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Hey all, i am back after Christmas and Being on Holiday. Started again yesterday (but wont weigh until the 1st of feb as i'm too scared lol) feeling good so far...have the start of a headache which is not surprising, the amount of carbs ive eaten the last few weeks as i've been in france and...

Hey how's your day going? I'm now down to 9 st 13 lbs, I'm so happy I could cry lol. I just opened the 'box of doom'...also known as the the box of clothes I out away that didn't fit anymore, dragged out a pair of jeans that two months ago I couldn't get to over my ass...they now fir like a...

Its such a hard time of year isn't it. Your choices sound good to me. I am just trying to be as good as I can until next week (although I did have a sneaky chocolate ornage creme from the tin of quality streets in the works kitchen lol). I was really good yesterday until the camembert in my...

You'll do great i'm sure, ive amazingly lost a lb this week...have no idea how, i'm on damage limitation until the middle of january so this is amazing :-)

Hey, good luck. To start this over Christmas goes to show how much you want to do, most people wouldn't even entertain the idea, it's great :-) im sure you'll do really well Hun x

Well done hun :-)

Yeah of course its possible...Christmas will make it harder, but if you are determind you will do it no doubt :-) I'm back on the wagon until saturday as its my best mates 30th...then back on it until christmas eve, then to be honest i'm probably going to be mainly off until the middle of...

Well done, you look beautiful :-)

You'll be fine hun...soon this will all be a distant memory and you'll be well into the 60's :-) I'm on damage limitation until christmas is over, back on it this week until Saturday as my best mates 30th on saturday...then probably back on it until christmas eve as i'm working anyway....then...

It's horrendous, this weekend has gone out of the window...back to it today until saturday as I have a 30th birthday party....damage limitation now all the way lol

Hope it goes ok Hun, I've been dreadful too...I went carb mad yesterday at my works party, sandwiches, chips, pie...you name it I had it. Didn't sleep at all last night (have realised that when I'm carb loaded I don't sleep, another reason I started the diet) so I'm miserable as hell today. I'm...

I don't think that will do much harm Hun :-) last night was a as a disaster, ate more carbs than the last two months put together...grrrrrr, oh well, it's all damage limitation until Christmas is over now anyway, if I can stay the same that is probably all I can hope for, Christmas with mo...

Well done, it's all gone a bit quiet in here hasn't it lol

Thanks, i've lost a lb since Tuesday, if I can stay at that i'll be a happy bunny...I just don't want to put on! This time of year is a nightmare...but on the plus side EVERYONE is commenting on how much weight i've lost...(i'm not going to look like such) a whale in my dress tomorrow now lol)...

The last few days have been good, lost a lb since tuesday...yay! Going for damage limitation tomorrow as it's my office christmas party..normally i'd be standing on tables with bottles of veuve cliquot, but tomorrow it'll be a few vodka and coke zero's and i'll be very much seated...how times...

Not well, was ill a couple of weeks ago and have struggled to get back in the game, this week has been good so far (all be it i'm starving lol) but I have my office christmas party on friday...so sticking to the vodka and coke zero and just having a couple, having drinks in the office then on to...

Congrats, taht excellent :-) No loss for me this week as last weekend was a write off, haven't been able to get my head back in the game since being ill. Been good this week so far...Christmas office party on friday though....eek! :-(

Me too, I take my hat off to people who can do TS, I am WS through and through :-)

Thanks, I haven't lost this week....no surprise really, but I was pretty good last week, just went out the window at the weekend. I feel like giving up but know I need to carry on, have a long way to go yet :-(

It looks like everyone is suffering at the moment :-( Here's to a better week this week for us all :-)

Well done Noor, my weekend has been awful, i'm hoping for a good week this week (weigh in tomorrow is not going to be fun) x

I have had a terrible weekend, drank a bottle of baileys and i've probably consumed my own bodyweight in chocolate :-(. Oh well, weigh in in the morning, all I can hope for is no gain...I have a feeling this will be a write off until christmas is over now...but I really hope not. I have my...

Hats off to you TSers (that sounds wrong but you know what I mean lol). I did it on CD and I would never have the willpower again to go so extreme, good luck all, you have my total admiration :-)

No, defo not halfway, I'm just over a third of the way, long way to go yet, I would like to get to halfway by the end of the year, but think that may be a bit unrealistic with Christmas around the corner. My motivation is to buy myself a new dress for valentines day that fits me beautifully and...

You'll lose it in no time, you must be so pleased with yourself, every pound off is an achievement. It's got to a point now where people are doing the whole "oh, you don't need to lose any more weight now"...funny it's the people who were never supportive in the first place, I'm sure thee are...

Thank you, my mum and nan saw me yesterday and in fairness as I walked in they both said they could see how much weight I'd lost, even my granddad came over and said he couldn't believe how much weight I'd lost, this from a man that doesn't normally say two words whenever I see him lol. I can...

Noor you've done really well, from your stats you've lost almost 25% of your body weight....that is amazing! :-)

Well done, today is fat friday in my office...choolate and mcdonalds going every which way. Had a shake and some crackers with light spread. My day off this week is Sunday so I need to resist anything bad until then.

Well done hun, hows the hair shedding going? I hope it's better x

I wondered where people were getting these from, I love them...thanks :-)

I have one day off a week, I don't go mad (no pasta or bread) and eat fairly well, I try and up my calories to about 1500. The reason I am doing this is a) it kick starts my metabolism, I actually weigh less the next week if I have done this than just gdoing WS all week and b) it's good practise...

I've lost slower on Exante because the calories are higher than other VLCD's (CD a shake was about 150, Exante 205). But I much prefer the taste of the Exante ones which is half the battle...with CD I would heave having some of them, it's only a matter of time then when you go back to your old...

