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Now this isnt the official line but my experience. At the end of my SS (I SS until under 25 BMI) I found that the weight loss slowed a bit, but that was all. I think the biggest thing is that you come out of Ketosis so you dont have that to help you SS until you get back in it and also if you...

Thank you all so much for the lovely comments! To answer a few questions... I started with Lighter life for the first 2.5 stone and the rest was cambridge. I started on March 2nd this year and stuck to 100% for 4 months but they had the odd cheat from there onwards. I have tried to stick to...

Thanks for all your lovely comments, I am blushing! I still think I could do with losinga little off the sides but compared to what I started with, I think that can be done slowly over the next 6 months! Thanks again x

I hope that is a god shes has lost a lot "bloody hell" than look at the state of her in the first place "bloody hell"! Very nervous at putting this up, I am not a particularly confidenat person, esspecially to put photos up in my undies!

Hi All, I still have about 4lb to go till my target but to be honest I think I am happy so think I am done? Problem is, the only photos I have are of me in my undies! I got my other half to take them at the start to show progress and they are the only photos I let be taken when I was fat! So...

Not Veggie? My CDc gave my other half one to try and he is veggie! Good job he hasnt had it yet, never mind, I will have to have it....

Dont know the answer to this but would sure like to here one! I have the last 10 lbs to go and just cant get my head round losing it. For me I think it is that I feel OK as I am, and OK is so good, I am not sure if the perfect (the last 10lbs) is worth the hassle (I hope this makes sense!)...

"never give up" is mine!

I know how you feel! Shall I count down with you on this thread? I wont be ableto weight in everyday but couple do it every few!

Thanks for all your replies and as Prettyfacebut has said,we do need to get in the right frame of mind!! So, I reakon I want to only lose another 13 lb until Iget to te size I want to be, so that is a maximum of 5 at worst, 6 weeks. I have done this for 20 weeks, surely I can do another 6...

Hi All, Well, I have SSd since 6th or march and everything was going great, if a bit slow. I am now down to my last stone to stone and 5lb (I want to get to a clothes size rather than a weight!) I have been getting so So SO bored of this diet! The a couple of weeks ago I had a night off, still...

I have the samething with Diesel jeans! I am currently a size 12 and aiming for a size 10. I brought the jeans in a size 12 (which they say is a 30")and there is no way I am getting into them until I am a 10, they are tiny (and the same as you, they have no stech but still!) I think sizes are...

I know wht you mean, I may not feel physically hunger but there are days and weeks where I constaintly think about food! Up until now i have resisted, but some days or worse than others. Week 10 and 11 were the worst! I have to admit to being totally obsessed with food since it seems ages...

O yes, no so much now but at the start I would love to smell everything! Also, I got so much enjoyment out of feeding my OH, he put on a stone!

Try Mattalan or tesco. they have there own version that are just as good but much cheaper! I have sweared by them in the past but hope I wont need them soon!

130 days today!

Airgirl, tht is what I do, I get an allowance. Sod spending it on Shakes, that comes out of the shopping budget (as I am not eating) I save the allowance for shoes and clothes!

Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

Thank you!

I spend time away with work approximately 1 night a week. I would try and stick to your shakes if possible. Easier if you are on your own than with other colleuges. Yes it seems a waste but I think that not sticking to the plan might be a bit of a waste too,of the cost of the plan and the...

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Yes it is great and it has been hard, very hard at time, but I did it. But it is not my Target and I am just fed up that I have worked so hard to get there, and now I am going to have to work twice as hard to get ride of the last bit when the 52lb was bloody hard enough!

.. with the lack of weight loss. My Weight in days have been messed about with a bit, becuase I have been away for work, but basically over the last 3 weeks I have lost 1.2 lb 2.5 lb STS. I am so fed up. I have a holiday that I have booked, holidays clothes I have paid for and I want to...

I am exasctly the same. I still have 1 stone 11 ish to go, but am now crawling along and staving all the time! I am going to wait to see wht this weeks WI brings me and then decide about going up a step.

I do a picture a month, Just enough to see a difference!

I have to admit, I have already done my clothes shopping for hol in cyprus at the end of September! For me, it is another wy to make sure I stick to plan becuase if not, I wont fit in them! I have worked out what I am likely to be based on my average weight loss and what size I was when I last...

They are like plastic blobs that are the same size and weight as 2lb or 5lb. They are yellow and have litle red bits in like viens. they are pretty yucky but seeing and holding how much 5lb of Fat is, is really encouraging!

My reason is probably just vanity really. I dont/didnt like the way I looked. I wanted to feel good about myself and feel sexy. I was embarassed by how I looked. (that is not to say that I think big people look bad, they don't, it was about me feeling I looked bad!) Health did come into it...

