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Try this, I posted on the menu thread. Its so easy and tastes a zillion times better (and cheaper) :) Up until a few years ago I always bought mayo from the shop, normally hellmans. Then I remember one day I was making coleslaw for a BBQ and had no mayonaise left. I'd heard all the horror...

Hehe yeah! To say the meat and cheese caounter has always been my fav was an understatement, now I dont have to feel guilty about it lol. Chloe I tried the bar with peanuts in and covered in chocolate (not sure what it was called)...and it was sooo nice :)

hehe yeah there is that danger! I have refused to by them in bulk (even though they are on offer) because I know 2 a week will turn into 2 a day lol :D

Oh and i forgot to add, on these TFR diets, its impossible to forget you are dieting because you are constantly thinking about food, but on atkins I havent given it much thought, except to check these message boards which is great! x

Yeah your right Ditzee, I reckon I also probably overate last week also due to the fact I was ''allowed'', quite a green light to go stuffing your face! Least this way we can do what Jim does and prepare for it if we know we might have a night of indulgences! I think the hardest thing to...

hehe yeah I couldnt resist jumping on the scales, I only weigh first thing in the morning and at the same time, but I have been stuck at same weight all last week. So seems that dumping the CD sachets once and for all (which wasnt hard at all!!) was a good thing :)

Hmmmm they sound lovely! I used to buy (alot!) the hersheys peanut butter cups, terribly bad for you and laden with sugar lol. I will definately try these though (in the hpes they taste similar!) :)

I agree with what everyone else has said, when I first started to do CD she stuck me on one of those superdooper scales that records everything, and apparently my muscle tone is really good. She put it down to the fact that I dont drive and walk everywhere. But she also said that exersicing was...

Well, I hate to get excited (but I am!)...day 2 and it seems I am 2LB down. woot! :)

Wow i didnt Jim! That explains the yucky taste....I feel so angry that we feed our beautiful kids with this stuff (not me personally), and we are never told the risks. Back to natural i say :)

I think you may have just made my day jim lol :)

I wouldnt turn my nose up at a tot of sailor jerry's i have to admit! ;)

Welcome over nelly, I reckon its a good decision (it was for me anyway) :)

hey Stormy, I agree with what you said about your gran, it seems to me this day and age has such a huge obesity problem since 'low fat' foods became the norm. Since i started CD (and now atkins) the few times I had carbs last week my stomach really didnt like it! I got heartburn, stomach...

yeah that ole devil citric acid! I'm not a huge fan of aspartime ridden products, nor all the artificial sweetners, but I reckon sneaking a can of it on a night out would help me resist the vodka that normally goes with it!;)

Brunch: bacon and scrambled eggs Afternoon: nutty atkins bar Tea: Chicken peices with spices (chilli, garlic and paprika) and a handful of salad with mayonaise. :)

BooBoo you lost that much in a week!! Wow thats amazing :) Well done! I wouldnt replace the water i'm drinking, but black coffee is getting on my nerves lol. I'm also drinking peppermint tea, but the odd coke when everyone else is drinking on a night out would feel better than soda water! :D

Also another huge plus for me as I was (apparently) bordering on diabetes this has got to be good for the up/down strain of blood sugar levels :)

No caffeine, no sugar....is it allowed? :p

Nellyphant! Hi hun, I've been wondering how you are all getting on, but not jumped back over to the CD board as i would feel a bit mean talking about eating when you are all still shaking it :( I am yet to find out how I go this week as its my first proper week (made a grave mistake mixing the...

Yes! I didnt realise either, then checked the pack contents and they have 15g of carbs in them!! So I guess thats why me doing both (to use up packs) was doing no good. As I was having at least 30g of carbs from the packs alone a day. I can't remember which thread its on, but someone pointed...

Well, my first full day on Atkins! Yum! I scrapped the CD shakes because as was pointed out last week they are high in carbs and its actually the low calorie that has you in ketosis, so it seems I was suffering (by eating yucky soups) and didnt lose a thing! Today I have had bacon and eggs...

Hehe yeah I couldnt live without the beaches now! And Jims right....although it is milder down here (than the North of England) its not as nice as Florida! But the smell of the sea, that never changes :) x

Hi Polar! Me too! I did a week....yeuk! Then as i had packs left did another week half CD and half atkins, and not lost anything. So its full on atkins for me now, and the bacon and eggs I had for breakfast was worth the change!! :)

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Hi fattogo, I'm planning on taking a multi vit too. I will probably take a cheap tesco/asda type one for all the family, i'm assumming they are all the same and have to meet regulations etc as they can be expensive! This is my proper full day on atkins, as i've been on CD for a few weeks...

Oh! from mushrooms? wow I never knew that :)

I love it Josie, I'm a real meat eater and according to my old CD counsellor a 'protein' type, so i dont feel im on a diet at all! The only thing I find hard is the price of meat these days :(

Ahh St Ives is lovely isnt it....I am an arty person and could spend thousands there if I had the money! :)

yes it is Jim, the house prices are ridiculous, and so many have been bought up as second homes by inner city people, the locals find it hard to get housing themseves. Once upon a time Cornwalls main industry was tin mining and fishing. Tin mining went under a good 100 years before the coal...

