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Yep, will do. Thanks for the warning. Who are you looking forward to most?! I'm so excited about Blur, The Maccabees, Florence and the Machine, VV Brown, Lamb, Ladyhawke, well, everyone really!

Thanks good advice. Think I'm going to try and do it properly, without booze then! And I didn't realise it knocked you out of ketosis (am stupider than I thought!), so will definitely stop having a sneaky glass of wine. It will just take me longer to get to goal and make it harder. Will read the...

Thanks Badger. Love your little dancing badger by the way! So I really shouldn't drink at all? This is my 2nd time on CD, and last time I did drink a bit towards the end (hmm, it was the end for a reason I guess, maybe have answered my own question?!) and I always felt fine if I just had one or...

Oh bugger. Thanks for that, will be prepared now I guess. From previous Glastonburys, you can usually get to the campsites all day, and since I'm arriving early and am with some bands, I hope we'll get decent camping spots quite close in to the main site so shouldn't be too far to go back to get...

Mankini is amazing! :D Haven't really thought about clothes - to be honest, I still can't get my head around the idea that I would ever look good in anything! But I guess a beautiful classic fitted shift dress or something like that for work - I love the Chanel suit idea, but think that might be...

Hi All, Am massively massively excited :D:D:D:D to be going to Glastonbury for the full 5 days next week, but am on SS at the moment! :sigh: I've ordered a stock of tetras and bars from my CDC, so I know that I can cope without needing to mix soups and shakes, but I am kind of scared about the...

Hi guys, This is my second time on CD - I stopped after losing a stone and a half last time, over a year ago, didn't put it back on (well, 2-3lbs maybe), but struggled to start again after I stopped, basically never managed to get back SSing. Well, now I am 9 days into SS, and feeling really...

Thanks guys! Nice to hear others have done it and survived to tell the tale. Am so not looking forward to telling my CDC how rubbish I have been - she is so lovely and I really don't want to disappoint her! Still, am moving onwards now, and hopefully downwards after this week's blip! x

:cry: I cannot believe how stupid I have been, and I am beating myself up massively, but at the weekend I went to see Groove Armada with some friends, and stupidly ate a big supper, and drank absolutely loads. I was fine (although very drunk) that night, but then had the worst hangover I have...

Morning all! Am so cold today - again! Just cannot seem to get warm these days. I think it must be CD, because I cannot remember a winter when I've ever been this cold all the time, I am usually a very hot person! Had my 4th Wi last night, 3lbs, but was AAMW and also ate some things I shouldnt...

Oh my god! So they make you feel ill too? Unbelievable! Have just had my first bite of one of the 'chewy' bars, the toffee one, and it was absolutely revolting! Like fudge, which I hate! Far too sweet for me, and I have 7 of them, one for every day of the week to have at lunch time! Yuk, yuk...

Wow! That is so amazing! Well done you! Have my 4th weigh-in this afternoon, and unless I've lost exactly 14lbs this week (impossible!) then I haven't managed to do anywhere near as well as you! A bit gutting, but I don't think I can compare myself to everyone else, because we're all different...

Mmm, soldiers!! Can you please send some my way!? I just get geeky office types to look at, which aren't quite the same thing! Leah, am sure you did better than you think, so don't beat yourself up about it! And you're 5ft 1 with a 6ft 6 man?! Does he have permanent neck pain?!?

Phew! :giggle:Guess I just have to bide my time until I've got to target then! :badmood:

...Has anyone else had a huge loss of libido on this diet?! :sign0163: I have:sigh:, which is wierd, because I thought that as I got smaller I would be feeling better about myself and therefore it would go up! If anyone else has had this problem - does it come back?!:help2:

Hey Lil, I'm on the same week as you, got my next weigh-in tomorrow, but last week only lost a disappointing 3lbs. My CDC was great about it though, and said sometimes you have a slower week, it is just one of those things. I would be inclined to think seriously about changing CDC - this diet is...

Hi everyone! I'm Anna, I am 26 and I work as a barrister in London. Currently writing a book at the mo, so am finding the biggest challenge of SS being trying not to eat out of boredom! On week 4 at the mo, lost just over a stone so far, really pleased, but want to lose two more at least...

Happy Birthday Donna! I've got a very un-exciting evening planned, packing up my bag because I'm going to stay with my parents in the country for a week, to get some peace and quiet to carry on writing my book. If I sort myself out quickly enough though, I may have a long hot bath to keep myself...

Seeing the guy who once said to me: "You're one of the loveliest girls I have ever met, but you could be so much better. Why don't you do something about your weight? You'd have no problem getting a guy then, but at the moment nobody will fancy you", and seeing his jaw drop when he realises I am...