This is the one I have Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Skin Firming Lotion Love it!!

My CDC has those fat blobs. I know a lot do but when I see them it makes me realise how well I have done!

You two are amazing and you both look fantiasic!! Dutch, I am very impressed with your rate of weight loss, what was your secret!!

I think that is doable! Just make sure you stickto the plan and you should be fine!

Well, I have a pair of trousers as a goal, these where old though. but! I have to admit, I have brought a good £250 worth of size ten holiday clothes! (was about at 14 when I brought them and now a 12) Now as soon as i brought them, my weight loss slowed right down (Like a lb a week max at...

Palmers cocoa Butter, thatis the name of it! It is the "firming" one with Q10 and specficially says for after or while losing weight. Dont know if it actuall does anything or it is just my skin but I use it just in case it helps!

I have used a firming moisturiser (can not remember the name f it now, but it is the cocoa butter one that smells devine!) I am 32 and "touch wood" have lost just over 4 stone in total, an no saggy skin as of yet! I think it is just different for differnt people.

I think it depends on your size to start with. If you lose a stone and your start at 9 stone, people will notice the slightest bit of weight lose. If you are 20 stone, it doenst "show" as much. With me, I started at 14 stone 7 and people start to notice at bit after a stone, but REALLY noticed...

Very nice! Where is it from??

I have wonderd about this too. Previously I have been on LL and on that program you SS until at goal. I have always wondered what the difference is?

I have to admit, that my rewards have been clothes. I have spend a fortune, even though most have been from Cheap places like primark! But the feeling you get from getting into a smaller size can not be beaten! There is now stuff that I brought that is now too big so the chariy shop will be...

I am not going to say it will be easy but take your packs and decide, not ifs, not buts, you will not have any. remember, when you are thin you can eat chinese, you are just making a sacrifice now so you can be thin. I sat through a wedding meal and a post wedding BBQ, have to admit, it was...

Hi All, Can anyone recommend or know where I can get a book containing information about eating out in Chain resturant? Alot of socialising I do is around eating out so when I go back to eating (currently SSing) I would lie to eat out but know how many calories arein things and also ideally...

Mine differs to and seems to be going up rather than down! My real age is 32 but it has shown 33 to 35!

Gum is now inthe bin! Just hope it is this! Thanks guys!

Hi All, Just had a thought. when I was on LL we were not sllowed chewing gum but when I moved over to CD, the CDC told me I was. Is this any sort of sugar free chewing gum? As over the last 2 weeks or so, I have been having quitea bit of that Trident dugar free strawberry and lime flovour...

Thanks for all your kind comments, they have really helped and I promise, no giving up! I just have a weekend away atthe end of August and I want to get down to tartget by then, but mostly, I want to get down to target and be eating again, by the time I go on Holiday at the end of September...

1 tiny pound! Last week was only 2 lb... I average 3 lb... I still have 2 stone to go and still on SS. Will I EVER get there??? fed up....

Good morning all, Well, been ss'ing for about 16 weeks now (started in LL and moved over) I have never been a fast loses, average 3.5lb per week. I now have 2 stone left to lose after losing 3.5 stone. But why o why has it slowed down even more?? I am doing everything the same and lost 2lb...

I am well chuffed for you, particularly after your smaller loss last week! As you diet twin (it seems) I hope this bodes well for me on tuesday!

My boobs have srunk a bit after losing 3 stone, but becuase of the going down a back size you go up a cup size thing, I am a bigger cup size! I started at a 36 dd and now a 32 E. Luckily, so far (touching wood here) they have only headed south a little bit. Lets hope it stays that way for the...

I am another tuesday and also shown nothing yet on the scales! But last week I showed nothing till the monday and then lost 2 lbs, so there is still hope for us!

Hi Everyone, To continue on forthe eight loss on 810 plan, please could someone tell me the difference between your weight loss on SS and SS+?I image it to be about 30% less but that is just a guess!I am trying to decide when to move up the plans and I have a date that I really want to be at...

Well it was not as bad as I expected, lost 2 lbs, rahter than 0! but I still normally have 3.5 lbs! So I have to look at the positive, 2 is better than nothing! Just hope that I make up for it next week! Also wanted to make the 50lb lost this week, have less than 2 stone left to lose and be...

toller-girl - 14bs - 4lbs to go mrspnut - 28lbs - 4.4lb to go Hope I manage this on Thursday but I doubt it Corey - 14lbs Donnalou86 - 14lbs - That's me done :party0049: Bexnkev - 20lbs - That's me done :cool::p:wavey::drool::p vickiabd - 14lbs Lemma - 10lbs - 7.6lbs to go PositiveBetty -...

