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You're right. Would love to avoid my mother but been trying that for 35 years ha ha! Today we had a bbq, with people who have done lipotrim themselves. My friend lost 3 and half stone on it, which inspired me to do it myself. She told me today that she hadn't done TFR but 2 shakes and a meal...

Aw you're all lovely thank you for the support. Yes I think I need to step up the water. Weird tho as I can get til 12 oclock without any shakes, then til about 5. Then in the evening I dont want any and have to force it. Went out for 'lunch' with the family today. Had a litre of sparkling...

Just read that you had your gallbladder out - I did too in February. I got gallstones from doing CD or from being pregnant, and had the gallbladder removed. Then it went wrong and I ended up in hospital for 3 weeks with bile leaks/pancreatitis etc etc.. I often wonder if the diarrea was because...

Yes I did. Exactly as you said. First 6 days was awful, just after each shake. Its stopped now (2weeks on). But then so has the weight loss which is odd. I think it must have something to do with the body getting rid of toxins or something!! No idea!

Hi - every post you write feels like I am reading about me! Obsession with food programs comes top of my list right now! You are doing SO well. I just wish it was working as well for me! How are you doing it!? I have hit major plateaux despite not cheating once!!! Well done you.

So. I am struggling now. Need all the help I can get. 5 days week 2 and only 1 lb off. I havent cheated once. This weight it just not coming off and I have no idea why. I am sticking to my 3 shakes/soup a day (hate them now) and at least 2 litres of water. Hardly shifting. I am really...

GOod luck with weigh in ! Let us know!x

Thank you! I've been really worried today actually and have emailed my consultant who 'saved' me (as it were) when i was so ill earlier in the year. He is a gastro surgeon who is happy for me to stay on it, if I can cope with the diarrhea. Which has continued on day 4. Every single sachet in...

Cheekychick81- am LOVING your thing about jumping up and down in the mirror!!! So true!! Emilyemms - Good luck! Sounds a bit like me.. did CD 2 years ago and lost nearly 3 stone, but then put it on again (with the help of having a baby..) so now am trying lipotrim! I'm on day 3... just had my...

Hi - I just started 3 days ago and am finding this hard!! you have done really well so far. All these diaries are inspiring me - thanks! I want to exercise but I have no energy - does this get better?! Please say yes!! Am exhausted!! cookiex

Hi - I lost alot after my first pregancy doing the CD, then instantly fell pregant again whilst on CD, piled on 3 stone... and here I am ha ha! So I sympathise. you have done so well tho - keep going! Cookiex

Day Two was hard. Really hungry despite all the 3 litres of water. Kept having to go to my wardrobe and look at the clothes which I cant yet fit into, and then I remembered what I want to achieve and then I feel better. I took my daughter to a garden party (buffet food.....my weakness) and took...

Suzie - keep going. I too am now obsessed with food I think, watching the tv shows, and am back to my usual sniffing food...which seems strange,but actually helps. Don't skip a sachet or you will feel awful and your mind/body wont function properly (I guess it doesnt really function properly on...

Hi - I have just joined this forum and just read your diary - you are doing so well. 18 pounds in 2 weeks ! Wow!! I hope I can do that too! I just had chicken soup for the first time and it was nice! Added some pepper to it and it was good. Phew. Loved the chocolate but hated the strawberry...

Wow, well I havent been on here for 2 years! Good to be back! I started CD exactly two years ago, and it turns out that I am the exact same weight now as I was when I started then! I was 14 stone, huge and trying for my 2nd baby. Fell pregnant then miscarried. Was convinced it was because I was...

Oh tess you have been poorly. I hope youre feeling better now? xx

Hello everyone! Sorry I am not on here much at all. Ive kinda hit a brick wall with losing weight - having a pig out at weekends as I keep going out too much to cheer myself up, then have 3 cd's a day and a meal in the week. CDC not happy as I should be coming off it now, but I keep asking to...

Hey! Wow thats amazing!! Ive basically stopped now - am on maintenance but having 3 cd's and then a meal. Not losing much at all as I keep pigging at weekends!! My back injections didnt work much. It keeps giving me pain but its still in spasm which isnt good. How is yours?

