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I had it all thought sole source and it didn't kick me out as it was the tiniest amount.... But it may kick some people out of ketosis,.. By tiny amount I literally mean not even 1/10 of a teaspoon....

A little tip to get you through the sunshine... Blender... Loads of ice... About 100ml of water and coffee granules.... 3 sweetener tablets (Canderal) and 1/4 of a teaspoon of xanthan gum .... Blend, blend blend.... Makes the most delicious frappe/ice cream!! And it's SS/ketosis friendly...

Hope everyone is doing well - remember ... Crush ice in those shakes in this sunshine and trick yourself... "I am eating ice-cream!" S xx

I plan my "fat days" in advance so I have something to work towards and look forward to and only allow myself to have one if I have managed to get back down to weight :-) Hope that helps, S x

Ask away... I was on SS for 2 months (October until mid-November) and had wanted to binge/go crazy on Xmas and kind of assumed I'd gain and thought ok... It's Xmas as long as I have the will power to remain focused after... In mid November I stepped up to 8-10. A week before xmas I went up to...

Good luck to everyone starting post Easter binges :-) And if you've been naughty over Easter (which I have...!) good luck getting back on it tomorrow!! X

Honestly.... Exercise and a secret cream..... PILES CREAM!!!! So once at my grandma's house, I was reading her box for her piles cream whilst on the toilet - no idea why! And it said "reduces the size of piles" to which I thought "piles are skin right." So got googling and other people had used...

So since posting in January, I thought I'd do another picture update for anyone who wants some support and encouragement. Since originally posting I have continued with my exercise routines (1.5mile run, insanity and squat and plank challenge!) and continued with healthy eating with occasional...

No I didn't. I have very thick hair though and genuinely didn't notice any hair loss. I think it's something they say because some people experienced it. People are always quick to blame the diet for any small change as well. Hope this helps, Sarah

I was on each stage about 3/4 weeks dragging it out as long as possible. The longer you last on each stage the more likely you are to keep it off. I had a crazy binge over Christmas, but is had planned this in with my consultant so I could minimize the damage. But after one day of eating...

I didn't do any exercise until I was on step 3 - mainly because I was losing enough as it was so kind of thought "well what's the point". At step 3, I wanted to start toning as well as losing so I started Jillian's shred at step 3(ish!) I'd just be careful as on SS you are running on literally...

I followed the steps religiously... And spent about 3-4 weeks on each step. The longer you draw the steps out, the more likely the weight will stay off... I didn't cheat whilst on Cambridge - unless you call a planned Christmas Day a cheat? On this day I ate everything I'd missed... Like...

Sorry for the delay in responding... Had a very crazy busy February!! Sagging skin wise... I do have some stretch marks as I had a lot of fat to stretch around, but I do believe the exercise really helped. Squats whilst microwaving porridge, biceps curls with bottles of water etc!! And then I...

I genuinely think suggest to your councillor about moving up a step - if felt exactly the same!!! Scared that moving up would stop the weight loss however it seemed to boost the weight loss!!! I got to the point on SS thinking this is ridiculous I'm not eating and I'm drinking tones of water and...

I'm sure it will be possible - what is your current weight?!? If you set your mind to it, you will definitely achieve what you put out to do... And regardless of what the scales actually say, you will feel better and proud to be in a bikini I assure you!! Good luck and keep us posted :) xxx

thank you :) keep going for it, you will do great!!! X

Well actually it was strange - my weight loss was great for 3 months on sole source on Cambridge and was loosing consistently and then just stopped and I started only loosing 1lb now and again despite being 100%. My CD then moved me up the steps on CD and every time my calories were increased I...

Thank you :)... I really don't know - I didn't target them specifically but lots of dumbbell exercises - chest presses, air boxing with dumbells and stalk stances and arms out with dumbbells. Started with air boxing and tins of beans!! Hope that helps :)

Thank you :) It took me 10 months to loose 6.5 stone without any breaks!!! It started about a stone a month, but as I got smaller, it was harder to shift the weight... I was averaging 4/5lb a week to start with and it slowly became 2lb as I moved up the steps. :-) xxxxx

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Sorry about the delay in responding - back to work and all that has meant a busy busy me!! Thank you for all your comments - it's so nice to have compliments and know I can support and help others :) Work out routine - I basically did CD up to step 3 with no working out (mainly because I was...

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments - I truly believe that anyone can do it!! Before I was the "I'll start Monday" and never started, "just one kebab" and it turned to 20, "I'm not even that fat" but I was a 22 and had a very high BMI... Kind of girl... And it just took me to lose the...