Just realised I havent put my in for ages! so.... toller-girl - 14bs - 4lbs to go mrspnut - 28lbs - 15.8lb to go Corey - 14lbs Donnalou86 - 14lbs - 1lb to go :party0049: Bexnkev - 20lbs - That's me done :cool::p:wavey::drool::p vickiabd - 14lbs Lemma - 10lbs - 7.6lbs to go...

Thanks for all your advice, will always stick with it, too far down the line now, just wanted some one to moan to and cheer me up, and you have done just that, thanks!! I have not had my official weigh in this week, that is tomorrow, so I might have a tiny weight loss, but currently my own...

Hi All, I hope you are all good! Ok, I a reletively new here, so give you a bit of background. Currently on week 15, weight in tomorrow. The first 11 weeks I did lighterlife, then changed over the CD SS. I have always been a slow loser, compared to most others, I average 3 lbs a week...

32 and 33 at the end of Sept, and I will be at goal by then!

I think you will be OK for ketosis and weight wise but I think that cheats are sometimes more harmful for the brain, i.e. once you do it, it is hard to stop. Nothing you can do about it now so just think that you will not do it again and be positive! You have done really well for 4 days so you...

Last week my scales said I lost nothing up until Monday, when they showed a 1 lb lost,then on Tuesday (my weih in day) they showed a total of 3lb loss, as did my CDC scales. Dont worry, I am sure there will be a shift by Monday...

I would go for a 10 then! You can always breath in a bit!

Where you planning on getting the coustume from? According to Next, you are a size Between a 10 and a 12. (10 bust inbetween and 10 and a 12 waist and 12 hips.)

I am 5 foot 4 and a half and was between at 18 and 20 at 15 stone. 14 stone was a definately 18.

I definately would. I get OH photograph me once a month, just in undies, but it means you can really see the difference. I have to admit, when I saw the first ones, I could and did cry, but it is a great motivator!

God, I dont know about an 8, I dont have the narrow hips for an 8! Thanks for your advice! Think i might go "treat" myself to something on line, with the flexible friend!

Hi All, We have just booked our two week break for the end of Sep. Going to Cyprus where it will still be in the late 20's, so LOVELY and warm! Based on averages for the last 15 weeks, I should be at target by then, and should have been for a few weeks. I am so looking forward to being...

My is being deliveried tomorrow. Sods law I am not working from home tomorrow so it might have to be friday when I get it!

That is fantiasic, well done!

Definately the morning! The last I weight is whn I literally am lyingin bed, sit up and get straight out and walk into en suite, sheading any Pjs as I go, and get straight onto the scales. Doing it this way rather than sitting up in bed or walking around a bit, can make a half a pound...

I have managed to stick to sole sourcing for 15 weeks now, no wavering/cheating. I wish i knew the secret but I dont, if I did, I would not b doing CD, I would have stuck one of the other 400 diets I have tried! All I can say is that yes, It has be bloody hard and unless you have done it...

Linzel, did you get it from the same website? Becky85, I am worried that I wont use it much but I am thinking that for £70, I better! and I need to do some exercise and thinking at least this seems the most entertaining and convienent! I will post in about a month and tell you how often I use...

Hi All, Just managed to get a Wii fit, 5 mins ago (at www.gameplay.co.uk if anyone is wanting one!) Just hope it is worth it! Are they really as good as everyone says??

Hi All, Since I have been on this diet, I have only brought cheap clothes from Primark, where the sizes differ so much, you might as well guess by looking at it, it would be more acurate! So, I now have a couple morestone to lose, but I am more interested in what I look like and clothes I...

Great minds think alike! I have just started some exercise this week. Nothing major, the gym is not a place I like, but brought a bike (Toys R Us, 15% off at the moment and some bikes are already half price!) and me and OH went about 7 and a bit miles yesterday! Dont think I cam manage...

Welcome to my world unreal83! my weigh loss has always been slow compared to others but lately it has been even slower! I would love to hear ifanyone has any ideas of speeding things up. Yes I know as long as it is coming off then that is great, but I am getting a little frustrated and...

I know exsactly how you feel and have been there many times, but thiere IS light at the endof the tunnel, you just cant see it yet! My loses have been slower than most too, and slower than yours!! For my first 8 weeks were.... Week 1 = 7lb 2 = 4 3 = 2.5 4 = 2 5 = 3 6 = 2.5 7 = 3 8 = 2.5...

WEll done, I am another 2 or 3 lber, so you must be SO pleased, and so you should be!!

Hi All, I hve decided, that after I get to goal, I want to get some professional photos done. (Hope you dont think that I am full of myself by wanting these! Just spend so long hating photos and would just like to have some nice one for my parent etc) I LOVE the venture style ones but I...