Awww you're all so lovely - nearly set me off again!! haha no its fine. Thank you for your support - I dont want to sign off here yet!! Love catching up with your diaries. Anyway, I have a whole afternoon to myself so I am going for a bath now I have finished tidying up toys! Have a great...

Hello everyone! I am being totally rubbish on here now. Its good to catch up on your diaries though - you are all doing so well to keep going. I have hit my 3 stone mark now and am stopping. Well, going to stay on 1000 for a week then move up the plans more. Must say that I am finding it hard...

Well I just cant do it. I have 3 sachets/bars, then an omelette. I think hooray Ive done a day being on 810, then eat a blasted cookie that my daughter brought home from a birthday party. So now I feel guilty and have cheated. I am desperate to lose these next 5 pounds so I can hit 3 stone. But...

Well done for carrying on - 3 more days is good. I wish I could - after SO long of being SO good I am now cheating lots. Not badly, but enough to bother me. I know what you mean about still thinking you're fat - even though Ive lost so much I still personally cant see it physically and think I...

Wow you do sound busy! I think you could drop that by Friday if you stay 100% dont you? I hope your daughter is ok? Is it the winter cold? Eva has not stopped streaming and coughing for about 3 weeks now. Youre so good doing your exercise as well as dieting - I have yet to start... Oh well -...

Hello all, Ive missed writing on here! I have been in Salzburg for a week - absolutely fantastic to get away with my husband and daughter. It is so beautiful at this time of year. BUT Even though I stepped up to 1000 cal on Sunday last week, and even tho I took 2 sachets with me each day... I...

Hey Tess, it sounds like things are looking up with your husband which is great - I was thinking about you while I was away and wondering how you were doing. You are doing really well - I was so pleased for you seeing the 18lbs!! Keep going and stay positivexx

Hey! Got back from our holiday and my laptop wasnt working but its fine now!! I am just going to catch up on all your posts then post again!xx

Hey - were off on monday early. I guess it wont be so hard to lose a bit if I put it on. Hope I dont. Really feeling for you - made me sad to read your post. Hope youre ok. Big hugx

Thanks Tess - yes it is good with everyone noticing. I am 2 pounds off what I wanted to be at - but still half of me wants to keep going and doesnt want to start to eat properly, which is odd after all this time. Its got into a habit now. The other half of me knows I can eat a bit, and has...

Oh Tess I am so sorry. Just read your post. I can relate a little - I feel I do everything here too, and am always saying I work just as hard as my husband plus have the house to run and Eva to deal with and now also having to do all the 'practical' stuff too to our house as he is totally...

Hello - yes Tess is right - if you are 100% then it will drop off! Especially the first week. Good luck!

Sounds like a good evening ahead on the telly! We just had screaming tantrums from Eva because I made her pasta for tea. Refusing all food. Great. She can eat and refuses, I cant and want to!! haha! Have eaten a fairy cake. Feel dreadful so not having my dinner tonight and only having my 3rd...

Hello! Hope you have all had a positive week! Ive been shattered this week - my own fault. Went to see Guns n Roses on Wednesday and didnt get in until 2, then my daughter woke up for another hour! Been having my 3 shakes and one small meal in the evenings. Done quite well I think, not been...

Hey you're back! Glad youre ok and it all went well. Wierd about the indigestion tho - Im getting it too. Putting me off eating! Hope your horses enjoy their new yard! Take carex

Hey! Sorry you're feeling under the weather. I just had mine last week and all I wanted was chocolate! the peanut bar did the trick! I love them!! Having trouble with eating again at the moment which is nasty but am hoping it will pass! right, off to post now! xx

Thanks all! I guess it is such a change to my system that its not going to like it much. Just hoping that it calms down. Am almost going the other way now and dont really want to start eating properly because its not worth feeling this rubbish. Which I know is not good. I need to get myself back...

Hello - I am steadily moving from SS to SS+ and am now on 810 as am nearing my goal (hooray!). Since I have been eating one small meal in the evenings my stomach is going mad straight after and for most of the night. Am only eating what I am allowed on the list, except for having a tiny indian...

Hello all and hello Tess - good to hear you are back on track! I really dont know how you do nights you know! Take my hat off to you! Well, all week I have been in between SS+ and 810. My CDC said I was having a little too much chicken, but I dont really see the problem, so I carried on! Have...

