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My BMI is now normal wooohooo! My weight loss has been obscured by terrible water retention, but this has improved of late thanks to some pills from doc.

It gets better after the first week. How you finding it now, Abby?

Yay! I am now in the 11's this week!

Thanks Tizzy :) 3.75 lbs this week off so now in the 12 stone bracket (yeh!) but my legs/ankles are still blooming swollen :(

After a couple of weeks of bad water retention/swelling, resulting in a slower weight loss on the scales (but NOT in fat loss), the swelling has gone down again to more 'normal' levels - but I am still swollen in my calves and ankles :( I lost nearly 7lbs on the scale this week - which taken as...

3.25 lbs down this week plus I am at the 3 stone lost milestone. I still can't believe how quickly the weight is coming off, I hardly have any clothes that fit me any more - even the ones from my once 'skinny' bag that I hadn't worn forever are now getting too loose!

2.25lbs off this week and yep I am in the 13s!!! Now to get me into the 12s! From past experience, when I am in the 12s I look "normal".

Another 3lbs down this week! Hopefully next week I will be in the 13 stone bracket, it's always good to cross those psychological barriers!

Yes thanks Tizzy, how are you doing?

lol, I think if I hadn't had that goal so firmly in mind I may have cheated a little!

Another mini goal achieved, I wanted to get to 200lbs or under by New Year and I have done it - 199lbs! 3.5lbs this week. Happy New Year everyone - may you all reach your goals easily :)

Yay! I REALLY wanted to get to 14 and a half stone by Christmas and I have done it - plus an extra half pound off too! Fantastic! 2.5lbs off this week. Now to keep on the wagon this Christmas!

Thanks Tizzy :) Have a wonderful Christmas.

3.5lb down this week, thank God. I KNOW it's not all about the loss on the scales, but when the scales don't show a loss and/or it is minimal, (even if the tape measure does show an inch loss), it is miserable!

Thanks guys, I lost just under a pound this week, and again followed this thing rigorously. However, I tried on some jeans and I have definitely lost inches so it must be water. Still it is depressing that scale figure. However, I have to remind myself when people look at me they don't see a...

I've gained half a pound this week yet have stuck rigorously to the diet. I just want to cry and cry - it is NOT my time of the month to blame that on either :(

Week 4 loss is 4.25lbs - better than last week :)

I'm sole sourcing through Christmas this year as I don't want to fall off track (it's so hard from my past experience to get back on after going back to 'normal' eating). Who'd of thought that being on my own this Christmas has a positive! (Not having to be surrounded by food/people stuffing...

hee hee ... get me the right man and then we're talking!!!!!

A good feeling.... I put on a pair of jeans I haven't worn for around a week or so. At first I couldn't figure out why they were feeling tighter on me as I knew I hadn't cheated .... then I realised they were riding lower on me cos I have lost so much from my waist so the waistband was more like...

2.5lbs off this week which although great and in the right direction, I can't but be a little disappointed with.... silly, eh?

lol! And as for you, Tizzy, you are nearly there!

Lost 6lbs in week 2 - get in there! I am DELIGHTED. A wonderful side effect of the low carb dieting is that I don't have so much awful fluid retention in my legs and ankles that I have suffered from since having my youngest 7 years ago!! Now onto Week 3 ....

It doesn't matter to me. Some countries don't seem to allow food across their borders at all?

Hi, although I have not got any hols booked, I am already panicking! Can anyone tell me please which countries you can legally take Cambridge products through customs? If not, what do you guys do/what's been your experiences (I do NOT want to fall off the wagon during the holiday). I am...

I just wanted to say that I found drinking a glass of water before bed, and then maybe one during the night when I get up to pee and then when I wake up in the morning seems to make a big difference here (before I wasn't drinking at all after 6pm as I did not want to pee all night!) - so I guess...

Oh, and first stone down too! :)

Today is day 14, and as well as great weight loss on the scale, I am seeing significant inch loss. I am delighted because when I was (faithfully) on a low calorie diet (under 1000 cals a day) before it took me months and months to shift just a couple of pounds and the inches didn't budge either...

Some people may love their carbs too much. Or perhaps there may be medical reasons why they shouldn't go into ketosis.

I have done a VLCD without ketosis - it was primarily carb based. I was on a high, did not feel hungry, and had lots of energy on it and I lost lots of weight at the time.

why are they needed please?