Thinking back to my start or Cambridge diet (October 2012) I could have done with someone giving me a bit of encouragement... Everyone seemed so negative always saying "you will put it all back on after the wedding" "it won't stay off" and "Shake diets are a temporary thing" Well fellow...

Hey... I just wanted to drop in after seeing this - I too felt exactly the same in October last year.... And I'm not going to lie and say its easy, because it isn't, but really really really don't stop yourself from socializing. The way I stopped myself from feeling glum is thinking about the...

I'm a teacher and it's bizarre that the frikking caretakers are the ones making comments like "your wasting away" and "id offer you a sandwich cos you look like you need one" So mean... :(

You are so right - it must come down to jealousy. It's absolutely ridiculous... I was clearly obese - weighing 16.7stone and a size 22, yet people have the cheek to say I looked better then, rather than now. I am in NO WAY suggesting that I am attractive, but I must look better now I am not...

What's really interesting is the person who was unbelievably negative towards me doing it... And then started it herself... Has failed miserably and opted for kebabs, BBQ and burger king at the weekend... Not really easy as they made out is it!! Grrr

It's so annoying!!! Just because I feel that everyone was trying to put me down and say how terrible it is... If it was that bad they wouldn't be doing it!!

So very late to start my diary - but I thought that maybe if I started sharing where I was at and where I had come from, that it might be able to offer some help for those who are too following a diet plan. I know that I turned to forums pretty much everyday - so sharing my stresses, trials and...

I know I'm very late in starting my wedding diary but I had to share my last year with brides planning their wedding and weight loss. So wedding planning is pretty stressful at the best of times... But balancing that with dieting has been ridiculously hard so I thought I'd offer some support...

Anyone else agree... "it's bad for you" "your too skinny" "you will put it all back on" "it's made you boring" "you look too bony" "it's a waste of time" Comments I heard many times from a lot of people... However 8 months, 6 stone 3lb down, from size 22 to size 10 and successful maintaining...

Stay strong :-) it will be worth it!

And then stop and think.... After he eats that pizza he will feel fat and bloated... The thought of pizza is far more satisfying than the pizza itself!!!

Well I got a bit poorly on cwp towards the end so yeh I came totally off and now just calorie counting... Finding it okay at the moment. I'm still doing a morning work out everyday and I'm still loosing now and again so that's good news :-) How you finding CWP? They are great losses!! I was...

Hi Chloe... I did Sole source from the end of October until Christmas and lost 3 stone and then went to 810 for 2 months, 1000 for a month, 1200 for a month and 1500 for a month. Lost 6.2 all together :-) gone from a size 20/22 and now a size 10... I was always a "I'm just a big person" "I'll...

Good luck lovely :-) just stay strong and focused!! If I can help or be an encouragement please feel free to contact :-)... Iv just lost 6 stone 2lb on Cambridge :-) x

I got told no - apparently it can kick some people out of ketosis... Which will stop you feeling hungry etc! X

Apologies in advance for the talk of TOTM.... However I'm slightly concerned... And would love someone who has experienced similar to help me out! Iv recently lost just over 6stone, going from 16st8 to 10st7 since October until now.. I am 5ft 9 so am now classed as healthy with my BMI and I'm...

Honestly... I was always ..."I'm just a big boned girl" "I'll never be smaller than a 14... My body just wouldn't let me".. Then I'd eat my body weight in dominos pizza - and kebabs... Totally ignoring the fact that I probably could do something about my weight. But I made excuse after excuse...

Hope it is going okay to all you new CD starters... Iv just reached a loss of 6 stone following CD with a BMI of 21.. There were points of wanting to quit but honestly keep going!!! It's so motivating when you begin to see the losses!! If I can be of any help/encouragement I'd love to give...

Thank you so much! Well iv lost 6 now :-) If I can help in anyway and be a support or you have any questions!! More than happy to be an encouragement!! Where are you starting? How you doing x

Thanks for getting back to me!! I'm so anxious of putting the weight back on its really crazy... I want this to be a forever change not just a blip. My CC is still going to see me, despite me not buying from her to ensure I keep it off but it's such a scary thing. I know how easy it is for the...

Has anyone actually had success with maintaining (specifically after Cambridge?) I'm so ridiculously scared about piling all the weight I have lost back on - 6 stone - and I keep on reading forums trying to find at least one successful maintainer!! :-( Anyone got any experience of going up...

Iv asked them all!! I thought I'd start a thread as I'm now on my way through stabilisation after loosing 6 stone through Cambridge... I always had strange questions that I didn't want to ask face to face and people who weren't going through weight loss wouldn't understand... So I thought...

