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Scientific research over the last 40 years proves that on the Cambridge Diet the metabolic rate does not slow significantly and picks up if the stabilisation and maintenance plans are followed. The stabilisation plan gradually increases the calorie intake from very low calorie up to 1500...

Thank you very much. Yep had a good day here. (Back on the diet for a day tomorrow then off it for a day then on it again, round and round and round and round and round ...)

Tuesday 23rd September I don't think I can call my vegetable growing efforts a success this year. Out of several cucumber plants, I've had one cucumber which had tough skin, and another small one that I've just picked because its not going to grow any more. I had to pick my radishes too early...

TGIF Lost a couple of pounds this week. I'm hoping that we're home I won't gain water this weekend. Although Danny wants to go to some local caves for a look, and he punctuated that with 'and they have a restaurant.' But for some reason I never feel the urge to eat at restaurants near home...

The whole blood group thing is a, well, another section of the diet industry (not at all related to CD in any way.) It seems that some people believe that people with certain blood groups should eat certain foods to be able to lose weight. I know nothing about this, but I have heard that...

Thursday 18th September Well the car has been in the garage now for two weeks, apart from the weekend when we smoked out the countryside. I haven't heard anything for a few days. I'm hoping he can get most of the oil out of the exhaust. I'm also hoping we can have the car road worthy for the...

Sounds like some water retention to me. See how you go without the porridge by all means. Although it is formulated to be just another Sole Source portion. It is slightly higher in carbs than a sachet I think, but for the average person, it shouldn't present a problem. Keep the water going in.

It really does depend on who you ask. Some people do say the soups are vile, others really like them. If you're trying your first soups go for something like Chicken and mushroom, leek and potato, vegetable or oriental chilli if you like spicy. Those are about the ones I sell the most of.

I'm due a porridge, I'm going to try that now.

Mmmm porridge. I have at least 3 a day (not following any particular plan with that, I just love the stuff!) I always like it when people say they don't like it. MORE FOR ME!

Actually thinking about it, so many dieters are embarrassed about restarting with the same counsellor, and it really isn't necessary. No-one should feel embarrassed, just pick up the phone or start the email and get going again. And if it makes the dieter feel any less embarrassed just...

Please ring her, text her, whatever. She may be on holiday which may have been why she hasn't responded. But yes we have to make money, it is a business after all and we're only too glad to take on new dieters or restarters. You'll have to fill in another form, so the new client screening...

I think people have tried all kinds of things, including putting a teaspoon of a shake into the porridge for flavour. I think it's trial and error on the flavourings for it. Note though that you are allowed nutmeg and cinnamon etc, but don't go putting in cake flavourings as these aren't...

Nice one! I do weekend gains like that too, but the good thing is that after a big weekend, if you do get straight back to it, it drops as fast as it went on - thus proving it's all water and stored carbs. Well done for dropping the extra lbs really fast.

Aha, apart from burning my fingers on hot CD muffin trying to cut it up into tiny pieces, I think my late night cereal habit might just be conquered (sp?) Even if it doesn't set teethbreakingly hard by tonight, it'll still be 137 empty calories to munch on rather than several hundred calories...

Wednesday 17th September I can heartily recommend The London Bridge Experience and Tombs. Danny and I had a superb time there on Friday. It only took us about an hour to go through it, and we were the only two in the group so we had all the actors to ourselves. And as we joined in with the...

I always use Sudafed 12 hour relief. It's a tablet decongestant, so you can have your usual painkillers too. I also use sugar free Strepsils or Tunes which are also sugar free. However it has to be said that although these things have never upset my weight loss, I've not been aiming for...

I second that. Call the helpline, state your case. It's not on. You need to be weighed.

All I can say is, you should be. It is a requirement these days.

I absolutely love the stuff. Pity there are only 3 or 4 portions in a day!

Cambridgedieters.com is up and down like a thingamys drawers at the moment. :wave_cry:It'll be good when they launch the new site. Mind you being of the lazy persuasion, all the time its down, there's nothing for me to moderate! :p

There shouldn't be any left on ebay now because it's been banned, however if some does slip through, anyone can report it and the listing will be removed. Head office spent a lot of time getting Ebay to understand why it was a bad idea to allow it to be sold on there. And frankly when they...

You'd be hard pushed to be able to buy CD from anyone other than an actual Cambridge Counsellor. It's only us allowed to buy the products from the company.

How is she supposed to recommend what plan you go on if she hasn't weighed you and therefore not calculated your BMI?

So my weight is going nowhere because I'm in weekend away mode and eating breakfast cereal in the evening.:eatdrink051: Our car is broken and has been in the garage for a week now.:character00182: We thought it was the turbo we didn't think we had, but now the mechanic says the new one he put...

I see www.cambridgedieters.com has fallen over again. Ho hum. Oh well I'll have to be solely boring on here then. Booked Matt's 5th birthday party today. Got in there early, its not til November. But round here if you don't book them that early you miss out on the day and time you want...

Nah not really nosy. Stands to reason we'd sell it for a profit, or we couldn't run it as a business. I don't think everyone realises that we pay for the stuff up front though. That's why it can be a bit hairy starting up as you're never sure the stuff will sell having bought it all in. Yeah...

No we pay for it before hand at a price lower than the RRP, sell it and the bit on the top is our profit. Our own supplies can come out of our own stock. Yes it's great to get the kids back to school. Matt goes tomorrow and then I'm FREEEEEEEEEEE!!! Gotta go now and get Gemma.

Wednesday 3rd September Just on my second bowl of porridge today. Ah bliss. Eating rather than drinking something that doesn't upset my IBS. :worthy: Gemma ate about half a bowl this morning. Then I thought to myself that about 70 calories is probably not enough for an 8 year old to go to...

