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Deja Vu I finished that 0to5K at a fast shuffle :) I start another on 14th September. I am hoping to spend the next 2 weeks doing some light preparatory exercises, squats and stuff, knocking off the alcohol and getting back in track eating wise. I have not gained much since January, 2 lb I...

Ooh! I was so caught up in stuff. Business is started, I have even had some work :) Am starting week 5 of 0to5 with a local running group: Week 1, was coooooooooold, we all got frosted hair; week 2 my knees, what on earth?; week 3: I did 15 minutes then went home, sobbed my way through the...

Oops! Thursday was succesful, evening meal of chicken, chickpeas, tomatoes and spinach. Just under 400kcals. I made a huge amount, 2 of everything, so there is another 4 meals to freeze back. It would be really nice with bread :) Friday was good. Scrambled egg on toast in the morning and steak...

I think the reason you thought it was uncureable might be that many costly 'solution's and specialised foodstuffs make it seem that way. But Type II diabetes is both caused and "cured" by diet and exercise. Many overweight/obese people hit that pre diabetic state, where their insulin transport...

It feels really good, doesn't it? :) I deal with UDs as thought they are MDs (Medium Days). So I have either breakfast or lunch. So my porridge breakfast is a rather large portion with a lump of marmalade stirred in. That keeps me going for long enough for a tiny bit of willpower to see me...

Thanks :) Yesterday was great too. DH loves pork chops, so... pork chops, half a sweet potato and cabbage with a few lardons and a bit of half fat sour cream, half a can of pale ale... 650kcals all in :) Today I have started with porridge and marmalade again, just working on sausages and...

Week 1: Tuesday 5th 2012willdoit: 210lbs: 2lbs: 14lbs 2lbs lost yay!

Yesterday went well. I made it a mediumish day, to ease myself in. Porridge mid morning; steamed chicken, boiled potatoes and cabbage in garlicky tomato sauce, 800kcals Today should be a real Down Day, 500kcals max. I am still pondering what tea should be :) And I am already 2lbs down :)

So tomorrow is here :) So far I have cleaned the hob and kitchen sides, drunk 3 cups of tea, 1 cup of coffee and eaten a handful of kettle chips . Firtunately we have very little Christmas food leftover so tomorrow will see us return to normal, lamb steaks, green beans and new potatoes :) I...

Bugger, that was a long night. Happy thoughts of a dry January may have slipped, we seem to have tried to drink all remaining alcohol before midnight :) So, a poor start, we shall just try to survive the day. 2016 officially begins tomorrow. I hope everyone elses night was as enjoyable :D

Yay! Just one more night to go and then diety diety diety diet :) We have a Mexican meal planned. Leftover Christmas beef has been chilli'd and we have a huge heap of salad to be chopped into fresh salsas, popped into a wrap and oven baked with refried beans and cheese = baked burrito, salsa...

So, I am a sucker for an old fashioned challenge and I am in desperate need of a kick start. I am back, back on the diet, exercise, tracking and any other fit/fat wagon you can think of. Does anyone want to join me in some New Year short term goal setting? Add your own goals and join in :) 7...

Hi :) It is good to be back, isn't it? I look forward to reading more of you, seeing less of me and generally finding a return her to be good news for the return to the diet :)

And she's back! Oddly without all that much of a weight gain. I have no idea how that happened, none. I have been nigh on totally sedentary, eaten anything that didn't run away fast enough, drunk far too much and generally been depressed and unable to kick start anything! But I have managed to...

Crikey! I have had an horrendous year and had fallen off every wagon I had ever climbed on to. Today I got a Minimins email, thought oh yes, must get back on there, googled the name and saw that it had closed :( I am so happy to see it is back. I enjoyed chatting here, even in its quietest...

A more reasonable set of expectations :) Well.... that went well not! To be fair to myself I was working through my notice period, trying hard to keep my sanity and barely managing to cope on a day to day basis. But I am out now. I have spent the last month finishing the unpacking, cleaning...

... I am guessing there will be an echo... tumbleweeds will pass.... But I am back and happy to talk to myself for a while. I have a few targets for this year. First one is to get back to that 'Current Weight' up there on the left! 1. Get back to Current Weight 2. Introduce regular exercise...

:happy036:Happy New Year to me And everyone else :D I will leave that 13st 5lb there, so I know when I have got back to it!!! I had a weir 2014. Bought a house, gained weight, handed in my notice. Lost 4 lbs. So I am using my notice period as a kickstart. April 31st I will weigh 13st 5lb or...

Thanks :) I'm setting myself an October half term short term goal, starting in 2 weeks, that's about 12 weeks @ 1lb per week, which should get me about half way to my goal weight :)

OK. I have never typed this out before. I think I have always just 'coped'. But I need to do more to get myself back on track. So if I may, I'll just blurt it all out and see how it goes. My tale of woe: At 20 years old I was diagnosed with ME/yuppy flu what is now CFS. I slept for about 2...

Right. New start. the good news is I am still in size 16 clothes, still in the 13s and haven't massacred my diet. So I am setting myself a mini goal from now until then end of August. 6 weeks = 9lb loss (which should get me back to the Current Weight in my Stats). Overall I now have 2 stones...

OK. Make that June! T'is the first of the month tomorrow, I shall weigh in and then start DDs and exercise days. I still have no idea what I weigh, have just dug out the scales and will have a look tomorrow... scary :eek: I may even change my signature :)

Oh yes! My bad news is I haven't done any dieting since Christmas. Good news is I have only gained about 2lbs. I am moving next week, so I am not sure How well this will go, but yes, I am in :) Dietninja 0lbs lost, 14 to go; 13/13 fast days left 2012willdoit: 6lbs (0lbs lots; 6lbs to go)

Sod the science - that will work whichever way you choose. Just have a shot at all of them and see which one suits you. I started JUDDDing and, months before Dr Moseley, had settled on what has now become 5:2 as my own variation. JUDDD is older than most but they are all variations on a theme...

Ah bugger it! I have no idea what I weigh now... probably about the same. But we are now in the middle of buying a house... so everything is on hold, diet, crafting, setting up small business, everything. So I am officially not dieting... not at all, not thinking about it, not wondering, not...

The logic would be that you get a longer than 24 hour fast. I eat early in the evening and have never done supper so, I eat at about 6.30 on Tuesday night, I then have a Down Day. So no breakfast and from 0 - 500kcals the rest of the time that I am awake that on Wednesday. When I wake up on...

Oops! I may have overdone that! I had a Slimfast yesterday morning and another one over an hour or so last night - So from 7pm Sunday to about 7pm tonight, Tuesday, I will have eaten 460kcals. Yes! that's not quite 10kcals an hour! I suspect I won't be doing that again. Now I have sat down I...

Yay! We quite often get a long list for these, but they work better over summer, or in the run up to Christmas :) Good luck with your Down Daying, I hope you get all 9 done :D

Yup! I'm re-starting with a few DDs on Slimfast. I have some in the fridge and they should help me get my head back in the right spot again. I started with them, way back when. So I know that they did work for me when I needed to get accustomed to very few kcals. Hopefully they will give me the...