Hey hun, my heart broke reading this. When you don't feel comfortable in your own skin everything seems worse. I bet there isn't 1 person who posts on this site that hasn't felt the same at some point. You have already made one huge step without realising it...you are here! You come to this site...

Back when I was a size 6 (those were the days lol) and knew I was going out, I would have no breakfast (I have never eaten breakfast anyway as I can't eat for a good few hours after waking up as I feel dreadful after) and a really light lunch...just a salad or a light sandwich. When I started...

Congrats, people that say they have lived in bliss with their partner forever are lying or kidding themselves, glad you can be honest :-)

I'd like smaller everything haha

Yeah I suppose I could, but I would get super obsessive, I weigh every day which is bad enough (with my official weigh in being on a Tuesday), I think i'd lose my mind if I started measuring inch loss too lol. I can see a big difference in 6 weeks, trousers that i couldn't even do up (that was...

Hey, 7.4 lbs is fantastic. I lost 6 lbs in my first week and I wasn't brilliant...think it was the catalyst to carry on. I had two slices of pizza last night...my other half cooked it and shoved it under my nose. I was angry at him but I need to accept that he doesn't understand, he's always...

Yeah I drink loads of water....it definitely helps x

Thanks, I haven't measured my inch loss...I kinda wish I did, but I have water and fat scales which help a lot.

It depends, if your head isn't in the game starting at Xmas will just make you feel worse. If you know in January that you HAVE to do it, no more excuses then you'll enjoy Xmas. I started 6 weeks ago and it was 100% the best time for me, if I'd have started late in November I don't think I would...

Absolutely agree with Cate, to maintain is the ultimate goal, losing weight is hard enough but to keep it under control is the true test. You are an inspiration to all of us here struggling day in day out that we can all get there!

I'm 1 lb off getting into the 9's....it's so close I can smell it :-) How's everyone doing? x

I put work trousers on today and I look like ive borrowed someone elses ha ha, they had to do as I was in a rush...but I have a saggy arse in them...not a good look...time to dig out my smaller trousers I think...yay :-)

Yeah I feel like a new woman, felt so rough, like swallowing razor blades, but because I had meningitis as a teenager and almost died I try and avoid antibiotics as I was pumped so full of them i'm convinced if I keep taking them one day they won't work...so had to persevere without them...it...

16 lbs down in 50 days...I know for some this isn't very much, but for me a huge achievement (especially as pretty much the last 2 weeks have been a write off due to sickness). If I can lose another 16 lbs in another 50 days i'll be over the moon. I am realistic that 2/3 lbs a week is probably...

Hey, i've been ill, had quinsy...but back on it from today, but still managed amazingly to lose 2 lbs (even after eating a LOT of chocolate in that time) Back on plan from today, i'm WS so about to have my first shake of the day :-)

Well done, 3 lbs is a good weight loss :-) I lost 2 lbs this week which is amazing as been pretty much off plan due to sickness, back on it now...big christmas push :-)

Congrats mere, you are doing really well, now you have been diagnosed and getting the right medication it'll make a huge difference, to maintain and have thyroid problems is a real achievement :-)

Well done hun, i've been off here as I've had Quinsy...probably the worst feeling ever, so been carbing up...yet still managed to lose 2lbs last week (probably because I could only eat soft stuff...but that did include a lot of soup and bread) so now on the big push for xmas. I'm doing WS as I...

Hey, I lost 2 lbs too, but i've been off plan due to having Quinsy (absolutely horrible!)...so back on it this week, big push for xmas :-)

Still ill but somehow I've managed to lose 2lbs, back on plan from today for the big push for Xmas :-) Lynne 11st 12lb - loss 3lb - loss so far 16lb- target loss 42lb - still to lose 26lb (start weight 13st 00lb) Amanda 14st 6lb - loss 2lb - loss so far 4lb target loss 42lb - still to lose...

Thanks, funnily enough the better half works Sainsburys, started in Thornhill, now is in Cwmbran (there are better places lol). You'll be up to the stone mark in no time :-). I'm back on it today, even though I'm really sick, and about to head into work....:-( hope me you have a good day :-)

Hey Cate good luck, I'm from Cardiff too, and my better half lives in Thornhill :-). I've been on exante over a month now and until this week (been really ill and off plan) I've consistently lost weight each week really easily. I did Cambridge last year and after stopping I put the weight back...

Awww...it'll take a while, but it does work. Hope you're well x

Good luck, water is your friend, if you are hungry drink some water, it helps 80% of the time. You'll be dropping dress sizes before you know it :-) x

I've been off plan this weekend as I've been sick, so weighed today and haven't lost, but haven't gained so can't moan. Back to it today, hope the hair shedding is under control Hun x

No loss this week as off plan as I've been sick, back on it today though and thankfully no gain :-/ Lynne 11st 12lb - loss 3lb - loss so far 16lb- target loss 42lb - still to lose 26lb (start weight 13st 00lb) Amanda 14st 6lb - loss 2lb - loss so far 4lb target loss 42lb - still to lose 38lb...

I haven't lost anything, but haven't gained which is a plus, been off plan all weekend as been ill, back to the grind this week, hope you are ok Hun :-) x

Hopefully I'll be better by tomorrow, feel so ill though...just going to have an early night as back in work tomorrow, and I have a uni assignment due in on Friday :-(....the start to this week isn't great lol

Well done, I've been well and truly off it this weekend...ate pretty much whatever I wanted as I've felt ill. Anyway today had a shake, gave blood and collapsed in M&S, thankfully a very helpful assistant walked me home (I live a minute walk from the store) got in and was violently sick...so off...

Hey Bee, you've done really well so far, this is just a blip, you'll get back on it when you're ready. If there is one thing i've learnt from years of yoyoing is that we are not super human, we will fall off, but it's the ability to not give up completetly and get back on it that makes us strong...

