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Hey lauren, I was told its 1 can a day - but my ex consultant recommended once now and again - I think she says that though because coke zero seems to make you incredibly hungry. I had two days of having coke zero and then gave it up because the hunger was unbearable! If it helps you though ...

Thanks - I didn't feel very happy because of eating the dressing :( and the scales haven't moved today so I'm hoping I'm not out of ketosis. Just coming off totm do hopefully that's the reason! Oh well - today's a new day and doing good so far x

Was doing so well and now I've met up with a friend in central London and had food - I had a lemon and herb chicken with edamame and pea salad which was 285 calories - could I count that as an ss+ meal or have I messed everything up? It had a dressing as well argh!!!!!! Shiiiiit :( x

Did you know that our bodies can actually process 13 litres of water a day? I thought electrolytes was to do with a lot of exercise and then lots of water - but I'm not medically qualified either so dont take that as official lol. I would have thought 6 is ok as long as it is properly spread out...

Hey jennie! Welcome to CD, I did lighter life a few years ago and lost 3 stone, but alas I put it nearly all back on :( I've lost 2 stone in 7 weeks on Cambridge, and although you don't have the counselling, for me I don't find it makes any difference. I don't need counselling this time around -...

And he was raised fine from a puppy, he's treated very well and loved and told off when he's done something naughty. So I don't know if Rottweilers have a part that can never be domesticated or something.. Or just some abnormality that isn't present in all of them? Also Zeus hasn't been...

Thanks everyone, I'm ok just about got over the shock but I was in tears I don't really remember what happened after he bit me when my boyfriend cleaned me up. Should be ok but it's so sore and throbbing I can't use my thumb very much as that's where he did most damage. I feel quite tired from...

Oh my god.. I've just been attacked by my boyfriends Rottweiler. He went for my hand and was so violent with it he's left gashes.. I don't know what to do, I'm totally in shock. He's been very told off and is properly in the dog house but I don't know if I can ever leave this room again! Sorry...

Woohoo that's fantastic :) same height n start weight as me x

Well done Lola that's amazing chick!! The weight will just drop off. Keep up the good work :) x

Woohoo what an achievement :) well done that is amazing x

(sorry not sure what step you are on!)

Have u tried crispy kale? If you buy some kale leaves, make sure they're lightly coated in oil and put them in the oven for 10-15 mins they go crispy like crisps, then sprinkle a light bit of salt on them (can you have salt?) and they are so delicious without the cals! Taste better than crisps...

I'm on totm at the mo and I have definitely felt hungry! Tummy rumbles and everything. I'm in my 4th week so I haven't understood it either! I am a big water drinker too, I manage 4-5 litres a day no probs :) bloody tummy needs to stop complaining! I'm really craving vegetables right now I even...

Pellegrino? It is pretty nice (the still version) not at all keen on sparkling! Sort of wish I was would give me more variety lol x

Don't beat yourself up this is a learning curve! An will make us think in future when it comes to it so it's all relative experience :) you won't have done any damage but well done on recognising it :) X

Dont worry Lola! My CDC said I could have 1 can of diet coke a day, although a lot of people disagree as does my previous CDC who says to have it only if desperate, Because diet coke has citric acid in it it apparently COULD take you out of ketosis. I had 2 diet Cokes last week before my ex CDC...

Thanks :) this made me feel much better! The chicken definitely helped. Just fed up as feels like I've felt like this too often over the last week, TOTM seems all messed up gah! Xx

So it's day 10 for me now and TOTM is being very indecisive but attempting to show itself, probably cuz I had a new implant put in recently, but I have pms and everything that goes with it on this diet and I feel so exhausted and headachey an generally poo! Does anyone else find this happens...

It will definitely help! I've done that with a few small dresses. Other things I do is look at photos of me or stand naked in front of a mirror...definitely not happy with what I see! That has to go! Makes me more determined. Don't worry - once you are in ketosis you won't feel hungry and...