Have I really not posted on this thing this year? Ooops! I have just been out in the sales and bought a dress and a skirt and a jumper... the jumper is a size 14 :wee: I am re-starting with the Slimfasts tomorrow. I need a proper kick to get back on track. I'd love my weight to start with a 12...

I started with them, as per JUDDD instructions and found it was easy to get the hang of eating nothing. But I couldn't have done more than a couple of weeks on them, I have no idea how people manage more long term :( I have found it a bit difficult to restart after Christmas, so I am going to...

Woooooooooo oooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooosssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssh! The sound of tumbleweed :D I'm off shopping tomorrow, the car park at Sains was hideous today. I think soup and salad will be on the me n you for the week. I feel the need, the need for greens...

Well, we are so very quiet I thought I shout and wake you all up. Surely you are not still sleeping off crismas ? :D I am just about at my pre crismas weight and still aiming for a nice round number for the end of the month. Sadly I suspect I am too cold and unmotivated for that to really...

It's one way. We have all worked out our own rules and regs based on what has worked for us. If you have a read round some of the diaries too, you will find quite a lot of variations. There are a few old threads that discuss it in detail too. You might find that a bit quicker than waiting...

I did for a while. But after a week or two I was/am most definitely happier, chirpier on Down Days - even at work :) I have re-started after Christmas and am not noticing any swings at all. I immediately feel so much better, less grumpy, lumpy tummy full on my Down Days.

I'm aiming at Mon, Weds and a Medium day on Friday. I should be back at my pre-Christmas weight (the one on the right) by Tuesday and hoping to be somewhere close to starting with a 12 by the time we go to Spain at half term! I really do want to surprise my mum and dad :)

Hi, if you read round you'll find we all do it really differently. I think we all start off following someone's rules and then we fudge it round a bit to suit ourselves. To start off with I would recommend you do 2 Down Days a week, non consecutive weekdays. The other 5 eat as normal (just...

Ooh! I haven't been in for a while... new job got interesting and I have just been working , working, working. So I leaped on the scales this morning and seem to have lost 2lbs. So I will log 'em and will admit I missed my November target and won't make my Christmas one either, but I am more...

Yet another reset for me! No loss, a 1lb gain and a renewed promise to do better. Slinkyson 90lbs (12lbs lost 78lbs to go) 2012willdoit 50lbs (35lbs lost 15 to go) Carrot_tit 20lbs (5lbs lost 15lbs to go) Debbi8489 28lbs (2.9lbs lost 25.1lbs to go) Ilikepencils 15lbs (0 lost, 15lbs to go)...

Pity about the lack of pics.... could have done with a sniggle :) How is it going now? I've changed my targets again and am, at last, back on the wagon. Food shopping tomorrow and I am off again, hopefully. Fingers crossed for both of us, all this bouncing is making me sick :devilangel:

Oh yes! Come back and tell all. Sorry, I forgot all about logging in!!!! No, I didn't make October's goal, but I did buy a cardi and a jumper - it got cold, so I had too :) I think I am almost ready to give it my full attention again. The job has settled down and I am feeling more 'together'...

Don't bother with extra water, the headache will still come! Fortunately, for most people, they lessen and eventually disappear. I think it took 2 weeks for me to be happy yhey were not coming back! Stick with it and good luck xx

We are a bit quiet at the moment, aren't we? Have a look in the diaries section, you'll find a bot more traffic and a lot of weight loss moaning and celebrating. It does work....

I have to go clothes shopping! My last pair of trousers, bought 10 years ago for an interview, fell off my hips today. I have 2 dresses and 2 skirts that fit, one cardi and no tops to go with the skirts! I do however have loads and loads of thick tights! So one pair of trousers, 2 tops and...

Thank you :D Just the October goal to shoot for.... I should make it, but I am not really concentrating this week, lots of fun lunch invitations at work and the new job means I can accept them :) Still, my bounce seems to be about 2lbs at the end of a piggling day, so I can't complain. I'll...

Applies boot .... and retires, happy with a job well done!

Looks like some of us are on a roll 2.5 for me this week! Slinkyson 90lbs (12lbs lost 78lbs to go) 2012willdoit 50lbs (36.5lbs lost 13.5 to go) Carrot_tit 20lbs (3.5lbs lost 16.5lbs to go) Debbi8489 28lbs (2.9lbs lost 25.1lbs to go) Ilikepencils 15lbs (0 lost, 15lbs to go) Lanarkwitch 24lbs (0...

Ah ha! Made my September target plus a little bit. 1.5lb down for the week. I am in a happy place - even work is getting to be less stressful :) Ha! SO happy I stole a pound... I am down 2.5 lbs! :D

And birthdays can always be rescheduled... OH had his moved by about 3 weeks this year. He is just so inconvenient! Stiffen that upper lip, smile and get on with it. Remember, perfect princesses get their rewards... in hard cash and a shopping spree :)

How goes it now? Does he still breathe? Good. Now pass those biscuits over here.... and the chocolate bar you bought when you weren't looking :)

Half a pound down.... I'll wait until I get a whole one before I change my ticker again :)

You are going to breathe, in and out, and smile, even if through gritted teeth, and you are going to be solicitous, fetch and carry, offer more than he asks and you are going to enjoy the novelty of it. Either that or he will drive you mad in less than one day. Personally, I'd go for the...

Nah, not blown... delayed for 24 hours. Turn today into an eating day and wakeup without the guilt tomorrow. I have never even tried fasting on weekends or going out days... it just never works... I designate them 'having a life' days and eat with only half an eye on the kcals. Makes loss...

I managed last week quite well. We have eaten well this weekend so I am really looking forward to tomorrow! Skinny Soup here I come!

Why won't my ticker change??? Half an hour I have waited...... change dammit, change!!!!! YAY! There I am. More realistic. An real(??) end date chosen. I can work at that now. So, it is official. Stage One: The Big Loss ends on Valentine's Day 2014 Stage Two: Whatever Next? Will begin...

OK. So I had a birthday. I lost a pound. I had a re-think. I knew when I set it that my goal weight was not a realistic one for someone approaching 50. But it seemed like a good idea to set it and see what happened. I also had a look at my numbers and thought that 4 stone in 2 years is an...

Does that mean that I can go back into ass kicking mode for you? :D

Weight loss and scorching sun????? I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not...

Back on it and another pound gone! Slinkyson 90lbs (12lbs lost 78lbs to go) 2012willdoit 50lbs (34lbs lost 16 to go) Carrot_tit 20lbs (3.5lbs lost 16.5lbs to go) Debbi8489 28lbs (2.9lbs lost 25.1lbs to go) Ilikepencils 15lbs (0 lost, 15lbs to go) Lanarkwitch 24lbs (0 lost, 24lbs to go)...

And we are a whole pound down - so I can change my ticker at last - YAY! I don't remember having been here since I was about 20 :)

Sorry - I only pop in at weekends. I'm taking stock as I seem to have stalled a bit. I worked out my weight loss and it works out at 0.4lb per week though I haven't kept to the plan every week by any means. I am one of the happy to be patient ones. I have been off plan for a few weeks, gained...

