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My shakes are the best when I shake them in one of the plastic shakers with metal ball and then put it through the sieve to remove any lumps - perfect! If I use the handblender I always add some ice cubes to make it like a smoothies.

Thank you :) Have not been on much, but in the first week I lost 10lb and in weigh in this morning after a 5 day week had lost another 3! I have weigh in again this Saturday, so another 5 day week. I have just eaten a little food, but not beating myself up about it. Hoping for another 3lb loss...

Hi, we are pretty much exactly the same weight :) I am a returner to the diet - I had to stop as I fell preggers on it. I have my first weigh in tomorrow morning and am excited and nervous! The first time around I was so excited to get weighed and I lost 12lb and 13 inches in that first week :)...

Hi! Well, a few of you may or may not remember me. I started CD last autumn and was successful on it. To cut a long story short, I fell pregnant and gave birth this summer to baby number three. A gorgeous surprise we are delighted with, but means I need to get back on the wagon! I started...

Another pregnancy later - here I am again! OK, so I have found my old diary - wow, how positive was I!? LOL, didn't feel it! Anyway, here I am now, another baby later... my tribe of two has turned into a tribe of three and I now have a gorgeous, squishy bundle! As it turned out, losing that...

Hey :) I've not been online a huge amount, what with one thing and another, I have been so busy! Been checking in occassionally, but not enough time to post! I lost 4lb this week which takes my total to 23lb and I have lost 18 inches. I am now wearing size 14 tops and size 18 jeans! On...

Good luck for your weigh honey, how did you get on?? You are stunning, you don't need to worry about what size dress you will be wearing to the wedding. People will like you for YOU, not for how slim or fat you are. They will be much more likely to notice nicely done eyebrows/hair or a nice...

Well, another day on! Feeling a bit better now thank goodness, but struggled a little with the diet. Still 100% but just want to eat! So much yummy food in the house and so much yummy food that I can't eat (yet!).I am choosing to do it, so that's all good, but I miss food. I miss eating...

If you can eat low carb and not go mental over Christmas, I would personally do CD for a couple of weeks. In that time you could lose a fair bit of weight, and it will make you feel so much better! However, if you plan on having a tonne of carbs and alcohol, I'd recommend being very healthy and...

OK, so here I am another day in and I feel rough! Woke up with a sore throat, aching and a temperature of 39 :( My lovely husband has been running around all day despite having to work, so I have rested at home with no children. Noah has been with his mum, Kayla was there and then Alex took her...

So, here we are and another day done. Still 100%, still very happy and still raring to go! I must be weird as I don't feel hungry and don't have any cravings. I sometimes see something and think how much I'd like to eat, but it passes within seconds. Maybe it will hit me like a tonne of bricks...

Well done, so proud of you! x

Fab decision! I am only just starting my second week and I have my birthday, big uni get together Xmas party at my house, Christmas and then more friends staying before New Year, but it's all just excuses! You have three weeks to shed some serious weight before Christmas and then it is up to...

Oh how exciting, I can't wait to hear how you have done! Best of luck honey, let us know how you get on x

LOL, bless your OH, it is awesome when they notice a difference though :) So much luck for tomorrow, I hope your CDC can make it!

I am sorry you are having a rough ride at the minute hun, but do not let this get you down! 1lb is nothing - and in a couple of days you will be back in ketosis. Stay on track and stay strong - you have done AMAZINGLY well already and you know you can do this. If it is any consolation...

Thank you :D MsJMC - my CDC gave me like a cm worth of a bar to try! She will have them in stock from next Friday to buy, so assume they are available from some now and then within the next week or two should be fully in stock. Honestly, they are gorgeous - like crispy/chewy after eights!

So, I have had my first weigh in and lost 12lb and 10 inches... in ONE WEEK!!! I feel the need to share the love of this fabulous diet - AMAZING, just amazing. Oh and I tasted a bit of the new choc mint bar today - peeps, it is to die for, so stock up! Wow, so so so happy that I just had...

So, here I am after my first weigh in. I AM SO FRIGGING HAPPY!!! I have lost 12lb and 10 inches!!!!!!!!!! TEN INCHES!!!!!!!!! So I am now 15 st 7lb :) And my CDC says I can be in the 14s by my birthday (13th) if I stick to it!!!! Wow!!!! Honestly, I am so so so happy. Everyone, stay strong...

Here I am talking to myself, LOL! So, weigh in tomorrow, am very nervous. Had another good day today, so that is positive. Made a gorgeous pasta for my hubby tonight, OMG I so wanted it! I want this so bad and am so nervous - I want results, I want them now and I want them to be big! I want...

