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So sorry for the loss.

What a flipping fantastic thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO you count the claories lost? How reliable are the gym "calorie burning counters"? I've thought about what to do afterwards for some time...currently on cd1000 maintanence....i think the best bet is to calorie count based on tha...

hey fio! A loss is a loss!!!!!! WEll done Im pretty much in the same boat. On cd1000 and bought 2weeks worth so this thurs I will see how the past 2 weeks have gone on the plan. I am hoping to lose a further half a stone before getting to 1500 - 2000 cals. Also planning to up the gym this week...

Im on CD1000 at the mo, have been since saturday and intend to do it till i lose another 5lbs ish. Been reading other comments about people on cd1000 (in various places where they crop up!) and many seem to say how full they get on it..................I dont!!! whats wrong with me?? :eek: Why...

here are my losses below in signiture!

raw weight, which is rubbish because of the water content!!

hiya, well the cambridge book does say that ketosis can be established. However, ketosis or not, weight loss is inevitable due to limited amount of calories you are putting into your body.

thats fantastic! I myself have had a good WI, only 5 days after previous one and lost 2lbs! 2lbs left till goal.......................2lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mind you, still would like another half off, to have a 'safe zone' but will do that as I move up through stages..so really 9lbs...

am very interested in this too!! Good question!

Thank you all! Well researching on the net, a 'cup' (americans..what is a cup?) is around 30 calories. Is it true a WW point = 60 calories? Im not WW, actually doing cambridge, though am interested in how points are worked out

How many points in homemade popcorn - nothing added but heat and popcorn kernals!!

I would have thought so as tuna is allowed on 790. Ive never done AAM! Have a look at this: http://www.minimins.com/cambridge-diet-forum/5556-link-cd-book-differences-between-aam-790-a.html

http://www.minimins.com/demons-6st-losers/194-demons-maintenance-journey.html hope this works!! If not, go to maintainence diary section - Demons 6st losers and then click on maintenance diary.

I dont know if this helps, but read Demons maintainance diary. She posts what she eats daily and you can see what she did for 1000 cal. I actually planned a sort of 7day menu from it! How sad am I!!!!!!! But it gets you started I suppose!! By the way congrats on Weight loss this week...

homemade popcorn

Well I never had the milk for a long time and to be honest skimmed milk..........its just white water!! Whats the point! But I was told by CDC and by a CDC on here that it IS important to have the milk allowance. Also as you move up through the stages you will have it, so might as well get your...

Hello, well started 790 back at start of oct...have a look at my losses. I am boring with the meals however! On the last haul and it really slows down! 11stone is my healthy bmi but am planning to go half stone under it, however have decided that soon as i get to 11 stone on 790 am going to...

wow Wannabeslim, your weight loss is fantastic!!!!!!

im confused. I drink tea with skimmed milk (790) and was told it can count towards my water allowance. :confused: Why would chinese tea be any different?

by the way...the suggestion of preparing your food allowance and having it available to pick on all day is a good one, especially if you are a picker. :rolleyes:

hello! Well I started on 790 and am still going strong. On average I have had losses of 3lbs a week. I had to change my details below as a monthly loss as it was taking up to many characters in the signiture!! For me its a routine thing, find it easy. Though mainly stick to chicken, I try fish...

thanks for that!! I think I will have the extra pack..feel a bit dopey and slow today, need the boost!

p.s. fiojam...you doing bloody great too!!

Thanks! :o No extra pack!!!!!! Damn! Oh well, will continue as usual. Yes loss is a bit strange!! The first 1lb loss I attributed to 3 hours in gym, so the week after I did no gym..........4lb loss. However still continued no gym last week...loss 1lb! So its not exercise! Will get back to...

I totally agree with Dani. Also lost 5lbs in the first week whereas friend lost 8lbs! I was miffed! But week prior to CD I did really cut down, really cut down. Soups and light meals and lots of water as a sort of prep - I could have actually lost weight then too (I'll never know!) But from...