Tuesday 2nd September My shed load of porridge turned up today. To which I say :clap: And I love the colour of the new Strawberry Tetra packaging. Tastes good too - bonus! So all in all :character00100:

I thought it was more like oats so simple, the sweet plain one. But I haven't had that in a long while, so maybe my memory is a bit out!

I think its fantastic. Those interested should give it a go and see what they think. There are bound to be people who can't stand it in the same way as I can't stand the chocolate mint or the veg soup. The porridge is an amazing choice for SS. In 17 years I didn't think I'd see anything...

Well actually I'm not tall, and I wouldn't go as far as saying I'm skinny at the moment, slim ish.

I'm a tall skinny sugar free vanilla latte girl myself. I've got a coffee pod machine. It can make me a weak pint of coffee in about a minute. (I like it in volume, but not strong)

Ah that's so fab! Up til this week I've always had the time restraints of being an hour or two away from walking to school/nursery to pick up the kids 3 times a day. So being that accommodating hasn't been an option.

Yeah I tend to be a bit like that. OH used to tell me I was running 'Mummy's coffee mornings!' (without the coffee, sadly, too lazy!)

Ach, my mum was the same when she was alive. Either I got 'don't eat that you'll put on all the weight you've lost' or I got 'you're not eating enough.' Not that she had any leg to stand on, she was always very overweight and I think it was more than a touch of jealousy. You're doing...

If you switched to CD and did with the SS+ with food option or the 810kcal plan you'd be absolutely fine and probably still lose between 3-5lbs a week. It is widely said by people who have tried the other VLCDs before trying CD that Cambridge has better flavours, and we certainly have the most...

And I hope you feel better soon.

Strictly speaking anything added to SS is therefore not SS. However I also use the sugar free strepsils. I couldn't tell you if they'd upset ketosis or your weight loss, or cause cravings. Personal thing. But for goodness sake, don't have the ones that have sugar in.

You'll do it. You know this works, so you know you can do it. If I ever get to goal (about a BMI 20-21, I find that easier to maintain for some odd reason) I'll fall over in shock. I came close and then I had a holiday. Now I'm about 8lbs away from where I was before my holiday, and a...

It does depend on the CDC. But it is worth noting that unless a CDC has had extra training outside of that which Cambridge supplies, we are not therapists, so anyone looking for things like Cognative Behavioural Therapy as a rule will only get that from Lighter Life. We are only advised to...

Yes I will thanks, it's been yonks since I had anything other than the clippers on my hair. Love your pictures by the way, you look stunning.

Thank you, but really if I had any kind of self control on holiday I wouldn't stuff myself silly in the first place. But that's how I justify my relentless behaving myself for the rest of the year. I'm just not going to live on rabbit food on holiday when I eat sensibly throughout most of the...

Monday 1st September Well for the first day in September and being the first day of autumn according to the weather people it's bright and sunny, unlike most of August. I have taken the kids out for lunch today. That's the last time until the end of October as Gemma is back to school...

Thanks Mini, its a bit embarrassing that I'm capable of putting that amount on for a holiday and a weekend away. But that's life. Actually that's not even the total of it. In actual fact I have another 8lbs to lose to get down to where I was before my holiday. That frankly is really...

Shock horror. There are people who actually NO NOT LIKE the porridge. One of my counsellors actually emailed me to tell me she didn't like it. Now you may think that this is a bad thing, but no, I say ALL THE MORE FOR ME!!!!! :clap::party0038::clap:

Saturday Less flabby of August OK, so I've lost 12lbs since Monday night. It's not the fact that I've lost that amount of weight that is astonishing, it's the fact that it is humanly possible to store that amount of excess fluid retention from a two week holiday and a bank holiday weekend...

PMSL, yep probably. But then again you can't please everyone all of the time. I can't stand Veg soup or choc mint, yet I sell loads of them.

The carb content of the porridge will be fine. I don't think anyone should worry about that. It can't be anything other than fine or they wouldn't have said you could live on it for SS.

It would be perfectly liveable.

Homage to the porridge. I like it. Its fab this porridge. I'm like a kid with a new toy.

Don't worry you've got the better of the two in my opinion. The silk was nice, but the porridge is amazing. Its so good I feel like framing the empty packet!

The post came. My Insider was in it. I have porridge. It's the new best thing. I'm dancing. Everyone should try it as a rule. It's fantastic. I've eaten my porridge, I'm going to have to wait until Tuesday lunch time to get some more. Noooo I'll explode. Give me more porridge. NOW. :party0023:

I'm glowing. It's amazing stuff.

pink site is www.cambridgedieters.com the official Cambridge Forum. And the porridge - OMG buy a microwave, the porridge is FANTASTIC!!

I want my porridge!!! I want my porridge!!! I want my porridge!!! I want my porridge!!! I want my porridge!!! I want my porridge!!!

OMG it even uses the microwave (sorry for those who don't have one) OMG I WANT MINE NOW!!!

All CDCs get your orders in before I do, or I'll clean them out in the first week. (Stuff customers, I WANT IT!) :party0038:

Think of that. There would be no more small children saying, 'Mummy why aren't you eating anything? Because porridge is porridge, and kids understand that. Cool.

I'm all excited now.

If he's anything like me he'll enjoy himself and come back a complete bloater! But then it would only be a problem if holiday was 50 weeks out of the year rather than 2!

I'm still thinking you're joking here. Please tell me you aren't.

Mmmmm orange winter spice and cinnamon muffin. Nice. I shall be sad when I run out of that shake.