I cannot believe so many of you hate it - I love it! It's one of my faves :) I hate all the soups and porridges, now they ARE vile!!!

I honestly don't know what to do - I am thinking about SSing all the way through apart from Christmas lunch, and even then only eat protein and green veg as if doing +. I really don't want to come out of ketosis if I can help it. What a naff time of the year for me to start CD! But better to...

I don't really have much advice, but didn't want to read and run. Would it be worth having a chat with your doctor about it to see what he/she suggests? I know my friend suffers with PCOS and she struggles to lose weight, regardless of what diet she does. It may not feel like it, but you are...

Well done on the 4lb loss, that is AMAZING! I hope I get that in week four! Have a fab time visiting your family :)

So, the husband is home and we are back in our routine (ish) and I found yesterday much harder than any other day! It was fine, but I so did the right thing in starting while he was away. I had a choccy tetra for my dinner and he could not believe how tiny it was and the fact that was my...

LOL, us women drivers, hey!? Luckily we have no such snow here, just a little dusting a few times a day. So happy to hear you are in the zone now! It makes it so much easier :) Keep up the good work. Do you think you will still get your weigh in OK on Thursday if the snow is that bad?

Yeah, it does creep on so easily - and if you don't keep an eye on it, it is amazing how quickly a size 12 becomes a size 20! Thing is, mine never really crept on - I piled it on with my little girl's pregnancy and then just as I started losing it all, I fell pregnant with Noah. And then cue...

Good luck :) It is a day by day thing for me - it is always such an acheivement to get through another 24 hours.You can do it!

Oh that is only a very minor blip - I would have gone and had a korma with rice and a naan, so you did well :) Enjoy, draw a line and move on - good luck with weigh in! x

Count me in! This month is HARD for me as it is my birthday, annual uni Xmas bash (at our house so I cook all the yummy food...) and Christmas!!! Yikes! But I want to stay on plan as much as poss and lose 14lb by Christmas :)

Hi sweet - you already know my feelings on her! She should NEVER say anything like that to you, even if you PUT ON 3lb! If you are not happy with her, swap CDCs - you will only feel on edge approaching weigh in, and it should be a time you look forward to! x

My beautiful dress that I will get back into so I can renew my vows... size 10 (ish!) And one of me with hubby and my daddy. Lastly, what I am now... yuk. This was taken two weeks ago and I never want to be this again!!

For my inspiration, this was me on my wedding day in February 2008 - and FOUR months pregnant. I will probably add some more pictures of me just before I started my CD journey and others of me slim - it helps me! I also hope it will inspire others because I maintained my weight loss for so...

Oh you so right - that is what I did to get through ketosis - kept telling myself that every time I felt yukky, it was working! One tip is to drink loads of water and the second you feel even a slight twinge of a headache, take a couple of ibuprofen. It worked a treat for me and I never really...

You are right, men are SO fickle! But when you find one who truly loves you for you, they won't care about weight as much and you will love you through the losses and the gains. If the gym guy ends up only wanting you slim, then is he worth it? You are the same person, albeit you may have more...

OMG that woman is amazing - an amazing monster, mind! I think I would rather go to the gym in blizzards - anything with her name to it is gonna be a killer (with results!). Plus it is safe to do it on SS? I will be heading back to the gym next week :)

Boleyna, thank you so much, that is lovely! Honestly, bring on Tuesday - you will be fab and you can do this. I never thought in a million years I could do this. I am the woman that eats secret so not to ashame others, I am the woman that can eat chocolate until it comes out of her ears, I am...

Felix, just seen your reply - thanks :) I was a 10, but my bottom half was bigger. I am blessed (or cursed!) with hips and a bum, so only ever squeezed into a 12 on the bottom! I am a short arse so I was no means skinny, just curvy and healthy. I miss that. God I would kill to be a 14 now -...

Thanks guys - I have six stone to lose, which will take me down to 10 stone 6 - obviously starting weight was 16 stone 6 (well, just under it). Today I weigh 15 stone 11 :) I will update my sig to keep an eye on progress though! I do want to stay on this diet as long as I can, working my way...

Lily, your birthday is the same as mine :) Do you have a weightloss goal in mind for then? Only two weeks, it has come round so quickly! Keep going on the diet - once you are by day four you will feel so much better and so proud - and you can only build on that fantastic 7lb loss!! Well done...

Hi! Wee ones are OK, my little girl has a stinker of a cold but is generally in good spirits - we are doing the decorations today, although her thumping me in the back is making me want to cancel it!!!! The boy is much better so must've been a 24-hour thing, thank goodness. Although I give it...