Afternoon all! Have searched for this already but cannot find any answers from any previous posts. I was out yesterday and missed my 790 eve meal and 3rd pack. Didnt mean to!! :sigh: Does anybody know how this will affect? It was only one day. Also....can I have my missed pack today...

right here goes........... actually have a stone to go, but have 7lbs to reach healthy bmi. Will pledge to get there and continue to lose other half stone via 1000cals plan. I really cant do this any longer!!!!!!

feeling more positive now that Ive made the decision actually!!

actually I think I do get what you mean...a week ago - 3 sessions in the gym, loss 1lb. Last week, no gym, loss 4lbs! Thank for letting me know that there will be weight loss on 1000. Ive actually read a bit of demon's diary and come up with a 7 day meal plan for 1000 calorie to get me started...

thanks for reply!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its so difficult to work out!! Another thing worrying me is that every time I do exercise (790 plan) I end up losing less weight. Everytime! Will this happen on 1000 cals too?

Planning to get another tattoo!! But Ill probably chicken out! Gorgeous hair cut and a pair of boots - my first ever pair!

I thought so tooo!!!!!!!!!!! I only just switched on..and I thought, Ive seen that face!

Hello all, have had some thoughts plaguing me! For me to reach healthy BMI I have about 7lbs to go. Im on 790 and so am thinking that once i get to 11stone, ill move up the stages. However, 11 stone is JUST hitting healthy BMI. REally I would love to be mid of 'normal' category...so actually...

Hello, I agree with first poster. I wouldnt, I would personally increase the exercise and possible follow the rule of: breakfast like king, lunch like prince and dinner like a pauper. Keep it healthy, you have your goal, just be strict for a couple of weeks. Possibly increase water intake...

Same fears as icemoose.....fear of never being able to do the diet once i fell of the wagon! I started on teh 7th oct and have never cheated once. Mind you I am doing 790, so I do get to eat. However, its a small meal! And makes it harder sometimes as you feel hungrier afterwards...

You look amazing!!!!!!!! I must say, you also look a lot younger :)

you look fantastic!!!!!!

well done!! Looking at your stats...you're a fast loser!

At home home made air popped popcorn has been made....erm I've had a handful. This is the first thing I have ever done this is naughty! And I've probabaly only got 3 weeks to target!!!!! I am on 790..so what damage can this do? I personally thing zilch, its low claorie/carb right? I wont...

WELL DONE!! That's how I have been feeling since yesterday...you just need to shout it out!!!! hahah

That's brilliant!!

Thank you all!! Am off to make jelly now as have just discovered how. Hope this new recepie keeps me going for the last final push.

I think that is such a good idea!

Why dont you try 790? I have and am having great losses on it (mind you have only ever done 790, so nothing to compare it too!!) But I have averaged out a stone a month.

Hello everyone, as the title says...I am estatic, have 19lbs to go till goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS DIET, it so works for me. Crazy smile on my face!!!!

Well got to the gym today...and weighed myself using their huge industrial type scales....12.1lb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The scales were wrong at CDC! hahahaha Feel great! :D

thank you for replies! Just made me a bit crazy because it had been 3 weeks. I know you can reach a plateau but I didnt know that it could last a while! Hey ho, may get down the gym and give the body a kick start. I really hope the body isnt getting used to 790 claories..I do want to eat...

Hello all and happy new year. I stuck rigidly to 790 over the holiday period and was perfectly fine. Now after a 3 week wait and appt. with counsellor i found that is stayed the same weight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it possible?? To do 790 claories and stay the same weight for 3 weeks? Even...

I have been doing 790 and had no idea that diet drinks were allowed!! This is true?

Have worn them for whole flight, would not recommend it, actually gives you sore ears! What I do is put them in before take off and then out after 15/20mins, then back in again before landing 30mins when they give warning. Have had long haul journeys doing it this way and has been fine.

ughh! Cannot stand it!

I too get very very very painful ears the only thing I have used to combat it are the flight ear plugs. They release air pressure gently. Thank the lord for them. I couldnt survive without them - on a flight without them I feel my ears are going to pop and ill go deaf!! Got them from boots -...

