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Do it ! At the very least you'll be in different mindset and mindful of how much you indulge at Xmas.

Visit the Inspiration / Reasons to do CD sticky Visit the Inspiration / Reasons to do CD sticky. This'll lift you and while away a few hours. Started reading it in bed on the laptop at 10.00am on Sunday morning, didn't make it out of bed till 12.00 lol. Feeling so focused now. Someone in...

How often do you weigh yourself and why? Weighed myself after the first week but have lately been doing it every day and allowing myself to feel disappointed. Despite knowing why the readings can fluctuate wildly. Impatience sometimes pushes rational thought right out of our minds. Wont be...

A few words of wisdom delivered by a thoroughly pleasant guy - international sweetheart Will Smith. I am biased, always rooted for him because he is a doppelganger for my little brother. I hope this gives everyone a little lift: YouTube - Will's Wisdom#

My, you have been busy. Getting into the spring cleaning myself. So if your mate loses lots of weight and has superclean pad, you know what their secret is.

Have been singing to myself all day. Like I just stepped off the set of a musical. Maybe optimism or the warm embrace of Ketosis. He/She has death breath though but nobody's perfect. Anybody else exhibiting unusual mannerisms becasue of this?

Just focus on today. You can't affect tomorrow or the next day yet so don't worry about them. You have done it before and can again. Just like hur575 says, you can eat what you like once you are at target. But focus on why you have chosen to just postpone it. Being on Cambridge wont last...

Hi, I wondered what kind of day you have been having. Don't lose heart. You have done yourself proud with your losses. Lots of Cambridgers say they still feel the same for a long time. In my teens I lost 4 stones but I could not see the difference and felt the same, even though I had...

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Hi Trash, Coffee might be the missing accompaniment to your tetra. If you like mocha, you just might like using your tetra to enhance a couple of coffees. Quick, easy, no blender required. My nemesis is Oriental Chilli. I liked it the first time I tried Cambridge, now it's only discipline...

Wow! Congratulations. And just think, it would have taken at least a month, more like 2 to lose that on any other plan. Well done. Take a bow.

Hi Scooterchick, Have you seen the sticky about foodpack recipes. Maybe a foodpack muffin or crisps will save the day. As long as you have a microwave you can create something solid to get your teeth into. If you do like the look of any of them, do remember to take a little extra water -...

Hi MGY, I work odd hours myself and it can help to split the foodpacks. Sometimes I spread a tetra between 2 mugs of coffee to make mocha drinks, or split a soup in two. Take exercise gently for the first week or so - rest as soon as you feel weak. Lots of us continue with the same regime...

Hi Echo159, Reading, watching movies, minimins, planning a holiday for when I get to target. Exploring anything that pops into my mind. I thinks sometimes laziness can let us turn to food rather than making the small effort to do something else. And compared to mindless snacking, almost...

You SHOULD feel proud of yourself. It shows how strong your motivation is. Get well soon.

Hello, Good Luck and Welcome. In the immortal words of Belinda Carlisle, "...We dream the same dream we want the same thing..."

It's really heartening to know that a lot of us have felt the same way. and in the same sense through minimins, know that we are not alone. Wishing wonderful Wednesday to all X

Hi Blingbabe and Cicerone, Congratulations on your amazing losses so far.

Am finding the Vegetable soup quite acceptable. All the packs except Spicy Tomato are kind of creamy-ish though. Lots of people go the whole way only taking tetras. Gotta stick with whatever goes down well.

Good Luck CJ1, we WILL do it. Ennlightenme2, I have been thinking a lot about people's treatment and opinions of overweight people. I know it's got to be about, and for, me but there is a strong push factor in the decision. Have just got to keep it at the forefront who this is really all for...

Hi Tasha, I am on day 4 myself and want to wish you good luck. This forum is a lifeline. Turquoise

Thanks TrimT, Your kind words have made me feel so much better. Am so thankful for this forum. Everyone is so open and supportive. Its so true that somehow we really lose touch with what you really look like when we gain a lot of weight. Cant wait to start logging the losses on my ticker. X

Hello everyone, I am a returner who tried the diet once before but stopped because I couldn't afford it. Over a year I gained the back 3 Stones I had lost. If finances are tight again, something else will have to go. Weight loss is my main priority till I am at target. I wondered what...

Hi Ellie, Wishing you strength to do it again. Good on you for not burying your head in the sand. The main thing is addressing the problem. I am returning to Cambridge after a year and a half. Started on Monday and fell off the wagon. even asked my counsellor to come and pick up the...

Thanks to everyone who supported me on this site. I have decided to put Cambridge on hold for now. My mind is just not in the right place. Good luck on your journeys. XX

OMG LA Tinkerbell ! I am 31 and was also mistaken for my 21 year old sister's mum. Even my own mum says I look so old. Am sprinting hard away from that image.

