 10 for me and still here. The weekends are the worst. Have another couple staying with us Sat night so will be Chinese (my fave food ever), beer, wine a go...

Thanks Welsh Wobbler, What you are descrifbing is very likely to happen to me! I will have great intentions for the weekend but will probably eat all around me and then take another month to get back into it after that. But i can't afford to do that! Am going to have 2 packs on friday and a...

Hello! Seems to be just me on here but not to worry, I will keep typing away! Day 8 for moi – had a Choc Mint with coffee shake with loads of ice for brekkie – yummy! Seem to have lost another pound since Monday so happy days!! Having a peanut bar for lunch – never tasted before and not...

Anna, Well done! 11 is a brillaint loss - practically a stone! Not to worry about the egg - fair play for having it and keeping going! That's my worry! I have my hen next weekend and am terrified about it. How hard is it going to be to eat and then get back on the wagon? I will have to plan...

Thanks Nicky! You are doing great yourself!!!

Hello all, Posting on here as is very quiet on the Bride’s forum! My story – Did Lipotrim last year and lost 3.5 stone, reached 13.7 stone. Delighted with myself and ordered a lovely size 14 wedding dress. Full forward 8 months and had re-gained all the lost weight to bring me back to 14...

Hey Girls, God it’s soo quiet on here, where are all my fellow brides??? Well, Day 6 and still going strong. So far have had – Banana Tetra, Carmel Bar and 2.5 litres of water. I have to say I was so so disappointed by the bar – I was looking forward to it all day and it really wasn’t that...

Hi Tricia, Great to hear you had a fab hen - sounds like a blast! Mine is the weekend after this and i am in in dilemna as to wht to do. Started SS last Wed and have lost 8lbs to date. I will have to eat and drink on the hen but want to limit damage. Have you put up much? Re-starting again is...

Thanks Irene, its very quiet on here today – where are all the brides! Any recommendations on what bars to try Irene?

Morning All, Day 6. Had a sneaky weigh in this morning and saw 13.5 on the scales, down from 13.13 so a loss of 8 pounds in 5 days - yipee!!!!I am beyond thrilled and can finally see a bit of light at the end of the tunnel, though have a long long way to go yet!! Going to my CDC tonight...

To not wake up in the morning and hate myself for letting myself pileback on the weight lost on Lipotrim:tear_drop:

Hi Bo Lady, Seems you are flying along - i am nearing the end of day 5 now - just posted on my own thread. Like you i have had a few challenges but am so determined that am keeping going! I had a few tummy rumbles over the weekend and was very tempted but held out. Haven't had nearly enough...

Hi Katie, How are you getting on? Only home from a weekend away right now and getting back on line. Hope you are still hanging in there? I am on Day 5 and feeling good! Had a choc shake this morning and having a lipotrim flapjack right now with loads of black tea. Had the flapjack left over...

Keep it up Kaite – can’t believe you don’t like the shakes, have you tried them with loads of ice and just over half a pint of water – I think they are delicious! If you want manky shakes you should try the Lipotrim ones – Eugh!!! Best of luck for today – I won’t be on-line again till tomorrow...

Hi Tricia, I am getting married in Lanzarote on September 27th. What about you? I really hope the weather will be nice cause it is shocking here! I never wanted a wedding at home, so instead headed abroad. There are 60 people coming with us so it’s been nearly the same amount of hassle...

Hi Anna & Nat, Day 3 for us all today? I too had a rough night last night, put the details on my own thread. Was so so cranky last night, not hungry, just feeling manky. I had forgotten what mood swings this diet gives and the crappy weather is not helping!:cry::cry: Feeling ok today, just...

Hi Tricia, Well done on losing the stone – I wish that was all I had to lose!! Day 3 and I am still here! Had a horrible evening last night – got delayed at work and then on the bus home and was so tired and cranky last night! Getting hassle from our wedding planner (we are getting married...

Hi Tricia, How long did it take you to loose for your wedding and had you much to loose? I am feeling great today – it’s very weird, I am filled with energy and not at all hungry? It could hardly be ketosis on Day 2? I will probably be dying tomorrow!!! Loosing really only is half the battle...

Hi Bo Lady and Pizza Lady, Day 2 and we are still here!! I know I am going to regret this in a wee while but I feel great today! My stomach is rumbling but I am guzzling water and so far so good. Today and tomorrow will be the worst I reckon. Just reading on another thread that the soup...

Morning Ladies, So Day 2 and still going strong – yea!! Had a yummy choc shake with a spoon of copy for my brekkie, so far I have not discovered any shake that I don’t like, which is great. I find them much less milky than the Lipotrim ones – they used to clog up my throat and have me feeling...

Well Day 1 done and dusted! Had a soup for dinner - veg, and i wasn't very impressed. Had a wierd after taste and am still tasting it now over an hour later. I really like the shakes though so might just get them and the bars from now on. feel so much better with myself for having started...