Haha, I'm glad I don't have a sweet tooth, if someone put some tortilla chips in front of me I'd struggle lol x

i'm meeting up with friends who thankfully don't drink, so there will be no temptation to have afew sneeky vodkas, especially as i'm out tomorrow night and I want to have a couple :-)

Ha ha absolutely, I hate having a shiny face in photos so it's primer, concealer, foundation, higlighter and powder to the ready...in work I put i tiny bit of concealer around my nose and on my chin and thats it, 10 seconds and i'm done lol. I always have this problem with dieting, it affects...

I really dont feel like i'm on a diet, I ignore all of the goodied in the office and have a shake and some celery...but when it comes to half 4 i'm looking forward to my tea, then i'm happy all night...bliss :-)

Sounds like a plan, you've got to still have a life otherwise you'll never stick to it. I'm out tonight, steak and salad with no dressing it is...i'm REALLY looking forward to it..you're right, this diet does strange things to your brain a few weeks ago i'd never have looked forward to steak and...

I did get a lovely Orange Fizz Chanel varnish...i'm eyeing up my next one haha. I thankfully odon't need to wear much make up as my skin is pretty good so face make up lasts me ages, so I can afford to buy nice stuff, if I had to layer it on it would be the cheap stuff haha. I had a chicken...

I've had bad insomnia for years, tried everything....the last few weeks I've slept so well (still not like most people, but for me it's a miracle) :-)

Hi, I had the same problem last year Lynne with CD, my hairdresser asked me how long i'd had alopecia for (that was a low moment). I have a ridiculous amount of thick hair, and it went limp and falling out all over the place in the space of a few weeks. I started taking healthspan hair aand...

How are you doing today hun? x

You've done so well, it's incredible...i'm looking forward to joining the 'maintainers' :-)

I hope so..I feel really really good (all be it a bit hungry lol). I don't feel vacanct anymore, for the last few weeks i've felt like I haven't really been with it...and people have commented on it, i've been a bit away with the fairies. I seem to have got my shiznit together today and feel...

Sooo....woke up this morning feeling rotten, combo of dodgy flu jab (my arm is still super swollen) and a bit of a cold, but this afternoon I feel fantastic, i'd go as far to say I haven't felt this good in weeks, think i've finally fully settled into the diet, even stopped weighing myself...

That's good, I'm really not having enough calories to exercise, if I walk for more than ten minutes I start to feel light headed, hoping that goes soon so I can do something as feeling a bit rough not doing anything :-s

I love WS, it means I have a life and don't ever feel like I'm missing out...plus it gets everyone off my back for not eating lol. im sure you'll get on really well, I think WS is much more sustainable...I don't feel like I'm on a diet most of the time as I am always looking forward to my...

Thanks, I switch between brunette and blonde more times than most people have hot dinners but I'm a blonde at heart :-)

I really do admire people who do TS as I know after doing it on CD it's by far the hardest diet i've ever done. You just have to find what is a) best for your sanity and b) best for your health, everyone is different....don't feel like a failure if you can't do TS, it's not for everyone x

Thanks hun, i'm pleased, shake and celery for lunch...salad for tea and an early night...heaven :-)

Ouch...both hard for dieting :-s, i'm quite lucky, i've picked the places for us to have meals and ive always made sure I can have steak/chicken and salad.

3 lbs off for me...this means i'm now halfway there!...come on! :-) My Xmas weigh in is on Xmas eve so hoping to hit the 28lb mark by that day!....fingers crossed :king: Lynne 11st 12lb - loss 3lb - loss so far 16lb- target loss 42lb - still to lose 26lb (start weight 13st 00lb) Amanda 14st...

How is everyone doing with this? I'm 3 lbs off getting into the 9's! Yay, hoping the next two weeks bring in some good losses so I get there (ideally before the end of November but i'll be happy with the 1st week of December) :-)

Well...I TRY and have 2 shakes but most of the time now I have 1 and 1 400-600 calorie meal. I know it's bad, it's just I am struggling getting 2 shakes in at the moment (I take extra vitamins and get everything I need from those so I don't feel too guilty). Going to try and have 2 shakes from...

Incredible difference already, you should be super happy with that :-)

Amazing difference already, to lose that amount is such an achievement, well done and keep it up...i'm so motivated by people's stories, makes me realise I can be that strong too :-)

It's always difficult around this time of year, just remember a loss is a loss :-)

I am going to bed at 8pm...that's my treat ha ha. In fairness i've replaced my spend on food with stuff I needed for my house, bought new curtains a new rug...and bits, all from what i've saved on food shopping, so can't moan really, i've halved my food bill....crazy really. Was eyeing up a new...

I'm in the same boat, it's my best friends 30th birthday (we've been best friends since aged 2 when we were dumped in day care together lol) so I have to have a few drinks otherwise the obligatory "are you pregnant?" questions *sigh*. I too will be on the Vodka and coke zero, but it's the buffet...

I'm still felling rough...my arm where the injection was has swollen up and is angry red and rock hard :-s...ironically the other arm where I had blood taken is fine, can barely see a scratch. Lost 3 lb this week...that takes me up to a whole stone in 35 days, i'm really pleased, i'm over a...

Me too...that makes a whole stone in 35 days...i'm so happy (althought still feeling rough lol) it has given me the motivation to be as good as I can today, but i'm going to celebrate with a Dr Pepper Zero...living the dream ha ha

I haven't weighed today, I actually forgot lol. Was down 2lbs by Saturday so hoping for another cheeky lb but will be happy with 2 lbs :-)

That's a great start Manda, you must be chuffed with that :-)

It's defo trial and error, I think I lose more when I chuck in a bar a day....we all process things differently, you'll learn what is best for your body really quickly :-)

Thanks Hun. Don't panic about the diet, I don't do TS and I lose every week, I just can't do TS because of the health problems I had last time...it is really hard to do and I admire people for even sticking with it a short amount of time, it's super tough. if TS isn't for you WS is fine, the...

