Lyra, Berrie, Zeb, Binkle and Oggsfrog - new chat thread here.

[LyraSilvertongue]

Hope you all find me.

I've just been reading the thread about how disgusting the shakes and soups are and I've made up my mind to give Atkins one last try before trying Cambridge.
It seems crazy to spend £34 a week on something I won't enjoy eating, when I could spend it on tiger prawns and sirloin steaks instead.

Sorry, don't want to spoil your excitement Oggs. I'll probably be on it too in a week's time.

I'm very excited for you!!

My tips are to try the following:

All the sweet ones are nice

Vanilla - you can have this hot and mix half a sachet with hot water - add it to half a cup of black coffee = latte!! (Its yum)

Of course leaves you other half to have another later too

Choc Mint/Choc - very nice hot - just like hot chocolate options or similiarst

Best of the worst for the soups in my opinion is leek and potato - the others - yeuch!!

lol Lyra, when you put it like that......

just be careful where you get your steaks - I remember the 'cant believe the price of these steaks' thread debacle of yours - didnt you get pounced on?

I'll probably fail again. After my first Atkins success (lost a stone in 4 weeks) I haven't been able to stick to it again. I am a sugar addict.

Ah well, if you go on CD, the sweet shakes are lurvely...

I won't be going back to that butcher. The steaks weren't even that much nicer than Sainsburys' bog standard.

I can't bear milk shakes...are they like those?

yes and no berrie - in that there is no milk in them.

Can't decide whether I depseratly want to be thinner one more time in my life or it's a horrible unnatural, unhealthy thing to do to your body...

bit of both I find...

Hmm, are the shakes anything like those bloody terrible high protein, low carb Atkins ones. They are utterly vile.

I'm sitting at my desk eating beef jerky for breakfast instead of my usual porridge. They didn't have anything else carb-free at the corner shop apart from a tin of sardines. Must plan better next time.

Beef jerky ? lol - a great start Lyra

I think the shakes are quite nice however I say this 10 days in - ask me again in a month when I've had a hundred of them

I'll get prawns and salad or something for lunch. Something healthier than beef jerky. Although I am low on iron so the beef might help that.

Good luck with it - its just those first few days that are the hardest isnt it?

lol - I have just been called passive agressive on another thread because I am using smileys!!

You cant be happy and cheerful cos the sun is shining on MN without being accused of having some kind of personality disorder. In fact, I think being a happy, open person is in itself viewed as a personality disorder on here sometimes

I feel like sending them over here to meet my friends who actually know what I am like. You'd stick up for me wouldnt you??

Ooh. Ooh. Off to wash hair and get ready. Need to leave in 30mins. Wish me luck .

Good Luck, tell us all about it later!!!

gOOD LUCK oGGS!

Binkle, I've sprung to your defence on the other thread.
MN seems to attract people who like a fight.

I'm killing threads left, right and centre today

I'm here!

dc in my bed watching fireman sam so a bit of peace for a bit.

Shall I do the ironing or ring the lady...decisions decisions...doing it myself woulf earn me some brownie point with dh and I do need them at mo

Good God, woman, ring the lady. The weather's far too nice for ironing.