Hello ... Apologies for dropping in on your conversation, but thought I may be able to provide some help and assistance!! Iv pretty much come to the end of my weightloss journey... Just lost 6 stone on the CWP from 16st7lb... Now miraculously at 10st7lb (still can't quite believe it - I'd...

Honestly - I genuinely believe this!!! Iv just lost 6 stone on Cambridge diet and now on a process of maintaining... Looking back at my losses, it appears the weeks I was off work (teacher - holidays!) I lost less maybe due to not drinking enough as I don't have my 2ltr water bottle in front of...

I saw this thread and just had to comment... Iv pretty much complete my weightloss journey.. Now it's just a maintaining process... I too did Cambridge and can promise you I felt exactly the same pretty much every day for the last 6 months. But it has genuinely paid off... And now I want to...

Hello :-) I just thought id pop in and help be an encouragement!! Iv pretty much complete my weightloss journey.. Now it's just a maintaining process... Which is probably more scary... Iv lost 6 stone in total - from 16.7lb now at 10.7lb thought cambridge diet and it has been a massive...

So so true!!!! Thank you for your kind words! Well I'll keep working out and hopefully it will shrink soon! :) x

Hello fellow miniminians!!!! Wonder if anyone can shed any light on skin firming creams/lotions... I have lost 5.5stone and have been working out religiously everyday for 3 months and I have a severe problem with my skin... I know people may say its fat, but I genuinely don't think it is...

I think we should just be like "bugger all of you!!" we should be so proud of our achievement as weight loss is such a hard thing!!! - takes a complete life change and so much commitment and dedication!! I'm so proud of all of you :-) because I know how hard it's been for me and like you all...

Okay - thank you. That's really interesting to hear, as I don't see there being an issue but listening to you and my fiancé, I can see where people could think there is a problem. So I don't want it to get out of hand and develop into a problem.... Thank you - I'm an emotional wreck but really...

Yeh 12stone was my goal to get my into just under the correct BMi but I wanted to try and get into the middle of healthy so that I could be in-between and have a bit of a space in case my weight was to fluctuate (which I don't want to let it obviously!!!) but I just wanted to get into the middle...

It's sooooo annoying! Oh my goodness I'm so glad that others are in the same position (without sounding really mean!!!) because I'm sick of it!!!!! Noone commented on my weight when I was clearly obese and people were ok to let me go out in ridiculously short tight dresses that looked very...

No most definitely am so grateful for all your comments - and really appreciate your advice...! I think it's just hard because I don't see it as a problem and I didn't really think it was an issue or an eating problem etc... Thank you everyone - really am grateful. I think maybe I'll talk to...

So why all of a sudden have you started saying I'm too skinny....!!! Anyone else facing this? Weight loss is a difficult process and iv worked so hard and have lost 72lb (now at target weight!) this puts my BMI at the right number - SO I'm NOT too skinny or underweight... Yet now, despite all...

But I don't really think it is OCD... Like the issues I have I don't really think are worth doctors time... :-( I didn't really think anything of it... But my fiancé says he has researched OCD and the links with weight loss... Ahhh this has really confused me! X

I wondered if anyone can shed light on how im feeling maybe having been through/going through a similar phase. So after doing the Cambridge diet since October, and after loosing 71lb and reaching target I am finding myself getting incredibly anxious about a lot of areas of my life. Firstly -...

Thanks for all your help everyone!!! I think I'm going to do it - Ive been moved up a plan to 1200 calories because last week I lost 5lb! So she said she wants me up a step so I'm not loosing too much... That means I have more calories to play with if I was to opt for an Indian night out/night...

For future people who are worried about a similar thing - just to put you at ease.... I lost 5lb this week and didn't change a thing!!!! So just be persistent :)

Thank you for getting back to me :-) when you went out ... Did you have any sides (eg rice or breads etc?) and when you had your weigh in after was the gain quite a lot or where you able to just ignore it and get on with SS? I'm so scared I'll just gain and loose it all!! And go right off...

Unfortunately I am unable to comment on it being ladies week as I haven't had a period since Christmas - doctors are putting that down to weight loss. But maybe it could be reappearing and that could have made me gain. It's ridiculously de-motivating. Like I literally cried on my consultant...

Ahh well done on level 3 - I had my weigh in today and despite religiously sticking to plan with food and continuing to work out (but back to level 1) I have gained 2lb. I feel absolutely rubbish and like all my hard work has been pointless - cant figure out whether it's because iv gone back to...