Hi Josie, I'm with you on the wine....I just cant cut out that couple glasses of a weekend out! By the times friday comes, I'm in need lol. Enjoy :) x

haha! That made me chuckle....yeah its not as nice as the real mckoy, but cheaper, so doused in chiili powder it makes a convincing chicken lol Ive never tried Tofu to be honest, but as a full on meat eater, not sure that would sit comfortably with me!:D

yes we are lucky, and sometimes take it for granted. But we have to pay the price by the high cost of living here....which isn't always good! :D

Ahhh no I meant the frozen chicken peices made by Quorn :) And thanks for the info, its nice to know I can have it with a bit of chilli powder and some stirfry veg x

Up until a few years ago I always bought mayo from the shop, normally hellmans. Then I remember one day I was making coleslaw for a BBQ and had no mayonaise left. I'd heard all the horror stories about making your own, but I thought I would give it a try! I got my recipe from one of Gordon...

Blue cheese sauce Great with steak or over button mushrooms. 1 pot of double cream As much stilton as you like Simmer in a pan until slightly reduced and pour. So simple, and so lovely :)

Another fine day! Glad the rain has stopped, a little walk on the beach later to clear away the cobwebs! I have no idea whats for tea tonight, but it will be out at a cafe/resturant, so i'm keeping my eye open for the local seafood delicacy's here in cornwall. A plate of mussells would go down...

Hmm a quick question for you Girly, you know the soya meat chicken? (not sure if you have ever used it), I usually buy that as its so much cheaper than regular chicken breast. Can it be eaten on atkins? :) x And, hi melanie, hope you day is good :)

I'm going to add my favourite onto this thread. Its my 'treat' meal, but knowing it can be an anytime meal is just so fab! Its so simple: Pot of double cream as much stilton as you like. Melt the stilton into the cream and you have an instant blue cheese sauce. It goes great with Steak, or...

Prawn Foo Yung :) Basically all I did was to get 3 eggs, some prawn, some garlic powder and some paprika. Shoved it all in the frying pan (no oil) just a sliver of butter, and let it cook. Once it looked like an omellette I just sliced it up. I had it with a handful of salad and it tasted just...

hehe Jim, I think in reality TFR actually introduce many emotional naughties to dieting. To eat was a sin, guilt was attached to that and then to come off it and eat, well that would be an open invitation for me to stuff anything in my mouth for weeks on end! lol Thanks for the welcome xx

When I was seeing my CD counsellor she was also a nutritionist, and she talked to me alot about me being a 'protien' type, in that I burn that more effectively than carbs. She also said that within our muscles are also cells of fat and that these would reduce also. Some people I think feel that...

wow doesnt that look the business! But isnt it great to know that once you are aware of whats healthy and what isn't, it makes choices alot easier? Hope you have a lovely evening :)

Hi there (sorry I refuse to call you stinky breath!!!), I have just moved over from CD and I havent put any weight on yet, in fact ive lost a steady 4 lbs since stopping the CD. I stopped last tuesday and have just had small protein meals. I'm finding that my portion size is so much smaller than...

Lastinight for tea I had prawn foo yung. I have to share the recipe because it was so simple and so yummy! Basically all I did was to get 3 eggs, some prawn, some garlic powder and some paprika. Shoved it all in the frying pan (no oil) just a sliver of butter, and let it cook. Once it looked...

Girly, you have hit the nail on the head! Thats it isn't it, feeling healthy, feeling normal and the knock on effect is losing weight. I wonder if actually I had my priorities wrong, and that losing 7 stone is too much of a huge expectation for me (in that its so daunting!). I think i'm going to...

Ahhh I get it now, well ketosis + eating versus ketosis + not eating....I know which one I prefer! Thanks Ditzee :) x

Well, having changed forums due to the fact I couldnt afford CD anymore (and also lots of relief I can eat again), ive decided to make a diary as that seems to keep me motivated. I'm still gonna keep up with my youtube vids also, as I dont want to be one of those 'diet diary' vids that just...

Hey purple, good luck seemed we have both snuck over from the otherside at the same time! Innit good to eat again!! :) xx

Ditzee, its tough isnt it! The way I see it, if I had the willpower to stay on a TFR for weeks on end, I wouldnt be in this overweight bracket in the first place! :D

This has really confused me! Ive just come from cambridge as i can no longer afford to buy the sachets every week (and feed my family), I just noticed the carb content on the sachets were really high! How did we manage to stay in ketosis with a total of 45g of carbs a day? I want to use up...

Hi Ditzy! I have just hopped over to this board from the CD, and I had a really big diabetes scare also. A week ago I went to see my CD counsellor (she is also a nutritionsist), and she tested me for all sorts, acid levels, ketones etc etc. She found i was bordering on diabetes and TBH that...

Hi Purple :) Im guessing its ok to have 2 packs because on SS (CD) you still go into ketosis. Although (I know its bad) im just going to have the one pack because I can never stomach breakfast. CD shakes/soups taste fab when thats all you can eat, but since i have been eating normal food, i'm...

Hi Everyone, I have been doing Cambridge diet (for a week lol) and unfortunately I had to stop because of a change in financial circumstances. I still have enough packs to have a breakfast and a dinner and an atkins style tea. So thats my aim now, I know I wont lose as much this way, but at...

Oooh thats lovely!! Congratulations to you both :) xx

Thanks belle :) I will probably continue like this until I use up my remaining sachets, then stick to a low carb diet. I'm finding that cutting out all the bad carbs has made me more awake, alert and not so bloated, and losing weight too :)

Hi all, I have been doing Cambridge TFR and as my financial situation changed this week, I have had to adapt my own diet, which consists of cambridge sachets (to use what I have left) and a low carb evening meal. I feel so much better cutting out the bad carbs like bread/pasta/potatoes, its...

