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Thanks TC! Moona - I'm not sure about the water, but I've heard that it helps. I do knock it back like a good'un (usually around 5l). Also, I'm still several stone overweight - isn't it true that the bigger you are, the bigger the (initial) losses? You're doing fab - do you drink lots of water?

Thank you baby :)

Wahey! In the 11s, good for you. Agree with Rachel, think I'd stick to your consultant's scales. Excellent weight loss, very inspiring. You must have nearly lost all that 23 lb? Glad you were pleased with your new consultant too.

Oops, I seem to have copied a bit of someone else's post into that!

I'd like to be 15.7 in a month. So that'll be 16lbs. 10lbs target for me this month. Good luck everyone. Starlit_Cazza - 16lbs LeaLou1 - 21lbs THAI CHILLI - 16lbs lostpolarbear - 14lbs Kimboowee - 14lbs Enlightenme2 - 14lbs Dizzy girl - 14lbs gero1 - 9lbs lisalouise_14 - 14lbs Sirhowybird -...

Thanks B! You will DROP I'm sure - you can't not! Good vibes for your weigh-in from me :)

Thanks for your encouragement and support Theresa. Well... <Drum roll> 5 lbs orf! 1 stone 5 lbs in 3 weeks!! So, yeah, its totally worth the pain of deprivation! Am well into 16's. Have presentation to give at college in 4 weeks, would love to be well into the 15s by then. Doable? On...

-5 lbs!! Chuffed with that. That's 19 lbs in 3 weeks, gotta love Cambridge!

Hello Theresa, it is so nice to log on and find a lovely message from your smiley face :) Been better the last few days thanks. Am due on so thinking that might be why the dreadful hunger. Weigh-in tomorrow. I know I shouldn't but my scales have been very good to me, so I'm hoping! I will be...

Hi Sian, keep going, you're through the worst now. I'm due on and the last few days have been hard for me too. Keep positive - if the scales aren't nice this week, remember it will be water retention and the following week it will DROP! You might have a nice surprise though.

Just caught up Rachel. 7LBS?! WOW. You are inspirational, well done.

Hello, oh, bad luck re: ticket. But sounds like you handled it well. It is funny how people feel uncomfortable with eating around you and making the comments. But you keep going your own sweet way! Good luck with weigh-in. I'm sure you'll do FAB! I WI on a Wednesday too. One day I'll be as...

Oh thank you lovelies :) Yes, mum is also doing it, she will keep me in check! I do so want to be slim, will have a read over everyone's diaries tomorrow. I sent my mum some HIDEOUS photos of myself and she has showed me them tonight. Bessie Bunter eat your heart out! Thanks for your...

Days 16&17. In a word: struggling. Cannot stop thinking of food, planning to eat it etc. Have been 100%, but feels like I'm clinging on by the edge of my teeth. Yesterday, I nearly had a marmite and cheese panini AND a chocolate chip shortbread. I put it down though. My mum is here and...

I boil the kettle and leave it 5-10 minutes, the nutrients get lost if you add boiling water. It is good to have a goal isn't it? I want to be slim (or at least, much slimmer), by the end of my college course (end of May/early June) and for my holiday in Spain at the end of June. I went in June...

I have the spicy tomato, which I really like (must be mixed properly though - with that one, you have to make a paste with a small amount of cold water, and then add hot) and oriental chilli, which I can stomach. I don't mind the mushroom and have that one occasionally. For me, the vegetable and...

Hi Sian, well done on finishing day one! You're right that it gets worse before it gets better, but just push through it and you'll feel great in a few days. I'm bathing so much that I'm surprised there's not much less of me! I'v also been religiously moisturising my body and giving myself...

Day Fifteen Still going. Feeling quite good - still having fleeting moments of hunger, which I ignore. Bought myself a really pretty vintage-looking sundae glass to use when I blend my shakes into an ice-cream-like consistency. Had a lick of the sunshine orange powder and it is just like...

Oh god Theresa, that is s hit news :( Well done for keeping your resolve at a challenging time. Be nice to yourself x

Fantastic! Well done you!