I shed 2lbs of water yesterday. Yay me. It seems its gone from my spare tyre, even bigger YAY ME. Although I am still counting the days until the kids go back to school, this year at least I am less likely to be arrested for murder than I was last year. I would like to thank the makers of...

Tuesday 26th August - food I had a stonking bank holiday weekend which involved much eating. There were two cooked breakfasts, one KFC, one chinese takeaway and some gypsy tart in addition to healthy things. Oddly though I only put on a further 3lbs from that. Strange, usually it would be...

Its a virtually impossible question to answer I'm afraid. Different counsellors earn different amounts because they have different numbers of customers. However I left the rat race, one thing lead to another and I'm now successfully bringing in the second income that means we have a couple of...

Ah now that is what used to happen 17 odd years ago when I first did the diet. Things have changed. You now (if eligible) do SS to a stone over BMI 25 (roughly), then work your weigh up the plans in order to lose the rest of the weight and stabilise, therefore not needing to go half a stone...

Friday flabby of August OK I still haven't lost any weight since my holiday. But my pre holiday clothes still fit. They are just a bit tight. After the bank holiday weekend when I'm away watching the reenactment of smugglers and soldiers fighting on the beach, I will then begin to drop a...

Yes it is the official forum. Its being rebuilt eventually though, it gets too busy for its own good.

It appears to be back again.

I mean the entire site is just not there! But yes I hear what you're saying.

Yay nice holiday. I went to the gym every day while I was there, except Sundays, it was shut. I still managed to put on 11lbs. But I lost 3lbs yesterday. The food was soooo nice. And they kept putting out about three different chocolate puddings, so I had to have a bit of every one...

Is it just me or has the pink site taken a nose dive?

Thank you. I intend to. Just want to be able to sit for a bit each day. That would be nice.

Naaah, I like heat, I booked this one with me in mind, it's the rest of the family that aren't going to be that great in the sun. Tough! :D

I know, I'm really lucky. There's going to be sunshine don't worry. We're going to Cyprus, people are complaining it's too hot. Oh shame! :D

Yes I have to admit I've gone from being someone who has then rock solid to someone who has them mushy instead.

Yes that'll be a good one to have. Don't forget to freeze them. Wicked ice cream.

Well it was last years Christmas limited edition. Orange Winter Spice also came out a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if the orderline has any left now, they only made 2000 boxes, something like that. So only some counsellors will have some left. Its not a huge seller like chocolate or...

Depends on how you feel. If you are having your usual 3 or 4 and that's enough, don't have an extra one. But if you feel you need an extra one - have it, especially if you're about to cave in and eat something non CD that isn't on your weight loss plan. I had days of really needing the 4th...

Enjoy, they really are great. Toffee and Walnut with cinnamon or mixed spice added is great. Also I really like the limited edition orange winter spice as a mousse. But any of them will do.

Saturday 26th July The kids have started arguing already today. Nice! I have packing to do. If my 8 year old daughter would get her food in her mouth and not down her clothes I could get away with taking far less clothes than I'm having to, but frankly she'll be lucky to get through...

Use two teaspoons of mix a mousse if you haven't got a scoop. Also remember to mix the mousse powder with the shake powder first before adding that to 5fl oz of really cold water. Then whisk/blend til mixed and freeze for 10 minutes, eat within 5. That never fails me.

OMG yes, they really are undrinkable when you get a bad one. Completely rancid. Thankfully though it doesn't happen often. You'll hear about it more often these days because there are a gazzillion of you drinking the things therefore more are being sold therefore there will be a proportional...

I had a miscarriage after no 1 was born. Both no 1 and the miscarriage were conceived first month of trying. Then I spent a year off CD TTC, was slightly overweight at the time, thought sod it, I wasn't losing weight and I wasn't getting pregnant, so I did a month of CD to lose a stone and got...

Friday 25th July One hours work this morning and I'm calling a halt to weigh ins and getting ready for my holiday to Cyprus. Still got a cold. Its more of a stinking cold now than it was a couple of days ago when I was calling it a mild cold. My ears are bunged up, so is my nose and I've...

If it is water retention, which is likely if you're in warm parts of the planet at the moment, then make sure you are drinking enough water and maybe when you can sit with your feet up for a while. There's a lovely thought!

I'm tired. And my nose hurts. And I'm bored. Just waiting for people to weigh in...

Oh man if I was tired yesterday I'm knackered today. I went to bed at midnight. Then I got up at half past. Then I came downstairs and watched an episode of Bones, followed by something like Law and Order, I can't actually remember. Then eventually I fell asleep on the sofa in a semi...

I suppose with a cold I should be grateful that it tastes of anything.

For some odd reason my coffee tastes of menthol, I wonder why that would be. :coffee:

OMG have some of these :hug99:. Kids are soooo much hard work. Even though we wouldn't change them for the world. As nothing I do is good enough, I've decided to let mine fend for themselves :D, oh I wish. This is me :sick:. Well no I'm not that bad, I'm too drugged up to be that bad...

I really hope things get sorted out soon. Good luck.

I've lost a newborn calf with a human head - oh and I've lost the plot.

Yep, well sort of. I've got a Vicks inhaler thing that locks together and is heat proof. It aims the fumes up your nose when you stick your head over it. No need for a towel. Pretty Sure I'm heading for third degree chemical burns at the back of my throat though. Think I may have overdone...

I'm sorry what was that? I'm too busy picking up bits of menthol soaked sinuses off the walls.

Sheesh, bought these menthol inhalation crystals from the chemist today. They are so strong if feels like my head is going to explode. But at least I can breathe. Pah oxygen is so overrated.

