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Ha! I totally agree about the alcohol thing. I realise I sound like a booze hound, but it was the one thing (apart from pizza!) that I missed like mad!!! The warmer weather doesn't help either. I'm hoping that it will stick as I have a bottle of wine in the fridge for Saturday night...

It is such a hard diet, and I just cracked at the final hurdle, so keep at it hun. My aim was always to come off it at 12 weeks and finish my weight loss with a healthy eating plan, which I am now doing (although with the help of cambridge shakes twice a day). I'm feeling happier now though!!!

Thank you ladies. That has been of much help and comfort to me. It's nice to know that I am not the only one with freak cycles!

Hi, I thought I would add my start and end photo's from 11 weeks on the Cambridge Diet. I am so proud of myself that I have got so far. I have more to lose, but I am going to finish my journey at Slimming World. Over the past 11 weeks, I have lost 50lbs, and 25.5" from my body. 9" from my...

Hi ladies. Well I made a decision last night to come off the Cambridge a week early. It wasn't taken lightly (scuse the pun!), but over the past week I have been feeling very unwell with it, with constant headaches, low on energy, and nausea. I have decided to still have shakes for my...

Well, over the last 2 weeks, I lost another 6lbs! Less than I wanted to, but I think I was retaining water, as my TOTM has come 10 days early. They have been all over the place since starting the CD, so I am hoping it is nothing to worry about. So just under 2 more weeks left on the diet, and...

Hi, I'm sorry to gross anyone out with my TMI, but I was just hoping for a bit of advice. Before starting the CD, I had regular 28 day cycles, with no birth control. I am in my 11th week of the CD (I am doing 12 weeks altogether), and my periods have been all over the place (26 day...

Yes! I am still here, and sticking at it 100%!! I am on day 67 today, and have 18 days left (including today!!) until my 12 weeks of the CD are up!! Wahoo!!!!!! I won't lie....I can't wait!!!! After I finish the 12 weeks I have my holiday in Mexico, and then when I get back, I am going on...

Well done!!! I'm hoping to get into the 13's in 2 weeks - it will make such a difference psychologically. You're doing great. xxx

J don't listen to anyone else, you have to do this for yourself, and whatever way works for you is the only way!!! I've had the same thing of my colleagues - one even called me anorexic! Go for it, and just live I am doing, prove them all wrong! xxx Awaken me - where are you? You are such...

22lbs in 5 weeks is nothing to be sniffed at! Well done chick!

Good luck for you WI x

I'm so glad you have made a decision that you are happy with Emz, and I'd love you to give updates on c25k as it's something I am interested in doing, without knowing too much about! Well done for keeping on track...you can do this! xxx

5lbs off this week!!!! Wahoo!!!!!

We'll done!!! That's a fab loss! Keep up the good work. xx

I feel so rough today! I have not had a sip of alcohol since January 3rd, and I feel like I have the handover from hell!! My throat hurts, I have a banging headache, and I feel cold and queasy. I wouldn't mind if I had actually had some booze, but this just feels unfair!!! I have drank 2 litres...

Whichever way you decide to lose weight doesn't matter as long as it is right for you. I know exactly how you are feeling. I ordered the SW books off ebay, which arrived yesterday. I wasn't planning on changing until after my holiday in April, but this week has been hell. I understand...

That is so motivating for me Mel. Ive never really thought of it that way! Thank you! xx

would it be easier to do weekends on 810?

If you stick to it, you'll have a great weight loss this week!!!!! Well done for getting back on track. xxx

Did I tell you that since my OH started circuit training a few weeks ago, he has lost nearly a stone!!!! NEARLY A FRICKING STONE!!!!!!!!! I think I am going to spike his coffee with extra sugars! He has not changed at all what he eats (apart from cutting take away's out - I won't allow them...

Oh no!!!!!!! That's the worst thing! Little slips aren't the end of the world, as long as you enjoy everything that passes your lips, but to not enjoy it?!?!?!:cry::cry: I'm glad you are back on track. The Cambridge diet takes over, as it's so full on, but sometimes life just gets in the...

I had so many days like that before my TOTM. All I could think about was food, and eating it. All of it! But I stuck to it, and I'm glad you have too. Like you said, apart from anything else, this diet is too flipping expensive to waste time on!! You will feel so much better when you get...