I'm reading this thread at 3am when I have work tomorrow! Damn iPhone app! Love reading your stories and little convos (even if I feel a bit stalkerish) keeps me motivated and reminds me I'm not the only one going through this lol. Well done on your losses :) Xx

I find my losses increase when I up my water intake but I think that only happens up to a point. I have drank 4-5 litres a day for the last 2 weeks and lost 5lb each time. I like and drink water anyway and quite like the challenge so I don't find it difficult now I'm used to it. Make sure you...

Im on day 8 an even went for number 2 this morn! It is a lot less but maybe 3 or 4 times this week - just little amounts but im wondering if that's leftover real food im still clearing out? I tried the coke zero thing - wouldnt recommend as it seems to make me really damn hungry! Good luck...

Lol Toria I feel the same about water - everyone else thinks I'm crazy! Am very particular... faves are volvic and Isklar Some are really hard to drink, especially tap water in london. And my boyfriends room is literally over run with plastic bottles, but if I'm only drinking water it has to be...

Brilliant lumpy bumps well done! Keep up the good work!! Xx

Yeah today is day 6 and it's the most tired I've felt, putting it down to body gearing up or something god knows... I'm definitely in ketosis though. Poor fellow close ones I do feel for them! Xx

Had last shake at 8pm but we didn't get to sleep till about 5am last night, I literally woke up about 3pm! Anyway I have felt so weak with no energy, presumably as gone so long without shake so Ive made one, but the poor boy has totally took the brunt of my mood! So he's gone out to buy me...

Argh I'm going crazy I literally cannot stop going to the loo, must be nearing like 25 times now... Sorry if tmi! Just starting to feel really annoyed at my day being disrupted in impossible times! Gaaargh!!!

Ice ice baby!! I always blend ice with my shakes, ice is my staple! and try adding a bit more water than stated to dilute the taste. My faves are cappuccino with a spoonful of coffee and choc mint. Try and eat all your packs cuz if u get into the habit it may slow down your weightloss and not...

I think I may leave the fizzy drinks too - when I did LL before we could only have water and that was fine as water is fave drink, but now I've heard can have diet coke/coke zero... I'm actually sitting here with a coke zero cuz I'm at work n hoped it would make me feel better somehow - but all...

Epiphany!

I am managing between 4 and 5 litres a day, I think because ive always liked water it's not too bad, I am finding it easier every day to drink that amount, but to begin with it was a bit of an effort. 2 litres already today. I literally cannot stop weeing though - scared to leave house! Too many...

No it's from an organic cafe, just a skinny latte with nothing else. Has been sitting on my desk as I have been unsure whether to drink it! I was worried it might pull me out of ketosis. But thanks for your replies I think I may have it and enjoy it :) I love how this diet really makes you think...

I have flu at the mo and have come into work, my mum has bought be a skinny latte but I forgot as I am a novice coffee drinker, it's made with milk!! I want to have it as I feel so crap it might make me feel better but is this a really bad idea should I throw it away? Xx

You will deffo lose 10lbs, probably nearing a stone and a half if u did it for 44 days! I lost 7lbs in my first week but it can depend on how much u have to lose. The shakes are fine as well - id never say they taste better than a nice healthy meal but they can be quite nice, certainly...

Wow ladybug that's amazing! Such a good loss, this diet really is incredible. I bet you lose a stone by your weigh in! Have you done a vlcd before? Running a cafe would be torture! Definite respect for you managing that! :p I think I've lost 3lbs since my weigh in Monday in hoping to make it...

Happy day 5 fellow day 5ers :) thought I'd join this post as I am also day 5 (again) no more stopping now though, it's from here to the finish! How is everyone getting on? Xx

Do you find differences with your losses tammy? Xx

Wow rosb and after you'd been on hol! What an achievement well done :) c

Thanks for your advice :) I may as well double check! X

Thanks hm :) At risk I sounding stupid what does malic acid do? I much prefer diet coke do you think it would be better to stick to coke zero? I dont have diet coke every day just now n then but I don't want to at all if it'll affect ketosis! X

Hey guys, So I've been told by my CDC that I can have a can of diet coke a day but other people talk about coke zero? What actually is the difference between diet coke and coke zero? As far as I know they are both sugar free! Should I be keeping off the diet? Xx

Have you tried putting ice in the shakes? I couldn't get by if it wasn't for ice! My faves are choc mint shake with blended or cubed ice if you can't do blended, or cappuccino with blended or cubed ice and a tablespoon/teaspoon of coffee! Don't get me wrong of much rather be eating food, but the...