Thank you Isis, I could do with that. And of course I've also got PMT ... but we won't go there. Tell ya something, the kids are going to end up in their bedrooms until Daddy comes home unless they SHUT UP :cry:

As is customary for me with a few days to go before a holiday, I've got a stinking cold. I was awake a lot of last night not being able to breathe. Sudafed 12 hour relief is now wearing off with a few hours to go before I can take another one. More like 8 hours relief. I've had a relaxing day...

Got up this morning and there was no coleslaw in my hair so I think I finished it all before I fell asleep. Although I can't say the same for the programme I was watching. I can't actually remember which programme I was watching. Thank God for PVRs.

Tuesday 22nd July OK so after much IBS explosions from my weekend away (if TMI - stop reading my diary and get on with what you're supposed to be doing! :p) I've lost 2lbs of the 4 that I put on. Another 2lbs to go before my holiday on Sunday and then I should be happy with that. But my GOD...

Hi Debz, how are you doing? I have 6 more sleeps til my holiday. And yep, I've just finished for the evening. Tomorrow is a day off. I'm going shopping. Which would be really exciting if I actually enjoyed shopping, but I'm the one woman on the planet who doesn't. The up side is that Dad...

Blah blah blah blah blah. I cleaned the fish tank. The sound of it no longer makes me want the loo every five minutes. I've got 15 minutes til weigh ins. Blah blah (insert something interesting here)

Has he won? I know nothing of Goldenballs.

It is a rare thing I have to admit. But the reason why there may be more reports of this happening these days is because there are so many of you doing the diet! I'm touching wood at the mo that I have no reports coming back to me on the 30 trays that I've got through in the last fortnight or so.

Once again I think I've caught up with everything I needed to do. I have unpacked and sorted the stock. I've put together some more pre orders. I've made the lunches for tomorrow. I've done the washing. I've even swept the floors downstairs in preparation for tonights weigh ins. Tonights...

Only CDCs can order from the orderline.

Monday 21st July I'm definitely in holiday mode now. I've got a house full of CD orders ready to collect. (Oh please let the nice man deliver my order today, I've got no spare trays of velvet at all) Matt is home for the summer. Gemma only has until Wednesday and then she's off for the...

It's Friday. YAY. I can't tell you how pleased I am that its Friday. :party0023: I've got it all planned out now. I have one more day of 6 miles left which is today. Bugger it, I'm going to do it the easy way, I'm not taking the pushchair this afternoon, instead we're going by bus for half a...

Had sports day at nursery. Oddly enough both the red and the blue team won again this year. Fancy that! Had coffee and biscuits afterwards, nice, haven't had a bourbon in months. Then Matt handed out his wooden person shaped photo frames with a picture of him as goodbye presents, the...

We've got Matt's sports day at nursery today. He's in the red team. I'm wearing red trousers, (brand new, which I have sat here this morning and hemmed - as you do with new trousers - I do pick em :rolleyes:) Danny has an orange tee shirt, and Matt is all in red. Then after that hour they are...

Don't worry about being weighed. Whatever weight you are tonight will be a thing of the past in a couple of days anyway.

This morning I have covered my ankles in Jungle Formula. Just on the off chance that whatever keeps taking a chunk out of them as I walk through the woods in the morning doesn't like the stuff. It seems the Prozac is still going strong, which is just as well because Matt woke me up at about...

Occasionally we do get some that go off for no real reason. As already stated you can get replacements from your CDC. It's not all the time, it is occasionally, so for those worried it'll happen to them, try not to worry. I get through trays of the things each week, so far I haven't had an...

Thank you Mini. 7 years married. But we've been together for 14, this November. Just been to the osteopath. The man's a genius. Next time he's going to stab my neck with an acupuncture needle, I can't wait. With all the walking I do my calf muscles just get really tight. He's sorted them...

BTW there's now a forum of people groaning and thinking 'nooooo don't encourage her' ...:p

Anyhoo, I managed to go with Dad down the M20 to pick up Dad's door keys from the caravan, have a spot of lunch at the newly opened M20 services and get back again before Gemma came out of school. Why two hours in the car as a passenger is so tiring I have no idea. But who cares, OH is home...

Jolly good, I do aim to please rather than bore the socks off people. But I'm well aware that I do go on yawwwwwwwwwwwn :rolleyes:

Tuesday 15th July True to form, I was asleep on the sofa by the time Danny got down from his shower last night. So we spent about 10 seconds together on our anniversary! This morning my little man has his hour visit to the school. So I'm walking Gemma to school, then we're going to the coffee...

My sister used to walk down to the bottom of the garden and let out a huge scream apparently. That was when her daughters were small and were playing up. Don't cave into the stress, you'll feel worse. Stay strong. I hope you feel better soon. Families!

Thank you. PMSL Mr Debz. I like it. Danny and I have this routine. I work in the front room while he puts the kids to bed. Then he sits and watches a bit of TV while I'm finishing off work. Then I walk into the lounge to watch some TV and eat my dinner just as he's walking out to go upstairs...

That's the bit I don't like about hols is the washing. Hopefully this year we'll come back at the same time as our cases and I can get it all done before I start work again. Last year they lost a case and I seemed to be doing holiday washing for weeks. Glad things are OK. I was busy today...

I have been 'moderating' (if you can call what I do moderating) the pink site. I have so few hours, that I find it difficult to be on more than one forum at a time. But I'm trying. Hope you're doing well. Yes the school fair thankfully was dry. Yay. But it was bloody freezing. There was...

Blah blah blah. May as well type that, I've got nothing interesting to say. Oh I suppose I could say: It is perfectly possible to maintain a healthy weight and have the odd box of chocolates here and there. So if anyone just starting the diet is worrying that they will have to exist on...

