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thanks guys - that was exactly what i needed to hear! I have booked a restart appt this sunday with my cdc and will start mid next week...will no doubt be seeing more of you now! xxx

i would have asked her if she knew the health problems associated with being overweight! But I do know how you feel - I am restarting next week and haven't told any friends yet as they called CD my 'mental diet'!

mine is a uni nickname as I always used to have a mini afternoon nap before we went out on the town that evening! hehe

Hello - I dont know if anyone recognises my name but I have done the Cambrdige diet once before about this time last year and although I used to read these boards daily to keep me going I didnt post that regularly. I lost about 1 1/2 stone last year and unfortunately due to spending 2 weeks in...

i had my last meeting with my CDC a few weeks ago and after working through the steps am now off the CD and just healthy eating. the only problem being that I have been eating really badly! i know it is psychological and im doing it as im not officially 'on a diet' anymore but it is undoing all...

i just pop my tetras in the freezer whole - but remember to life the flaps on either end of them to allow a bit of room when they freeze and expand. my fave is the choc one!

i go every 2 weeks - you could maybe drop down to that...i would say any longer and you may feel a bit alone and also when you know you have a weigh-in you are stricter with SS - well thats how it was for me anyway! x

i have the opposite problem - i also weigh myself in the morning starkers before a shower and see my CD in the evening and am always less on her scales...mind you, she does have better electronic scales so i go by hers (!)...if i was you i would go by your own ones on your ticker as it sounds...

thanks guys - i did limit myself to the one packet! the only time i ever slip up is when i dont plan ahead (i.e. foget my tetra or not have any salad in the fridge) good luck if anyone else has weigh-ins tonight!!! if i can do this diet (with very low will power and self-belief) then anyone can!

haha too late - have already eaten them! am not in ketosis anymore now as am only 6lbs off target so going up the CD stages...can eat carbs as of tomorrow too...was just wondering what effect (if any!) the crisps would have on my weigh-in tonight x

well it was them, cheese doritos or chocolate so kind of the best of a bad bunch i thought!

hey - have got my weigh in tonight so planned on being good today...then realised i left my tetra pack at home so my only choice for lunch was the vending machine! hula hoops looked like the 'best' option there (!) but am just wondering whether this is going to affect my weigh-in tonight?! will...

i need to lose 1lb to get to 10 stone (huge milestone!) so am on the water today...cue a thousand loo breaks! x

i think when we think about the benefits of being slim, the 1st thing that comes to mind is wearing nice clothes, having more confidence etc but its also important to think of the health aspect too! big congrats for how well you have doen so far and good luck for the rest of it! x

well done - your losses are fantastic! remember how good this feels next time you are tempted to pick! x

Had my WI last night and despite taking the Bank Holiday Weekend off SS I have lost 6lbs (should point out that it's over 2 weeks!). This has now taken me into my healthy BMI zone and I have less than 1 stone to lose now before my holiday in August. Not quite ready to bikini shop yet but so good...

hey - i work as a financial adviser for mortgages and life assurance. mortgages themseves wouldnt be loaded but depending on the life company a high BMI can mean you are classed as being 'higher risk' for certain things such as diabetes, high blood pressure etc so they may increase the premiums...

i got mine from a uni nickname - before we went out for big night on the town my friends and i would have an afternoon nap and it soon got turned into a 'disconap' and the duff part comes from my last name (duffy) x

i love that programme - also been watching great british menu all week - since starting on this diet i have become obsessed with cookery programmes and recipe websites...its like my porn now! hehe x

the vegetable soup packs make great crisps - taste just like cheese crackers!

hey - good luck...get over the 1st 4 days then it is fine from there as long as you are focused. keep coming on here for support and motivation! x

yeah i am a size 13 at the moment!

I am in a similar boat - i had a planned weekend off when my family came to visit and since then am nowhere near as strict as i used to be (picking whilst im cooking for my boyf etc) - i keep telling myself that ketosis isnt that sensitive and one crisp wont make a difference etc! try to think...

hey - you aren't alone with the odd fall off the CD wagon! i keep being naughty and having like 1 crisp and 1 chip and telling myself it wont make a difference. Just put it behind you and for the future remember how rubbish you feel now. x

my aim for this diet is to feel comfortable in my bikini for my holiday in florida in august

am only 5 foot 3 and when my CDC asked me to think of a weight I remembered when I felt at my most comfortable which was 9 1/2 stone. I started CD at 11 1/2 and have lost about a stone so am halfway through.

am halfway through a choc tetra (bit sick of them now to be honest!) but i get to start on the bars tomorrow and the cranberry one will be the 1st one i sample! x

Hey, this is a good thread! i would def say kelly brook - lovely and curvy! i have a pic of her in a bikini stuck on my fridge...hows that for motivation!