Food wise it's been ok...except I did have a toffee quality street :-s, but I haven't eaten 800 calories today so I'll live with it. Already in bed, feel so rough, bloody flu jab, hoping I wake up tomorrow feeling better and lighter as it's weigh in in the morning :cry:

Im good, hope your mum is ok...I'm going through the same with my nan, she had a stroke in January and is very I'll horrible to watch the people you love not get better, thoughts are with you x

Defo get the water in it will help :-) my weigh in is in the morning, can't say that is filling me with joy lol

Thanks Hun, I'll be ok tomorrow I'm sure...feel like absolute crap tonight fair play :-(

I'll be ok, had a salad with mozzarella and ham for tea...and a cheeky quality street (just the one sweet lol). I'm done for tonight now...think I may just go to bed and hope I wake up feeling human tomorrow :-(

Awww...Hun, it's rally not an easy diet to get your head into, 2 lbs is not bad....that's what I'm losing every week (I'm on WS though as I can't to TS because of the problems I had last time) maybe you should try WS instead, at least you won't feel so guilty about having the extra then. chin...

Thanks sparkles and lux....the flu jab has knocked me sideways, I am curled up on the sofa with a blanket and watching birds of a feather :-)

Good luck hun :-)

If you'd have gone to hospital you would have had a lecture as well from them...so you're lucky to have dodged that bullet :-) We've all been there, I had my flu jab this morning and blood taken and I feel rotten...all I want to do is Carb up (whenever i'm feeling pants all I want is bread and...

It's an amazing start, you must be super chuffed :-)

Awww..hun, your body was telling you something was wrong, you need to listen to it, don't feel bad. When you've been on this while you get to notice the symptoms before it gets to that stage and you can intervene. A lot of people would have just given up there and then but you've jumped back on...

Hey Lux hope all is good :-)

I felt so rubbish yesterday and I was food shopping in M&S and brought myself the low cal one and the other half a fulll cal profiterole thing...I think mine looked better. It was so low in carbs that I didn't feel guilty at all....i can still taste it this morning so it was worth it ha ha. Back...

That is the key...not going back to your old ways whilst on holiday, you are doing super well, keep it up :-)

Yeah I know people who have thyroid issues, must be tough :-( I had drs this morning and because I've had hypoglycemia since a child (but no diabetes) it gets monintored. I am having some issues because of the diet with my blood sugar, but the dr has given me Metformin to see how I get on, it...

No probs, I just had an m&s skinny frappe dessert, don't feel guilty about it because my body was crying out for something nice, and only 13 g carbs and 115 calories so I can live with that :-)

I know the feeling, I've never been one for moods but the last few weeks I've been up and down like a tarts knickers haha x

Thank you so much, the weight you have lost is truly amazing :-)

If I were you Hun I would just draw a line under it today, I wouldn't bother with the shake unless you really feel like you need it, skipping the shake for the vitamins as a one off isn't going to hurt you. hope you feel better in the morning :-) x

Great, let me know how you get on, you'll probably notice the shedding slows down really quickly, I did. hope you've had a great day Hun, 6 stones is unbelievable, you must be so proud of yourself...it's amazing x

My mum doesn't get it because she has always been slim, even when she had me she put on 5 lbs throughout the whole pregnancy...my exact weight. She was a ballet dancer for the royal festival ballet so has a tiny frame, I think she thinks I'm just greedy and that's how I got fat, but it wasn't...

damage limitation is the key, it could have been a lot worse...you did and have got over it and are back on it, that's the main thing :-)

Amazing :-)

You'll be fine, like I said it effects people differently, but the hair and nails supplements I know have helped loads :-)

Nope, still cold, 2 hoodies on, everyone else is in t-shirts and sweating :-s Hope today is a good day for all...not going out this weekend so hoping to stick to plan unlike the last few weekends :-)

The CD ones were pretty vile, I'll try and be brave and order some I think :-)

The metallic taste comes and goes, and definately gets less obvious the longer you are in ketosis...but it is grim thats for sure :brushing teeth: My office is like a sauna, and i'm here in 2 hoodies today (looking like a complete chav....but I don't care haha)

Thanks, I can't complain, I just see such great losses, it's taken me 4 weeks to lose 11lbs and some people can do that in a week! :-( As long as it's going in the right direction thats the main thing I suppose...I know my weight loss will probably slow up the closer I get as well...arrggghhhh lol

I know that feeling, i'm going up my mums tomorrow....i know she'll try and force feed me and make comments *sigh*, although when I was moaning on FB about being hungry yesterday she did say "you're doing great, keep going"...i nearly fell of my chair lol. It's no on else's business, as long as...

That's great, it's amazing how much you can lose on this in just a few days, goes to show how we just aren't designed for carbs (devastating really, I'm a carb queen lol) You are going to have an awesome first weigh in...well done :-)

Amazing, this gives me great hope that once I get to target I can stay there...thanks for posting about you maintaining, a lot of people you see have got to target then disappear and you never really know if they have stayed there. Just goes to show that you can lose weight and keep it off on...

I had this conversation with my dr when I started on CD and he said that it's really hit and miss, especially as on this type of diet your fluid intake is so high it will dilute the ketones. Some people will show up really well and others won't, it doesn't mean they aren't in ketosis...you...

I'm losing 2 lbs a week almost dead on, I have lost almost 2 lbs already this week mind and my official weigh in was only on Tuesday so hoping for 3 next week. Everyone is different, when I was on CD I was losing 11 lbs one week...nothing the next, then another 11 lbs...it was bizarre, but...