Nuts, the weather forecast for tomorrow is going to be rain. We've got the school summer fair. Nice. I shall look forward to getting soaked for the umpteenth time this week. Cheers weather. :rolleyes:

Nah, none of its scary, honest, but some of it is time consuming and makes you think, that's the training days and the papers you do from home. Don't forget your sponsor is there to help. I think the time and effort involved in becoming a counsellor these days is good because there is a large...

I had someone accredited earlier this year, and she generally had a 10ish minute chat about her experience of the diet. I don't think the phone interview is as indepth as it used to be. But read your books, that will prepare you enough I would think. Good luck.

It can be very difficult to get back onto the VLCDs after a break. But what we are trained to advise is that if you have to eat, eat lean protein and green leafy veg. Stay off alcohol as it will make you want to eat more, and you shouldn't drink alcohol whilst in ketosis anyway. Eating...

Unfortunately Mini 6 miles is normal for a week day. 2 mile round trip to get Gemma to school and Matt to nursery near by, 2 mile round trip to pick Matt up from nursery at lunch time, 2 mile round trip to pick Gemma up from school in the afternoon. But then Matt leaves nursery at the end of...

I resisted some bread - yay me! It just acts like a sponge on me. I did have a slice of my low fat fruit cake though, that was nice. Just testing it for the fair. :o Gemma liked it too. But then I have walked 6 miles again today, so one slice of low fat cake won't stick 7st back on me. I...

Trust me, we're always willing to shift some pasta if we've got it left.

I love the chocolate velvet tetras (lost the first 6st on three of those a day), the peanut bars, the leek and spud soup, the chick and mush soup, the choc orange sachet, the orange winter spice (limited edition) sachet, I like the broccoli and cheese, although I'm in the minority there. But...

Heaven help me I've got some left, sorry, er, yes unfortunately the pasta has been discontinued, mumble, mumble.

And yet it was my GP 17 years ago who, when I went in there complaining that I couldn't lose weight, said to me 'Have you considered the Cambridge Diet?' I've never looked back. :)

It's the problem I had after each pregnancy, the thought of oh no not again. Yet I did manage it. I suppose what I did was find a goal and aim for it. Another thing I did was decide I didn't want a higher BMI than my customers. Oh boy that one focussed me through the stones! :rolleyes:

I have had a productive day so far. This morning I was in the coffee shop waiting for nursery to open. I was there with Maria, a mum from the school and my Dad. Maria mentioned the school fair on Saturday and suddenly I remembered that I usually bake a couple of cakes for the home grown home...

We do mix a mousse too. You can make a mousse out of any shake flavour.

You can buy exactly the same products from your counsellor for use during maintenance as well as weight loss. In fact I have several people who do this and have done for years who are maintaining their goal weight perfectly.

Thursday 10th July Weight is still stable. I'm really pleased about that since I've eaten a box of some kind of oaty cereal in two days. But then its low fat and high fibre so on the scale of things that are bad for you it hardly registers. I'm not sure if I'm weighing anyone this morning. I...

That is a bit ridiculous. Any clues as to when you're going to be back in Linda? I'm in BTW.

Thanks Mini, yes I'm really pleased. I'd be more thrilled, but the Prozac hasn't fully started working yet, so I still have the tendancy to be a miserable cow, but hey, nobody's perfect :). Still any day now ... come on you happy pills ... Right school walk - more rain. I hope pink comes...

Ah, yes a lot of minimum wagers are about I hear. Still at least he's getting jobs. That's the main thing. Glad you are still improving. Why do these things have to take so long? Right, I've just had the babysitter confirmation for Saturday night so I'm off to book some cinema tickets. We...

Aw thank you very much. Can you see them? I like the photo thingy, very easy to do.

Watcha. Yep weight control is all a bit tricky at the best of times let alone when we aren't feeling 100%. Still hopefully you are continuing to improve. So what's your OH doing these days? Any news on the rigs?

Well I think that's what I'm going to do for no other reason that my legs dry out quicker than my trousers. (finding relevent smilie - cos I can ...):raincloud: followed by this one. :gen125: Marvellous.

Hi Sal :wavey:

Thank you very much. It's definitely a diet worth doing. Certainly the only one that helped me lose more than a few pounds. Most of the other things I tried helped me lose half a stone and that was it. Great if you only needed to lose half a stone in the first place, not so great if you are...

Wednesday, 9th July Oh Dear, very much guilty of only coming on here because pink nose dived into oblivion again. But I'm sure you'll forgive me, as there just aren't enough hours in the day for me to do two sites, I barely keep up with one these days! Anyhoo, I am coming to the end of two...

Congratulations Linda. And congratulations Lesly too. There must be 1000s you've helped between you.

Dunno never tried! :D

I eat them at Christmas because it's the done thing. Generally they need the addition of mint sauce.

Noooooooooooooo don't say that, think lady of the manor, has servants massive dinner parties where you don't have to lift a finger. And has seasons in London!

I've only walked 2.5 miles so far today. But it'll go up as the day goes on. It's been another one of those clock watching days. We left the house just before 9am got Matt to nursery which opened late at 9.20. Took Gemma to the park. Stayed there doing a bit of cross stitch while she played...

Not you as well. Two out of two people who have come in tonight have had colds and bad throats. And I've also had a bad throat first thing in the morning for days. It was OK this morning though. Could be irritated by paint fumes I suppose. Injections are going well. Haven't had a chance to...

:D You have no idea how long it took me to word that so it wouldn't incur my usual 'I've been misunderstood' effect. Well actually, it took so long that OHs boil in the bag chicken thing boiled dry. I've told him to watch for bits of plastic! :D (Do think I got them all though!) Good point...