** I don't know what a 'slighter allow' taste is but I meant metallic! Damn iPhones! X

Awh thanks everyone for your comforting replies! I felt so ill this morning as I'm coming down with something i think and had no time for shake but I did feel better after despite the pangs of guilt. Was at work all day and had my shake, a can of coke zero and lots of water so glad I kept on...

Wasn't able to make a shake before heading to work this morning, so I bought a packet of chargrilled chicken to eat on the tube as I've felt so unwell since yesterday and really crap today. Today is only day 3 ( had weekend off) and concerned I may have messed everything up! I was doing so well...

This is the second time I've done a VLCD and neither time has my implant affected my weight loss :) x

Hey prettygreeneyes, (greens the best :)) I haven't had the mini pill before but most other contraceptives, and I have found that CWP actually begins to regulate my periods as I lose weight, I imagine it's a combo of both, but before that I would go ages without having a period and they would...

Be prepared for tears and tantrums! Sorry about mistakes it's using bloody iPhones! X

Hi rb93! Welcome to the forum. You do seem to be in the right frame of mind for starting this diet - and that is great because if you don't then your screwed. It is hard as you know - socialising becomes very different and you really have to stay strong. I did lighter life a few years ago and...

I've stopped and started a few times since I started in may and lost about a stone and a half so far - but I find normally after the first week - 2 weeks I feel thinner and a lot less bloated! Good luck!

* I don't know what eyed means but I mean spread out your water intake throughout the day. Damn predictive!

Hi lulu, Welcome to Cambridge and the forum! In response to your question, if you stick with the diet you will lose weight a lot quicker than on ww- of course everyone is different but you tend to lose on average a stone a month on this diet. So I would say you would easily lose a stone in 5...

Ok so I feel worried... Ive only been back on sole source for a week, but I've met up with my dad and brother as they're in London and I'm working here... They were going for a Thai after we went for a drink (me water) in the pub, and then they got a bit tipsy n were upset when I said I was...

So it's day 6 and I'm feeling good. So happy I have got past the hunger pangs, once you get to this point everything is so much easier! Scales are going down each day (although not officially going by them) and I've just moved to London and it a consultant sorted so no excuses for coming off! I...

Liveonce don't look at it like that... You haven't put any on so see it as a positive! Also if u haven't been cheating your pretty much guaranteed a big loss next week! I always find that if I stay the same ill have a good loss the next time. It seems like sometimes it takes a while for the...

Liveonce good luck on your weigh in you've done so well! I hope you report back later :) Alinasmum, well done on sticking it out this far, it can be very hard to get going! How much have you lost so far? Can't believe I did it for 3 months in 2010... Need to get that mindset again! Although...

It must be hard with an airport job! I love how there's people from all walks of life on this forum - its amazing to think about! I admit in not great with shake times... I tended to miss breakfast before cuz I'm always late and I still manage to on CD! I just sort of have one when I'm so...

Thanks guys, i love how people on here are so motivational and inspirational! feeling like I need the support more than ever. My boyfriends having dinner downstairs without me - it's harder compared to a few years ago when I was newly single! This time I've had to face mega challenges job social...

So here I go again... 3rd time lucky! I restarted then stoppe when I was at work in London to realise I had to stay longer n didn't have enough packs with me. This is my 3rd try this time, and 3rd day. I'm adamant I'm going to tick to it! Only have till end of aug before I start my life in...

I have mine with a spoonful of coffee and crushed ice mixed in!