Me too! The thing I miss most is the bowl of blueberries, mandarins or peaches, and rhubard activia yoghurt with a sprinkling of museli on the top that I had for breakfast each day!! But I also have on my list of things to eat Starbucks blueberry cheesecake (no other cheesecake, it's only that...

Thank you! I'll stop the medicine - wish I had known this before! Stupid of me to take it without asking really.:mad:

Morning all, Hope everyone is okay today, and got through the weekend alright. I did, even managed to go to a gastropub for Sunday lunch with a big group of friends and only have a cup of mint tea and an espresso!:D V proud of myself, though I did eat three cashew nuts and a mouthful of risotto...

Me too! I live in London, so am happy to help co-ordinate, find a venue etc! But it does depend on date and work of course! Will be really nice to meet everyone in person!

Morning all! Am feeling good today after my positive weigh-in results yesterday! So motivated to carry on!:D Just found out that one of my friends is also on Cambridge - I haven't seen her, so had no idea, and when I heard she'd lost loads of weight very quickly from another friend, I called her...

I have just got back from my CDC and my second weigh-in. In 13 days I have lost 12.5lbs! Practically a stone! It would take 3 months of gym every day and really healthy eating to lose that normally! I am currently the slimmest I have ever been in my adult life, and I am so happy! Long may it...

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Was tempted to have a drink this evening myself, so I looked up alcohol and ketosis. This is what I found. Basically bad news, so I am not going to do it!!:sigh: Pure alcohol itself has no carbohydrates and no glucose is produced when alcohol is broken down by the body, so ketosis (fat...

I had my first weigh-in last week, and was on my period all week, and only lost 5lbs, and was pretty disappointed. I am hoping this week will be better!

Thanks all of you! Am going to go and see a cheap film at the cinema instead of going to the pub. It will keep my mind off food and booze for a couple of hours, and my body will thank me for it! Plus I have my second weigh-in tomorrow - what was I even thinking?!?:o

:sigh: Everyone from work is going for an afterwork drink, I really want to join them and have just one half pint of beer. Someone please talk me out of this. I know it won't stop ketosis, but it will mean that no fat is burned until the alcohol is gone. It isn't worth it I know! Please please...

By the way, what does IYKWIM mean?! :confused: Am so clueless!!:o

Morning all! Dobbie, I think you should just see how you go, wait til you get to that weight and see how you look, or if you feel you are as you want to be before that, stop. I think it is hard for friends and family to get used to people being slim who have been big all their lives, and also...

Thanks guys. Went and put it in the kitchen bin - all manner of yuck in there, rather than just a couple of bits of paper in my office bin, so no way I can retrieve it! You're right, I don't need it, the angel has beaten the devil! This time! :devilangel:

Well done you for not giving in! I have a chocolate on my desk that someone in my office just insisted I have - no-one here knows I am on a diet, and she was very forceful. I chucked it surreptitiously in the bin earlier - but then, oh the shame:ashamed0005:, I fished it out again! :sign0137: I...

I did it too! Well, kind of! I did have one sip of champagne (a tiny one), hope it doesn't mess me up. I really shouldn't have done, but some very good friends of mine are a band who've just released their first album and are hitting the big time, and it was the final date on their album launch...

Thanks!! Sadly I can't find another flat in my budget anywhere that's as nice as this one! And as central! :sigh:Am just having to hold my nose when I walk past! :(

You mention drinking 4 or 5 glasses on a night out - I was the same, and it would be three or four nights a week. But in the last few months I've been shut away writing my book, and not drinking at all, if I go out now, I can only have 1 glass, and I feel tipsy. I'd imagine after losing the 4...

Tell me about it! I live above a pizza shop -eeek! It smells sooo amazing, and a 7inch pizza is only a pound!!

Congrats! I had mine this afternoon too, 5.8lbs! So pleased! It's not as much as some other people have, but am not going to judge myself by that, it's amazing for me, so I am ecstatic! Here's to another week of the same, and we'll be a stone lighter before we know it!:D

Found it! Just ordered one, and some other bits and pieces I saw! Oh dear! Thank you so much! Hopefully will get my nutrients properly now then!

Sazzy, did you buy your thing from Lakeland recently? Just been looking for it in their catalogue online and can't find it! Be great if you could point me in the right direction!

Brilliant! Thanks guys! Will invest in a little mixer thing then, and mix stuff at work. I guess it is no different to having a cup a soup, except for the name on the packet! I don't want to miss out on nutrients and things, can't afford to get ill.:o Thank you everyone!!:)

Think I am a bit of a freak, the thing I miss most is my breakfast, blueberries, mandarin segments, a rhubarb activia yoghurt with a bit of museli on the top, and a few nuts and seeds! I totally love it! But I also live above a pizza shop, and the smells which waft in my window are...