Because you know you will have lost weight!!!! Good luck for tomorrow hun. xx

Day 52!!!! God, it feels so mad to say that!!!!! Am I really still doing this diet??? I have defied what even I thought I was capable of!!!!! Im not in work for nearly six days now (back in on Wednesday afternoon), so this is the bit that I will find hard. Eating is mainly a boredom thing...

That's it, no more stops on this train!!!!!!! I'm going to jump off for a week in April though, when I'm going to Mexico!!!! :D:D:D:D Keep up the motivation! xx

Its bound to slow down mate, but it's still coming off, and thats the main thing! stick with it, you'll probably start noticing more of a difference in your clothes now

Well done on your loss hun, and I'm sure you'll be able to buy your E next week. Sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well. Make sure you keep your liquids up. You don't want to get dehydrated! xxx

How are you getting on hun? Hope ur having a good week. xx

Thanks Simmy! We started on the same day, and Ive told my OH that at the end of week 13 (I am doing a week of 810 after the 12 weeks of ss), we are going to pizza hut and having one of those amazing stuffed crust they are annoyingly advertising on the telly!!! It's like food porn, seriously...

bleugh! I couldn't stand the porridges at all, so well done for getting (and keeping) it down!!!! Cant wait to see what our losses are on Monday! xx

Hey, dont let it worry you too much. Sometimes life gets in the way of the cambridge, but it sounds like you dealt with it amazingly. I'm glad it hasn't made you fall of the wagon, so well done!

I'm sorry you have had a bad week hun. This diet is so difficult when you have stuff going on, so well done for getting back on track. A lb is not much, and if you stick to it, it will fall off, and more this week. xxx

Well done on the 4lbs hun. Thats great! If you click on your ticker, it should direct you to another page. Sign in with your pin, and change your weight and it will automaticly do it on your page. xx

Great idea!!! What a lovely reminder of your journey. Fingers crossed you get to move that ticker, and get your E on Monday. xxx

I had an awful day yesterday!!! I was so so so so so so so so hard! I can't even tell you how hard. (though you all know that!!!!!!). I know my totm is due any time, but I just want to eat. ANYTHING! I have been so close to breaking over the past 24 hours. I want to cry I am craving food...

Tell me about it! I don't really like me at all on this diet. I'm tired, moody, and temperamental. Alun must be a saint to put up with me! I have banned all take out from the house!!! It's probably doing my OH's waistline good too though! I've just had a morale boosting measure, and...

I keep telling myself that if this was easy, then we would all be skinny, but some days it just seems so much harder than others. We went the cinema last night, and it is the first time I have been in range of a KFC since that time. It was so hard to go home with an empty belly!!! I know I...

I gave myself a similar pep talk last night. It IS our choice, so we shouldn't moan, right??? It doesn't feel that way when I'm feeling like this! Good luck with your WI tomorrow. Two week WI's are a pain in the arse. :cry:

I'm always like that at my totm. It's something I've always 'fed' before so I wander round looking in kitchen cupboards, getting fed up that my next meal will be another shake. Let it out!!! It's far better than what I do and take it out on random people!!!!

Fab! I drink 4 litres of water easily as it is, but could probably squeeze another one down with help. Thanks

I am so crap at updating!!! I haven't had a WI this week, as I was working a late shift (I'm a train driver), and it's killing me not knowing how much I have lost!!!! I have got my fella to hide the scales, and I have been really good and not hunted for them. I have set myself a target of...

My cdc said that if you miss an odd pack every now and again it's not a problem, its when you consistently miss shakes that's when you start to put weight on again, so you'll be fine! I'm jealous about the water flavouring. Ive been wanting to try it, but just worried that I wont lose as much...

Well done on your 9lbs. I'm chuft to bits for you. xx

You're right in saying your weight loss will catch up - it will, and when it does I'm sure you will be pleasantly shocked! Well done at weighing up the positives...this diet is definitely worth it, but you know that. xx

Sorry to hear about your crap weekend. I had one last week. I'm glad that you are back on board (did I tell you that my actual job is a train driver?? :D). I wasn't weighed this Monday, so hopefully we will both have great 2 week losses next Monday! xx

well done! That's a great result! x

hi hun. I hope you are feeling better? I have a crappy cold too, and it only makes the diet harder when you are feeling unwell. Can I just say that WI that you do with your Mam sounds like a great incentive! What a great idea! Have a good day chick. xx

You are doing so well!!!! Ive been wondering the same thing about what happens after the CD (I want to come off it in April, not matter how much I have left to lose). I either want to finish off with ww, or sw, but not sure whether to go it alone, or fork out for the classes. I guess that is...