I agree with this post, it also depends on your mineral salt level. I have a natural defficiency in salts/minerals (not the same as table salt!), and i would never have known had I not been tested for it. Thats how i come to know about the water thing, unless you are absolutely sure your water...

Yes, its way too much and it has nothing to do with peeing it out. Your body NEEDS essential salts for your brain to work, if you dilute that your dead. :(

Charlotte, hope you get back to us....would like see you are ok :) xxx

Are you taking the fibre hun? I have had to have 2 spoonfuls of it a day for the last two days as I was suffering too.....im not anymore! *blush* xx

Please please be careful. There was a case recently of a lad that died during the (london?) marathon. he was perfectly healthy but drank for to much water. Basically, this is what my CD counsellor relayed to me, he drank so much that he watered down his salt levels, it sits at 2% in our brain...

Well after sitting down and trying to sort out the sorry mess I find myself in, I have made a decision about cambridge! I have enough sachets left to take me through a month having one a day. So a sensible breakfast, shake/etc for dinner and a proper healthy small meal for tea. I know my...

Hey LL Ive just been going through the same thing, good luck hun xxx

hehe just thinking about the hairstyle I used to have in the eighties is making me cringe!! I guess pretty much fashions at the moment are very 80's geared, so bright colours, luminous socks and lots of plastic beads!! Although I have to say, any 80's clothing is unflattering IMO - I was more of...

Thankyou Laura, I think the aspects of CD that are so important to me is the support of you guys and also from my CDC. I'm all at sixes and sevens right now so probably need to sleep on it and gather info. Thanks for the links I will take a look :) xx

Hi Kylie! Good luck for tomorrow....the first 5 days can be a bit hairy but after that its a breeze, and there are so many lovely people on here to keep you motivated :) xx

Thanks Trash, I think im gonna have to bin the bread for the next few months!! xx

Cool :) I am gonna email her tomorrow and tell her everything thats happened and explain I need the cheapest option, see what she comes up with :) xx

Ahh I just focused on the plan that had 1 shake in it, I suppose missing breakfast wont make much difference to weightloss. Was just thinking 1500 calories :eek: which seems alot!

Are the new ones white and the old ones red? I had all white packets and a few red ones of the brocolli and cheese soup, which I beleive are being discontinued....which i'm not unhappy about as they were a bit too cheesy for me lol xx

Thanks guys im feeling better already...much more positive xxx

Thanks nelly, i'm sure it will all work out, as things do, often with a silver lining! Just annoyed that it happened right now! xxx

Yeah ive just looked through the 1500 recipes and they look really nice (and cheap!), so thats good...even if I adapt them slightly. The kids would enjoy eating that too which is good. I reckon if i work out a weeks menu and stick to it, I will save money from having to ad lib dinner every day :) xx

Thats good news, would it make a difference to weigh ins? From monday i am only seeing her once every fortnight. I would imagine she has to justify her time/money so even if I get to see her once a month that will be something :) xx

yeah your right Caroline, I know I wont be able to afford any more than 7 shakes a week, so will have to work out a healthy breakfast to have. :) xxx

Thankyou hun, I think I have but it involves a teeny weeny white lie to my counsellor, and I know I wont be in ketosis so will lose less, but at least I am staying with it some sort of way. :)

I rarely bother with a breakfast, I know its bad. I wonder if I could do this plan, have the shake for dinner then have the meal in the evening thus lowering the calories. Then if I take a multi vitamin, im doing ok that way? What do you think? :flirt2: Course i would have to tell a white...

well done hun :) xxx

Bless you all....I think I am going to have to have a good look at the different plans and see whats cheapest. Still at least my ex husband gets to feed his alcoholism! Sorry...im not feeling my best at the moment! xxx

Thanks hun, would I only have to pay for the packs or the full £35 a week? xxx

Yeah im gonna tell my counsellor what has happened then see what she says. Thing is though any plan is expensive because of the advice, i dont think she will just allow me to buy say 7 sachets a week :( I will see what she says, she has given me some great nutrition advice and if I follow what...

This week isnt going to well for me :cool: Basically after something that has happened today I am going to be having my income cut in half (through no fault of my own), to say im angry and upset is an understatement. But the knock on effect is I can't manage the CD anymore. I have no doubt I...

Sorry I meant to say I am NOT 100% sure about the others :confused:

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Morning everyone! The snow has stopped here in cornwall and its been raining over night, so its pretty much washed away now...bring on the spring I say! Hope you all enjoy your day and wrap up warm :) xxx

Well after a buggy day yesterday I think they are going away, my son is so much better and I dont have that sicky feeling anymore. Typical first week back at school....bugs all round :( I feel back on track today after my SS+ yesterday, im not sure how it will affect my weight loss but i'm not...

Hey Ashlay...good luck hun :) xxx

Oh they are the best for self indulgence arent they! My sister bought me the rock chick set for christmas and it was sooooo nice. Thankfully there isn't a shop near me...although I may have a peak at the website later....see what you have done!! LOL xxx

Hi Belle, I've always been a bit of a make up freak lol. So that never really stopped as i got larger. But as in taking care of my body skin wise I never really bothered. I think (hope) as I get slimmer I will moisturise more and do my nails etc. I think as your self esteem slides when you get...

Twinkle, I'm sorry to hear about your hubby's work situation, fingers crossed it doesn't come to that xx My day 4 (yesterday) was the worst even though I had hit ketosis. Like you I was freezing, sleep eluded me and this stomach bug going round. I did SS+ last night, but feel better today and...