It grew back....but took a long time, I came off CD last May, my hair is still recovering...my hair is noticeably shorter in a lot of places than others...but I hide it fairly well. Been on hair and nail vitamins since it happened. Been on Exante a month now but on WS so having about 800-1000...

Wow congrats, I could never lose that much...my body is having none of it..2 lbs a week is where i'm at, but it'll have to do :-) That's a huge achievement :-)

I lost half my hair on CD, I was a complete mess...my dr demanded I come off the diet, but the CD counsellor really pressurised me to stay on it (I also had TOTM for 3 months solid! :cry:. Anyway for my health and sanity I came off it. It is normal, but for me even though I have super thick hair...

I have startec to have a bottle of Dr Pepper Zero or Coke Zero in the day to try and break it up a bit, I'm also peeing like a racehorse, which I can't really do in my job as I have to sit with people for prolonged periods of time, I can't really nip off to the toilet... so it's a bit of a pain...

That's the main problem with this diet...I feel like i'm drowning, but if I don't get the water in I feel dreadful. My kidneys definately hate me right now lol

Thanks :-)

Those are great before and during pics, keep it up...losing that much in such a small amount of time is a huge achievement

Well, seeing as everyone's diaries really motivate me here's mine. After years of yoyo-ing I've decided enough is enough! I am 30 next year and I'll be darned if I'm going to be fat in all my pics. The icing on the cake was my mates wedding in the summer where I looked like a moose, to the point...

Cauliflower rice is good....I haven't noticed any wind issues (I'd defo notice) as long as you don't go mad with it it's fine...my OH even asked for me to do him some the other day with his curry :-). I've heard such mixed things about the ready meals I just don't know if I'm brave...

I just don't want to try the meals, no one ever really says they dislike the shakes, but hardly anyone likes the meals lol

We we don't have the luxury of air con, it's a bit of a dump. I have a fan on my desk as usually quite hot...today I was cold to the bone :-(.

How weird, I brought some peppers and mushrooms when I finished work to have skewers tomorrow. I had salad left over that I didn't want to throw out (I'm that person who hates throwing out food, so will eat stuff I don't even like to avoid it lol) so I used that with some salmon tonight, still...

I have a shaker from my CD days with the ball in and it works, but in work I have the shakes already in a bottle...and they never mix properly...i'm not ordering them again (or i'll order another shaker to keep in work) I have had salmon a few nights too...I am just getting bored with salad, I...

No, i'm talking about people who haven't ever dieted and think that having an apple after eating a burger is a balanced diet lol. I also struggle to maintain, but this time it HAS to be different, i'm getting to an age where losing weight is getting harder...I can't go through all of this...

A bar is a good choice. I haven't had any shakes today...I feel really rough so couldn't face it, going to have one when I get home and because i'll do it in the blender with ice it'll taste good rather than flat and lumpy in work lol. I had water biscuits (lowish carbs) and be good to yourself...

I have had the boullion but it's not really my thing, I just had a mint tea...that helped, i'm freezing today as well. It's not helping that my desk is next to a window and the guy sitting next to me insists on having the window open....grrrr

That's the other thing, I don't really like processed foods...the shakes aren't too bad, but I make everything from scratch, so eating something out of a packet feels a bit wrong :-s

My favourite is when people who are super unhealthy and aren't doing anything about it preach about weightloss and how to do it....makes me want to scream!

I have given up trying to hide it, I find people I work with generally are more intrigued than negative about it, I did initially just say it was a chocolate milkshake...then after a few days people were telling me that drinking so much milkshake was bad so I told them ha ha

I'm still yet to try the meals as I have had disasters with other VLCD meals...I think i'll order 1 of the shepards pie and spag bol next time I place an order to see how I get on....the spicier the better in my opinion ;-)

Yeah i'm with Aisha, Just draw a line and start a fresh, we've all been there, chicken or eggs really do help curb the hunger whilst being trace carbs so it's just calories which you will be under anyway as on VLCD. Stay positive, chin up :-)

Hey, hope the hunger pangs have gone....even when i'm in ketosis i'm still a bit hungry, have just learnt to live with it lol. Wish I liked tea and coffee, I am a bit fed up of water and the occassional coke zero...I might try experiementing with the occassional heated up chocolate shake to mix...

Hey, I think you are doing amazingly, we all have our slips, if we had 100% willpower all the time we wouldn't be human, the difference is that we can change our own destiny...it may take one slip up or ten skip ups, but as long as you jump back on it you're winning the battle :-)

Another 2 lbs for me this week...yay :-) Lynne 11st 12lb - loss 3lb - loss so far 16lb- target loss 42lb - still to lose 26lb (start weight 13st 00lb) Amanda 14st 6lb - loss 2lb - loss so far 4lb target loss 42lb - still to lose 38lb Stylishkid : 14st 3 lbs - 11.4 lbs lost - 23.6 lbs to go -...

Well done, I'm down another 2 lbs this week too....very happy with that :-) x

The wedding went ok, didn't eat a thing...but drank my own body weight in alcohol...oops. Never mind, I'm having two good weeks now as no social events until the 22nd (never thought I'd be pleased by having nothing to attend before lol). Hope you are all getting on ok....you all sound really...

Well done guys, doing TS is tough so I take my hats off to you, stay positive, think thin, we'll all get there and stay there :D

Hey, you probably are thinner, low carbs means you are losing all the water weight that you store when you eat high amounts of carbs, in my first week I noticed how my belly had gone down and my jeans weren't as tight..it's a great feeling :-). It's hard when medical problems get in the way of...

A lot of these summed up how I feel too, I am so uncomfortable in my own skin, I put on this confident, bubbly woman persona, but really i'm dying inside, I always feel like I'm being judged. A girl at work yesterday said she could tell I'd lost weight, I said thanks, but all I could think is...