Batch cooking is defo the way forward! I cook pretty much all the meals in my house so before I did this diet I made my boyf lasagne, a fish pie, a curry and a sausage casserole then freezed it in single portions so he can just defrost and warm it up himself as I thought the temptation would be...

Oh my god – you look amazing…bet you cant wait to flaunt it in a bikini when the sun comes back! Well done…such good motivation for the rest of us!

are allowed to replace normal black coffee with black flavoured stuff. i dont mean the syrups but the instant stuff that you get in whittards..have got vanilla & amaretto flavour in my cupboard at home and was just wondering...

chili soup is my fave too!

have heard dodgy things about drinking alcohol on ss...i stuck to fizzy water last weekend and it wasnt too bad!

raining here in Bath so got soaked on the way to work. all the girls in the office had lovely creamy hot chocs to warm up but i stayed strong and just had my black coffee! am nearly at the 1stone mark for weigt loss now - have fallen off the wagon a few times but see each day as a new challange...

hey - i tried making them the other day and they are a bit of a faff (having to keep opening your microwave door every 5 seconds!) but the vegetable soup ones taste exactly like cheese biscuits and was exactly what i was craving (a bit of crunch!) go on...try it!

you could go for something a bit different and get the bottom pierced as opposed to the bit on top?

its really only 3 days or so that you feel rubbish - am in my 3rd week now and dont ever feel hungry or weak from lack of proper food! i lost 7 lbs in my 1st week and that was with a sneaky chicken salad! i think i have realised that it is (for me anyway) a diet and not a lifestyle so i would...

all OK (esp butterscotch) but avoid the cheese and broccoli like the plague! x

...do you meet with your CDC? I'm seeing mine every 2 weeks at the moment due to transport issues but the plus side is each weigh-in is a bit bigger!xxx

Hey - dont be downheartened! I know it can be hard when you hear other people have lost huge amounts each week but 6lb is nearly half a stone which is amazing! keep going and also remember to look at inches lost on bums, arms, hips etc as well as the actual number on the scales! xxx

tetras are lovely and hassle free...and the choc ones make such good ice cream when you freeze them! watched a dvd at the weekend and had my version of ice cream whilst my boyf had the fullfat stuff - couldnt tell the difference!!!

Thanks for all your posts guys! just coming to the end of day 4 and about to head home for another lovely soup!

hey - am on day 4 now and already dreading the shakes! find them very sickly (dont have a huge sweet tooth) so was wondering if its OK to have 2 soups and 1 shake each day to satisfy my savoury cravings? thanks x

Hey - am on day 4 and feeling much better. didnt come close to quitting yesterday but was cursing CD nonstop!!!

Hi everyone, 1st time on the daily thread. am on day 4 and feeling better but...stomach is rumbling really loudly! my workmates keep giggling...am hoping my mammoth bottle of water will fill it up soon! hehe

PS - Kim&Leah - looks like we started on the same day!

I felt the same - on day 4 now and feeling much better! i made the mistake of having a full-on binge weekend before i started on monday so probably made it worse for myself as was getting mega sugar/ carb/ caffeine withdrawals! keep it up and the whole feeling rubbish thing will pass - i know...

Hey - am on day 4 now - woooooo! suffered from really bad nausea on day 2 and 3 but have been told its better from here and i woke up today feeling fine and with a surprising amount of energy. was going to wait a whole week to weigh myself but shad a sneaky check on the scales this morn and have...

Thanks guys - am at work but would much rather be at home in bed! have had half of a tetra so far for lunch so will save the other half for an hour or so. am drinking about 3 litres of water a day so hopefully will feel OK soon/ tomorrow. this diet is tough but will keep going! x

Hey - am in day 3 of SS and am feeling so sick (felt the same last night0...did anyone else have this? and more importantly does it go away?! thanks x

CD starter Hi everyone - have just started CD this morning for the 1st time. At work now and nipping to the loo every 10 minutes due to all this water you have to drink! Starting to get a bit of a headache and hunger pains but have been told these will go after 2-3 days (roll on Thursday!!!) I...