Thankyou Laura, for taking the time to post and share your thoughts your words hit home in many areas. There is so much pressure these days to conform to ideals its easy to forget who we are as individuals. And when we 'dont measure up' the self sabotage can begin. Thanks again, I have...

ROFL!! I think the same happens in my house, the difference from the kitchen to the bathroom is uncanny! :D

Morning hun :) I know you cant have the camomille as its not a leaf but a flower. I'm 100% sure about the others, but I think its really only pure peppermint tea xxx

yeah I think I have probably eaten less calories than normal as I have two more shakes to have yet but just cant face them :(

Oooh yes i've been hearing it on the news, dartmoor and bodmin moor, kind of took us by surprise! Take care xxx

yeah i was upset Caroline, although they knew she was walking home halfway, I would have needed to meet her. I think what happened was this morning it was light rain, then all of a sudden the snow came unexpectedly, and they must have made a snap decision. And I guess with 300 kids the phones...

Thanks twinkle....I guess i was upset they never rang :( But she had a huge cuddle and hot chocolate when she got home bless her....mothers never stop worrying do they? xxx

Ahh Natalie, you have it bad near derriford I hear? I am in Liskeard and its been gridlocked! I phoned my dad in saltash to see if he was home and ok..and he asked what i was going on about lol. It seems its localised to near dartmoor and bodmin moor :( Guess the schools will be shut tomorrow...

Well last night I had two forkfuls of tuna, which i wasnt worried about really, mostly because I felt really yucky and couldnt sleep. Well this morning my son woke up major temp and sickness, and has been home from school, my daughter went to school. I started feeling worse throughout the day...

Caroline dont feel bad....ask yourself this, is she in it for the extra money, or committed to helping her clients lose weight? I know which one I would put my money on, especially as she seems to have difficulty 'fitting' things in. Its YOUR life sweetie, your weightloss, a (hopefully) once ina...

Oooh thats good! 3lb of fat that doesnt belong to you anymore!! Well done :) :) xxx

Whooooooooooo!!! Go Girl!!! A HUGE well done!!! :) :) :) xxx

Did she replace them with something else? I don't think thats on at all, after all it her job to make sure you get what you have asked/paid for. I would ring her up and ask her to swap them when she gets them in. After all, you are paying her!! She has been a bit unreliable hun hasn't she...

Good luck hun!! xx

I think we all need to be pretty damn happy with ourselves right now. Not eating in such cold weather is soooo hard. I guess our bodies want to go into hibernation mode, and here we are drinking our shakes and water! What I wouldnt do for a large bowl of stew to warm me up! I think we should...

I'm thinking that your blood sugar levels will be all over the place, and that makes for an uncomfortable time. On SS or even SS+ you will have stable blood sugar all the time, so you wont have the intense cravings that comes after a sugar rush. If you alternate every other day, your body will...

Does your CDC weigh you on those fab scales that tell you what knickers your wearing? lol. Ive had health shocks by going on those scales, its not about vanity for me now. Its about not getting diabetes, other health risks etc. Thats been a HUGE kick up the arse for me. My motivation in the...

Hehehe I was chatting with my CDC yesterday and she was talking in her nutrition mode for a bit. Basically she was saying that I was dehydrated, not from lack of water i'm drinking but from the way my body processes that water into my individual cells. She saw that my ketostick was dark red, and...

Hey Hun, Are you near to the TOTM? It could be you are holding onto water. When I did the TFR last time it was always a week before my period that I would hold water (which was a bummer for me because I have a 21 day cycle). Its also been very cold too, I wonder if our bodies go into...

Thanks guys :) I was actually craving a pepperami (?!) don't what that was all about lol. Oh well..new day as they say :D

Hmm so last night I was feeling yucky, went to bed to try and sleep the hungry feeling off but just couldnt sleep. I was feeling spaced out and had terrible restless legs (which I get sometimes anyway). So I ate 2 big forkfuls of tuna (in brine). And made a cup of tea with a splash of milk. The...

Wow...I think everyone on CD should be made to do lipotrim for a few days before hand, because after lipotrim the CD 'food' is amazing!!Then it would make the CD seem like a treat! :D:D:D I'm just drinking my last shake...toffee and walnut and it is sooo nice! I'm getting a bit excited about...

Oh! I would be thrilled if I had only put on 4lb! Most of that will be glycogen and water...so when you are back on track with the CD it will even out quickly :) x

Hi Jaxie, glad your first day is doing good! Its soooo cold we should have bravery awards eating nothing lol :) xx

I would just stick to what the CDC says go from her scales as you will be weighing on them. I have decided to buy some scales for me at home, but was worried I would get obsessive about it lol. But at the end of the day, if the diet is done 100% correctly then you will lose the maximum amount...

and well done on 11lb!!! Woot!! :) xx

You need to keep your vits and minerals up hun especially if you arent feeling well. And if you have had any diverse effects the other end....lots of water too. But then you dont want to force eating as you might just bring it back up. have you any multi vitamins you can take for a while? xx

Like acid that comes up back up and makes you belch...its horrible :( xxx

Oh forgot to say peppermint tea is really good for dicky tummy's too :)

Caroline there has been a bug going round that is sweeping through the schools (we had it a week after christmas) its nausea, sicky, stomach cramps and lots of heartburn gastric symptoms....maybe its that? xxx

Ive used the fibre stuff they sell within CD (first spoonful mis morning) and feeling a bit errmm bunged up this morning, I can say this afternoon its worked! One pot goes a long way too, 1tsp in your first drink. :) xx