I read your diary, seems you may have some changes going on. I've just been lazy :) I'll get back on though, I don't feel as though it isn't working or I can't do it any more. I am just really aware that I haven't been planning it recently... too much else going on - is my excuse :)

Well. Back at it next week. All should be a bit more settled at work. So a-shopping I will go tomorrow afternoon and stock up for the next couple of weeks. Skinny soups until I get round to making my own again - I have a chicken carcasse for stock and will have some tatty veg so I nice soup is...

So bail! Give your self permission. You know you aren't 'failing', you are setting priorities and being sensible in difficult circumstances. Set yourself a sensible task, to maintain(ish) and stay safe and sane. There is, imo, absolutely no sense in setting yourself up for failure. It makes...

School holidays and a bank holiday.... they've all gone out to have lives :) I have binned tomorrow's DD cos I will be at home. I will attempt a MD but won't sweat it of it doesn't come out that way. You probably really know that a weekend DD is never going to work if OH needs to chill - and...

Well that worked better than I expected! The last salad was looked at yesterday, 6 days after I made it. Just the leaves and green beans, no feta. It was still OK, not as crispy as the Friday one was, but OK. So I think I could happily make salad in a glass jar 5 days in advance. That is great...

No loss this week - but I don't think I care. I had to get the leather punch out and make a new hole in my belts :D Ta da!

Fasting today. Remembered not to have breakfast. Took new staff to canteen for lunch..... remembered just in time... salad in office, half a mile away!!! Bought chicken and salad Tea... not hungry :) I might have got away with that!

Mine have all been fine so far. Everything has been crisp and crunchy.... 2 to go. (Why can't we 'like' something 28 times :) )

If it works I will be over the moon. Salad and soups all sorted! Who needs more??

Ooooh! :) We just had crispy duck, the leftovers will be eaten with Tuesday's salad :D

Welcome in!

I've just put 5 jars in the fridge. Feta cheese (half fat), olives, chopped pepper, radish, cannellini beans and lettuce. Cucumber, tomatoes and a dressing to be added on the day. Grand total of about 220kcals. Two don't have feta, so I will add tuna or chicken on my Up Days. I have a sprinkle...

I've got Kilner jars, the proper jamming ones. They are quite cheap these days, The R. ange has some really cheap, D.un El.m have some too. Sorry, forgot you are not here! I think the important thing is the width of the neck, so you can get stuff in and out easily. So yes, why not a coffee jar...

I just posted something in my diary that I think might deserve a wider audience. How to Pack the Perfect Salad in a Jar Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn | The Kitchn I love a good salad but usually find that something goes slimy before I get to it. So my chickens or the composters tend to get...

Do you think it will catch on :) Salad Wars - coming to a fridge near you! Does it deserve a thread of its own? I think so!

How to Pack the Perfect Salad in a Jar Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn | The Kitchn Try this for a quick how to!

Sheesh, talk about lazy. I forgot to plan.. It seems it is true, if you fail to prepare then you prepare to fail, and all that. But I found an interesting ********* thing about salads in jars. Seems lettuce etc stays nice and fresh if you throw it into a glass jar. There are even...

Not weighing in this week. Had a bit of a mare when I didn't plan my first week back at work. I'll go shopping tomorrow and plan properly for next week. Good luck all!

Lanarkwitch is GO! Accountability follows :D

Oop! I think I made an Ollox of that! Was Downing, got chatting about results day tomorrow, went to a meeting, they supplied lunch. I ate it! Ah well. Firts week back at work was always bound to be a bit iffy. As tomorrow is results day I have a pretty good chance of getting no lunch, so I'll...

Don't struggle :( Do you have anything strong tasting? I use miso soup but marmite/bovril/oxo work quite well - about 20kcals per cup.

All fired up for this one now. I go back to work tomorrow, a DD. So I'll get up early and go for a walk first, aiming for 12 minute mile power walk. We shall see.

Oh please let it be Monday. I so need a DD! I've got Sunday tea to get through yet! I start work again tomorrow! Summer holiday is over :( But I feel ready for another great DD splurge, so I may be able to put a hurry up on the weight loss. I have been very very lazy for a few weeks! At the...

Good luck, I am sure you'll break the back of it pretty quickly. I don't do supplements myself, but I'd be interested to know if you think the pterostilbene and revasterol make any difference to your loss and motivation second time round. Read you on Thursday, fingers crossed.

1lb down 6 to go for this challenge.

1lb more gone. Yay!

1lb down for me. Slinkyson 90lbs (12lbs lost 78lbs to go) 2012willdoit 50lbs (33lbs lost 17 to go) Carrot_tit 20lbs (0lbs lost 20lbs to go) Debbi8489 28lbs (0lbs lost 28lbs to go)

And I am Downing today. 2 cups of black coffee, 5 cups of rooibus tea, an almond biscotti, tuna mayo on ryvita and half a bottle of beer - 432kcals all in. So far I've had the coffee and the biscotti... I'll have the tuna for tea.

Veggie curry the easy way? OK. Pick your veg, no potatoes, lots of broccoli, a large cauli, 2 tin of toms, 2 tin of chickpeas or beans, loads of green beans, etc. Cheat with a whole bottle of Patak's curry PASTE not the sauce. You can make it quite a dry curry so you don't feel the need to add...

Went to Next, tried on 3 pairs of trousers and they fit! Didn't buy them though - front pockets looked like elephant ears, not good. Went to House of Fraser, posh bit, and there was a sale on... bought a skirt, size 16... really liked it, thought it could be a present to myself at £30. I...

And tomorrow I will have all sorts of veg stir fried into an egg... tonight I have curry :)

I went shopping yesterday. I didn't intend to buy anything, it was more of a recce. I tried on about 10 dresses all size 16 and they all fit really nicely, except for 3 of them, that were TOO BIG! All of them were normal high street stuff, no more big girls shops for me! I really need 2 pairs...

See, I said someone would be along with one soon :) 20 weeks.... mmmmm Slinkyson 90lbs (12lbs lost 78lbs to go) 2012willdoit 50lbs (32lbs lost 18 to go)

Try owning 3 chickens... then you'll know ALL about egg fatigue. Oddly, I am spending the day baking with eggs for the freezer. Bread and butter pudding is in the oven now. Meringues will go in over night. Am wondering if I can freeze Portuguese egg custards.... ... it's a good job I have Up...

Ooh! Zoe, I'm sort of 5:2 ing also, but may go back to Mon, Weds, Fri after the 6 weeks and the exercise is in properly. As slinkyson says, IFing has lots of ways, just choose which suits you best and add whatever you decide. Good luck :)

:sign0163: Oh! I'll just have to go it alone then :) I hope you are all having lovely holidays.... and not sweating the diet :D

I'm glad that is over. I have just been looking for ladies running clubs, ones with absolute beginner groups. There is a good sounding one really close! So now I have something to focus on. They run them in 10 week block, so I have 10 weeks to get myself ready to go and join. They do 5K races...

Firstly may I apologise? I have set myself a birthday goal to try and pick myself up and start losing a bit more and adding in exercise now I have the all clear from my knees, oh, and my GP :) I could really do with some accountability and support so I thought I'd go public and try and inflict...