Thank you for all this guys - well I ended up making a home made chicken curry in line with step 3 Cambridge (yoghurt, spices and chicken! - all weighed and measured correctly.) Yet despite my commitment to the diet I blooming gained 2lb (nearly 3lb) this week and now feel rubbish and...

Anyone had any experience on step 3 Cambridge diet and randomly gained weight with no explanation? I have been on Step 3 for 4 weeks and have been doing the Josie interval training DVD every day for 30 minutes. Each week iv lost (3lb, 2lb and 1lb) but this week iv gained nearly 3lb. Iv done...

If you don't mind me asking... What did you find hard most about maintenance? Just I'm scared that I'll too start struggling!! At the moment I'm in a place where I'm so scared about putting weight on I don't deviate at all from plan - in fact I very rarely change food at all (same break, lunch...

Well ive been on Cambridge diet and had lost 4.5stone... Then started the DVD and STS in weight for 3 weeks which was really annoying and I wanted to give up. But apparently muscle weighs more... Then I upped my calorie intake by 200cals and lost 4lb then 3lb and then 1lb so generally more than...

Well... I think they are quite slow through the first circuit however i quite like that as they allow me to get my breath lol!! Yes well iv just done a week back on level one and I think I'm going to go back to level three tomorrow for two weeks and then onto two for a week, before level three...

Anyone shed some light on vanilla extract?! Is this allowed on Cambridge diet step 3... Would like to mix some in my yoghurt and crush with ice :)

Hello fellow mini-minians...!!! I seem to report to this daily recently for more advice and support! So thank you again for your help in advance. So (just a little about me so you can be honest in responding...!) I have been on Cambridge diet since October (SS Oct-Dec, 810 Dec-April and 1000...

Ahh I'm just so scared that the scales will rocket up and my last week/s depending on how much I gain would have been pointless exercise and food calorie counting :-(... Has anyone else had a planned night off? Ahhh scared that I won't be able to go bak to being good!!! :-(

Hello lovely mini-Minians!! I seem to report to this daily recently for more advice and support! So thank you again for your help in advance. So (just a little about me so you can be honest in responding...!) I have been on Cambridge diet since October (SS Oct-Dec, 810 Dec-April and 1000 3...

Any help anyone :-(? Xx

Can I just say thank you for responding!! Iv been really struggling this week and not having any comments back has been hard as iv no idea whether im actually doing anything! So thank you I'm really grateful! So what if decided to do, is do level 3 for 3 weeks, then (and now) level 1 for a...

Hello fellow weight loss people!! Wondering if anyone can shed some light on moving up the stages on the Cambridge weight plan... There are lots of threads about different stages and food diaries but I wondered if anyone has some inspiration/motivation for the different steps as a whole...

Hello all!! Im wondering if anyone can give me some advice on my exersize? I have basically been doing the Josie interval training DVD for a month, each week increasing to the next level out of 3 and doing 20 minutes of toning exercizes with a medicine ball and a yoga ball. I am now on level...

You were right about more food!!! Gone up a step and lost 4lb this week! Crazy that I can eat more (and eat a small amount of carbs!!) and still loose!! - well loose more!!

Iv stayed the same for 3 weeks and religiously stuck to 810 with measurements and allowed food. It's really depressing knowing I'm working so hard and there is no loss on scales! This week iv moved up to 1000 step 3 and I have my weigh in today so fingers crossed the up in calories will have...

Thank you everyone for your supportive comments and information. I haven't been measuring no, but I may swap to meassurements instead of weighing as its just so demotivating knowing that I'm having so few calories and not having gone off the camridge guide AT ALL (despite my very specific...

Thank you for your help - iv reposted in Cambridge so hopefully someone is in the same position! Im hoping it is water/muscle gain, it's just so so so demotivating when I literally eat nothing all week, stick religiously to the plan and then sts. It doesn't feel fair and scares me that the...

Hello!! I wondered if anyone can help me... Iv tried to be really positive recently on here, however I'm struggling to stay positive with the scales going against me!! :-( I have been on Cambridge diet since October and have lost 4 stone 7lb and am really pleased with the weightless don't get...

Hello!! I wondered if anyone can help me... Iv tried to be really positive recently on here, however I'm struggling to stay positive with the scales going against me!! :-( I have been on Cambridge diet since October and have lost 4 stone 7lb and am really pleased with the weightless don't get...

Hello All, This is a very random post, but I just wanted to give anyone thinking of starting the Cambrdige diet or anyone newly started a bit of suppor and encouragement!! I am a 'normal', if you can call it that, woman who has struggled with weight for as long as I can remember, but to be...