Crikey you are being tested hun arent you? Can you go and have zero carb things like chicken and a few spring vegetables? xx

yaay well done!! Thats brilliant :) xx

Thanks Michelle.....its helping me keep motivated lol, everytime I want to eat (which actually isnt very often) I watch the vid! :) xxx

are they plain ones or the apple and cinnamon ones? I had the A&C one this morning...and they were sooooo nice! :) xx

Wow thats brilliant giving up smoking! Thats my next mission, I just dont think my brain could cope with giving up eating AND smoking lol. I love this CDC I feel soooo different now than last week, it just shows how quick your body can bounce back after abusing it with rubbish for so long! :) xx

Oh well done! Sorry about your working conditions :( Its no fun being so cold and not being able to eat to warm up a bit. But just think of all those calories you will burn by shivering with cold!! ok not a good incentive but funny to think of.....hope your day flies by xxx

Monday morning and my second appointment with my counsellor so after 3 days I have lost 5lb...i'm so happy with that! She also gave me a good talking to health wise, which I have uploaded on another blog. For me now, this is about health and not what I look like, I never thought I would feel...

Thankyou my lovelies! I am sat here eating the apple and cinnamon porridge....and wow...its lush! :) xx

And I have lost 5lbs!!! Whooooo I am sooo happy with that! :D:D:D:D

Hi Paul, I am a single mum to two children. Whilst i'm not on benefits I am on a very tight budget. I have found that I am spending far less on CD than I was eating normally. I would do my weekly shop and in my mind think, oh I only spend so and so on shopping but in reality I can spend at...

here is some info I have just found: In the typical American lifestyle, diets full of sugar and refined carbohydrates combined with stress trigger a cycle that begins with either insulin or cortisol malfunctioning and results in an imbalance between estrogen and progesterone. This is how...

Oh thats interesting too, so like your body is telling you to eat, even though your not feeling hungry could be something to do with blood sugar levels then? It would also explain why I am an emotional eater in that I eat to feel happy, so if high blood sugar levels can make us a bit euphoric...

My counseller has asked me to diary when I have my shakes/water/coffee so she can see how I feel an hour or so after a shake etc. She said she was 'talking in her other hat', she is also a nutritionist something or other. But she wants to watch my hormones. TBH I wasnt completely sure what she...

yes make some peppermint tea, let it go cold then use it to mix your shake. On lipotrim (sorry to keep coming back to that lol) there was no choc/mint shake....so I used to do that with the regular chocolate ones :) xx

Thanks MM I think the pods only contain real coffee, but I just had a panic whether they put anything else in them. You never know what they do to make it taste so nice! :) xx

Ahh I think those are similar to what my CDC has (had to stand on them barefoot to read the electromagnet thingy's in my feet). Thanks for all your replies, I think I will get some. When I hit maintenance it will be useful :) xx

when I was doing the lipotrim I used chilli powder or curry powder in the chicken soup (but TBH even arsenic would have made those soups taste better!!) :)

Ooh well done maro! Thats really good! xx

Well, after tomorrow my CDC wants to see me a week after, then it will be every two weeks. I don't have any scales, but I'm thinking of buying some just to keep my momentum up in those long two weeks! What do you think...should I or shouldn't I? ;)

Ahh lovely....a bit further north i'm from St germans near Liskeard :) xx

Hey pixie....good luck for tomorrow! Where abouts in Cornwall were you from? xx

This may be a really stupid question....but I have been drinking black coffee from a krups Docle Gusto machine. And i was just checking the ingedients of the classico coffee and it say this: Energy778 kJ 186 kcal4 kJ 1 kcal (GDA <1%)Protein8 g0,1 g GDA <1%Carbohydrate of which sugars0,1 g...

ps...I never thought I would ever get excited about something like porridge haha!:D:D:D

Oh I'm very excited now! I see my CDC at 9am so will have it when I get back home for breakfast :) xx

Hmm black coffee is readily available in coffee shops etc but do you drink anything like peppermint tea? If you do, maybe a box of those so you can make your own in your hotel room. :) x

Funny seeing this post, I have just had an email off my CDC, she has been emailing me twice a day to see how i'm doing and she wrote at the end, that I should be looking at 12 weeks of SS and each time I go to see her (every two weeks) she will be reviewing my plan and talking things over. Not...

AlyB thats exactly what I was going to write too. yesterday I had a huge snack attack when I was making the kids tea. In an effort to keep things as normal as possible for them I was to have my soup sitting at the table with them. So tonight I decided to have my soup whilst I was cooking there...

I love these diary's they are such a good help! And wow only gaining 10lb thats fab....hope the leather trousers fit, they sound awesome and a lovely incentive :) xx

Well done all you day 6er's! Im 3 days behind you and all your posts are doing me the world of good! Ive got to go see my CDC tomorrow, so it will only be 3 days....i'm considering asking her not to tell me the loss till the following monday, but let her tell me whether I have lost anything. I...

Thanks guys....day 3 and feeling good so far. It is feeling easier than yesterday :) xxx

heheehe!! That made me chuckle! On friday i was walking the kids to school and the smell of pasties was wafting out of someones house, and I actually thought yuck! Normally i would have rushed off and bought a pasty (for breakfast!!) lol :) xx

I've been told that peppermint tea is fine, good job because i'm drinking loads of it! And an added bonus is that the minty taste makes me not want to eat anything, and its great for digestion. I add two sweetex (tablet form) with mine. xx

Oooh thats good to know....I had a thought that it might be disgustingly salty or something! xx

Oh yes this weather just makes you want to comfort eat and hibernate like animals should! I agree with you on the alcohol front, I am a single mum and I dont often get to go out, so mostly on a sat my best mate and I would cook a lovely meal and drink a substancial amount of wine or spirits...