Thanks, that is a good idea, but I kind of don't really want everyone at work to know I am on the diet, it is not exactly the kind of place where you share stuff like that! Just sticking a pre-mixed soup in the microwave, I can pretend it's a homemade one, and nobody suspects a thing! It's a...

Hi all, Just had my first weigh in after 6 days (not 7!), lost 6lbs:D, so quite pleased! Not as much as some other people have in their first week, but about six times more than I would have lost on any other diet so I'm still chuffed! Anyway, my CDC has panicked me saying that if you pre-mix...

Thanks Kirsten, Only a couple of hours to go now until the truth! :eek: But even if it is not much, I am not going to be too down (although other people losing 11 and 13lbs in first week has kind of set a bit of a task!), because I know it will come off eventually, and already I am seeing a...

That's amazing!! I have my first weigh in this afternoon (after only 6 days rather than 7 though), but am petrified will only have lost a couple of pounds. Doesn't feel like much anyway! But well done you! I think TOTM hasn't helped, since I have stuck to CD religiously and been drinking about...

Morning everyone, I had an awful dream last night - I forgot that I was on SS and ate a slice of cake (and it was cake that I prob wouldn't even be tempted by if I was awake, sponge layers with bright pink icing in between each, really fake and sickly looking, but in my dream I had to eat it)...

Walking to work on an autumn morning like today - beautiful sunshine but crisp fresh smelling air, almost like Christmas. I can't help but feel good. And I agree about horses, when I used to have them, it always cheered me up so much to be able to give them a massive hug, and bury your face into...

Definitely the summer! Being able to wear summery clothes that let the sun get to your skin (which you don't have to cover up because it wobbles so horribly!) and to walk around all day without the agony of a burning rash on your thighs where they rub together (you're def not the only one who...

Hey! Welcome! I am new too - Day 5 now, and so far feeling fine! Not even headaches! And last night managed to sit in a pub whilst my friends scoffed down amazing looking gourmet burgers with loads of chips (was so tempted to take one, but didn't!) and then had blackberry and apple crumble with...

I'm on day 5, and so far I've liked all of the soups quite a lot, esp vegetable, but the broccoli and cheese was the vilest thing I have ever tasted! One mouthful and I was almost sick! I had to throw it away and make another one. I don't have a very sweet tooth, so mainly have the soups, but...

Crikey! Now I am scared! Just started Cambridge (day 5!) and in the past few years, before dieting and without my weight changing at all, I have gone from a size 6 shoe to a size 4! My feet might disappear altogether if I diet! Eek! Have already bought one new wardrobe of shoes (consisting...

Yeah, don't listen to them! I am sure they are just jealous that you have a morning in bed, even if it is the only day you've had in ages! Esp since today is sooo cold, everyone just wants to be snuggled under a duvet! I am normally a very 'hot' person, am always too hot rather than too cold...

If it is the cardio that is the problem, how about going to the gym and just doing lots of reps of light weights to keep muscle toned? I have only started today, but I normally work out regularly and It'll be wierd not going. I wasn't planning on pushing myself, but the occasional leisurely...

Thanks Tina!! Great to hear how brilliantly you've done! Gives me real inspiration!

Am I too late to join the challenge!?! It's my first day, so all the support I can get will be great! :)

Oh dear, no chance of me going into early ketosis - due to big work dinners in last few days I've eaten loads of carbs! :cry: Hope it doesn;t mean it takes me even longer! Still not hungry yet, and it is almost 1pm! And I even live above a pizza shop and pizza smells are wafting in my window...

Today is the first day of my Cambridge Diet, and I am seriously excited! And amazingly, not yet starving, as I normally would be by eleven-ish. Decided I would go on the diet over a week ago, but because of a huge work conference thing yesterday and pre-conference dinner before, in which the...

Thanks! Will order some now! Are canderel sweeteners ok to use?

Where can you buy psyllium husks? Where's the best place to buy psyllium husks? I know you can get them in health food shops, but I assume they'd be wierd about you buying them in bulk?!:o

Hey, Thanks for all the advice. THink I will just start straight away. I don't eat many carbs as it is, and already drink quite a lot of water, so I'll just make sure I keep that up, and will be more conscious not to eat carbs. I am actually not sure how much I want to lose! I was going to...

Hi all, Am considering the Cambridge Diet because from the success so many of you have had:), and the speed with which it happens, it appeals to me so much more than WW or any other type of diet, esp since I have been on and off diets for years, and none have made much difference. One question -...