Hi Theresa, what a great compliment, that really must have made your morning! You are doing great to nip your gain in the bud, I admire you for taking control! I will also have a look for the Beck Solution, sounds interesting. Good luck (though you won't need it) for weigh-in tomorrow!

Thank you Sarah! I feel really good. How are you getting on?

Oh yes, and I got some orange sunshine water flavouring. Am having it with sparkling water in my posh wine glass - I know how to let my hair down! Its really nice actually, almost has a gin and tonic edge to it. <Obviously having tastebud hallucinations> Ooh, and and and, I got to try a lemon...

Second weigh-in. Bye bye 4lbs. So, a stone in two weeks - 1/6 of the way to goal! :D

Well done, I can read the positivity coming from you!

Hi Theresa, well, the only thing nun-like about me (before CD) is ahem, celibacy. :( Well, I lost 4 lbs today, so a stone in two weeks. I am pleased with that. 1/6 of the way to goal now! I feel so much better, yes food is still a preoccupation, but I'm fighting through it. I have noticed that...

We can be a pair of dipsos together <hic> ;) I think it's because I'm finding this process quite torturous at times, I want something (other than smothering myself in lotions and potions) to make me feel good. And wine does it. But yes, I know you're right, so I'll continue my nun-like...

Ha! Glad she had to eat humble pie. That dress is going to be like a tent on you, woman!

Brilliant! Well done you. And we'll done Fairy! My second weigh in is tomorrow; am really nervous that I'll have had a crappy loss, even though I've been 100%. :s

Thanks :) I am feeling good. I'm nearly two weeks in now. When the weather warms up, I think I'll be able to handle the lack of food. But then it will be gin and tonic season! :O

Another day done. Felt better having been at work today. Still craving carby, tasty filling food. Still pampering myself; I suppose that's one nice thing about having to distract from the F-WORD and treat myself nicely. I feel more energised and have had no reflux or heartburn at all...

Hi Sian, it's a difficult one. If your head is in the zone then maybe start next week, IF you think you'll cope with a night out on this plan. The thing is, you could wait until the 3rd or 4th of Feb, but will your resolve be there still, do you think? Good luck in making the decision: I...

Hah! I misread as two stone! Oops. [Hunger is adding my brain, obvs]

Wow, 27lbs in two weeks??! That's staggering, you must be well chuffed.

Hi, its hard, I know. But try and keep focussed - I find reading the diaries and looking at the before and after pics really helps. Keep going - you CAN do it. If I can , anyone can!

Day Ten. I want FOOD. Actual food with texture and flavour that I can feel in my stomach. I'm sure it's this weather. I'm absolutely dreading cooking for my son later. In other news, I'm face packed, hair-treatmented and bathed in lovely things like nothing else! At least I'll be glowing...

That's brilliant, Fairy - you're just taking the scenic route, eh? ;)

Hi Fairy - this is day 9 I think - started on Thursday 10th Jan. Lost 10lbs in first week, so 5 or more will get me there! Can't wait to be in 14's really - I start looking 'normal' then - still chunky but ok, if you know what I mean? How are you getting on?

Cheers, today I will step away from the scales! But the tape measure is another thing.

Meant to say - if you're looking this good now, you're going to be bloody goddess-like by May!

Well doe Rachel, that's an average of 4.27lbs a week you know! You're doing fab - just think how AMAZING you'll feel at the hen do. I hope that assistant is suitably shamed on Tuesday - what a cowbag. Keep strong.

Yay!, in the 14's! Well done! I can't wait to be in the 16's :-/ hopefully Wednesday, providing I don't go mad and give in to the food envy and drink lust!

Thanks baby and dithin. Yesterday started ok; I used money I'd have otherwise spent on wine to get my nails done. I've also been paying much better attention to my skincare routine - I couldn't be arsed half the time before. I've got more energy, definitely. By the time I got home yesterday...

Thanks, and well done everyone for your losses. This site is really supportive, it's great. I'm going to have to stop home-weighing. I've become obsessive about weighing. Unfortunately, the scales are not different than Wednesday, which is mildly bothering me. But, I'm being 100%, so it HAS to...