Thats amazing! Well done and such a good motivator to see a loss like that :) xxxx

Well coming into day 3 and so far I feel fine. yesterday teatime was a bit 'hairy' as I was making the kids tea and had a massive snack attack! Although I never gave in and went and played tennis on the Wii instead. I did my second youtube upload lastnight and thats keeping me really motivated :)

*waves hello* I am on day 2 and reading your loses has put a smile on my face before bed! Your start weight is practically the same as mine! Happy belated Birthday :)

I got hungry for the first time tonight whilst I was cooking the kids tea, so I got right on the Wii and played tennis, I was so engrossed in winning lol, that I forgot I was ever hungry. I also made myself a huge glass of peppermint tea. So, the Wii it is I think! :)

I have to go see my CDC on Monday, she didnt want to let many days pass before I went back in. And I have ordered porridge. I'm not a huge fan of it unless its laced with sugar. So, I have been using sweetex in my peppermint tea (tablet form) so im wondering if its ok to add the sweetner to the...

Ooh no you are not a failure! A failure is someone who gives up, writes it off and never returns to what they wanted to acheive!!! And i think, that recognising your blip, and wanting to carry on is something to be proud of! Keep going, its behind you.....you CAN do it :) xxx

I think the guilt can swing you two ways. One way it can make you give it all up and label yourself a failure, or you can use it to make a note of how you feel, then move on. I don't think you would have done much damage to be honest, but I think its the guilt feeling that can cause the...

I agree with the bio oil, its great. My babies were both 10lb ers and I was like a house when I was pregnant, I have stretch marks but 8 years later they have faded, and I think the bio oil helped. I don't think I will ever get rid of the overhang, but well....baby battle scars I say! :)

Cappachino, i'm not too sure, but i'm sure someone here can help. I have to say i'm rather looking forward to the bars! :)

Caroline, my CDC gave me some chocolate mint mousse she had made (when I saw her yesterday), but she added twice the amount of water than she would for a shake. Not sure if this would make a difference, but it was lovely :)

yaaay well done! Thats willpower....KFC would have done it for me for sure! xx

Thankyou everyone, it has passed now, thankfully! I drank a massive glass of peppermint tea and the heartburn has gone. I put the kids to bed and had a few games of tennis on the Wii (I'm addicted to the tennis even do the shouting bit ha!). So feel loads better now. I'm so glad i chucked the...

I've just been feeling the same! I'm not hungry in my tummy either...its hunger from my mind I think :(

Ahh I see...do they have more calories? Can you have them straight away or are they limited for a bit like the bars? xx

I started low carbing on Thursday, ready for my appointment friday. So friday morning I had nothing but black coffee and peppermint tea, then my shake around 3pm. I felt fab friday (yesterday) and great this morning. Even getting up wide awake, which is a first for me lol But now that the day...

Whats the difference between the shakes and the tetras? Is it that one is ready made and one isnt? I see quite a difference in the price too :confused:

Hmm I cant stand normal tomato soup, so I wouldnt dare go near that one! However....I just had the oriental chilli soup...and..wow!! Its soooo nice! I love coriander and its loaded with it, I really want a second bowl now but I know I cant :(

Hey pixie...us Cornish gals are the robust type...we can do it lol!!! Glad you are feeling better xx

Kind of makes you realise how much we poison our bodies doesn't it :( Oh well....onward and up from here!! xx

yaaay! Its a good feeling isnt it...well done, so pleased you worked through it. Now if I feel tempted I will read that thread of yours and know it can be done xx

whooo thats fab Naomi! Well done, I bet your well happy :) :)

I agree with KD, for me personally if I am looking to tweak this diet then I know that will give me a kind of permission to start the fast road back to unhealthy eating. I give myself and inch...I take a mile! I have to do it by the book, its been tried, tested and proven, and thats good...

It will be a distant memory tomorrow! keep going and know that you CAN do this xx

Its the biggest industry in the world, so much money being made off the backs of people 'fancying' something. If you look at the american lifestyle everything is bigger, (supposedly better) and faster....what the public wants the public gets, terrible greed really. Look how much christmas has...

Oh well done! You must be sooo happy with that :)

hehe thanks truffles, the world of internet blogging is all new to me, but i thought I just as well go the whole way, that way i have more to keep me motivated! And well done on day 5! xxx

Claire, good luck with the treatment, I hope it brings you some relief and hope for a better future. Loadsa love to you xxx

Aww bless ya maro xx Ummm for me it was seeing all the christmas pictures, and the amount of time I had to spend deleting them all. Also the fact I had to PM my friends on facebook and tell them not to tag me in pictures lol. I realised I was doing my utmost not to be seen which is silly...

Lousia thats great, it is isnt it....on lipotrim it was 'drink this and put up with it' lol. I love the flavours I have tried so far and there is so much to choose from, I cant see me getting bored! xx

Hi Caroline, I'm quite near Looe on the SE coast, 10 mins from the beach but to cold in this weather! Good luck with getting to Uni, what are you studying? xxx

Oh thats brilliant..well done!! xx

My experience on lipotrim with my ex was awful. We had major issues within our relationship anyway which didnt help (he is bipolar) and he would refuse to even cook once for me. I remember having to cook full on (lovely) meals for him, different stuff for the kids and then obviously the shakes...

I got through day one! And it was great, I feel different already. The kids and I are 'stop gapping' in an apartment in the centre of town and its awful, really noisy from pubs and clubs and so because of this our sleep patterns have been all over the place. I am hoping to move in March when my...