Congratulations you've lost over a stone in 3 weeks. The average is 1 stone in a month. You're well above average. Just keep going.

Basically what should be done at a weigh in is having a weigh in and answering any questions or dealing with any problems that may have arisen in the previous week and then setting up a client for their next week (is it AAM?, is it time to change up a plan next week? and putting an order...

I wanna savoury bar.

Tuesday 6th November I am almost prepared for Matt's birthday next week. I need to get food for the day and I need to buy a few more presents. I've walked over 6 miles already today and I'm supposed to be going to yoga tonight, that'll be another two miles total. I've had my second set of...

Saturday 3rd November I had a lousy nights sleep. I've got a cold that kept me awake, but I went to bed knowing that I had to email my two terminated counsellors this morning in response to an email I received last night. I should have just replied last night, would have been a lot easier...

I could say you're very sad, but that would be mean! LOL. How's things going?

The only thing I think you need to be aware of is that carbonated water can make you bloated if you have too much of it. And of course it's got to be unflavoured.

Anyhoo, today I am 10st 5.5 which is BMI 24.2 something like that. I have lost 92.5 lbs since I started after Matt was born. He'll be 4 in two weeks time, you'd have thought I'd have finished by now! I ate so much of Danny's Bournville chocolate bar last night, I really didn't deserve to drop...

Been a long day. I'm knackered and I wish I didn't have that late night last night. Ah well, time for lunch.

I can't actually think of one reason not to have a massage, or why it may interact with the diet in any way. Enjoy!

Yes that was the one. Thought that was the case. Thanks Linda, have also emailed you for a copy of the letter, although we seem to have understanding GPs here.

This is interesting. I was under the impression a few months ago that a body of people (sorry can't remember if it was NICE or not) ruled (if that's the right word) that no GP was allowed to stand in the way of a patient wishing to lose weight. And it went on to say that they should support...

The best bit about pink being down for a while was I cleared my kitchen up for the first time in yonks. :eek:

Bless, and Matt wants a Lunar Jim module thingy.

I'm in too.

OH told me a work around if it was a DNS problem, but I couldn't even get that to work cos I couldn't get the IP address out of a ping. Some of that does make sense - honest.

It won't be long. I on the other hand am looking forward to something like not having to get up to get the kids ready for school. Which will take much much longer.

Life what's that then?

Its certainly not easy and I'm tired of the whole watching my weight thing now. And I've got the rest of my life to go yet. :rolleyes:

I know what you mean. It's easy to measure small things that you aren't allowed like peas, but broccoli and cauliflower are definitely an ish amount.

Fantastic, size 10, nice one. And yes having less blubber could also keep you cooler. Small price to pay for being able to wear anything size 10 though. :)

Even extra veg is an extra. I admit to never measuring my veg. But I don't pile it high either. And yes eating the meal earlier in the day will be a hell of a lot more beneficial to my habit of eating after work late evening.

An effect of the diet, even if you're not SSing, if you've reduced the amount of food in your diet, your body is not generating as much body heat through digestion. Or you could just be sitting in an incredibly cold office :D

It is true to say that when I see people at their highest weight, some people can still get away with having extras on the diet and losing weight. It doesn't last long. Those on 790kcal soon find out that they lose their ability to deviate from the plan. I've always been the same anything...

Scientifically, yes if you did AAM and then 790kcal strictly with absolutely no deviations, yes you should continue to lose weight at a similar rate to SS, but you've got to be so strict. There's no room for any extras on 790kcal. If something happened and you did eat or drink something that...

That's brilliant well done. There's nothing to worry about. The weight losses are very similar on SS and 790kcal. I lose the same weight on either. As people lose different amounts of weight at different times, it's possible that while you were on SS you had some water retention. I also...

Well I do find it difficult on a higher kcal level walking the miles I do and pushing the pushchair uphill. Joints hurt and I'm knackered. So I'm not surprised at all that you find biking too much on SS. But SS is for a short amount of time. Stick with it, blast the weight off, go up the...

Wednesday 31st October Halloween. The kids are going trick or treating round to a client who has agreed to hand out sweets to them who happens to live in our road. And then they are walking round to my Dad's house. Danny is taking them because I'm working tonight. I made it to yoga last...

I can barely cope with 1 maybe 2 forums. That's why I'm mainly on pink when it's up, and here if I have time, and then here if pink is down. There just aren't enough hours in the day :rolleyes:

Yeah, but once the weights gone it's gone. It won't take long.

So what makes you so special LOL :) I still can't get on, and now I can't remember the accurate milage I did yesterday, I think it was close to 7, but I cleared my pedometer before writing it down.

Yo Sallie, how's it going? Don't worry about the 2 day no weight loss thing, as we're twins, it's perfectly normal for us. :):rolleyes: And blimey girl 6lbs already? I only do that if I spent the weekend putting on 6lbs. Nice one. I have now been stuck at the same weight since Monday. Same...

Nope, it still very consistently hates me.

Dunno, just assumed it hated me, until I found I wasn't the only one. Annoyingly I was in the middle of posting a reply to something someone had asked me, and now I can't remember what the question was :rolleyes:. If I had a brain I'd be dangerous. Oh, I already am. But where's my brain. Oh...

Just in case anyone else is thinking of eating - Never freely break wind on SS, you never know when you might follow through. Just wanted to add that nugget! Oh it's so gross. I love it. Go on, NOW tuck into that big pile of chips or whatever else was tempting. This should be an obligatory...

I've only ever used Rosemary Conley. They are pretty good to be honest. I have no experience of anyone elses. Even to this day, I no longer use the exercise DVDs, but I know her toning exercises by heart and do them 3 times a week.

