4th Jan 2010 restarters/ new starters join here!!!

[cambridge*diet*08]

weigh in number 4 and 3lbs down...
hoping for 2 stone off at next weeks weigh in!
going to def watch how much water flavour i use from now.
Thanks nelliduff for that post or should i say reminder! Its quite easy to use more than the recommended amount of flavourings and also milk in my drinks!
Must go back to basics and get strict this week, cant let things slip now.
Oh and i will be having valentines day off! Wish me luck... was'nt going to but we found a hotel offer which was too good to be true. It includes dinner and breakfast too so wish me luck ...
I will weigh on Sunday 14th instead of the usual Monday morning to save any disappointment of a temporary gain.
I dont mind really as it will be 6 weeks exactly and then i have a further 6 weeks the other side.
I am feeling very positive at the moment. I hope it lasts a bit longer and also allows me to get firmly back in the seat after my days off.
Hope everyone else has had a good week 4! xxx

 

[Nelliduff]

Hi CD08

Well done on the 3lb. Also, that sounds a positive plan for Valentines Day - so enjoy yourself and we will be here when you get back. I am not trustworthy enough to do the same though maybe a bit further down the line.

I was talking to one of our clients who is also doing CD this morning. She says that her CDC told her she could drink as much flavouring as she wants to, so I said she'd better check. I had been under the same impression, but guess we hear things as we want to - I know I am an expert at that

Another 4lbs down and starting to feel a real difference. Jeans no longer crippling me and definately a bit room in my bras. The plus side of having done all this before is that instead of having a wardrobe full of clothes which are becoming too big, and nothing to wear - I have a wardrobe full of clothes which are mostly too small.

Good luck with the rest of the weigh-in's girls

Nelli

 

[Amina]

hey ladies! Well my CD scales have caught up with my scales!! Whoop whoop-so I am OFFICIALLY 17ibs lighter.

CD WIs were -8, -3, -1, -5
My scales WIs below. STarting WIs this saturday morning from now on so should be nice and stable. So chuffed! Well sone ladies for another good week! xxx

 

[Nelliduff]

Well done Amina

Aren't we all doing well

 

[x-Katie-x]

Hi - I went to weigh in tonight and (in 2 weeks) I've lost 6.25lb taking me to 22.5lbs in the 4 weeks. Really happy with that and I can feel a difference, jeans definitely loose (were stretched to fit before), feet smaller and moving round in my boots (yep cos that's where I really want to lose it from first!!) and my boobs are smaller in my bra -- but hey as long as it's going

Really good knowing that everyone else is doing so well - let's keep it going

 

[Nelliduff]

Morning all - we have SNOW again in the outskirts of Glasgow - not much so far but it's still coming down.

Well done Katie - another wee bit and you'll be halfway to your Easter Challenge! Probably before next weight in

I am still feeling so cold - have tried drinking hot water instead of cold - heating turned up but nothing helps much. Been like this since the beginning.

Anyone else feeling the same?


Nelli

 

[cambridge*diet*08]

morning ladies!
well done amina and katie. some fab results on this thread! its great to see others doing so well.
Nelli i def agree on the 'hear what you want/ when you want to' lol.
Depending on my mood for example, i either think exercise is really not good whilst on a vlcd or if im feeling particularly energetic its a fab idea to go to the gym on ss!!!!
I think today is one of the former days...
I am gonna invest in some movicol today for obvious reasons. skin is getting bad (i never get spots) and my tummy is looking 5/6 months pregnant and no movement in days but some windy-pops. And I am also feeling quite miserable and lethargic today so am guessing its constipation. Tried a senokot but nowt happened, so its time to get serious!
Sorry if TMI as usual...
Day 30 today! Come on ladies keep up the great work.
xxx

 

[Amina]

Hi - I went to weigh in tonight and (in 2 weeks) I've lost 6.25lb taking me to 22.5lbs in the 4 weeks. Really happy with that and I can feel a difference, jeans definitely loose (were stretched to fit before), feet smaller and moving round in my boots (yep cos that's where I really want to lose it from first!!) and my boobs are smaller in my bra -- but hey as long as it's going

Really good knowing that everyone else is doing so well - let's keep it going

Well done! You are doing so well!