Morning everyone! Hope you are all well and not too cold! I am in SE Cornwall, and whilst the snow has hit the bottom end of Cornwall quite bad, we are doing ok here, although they give more this weekend. Hurry up spring! :)

Oooh me too please! caroline g - 44lbs (Total lost 0lbs) designerdiva - 24lbs (Total lost 0lbs) Aseyan - 45lbs (Total lost 0lbs) Cappachino - 56lbs (Total lost 0lbs) trisha - 26 lbs (Total loss 0 lbs) Pheonix - 40 lb (total loss 0 lbs)

I think today after spending my first appointment with my new CDC I actually understand about ketosis! My old lipotrim lady didnt explain in depth and I never gave it much thought just got on with it. Now i'm understanding that ketones are produced when the body is burning fat rather than...

I'm sorry to hear you are going through this :( Could it be possible you have the tummy bug thats been sweeping schools? My children and I had it, and it was like a gastro bug, lots of heartburn and acid reflux. It also wiped us out, I was so tired for a few days. I agree with what many people...

hehe Becca, it was a now or never thing, im normally really quite a private person and thought oh sod it! The more people subscribe the more I am not going to be able to it give up, thats the method in my madness. Course I have told myself none of my exe's will be searching 'cambridge diet' so I...

thanks everyone...its a fab feeling isnt it :) And almost as fab as my first shake of the day...yummy vanilla!! xx

Thankyou Zoe :) No she doesnt charge any extra, subsequent appointments wont be so long, but she has told me that the help she can give will be invaluable during the maintenance and that she will let me know what meal recipes will be beneficial to my body type. She was eating the wrong types of...

I have just spent an amazing 2 hours with my counsellor, and she spoke the most truth anyone has spoken to me in years! She is a committed Cambridge consultant and also a nutritionist. We ran through every detail of the cambridge diet but she also spoke alot about nutritional things to do...

whoa thats fab! Well done xxx

"Most so-called Failures are only temporary defeats." I read this on a facebook status....so true! A failure lasts a monent in time, yet we have eons of time to turn it around :)

Ahhh in Devon! The beautiful westcountry :) I actually come from Cornwall, so my move to Yorkshire was the test (my ex partner came from there), I loved the scenery and moors a beautiful place but I must admit I did find it very strange being away from good ole cornwall! So, now i'm back home...

Hi twinkle, this weather can play havoc with appointments, it really is bad luck :( Exactly the same happened to me in the middle of lipotrim last year, the snow came (I lived on the yorkshire moors) and I was forced to refeed...which was like a green traffic light to me!! Then I moved area and...

Hi Everyone! day 1 for me and feeling very positive and excited! xx

Thankyou my lovelies :) xx

Hey Truffle....your doing fab! That first week is just great for motivation, and it looks like you are about to hit ketosis, be prepared to feel great! I have my app today and am so excited...what a great year this will be!! Well done on getting to day 4...it goes quick doesnt it? xx

I am soo excited, I have started the day off with a black coffee. Not quite awake enough to drink water yet lol. I have my appointment at 1pm today and decided to get right on it from this morning instead of waiting for tomorrow. So, my first shake will be at lunch time. I cut out the carbs...

Thankyou Michelle :) I started a video blog last night to chart my prgress. I'm very excited to be starting today! YouTube - The Cambridge Diet

what a fab girl, I have just spend most of the evening watching her blogs! In fact it has inspired me to blog my own journey, a great idea. Thanks for posting the link. And Helen (if you read this) you look amazing! x

Hey Caroline, I start tomorrow also.....I'm done with shovelling rubbish down my neck and cant wait! xx

On lipotrim my counseller sold me the listerine strips, but they don't seem to be available anymore :( Some mouthwashes were allowed (cant remember which)....does anyone use anything? If so what? :D

After christmas is such a good time to start, im sick of alcohol and eating lol. Just think how fab we will all look by summer!! xx

Oh well done Nicky! xx

We had that horrible bug at christmas, not really a sicky buy but more a gastric one, running to the loo and stomach cramps, its not nice but it passed in 24 hrs. You can do it!!! Don't give in, think how terrible you will feel after :( And if you do eat something it will give you worse sicky...

I tended to gain water the week before, so a slight loss rather than a bigger loss was a clue it was nearing 'my time'! But it all evens out in the end :)

Tonight is the night before....and i'm sooo ready for this! I've been carb free all day and am just drinking black coffee and peppermint tea this evening, tomorrow morning just black coffee then my app at 1PM. My CDC wants to see me for 2 hours....god knows what she will do! :)

Well I have just hit the town shops and popped into M&Co with a view to getting the kids some clothes in the sales...and what sales! They are literaly giving stuff away at £2 -£7 for loads of kids tops and stuff! So anyway, here I am all excited about finally getting back on the TFR wagon and...

Hi truffles...yaay we can do it! xx

I think you need 50 posts to access peoples accounts and add them as friends :) Keep posting! (And 20 to be able to a pic of yourself as an avatar) x

On lipotrim (im yet to start CD) I used to mix a hefty spoon of coffee with the vanilla to make a kind of latte...that was nice and warming :)

Hmmm I would like to be enjoying a romantic warm summers evening stroll on the beach with a handsome, gorgoeus man, in a floaty hippy type dress (size 10). I wouldnt be afraid of skinny dipping neither! x

Aseyan, I am exactly the same, I associate food with happiness. When I was a girl, my homelife was not ideal, and at holidays I would be shipped of to my grandparents which was the happiest times of my childhood. My gran was such a lovely woman, and made all sorts of homemade food, all given to...