Hey Tess, How are you doing now? Sorry I have been rubbish this week! I have missed catching up on how everyone is doing! how are you feeling? Hope youre ok. Speak soonx

Isn't it ridiculous! Well Ive had a strange weekend. Nibbled a miniscule corner of a cookie yesterday then felt guilty for ages. Then went to a party at work. My husband asked the chef if he could put some dry chicken aside for me while the others all had stroganoff (cant spell). So I got all...

Hello! You sound like youre doing really well so far! Its not that bad so keep it up! Well done!

Hey how are you ? Are you ok and how was your MRI? Hope youre ok x

Hello - sorry I am not on here much. I get sat down on the sofa in the evenings and am falling asleep!! Finding this SS+ quite good. Except for the ridiculous portion sizes!! Ive been having small bits of chicken, white fish, 2 tablespoons of veg every night this week. I look forward to it...

OOh you poor thing. I feel for you - I would feel a bit sort of in limbo I guess! I bet thats nasty. What caused it? Is it just a viral thing? I would say have a CD maybe once a day? Unless you were told not to have any at all? What with your daughter then you! You are going through it! Its not...

Good luck for the next few weeks! Keep strong!x

Well, after only being weighed on Wednesday I have been to see my CDC and have lost 2 pounds since then. Bit miffed as I again have stuck to the plan. I moved up to SS+ on Saturday and have had a yummy chicken and courgette kebab for two nights running, then just had steamed cod and broccoli...

Hello! how was the film? How are you and Jess doing? Sorry not been on for ages - working lots grrr!x

I wouldn't worry, it seems like you know what you need to do and I think you are a really strong person to go through what you are, so I think it will be easy to control yourself from now. Does that make sense? I know what I am trying to say!! Tired! I do know what you mean about SS being the...

How is your daughter today? Hope she is ok. Am back on my sofa now waiting for Eva to come home from nursery to run me ragged again! 2 hours she was up last night - crying on and off. Its silly now - she is the only one of all her friends who doesnt sleep through consistently. Does your...

You're doing just as well farm girl!!Xx

Aw farmgirl thats so kind of you. That really keeps me going so thank you. I dont really feel much like hero of the week but hey!! Wow listen to me whinge! Sorry! Well, after all that 5 pounds off since last weigh in last monday. Which is odd as this morning it was another 3 more. So I guess...

Hello. Having a bad couple of days now. Have remained on the sofa after having my back hopefully sorted out and am still very sore. VERY nearly got a chinese and chucked it all in last night, and am very tempted tonight. The days are fine its just the evenings. I then get up the next day and am...

Good luck - youre probably right to do SW for a bit, at least you are in the right frame of mind. Im the same actually about stepping up to SS+ half of me would rather not have any food in the equation. Hope your op goes ok and that you keep in control. Keep in touchx

Yes Tess is right, you have SO much to deal with and well done on your loss. 20 pounds is awesome!xx

Oh my god! Poor little thing and poor you. I think I would freak out if that happened to Eva. Im alwaypanicking anyway about her! Im sure that your daughter will probably not even remember,and will get on with it like nothing has happened. They do that dont they, and its us mummies that freak...

Wow thats loads! Brilliant - bet youre feeling great. Yes I want to start Pilates too - and this Zumba thing! Sounds fun! Hoping the pain will go away now, it is supposed to. But since losing weight it has got much better, still niggles away though. Dreadful today so am stuck on the sofa again...

Well done! What is your total? youre doing well! Well, it was more uncomfortable than painful. I did yelp rather alot - needle for the anaesthetic, then had to tell them when I felt an odd sensation, then pulsing feeling in my body - 4 times for each nerve. More in pain now than ever tho which...

Hey thank you, so sweet. yes my husband is helping me with her, but bless him keeps forgetting and wanders off! Just had a bit of a crying attack as tried to bend down and put her in the bath which failed miserably! Back on my sofa now under the duvet with huge box of pain killers. Went to the...

Hey how are you? Had my denervation today - went ok! Hope youre ok! Chat soonx

Have fun! Think I might try next week when my back is feeling better! chat soonx

Hello everyone! Been soooo busy at work and then totally exhausted in the evenings and going to bed! Had a good week -ish-last week, kept going to bed hungry though which was a pain. Think it must be not drinking enough. Had another tough weekend too, my friends and I had one of our...