 

[Amina]

morning ladies!
well done amina and katie. some fab results on this thread! its great to see others doing so well.
Nelli i def agree on the 'hear what you want/ when you want to' lol.
Depending on my mood for example, i either think exercise is really not good whilst on a vlcd or if im feeling particularly energetic its a fab idea to go to the gym on ss!!!!
I think today is one of the former days...
I am gonna invest in some movicol today for obvious reasons. skin is getting bad (i never get spots) and my tummy is looking 5/6 months pregnant and no movement in days but some windy-pops. And I am also feeling quite miserable and lethargic today so am guessing its constipation. Tried a senokot but nowt happened, so its time to get serious!
Sorry if TMI as usual...
Day 30 today! Come on ladies keep up the great work.
xxx

I have days like this too. It will pass. Once you get some movement downstairs you will feel better. xx

 

[x-Katie-x]

Thanks for the encouragement, really happy with the way it's going so far.

Nelli I am soooooo cold - done this diet before but not sure that I ever felt as cold as I do this time. Fingers are always wrinkled like I've been in the bath for too long and my poor nose is beginning to think that it's an ice block!

Re the exercise - my aim is to start doing it and then do it regularly --- I've just not managed to start yet!

 

[cambridge*diet*08]

day 31 and my scales are just not budging... i have cut out water flavouring and also cutting down on caffeine. totm due this weekend so that along with constipation means i am prob water-logged!
i am not letting this deter me (as it normally would). i am not cheating and being 100% so the weight MUST be coming off!!!
just wish it would show on the damned scales booooo
half way through week 5 can you believe!!!! week 6 will be a doddle for me as i have planned to take valentines day and the day after off of the diet. this will see me through the week.
I may need you ladies to come hunt me down on Tuesday 16th Feb and make sure i am back on track for the last 6 weeks.
Have a great ss'ing day ladies xxx

 

[cappachino]

Hi Guys

Day 31, clothes are baggy, scales are good to me, but omg I am starving!!!!! Seriously i could eat a horse. I'm drinking above 2.5ltrs having my full quota of shakes, but boy I am so hungry.
TOTM is imminent and I'm on the verge of just eating something. I had a Boullion drink about an hour ago to take away the yearning, but could just eat a bag of crisps or something. arrrrrggghhh

5 weeks in and i wanna eat...why?
How's everyone else doing? Has anyone else flt like this these past 5 weeks?

 

[x-Katie-x]

Thankfully I'm yet to feel the 'i want to eat and I want to eat now!' feeling - just plodding on with it one day at a time. Doesn't seem to bad in my head doing this until July until I realise that July is about as far away from when I started to what last August was .... and that seems like forever ago!

Do feel that only getting weighed fortnightly does make the time (appear to) pass more quickly - am definitely wishing my life away.

I'm currently at that stage where someone in work mentions a meeting we've got at the end of March (we'll not mention it's 3 consecutive full days at a place with the most amazing catering) and I go straight to thinking what weight I will be then and then the same when someone mentions something in April etc etc - am measuring all time in stones and lbs!

Cambridge - we'll def come looking for you on the 16th if you don't show up --- there will be no escape for any of us

 

[Nelliduff]

HI All

Cappa - I know what you mean about starving - I too have been the feeling that way the whole time since I started - especially in the evenings.

I am not much of a day time eater anyway, so I was having my packs at 1pm, 7pm and the 9pm and thought that maybe I was leaving too long a gap, so from yesterday I changed my timing to 12, 4 and 7 - did it help? Not on your life. Still starving.

Still, another pound gone on the scales yesterday so I am forcing myself to continue.

I should add - as I said elsewhere in a thread, this is the third time I have vlcd'd and the first time I have felt at all hungry after the first week or so - also the first time I've been constantly freezing - HOWEVER - this time I am not constipated at all and I think that is a fair trade off

Like Katie I am taking the "one day at a time approach"

Have a good diet day all.