Oh hope, you give me hope! I'm so looking forward to this one as lipotrim was a bit errrm..bland? I so cant wait till friday, i'm totally sick of this bloated feeling :)

I have about 7 stone to lose, and the wonderful thing is by summer I will have done it. Photo's this year of me on the beach will be good enough to show people, and I wont be the one hiding behind the camera! Whooo! Its hard, there are times when your will power will fail, but keep on going...

I think I am going to write this entry about how i'm feeling right now. Then next week I can re read (or whever I need to) and hopefully it will give me some oomph when I feel I cant cope. I've just walked down the town with my two little ones to do some shopping. It was snowing heavily so we...

I agree with the self sabotage thing that people are echoing, its certainly why I am not a slim size 10 right now. Along this journey of CD i'm hoping to care enough about myself every week to make it. I'm going to give myself permission to respect my body and get through this. I know I have...

I would say that we are only human. Hating yourself for having a bit of a blip will only make things worse, I think self loathing is a huge part of why I stuff rubbish in my mouth day after day, I dont feel I 'deserve' to respect my body by eating sensibly, its a viscious circle isnt it...

I suffered with terrible dizziness when I had fluid behind my ear after a cold, and it came an went for months. Has your doctor definately put it down to the TFR or could it be something else? I have to use a steroid spray up my nose every so often as it comes and goes if I get a little bug. Its...

Im planning ahead here! Do you give yourself a weekly reward for losing a few pounds? Obviously food is not a reward, but maybe a special face mask, a soak in a bubble bath or a self makeover? I would love to gather some ideas that I could use as rewards over the weeks to come. And do you have...

Well done!...you have no idea what inspiration these posts are when you can feel the energy of the person bursting with pride and happiness at what they have acheived...brilliant! x

Hi Tracey, the more the merrier! And I reckon anything is worth a try once, this diet (well the whole TFR thing) suits me well because I have such a terrible relationship with food which I intend to explore a bit more and try and work on my vulnerabilities. Also...well...I just wanna be skinny...

Hey guys..thanks for the welcome. My CDC lady is charging me 35.50 a week which I think was pretty much what I was paying on lipotrim, and with so much more to chose from than liprotrim i'm very happy with that! :) Cant wait to start on Saturday morning (I see her friday).

Hi Pixie, I'm a newbie here too, I start mine on friday (cant wait!), I'm looking forward to making my breakfast one a vanilla with coffee in it heated up, I'm hoping the soups will be ok too, as we need something to keep us warm in this freezing weather! x

Oh! Fab....I need to lose a small calf and an ostrich egg!! Love it! (I may turn that into a mantra lol)

Well done...its a great feeling isnt it :)

Good Luck specialK, I am starting on friday so will be glad to read your posts! :)

Thanks Mrsessex, im really looking forward to dropping the food/emotional/guilt thing for a while. I have my appointment on friday so I need to be careful that I dont eat everything in sight before then!

Yeah I agree with the others about atkins, whilst it will continue to keep you in ketosis its also very expensive (the price of meat at the moment is horrendous!). Its a shame you can't continue, for me personally (I am a single mum), being on CDC will be cheaper than buying food for me alone. I...

Hi Caroline, I had exactly the same sort of discouragement from people when I was doing Lipotrim last year. Most notibally from my ex partner who I was living with at the time. I think its jealousy to be honest, it takes alot of determination to stick to a TFR and I think it rankles some...

Thankyou Porgoeus, I am looking forward to dissasociating myself from food, especially after christmas! I seem to see my time with lipotrim (I lost 2 stone in a month and half but had to stop when I broke up with ex and moved 300 miles lol) through rose tinted glasses, and the longing to feel...

Oh and Porgeous, you look fantastic! A real inspiration :)

Thankyou so much for your replies. I am not on any medication and my BMI is somewhere around 36. Hopefully she will be able to squeeze me in and I can start sooner rather than later :)

When I think of the amount of money I spend just 'nipping down the shop' a bottle of wine, some chocolate, something for a pudding treat for the kids, a takeaway because I cant be bothered to cook, a magazine (oh I must have chocolate with that) etc etc I'm gonna save a packet doing CD! And...

Well, im reading as much info as i can, and i'm seeing that a doctor needs to give his signature, for a certain type of ss. I have emailed a counsellor who works from a local wellbeing centre in my town, being a sat I was reluctant to phone. I'm just wondering on average how long the whole...

Hmm I am yet to contact the counsellor so i'm not sure how long I will have to wait to get to see her, or whether she will start it asap....I'm not sure what plan I will be doing either. But it will be a jump straight in on the day thing for me, I know if I give myself an ounce of leeway, I will...

Hi Hope, like you I did lipotrim, but found the flavours very limiting. Although the actual diet worked well for me, I have since moved and cant find a close chemist. I'm looking forward to removing myself from the 'food' situation as this seems to work well for me. Nice to see another...

Thankyou for the warm welcome, heres a big thumbs up to 2010 :) xx

Thats so cool, I am a huge beleiver in the fact I am over weight is to do with my emotions/thoughts etc. I have lots of residue left over from my childhood and some of my happiest memories were spending time away from my unhappy homelife into the bosom of a holiday with my grandparents. My gran...

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and new to the cambridge diet. I have done lipotrim before, and did well. I was in the middle of it when i split from my partner (who I now see was my main reason for dieting!), and so that took me on an emotional eating rollercoaster! Now I am single, and...