Awesome goals there - you are much more structured than me!! I must write down all my goals actually so I can tick through the list as I go - makes a huge difference. Am sorry to hear you are stuck in again - although we are too, but due to my poorly princess. However, the sun is shining and...

OK, so today is a bit of a struggle. I was meant to be at a kid's party but instead I am stuck at home with poorly children - not sure which is worse! Kayla just wants to eat junk and I had to endure making a choc chunk brownie with her... how I resisted the mix I don't know, but now I have to...

There is nothing worse than being stuck at home with nothing to do! This used to be one of my snacking times. But this weekend I am home alone with two ill kiddies, one on either side snuggling in watching telly, so I have lots to do! To cheer Kayla up, I might tackle some Christmas decs...

Hi hun, absolutely fine thanks :) I do not seem to crave food at all, which is crazy. I miss eating, but I don't want the food. So that is awesome! Try not to dwell on these fat days - I know exactly how you feel (and I have a habit of looking at 'slim' pictures which make me worse, BUT we are...

Well I am buzzing, 110% buzzing! I checked my tiddle and I have ketones - 0.4 so I am well and truly in ketosis!! I made it!! And I am now actually starting to feel really quite good - no symptoms apart from a bit of yukky breath and I feel alive. I am so excited about what can happen on this...

I've got my weigh in on Wednesday and it feels like a lifetime away and I have only been on it for three days now!! I can't imagine what it must be like to have to wait another six days when you have already been on it for that long. But just imagine the monster loss you will have next week if...

Wow everyone differs so much! Personally, so far I LOVE: Vanilla shake Chocolate orange shake (OMG this is gorgeous!) Butterscotch shake Strawberry shake I HATE HATE HATE: The porridges - I have never ever had anything so foul in my life, horrible texture, disgusting flavour, couldn't eat...

Good luck - it isn't an easy thing to do but it is so worthwhile. You'll feel fab 2-3 stone lighter for those pictures!

Hi hun, I am similar to you in that I lost all the weight and now have it all to lose again! I've never used CD before and lost all my weight ten years, but having two kids in 10 months piled it all back on! I now have six stone to lose. You are nearly through week one so keep going! You know...

I thought I had replied earlier but it has disappeared so am sorry if anything is repeated... OK, so halfway into day three and you guys are so right, it HAS been the toughest. I am still not hungry, but I WANT to eat. I miss not doing it, but it just shows how much of a comfort I used to get...

Thanks ladies! Yeah I have been told day 3 is the worst soI am making sure my head is in good place! My little boy is with his nanny until this afternoon and my little girl is off to preschool in the afternoon, so it helps not to have them both all day! Cheryl, I do drink all the shake, I...

Morning all! So it is the start of day three - still 100% and feeling raring to go! I weighed myself this morning and 6lb has gone in two days - not sure how this compares to others??? Is this the norm? I am wanting a monster loss next Wednesday cos I miss eating (although I don't feel hungry...

OMG you are such an inspiration and you look fab in your pic! Treat yourself to beauty treatments when you hit 7 stone - this will be how I reward myself! I think one stone will be eyebrows waxed and tinted :) Good luck hunny xx

You are doing so well - it must be a huge relief to know Peter is in the safe zone so to speak, well worth not talking to him! I've just seen your measurements, amazing differences between weeks 1-8. I have problems with my kids sleeping - my little girl since she was in hospital for a week...

Lauren - I have been reading your diary! You amaze me how you can do this diet with your hubby away - but what a great incentive, him seeing a new you when he comes home. I am struggling now, the vanilla shake was so yummy but I am now getting the symptoms of going into ketosis - light...

Thanks guys, really appreciete it your support. I am so pleased I joined this forum, such lovely people! It is now 3.15am here - my little boy woke me up at 1am and hasn't been back to sleep since. So has given me time to reflect inbetween dozing!! Day one was brilliant really. I don't...

I am positive - trying to be! Just had to resist more food in the supermarket... it is everywhere! Am tucking into a chocolate tetra, **** me it is sweeeeeeeet! Honestly, I almost feel sick! Woohoo, not through one meal yet and already I feel naff. LOL, who cares, bring on ketosis and the fat...

Hi - thanks Shanny - you look fab in your pic! Well, morning one and already I have had to resist licking the lid of a yoghurt that my daughter had after her wheetabix!!! I haven't eaten since yesterday lunch time, so am hoping I will get into ketosis quickly. Will have my chocolate shake...

:DHi there :wave_cry: My name is Julie, I am a 28 (almost 29) year old housewife with two kiddies. To cut a very long story short, after having two kiddies within ten months, my body is wrecked. I have tried every diet under the sun and cannot shift the six stone I put on. I am unhappy...