You're welcome :) According to Dr Johnson (JUDDD) there is no wrong - just eat your calories. That's why I am so relaxed about it :)

Some of the IF diets have eating windows, other don't, so you might be reading about different things - can be confusing. Those of us who started in JUDDD before Dr Mosely let the secret out :) followed the advice of finding our what suited us best. Some naturally gravitated towards 3 small...

Me! Nothing yet. Cup of Skinny soup in an hour or so and a feta salad for tea. 450kcals - what do I do with my remaining 21kcals I wonder?

Oh yes, I think quite a few people report that when they start. I saved a chai tea for bedtime - strong flavours fool me really well. But that is all I have ever done, except gritting my teeth and getting on with it. It does pass but is probably one of the main reasons that people give up.

What's that saying? Pride goeth before a fall... Well, I was a little bit late getting my contraceptive injection and oh my god do I feel lousy today? I use depo for a good reason - no periods, no period pains. Well, today I am suffering... sorry this will be far too much info... I feel as...

452kcals and all is well. Feta salad pitta for lunch - those Warburton's round things are nice. The other half can wait until tomorrow's lunch, avocado salad! Skinny soup for tea. 2nd walk tomorrow, I changed the day to match UDs. All in all, I feel hopeful that I will be fully back in the...

Right. Warburton's soft round pitta, wholemeal, 85kcal per half pitta. Half fat feta, half fat mozarella. Skinny soup x 2. Bresaloa and Palma ham. Teeny tomatoes. Bag of salad. Morrocan dry pack black olives. Chargrilled artichoke hearts. Gherkins. Ryvita. Chunky peanut butter (don't panic, am...

I think we all sort of set our own as we went. Mine was yesterday, wedding anniversary, as it was an easy date to remember. I've extended a bit to get to my birthday, another easy to remember date :) Someone will probably start a Christmas one soon.... might be me :D

Me! And I am so very grateful. It is my first Tuesday - was Monday - and the extra day felt wrong. Now I am not sure I made the right decision. But I will have to get used to it, I changed for good reasons.... blech! Shopping soon, more DD food to buy!

I am not quite going to make mine so I have reset it in my signature. I am now aiming for halfway by my 48th birthday. There..... that's official! Trefoil 25lbs (2lbs lost 23lbs to go) Lanarkwitch ( 10lbs lost 18lbs to go) Bedtime Bear 12lb (9lbs lost 3lb to go) Fizzyfluff 28lbs (7lbs lost...

I changed my DD to Tuesday because it makes eating Sunday leftovers easier to do, it reduces any waste - sadly not my waist. I feel bloated. Still I suspect I'll feel just great tomorrow :)

I know that is a bit quicker than many people can do, but I was once very, very fit. Still fat, but fit. I will know if I have got it right this time in about 4 weeks, when I will have doubled the distance. I'll be able to see what adaptations my body is really making to the addition of...

Exercise Week 1, Day 1 Aim: 1 mile at a steady pace Actual: 0.8 mile in 14minutes 30 seconds, 4mph equivalent. 109kcals I am using Nina Barough's beginner walking programme. I need to be very careful of how much I do, in the past I have done far too much too soon and set myself back a lot...

Yes, all of mine is JUDDD loss. Though it turns out that my personal JUDDD is very close to 5:2 :) I have done it when it fit my life and not felt guilty if I could not manage it, which was quite often. So in a year I lost about 1/2 lb week, week in week out with very little hassle, planning...

OK, the generic, 1 size fits all, numbers are Down Days 500 kcal Up Days 2000 kcal. You don't need the book, it has lots of research data and some recipes that are easy to find elsewher, just the site will give you all the info you need link Ignore all the sales hype about Revasterol. Use the...

Oh the bounce, the bounce. I knew I shouldn't have stepped on the scales today :) Come on, get a grip 3lbs in 6 days...... it's not the most unachievable goal you've ever set! OK, so anniversary is in 4 days, but I've never been all that stuck on numbers :)

Me. 3 cups of rooibus in and I am feeling OK. Must get of my bum and clear out the kitchen though. Food today will be tea: tuna salad followed by a fruit salad, mango, papaya, passion fruit and creme fraiche, about 450kcals. Yay!

Ha! Went clothes shopping today. I have cleared out all of my old clothes, yes, even the ones under the bed, mainly because they are all way too big for me :) I only wanted to window shop, thinking I'll wait a while longer. But there are sales on! So I went into Mistral and tried on a size 16...

I'm a ryvita, a smidge of goat's cheese and a few gherkins into the day. I may have overdone it, should have saved more kcals for later!!!

Well, here I am again. Way to go Debs. Congratulations I am 4lbs down since my last confession..... Trefoil 25lbs (2lbs lost 23lbs to go) Lanarkwitch ( 10lbs lost 18lbs to go) Bedtime Bear 12lb (9lbs lost 3lb to go) Fizzyfluff 28lbs (7lbs lost 21lbs to go) Dubsndice 42lbs ( 7lb lost 35lb to...

Midweek weigh in, I got impatient. 1lb down 3 to go for my anniversary target :)

Another DD - I seem to be back in the groove. Tostadas for breakfast and tuna salad for tea and all will be well. I think I shall squeeze in half a bottle of beer too - 502kcals(ish). Then back to planning a meal for tomorrow. I really fancy a curry, made from scratch. Probably from watching...

DD 2 today. Just had breakfast tostadas (Spanish tomato on toast :)) 250kcal Tea will be tuna salad, 175kcal and half a bottle of beer 86kcal 503kcals. In between there will be much drinking of red tea 0kcals per cup :)

Yesterday went well. All of the bounce weight has gone and tea, both courses was lovely. Today I have had tostadas for breakfast, I will have a ham ciabatta for lunch and prawns and spinach and the other half of the cherries for tea, plus a bottle of beer. Even if I drink the whole bottle, we...

Good luck. :D

5 cups of red tea down. Tea will be in 2 phases: 1. Mozarella salad at about 5pm, 300kcals 2. Hot/warm cherry pud at about 7pmish, 250kcals But I may not get round to the pud, the heat has taken my appetite.

Wossappenin? I am barely eating yet I am not losing? Oh! I know - all that fluid, I must be the most hydrated thing in the universe :D Just as well as I am prone to heat stroke. Oh dear.... just realised that what I am eating tends to be cheese and olives, strawberries and ice cream, high...

Not bad. Another 1lb down - and I had puddings :)

Lots of people here have tried different times. Me? I go for the easy way. On a normal day I eat as normal (duh!) the following day I eat my 500kcals any old way I fancy. There are diet variations that give you a window but I played around until I found a way that suited me. I started off not...

And be prepared not to need it for long :) I used to save for a snacklet, now I hate going to bed feeling even slightly fed! Just another of the weird changes JUDDDing causes :D

Ah go on! Did you need a book to tell you that? Us IF geniuses have been saying it for ages :D Maybe we should write a book.....

With lots of breaks to suit my lifestyle and job I have lost just over 2 stones in about year. When not concentrating I have maintained without even trying. I have a fully functioning full button and have lost a lot of my sweet tooth. It's fun :)

I started JUDDDing cos I started before Michael Moseley's telly programme. By the time it aired and everyone was talking about it I had settled on my own version that was almost 5:2. The original JUDDD book encourages you to find your own way and suggests that 2 days a week is most doable...