No ketosis sticks - once you hit it you will know and if you stick with the plan 100% then it's guaranteed. On Lipotrim it took me 8 days to start feeling myself again but ketosis det in after 5 days. The horribel weak and starving feeling goes and the taste in your mouth foul! Can't wait...

Hi Bo Lady and Nats, Just finished my dinner AKA my veg soup and am undecided about it. Wasn't very bad but very wierd after taste kinda thing. It didn't taste like any sort of cup a soup i have ever had. I have a chicken and mushroom and a Spicy tomotoe to try yet - might give them a whirl...

Hi Nat & Anna, I weighed in this morning at 13.13 (yuk!) I thought that my ideal weight was 9 stone, I am 5’5”. To be honest I would be delighted beyond belief to get to 10 stone for the wedding. I was 10.2 for one day only on Lipotrim and I was a perfect size 12 (sigh!). Maybe I will have to...

Hi Katie, Well, so far so good – 3.15 and still going strong. Have had 1.5 litres of water, a tetra choc for lunch and some pepper mint tea, better get started on the afternoon’s water now! Your food sounds yummy – keep thinking to myself, sure just health eating will do and I will loose the...

Hi Bo Lady and Pizza Lady, Day 1 still going to plan here – hope ye are getting on as well? Had a Tetra pack for lunch and now having a large peppermint tea, 1.5 litres of water gone, 1.5 litres to go! Went for a wander around shops at lunchtime, god, I just felt so so massive! I am really...

Hi Katie, Day 1 again for me! Had the strawberry shake around 7, guzzling water - still and sparkling so so far so good! Then again it's only 9.12am! I have a choc tetra with me for lunch. I am going to stick to it today though, i really am! Had a stern word with myself last night and...

Hi Anne, I am also a Bride to Be, not as organised as you though - am getting married in 11 weeks and have a size 12 dress to fit into, need 3 stone gone by then! I too am on Day 1 today - started on Mon & Tues and gave up by the eve so today is Day1 for sure and i am going to stick with...

Sounds like there are a pair of us in it so!! Day 1 for me will be tomorrow again – hold god! And I will stick to it 100%. I have the most amazing wardrobe of clothes in a size 12, just begging for me to get back into them so I might try on a few bits tonight as further encouragement. Your...

I know, it’s just so so hard but I am sure that together we can support each other – the first 4/5 days are very tough but after that it’s no problem! I know, I have done Lipotrim. I have a shared email address at work and only get to my Hotmail one at home, so perhaps we can email in the eves...

Katie, I am having a bit of a disaster – was starving last night after work and ran in the door and shoved bread and dinner into my mouth in a total panic – I am disgusted with myself. I should have had some sparking water or tea but I had let myself get too hungry and dehydrated. Walked 25...

Thanks HtPink - i know myself i should have had more water tea etc and just resisted the urge. Tomorrow is another day and as stupid as it sounds i feel really positive. Will be logging on here first time to get my support - i find reading on here a brilliant help. And i have a strapless satin...

Thanks for that Sunflower - Would you believe that i have failed already? Had to stay late on work and came home starving, instead of having my soup i tucked into a dinner. I am raging with myself as i nearly had the day done. Anyway, tomorrow will have to be my re-start. I have been arsing...

Thanks so much for that Sunflower Bride – your pics are amazing and I love your dress! I am going to have to do SS all the way in order to get into mine! When I ordered it I was 10.10 approx and tried on a 16, that was very big on my hips and thighs so I ordered the 14 (why oh why!). It has a...

Hi Carol, I hav never tried to get MSN at home, but will investigate it later on! I had a cappuccino shake for brekkie (yummy!) and the tetra pack for lunch – also quite nice, I am going to try a veg soup for dinner, what are they like? The cravings are at me at the moment so guzzling the...

Hi December 2008 – would love to be diet buddies. Are you on Sole Source as well? I don’t have MSN as I am at work and it’s not allowed L You are right to start loosing the weight now for the wedding – that’s what I did but strupidly put it back on….oh well. Have to put all that in the past and...

Thanks so much guys - it's great to have others in the same boat as me and to really understand. I think everyone else just can't believe that i would let myself get into this state with the wedding so soon. And it's abroad as well - so loads of bikini and skimpy clothes expected in the days...

Thanks so much for all the support - it's great to have support from people who really know what it's like and are in the same boat - i am going to keep this as my little diary thread and please please god i will stick with this this time! I had a cappucino shake this morning - was actually...

Hi There, I am brand new to this forum so I will start by introducing myself. I am Laura, 27 years of age and living in Dublin, Ireland and here is my story – I was always a fat kid and teenager, lost some weight in my late teens and early 20’s – stayed at around 10 stone, occasionally...

Hi There, I am brand new to this forum so I will start by introducing myself. I am Laura, 27 years of age and living in Dublin, Ireland and here is my story – I was always a fat kid and teenager, lost some weight in my late teens and early 20’s – stayed at around 10 stone, occasionally...