Pete&Jo
Member
Hi all,
I'm Pete and I'm currently typing this at the end of day 3 on the Sole Source plan. My girlfriend Jo and I started on Saturday and I thought I would post to introduce myself and tell everyone about my experience so far.
So I'm starting at 22St 3lbs officially although we were weighed a week before we started as we met Laura our CDC not long after a food shop (didn't want to waste too much food before embarking on our bonkers weight loss experience) so am a bit concerned it might not look like I've dropped as much as I have in a week. Never mind!
We started Cambridge after a friend of mine started Lighter Life about 8 weeks ago and has lost over 4 stone. I was sceptical when he started but when you see the changes in front of your eyes it's hard to ignore it and having done some research we decided to give Cambridge a go seeing how it seemed to offer more variety for less £££ against LL. The LL counselling would have been good but we just couldn't afford it.
But anyway having had a week to mentally prepare myself to get cracking Saturday we bit the bullet and said goodbye to solid food (for a while). I've always loved ready brek (usually with half a bag of sugar) so was looking forward to the porridge option to start my Cambridge experience when I awoke Saturday morning. I'm getting shivers now just thinking about it. My girlfriend made hers first and it was far too runny so when I attempted mine I knew to make it a bit thicker but I wasn't expecting it to taste so thoroughly disgusting. I've read quite a few peoples comments on it here which makes me feel like I'm not over-reacting. I certainly didn't throw up but I can understand how people might. So by the end of forcing my breakfast down me I was definitely wondering whether I was doing the right thing. I now have 6 porridge packs waiting to be exchanged asap!
I then went to my friends house to help him with some DIY. He's also the guy on LL so knew I would be in the right place for help and advice etc. Fortunately things got better starting with the butterscotch and later with the chocolate packs. The advice of chucking in an Ice Cube was certainly a good one from my buddy and was feeling a bit more positive about it all. Also assembling kitchen cabinets took my mind off things a little and helped distract me from the lack of proper food.
In the evening we joined a group of friends bowling which again was a great distraction until I started noticing the adverts for the cafe burgers, hot dogs & chips etc. Started to get hungry for my spicy tomato soup which I was really looking forward to as I love tomato cup-a-soups anyway. After moaning about how hungry I was for about an hour and claiming it was effecting my bowling skills I abruptly told my LL mate to F off after he tried to tell me to stop moaning as I was only making it worse (none to tactfully I might add). Having stormed off like a bratty teenager for a cigarette I returned apologised and eventually got back home for my soup. This kind of topped the night off as it really wasn't what I had been hoping for. So I went to bed Saturday feeling very very tired & grumpy.
Woke up feeling refreshed and enthusiastic again though on Sunday and we headed to Lakeside Shopping Centre. Primary reason for the visit was that I had found IKEA selling electric milk frothers for 99p on Google shopping and had been told they were very handy for mixing up some of the food packs. So we bought 4! Then went and wandered around the rest of the place primarily looking for something to occupy my mind. Somehow I ended up with nothing (nearly bought a puzzle) and Jo ended up with 3 pairs of shoes?!?!?!
Now, another reason we started the diet this week was because I've taken a week off. Just to have a break from work till Christmas. However what I hadn't thought about was the potential for me being bored at home all week climbing the walls thing about fast food. Today has opened my eyes to the amount of food porn on TV. I was looking forward to a week of chillaxing on the sofa in front of the box and now I'm scared to put it on in case another burger ad comes on.
Needless to say that today has probably been the toughest so far and I'm hoping that things are going to get easier soon. If anyone has any ideas on how I can keep sane this week as the playstation & TV are not doing it. I'm stuck in the flat all week on my own and need something to completely occupy me for a few days that won't cost a fortune!
Highlight of the diet so far: Hot Chocolate pack tastes pretty good!
Low Point of the diet so far: Walking past the chippy to get to the post box this afternoon. Nearly cried at the smell but resisted the temptation.
I'm really not the most determined person in the world but to be honest I think a lot of that is because of my weight. If I can do this I think it will change everything. I've got some ambitions in life that my weight stops me from doing and I'm hoping that losing the weight will give me the determination to really change my life for the better.
As you can already tell... I go a bit overboard on typing of forums so I apologise if you nearly nodded off reading my Cambridge Memoirs. Maybe I should start a blog? Never done one before though...
Oh any hints on jazzing up my posts that don't involve butterflies and other girly things? ;-) Also can't add an avatar either if the powers that be could sort that as well I'd appreciate it!
Thanks for reading and I look forward to reading your responses and getting to know everyone.