Oh I had a woooooooooooosh! This morning, as I fled, late for a train, I took a second to step on the scales (I'm doing it daily again cos I am interested). I am down to 13:11.5..... where did it go??? That's a sudden 3.5lb loss... but I am not recording any change until next Tuesday..... I...

I snuck back on the scales today too - and they are swinging in the right direction, another 1lb down. If that sticks until Tuesday then I am already into my 3rd stone... unlucky number though 13:13 :(

We all went quiet :) I don't even understand my target any more - what on Earth was I getting at? I am properly into Onederland, almost into the 13s (I'll be there next week), I think I wanted to lose 48lbs in total, I am at 28.... was I mad or have I just taken too much time off? I think I'll...

Ha! Sneaky weigh in this morning (official one on Tuesday) and I am down 2lbs. The book is great by the way, lots of food we normally eat, I tried a couple of deceptively simple salady things and was smitten. Who knew that a half fat mozarella ball, basil leaves, tomato and some olivey stuff...

Right, enough! Exam period is almost over, summer is officially here. Time to get up and get on with it. Good news, I have maintained over the last month. Bad news, I have fallen right off the wagon. Which means there is better news, I have been re-trained and can stop myself over eating...

Most of what's been said, especially the baking. Also, even with my on and off again approach I too have never gained anything during my off weeks.

You can, the original version did but, as Debridger said, Dr J found that you could eat something and still get all of the benefits of true fasting. The 500kcals is a one size fits all number. My real DD number is about 340kcals and I often eat just that. Some days I just drink redsush tea and...

I'm not so good at maths but when I updated my ticker I noticed that I have lost exactly 1/3 of my goal loss!

Most of us started with one version of fasting in mind and - as we tried it out, read about it and felt more or less happy with the results - slowly designed our own version ... usually to find someone else was already doing it, maybe even wrote a book on it :) Give it a whirl and see what...

Ha! Sneaky weigh this morning and I am down 1.5lbs - Woo and, indeed, Hoo! Wonder what the scales will say on Tuesday, my official weigh in day :D

Right. I stopped for a while - in too much pain and far too cold to be able to JUDDD successfully. So, in keeping with my promise to myself, I took time off until I was ready - now I am. I am exactly the same weight as I was last time I posted - success all on it own given what I have been...

Me too - I take breaks when I think I might just 'fail' - I want to avoid that and make this a proper lifestyle thing. So far, slow but steady and staying off! Dates and amounts in my detail bits!

I started 13 months ago never having tried a diet before. I spent a lot of time reading about it, which was difficult back then :) Over the last year I have stepped of it as I am determined not to fail. So when I think I am just setting myself up for a fall I just stop and eat normally. Over...

It's well worth getting if you haven't already wangled a copy. OH loves it!

Welcome in. I started JUDDD but suspect I now do my own unique version with my favourite bits of all the variations. 2 stone down in 1 year and I was not at all consistent as I want this to be a lifestyle change and not a chore. Have a good read round, use JUDDD calculator as a guide, and then...

Oh don't! I know my maths is rubbish, but really! I divided them the wrong way - 52/28 - when it should have been 28/52! Either way I am really happy, much thinner and all ready to repeat it, but with a better grasp of maths this time :D

Ha ha! A trip into the scariness that is 'the bag of clothes under the bed' has been fun! Lots of stuff to wear - OK, not yet cos it is all summery, but it all fits (maybe a bit too big in places). So. I am in Onederland and have just noticed, thanks to the start date in my profile, that I am...

Don't worry about the gain, it's a bounce and they happen on IF diets. Your body is settling in. As for non fast days, if you go by then generic one-size-fits all then it would be about 2000kcals, no more, but some of us find about 1800kcals is as much as we can do comfortably. You just need to...

I need payment if this carries on :) Trefoil 25lbs (2lbs lost 23lbs to go) Lanarkwitch ( 10lbs lost 18lbs to go) Bedtime Bear 12lb (5.5lbs lost 6.5lb to go) Fizzyfluff 28lbs (7lbs lost 21lbs to go) Dubsndice 42lbs ( 7lb lost 35lb to go) Welshmamma ( 5lb lost 23 to go) Luv2BSlim 35 lbs (6 lb...

February's loss was small but significant - I am now just snuck into Onederland :) Trefoil 25lbs (2lbs lost 23lbs to go) Lanarkwitch ( 10lbs lost 18lbs to go) Bedtime Bear 12lb (5.5lbs lost 6.5lb to go) Fizzyfluff 28lbs (7lbs lost 21lbs to go) Dubsndice 42lbs ( 7lb lost 35lb to go) Welshmamma (...

OK, just when I thought I was sunk, 1.5lb for me! Teetiefunk 14lbs (4lbs lost 10lbs to go) Eatlessweighless 14lb (1lb lost 13lb to go) Hatti 7lbs (0lb lost 7 to go) Welshmamma 8lb ( 0lb lost 8lb to go) Missgalaxy 14lb (0lb lost 14lb to go) BabyBlueEyes 14lbs (0lbs lost 14lbs to go) Dubsbdice...

Well... this week has been weird - good weird! 1. A pair of trousers I love have been 'almost' for a few weeks. I could get them on comfortably in the morning but they would be a bot tight by the time I got home. This week they were just loose! 2. On UDs I eat lunch at work. Now I find I am...

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A pound for me too! A bit more than 10% of me gone, people making nice comments, new hairdo.... it's feeling good again :) Teetiefunk 14lbs (4lbs lost 10lbs to go) Eatlessweighless 14lb (1lb lost 13lb to go) Hatti 7lbs (0lb lost 7 to go) Welshmamma 8lb ( 0lb lost 8lb to go) Missgalaxy 14lb (0lb...

Didn't make Onederland last week but a midweek weigh in has me just one 1lb off. Wonder what Tuesday will bring? :) Changes made include exchanging bottles of wine for bottles of beer - less alcohol, less kcals, less cost, so we win all the way! I've also found I am just eating less and...

I meant to say it must be a jar of paste, not sauce. In some jars it is the sauce that adds kcals. You need to check each pot. The paste goes much further, I don't usually add much water and make quite a dry curry as that reduces my need for a naan :) Example: thai paste 252 kcals, sauce...

Oh the veg can be an absolute doddle some DDs. I carefully select a pot of paste - thai, indian usually - they can come in quite low in kcals per pot. Grab a huge selection of veggies, almost any sort will do. Just play with what you like/have. Par cook the veggies, add the sauce and bingo...

STS this week, no problem just no real time to do it properly as it is half term and I am being nurse to OH who had an op on Tues - carpel tunnel on his left hand. I'll get back to it on Monday when I am back at work! Teetiefunk 14lbs (4lbs lost 10lbs to go) Eatlessweighless 14lb (1lb lost 13lb...

Ach, my little piccy disappeared - it said I Love JUDDD! Anyhoo.... 5 days to go and 2lbs to get to my Valentines Day target and the magic Onderland! I shall be so excited, I haven't been there for donkeys years! I tried dress shopping last weekend, sadly my frontage is making dropping a dress...