10lbs off! Very happy with that. :D

Thanks Rachel and ruey. I'm well pleased. Hopefully be in the 16's next week. Positively sylph-like ;) For anyone reading and struggling; stick with it. I've felt dreadful for the last few days, but today I feel amazing.

Thanks R! Last night I blended a toffee and walnut shake with ice. Twas delicious, like ice cream. Have had my mum here last night and today, she's also doing CD so we've been supporting each other. Today I feel good! Think I must be in ketosis <at last> loads of energy and a bit of a buzz...

Looking great! <wolf whistles> Follow my ramblings at Oh Fatty Tum Tum

Morning! I actually slept last night. At a normal time! Hurrah! Going for an apple and cinnamon porridge. Hope everyone else has a good day :) Follow my ramblings at Oh Fatty Tum Tum

Wow! Is that really just after a week??! 'Tis an amazing difference. Go you!

Oh thanks ruey :) Hunger pangs seem to be abating a bit now. Going to try for sleep. <crosses fingers, counts sheep>

Bed. Starving. I'm like a broken record I know. I've been 100%, had my water etc. so why, for the love of all things holy, am I not in ketosis yet? Really tempted to eat. I won't. I won't. Lets hope sleep comes soon.

Oh my god. I'm in the bath, to avoid being near the kitchen. This is so so hard, I could cry. I just hope the ketosis fairy will visit tonight.

Thanks. I am so jeffing hungry, it hurts! Surely I must be on the way to ketosis soon? On the plus side, my CD-ing mum is coming to stay tomorrow, we can give each other moral support. <sigh> I am going to go to bed early tonight and NOT EAT ANYTHING!

OOh, Rachel, you are inspiring. I'm a similar weight to your starting weight and really admire your loss! I'm on day 5, finding it tough but am living on MiniMins, reading everyone's posts! I will be following with interest. :)

Thanks Christy. Today was hard - my son had a jacket potato for dinner and I bloody love them. Was chewing my knuckles up in the bathroom. Glad to hear you're on track. :)

Ooh, a reply! Thank you Ems. Well done for your loss. Yep, I think I need to get to weigh in on Wednesday night. Are you near goal yet, or have you more to shift? :)

OK, I'm back downstairs. Bleddy child left the skins :eek:. They got thrown in the bin, sharpish. Oh I am feeling fed up. I KNOW that it will be worth it in the end, but it really is hard, harder than I realised. Especially since days one and two seemed easy. <Wail>

Well done!

Well done!

Aaaarrgghhh! Hiding upstairs while my son eats his jacket potato. One of my favourite foods. The smell and sight of the fluffy buttery potato flesh has nearly finished me off :( It IS going to be worth it, yes?

Hmm... I replied hours ago - where's my post?! Thanks Christy, hope you're feeling back in control now. You're doing so, SO well. Day 5 for me. I'm insomniac and still bloody hungry. Ketosis come onnn!

Here are my goals/reasons for doing this: - I want to be a healthy weight - I want more energy - I want to look in the mirror and like what I see - I don't want my son to have a chubster for a mum any more - I would like to wear normal knickers - not ones made from reinforced lycra - I would...

Wowzers! How fabulous you are. Inspiring.

Right then! I am ready to address my weight. I have fluctuated between 18st6 and 14st ish for the last ten years! I want to get to a healthy BMI this time, and maintain. I've never tried CD, or any other food replacement diet before. I've always thought that I could not cope with chewing and...

Thanks Christy! You know you can keep going - you've done so, so well. Day 5 for me - still hungry. Ketosis, wherefore art thou? Still 100% - I want to be like you! Oh man, insomnia is killing me - anyone else?

Hi Christy, just got to the end of your inspirational diary. I have just finished day 3 on SS - has been hard, but managed to keep focussed thanks to diaries like yours. You are probably inspiring and encouraging many, many more people than you realise! I'm 5'7" too and 18 horrid stone. Ick...

Thanks ladies! Finding no motivation but need to shift lotsa pounds. X

Hi everyone, longtime lurker here. This forum is brilliant! I joined Slimming World again this morning - 5 stone+ to lose... I KNOW it works if I stick to it. It's not the food that kills me, it's the wine and vodka etc...! Best wishes everyone.