Oh wow that's amazing :) well done chick! How have you found it? X

Hey fellow CDers, how is everyone doing? So I lost just over a stone since beginning of may, but because of a new job in London that temporary, I came off the diet for several weeks, maybe 3... Got on scales at consultants last night and they said I out on half a stone! This has shocked me into...

Wow what a difference! You look amazing hunni keep up the good work :) xx

And ive lost 11lbs since I last saw him and he said 'oh you look less lumpy now' I was so annoyed didn't talk to him for ten mins! Know I was being over sensitive and he didn't mean anything by it, but I nearly killed him lol. Maybe I over reacted? I do seem much more emotional these days...

Gross gross, I tried a sample pack the other day blended with ice n everything but was still nasty. Blurry! They need to being out a peanut pack!

Well done!!! I got weighed last night n 7lbs off for me for first week. Feels like I've been doing this longer than a week though... How are you getting on? Xx

So I had my first weigh in last night, and in a week I've lost 7lbs! So happy, on lighter life I only lost 5 in first week :) also lost an average of 1.5 inches everywhere! If that's not an incentive to keep going, I don't know what is! A gross question, but I've been going to the loo (for the...

Hey maz, welcome to the forum! Sounds exactly like me, on day 1 I started with a maple and pecan porridge, it was so grim I had to force myself to finish it! I promise you it was easier n things will start tasting better once u get into ketosis, I recommend the chocolate mint or choc orange...

Welcome to CD and the forum! I lost about 3.5 stone a few years ago with lighter life but ended up putting it on again :( so started CD on Tuesday, it is a struggle for the first several days, but gets much easier once u get into ketosis n don't feel hungry anymore! Its an amazing diet if u...

Omg, I think I may die, there's loads of food stalls in town all from over the world, cheeses, meats, vegetables, waffles burgers, it's intense and I am starving, but just bought a green tea instead and sat drinking it with a magazine... The smells are incredible though! I feel sad that I cant...

Ok buddy :), god knows I need the support! Still hungry but it seems to be subsiding... I'm really tired today for some reason, and I went to bed earlier last nightt! I'm waiting for the energy to kick in. :/ however I do feel much lighter and dare I say it a bit thinner....! I wonder how much...

Ooh interesting, thanks for the tip! How do you get your shakes slushy? I put in ice cubes in with water then blend, but should I just make the whole thing with ice cubes? Xx

Thanks girls, it's nice to know we aren't alone at least, at leastI feel like the inches are beginning to melt away as I am defiantly entering the full swings of ketosis now :) x

I just had ice blended with butterscotch shake, it tastes like butterscotch sort of but it smells horrible like plasticine!

Same, on day 3 and have kept having sweeping waves of nausea! It will go though x

Oops I meant when I go away I don't want to still be looking like pig/ whale etc!

Well done Hun, when I did lighter life I wasn't hungry from the beginning, it makes it easier! Alas this time around I haven't been so lucky, absolutely starving most of the day! Sounds like you are in a good place mentally for the diet, it is a big focus but what's a better thing to focus on...

No dont eat tiggy! You've done so well today imagine how awful you would feel if you gave in... Although you are sick so if you really feel its necessary to eat then just have something that's high in protein like Tuna or egg whites... I'm so hungry too but if we give in it will be longer to...

I'm sure it's obvious from the title what I'm gonna ask, but I'm on my 3rd day n wondering if extra exercise like going for walk or running up n downstairs will shift anything extra for my 1st weigh in? Or would it be counter productive? Xx

I've been drinking green tea but may go in for red bush! Anything to increase my menu size lol. It's funny, my colleague gave me a skittle yesterday and I chewed it then realised what I was doing! Spat it back out, my colleague said 'it's only a one skittle!' but it's a slippery slope! If we...

Heyy, yeah I'm on day 3 of ss too, been having quite a few headaches n feel quite dizzy not to mention I've been quite hungry over the past few days! And I can't stop peeing! Which is exciting as it means it's working :) I don't have any ketostix though do you think I'll be in ketosis by now...