People don't realise how hard it is thats the problem, my mum is the least supportive person in the world, she tells me i'm fat, then when I lose weight i'm too thin...she has never said I look good and she constantly tries to give me food, it's really not pleasant. My friends are pretty...

Hi Aisha, It's great that you are on here writing about your experience, It really does help. I wish I could do TS but I did CD last year and my hair fell out and had permanent TOTM, so for some reason my body doesn't take to it, but it's great for losing weight. I lost 22lbs in my 1st month, I...

Everyone is in the same boat, you just have to try and be more aware of what you are eating at events, it's super hard to resist the fatty foods, but we need to do it :-). I'm going to a wedding tomorrow....dreading it as I know i'll be all over the carbs lol

Thanks :) A loss is a loss, no matter how small, it's all going in the right direction (although hoping for 3lbs this week....fingers crossed) You sound like you are doing well, 3 lbs down is really good in such a short amount of time

Just realised i've done mine wrong..oops, here it is :-) Lynne 11st 12lb - loss 3lb - loss so far 16lb- target loss 42lb - still to lose 26lb (start weight 13st 00lb) Amanda 14st 6lb - loss 2lb - loss so far 4lb target loss 42lb - still to lose 38lb Stylishkid : 14st 4.4 lbs - 10 lbs lost - 25...

Thanks :-) I'm about to go out for lunch but having a salad, and then a shake later and another salad...I think i'm turning into a rabbit :-)

Only a 1lb loss this week, although that is a miracle as I had a nightmare week, back on it now...feeling good :-) Lynne 12st 1lb - loss 2lb - loss so far 13lb- target loss 42lb - still to lose 29lb (start weight 13st 00lb) Amanda 14st 6lb - loss 2lb - loss so far 4lb target loss 42lb - still...

I went All Inclusive to Turkey last month....big mistake haha, going to Amsterdam, Rome and Paris in January so dreading the food :-( I lost 1lb this week, which is a miracle seeing as I had convinved myself i'd put on so i'm happy with that. Being good this week, except the wedding on...

Well i'm only 5ft2in so 7.5 stone isn't too bad (I was 7.5 stone 5 years ago, my weight has crept up and up, and i wasn't even skinny then, still had a fat ass ha ha) We all lose our way a bit at times, this weekend has been terrible but i'm back on it today (even though this day in work has...

Thanks :-) I'm ok, just my OH doesn't help, he is supportive one minute, then forgets and tries to shove food in my face :-( I'll be ok, I have been really focussed the last few weeks but this weekend is a write off which is depressing, plus work the last week has been intense so I am just a...

There is no way i've lost anything this week, its been a disaster, weigh in is tomorrow :-s Going TS today and as much as I can take this week to try and make a loss for next week....depressed isn't the word :-(

A loss is still a loss, I tend to lose weight in waves, when I did CD I would lose a lot one week and not an ounce the next when all I was having was the shakes, everyone is different...chin up :-)

2lbs off this week....yay :-)

2lbs off this week....so happy as gone a little off track (not majorly, but still a little). Here's to another lose next week :-) Lynne 12st 1lb - loss 2lb - loss so far 13lb- target loss 42lb - still to lose 29lb (start weight 13st 00lb) Amanda 14st 6lb - loss 2lb - loss so far 4lb target loss...

Thanks, I'll get there...as will we all :-)

Can I join too please? :-) Trying to lose 28lbs by xmas, 6lbs off already so if I have a consistent 3lbs a week i'll be over the moon! I'm on WS as on CD my hair fell out on TS and I had TOTM for 3 months :eek:, so eating chicken etc but having a couple of shakes too. I need all the help I can...

I have a little way to go but dreaming of being back in the 9's...been over a year but excited to get back down there, then 8's and then 7's! eek! (i'm very short and small framed naturally, I was 7.5 stone in my mid 20's and still healthy so it's not too little lol)

Yeah, my hairdresser asked if I knew I had the start of Alopecia ha ha, I was just so upset that the CD woman just wanted her commission and didn't give my actual health a second thought. So this time i'm only listenning to myself and myself only...been just over a week now, feeling good, have...

My first weigh in...i've lost 6lbs :-) so happy, can really feel it as well (shame I have a banging headache today, my own fault as didn't drink anywhere near enough yesterday) Here's to next weeks....hoping for a consistent 3lbs a week now :-)

It's my first weigh in tomorrow (or today now as it's early hours) I've been on working solution....well a cross between that and total as the total solution on CD made my hair fall out and I had a three month TOTM, which was horrendous. So this time I'm going with what my body tells me, some...

How weird, I want to be thin at 30 too....and my birthday is 7th august! :-) exact birthday twin :D Let's hope we get there x

I'm good, on day 4 now and it's been ok (day 4 on CD was hell) so staying positive, i'm on a cross betweeen working solution and total solution as I don't want to deny myself some veg or chicken if I crave it (plus I really can't have the problems I had last time, I was a mess)....so just going...

I started on Tuesday so into day 4 now, have done Cambridge previously but my consultant was not at all supportive and when I told her my Dr told me to stop as I had permanent TOTM and my hair was falling out she tried to tell me that was normal and my Dr was talking rubbish :-s...so asfter...

Hey all, hope you've been keeping well, i'm back on it properly from today (after having more issues with my dodgy nose...and a stomach bug). The sun is shining, here's to my next stone :-)

I didn't think it was that bad but my hairdresser looked mortified lol. I haven't noticed clumps falling out or anything but my hairdresser pointed out loads of areas where I was missing a fair amount of hair that was definately there before :-s

I'm in Swansea working today too! small world lol. What a weekend, has been carnage but am feeling ready to carry on with the healthy eating. Am not doing Cambridge properly for a few weeks as I have lost a whole load of hair (my hairdresser asked if I have alopecia! and womens problems) but I...