Hello! Dont beat yourself up about having the sandwich - I think anyone would have and it is better than fainting!!x

Wow thats truly amazing that you have resisted all that temptation! Seems that the whole world was out to show you the food today! Well done!

Hey well done! Think we have lost about the same amount now! Feels good yes?! Keep going!x

Yey! Brilliant stuff, bet youre pleased!! The other thing that caught my eye on your post was .....8.30?!!? That NEVER happens here! Lucky you! My brother says the paul mckenna cd is brilliant and I have had CBT before and its good. Glad you're happy you should be!x

Hello everyone! Well I am sat here watching a baking program on BBC2 and loving it!! I think I must be strange that watching and smelling food really helps stifle this intense need to eat. Worked so hard today. Started off with a nightmare with my daughter who (too much info here), wont poo...

Hey well done you! 7 pounds is great! A stone in two weeks yey! You have done so well. Hope your house selling is going ok - we are in the same boat here - on then off then on grrr. currently off, which is annoying!! Seeing as we have found the house of our dreams! I think you need to post 50...

I will indeed let you know how I get on! Or dont get on! I am suffering today also withTOM and havent felt this tired for the whole 4 weeks. Don't eat her crisps! They are horrid and you dont need them! ;-)

Haha yeah they do! Mind you, I take two and my husband has to get up if eva wakes up as I dont! Bit of a bonus!! I have scoliosis mildly so have a wonky back anyway. 4 years ago I woke up one morning and couldnt move - not sure what I did, but I am a music teacher and play the drums and am...

Well! Had a weigh in this morning and its another 4lb off, taking me to 17 pounds now. Really pleased, although its frustrating that it does slow down. Am totally knackered at work though now, and have had a few thoughts of eating. But, keep drinking gallons of water and its subsided. Nearly...

Well done for the 2 pounds! You sound strangely like me with regards to your painkillers, except I have Naproxen. Hate the amitriptiline things as they make me sooo sleepy its like I have a hang over! Well the injections take a while to kick in, but they are SO worth it. Am a bit nervous...

You do have a long way to drive to work - that must be hard in itself. I think youre doing really well. We are all hoping to go to Zumba next week - I told my friends about it and they are all up for it - so thanks for telling me about it! Wont have an ounce of coordination whatsoever tho! Take...

Thank you for your advice - will tell him! Hope you are doing wellx

Hey - just catching up on everyones news.Thats not great about your back eh. Are you taking many painkillers? I am due in for a 'denervation' on my lower back facet joints (?!) next monday. I had to wait ages for an MRI, then it showed a disc bulge onto the nerve, so am now under pain...

Hey - sorry Ive not been around! Been catching up on your diary just now. How can exercise be bad?! I dont get that bit. Maybe its the muscle weighing more than the fat thing. Dont know. I bet you lose more when you are off work you know, rushing about after your little girl will keep your mind...

Oooh take away! I just got in from work and thought the only thing that will do is a take away. So am on here instead trying to take my mind off it. Bit hard seeing as there is a pizza cooking in the oven too.!! Glad you had a good night tho!

Sounds like its the best thing. Good luck with ww x

Awwww! Gorgeous! Would love to live on a farm! My family own a livery and I love going. Havent been on a horse for ages since I fell off and landed on my head. Bit of a chicken!! Actually - may I ask a question? My friend wants to learn to ride - except he is 17 stone and really tall - not fat...

Yes I do. I should be stick thin!!! Thank you - hope you do toox

Hello! Can you tell Im back at work?!?! Sat on here loads in the holidays and now dont get two minutes to myself!! Actually finding this week ok. Never stop running about at school - never really think about food. Happy actually not to go in the canteen and smell the horrid food there!! Had my...

I think to be weighed in the morning is much better - I get weighed in the evening and there is always a huge difference. My dad said add on 1lb for every pint of water - not sure how accurate that is really..seems quite alot, but I guess it does make some difference. I am going next in the...

Wonderful!!! You are doing so well! Am jealous too!! but so pleased for you. Keep goingx

Hooray well done !!! thats awesome stuff you are doing well. You seem so determined which is great. Hope the foal is lovely!