Hey stephegg welcome to the forum and the most effective diet ever lol. I started CD on Monday but lost over 3 stone with lighter life a few years ago, didn't think I'd ever have to go through this again! But has to be done. Sitting at work with a tetra pack which is lasting a while actually as...

Thanks girls, I'm hoping this disgusted feeling lasts with me for the rest of my life, hidden in a little box at the back of my mind so I remember how I never want to be this again. It's a short period of time and I can do this again. No turning back now! What was everyone's realisation moment...

Woah I can't believe the cheek of your cousin!! How old is she? I deffo get moody 15 year old from your story lol. How rude! Total jealousy she's trying to throw you off course so you don't get skinny and lovely so she won't feel so bad, how transparent! Well you will show her of course, by the...

So second day of CD and apart from being very hungry its going ok... Apart from just now when I took some before photos in a new going out dress and realised I look like a cow in a tent. Omg I didn't realise I look so effing gross. How did I let myself get to this again and not even realise the...

So true!!! Yeah I didn't go back to LL mainly because of the cost, but I also don't think I need to go through the counselling again as I already understand my relationship with food n where I go wrong etc, I like that CD is one on one, will be all the support I need :) and this forum of course...

OK so here goes again, I am a 23 year old photography graduate, starting Cambridge diet after losing over 3 stone with lighterlife in 2010. over the past few years my weight has crept up and I obviously haven't fully addressed my underlying issues with food, but im in the right frame of mind and...

Hey guys, can I join? I did lighter life 2 years ago but put the 3 stone back on that I lost :( started CD today, just had first pack which tasted horrible... Maple porridge, hope they get nicer with time, so I could deffo use the support and in return offer my support :) this will be the last...

Hey hun, 4lbs off is a fantastic loss, imagine if u were doing a 'normal' diet that would be a months worth of hard work! Like everyone has said, it will average out so keep going and remember why you are doing this. What's the alternative to keeping going? Stopping altogether and never getting...

Hey everyone, I'm starting the Cambridge diet today for the first time, but I lost 3 stone with lighter life in 2010. I am ashamed to say that 'somehow' I've put it all back on :( been in denial I must say, thinking I was still smaller then last time, but getting on the scales at my CDCs last...

Can u just turn up? Thinking about going tonight x

! thanks guys, yes i am definatly doing it for me, i cant wait to get to goal, but knowing i want to make my mum proud as well as myself gives me an extra boost. mentally i feel very strong and ready for this journey, im finding it so easy generally to do. in terms of pizza etc, tbh b4 the...

Welcome Emily! I was as excited as you before i started 10 days ago, i spent hours every night reading these forums, and searching for online blogs. ( that were completed!) it really motivated me and made me realise what a good decision this was to make. i lost 9lbs over xmas, just from being at...

first week nearly over and the chilli con carne is one of my faves so far! especially with salt pepper and tobasco sauce. will be getting lots of them for next week =D x

hmm not too keen on the nut fudge bar, is there anything you can do with it to make it crispy like put it in the oven? i guess the choc would melt tho...i liked the taster and info session but is too chewy! xx

oh what! thats so sh*t lol. hmm yeh it doesnt let me look at anyones profiles and dont know how to change or get onto mine...must be it..oh well better get posting! x

lol thanks blonde logic yes i did mean that i think i meant dont worry about it being unhealthy, it is healthy. haha how embarrassing! x

i want to see! how do i see? x

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everything said is so true, when you do all the research and try it you understand! my cousin was 19 stone half a year ago and she is a nurse, but LL was reccommended to her by a doctor cuz she was so overweight, and shes done it and lost over 5 stone! and she cant reccommend the diet enough...

lost 3.5lbs since first day tues=] proper chuffed! just hope that in the next 4 days i can lose a good amount more...xx

Hello fellow january starters! I went to my first meeting tonight although they had originally started 2 weeks ago, and got my foodpacks and had my photo taken... so i start tomorrow morning! really excited but know itll be hard some of the time, but really positive and optimistic =] i have...