I live behind Red Hot Buffet in Cardiff town centre (that is hard when on a diet) lol....this time tomorrow I will be stumbbling around Milton Keynes...good times lol

Ha ha that's funny..I never look good after the night before either (I usually forget to take my make up off and leave a face shaped splodge on my pillow. I live in Cardiff....this place is full of Welshies (we do love our food though lol) x

I love how we all are borderline alcoholics...it's hilarious lol. I have had an epiphany today...whilst in sainsburys of all places. There I was at the checkout and looked in my basket and realised I had gone to the salad section brought salad, some sparkling water, some prawn and a pepper to...

I'm going to tell them they are essential and if I don't have them i'll be sick (i'm going to take 3 tetra's and have one before I get there) on the website it says they allow 1 x 500ml bottle of water that is already sealed, my argument is that 2 x 200ml sealed tetra's are the same. Yeah i'm...

Hey all, back on CD from today....still have 2 stone to lose :-( grrrrrr

Thanks all...yesterday was pants...ended up eating fajitas lol (oh well, i'll try again today) going for SS 100% today, tomorrow and Friday. Going to see Swedish House Mafia on Saturday in Milton Keynes and have vowed not to drink so is I can get my shakes in to the Bowl i'll be 100% SS....if I...

Hey all, i've had some down time as I really haven't felt very positive and didn't want my negativity to rub off on you all...anyway i'm back to my old self...have had a prawn salad for lunch (not cracking at 510 calories) but going to have a couple of shakes this afternoon/evening and start...

Hey all, hope all is well. caroline, I think your insomnia has brushed off on me, I'm going to boots later for the magic that us nytol too lol. the diet isn't going well....I'm going ss today though, I have been crap all week. Susie, your ex sounds like an arse....just give him a wide birth x

Congrats hun, you're doing so well :-)

Congrats, that's a huge amount to lose, well done :)

Thanks guys, i'm ok...going to see my parents after work which will be hard, but the training went well at least, I keep my job for another day ha ha :o

I have lost a stone, my arms were 11 inches...still 11 inches but everywhere else has got smaller. I hate my arms too...think it's a common problem lol x

1. Liveonce= (12.4) -14lb 2. Marshma - 14lb 3. Mini = (15.11) - 12lbs 4. Shazzy_shaz = 14lbs 5. BethereforChristmas = -21 6. Zimmum = 10lbs 7. laura86= 12lbs 8. Sherry = 15lbs 9.Naijagirl = 13lbs 10. Kezzybee= 14lbs 11. Kellmo (12.13) = 14lbs (my first challenge!!) 12. pink-sarah (12.10) = 14lbs...

Yeah i'm here, i'm ok...just wishing the day away. Have you tried Nytol? I'm a rubbish sleeper but when it gets really bad I take some Nytol and I kid you not it knocks me out (boots doa cheaper one of the same thing as well) I take it for a few days to get my sleep pattern back on track and...

I'm trying, thank you :o

Thankfully it's stopped here now, been blting it down all day though...I don't think wild horses could drag me out in that ha ha

You'll get there :) x

Thanks, the funny thing is Forest (my brother) would have gone nuts if he could see the weight i've put on (he was a bit of a health nut) so I feel like I should do it for him too.....just want to get through this week, i'll be on the home straight then :-)

I had mcdonalds on friday...twas amazeballs so don't feel guilty lol :)

It's been a tough year (and that is partly responsible for my weight gain) but life is for living, can't dwell on the past, gotta brush myself off....if I can get through this week and not mess up the diet too much I think I can do anything :-)

Thanks, i'm trying to be good, but on days like this it seems so trivial, worrying about my weight...but I need to try and get back on track, it's going to be a crap week but I can see the weekend already :)

It's ok, he lived in america as my dad is american, was on his way to vegas from oklahoma where he lived to visit his g/f's parents for the first time, his g/f was driving, they both fell asleep and their car went straight under a tractor trailer...the blessing is neither of them would have...

thanks all, settled for a tuna subway on wheat and a side salad...not great but I feel a bit better and it could have been worse. Just want to curl up in a ball and go to bed today...bad times

I was going SS today but just can't face that..going to go and get myself a wrap or something :-(

Thanks both, i just need to crack on I suppose, I am not one to dwell but this week blows big time. Roll on the weekend (out friday and saturday and not drinking on either day...bad times) oh well, i'll get there in the end :-)

Thanks, I know...it's just going to be a bad week (tomorrow is the 1st anniversary of my brother's death, I have to run a training session for the head of the department for works and pensions tomorrow as well and then i'm on a training course for the rest of the week in caerphilly...which is a...

Haven't been on here all weekend as been too busy, back on it today...have no motivation at all...just want all this dieting pants to be over so I can have a bit of freedom without feeling guilty. Have eaten all weekend (mostly well but I did have some pasta). I am fed up of chicken, green salad...

I am dreading tomorrow but there isn't much I can do, draw a line and move on...I haven't had a drink in over a month (which is a record ...sadly) and it's pay day...and a really good friend of mine is leaving work....and i'm sick of beinf a social hermit, so al things considered I need a few...

Ha ha, it was worth it....weigh in will be a bit awkward though lol, oh well. I've lost a stone in less than a month and if I can lose 12 lbs a month i'll be happy with that (I don't even like burgers that much...would rather have had spag bol but nevermind lol)

I had a burger yesterday, felt bad but I needed to knock myself out of ketosis as going out for a few drinks tonight (not washing my feet in it but still lol). Weigh in on Saturday...it's going to be bad, Oh well, Saturday is a new day (and i'm going to just do SS today to try and redeem myself...

I would love to take pics but i'm too wobbly, I would hate myself for doing it so just going with the smaller clothes sizes as a measurement lol. I can't wait to start exercising again, I do love a bit of hot yoga so am hoping I can start that again soon, just need to shift some more weight...