Hey - good to hear your on track. Good luck for the chat with your CDC - fingers crossed that it will be a loss and not a gain! Sounds like you are sorted with the nights now!x

yey! well done! Feels good yes?! You must be so strong, especially with your husband being ill, and having a baby too. I would be stressed out to the max by now so well done!x

Hey - thank you for your messages! I looked at you tube and it looks so much fun! Am going to search for a class near here! Mind you, we are in the middle of no where so doubt there is one, but I can try! SO pleased that you can split the shakes now too, you sound much happier.x

Ooh wow you are doing well. Can't wait to hear what you have lost! x

Hello all, Well after a really tough weekend, just got weighed again and lost 4lb. Bit fed up that its not more, but hey. Felt much better today as am back at work and not got time to think about food. Took all my stuff to make soup in the kitchen at lunchtime then had to explain myself three...

Hello! So pleased you are sorted on the splitting the shakes! Bet it makes a huge difference. What is Zumba? Sounds fun!!x

Much better to eat cauliflower tho than anything else. Well done youx

Hello Tess, Im ok today thank you. So glad you have sorted it out - 8 sounds good, and I bet it will be fine when you get into the swing of it. Had a really tough day yesterday - after being very low all day with a crashing headache, ignoring my family who simply ate ALL day, my husband and I...

You are totally right. One of the ladies in particular has spent the whole year eating salad and going to the gym loads, and hasn't lost much at all. Pure jealousy that one. Well I am finding today the hardest yet I think. Last night sat and watched the staff eating a Mexican meal and today...

I'm on 4 shakes and I'm ok - but have to drink water though. Still losing weight so dont worry x

Oh my word - poor things! That sounds really bad - I hope he is ok ish now? You did so well to resist it when going through all that. I think that may have tipped me over the edge. Hope he is ok x

Hello - yes back at work now. So no time to check this! I missed hearing about how you're all doing!! I had an ok day. Sat in meetings ALL day - was starving by half ten as hadnt had much to drink. Then went on overload and kept running to the loo all the time! I tell you what tho, I am SICK of...

Hello - Ive missed this! I am now back at work so no time to check to see what you are all doing and how you are getting on! Oh well. I agree that you need to have a break if you think that you can get straight back to it - Me, I am too worried that I wouldn't do it!

Well done! It gets easier! Well done also for the porridge - it was the first meal I had on SS and thought it was grim! BUT I think I made it wrong! Oh well! Good luck for the weekend!x

Hooray! Hello! Good luck this morning and let us know!x

No problem - not sure if I am being any help at all but lets hope! I have a headache this morning, but thats probably because I am going back to work after 8 weeks holiday :-( My daughter has gone to nursery today and is going up to the toddler room! Bless her. At lunch yesterday the waitress...

Glad you got through the night ok! I think FBS is right, sit and plan out when you can have them, when you know you will get hungry and then it should be easier! Glad you're happier though!! Have a good day!

Hello and welcome! I told everyone as well - again, to motivate me and to make sure that I beat those who said it wouldn't last! Personally I think the SS is much easier to start on - if I had the choice of eating then I would probably eat the wrong things still! But it is a personal choice. Im...

No, um think it was 2006. Yes definitely then. Had to check. Thats bad isnt it! oops!

Wow that must be hard. Im now sitting here trying to work out how you can do it! I will get back to you!x

Wow you are organised! So much incentive for you to do well! I got married at christmas on the 21st dec, freezing cold, but had my extra weight as padding...!x

Hey - just read your diary - you are doing so well! The difference between your first and last posts are amazing - well done you. Keep up the good work and keep smilingx

Totally! I dont think I could bake though - think I would just have to lick the spoon. Its a huge weakness of mine. Eat most of the mixture before it goes in the tins!

Well done! Yes today I have had my mind taken off it and kept busy so it just seems normal now. I guess its easier. Still getting rumbling stomach - I really did think that that would stop. Oh well. When is the wedding?x

Oh I see - read my diary first. I would seriously speak with your CDC - maybe you can spread it out differently, or even have more than 4 meals in a day? You need to keep going! You can do this!!xx

OOh no, please whinge away! Are you just hungry then during your night shift? How much are you sleeping in the day? Do you space it out during the night instead of the day? I'd ask your CDC if I were you as it seems like you have more hours awake ? Dont give up! Keep thinking of the bigger...