Good luck, you will do it. My mum is a care worker and she works similar shifts to you. I have an idea how tiring it is to embark on VLCD. As you settle into Ketosis you'll feel more energetic and no hunger. You'll also need less sleep so you'll also have more free time outside work...

I forgot to mention an indiscretion of my own. Had a rough time at work last week and went for a drink with friends. Had 2 bottles of water and 2 shots of Vodka. Had 2 foodpacks left for the day and decided to skip one to account of the 120cals from the vodka. Silly, I know. If it happened...

Hi Sweetcheeks24 You'll be OK. Losses will still be good. You'd only stop losing weight if you were taking in in a fair bit in excess of your basal metabolic energy requirement each day. That will definitely be over 1200 cals and doesn't account for any exercise you do like walking...

Urgh! Can't figure out how to PM or email people. Have made notes on all your advice. It helps to have a plan. No more:cry:. Now more like :) Thanks X

Hi Kira and Getslimbydec, Thanks for your advice. I really appreciate your help. i love the way everyone looks out for each other on this site. I am going to PM you getslimbydec. Hope it works - haven't done it before.

Thanks everyone. Feeling much more hopeful now. ((((((((Hugs)))))))) Back at ya !

Thanks for the kind words everyone and the advice to go to moneysavingexpert.com and the CAB. I am going to the CAB on Monday so hopefully they can help me sort this out. They've got to pay me. Don't they know I have CD foodpacks to buy!:p

:cry: After 5 years in a job I loved, I was made redundant in March. I found an excellent job and looked forward to starting. Another company approached me the day before my start date and asked me not to take that job and work with them. Their job seemed like an excellent opportunity. I...

Hi, I like to relax and luxuriate at the weekend too. I don't eat my first pack till I feel hungry then I have a tetra while out shopping. Window shopping for dream clothes - there's nothing as motivating. In the evening I either make a few large cappuccinos with coffee and a vanilla sachet...

Hi Sarette, Well done on your bumper 1st week. I say bumper because loads of people lose much less than that. Bet you're feeling slimmer already. No scale can invalidate that. And imagine how demoralising it would have been to be battling at WW and only having 10% of your acheivement in...

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With Mc Donald's, we all agree that we won't be "Lovin' it" after it sends us out of Ketosis and hankering for more. If you like Chinese, I have fortune cookie prophecy for you. I see through the mists of time................. You will have many guilt free (chinese) meals after goal...

Thanks Leah, good idea. Excuse the rhyming, I couldn't resist. I,ve just been to visit my 7 month old niece. She smiled at auntie but as soon as I held her close to gave her a kiss, she started crying and looking around for her mum. Scaring small children? That's not a side effect I...

The buffet's calling my name. BUT Like a true CDer, I know that my faith in the plan will set me free. What's that you say? - what about the smells, the sight and sounds of my colleauges munching happily around me. I have water. Yes, really that's my defence. Now stop laughing...

Hi Harriet2 and Summerskye, Gosh, your losses are impressive. Summerskye, looking at your achevement to goal is a real shot in the arm for me. Props to you both!:party0011:

Mee too! Urgh! As a newbie, I don't have an avatar and can't fit my goals into the signature - lots to lose too. The blueprint for a better life: Ultimate Goal: Lose 9st 7lbs, maintain forever Mini Goals: 2st down 08/05/08 holiday :eek: 3st down 05/06/08 cool in summer :cool: 5st...

I will start with a deep shuddering breath. To explain. -sister and baby niece - visiting - this weekend - groceries necesaary ( I can't say "food" right now) I am starting week 2 of CD and have slain my first dragon of temptation. It was an ugly tussle. I strolled into...

Hi ladies, I'm glad it isn't just me then who feels like a kid when doing it. I think I am a bit too obviously childlike sometimes. After all that drinking, we just have to remember not to burp like one too.

To Sarette: If only they were cocktails. Well it's motivating to dream of enjoying such things without shame at my size. I see you started on the same day as I did. I hope we'll both be around beyond goal and into blissful maintenance.

Hi there, I am new to MiniMins and started CD 7 days ago. So far so good. Maybe I am bloated on enthusiasm. I have been managing to drink 6 L of water a day, using a straw. I always seemed to drain cocktails in seconds using a straw so decided to drink my water the same way. I fill a...

Thanks Mike! I am in the preparation phase before SSing and all your tips are going to mean the results of my effort is maximised. I mean to continue on aminimum of 4L. I have 8.5 stone to lose and the thought that water will speed it up is boosting my motivation. Have just drunk 1L on a...

Cringeworthy............ What gets to me is the way the fabric of my trousers rustles when I walk, especially jeans, anouncing my arrival to the world. Worst though is when I'm wearing a skirt and the tights rustle. High up there too is climbing stairs with a slim person (especially a man)...

I am hoping someone will tell me I am not alone. I have two very odd pockets of fat on the front of my hips. Like two handfulls of fat just plonked there. They are in the place where my tummy ends and my legs begin. Am I abnormal and will they get less noticeable with Cambridge?