Nelli

PS I am so impressed with those of you who are exercising. I feel lucky if I manage to get through the day and then the ironing

 

[Amina]

Hey all,

Well the scales have only moved 1ib so far this week. My new weigh in on saturday is obviously earlier than usual but I am really hoping it moves 2ibs before then...Only been able to exercise once this week as I have had social events last two nights but going today so maybe that will help. Saw cirque de soleil last night and it was amazing! It's my birthday next week and I have two days of work (thurs/fri) and I am taking those two days off. It has been planned since I started CD but it is wierd that I am excited about it but also nervous at the same time. Do you know what I mean? Have a good day all. I've gotta up the water intake today! xx

 

[cambridge*diet*08]

day 32 everyone! over half way through week 5...

today i think ill be house-bound, put it this way the senokot and movicol have set to work!!!!!

luckily my body took pity and allowed me a half hour break for walking the dogs. i was very worried that i might be caught short but i made it home in one piece!

anyway, its a welcomed 'annoyance' as i have not been to the loo (iykwim) in days and days... hopefully the scales will shift tomorrow or at the weekend. its totm at the weekend so maybe some water retention will disappear too. im praying anyway!!!!

well onwards and downwards (fingers crossed). i would love to be 28lbs down on monday's weigh in but scales are gonna have to free-fall at the moment to get that... i will settle for 28lbs by valentines day if i dont make monday!

have a lovely day xxx

 

[cambridge*diet*08]

day 33...

sooo close to the end of week 5!

well, i have finally had some movement, both on the scales and elsewhere
what a relief lol..

plans for weekend are cinema tonight and bowling tomorrow. just gonna fill up on black coffee as usual at cinema and stick to water at bowling.

weekends used to be my worst time but now they are as easy as weekdays. i guess when you get this far in it just becomes 'normal'.

i am not missing food at all, surprisingly. i have been baking all sorts of bread for my o/h including banana bread yum yum yum, managed to not touch any of it.
also have no prob cooking for him every evening. i reckon i have just gone past missing food and eating.

i just hope my taste of food on valentines day doesnt throw me off the wagon completely... i am sure you ladies will be around to strap me firmly into the driving seat of this wagon if i do go awol!

have a good day xxx

 

[cappachino]

You're doing well CD, kep it up.

I have something to confess, last night I ate a Blueberry muffin, carrot cake, large slice of shortbread chocolate cake and some other little cakes. I woke up this morning feeling soooooo guilty, then it dawned on me...............It was a dream hahahahah.

I was in a competition to eat so many caks in the quickest time. I started eating before the compertition started, woke up feling full and full of guilt, but was so happy it was just a dream.

 

[cambridge*diet*08]

You're doing well CD, kep it up.

I have something to confess, last night I ate a Blueberry muffin, carrot cake, large slice of shortbread chocolate cake and some other little cakes. I woke up this morning feeling soooooo guilty, then it dawned on me...............It was a dream hahahahah.

I was in a competition to eat so many caks in the quickest time. I started eating before the compertition started, woke up feling full and full of guilt, but was so happy it was just a dream.

:8855:

 

[cambridge*diet*08]

day 34...
Still going strong and now baking to within an inch of my life...
Now i am no domestic goddess but i figured it was about time i learnt how to cook. What better time to start than when I am on 'nil by mouth' (tetras excluded).
This week my o/h has been spoilt... wholewheat bread/ banana bread/ banana and apple bread and last night cinnamon swirls!!!!!
I have not so much as nibbled a corner or licked a spoon whilst making all of these delights.
If however I were eating I would prob have finished a whole banana bread in one sitting! aarrghhhh...
I feel very strong and very positive and knowing I am eating next Sunday/ Monday has almost empowered me. I now have something to look forward to.
Scales budged again... yay. TOTM due tomoz or mon so maybe some water weight to come off too.. fingers crossed!
Have a good day ladies xxx