Just think..by resisting, this time next year you can look back and see how well you did and how really you didnt need to eat the choc and mince pies!! It'll make you stronger for the future...cos we cant do this diet forever!

err..I actually think 24lbs in 6 weeks is a bloody good loss!!!!!!! Well done

Thats fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done. Esp after a slow week last weigh in eh? Weird..i also lost 3lbs this week. And was complaining with you last week about the slow weight loss!! Well done again!:D

I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 That is the best transformation I have seen on the show!!! Everyone at home was screaming at me to calm down. But I cant. She looked flipping fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 What a gorgeous outfit (green) she had on and I loved those jeans...

I have let my social life go down the pan...I have just declined many invites. Ive been doing this diet with a friend but she continued with her life however has struggled very much so to stick to it. She just can't say no/let people down. Me...well I really want this. Its costing time and...

I think people do notice but are probably too polite to say anything (why I dont know, as its a massive boost!!) Do you notice the difference?? Or like me.waiting for the head to catch up. You know, I think i have the opposite of what aneroxics have..i never really thought I was that big!! Now...

"I guess I was disappointed - cos I had stuck to the plan...very annoying when u read about others who've 'cheated' and still lose...:( but s'pose we're all different.. think my bod likes it's fat stores !!! ;) and doesn't wanna give them up easily....." Tell me about it!!! I have a friend...

congratulations Have to say you do look great. Saw your pics on the 'nightshift workers forum' and thought you looked fantastic (as I posted!!) Can I ask..when did you start the VLCD?

You look fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a figure!! Buxom - the hairdo is gorgeous!

I was so glad to come across this post as it has been a fear of mine from the start. So much so that I have started to exercise whilst doing the diet...even though i lose less when I do exercise. Its all in a bid to prevent lose skin. Does water not make a difference? Surely it makes the skin...

found it! It is 250g of low fat plain yoghurt http://www.minimins.com/cambridge-diet-forum/4851-790-without-milk.html?highlight=milk Enjoy!

hello! Yes it was mentioned that low fat natural yoghurt can replace the milk. Im sure it was 250g of yoghurt. However I could have just made this up..im pretty sure because when I tried it I bought a 450g pot and had half of the pot for day 1 allowance and rest for day 2. hmm...

Snap Same here. Stuck to it religiously and only a 1lb off this week. Im thinking TOTM too but this has not been the pattern before..usually I lose loads week/day B4 TOTM! It sucks. :(

SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SNAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I only lost a sodding 1lb this week too!!! Am not tooooooooooo unhappy but why did that happen?? I have never ever ever strayed! Why? What am I doing wrong??? I must say this week I have been missing lunch and having 2...

another idea...when I cant be arsed to use the blender (the noise annoys me!) I tend to get a small amount of cold water and probably half a pack and keep stirring with a spoon. Then add some more water and rest of pack. I get it slightly pasty. Then I add hot water (I have my shakes hot) to top...

Thank you!! And back at ya! I think the reason that weight loss were slow during exercise (and it happened to my friend who is doing it too) is because of the 'famine' mode, holding onto water and everything else as it doesnt understand why the body is being exerted. anyway, im off! Eyes...

Im not on SS but 790 and try and have sarted an exercise regieme. Must say that the weeks i exercise were the lowest losses!! After much discussion, I came to the conclusion that it was becasue i did not increase my water consumption to compensate for my water loss....I was swimming, didnt think...

hiya, Well, not entirely sure of your options, however..have you ever read the TES forums? (Help for Teachers in Secondary and Primary Education - TES - The Times Educational Supplement) Well, im sure someone recenlty posted asking for help on career options after teaching. Like you, they were...

Thanks for the replies!!!! I tend to mix half a tetra with water...that way I get 2 cups!! Good to hear can have a bar and tetra in a day.