Well done! You're doing really well! And if anyone tells you the troll breath goes away...they are lying!! I am in week 6 and smell like a donkey's ass. Not good!!! Well done on hitting your second goal. xx

Day 37!! Nearly half way through ss! I have to say that apart from from the head cold, chesty cough, occasional tummy pains and slight dizziness, I'm feeling wonderful!!! :rofl: I am back in work today after 5 days off which is a good thing because it will get me off ebay. It has got out of...

Half a stone in one week!!!! That's great! Well done hun. x

You're not by yourself hun, I've heard it can go either way on the CD, but I'm lucky if I get toilet action twice a week. My cdc suggested mixing something called fibersure into my shakes, but not done that yet. Have a good day, less than a week until WI, and I'm sure you'll do great. x

Good luck!!!!!!!

Oooh, thanks! Iv not tried to add to it recently, so should be able to do it now

Well done honey! Thats a great loss!!! Well jealous of your 12.7 stones!!!!!

I lost 6 lbs!!!! My no exercise week paid off big time!!! I am chuffed to bits My OH has definitely noticed a difference, and I think he is even feeling the pressure a little bit as he came home from work today, disappeared upstairs and came down wearing shorts and tee shirt claiming he...

We all make mistakes, but the best thing we can do is learn from them. Have a good week, and I'm glad you have got the will power to get back on the diet wagon :) x

Yesterday I rediscovered ebay. Oops. About 6 years ago I discovered ebay for the first time, and it quickly became a massive past of my life. I was saving for a deposit to buy a house, so I sold things. Everything. If it wasn't nailed down, it was up for auction. I managed to sell over 400...

Mishi, I found that too! But I'm mega confused as some people have the equivalent of war and peace wrote in their signatures! Let me know if you work it out hun! x

Thanks emz!! Some of those recipes sound like they could really work. Stuff the part about them losing their nutrition....I'll just take a multi vitamin instead!! Anyway...thats the verdict on your WI? Hope you got the 4lbs (or more!) xxx

Hang on, hang on, hang on........CRISPS?????? Tell me more..... xx

I have just spent a lovely evening reading your fabulous journey...seriously - you have made me smile, laugh and cry (the bits about your dad). I know you have heard it a gazillion time, but congratulations, you are such an inspiration, and prove that it can be done. I cant see any pictures...

Good luck hun!!! Make this time the last time! You should get a decent weight loss in 10 days to keep you motivated. Write in here each day, and then we can spur you on (kick your ass!) into sticking with it :D

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Hi Suzykate. Well done on (nearly) completing your first week! It is by far the hardest week (ok, apart from TOTM, thats a killer :D), and you have done really well. Im confident that you will have had a little whoosh in weight loss over the past couple of days. In my first week, I weighed...

Well my tummy ache has gone, but my cold is in full force! How can I take so many vits, drink so much water, steer clear of fatty (or indeed any) foods and still get ill???? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME, BODY???? Anyway, I have had a couple of lazy days, and tonight I have tried on some clothes...

Well done! Thats an awesome result! Keep it up honey. x

So you broke the blender, and your missus is buying you a new one???? rofl! Nice one! I would listen to her instructions carefully...breaking blenders is an expensive hobby!

5 day weekend for me, lovely usually, but because im not feeling 100% at the moment Im going to be at home...bored. Very dangerous on the CD!!!! Have a good weekend folks!

UhOh. One of those days eh? Where all the food looks amazing, smells amazing and everyone is eating apart from you????? Yep, those days are a b!tch!!!!! However, well done for resisting temptation! I have so far managed to avoid situations like that, but I wonder if I would fare as well as...

Well I'm not sure if it connected, but my sickness has developed into a full blown head cold over night, complete with a side order of sore throat and coughing. Marvellous!!! My asthma is bad as well, and I am feeling incredibly sorry for myself. I feel like I have been run over by a bus. My...

Awwww, thats rubbish! However it is definitely water retention. My cdc warned me that some of her clients put on 5lbs during their TOTM, and although I didn't put on, I didn't lose weight for 5 fricking days, but once I started, the weight whooshed off, so I'm sure it will with you. Keep up...

Well, I got to day 30!!! wohoo! I feel crap though! I started with it last night, and I just feel sick. There is obviously nothing inside me, so it's just bile, but my belly is gurgling and feeling all crampy. I have forced down my shakes as I know it will work against me if I have a day...