Better late than never, they say! Teetiefunk 14lbs (0lbs lost 14lbs to go) Eatlessweighless 14lb (1lb lost 13lb to go) Hatti 7lbs (0lb lost 7 to go) Welshmamma 8lb ( 0lb lost 8lb to go) Missgalaxy 14lb (0lb lost 14lb to go) BabyBlueEyes 14lbs (0lbs lost 14lbs to go) Dubsbdice 14lbs (0lbs lost...

Trefoil 25lbs (2lbs lost 23lbs to go) Lanarkwitch ( 10lbs lost 18lbs to go) Bedtime Bear 9lb (4lbs lost 5lb to go) Fizzyfluff 28lbs (5lbs lost 23lbs to go) Dubsndice 42lbs ( 7lb lost 35lb to go) Welshmamma ( 5lb lost 23 to go) Luv2BSlim 35 lbs (4 lb lost 31 lb to go) LifesDesire 25.6lbs (6lbs...

Sunnyrae - 4lbs off (4 to go) 2012willdoit - 7lbs off (5 off, 2 to go) happy&healthy - 8lbs (3 lost 5 to go) namaste - 4lbs (4lbs to go) Bedtime Bear - 4lbs (3lbs lost 1lb to go) Jacci48 - 5lbs (3 lost 2lbs to go) gym_bunny87 - 10lbs (10lbs to go) Ashna - 10lbs (2 lost, 8 to go)...

It might be a bit quiet here but if you look up, all the way up, you will find a recipes forum! Up and Down Days are all covered - happy reading :D

Us JUDDDers probably won't discuss anything like a 17 day diet - we're in for the long haul :D I had a quick look at Amazon reviews and it does look as though people with a few pounds have had success. I am not really qualified to comment as this is the only diet I have ever tried..... but 17...

I was accosted in the canteen for a harangue by someone who said that 'you will never persuade me that eating les than 600kcals a day is healthy" I still wonder where she got that figure from or thought she might now more about it than me - I know that sounds awful but I do have a Masters in...

Nope! That's it! No rules, no weighing, no planning and failing. Just eat the calories! Oh, and don't expect to keep up huge weight loss rates. I've managed an average of a pound a week, with time off for Christmas, birthdays, not feeling like it, etc. 3 weeks of not doing it and I have...

Thanks! I may have said this before but this place is great and

Blah! That leg pain has been atrocious. I have been so demotivated. Again I have let myself come off plan - I will NOT fail this. My logic is that when I am just too pained to succeed and am more likely to cheat, I will just come off diet. That way I will never ever try it and fail, making it...

Not yet! I have one more January weigh in - on Tuesday! Don't you dare all disappear and leave me all alone in a time lag!

Go on then. I'll aim to be merely overweight by then! Trefoil 25lbs (2lbs lost 23lbs to go) Lanarkwitch ( 0lbs lost 28lbs to go) Bedtime Bear 9lb (0lbs lost 9lb to go) Fizzyfluff 28lbs (0lbs lost 28lbs to go) Dubsndice 42 lbs ( 0lb lost 42lbs to go) Welshmamma ( 0lbs lost 28 to go)...

Salter's are usually reliable and mid priced. You can get them anywhere. They measure baddy fat % too :D

Sorry, I should add my name shouldn't I? My username seemed like a good idea at the time! :)

Well! Whooda thunk it? I am now only 1lb off my pre Christmas weight! I think I may get back on track by the end of the month! That Valentines goal may actually be doable! Yee and ha!

I found them in Dunelm, but they seem to be everywhere for about the same price - Land of Lakes included :) They hold a lot, so would do stews too - 650ml!

Well I never - 3lbs off! Sunnyrae - 4lbs off (4 to go) 2012willdoit - 7lbs off (3 off, 4 to go) happy&healthy - 14lbs (1 lost 13 to go) namaste - 4lbs (4lbs to go) Bedtime Bear - 4lbs (4lbs to go) Jacci48 - 5lbs (4lbs to go) gym_bunny87 - 10lbs (10lbs to go) Ashna - 10lbs (2 lost, 8 to go)...

Thanks Hannata. I may give that a whirl when I start exercising properly. I'll get myself sorted and come back and have a proper look!

Just thought I'd post about these About £4 and fully microwaveable etc. The post about Skinny Soups made me start looking for something easy to take to work and these seem to hit the spot. With 2 of these and 2 sets of plastic tub things I think I am all lunched out! And they are so cheerful...

Right! I have shopped, made a list and have got myself organised. All it took was 2 soup mug things from that nice Mill that has all sorts of dangerous articles in it - I do really need them all, honest! Just under £4 each and in lovely bright colours. I can put half of one of those skinny...

May we all JUDDDer successfully this year :553:

Ah, that misses a step (or 2 if you are as disorganised as I am. The only things I prepare are the lessons I teach): Check to see if you have lunchboxy things to take prepared stuff to work! Make a list of things that you can get to work and reheat, or not! Make a small variety of meals and...

Oh I am in - once someone helps me get organised :) Sunnyrae - 4lbs off (4 to go) 2012willdoit - 7lbs off (7 to go)

OK, lean is probably an overstatement, but it rhymed:) I feel as though I mainly fluked a lot of that weight loss, beginner's luck and all that. When I go back to work I don't want to re-start without being more organised and having some better routines and coping mechanisms in place. I am...

Mmmmmmm! I suppose that's my January goal sorted, get back to 10% of me gone! Actually I am quite happy to have stuck at this weight. Not to shabby for a year's loss, 1.5 stone. I just need to have a good think about succeeding in 2013. That will be a lot of organising... so I am off to start...

Is there a raspberry emoticon. Still, I have only gained l.5lbs, so the ticker is still right. I have bought some new trainers... I am ready for 2013 - and 1.5 stones off in 1 year isn't something to be sneezed at. All in all I have succeeded and really feel the difference. Can't wait for...

I'll weigh in tomorrow to see what damage I did. I mean to do it this morning, but breakfast in bed arrived. but I am going shopping in a bit - I'll check clothes sizes. I'm feeling a little bit hopeful as all my trousers are hanging off me and I seem to have grown a saggy bottom :cry:or...

I'm going for some none weight goals too. I'll reset my sig when I have decided the details. I need to very slowly and carefully reintroduce exercise into my daily life. I want to reduce my dress size to 14 (currently at 18ish) I'd like to get to a place where I can just live, rather than...

Louise 5lbs - 0lbs lost 5 to go Jacci 6lbs - 2 lbs lost 4 to go Mom2Ben - 0lbs lost 5 to go Hannata - (currently -3.6) Kittywhite -sts Ilikepencils - 0lbs lost 4 to go x_lis_x - 0lbs lost 3 to go 2012willdoit - 0lbs lost 4 to go Look Stef (I am reduced to talking to myself now) you know you...

I think I regained the pound I lost. I shall weigh in Tuesday, reset my numbers and consider my options over the Christmas period. I have what I need for a JUDDD week next week, so I should be OK. Maintain at 203lbs would be fine by me but I'd love to get to 199 and be in Onederland!