Wow, that's fantastic. Well done.

Not bad Lara thanks, plodding along. How's you? Into day 2 of the mysteries of technology picking on certain people. :( What did we do without computers?

So what kind of problem causes some people to be able to get onto a site, yet others can't even load the home page? Second thoughts - don't answer that, the answer will probably just fly straight over my head! (And I used to work in IT!) Yo everyone. How's it hanging?

Glad it's not just me, I can't get on it either.

Moans and groans - here's one I'VE GOT NO BLOODY WILL POWER. I lost 3lbs last week, put it back on over the weekend at my youngest nieces 6th birthday party, which I suppose is better than putting on an extra 3lbs and now I can't seem to find the oomph to lose anything. ARRRRRGGGGGHHHH My...

It really helped me last night. But then the co codamol helped more. :o Trendy wellies? Me have anything trendy? You're having a laugh. I mostly do frumpy :D

I've always gone cold turkey. And it works for me. Although I do mention the preparation stage to everyone I see, to be honest, no-one wants to do it, they all want to start straight away. And I let them with the understanding that if they find it's too hard for them, they have to get in...

Tuesday 9th October I've got face ache. Do you think there will ever be a day when I don't go on a forum complaining about something? Actually, I've also got chewing gum, maybe that will help. I get this damn jaw soreness whenever I'm not eating three conventional meals a day. Anyway, last...

I personally like RTFM from my IT days meaning Read the F-ing Manual. :pcwhack:

I used to think LOL was lots of love. LOL :doh:

Current guidelines state that someone can only do the VLCDs ie SS, AAMW and 790kcal if their BMI is one stone over BMI 25.

Stunning headache today. Think I might have frowned for England in my sleep last night. The Botox needs about another week and a bit before it kicks in and I can't frown. I think I've got my day under control though. So I SHOULD have an easy day. But we'll see. I was planning an easy day...

No I'm afraid you aren't allowed any flavours on SS because they can affect ketosis. (The first plan that you are allowed the cordials would be 1000kcal) The Cambridge flavours are only allowed after the first two weeks of SS as in some people they can delay ketosis.

You can only ask. Whatever you do, though, you'd still need to fill in one of our medical forms before you can buy anything which means in Cambridge terms if you are on medication or have medical conditions, you will need to take it to the doctors to get it signed before you could buy anything...

You have to stop SS two weeks before the operation. Then you have to be out of ketosis before the operation. The reason has something to do with the viscosity of your blood changing. Think it gets thinner whilst on the diet - so not good if you're going under the knife. Then - and this is the...

It is seriously just a guide designed to assess a persons risk factors. All it seems to mean is that with a BMI between 20 and 25 a persons risk of developing weight related illnesses are average, rather than being an increased risk with a BMI over 25. Being a BMI over 25 doesn't mean that...

Its only really a relevent guage for the average person out there. It's hopeless for body builders and people who have a lot of muscle. For Mrs Average like me, yes it does work. It's a way of me knowing what level to reduce my weight to so I can reduce my risk factors associated with all the...

No I'm waiting for Smart Lipo for my arms, it's a more expensive laser treatment which may also help with any loose skin left on my arms when the fat has gone. You only have it done once and it takes about three months to take effect. I will never have skinny arms, but I may at least be able...

Thank you that's really kind. For all the good LL is supposed to do with the CBT etc, I do see an awful lot of exLLers who have put on all or some of their weight. (Obviously there are others who lost it all and kept it off.) Point I'm trying to make is LL is just a diet like any other. It's...

Most at least 17st Now 10st 10lbs Ideal dunno maybe around 9st 7lbs

I used to do that too. Never did me any harm. Thing was I used to want to eat in the evening. I can quite easily go without during the day, but evening is my downfall. So I'd have all of them within a few hours of each other. Do the water thang though.

Someone once came in for a weigh in smelling like coconut - some kind of tanning lotion I think it was. Made the mistake of saying that smelt nice and she gave me a look like I was coming on to her I think. :) Today I have been rushed getting everything done. I am very tired, and I can't wait...

Oh I'm with you on that one. I don't do it on forums, but I do sustainable Cambridge Counselling with clients. I did have one woman lose 6st on three bars a day. Did anything bad happen? No. I warned her of the mega farting/lack of ketosis risks and she still did it. She lost weight. So...

So there you go see, here's someone who can't have the so called OK zero drinks. See we're all different.

I'll take anything that cures everything if it's just one of something. Even I could cope with that.

Ah, I would never test for ketosis on 790kcal. I only test positive at 2.30pm. Honest. Thing is, if I have a CD shake, an hour later I'll be out of ketosis. Yet, the overall effect of the diet is ketosis. The stix aren't very reliable and sometimes can't pick ketosis up. I wouldn't worry...

Thats a LOT of garlic. Although baked whole, it loses a lot of it's strength. Plus with enough quantity you can keep the vampires away, and most humans too.

Eating it or rubbing it into something?

Technically no onions, no garlic. (But then we're not supposed to drink diet coke/pepsi max either, and I've just posted on that thread too.) The thing is, in SOME people these things will mess up ketosis and make you hungry, which is the only reason why the rules exist. IF you can get away...

Thank you .......... (I hate posting about diet drinks - keep thinking I'll get :hitthefan:)

I look dumpy. I look dumpy in that trouser suit now and I'll look dumpy in it at the weekend. But thanks for your kind thoughts! And yes if there's a recognised remedy for something that I try, it'll either do the opposite or nothing at all. Caffeine makes me sleepy. That's how odd I am...

This is a whole can of worms thing that someone is going to disagree with me about. Citric acid does contain carbs - in trace amounts. So therefore in some people there is a chance that those drinks may knock them out of ketosis and bring back the hunger. Fizzy stuff can make you bloated and...

