~*Official Team 3 Thread*~

[abz]

you should look forward to it hon. just try to think of it as a good night out rather than a food night out. hard i know. and i've had to tell people i can't go out now as my will power is naff. just look at what i had to do last night to stop myself from ringing for a pizza!!

it will probably count in some way towards your water intake. it certainly won't hurt. but caffeine is a diuretic so your body won't be absorbing the water properly. official cambridge is 2.25litres on top of everything else

i drink immense amounts of coffee so i can't preach about that one

abz xx

 

[Wilma]

I guess I know you are right - just don't want you to be lol. I feel so weak willed right now I wish I could cancel tonight. I feel so sorry for hubby though if I did. He is so supportive but tonight has been planned a while and it's only cause I am feeling like this I don't want to go. I have been out before and kept to SS+ without a thought - it's been soooo hard since I came off CD for a holiday. Thanks for your replies Abz X

 

[Wilma]

PS - bet you are well pruney being in the bath for 2 hours!! LOL

 

[abz]

pruney doesn't cover it!! ha. you'll have a good time. stick to low carb and you'll do it. at the end of the day we have to live. you control your diet, not the other way around. if you want to do something differently then do it. i try to make distinct decisions. if i think about it and seriously consider what i am doing and then still decide that it's a good idea and i go ahead, i don't think that's cheating. it's something i have thought about and then done. if however i just wolf a bag of crisps because they were there then i consider i've let myself down. if this toast you are having in the mornings is a proper decision, then by all means do it. but you are making sticking to cd much harder as you will keep kicking yourself out of ketosis. you'll still lose weight as your cals will remain low, but you'll probably feel crap at the same time... that's all that keeps me going.

my will power is naff. i have to avoid stuff all together. OH lives on sandwiches at the mo and i refuse to cook and run away when friends get takeaway. but that's what it takes to get me through at the moment.

abz xx

 

[Wilma]

Only had toast a couple of times cause I had been up so early and felt yukky. I don't think I have been back in keytosis since I got back from holiday 2 weeks ago! I CD all day and then do something stupid in the evening! I feel so much better having lost what I have and think I have got a bit complacent.

We have a similar amount left to lose too. How tall are you Abz?

 

[abz]

I'm just over 5 foot 7 i think... but then i haven't been measured in a long time, ha. i tend to go for 5foot 7.5

and i know what you mean about getting complacent. i keep finding myself doing that.

you are doing really well, especially if you haven't been in ketosis. you must have felt starving for a fortnight!! if it wasn't for ketosis i couldn't do this!! and i still feel hungry anyways. i did discover though, when i moved up the plans for a bit, that what i thought was hunger really wasn't. when i felt real hunger again i got a big shock because it felt differently to what i had thought during ss, ha.

abz

 

[Wilma]

You are right - I am hungry! And I am 5'8" My CDC wants me to get to 11.8 - I would be happy at 12 - 12 1/2. What are you aiming for?

 

[abz]

i want to get to 11st 7. are you on four packs a day then hon?

abz xx

 

[Wilma]

No I am on 3. My CDC said I was on the border so I could have 3

 

[abz]

if you are five foot 8 then you should be on four hon. i'm between five 7 and five 8 which is why i get away with it. maybe that's why you are struggling? if you aren't getting enough for your height. it might be worth asking for four a day for a week and seeing how you get on? or moving up to ss+.

abz xx

 

[Wilma]

I thought that at 5'8" I could have the 3. I do often SS+ though. Maybe I will try 4 a day - I have some extra packs

 

[abz]

i'm pretty sure that at five foot 8 you need to be on four packs as i was very borderline. maybe post a thread for a cdc in the main forum to find out? but i'm almost positive...

 

[Starlit_Cazza]

I am between 5ft7 and 5ft8 as well!!!! lol. When I first started I started on 4 packs a day however once I was in ketosis I struggled with 4, so dropped to 3 (Im about 5ft 7 3/4 lol).

So this time when I restarted I started on 4 a day again for the first 3 or 4 days then dropped to 3 once I was in ketosis and didnt need the 4 hunger wise. However I always make sure that I have enough Cambridge products in so that I can have 4 a day if I want/need to figured thats got to be better than being hungry and doing something stupid

 

[Wilma]

lol - hello BB. Well fancy that - we should be called the 5' 7-8" team!! I have just made the decision that I am going to restart on Monday!!!! I have messed up today already and tomorrow I have to make lunch for 15. I am making a potato pie and already know I want some! Sorry if this is letting our team down but I will be back on 100% on Monday. I will start back using 4 packs a day. xx

 

[Wilma]

This conversation would be so much easier on msn! xx

 

[Starlit_Cazza]

lol

 

[abz]

it would. but i'm at work. so no luck there i'm afraid

if you have seriously considered the fact that you will probably gain over the weekend, and that you would rather eat and start on monday as a valid choice, then awesome. if however it's because you think 'sod it, i've messed up today and can't be bothered with the effort of ssing and i'm making this pie and i want to gorge myself on it' and are using messing up today as an excuse (which is what i used to do) then i would think long and hard about it. the longer you put it off and the more carbs you get into your body, the harder it will be to ss properly.

just a thought.

abz xx

 

[Starlit_Cazza]

Abz you are in the wrong profession! Have you thought about becoming a CDC?

 

[abz]

i'm planning on it. hoping to start training after christmas. i apologise if i'm being an interfering busybody. it's just i've been through this and know how horrific it can be and have only just got back in the groove the last couple of weeks.

i want to be a cdc on top of my IT job. but i want to start a family when i get married next year and hopefully will be able to use it to supplement my income whilst on maternity leave as i don't know how people survive on that. we live to the edge of our income as it is!!

abz xx

 

[Wilma]

Wow Abz - that's telling me straight lol. You are right - I have made the decision knowing what will happen. I thought about it after reading one of your posts this afternoon about making concious decisions, I am going to have what I want in a controlled way - I will certainly not be gorging. I just feel I need to be 'normal' for the weekend and then start afresh. I really appreciate your comments and although they made me smile I understand exactly what you mean. Thanks. XXX