I am going to try the bars this week. Wanted to know..can you have a tetra pack and a bar in the same day?? :confused: Also are you only allowed one tetra pack a day? :confused: Be great if someone could let me know...will be able to plan my 'meals' better!

that's some good info there. Thanks!

hahahaahah!! That was good!

i love reading this thread...mind you read my entry which I posted a while back and am now so embarrassed about what I wrote! Do i really think that!!

she's more than a cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a tosser!!! When I read your post it made me so angry, how can people have the absolute gall to do that. I presume she is a teacher too? How the hell is she let loose on the kids...doubt much postivie reinforcement goes on in her class...

as you start to reduce in size, does the average weekly weight loss alter? Do you ever reach a plataeu (excuse the spelling!) stage in this diet? Im thinking yes? Because of the new body weight requires less calories to run therefore to burn more you have to do more/reduce calorie intake? Was...

laxatives as constipation releif, nothing else. Its just in case, keep it with you! You never know, as one should keep plasters, immodium, a sewing kit, mosquito spary etc etc on holidays. oh yes, toilet can be a problem. I know that it pretty much dictated where I went sometimes!! Had to be...

p.s. I still lost 4lbs in that time. It must have been the walking. I did drink coffee during the day (black) so I could have some warm drinks. Take some laxatives with you, just in case. And on the hot drink issue - im sure you can ask for hot water, then put in your tetra pack. I often got...

worry not! I had a trip i could not pull out of, booked well before doing diet. Again it was a 3-4 day trip abroad. I took 9 tetra packs with me, 3 for each day. Bought water and carried it around all day. When it came to meal times i had decided to keep away - do some alone sightseeing etc...

Has tulips stopped posting on here? I would like to know how she is doing. Her pictures are amazing, really inspirational.

thank you for the link :)

its okay!! I found some info on the cmabridge.co.uk site!!

This has probably been posted before! If anyone has any information or even a link to a previous post...would be grateful.

hiya, yea theres no picture but if you click on view label, one does come up. I bought it because it was recommended on here before, also in the ingredients it only list the psyllium husk..so its purely that.

a 2lb loss is better than a poke in the eye!! hahahahah Well done!

hiya! I use colon care..also from holland and barrett. Its pure psyllium husk. Vitamins, Minerals, Herbal Products online at Holland and Barrett click on view label of the POWDER to find out more!

have a pint of guinness!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!! Hold on to the feeling of achievement..and I hope to pop back on here after a year (cos im addicted to reading these posts and probably still will be when I am at goal!) and hear that you have maintained it!!! Be part of the 5% that keep it off!!!

when you add the water flavourings..how much do you add? Just a teaspoon? Id like to try the lemo cheesecake flavour however I do not have the water flavourings. Will get it next time now this has probably been asked before...but are there more claroies in the water flavourings?

i think someone mentioned earlier about a person who is quick to tell them they have put on weight but tightlipped when they have lost weight. Well that describes my situation!! I have a collegue who likes to tell me that I look like I have put on weight (she does it in a 'gentle' way as in...

oh my...i parked the car in about 20sec. Then waited and waited and waited. When the time was up it said i ran out of time...??? so i tried again......... this time i read the instructions...park it front first..doh!

yeah, ahem, stacie pees me off too!! All the women moan!!!!!! Plus that guy who swears every five minutes.

i am totally engrossed in it!!! Cant wait for tonight to see who actually makes it and if moaning minnie (AKA Hayley) makes it back...me thinks..not!! I would love the challenge of the activity. I love activities like that. What an opportunity. There cant be many in the world who have done...

cool! Thanks for the confirmation

sorry can i just ask one more thing....if the yogurt idea is not in the literature, where does it come from?

where can i find it? The thread that is? P.s. ive managed to get most of the gloop down my neck. I just have to wash out the rest!

Thank you!!!!!! Will do the yog with some chive, make some sort of dip thing!

throwing it at neighbours.....what a fantastic idea. You must know my neighbours hahahhahhahahah

has anybody been watching this?? What do you think?

p.s. im scared of pouring it down the sink cos it might block it!! ahhahahahah

Oh my God!!!! I've just logged on and am sitting here with my own gloopy porridge making patterns with it and trying to finish it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How bizzare that I am not the only one in the world doing this!!!!!!! :eek: :D I have made porridge before, but in a small amount. After...

right..better start adding milk into diet then!! I would like to try the yogurt...how many grams? What constitutes as a small pot??

what if you are doing 790 as the weight loss regieme as opposed to stabilisation. Is it still required?