Are they better than the regular shakes, or just the same (more convenient?)

By the way, I was amazed to get into a pair of jeans that I thought there was no way yet I could fit into - happy bunny :)

Thanks Lizzie, it allows me to enter more characters this time for some reason whereas before it wasn't!

I weighed 16 stone 9.5lbs at the start, and have only just started week 2 so no idea yet, Abby - hopefully shedloads!

10.25lbs!

Lizzie, I am sorry if I am being thick here, but how do you enter your week's losses in your signature? It won't allow me to enter any more characters!

Abby, I am doing just Sole Source as I needed a quick start to really motivate me. I weigh in on a Monday evening for my week's total, however, I know from past experience to keep me on track I need to weigh in daily or I start to let slip. Definitely, be my buddy - and it does get better after...

Definitely, and wow, you are doing really well Lizzie! I have kind of wondered if I may stay the same this second week as it seems some others have experienced this (and so have promised myself I won't be too disappointed if so) but I see you lost 6lbs in your second week!

Yay, go for it, I am cheering you on and KNOW you can do it.

Lost 10.25lbs in my first week, which even though I know is mainly going to be water and glycogen, I am still extremely pleased about - especially as I have got past the elusive (for me) 16 stone mark into the 15s! I have never lost this much weight in the first week of dieting except when I...

Lost 10.25lbs in my first week, which even though I know is mainly going to be water and glycogen, I am still extremely pleased about - especially as I have got past the elusive (for me) 16 stone mark into the 15s! I have never lost this much weight in the first week of dieting except when I...

Thanks Franbella.

Day 8 and so far things are going pretty good. Had mild headaches and my pee smells more but no demon breath which I was dreading. Only other things are dark circles under my eyes (which I hope are temporary, maybe a sign of detox??) and lower back pain around my kidney area (which again I...

I KNOW when dieting more water intake is necessary, especially when on a low carb diet, and I have also read some of the various reasons for this. However, I wondered whether others here have (through trial and error) discovered differences between the weeks they did drink more water and the...

Hi, I just wondered when others here regularly experience less weight loss within your monthly cycle - in the weeks before, during or after your period - and also how much? I ask because I have noticed differences depending on whether I am on the pill or not and even what type of pill - before...

I HATE Cerazette, I gained weight on it (and/or did not lose when dieting HARD), got acne for the first time in years, got cramps, and got all the symptoms of pregnancy - sore boobs, morning sickness, increased hunger/cravings etc as well as two week long periods. When I came off it, my first...

You should also remember that you don't have that much to lose, Moli (compared to some) so proportionately you are doing well regardless of whether you have water retention from paracetemol - 6lbs in two weeks is great and if you were 16 stone that would be roughly equivalent to a 9lbs loss, 20...

Hi, this is Day 6 of my Cambridge Diet and so far so good - only mild headaches experienced, and no bad breath which I was dreading though my pee stinks more. However, in the last day or two I have noticed a slight ache in what I assume to my kidney area in my lower back (I have no previous...

Sorry, what are the tetras? I like all the bars, they are quite tasty and also chewy so last longer in the mouth so you feel like you are eating more.

Too much water is dangerous. Especially if taken all at once/in close proximity, there are stories of people who have died sloshing down too much water - either runners or people following VLCD diets' instructions to drink lots of water. (There was a story in the news of just one such lady who...

exercise I think the trick is finding something you ENJOY doing (even if it means burning less calories per hour) and do it for the pleasure of it rather than for actual weight loss. So ask yourself is this something I would do when I am skinny. If not, then it's likely to be a slog and not...

Cool :) What diet are you doing then?

Perhaps, I think I may be very carb sensitive. We will see. The proof of the pudding (ha ha) is in the eating. Good luck to you Juney. I see we are about the same height and weight, perhaps we can be buddies? x

Hi, I'm a newbie. I posted something the other day and it's still not appeared so am posting again. Got a load of weight to lose.... started at 16 st 9.5. This is my first week, day 5 on Cambridge Diet (started Monday) and so far so good. Never done a ketogenic diet before and am hoping this...

... fingers crossed. I have done (my own) VLCD diets before and keeping to them has never been a problem as I'm stubborn and get very focussed - however depressingly I have repeatedly found that after the first few weeks my weight plateaus and refuses to budge more and then starts piling on...