Did he not even mention your weight loss? Did heknow you before? I cant belive he didnt even mentioned it! You deserve HUGe congratulations and for a GP or all people.....Prat!

27% so far... Looking at that, that is just over a quarter isnt it? Quite chuffed with that!

Re Skin, I think that depends on a lot of things, age, disposition, the amount of time you have been over weight etc etc. Also, how much you have to lose. I have been overweight for about 6 years, I am 32 and I ahve lost over 3 stone and currently (fingers crossed for hte last 2 stone!) I...

Hard to comment without knowing you start weight but as Moonbeam says, it is an average of a stone a month. I have gone down a clothes size for about 1 and a quarter stone. So, If you want to go down 3 and a half clothes sizes I reakon that would be about 4 and a bit stone? So, say about 4 and...

I do think that some people dont say anything becuase they dont like to admit to you that they think you have done well but I also think that some people dont like to mention it becuase they think it is "rude" to comment on someones weight. They think that if they say you look good and you...

Hi cheeky, I am not one of those big losers. I average about 3lb per week. I found it hard when comparing to others and it is really frustrating...BUT... small losses DO add up. My first week I lose 6 lbs, then 2 the next, then 3 the next so at the end of 3 weeks (you say you are nearly at...

I switched from LL to CD two weeks ago. I average 3 lb a week on LL and last week lost 4.5lb and this week 2.5lb, so average 3.5lb per week so far. So weight loss is more of less the same. I changed over becuase I did the 14 weeks councelling and new it would just be repeated and refreshed in...

I have just finished week 12 and feel exsactly like you a week ago. as others have said, get though it and it will get better. You have had fantiasic lost (more than me in the same time, but I am just one ofthe slower losers!) and you are now on the downward slope. Stick with it!!

So it is not lie lighter lifewhere you can stay on "development" until you have got the weight you want to be, then go onto maintenance? (was planning on the fact that I am likelyto lose anything 4 to 7 lbs on maintenance butthat would be my "leway")

If youare doing SS and your BMI drops below 25, can you remain on SS or do you HAVE to move to one of the other plans? Thanks!

Hi All, I wondered if you could give me a bit of advice. I am currently on Lighterlife and doing vaery well. BUT, I am finding the cost is killing me. I am on week 12 of LL so done most of the counciling for development. Has anyone changed over and have have you found it? Have you kept...

toller-girl - 14bs - 10lbs to go mrspnut - 28lbs - 23lb to go Corey - 14lbs Donnalou86 - 14lbs - 11lbs to go Bexnkev - 20lbs - 13 to go :cool: vickiabd - 14lbs Lemma - 10lbs - 7.6lbs to go PositiveBetty - 14lbs Blonde Logic - 14 lbs - 11.2 to go! Twinny - 20lbs Tigerlilly7th - 16lbs ...

I think you have to wait and see waht the next few weeks bring you. 3 lbs is still a HUGE amount! I am not one of the "fast losers" I average 3lb a week (and it is 3 lb every week for the last 5, a least I am consitant!) and I ahve come to the conclusion that that is just me and it might mean...

When do we start from? From as soon as we signed up?? I think I am going to need this weeks loss to get to the target! Nade x

I am fairly new here but would love to join the challenge so I will go for 20lb (which will be a challenge, I am a real slow loser!) so... toller-girl - 14bs mrspnut - 28lbs Corey - 14lbs Donnalou86 - 14lbs Bexnkev - 20lbs vickiabd - 14lbs Lemma - 10lbs PositiveBetty - 14lbs[/color]...

Well I just listened the the radio report about the TV programme this evening. it was very "weak" if you ask me. The only issue was the Bar whatever her name is (the founder) said that the eating disorder assosiation refer peope ontothe programme, which was followed up with a "no we dont"...

There is also something on radio 4 from 12am to 1pm, regarding LL, probably linked to the programme being shown this evening. As far as I am concerned, i was also told all about the side effects and as been said, it is all down to the LLC you have. Just glad mine is one of the fantasic ones!!

Thats for all of your comments. your right, I need to be more positive! Well I was right, another 2 lbs last night. so that is a total of a stone in 4 weeks. Dead on average but that does include that easy gysogen (sp!) in the first week! I just suppose that I am feeling hard done by well...

Hi! I have been an avid reader of this forum for the past couple of weeks so though I would say "hi!" and ask a for your opinions about something. I am in my fourth week of LL and my loss has been as follows:- 0 to 4 day drop in=5 lbs 4 day drop in will day 7= 1lb 7 to 14 days = 4lb 14 to...