as someone posted earlier..its your diet plan. You make the decision, they can only advise. I started on 790 and in 4weeks have lost over a stone!! 1 stone 4lbs loss!! WEight loss varies. You cannot put an exact figure on how much loss/gain.

sp** spinich

Dont have recipes as such (though have seen them on a post here, a couple of weeks ago...search for spinah, chicken....might hit upon the post) however, I do use a lot of different spices (lacking salt) such as chinese 5 spice/mixed herbs,.lemon juice/pilau rice seasoning (v.little salt in it..a...

milk is essential to 790?? I was never told this. I used to be a big tea drinker but just gave it up (quite easily actually....scary!) I am on 790 and not once have drunk the milk allowance. I assumed I was getting the vits/minerals from the packs and calcium in mineral water. Do you HAVE to...

Thank you for putting my mind at rest!!!!!! Couldnt stop laughing at following comment: "So knowing that I hadn't finished my journey, knowing I wasn't ready to 'maintain, I reacted like someone on 'foodie death row' and packed in as much as I could before I started sole sourcing again"...

thanks for that!!! Did eat it last week and has not affected my loss (in fact I have done 1lb extra!! I doubt the cottage cheese and chives were responsible!! hahahahahaahhahahahahahaha)

well i tried the porridge with the husk. Lovely. ITs great to have on a weekend....the hardest days of my life (and im doing 790!!! so i get food [though getting bloody boring and Im quite experimental!], cant imagine what its like for SS) Did not think I had a constipation problem..lets just...

Happy birthday!! You should def be celebrating...your will power and birthday!! heheheh

congrats for losing a majority by the way!!!!!!!! Should have said it first and foremost!

Maybe im being really thick..but how is it possible to gain so much weight in a short time? Im getting scared! Will i gain loads as i start eating more and more? Im really sorry if im being rude..im not, its just a query. Dont mean to upset anyone! But I have read many who go on 1 or 2 week...

while we are asking questions....does anyone know if you are allowed onion and chive cottage cheese. Its less than 5% fat (2%) but does cottage cheese have to be plain? would love it if this query could be answered!

excellent!! Am going to give it a go. Im on 790 so going to fill it with some tofu and broccoli mix (bit bizzare, but am out of lettuce!!!)

hello all.. have tried making crisps and it inspired me a little...can you make tortilla type wraps with the soup? It'll be like one giant crisp and some crisps can come out softish. So i was thinking it may be possible! anyone tried it??

p.s. is it just me, not only with the issue of slow loss, but I find the weeks go by slowly!

wow!! Thank you for the calculation, TASHY100. Mine works out about 2.8lbs a week. However I worked out the calories required based on what I weigh now, as opposed to what I used to consistently weigh 3 weeks ago! Here is the website where you can work out what calories are required for you...

Def give it a go! I cant praise it enough!!

hiya, I started on 790 and continue on it. Its amazing the amount of tuna you are allowed! And cottage cheese!! I only eat half of the allowance of these 2 foods cos its so much! I have lost 13lbs to date and have been doing it for 28 days. I think im a slow loser!! Lets see what week 4...

is making me so hungry!!!!! When its cold, I always want to wolf down food!!

Im 25!

do the water flavourings add more calories?

hi juju_doll, take it from me, when your back in the class you'll handle the cambridge diet....its the weekends and this half term which is murder!!

thats a gorgeous idea!!! :p now to find somebody to hug me........... ahhahahah

No-one is stretching your clothes!!!!!!!!!! You are working hard and are sacrificing a lot to do this ...(mainly food and booze!) you are getting thin, and will be thin...and soon will feel thin. Come on Lisa..positive mental attitude!! If not, you will slip and lose the point of what you are...

oops! dont mean *stink* to that! I mean *stick* ! lol

and if i stink to that, then in 9wks I will be very close to my half way mark! Ooo I like this thread! Gets me motivated. hahahah

hmmm, Id like to lose in 9wks...2 stone. So thats 28lbs, so thats roughly 3lb a week. Yep, if i aim for 3lb a week, then if i lose more, its a bonus!!