I was going to slow down/stop my JUDDD for winter as I have a nasty collection of CFS, SADS, and anaemia, I get so very, very tired and don't want to fail this diet! So I was pondering setting myself a 'simply maintain' target. But a quick read of the Hairy Dieters may have changed my mind! I...

I have been terrible keeping up with this one, so I thought I'd update myself! SunnyRae 6lbs (0lbs lost, 6lbs to go) mini mouse 21lb (3lb lost, 18lb to go) Phoenyx 43lbs (6lbs lost, 37 to go) Fizzyfluff 14lbs (0lbs lost, 14 to go) time2go (10lbs lost, 35to go) LadyGeorgie 33lbs (3lbs lost, 30...

Yes, I am, anaemia too! I actually find it absolutely fine. I feel less sluggish most days. Down Days are quite energising, oddly. Up Days are the ones that make me feel most bloated and flat, slow and uncomfortable. I can honestly say that it has not made the CFS any worse, though I am...

Oh it has been so long... but I have lost another 1lb. I spent years at this weight. Many of them fat and wobbly, many more as an aerobics instructor, less fat and less wobbly, but all of them at this weight! I am guessing that it will take me a while to break through it. So I am probably...

Just the one, but I am at my old 'set point' and almost expected a stall at this point! Hannata : 6lbs - 4 lost, 2 to go Juju_doll : 8lbs - 0lbs lost 8 to go Derbynanny : 5lbs - 1.8lbs lost 3.2 to go Luv2BSlim : 4lb - 2.¾lb lost 1.¼ to go Faithfluro : 10lbs - 4lb lost 6 to go Vickykelly78 ...

I haven't the foggiest, I forgot to step on this morning :) It might have been something to do with the 5am start - shocking! I will wait until next week as I am not too bothered, clothes still getting looser!

OK, I'm back on the bus and I have 8lbs for my Christmas target, so I'll try and do 5 of it this month! Hannata : 6lbs - 1.7 lost, 4.3 to go Juju_doll : 8lbs - 0lbs lost 8 to go Derbynanny : 5lbs - 0lbs lost 5 to go Luv2BSlim : 4lb - 0lb lost 4 to go Faithfluro : 10lbs - 0lb lost 10 to go...

I maintained, not bad for 2 weeks off. I am all pain free and less stressed at work now so I will set a sensible November target. See you all over there!

This has been so amazing. A week off plan and a slow start to this week, which I had planned for as it is always hectic at the beginning of this half term and I am still feeling good. I haven't gained anything despite being off plan and am still managing to leave food on my plate, which is a...

In a couple of hours I will be eating a made from scratch chilli con carne, topped with cheese, baked and served with tortilla chips! Lots of red wine too! We also have some sweet chestnuts to roast! I do like cold weather... and JUDDDing :D

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I did them as I have never done a diet before and wanted to be more controlled. But I know more people who just counted kcals and couldn't stand the idea of shakes. I still have shakes in the fridge... just in case. Luckily 500kcal meals are easy so I don't need them!

Hi and welcome to JUDDD. The answer is 'it depends'.... we all do it a little bit differently. I do my days form waking up to going to sleep cos I find it easier. Others do something I find terrifyingly organised, I'll let them post it! So I wake up on a Down Day and know that until I go to...

Sorry Gill, advice... There is only one rule EAT YOUR CALORIES That's it! If the calculator say 456 and 1890 then that's what you eat. Or stick to the 500 2000 generic numbers if that is easier. But don't skimp on the Up Day kcals, it slows things down and makes the next Down Day really...

Ignore the scales if the bounce upsets you and sets off that thing you are NOT ALLOWED!!! GUILT does not exist in JUDDD (or similar). 1. Measure your wobbly bits and track them getting less wobbly. Ignore the scales. 2. Join one of the NSV threads (Non Scale Victory) and see what the rest if...

You're looking at water gain/loss at the moment, gill. Give it a couple of weeks and you will see the real loss. BUT I must caution you, the weight loss here can be slow, a lot slower than some people like. So grab a tape measure, you will definitely notice inch loss more than pounds as this...

Self saucing toffee apple pud Sauce 250ml water 140g dark brown sugar Boil the water and pour over the sugar and stir until dissolved. Leave to cool a little bit - you don't want to cook the egg when you pour this over the top of the cakey bit! Cakey dry bits Some apple - whatever you...

Ah! A week off college and a weird eating week to come, too much good stuff over the weekend has left me feeling stodgy! Parents visited over the weekend, so we cooked our socks off! I am a pound up on myself but am not really bothered - we had cake and tea and all sorts of puds and pastries...

Way hey! Good going and a nice reminder. I'm awaiting my 10%, but as I am soooooooooooooo tired, and mullering my DDs, parents visiting etc, I think I will have to wait for next week to do a clean start. I suppose I could aim for an enormously skinny (is that possible?) 50%, leaving me at 8...

I meant to post this yesterday, sorry. I was digging out the freezer and found a huge piece of beef. I have no idea where it came from or why we had it, so out it came. OH suddenly remembered it was a half a cow sized special offer that he had cut in half! So then I rootled round the cupboards...

http://www.minimins.com/juddd-off-topic/294088-christmas-recipes.html I've put it on the thread I started for Christmas. I have another recipe I am trying out tonight, a self saucing toffee apple pudding. If it works I will post that too!

Not just for Christmas but an every week cake that keeps and keeps. It's dead easy to make. Banana and nut loaf (leave the nuts out if you want to) 85g unsalted butter, cut into small cubes + softened, I tend to use salted as it is what I have in most 150g light brown sugar, I have used dark...

Well, here I am, stew in the sloco, toffee apple self saucing pud ingredients sat there waiting and what do I do.... crave an apple! So I am typing as I crunch it, grown about 3 miles away, small, red, crisp and slightly tart, a real apple! Yummmmmm! Yes, I did say both 'crave' and 'yum' about...

JUDDD isn't recommended for anyone with heart problems or on beta blockers. Check with your GP and see if he can give you the OK for your specific problem. As for starvation mode, the science behind that has been utterly mangled over the years - by the diet industry amongst others. It comes...

MMMMMMMmm! 10 weigh ins until Christmas, so a potential 10lbs to lose. Not quite what I set myself to do in the All I Want for... thread, but I was younger then :D I think that I will set myself a little task that I can make, to get into the 13s by Christmas, 7.5lbs to lose. That should allow...

Like Jo I now hate that full feeling, I am beginning to anticipate it too. I almost know when there is too much in my mind to eat or on the plate. I eat a little bit slower too, so my now magically working full button gets a chance. But best is I also am occasionally able to stop when I have had...

Oh. I had a sts - I suppose I should have expected it. Let's see what happens next Tuesday (like, erm, will I remember to post on the day? :) )

That's part of the whoosh effect we talk about. It's that one day of heavy urination after a stall or no weight loss followed by a permanent and sometimes quite dramatic scale drop, so it's not dehydration. One of the theories is that since fat cells also hold three parts water, when the fat...

Yay! I may go shopping (not buying) at half term to see how I am doing! I don't have any smaller clothes left! Though a cardi and pair of black trousers would be handy - size 16 would be excellent! 14 a miracle!