Sounds like you are doing really well! Got it all in your stride! I have wobbles when I cook Eva's tea - I just seem to smell the food and thats good enough for me! Good luck!

I dont think you are making it wrong? Mind you, when I made it I couldn't get my spoon through it and it was disgusting! You dont want it that way so watery sounds fine! Hope you are finding the diet ok?

Hi Tess - I'm ok today thanks! Havent had much water at all, got a bit hungry but not as much as I thought. So maybe I dont need to drink 5 or so litres after all!!! Went out for 'lunch' again with M+D and Eva and had my sparkling water and wasnt bothered! Guess its not so prominent in my mind...

You're not weak! Thats great that you only had chicken! Think of what you could have had! Actually dont think about it :-) Cookiex

Wow 7 inches thats amazing! Gosh that really must have made a difference. I am now thinking I secretly held in my stomach a little subconciously haha. No idea. I keep wanting to go and buy some new clothes but there is no point yet! She said I probably need to lose another stone before I can...

Hello! Well done on starting and well done for coming on here. This forum really helps with all the support that everyone gives each other. The first few days are difficult but seriously it gets better. Just drink loads and that will help with the hunger. Let us know how you are getting on Cookiex

Thanks for the info - glad (well, not GLAD, but at least its not just me) about the teeth. Ive even thought my fillings were about to come out which is odd. Ive searched on the net to find links with teeth problems and CD but there is only one post years ago, so maybe its my imagination. No...

OOh am confused with posts sorry. Brain dead.x

Ooh good luck Tess. It's exciting isn't it (haha) - how silly am I but I was really looking forward to going tonight! And then coming on here and posting my success!! Saddo! Make sure you tell us how you have done. Are you finding your clothes are looser? My waist dropped by 2 inches as well...

How are you doing today? Has it gone ok?x

Good on you - thats amazing well donex

Mine is the same. My teeth are furry too - brushing after each shake and using mouthwash and a breath spray. If you find a better way let me know!! Good luck with the loss!

Well..... I just got back from seeing my CDC for the first time in twelve days.... 9 pounds lost!! Woooooo! Am so pleased! Thank you everybody for all your encouraging comments and keeping me occupied while I am sat on the sofa in the evenings!!! I am sure without it I would have pigged out...

Wow your story is amazing! You have done so well to lose so much. Keep us updated and good luck with it this time. I am coming into my 2nd week now and its ok! I guess! Am also worried that I will put weight on when I start to eat properly too. Oh well we shall see. Good luckx

Gosh do you? I'm up all night (as I was last night) if I do that. I think I did drink too much yesterday. I read that it is not too good to drink copious amounts of water so I now dont know what the maximum amount is to drink! I guess I didnt have more than about 6 litres yesterday but thats...

Hooray well done you!x

Wow I have a thanks button!! Yey! Well - 5 pints of water at the party and a load of people eating chilli and I wasnt bothered at all! Hooray! Think I need to drink more as I havent been hungry the whole time. Maybe 5 pints in the evening is a tad excessive tho?! Oh well, off to the loo! x

Well I am home. 6 hours in the car amusing my daughter by feeding her random bits of sandwich was not fun. But hey. I took a sneak peak on the scales and am a bit down as it wasnt as much as I thought (weigh in tomorrow eve), but I guess that is also after 4 litres of water. Will try again...

Well done you! I am on the 4 shakes a day as I am 5 ft 8" and I really dont know how you do it on 3! I am starving most of the time on 4! 1lb is not so bad! Good luck for the next week!

Hello - hope you have a good evening! I'm off out now too - and am freezing - to a party.... armed with my sparkling wine... i mean water. Have fun!x

Well I have really struggled today. Starving hungry most of the day. Just guzzled my water though and smoked a few ciggies which is bad but at the moment I would prefer that option. On the up side, my jeans are baggy which is great. Sad though as no energy to play in the park with my daughter so...

haha again FBS you make me laugh! No, I haven't seen it! I think I type before reading what I have written. Hello Tess thanks for your post- I'm ok thanks - except for sitting here starving today! I had a chocolate shake for breakfast - I decided to make them with ice cold water and whizz them...