I agree with you...however I think I was slim in my head...the mirror told the true story!!! hahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah shocking:eek:

im looking forward to feeling attractive and confident. To going on a night out and not feeling like crap as soon as I start seeing others and how they always look so much better. Im looking forward to not always wearing black! Im looking forward to wearing t-shirts and not having a caridgan or...

do some people feel the cold more than others?

hahahahha!! Thank god im not the only one! I think it has to be my mind getting used to what I am seeing. I've only lost 9lbs so far and so not dropped much of a dress size. Also..i never had a big loss like so many do, on the first week. I only lost 5lbs. I am doing 790 and probably will stick...

Do you ever look at yourself and think you're not losing weight? :eek: i dont have scales at home, so tend to always look at myself to see a difference. Yes there is one, but not huge! Am i looking way too much? Some of my clothes feel looser but I can still see a big belly hahhahahaha!! p.s...

as for flooding yourself..yes it can happen. You can flush out all the good in your body too, guidelines recommend 8 glasses a day..however the amount you drink also depends on your size. I have read that it is 15ml per lb of weight..for me that worked out 3.6 litres! I aim for 3 -4 a day as I...

hiya! Im on 790 and have lost 9lbs in 2 weeks, dont know if im in ketosis but there willbe weight loss and can equate to just a llittle under a stone a month..but if i can lose 9lbs in 2 weeks well i rekon i can lose a stone in a month no prob!! so rest assured, it can be done...and fast!

When I read the title of the post.. I immediatley thought Catherine Zeta Jones...looks like im not the only one!! I think i wnat her face too!! hahahahaa

hello all! thought I'd join in ..... my height: 5"5 and a half! hehe my weight: 10 stone 3lbs my dress size: 10 ideally but will be over the moon to be a 12. my BMI: to be in the OK range!

there we go.... p.s. - like the "If you always do what you always did then you'll always get what you always got!!"

Thank you all for your replys!!!!!!!!!!!! Im a little less worried now, I think I have it my mind that I want to do this and keep it off. I do want to make the right choice and ill just hold on this desperate urge!!! Thank you all once again...2nd week weigh in loss of 4lbs! That brings me...

hello all, like someone else mentioned on here...im a stalker!! lol Though i have flashed up a few messages here and there. I am doing 790 with a friend, however her will power has slowly declined. Im still going strong, though somethings bugs my mind 24/7....thats putting the weight back on...

just having comments such as ..'you've lost weight!'

hiya, day nine for me on the 790 plan. Now about ketosis.. im losing weight however im not tired or have bad breath (is this due to water intake) but mouth does feel furry especially the back of my teeth and back molars plus I am cold..but so is everybody else!!! Im having trouble getting the...

im on the 790, started on that too. not done sole source. Regarding measurements...well i tend to go by raw, though it is bloody tricky i.e asparagus? how do you measure it? My motto, go for less when guessing.

did you make them in the oven or microwave?

Is it just me..or has anyone else noticed how many more bloody food adverts are on the telly????? I've seen the pizza one..oh my god. Dont want to think about it. Then there's all the 'taste the difference' ranges that all supermarkets are doing...non-stop!!!!! im not on sole source, on the...

thank you!

eek! just seen the ticker is very similar to someone elses!! hahah...great minds!! hahaha God..could spend quite a while on that site picking a cute design!!

hello! Just a quick post..got a ticker thing and wanted to try it out...lost 5lbs, in 5 days on the 790 plan!

Well day 5 for me on 790. I started cambridge diets on saturday, its the only plan I have done....5lbs lost today!

hiya!! did a search for add a meal/790 and found your post! Very thankful you posted! I just recently posted asking if anyone was doing the 790 plan as it does seem many are doing sole source. With my job, running around quite a bit and with reponsbility I thought i would need some food to get...

hiya all! Am in day 2. Feels strange not eating, but drinking 24/7 and trying to control my bladder when someone's in the loo!!!!!! wanted to know if anybody was doing the 790 plan - which i think is step 1? its adding a meal. p.s. for the ladies...is it true you dont lose weight when its...