Yeah caroline, don't worry about putting those up...I would be happy looking like your before photo as well

OMG Caroline you look awesome in those pics, well done :), you should be really proud of yourself x

I don't mind being short (as rubbish as my dad was he did always say 'at least you have an extra couple of inches of men to choose from, as no man wants a girlfriend who is taller than them') the main problem is getting clothes to fit (and shoes as I have skinny feet lol) and people seem to...

well done hun, you are doing so well :). I'm hoping to lose 2 stone by the end of august...think it might be a little ambitious but i'm gonna try my hardest

All my friends are taller than me so I need to wear ridiculous heels to look 'normal' I even have to wear really high heels in work as everyone makes comments about how small I am (it's kinda annoying really). I wasn't a really 'shoey' type person until I bought a pair of kurt geiger shoes in a...

Yeah I can get 50% :-) (but because she has a limit I can only abuse this once a year lol) No, there will be new collections by then but I know the style I want really..(platform soles as i'm so short and they have to be black) I have a couple of pairs of the shoes and I love them (they make an...

God I love Mulberry bags, (the OH's mum works for them...she has so many it's obscene) I'm saving up for a pair of louboutins boots at christmas...I am now however eyeing up bags ha ha

Everyone seems really positive today.:-). I'm absolutely knackered, had some coke zero to try and perk me up...that's not happening. But I'm having my hair done later so hoping that makes me feel better. This constant totm is killing he as well :-(

Good luck hun x

I'm too much of a wimp for tattoos, not at all scared of needles, just scared of them cocking it up ha ha

No I have no size 8's but the 10's I have massively differ in size which sucks, I even have a size 12 pair that are way smaller than all the size 10's...now that's depressing lol

Nah, I feel ok...a bit bloated, it doesn't feel like a normal period, normally I'd be on the sofa with a hot water bottle, painkillers and a blanket..I'm fine. I am overly tired though, which sucks. I feel guilty enough that I can't give blood whilst on this diet, and this happening as...

I have been asleep on the sofa ask evening, bad times. It is hard to notice change, earlier I tried on a pair of jeans that were my fav until about two years ago when they no longer fitted...and they fit like a glove...never thought I was that far yet, up until the beginning of this month I...

Yeah I'm the same...I'm the booze queen lol. Glad you're having a good day, maybe things are on the up hun :-)

Lol, I know...he's not moaning, he knows how much I want to lose weight so he'll manage I'm sure ha ha

I'm crap with alcohol, dont know how I'm gonna manage friday....but need to break through, my own fault for getting fat, I wouldn't be going through this if I could do everything in moderation lol

Ha ha, looks like it ;-). I'm proper sick of it already, I'm going to try the back to back packs, the OH is as unimpressed as me lol. It's just annoying :-(

I like it...it's quite hard to see the detailing though x

I haven't got a sweet tooth, i'm all about the burgers (and alcohol) lol. I'm really struggling, thankfully people I work with have been fairly supportive and aren't ramming them down my throat which helps (plus they've seen how much i've lost in such a short amount of time and are quite...

We have cakes, doughnuts, biscuits, sweets...you name it, we have it today. This is the furst really hard day of trying to resist...i'm having issues with this diet and my TOTM as well so that isn't making me feel any better :-(

I'm having issues, am on the pill, can normally time my periods to the hour...and now it's started almost 2 weeks early...i'm gutted (doesn't hurt too much and i'm usually doubled over in pain) i'm on day 23 of CD, I can't cope with it happening all the time. Is there anything the dr can give to...

It's an awesome feeling (although people are eating amazing smelling food in the office today...it's very hard)

You are all doing great, and caroline - defo go with the 10! I put money on it that it'll fit :-). I'm in my old size 10's now (my size 12's look like i've borrowed them from someone, like a lost property box ha ha) so onwards and upwards (or downwards in weight) can't wait until I'm in size 8's...

Glad everyone is feeling good, I had a shocking sleep, am absolutely knackered my stomach is grumbling and I've got a very full day. I have major issues with coke zero, I lived on it before this diet so I really struggle. The first two weeks I had none but have been slipping a few in...

Yep we will do it (I'm blonde now not dark anymore).and kunis is beautiful, much more than me unfortunately, the body will do me just fine lol

Calm and happy is a good place to be. I may not look like the kunis, but I don't see why I can't have the body , minus a few bits of cellulite and some stretch marks lol

Yep, we'll get there...I'm just looking to pics of mila kunis for my thinspiration lol

Good luck hun, you'll be fine :-) x

I'm defo not in ketosis at the moment but it's not the end of the world, you'll get there hun x

Don't be embarrassed, we have all either been there or will be there at some point. Step 2 may help put your mind at rest, you were doing really well, I think you can do it! :-) x

Awww...hun, maybe you need to think about another diet. You seem to be really struggling with this and if you feel the need to eat maybe calorie counting would suit you better, you shouldn't be feeling this bad about anything, let alone eating some food! *big hug*

Maybe you should aim for SS+ and then at least if you slip up you won't be too far away from Step 3? x

Ta...I deserved that 3lbs, it was a hard week lol

Weighed in yesterday, lost 3lbs so was happy with that (I have been very ill this weekend though so that might account for a pound) but 3 lbs a week I can live with :)

Awww...you'll get there hun, the first 3 days are the hardest and you CANNOT cheat...it just drags out the crap feeling longer lol

well done hun, I wasn't aiming for more than 2lbs either (if it was less I was going to give up and go to calorie counting) today everyone has commented on how much i've lost which is always good (apart from the row with my mum over my weight - been either too skinny or too fat since I 12, it's...

Ha ha, you should do a Micahel Douglas in the film 'Falling Down' and go nuts lol