Thanks MsJMC I will take that advice! Yes I think I am in control - Im seeing it as a big challenge, have told so many people that I am doing it that if I dont succeed I will look silly!

haha FBS! Believe me if I wasn't so determined I would be eating everything in sight! Hello Popsie - dont worry about the 5 pounds I bet they will shift really quickly. I would just eat healthy and then start again and I bet you will get back into it quickly.

Working? Oh no! Actually I'm working (or supposed to be) too but thats only as I havent done any for ages. Am sitting here with grumbling stomach. Don't think I have drunk enough water. Well done for that half pound! It all adds up and its not as bad as you thought it might be. What is the...

Hello - yes I am dead proud of myself having so much will power. Just cleaned the holiday house ready to leave tomorrow and am starving again! Really should stop doing this exercise (!).... Really want to get on my scales and see what I have lost! Think I also need to do some sit ups or...

Well after a day at the beach, and my disgusting Strawberry ready made, I am now starving. The most hungry that I have been so far. Think it was the 2 miles walk that did it. Shouldn't really go so far away from the loo either with all this water I'm drinking. Had to walk ages to find one...

Poor little girl! And poor you to clean it up! I hope all goes well today, don't be disheartened if it doesn't. Keep going!x

That sounds about right! Keep walking past curry houses for a sniff! It does actually help! Am off to the beach now to resist all those ice creams. Can't really sniff an ice cream :-(

OOh let me know what exercises he sets you! I dont want loads of skin either!!! you should get us all doing them! xx

Oh yes! thanks! :-)

Me too! Keep posting - your advice and support to everyone is SO helpful. You also need support as well as giving it out and we are all here to do that!

Ah thank you! Am a bit rubbish at finding anything on here to be honest! Thank you - I do so hope that the scales have moved ALOT! I think I will be a bit disheartened if they only have dropped a bit after working so hard. But, bigger picture eh! x

Wow thats a huge difference well done!

Hello...I'm so rubbish that I can never find my other posts so will start a diary! (I am also supposed to be doing some work and am putting it off). I started SS a week ago today. I need to lose between 2 and a half and 3 stone. I put on loads of weight before I had my 2 year old daughter...

Thank you - its taking its time but hey!

Haha yeah I guess so! Look, my brain is not working ok?! ;-)

Wow that is great well done. I have had to do the same and watch people tuck into meals and cakes and it is the hardest thing to do. But in doing so I am so proud of myself - so you should be too. I have printed photos of me when I was slim and keep looking at them when I am feeling low and when...

WELL... day 5 ... on holiday... watching my husband and daughter tuck into apple pie, chips etc etc and Im sitting with my shakes and 4 litres of water. Sticking 100% to the SS but feeling very hungry. I thought I was supposed to feel better?!?! First 3 days were fine - now am struggling alot...

Wow that is fantastic! Im so inspired now! Finding this hard today - day 5 and still starving hungry despite drinking over 4 litres of water a day. Any ideas?!?!?! I have done more exercise while being on holiday tho so maybe thats why. Cookiex

Hey well done! Thats great stuff! Keep going!xx

Try to look at the 'bigger picture' - someone on here said to focus on what you will lose in the end rather than on the individual weeks - it helps a lot :-) Keep going it will all be worth it, but I agree, bin the scales (mind you, I do it every day too and shouldn't!!) Keep your chin upx

Hey well done! you're doing great! Nearly at the end of week one! hope you lose lots!x

My counsellor told me I shouldn't have a bar for first two weeks, but I keep one in my bag in case of an emergency!! She told me to chop it up into bits and eat a bit of it if I felt wobbly at work in the first 3 days. I havent needed to though! Ruby - porridge is grim - went and swapped all...

Thank you! Am so hoping to see a change when I hit ketosis! Hope you are all doing well?

Ive had a good -ish day today. Went to 'lunch' in a restaurant with my family - had a litre of sparkling water whilst watching them all tuck in to roast dinners and pudding. Felt very pleased with myself. Really really hard to do though. Just went to swap my grim porridges with toffee and walnut...

Wow this is a great story - thank you! I think I read this at the right time as Im sitting here on day 3 with a grumbling tummy. Really inspiring - thanksx

Good luck with the weigh in tomorrow tho! x

I know what you mean - I think about food all the time and didnt realise. Today (day 3) I went for Sunday lunch with my family - sat at the table with a litre of water and played with my daughter. Watched them tuck into roasts and puddings!!! I have never done anything quite as hard!! Feeling...