Kicking fags and food at the same time? Are you SuperWoman? I kicked the fags 14 months ago, but it took just over a year before I could even think about sorting my weight out! Well done! x

Oh no! are you weighing yourself at home so you have an idea of how much you have lost, or are you just going to wait for a nice surprise next week? The court officer sounds like it was just an exercise in wasting time. I hope your day gets better!

just put it behind you, and start a fresh this week! You can do it! x

Well done hun. It's easy when you get into the swing of things, isn't it!!! xx

This week is going to be the week of no exercise! Nothing! No walking, no shopping, no doing the twist whilst train driving, nada! When I stood on the scales last Thursday, I had lost 5.5lbs, and between then and yesterday I lost half a lb. The only thing I did different.....exercise! I had a...

Bleugh, the maple and pecan ming!!!! I had to send the rest of the porridges back without bothering trying them, I just couldnt even think about them without gipping! Not tried the bars yet....think Im going to leave them for much later on in case they slow me down. x

Well, Ive just had my WI. I wont lie, I'm gutted. 6lbs. SIX MEASLY POUNDS OVER TWO FECKING WEEKS!!!! I feel like I want to cry. She told me I could have it as 7 if I wanted as the scales couldn't make up their minds between .12 and .13, but as it settled on .13, I don't want to cheat myself out...

Well, Ive just had my WI. I wont lie, I'm gutted. 6lbs. SIX MEASLY POUNDS OVER TWO FECKING WEEKS!!!! I feel like I want to cry. She told me I could have it as 7 if I wanted as the scales couldn't make up their minds between .12 and .13, but as it settled on .13, I don't want to cheat myself out...

Yea, I have an evening weigh in too, but I reasoned that as long as I wear the same clothes, and drink 3 out of my 4 litres of water, then it will work out to be the same every week. I get weighed in at 6.30, so I'll let you know later how I get on....good luck Magz!

I'm so glad you are back in the zone!! and I can tell you do nothing that 5 minutes of pleasure isn't worth it!! I had a slip on day 15 on CD, and the damn weight didn't shift for 5 whole days.....which is heart breaking when you are starving yourself!!!!! Well done honey! xx

Well done on getting through the first 2 weeks! I find the diet hard enough without having to deal with hormonal kids, so you deserve a medal just for that!! Is your WI tomorrow? Good luck with it...Im sure you will wave goodbye to that stone! x

Oooh, stick with it Magz! How long have you been on the plan? I'm on my 4 week WI tomorrow. I keep having to give myself a pep talk that ss is only for 12 weeks. I guess I'm a third of the way through, so that's an achievement for me!!! Plan for today? Not made it out of bed yet...I love a...

Film was brilliant! It held my attention fully (which is a tall order for me), and I would definitely recommend it...AND......I didn't have to pee half way through...result!!!

Hi Emz, I wouldn't be too worried about being weighed until the evening...in fact, if you are going to be weighed in the morning next week, then as you know you already have a fab weight loss for this week, those couple of extra lbs loss will already be counting for next week when you might not...

Hi Emz, I wouldn't be too worried about being weighed until the evening...in fact, if you are going to be weighed in the morning next week, then as you know you already have a fab weight loss for this week, those couple of extra lbs loss will already be counting for next week when you might not...

Thanks. The weekends are my worst time. I miss wine and take outs so much!!!!! We are going to the cinema to see The Kings Speech tonight, so I'm hoping that will keep my mind occupied, and off food!!!! Hope everyone is having a good weekend. x

Ive had a great day today. Ive managed to avoid the scales again this morning, so will all my willpower, I'm going to try and do the same tomorrow, so I will have a lovely surprise on Monday evening! Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed anyway It's the dreaded Saturday night tonight, so we are...

Oooh. I forgot to say well done for kicking the cigs. I gave up just over 13 months ago, and it was tough, but feel so much better for it! x

little goals are the way forward. I refuse to look at the bigger picture whilst I have so much weight to lose! lb by lb! Having said that, I am hoping for a whopping 8lb loss on Monday, but it will have been 2 weeks since I was weighed, so I think thats ok! xx

Day 25 of the Cambridge diet! Who would have thought I would make it this far??? Not me!!! I managed a 45 minute power walk in my break today, and I didn't even want to curl up and die when I finished!!! Fabulous! I also managed to avoid standing on the scales this morning (ok, ok, I forgot...