Alas I've also been taking it for MONTHS all of this year in fact, with no effect. So I'm not taking anything any more and we'll see if I get arrested for murder any time soon. The stress levels are mounting now because I have my nieces :love047: on Saturday. I can't wait until it's over...

It's a no to garlic, it's part of the family of veg and herbs you're not allowed. Same as onions - not allowed. Alliums, is that how you spell it? Something like that. Or even something completely different. Sorry.

I don't sleep well generally speaking, unless I'm trying to watch something on the TV. It could be people in ketosis are too alert to sleep:bliss: - that's not me, I'm hardly ever alert and I'm certainly not in ketosis. When I originally did the diet I slept soundly, but then I was 19, and had...

You may have only ever lasted 10 days on SS before, but you didn't have your wedding that close. You can do it. And to be honest that stone you put on will be history before your wedding. IF you stick to it. It is more to the point asking if you can get your dress taken in. You'll need to.

I take my hat off to you Debbie (if I had one), running and me don't mix. I could give you a tirade of verbal to pass on to the *($&$&( who commented, but most of it would be $£*(^*(%* $*(*(^*) $%*($^ Fortunately in my family it is now a given that I won't put the weight back on. It took...

Bloody stuff. Just looking all this up again. Evening Primrose oil can cause headaches, gastric problems, bloating and nausea. Funny that. I really don't need any help getting any of those things. I can do all that on my own thank you. Plus a 'well designed study' found it had little...

Friday the 21st of vomit Threw up twice this morning before we left the house. I am NOT taking any more bloody supplements. They are supposed to be helping me with PMT, cramps and joint pain and I've been taking 10 pills in all every day. All that happens is I feel sick in the mornings. (No...

I'm useless at crosswords

Looking forward to Insp 2, people have been asking me when its due out. Glad it's bigger and better. I liked the first one, but had comments of wanting more content wise, which I told them not to expect in the first one as subsequent editions were going to be bigger. Ramble ramble ...:o

I think even if it was true, the effect of it is going to be so small compared to the effect of ketosis, that you probably just wouldn't notice any difference. Just my opinion though.

It's got extra kcals in it and the first two weeks are all about getting your body established in ketosis without the distractions of water flavours or mix a mousse. These things can delay some people's progress into ketosis and therefore slow down the elimination of hunger.

You see logically I would have agreed with you on that. But that's just my assumption. I don't actually know. Interesting thought though.

I don't know, I think it's one of those things that could just take ages to decide on. But if it's just a case of buying the house to do it up and then move on - not that I know much about any of this, but I think you might be right to question if the time is right. Just to scare you - I live...

I had such a bad experience buying and selling last time that I'm convinced there's probably never a good time to do it and at some point you just have to bite the bullet and go for it. We sold and bought in 2004. I think our current mortgage is one of those fixed rate things. I don't even...

Thursday 20th September Forgive me mins for I have sinned, it's been a week since my last attempt at boring the pants of people. :blahblah: Well I have successfully got rid of my beeb.net account. :pcwhack: It didn't work properly from the very early days, I just couldn't be bothered to get...

I have it on first hand authority from the Cambridge Medical Advisor that the problem with high water consumption is high water consumption in a short period of time. As I already stated I would not recommend drinking 10+ litres of water a day - I can't actually stand the stuff myself and have...

Could be postural hypotension, it's good that you're going to the doctor just to be sure. As a matter of course I get spots before my eyes other visual disturbances and light headedness when I stand up (or sit down for that matter - I'm not on a VLCD though). And yes, as already stated you...

I'm not actually sure if it's common or not. I think some people are more suseptible than others. I for one always use Sudafed 12 hour relief because I only have to remember to take it in the morning and I've got a dreadful memory for taking pills. The trouble with some cold remedies and SS...

You can drink too much in one go. But as a general rule if you were spacing your water intake out over the course of a day you can drink more than 10 litres a day and still stay healthy. (I've seen it written as 12 litres and 15 litres being the max) However drink vast volumes of water IN ONE...

Thursday 13th September It's a bit of a quiet time in djsworld at the moment. I think Thursday for now is going to work out to be one of my quieter days. I'm working through my regular batch of carb craving days. Should soon be over. I'm also having a few days of being really tired...

Oh let me know how the slendertone thing goes. I've got so many of those damn things, use them for a bit then can't be bothered. Would rather get the laser treatment. IF it ever becomes available. I bought a couple of tops for the weddings. They both fit fine on the body. The one I like...

I've tried it. I thought it was OK. But it's never going to be my favourite thing. I don't like strong mushroom flavours, and this to me is a strong mushroom flavour. Also the pasta was still crunchy after 10 minutes of 'soaking' in the water in the bowl. So I think the best way to make...

Monday 10th September. Gemma finally learnt how to ride her bike this weekend. She's only had it 3 years! :character00201: Wrong kind of bike. In fact she's had it so long she's now too big for it. I did say that if she manages now to be able to start riding it herself without Danny having to...

I've had a crap day. The bin man complained about the amount of paper I recycle wrongly accusing me of recycling business waste, which I don't. I got thrown off a bus because there wasn't enough room for me Gemma and the pushchair, but I'd already paid for the journey with my Oyster card, but I...

I know someone who got very hungry when he had skimmed milk on SS. It's amazing that something so small can do that. But it can.

Ick dinner duty. I did mine late today. I didn't even start cooking until after 5pm - with less than an hour to get that done before I started work tonight. Managed it of course. Oh the power of prepared batch cooking. The delay was caused by me buying a top or two for the wedding. Will...