Hello - yes I am on day 2 and actually doing ok, but have had a headache since I started. I have drunk 4 litres each day and still have it. I have had to take paracetamol - do you know if this is ok to do with no food?!?!? Hope youre feeling ok!x

Hey well done! Thats great and I bet it gives you more incentive to do the diet too! how are you getting on? Cookiex

Ah thanks guys you are being great! Good advice! It's really helping me! I'm so determined I dont want to give up. Day two has been good actually - I was worrying about it as I was teaching all day and on my feet - watching them all eat burgers and ice cream too. I havent been hungry all...

Mmm the chicken and mushroom soup was yummy! Thank goodness!

Apparantly you need more than 50 posts to get a thanks button!x

Well I have almost managed day one and actually its not been too bad. This morning I was really hungry after my grim porridge, and by 12pm I was starving. Have drunk about 4 litres of water and actually got to 5 oclock and was ok. Even took my daughter to a cafe and watched her eat an ice cream...

Hello! I have just started this morning, and everything you have written is happening to me! I cant stand the porridge either and have bought loads of it - cant see my counsellor for 13 days and wont have enough either! Oh well! Im starving too! Good luck!

Thank you! I have had my porridge which actually was disgusting, but managed to eat it - 3 hours later am STARVING!! Been drinking loads though. It is actually making me realise how much I think about food and how often I will just go and pick at something in the fridge. Hope I stop feeling...

Ooh if I had a thanks button I would thank you all! Keep posting until I get one! Hope you are all feeling ok and doing well! Keep me posted with your stories - I'm really inspired by some peoples stories on here!

Love the user name Lay off the fries! Thank you for your advice - Ive been stepping up my water intake this week in preparation and have realised that half my 'hungry' feelings were probably thirst! I hope it isnt so bad. Do you know how to thank people on here?!?!

Hello! Thank you for the advice - I got some soups too, and porridge. She gave me some bars because I get really shaky very easily and told me to chop them up into bits and eat one bit if I need to! (not sure that will help but hey!) How are you finding it all?

:) Hello! I have finally plucked up the courage to meet my counsellor for the first time tonight and have bought myself LOADS of shakes! I am a little apprehensive about it all but so determined! Any advice and support would be REALLY appreciated!! Think I am going to find this really hard...

Thank you! (By the way, how do I thank people on here?!) I have done it! She is really nice and put my mind more at ease! Apple and Cinnamon Porridge it is for breakfast!

Hey well done! Cant wait to do the same! Am just heading off to my first counsellor appointment now! Fingers crossed!

We are going to Wales for the week - hopefully with some sunshine. Will be sitting like a lemon in the restaurants with my shakes!

Oh my word - how is he now? I would have freaked out! I hope he is ok! I'm starting CD friday. Got hold of my counsellor eventually and am seeing her tomorrow night. Typical that Im due out for lunch Friday and Sunday, working all day Saturday and going on holiday on monday! Am going to need...

Hi Tess - I am hoping to start CD soon - I also put on 3 stone after having my daughter 2 years ago and am also determined! So fed up of spending ages trying to find some clothes that fit me every day! Needs to happen before winter or I will just cover up in big jumpers instead and hide it! I...

I'm hoping to start this week, but I can't get hold of my counsellor arghh!!! I keep waking up in the night for ages thinking about it - very silly I know - and thinking about how I need to start now as I am getting very down about my size. Have had 2 months at home (am a teacher) and need to...

Exactly how I feel! I was a size 12 once, before I had my daughter and bought loads of clothes that I have kept, but never worn again! They are all calling me from the loft!!! Good luck for day two!

Hello! Im about to start the CD soon - have read your posts and gave a little silent cheer when I just read how much you lost! Well done! You have inspired me to give it a go now!! Am hoping to lose about 2-3 stone but am RUBBISH at diets but determined now! Any tips would be helpful! I have a 2...

Hello - I'm about to embark on the CD too. I have contacted the 'counsellor' and am hoping to start soon. Am looking forward to losing weight but am worried that I wont have any energy for my job and to run around after my daughter!!!