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What a fantastic loss!!! The last picture of you is inspiring. Well done

Well done! That is such a difference! Congratulations

I love that cherry dress!!!!! Oh, and congrats on your weight loss...you really make it look worth it! X

Your pictures are amazing!! Well done! How on earth do you find the energy to do Shred on ss?!?!? I barely find the energy to go for a walk some days!!! Congratulations!

What a difference!!! Well done honey!

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You are doing so well!!! Im very jealous of your 12's!!! Good luck for your weigh in...by the sounds of it you will have a fantastic loss!!! x

Take each day as it comes Kez, and I promise you it will get easier!! Im sure that you will have a greta loss this week! x

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I have spend the last few hours reading other peoples diaries, and I feel so inspired!!! Suddenly the 8 and a half weeks that I have left on ss doesn't seem so intimidating!!! My hardest times are when I am bored. If my mind is occupied, or I am at work, then it doesn't concern me at all, but...

My stomach has just been rumbling reading about all that lush food, so well done for resisting it!!!! Your loss has bee awesome so far, and men tend to do better losing weight than women, so im sure you will continue to kick our arses in the weight loss department!!! Keep up the good work...

Hi. Id love to join your team if you will have me? Im in my 4th week of ss, and planning on doing the full 12. My short term motivation is a holiday to Mexico at the start of April, so I think that is close enough to keep me interested!

I can imagine. I stayed the same for 4 days last week, and it made me feel like throwing the towel in. AF was due though, so although I was losing, I was retaining water. Grrrr! I know it sounds impossible, but try upping your water intake. I have 4 litres a day...just make sure you are...

I would love to join a team! I'm on my 4th week of ss, and am in for the long haul! Please let me know if you have any spaces! x

Im on week 4, and I am not feeling any euphoria! Im pretty sure I am in ketosis though as I smell like a donkey, but the happiest I feel is when I stand on the scales and see a loss. HOWEVER...I am definitely losing weight, and the diet is obviously working, so stick with it hun, and get your...

Remember - The more you drink, the more you shrink!!!! Keep at it, the first week is definitely the toughest, but as long as you can put mind over matter, you'll do fine. Im a shift worker too, which makes it slightly trickier, but just make sure you stick to the diet, and you can't fail! Good...

Well done! You are doing so well. Im in my 4th week of CD, and I know what you mean about not being hungry, but man, I could still eat!! Anyway, keep up the good work....you'll get that stone out of the way by Monday!

Thanks ladies, I need all the hand holding I can get!!!!! I certainly wont be treating myself again in a hurry. I didn't think I could possibly manage 23 days, but here I am, and I'm actually feeling alright about it! Ok, so I'd still love to eat, but I can't argue with the science, and this...

Well done!!!! Ive just read through your diary, and you are completely inspirational. To go through what you are with your ex, and bringing up a daughter with cp, AND losing massive amounts of weight....WOW! I'm impressed! I don't know where you get the energy to do Shred....I'm knackered...

So there you are...up to date! I hope I have not been too boring, and feel free to stop reading at any point, as I do like to, in the words of Led Zeppelin, ramble on and am likely to post every day. This week has been bad so far. My hormones have turned me into a mad woman, and I have...

WEEK THREE (Chicken gate) So off Penny went to have her baby, and left me with two weeks to play with. Now, normally at WW, I would have had a little 'treat' (or a big massive pizza shaped one), but with CD, you can't cheat. It had been suggested to me that I moved up to ss+, but I didn't...

Week Two (much easier) I started week 2 with more motivation, and still riding high off my 10lb loss. I had stocked up on shakes (just the shakes, and nothing else!!!), and was told that I would soon start to feel full of energy, and I would stop thinking of food. Well I did find this week...

OK. I'll get you up to date as I am now in week 4 of my Cambridge diet journey. I'll do it in a few posts. Week One (AKA MY OWN PERSONAL HELL) My first weigh in. Cue tears, £50 out of my pocket, and a box full of powdered foods. Yum. Not. :sign0137: I didn't start on a very good...

Hi! My name is Loo, and I'm a food-aholic. I'm sure you have heard it all before but for the last 12 years I have been successfully losing weight with plans like Slimming World and Weight Watchers, then even more successfully putting the weight (and more) back on. Everyone's got to be good at...

22lbs in 2 weeks??????? WOWZA!!!! Look at the bigger picture, not just the 2lbs and you will soon realise how well you have done. Congratulations! xx

6lbs is fab! Well done, and keep up the good work ;)

Well done! You are doing great and have some fab weight losses. What an inspiration!