I just made a really good banana and walnut loaf. And I am planning a crumble too, real custard and everything :) And they call this a diet??? :gimi::giggle:

So you have had a lovverly JUDDDery holiday - and it didn't hurt, shout hurray, that's permanent loss not "while you are on the diet" loss!! And don't panic cos you will only do 2 DDs - that's 2 DDs And I JUDDD cos my home life revolves around food and chatting with colleagues is done at...

I EAT!!!! And drink and generally act like a normal person. But I have recently found that I then REALLY want to do my Monday DD. I feel so full, bloated, uncomfortable. So I am having a rethink. My parents visit in a week or two so I won't make any changes until they have gone, but I need to...

Have you hit 'merely overweight' Jo? I am soooooooooooooo jealous :)

I'll go to Morrisons on Monday after work and stock up on their fresh soups then. I did find a great sweet treat there last week, just inside the fruit and veg bit there is a chiller cabinet with lunchy things in it. One of them was a little pot of strawberry jelly with grapes and strawberry...

Yup! Because people cut out the good fats as much as the bad fats. HDLs (good fats like olive oil and other mono saturates) are needed to literally scour out the fatty deposits left by saturated fats. They reduce the LDL (bad fats) ratio and clear up some of the plaque deposits that cause...

Oh please don't. I am a sports lecturer and that 2litres of water thing scares me! You could drink more to stave of food cravings but if you are worried about being dehydrated just check the colour of your wee. It should NOT be dark or colourless. The first is a sign of dehydration and the...

God I am so bad reporting here. I did lose another 1lb but again I am not sure it will stay off as I feel so very very bloated and full, I have done all week. I am very comfortably into size 18s though. I have a suit, the sort you wear for interview, and the trousers are size 16.... I can get...

Oooooooooooh! Now it is getting colder I am looking for something with a few more kcals than my miso soup for lunches. I could definitely eat that. Thanks, Jo.

It doesn't even seem like a waste any more. I just leave bits and feed the bin :) My Nana would be disappointed with me :D

Yay! That is good after vlcd, others here have reported 4lb bounces! Don't worry about the headaches either, lots of us got them in the first week or so. Stay hydrated and they slacken off and go away! Good luck for the next week :)

Don't worry about the DDs, after a while some of us look forward to them. My Monday DD is definitely my favourite day of the week. We all do them a bit differently. I tend to drink tea and miso soup during the day and then eat an almost normal meal in the evening. I started with 3 small meals...

Yeah Jo is right jiggle it for all you are worth, until you find the way that fits you and your lifestyle. Good luck :)

As I have been really busy at work I have been mixing it up a bit and have noticed one odd thing, I always feel uncomfortably full, bloated. I am sat here looking forward to our usual steak night and not really 100% looking forward to it! shock horror, world collapses around me! JUDDD does...

Ah ha! Here you all are! I'm in, slightly more realistic goal this month I think bajoleth 0lbs gone 5lbs left zakcat 0lbs gone 6lbs left hannata 0lbs gone 5lbs left fizzyfluff 4lbs ( 0 gone, 4 left) kayleehollie: 0lbs gone 4lbs left jacci48 0lbs gone 7lbs left Sarajane72 0lbs gone 6 left Emilyx...

You will need to play around with it, as others have said. I have lost 21.5lbs since July 9th - so about 12 weeks. Having never tried to diet properly before I am delighted with this progress. It took me a couple of weeks to get the hang of the 1 single, simple rule: eat your calories! So if...

I am so nicking the dress size idea! mini mouse 21lb (3lb lost, 18lb to go) Phoenyx 43lbs (6lbs lost, 37 to go) Fizzyfluff 30lbs (6.8lbs lost, 23.2 to go) time2go (10lbs lost, 35to go) LadyGeorgie 33lbs (3lbs lost, 30 to go) bajoleth 39lbs (11lbs lost 25 to go) Trefoil 36lbs (5.5lb lost 30.5 to...

Well I never. Not quite made it but oh how happy I am. Back at College and still managing to lose bits off me! Twinklyjojo 6lb (0 lost, 6 to go) Headache: 8 lbs (0 Lost, 8 to go) Empy22 : 7lbs (0 lost, 7 to go) MissieCB : 8lbs (1 lost, 7 to go) Emilyx : 8lbs (4 lost, 4 to go) 2012willdoit: 8lbs...

Yay Pauline! I managed a whole pound, despite having mullered the DDs last week :)

Nope! The only unbreakable rule is "eat your calories" on both Up and Down days. How many of each you do is up to you, 2 minimum, 3 is better for Down Days, keep your weekends for Up Days or do proper alternate days - your choice. What you choose to eat is up to you, chocolate, wine, lard...

I'll join on Tuesday as that is my last September weigh (don't ask).

I too didn't read it as an attack, and I too am a bit evangelical. I think, as Eades says, it is the every dayness that matters. The difference between lab and real life often reduces the efficacy of any drug/diet/behavioural study. That is the nature of science and one of the most significant...

Oh that sounds complicated! I do days... morning til bedtime. So that means I can run a DD from tea at 6pm on an UD until about 9 am breakfast the next UD - 39 hours. It is no problem at all as I am asleep for about 14 of them. I doubt I could keep up with it if I did from tea to tea or lunch...

Very important to eat UD kcals, but yes, it is weirdly difficult. Full buttons are being switched on all over the place.

That is so true. Up Days have become the problem during the week. Weekends are fine as OH is home and we cook and eat together. But I am now prone to, wait for it, leave some on my plate :eek: But I find that managing a good breakfast and always eating a small lunch leaves me a little bit...

Oh! Tuesday gave me 1.5lbs off, so all that ditziness was relatively harmless. I know it won't stay off though, the scales bounced very quickly. But I won't know until Tuesday rolls round again! I am having fun with old clothes though. Mum and dad arrive in about 3 weeks so I have dug out the...

We all do it differently too - which can be a bit confusing :) But we all seem to agree that there is only one rule - eat your calories. OK make that two rules - there is no such word as guilt or fail! This is a diet you need to wiggle around a bit until you find the way that suits you. Some...

I still have a lot of weight to shift and I do 2 proper DDs (Mon and Weds) Friday is an inbetween day as I DD all day but probably go over kcals for tea. If I only did 2DDs I would not manage the regular 1 - 2lbs a week loss I am currently averaging, and that includes all of the not quite made...

And, for sake of variety, I did shakes for the first 2 weeks, but in this weather I'd happily do soups instead. I save all my kcals for the evening meal on DDs as I too find that if I chew something I feel hungrier, but the fully fasted state feels OK. I drink coffee, redbush tea and miso soup...

1.5lbs down this week. I'll be close..... Twinklyjojo 6lb (0 lost, 6 to go) Headache: 8 lbs (0 Lost, 8 to go) Empy22 : 7lbs (0 lost, 7 to go) MissieCB : 8lbs (1 lost, 7 to go) Emilyx : 8lbs (4 lost, 4 to go) 2012willdoit: 8lbs (4.5 lost, 3.5 to go) Bajoleth : 5lbs (4 lost 1 to go )...

1.5lb down for me last week yay!!