I'm Pete and I'm currently typing this at the end of day 3 on the Sole Source plan. My girlfriend Jo and I started on Saturday and I thought I would post to introduce myself and tell everyone about my experience so far.
So I'm starting at 22St 3lbs officially although we were weighed a week before we started as we met Laura our CDC not long after a food shop (didn't want to waste too much food before embarking on our bonkers weight loss experience) so am a bit concerned it might not look like I've dropped as much as I have in a week. Never mind!
We started Cambridge after a friend of mine started Lighter Life about 8 weeks ago and has lost over 4 stone. I was sceptical when he started but when you see the changes in front of your eyes it's hard to ignore it and having done some research we decided to give Cambridge a go seeing how it seemed to offer more variety for less £££ against LL. The LL counselling would have been good but we just couldn't afford it.
But anyway having had a week to mentally prepare myself to get cracking Saturday we bit the bullet and said goodbye to solid food (for a while). I've always loved ready brek (usually with half a bag of sugar) so was looking forward to the porridge option to start my Cambridge experience when I awoke Saturday morning. I'm getting shivers now just thinking about it. My girlfriend made hers first and it was far too runny so when I attempted mine I knew to make it a bit thicker but I wasn't expecting it to taste so thoroughly disgusting. I've read quite a few peoples comments on it here which makes me feel like I'm not over-reacting. I certainly didn't throw up but I can understand how people might. So by the end of forcing my breakfast down me I was definitely wondering whether I was doing the right thing. I now have 6 porridge packs waiting to be exchanged asap!
I then went to my friends house to help him with some DIY. He's also the guy on LL so knew I would be in the right place for help and advice etc. Fortunately things got better starting with the butterscotch and later with the chocolate packs. The advice of chucking in an Ice Cube was certainly a good one from my buddy and was feeling a bit more positive about it all. Also assembling kitchen cabinets took my mind off things a little and helped distract me from the lack of proper food.
In the evening we joined a group of friends bowling which again was a great distraction until I started noticing the adverts for the cafe burgers, hot dogs & chips etc. Started to get hungry for my spicy tomato soup which I was really looking forward to as I love tomato cup-a-soups anyway. After moaning about how hungry I was for about an hour and claiming it was effecting my bowling skills I abruptly told my LL mate to F off after he tried to tell me to stop moaning as I was only making it worse (none to tactfully I might add). Having stormed off like a bratty teenager for a cigarette I returned apologised and eventually got back home for my soup. This kind of topped the night off as it really wasn't what I had been hoping for. So I went to bed Saturday feeling very very tired & grumpy.
Woke up feeling refreshed and enthusiastic again though on Sunday and we headed to Lakeside Shopping Centre. Primary reason for the visit was that I had found IKEA selling electric milk frothers for 99p on Google shopping and had been told they were very handy for mixing up some of the food packs. So we bought 4! Then went and wandered around the rest of the place primarily looking for something to occupy my mind. Somehow I ended up with nothing (nearly bought a puzzle) and Jo ended up with 3 pairs of shoes?!?!?!
Now, another reason we started the diet this week was because I've taken a week off. Just to have a break from work till Christmas. However what I hadn't thought about was the potential for me being bored at home all week climbing the walls thing about fast food. Today has opened my eyes to the amount of food porn on TV. I was looking forward to a week of chillaxing on the sofa in front of the box and now I'm scared to put it on in case another burger ad comes on.
Needless to say that today has probably been the toughest so far and I'm hoping that things are going to get easier soon. If anyone has any ideas on how I can keep sane this week as the playstation & TV are not doing it. I'm stuck in the flat all week on my own and need something to completely occupy me for a few days that won't cost a fortune!
Highlight of the diet so far: Hot Chocolate pack tastes pretty good!
Low Point of the diet so far: Walking past the chippy to get to the post box this afternoon. Nearly cried at the smell but resisted the temptation.
I'm really not the most determined person in the world but to be honest I think a lot of that is because of my weight. If I can do this I think it will change everything. I've got some ambitions in life that my weight stops me from doing and I'm hoping that losing the weight will give me the determination to really change my life for the better.
As you can already tell... I go a bit overboard on typing of forums so I apologise if you nearly nodded off reading my Cambridge Memoirs. Maybe I should start a blog? Never done one before though...
Oh any hints on jazzing up my posts that don't involve butterflies and other girly things? ;-) Also can't add an avatar either if the powers that be could sort that as well I'd appreciate it!
Thanks for reading and I look forward to reading your responses and getting to know everyone.