I just had to share the most exciting thing iv just eaten!! I cannot take responsibility for the recipe because I saw it online, but I wanted to share it so that you might find the CD a bit easier! Basically, since pancake day, I couldn't stop thinking about eating pancakes... So a SS+ / 810...

Thank you for all your suggestions/encouragements!!! I have religiously weighed all ingredients and have only eaten food allowed on step 2 and today I feel really bloated and like I'm already putting the weight back on. I have more weight to loose and I really don't want to stop the losses now...

Help!? This is the most horrible feeling. I have just finished Sole source (11 weeks and lost 45lb) and I am moving on to step 2 (3 products and an evening meal) I am petrified that I won't continue to loose weight - I still have a stone to loose (if not more!) Today I have had my 3 CD...

Hello!! Sorry for the ridiculously long wait for a reply... Iv had the craziest week at work!! :-( Thank you do much for your responses. I think it's a case of feeling really negative and rubbish... I guess it was a midway thing and just felt low. Luckily this weeks weigh in was a 5lb loss so...

Help would be so gratefully appreciated!!! Im on week 8 of the cambridge diet, sole source, and my weight loss is really dipping and it just feels ridiculously pointless :-(. My weight loss has gone as follows; October - 01.10.2012 - 16 st 2lb08.10.2012 - 15 st 7lb -9 15.10.2012 - 15 st...

Thank you so much. I am going to listen to your wise words and stick to it and hopefully keep loosing! I am so determind to do it, that I want it to be successful!! Thank you do much again :-) x

Thank you so much for the support - you will be pleased to know I haven't quit yet! I'm going to see my weigh in next Monday. It's strange, I know I didnt put on weight, but today iv woke up feeling really bloated, round and as if I have put on weight. It's so demotivating :-(... I just feel...

Hello All, Sorry to moan and give a negative post but I am in desperate need of support/advice. I am so close to giving up everything I have done on the Cambridge Sole Source diet. I have been on the diet for 7 weeks and have done okay, loosing 31lb in the 7 weeks, however I am so close to...

Hello!! Miraculously I lost 5lb! So I was really pleased... I must have been having a stress and got myself worked up about my scales at home! That's the last time I will be looking on my scales! 5 Thank you so much for your encouragement!

Thank you all so much for the support!! I will keep you updated!! I kind of just feel like its a lot of effort (like missing social events, meals... WINE!!!) for only 1lb ect :-( Xx

Well I was on ladies week the week before my weigh in (from Tuesday-Sunday and weighed in on Monday) so would that have effected the weight loss?! And then this week I just seem to have not moved?! It feels rubbish as I'm putting so much effort in to loose and it doesn't feel worth just the 1lb...

Hello all, Please can someone hep! Iv been on the Cambridge diet - on sole source - for 5 weeks. (9lb loss week 1, 4lb week 2, 6lb week 3, 4lb week 4 and 2lb week five - 25lb loss in total) but all of a sudden its just stopped? Iv not changed anything, haven't cheated and have continued...

Some how i still managed to loose 6lb this week :) x

Yay!! Luckily it didn't effect my weight loss and iv lost another 6lb in the week!! :) so that's 19lb all together!! Yeh I am probably going to just keep it with my boyfriend. It's hard because people just assume that it's pointless! But I'm so determind to do it! So are you on the CD as well...

You have more dedication than me!! Which is why I think I did the cambride diet, because as much as its tricky to stick to... It is quite simple and doesn't involved the commitment to excorsize you are willing to do! Im mainly doing is as when teaching I get so lazy and doing drama I'm up and...

So true!! I have the most supportive fiancé... And as a teacher it is so useful as I'm lazy with food, so being able to eat on the go and have quick shakes is perfect! At the start I weighed 102.5 and I weighed 95.2 last Monday (second weigh in) and have my third way in tonight! Which I must...

Well my weigh in us at 5.30... So hopefully it's not awful. Its wierd as I'm not actually ever hungry... But just this weekend really struggled being sociable and things... This week is my half term (I'm a teacher!) so that will test me!! But I'm adament to keep to it, and have a really...

Hello!! Neve really done forums before... An haven't really ever stuck to a diet before so I need someone to just encourage me to keep going! On the Cambridge diet... Week 3 an have really struggled this week. I lost 9lb in week one and 4lb in week 2 and have week 3 weigh in tomorrow. This...

Hello all!! Wondered if someone could make me feel a tad better about my stupid mistake from last night! Iv been on the CD for 3 weeks... Lost 9lb in the first week, 4lb in the second and then have my 3rd weigh in tomorrow. But stupidly last night, I went out with my girlfriends and felt...