Sole Source Diet - CD/Exante/LL/ANY - 2012 thread 2

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This is a thread for all those embarking on, continuing and returning to Sole Source type Diets.

For some of us, its the only way to go. As the saying goes "it works if you work it".

5inthebed Primark have got some amazing super soft skinny jeans, they were £11 and I looove them.

I was weighed tonight, I was the same weight as I weighed myself last week but I used some scales in Boots so who knows if they were right or not. But I'm still 17lbs down in 4 weeks . I've also adjusted my target to be half a stone heavier than I was originally, so I've only got 4 lbs to go. I think if I lose the whole 11lbs I will look too skinny. I'm a funny shape, it seems to go off my top half really quickly but not my bottom half. I'm a size smaller overall though! Just need to tone up now :).

Consultant tonight says this will be my last week of SS+!

Managed to get some jeans from Asda. They'll do, they are nice and comfy.

WI this afternoon, lost 4lbs.

Am at everyone nearing their goals.

Woo 5inthe 4lbs is a great loss! well done you. Captaincurly, your consultant is talking sense, we shouldn't beat ourselves up if we slip, it's only if we use that slip to abandon the whole diet, then we should be giving ourselves a mighty kick up the a*!
Chuff, you're also doing fab! I know what you mean about changing your goal - my consultant suggested to me that I should stop now, but some pigheaded stubborness in me wants to get to ten and a half stone.
Weigh in for me tomorrow and measurements are due I think!
Just got myself one hell of a sexy dress by Bastyan, for our Yr 13 leavers prom. Not that anyone will be paying much attention to me with all the gorgeous 18yr olds in posh frocks! But I will feel great:) (Sexy price to - In the sale reduced from £275 to £95!)
Be good everyone, and if you can't be good, be careful!
J

Hi
My DSis wants to lose weight but money is v tight. She considered Cambridge but ruled it out because of cost. She plans to use Slimfast which I'm quite worried about. Not sure they are nutritionally sound and effectiive but actually I know nothing! Any comments or advice please :)

Hi Toothbrushthief. Unsure about Slimfast, think it is meant to be used with a meal as well.

Tell her to have a look at this site. They have the shakes and soups for a lot less and they are just as good as CD or LL.

So another 1.5lbs of this week for me - 3.5lbs to go. On step 2 and enjoying the extra bits and pieces. Feeling a bit nervous about the maintenance coming up though!
Hope you've all had a good weekend
J

Congrats Juma! :).

What are the extra bits and pieces you're allowed on step 2? I'm coming off SS+ this week and I have no idea what's coming next.

Hi all

Thread fell off my list!

17lbs off in 2 and a bit weeks, not bad

Well done to everyone on all the losses.

duckety was it you that mentioned sinusitis? I've not had any flare ups since I've started and I suffered terribly.

Good evening all, Hi ChuffStep 2 you have 810 (ish) cals per day. The protein increases and now you can have chick peas, lentils etc. Three quarters of a pint of skimmed milk ( I sometimes have some yoghurt or cheese if I don't use all the milk up). I'm experimenting a bit, but 810 cals is still low enough to lose weight anyway.
Hi peanut, 17lbs is brilliant, well done - how are you finding it now? Clothes feeling loose? :)
BTW my shoes are all too big now! - has anyone else lost weight off their feet??

Hi ,been on cd before ,was doing well but not enough willpower ! Back again ,I have a wedding in 4 weeks and bought a dress that doesn't fit ! Lol day two today ,bit headachy but looking forward to looking better ! You all are doing so well ! X

Hi everyone. Weigh in today and lost 4.75lbs!

Really chuffed as this week I went out for lunch for dh's birthday on father's day and did lick my fingers quite alot when making his celebratory pavlova....

Inspired to stick with it. Losses had really slowed down the previous two weeks and I was feeling a little despondent, but now I'm well into the "13's" so that's another boost.

Juma I can't imagine being so close to goal. Well done you. Welcome Morgan!

Well done on the losses.
Having a crap week, not the best. Have only managed two days since Saturday
really annoyed with myself.

Good morning all,
come on 5inthe! what about those jeans? Sorry you're struggling, but at least you've had 2 good days:)
I'm in London this weekend, so I'm expecting a struggle. I'll be good as gold all week then I might just have to write the weekend off!
Good to hear from you again Morganvan!
J

Hi juma work dress definitely "roomy"

Just having a weird week, terrible sleeping was 530am when I fell asleep the other morning......had to be up at 6am for work!
Feel sort of wired? Twitchy, too much energy?

Very bizarre

Hi everyone.

Some advice please.

My dh weighs 20st and desperately wants to lose weight. He's doing the Sainsbury's diets online thing of 1700 cals a day, which really just entails cutting out all the rubbish he was eating and me cooking him low fat something of an evening. But he is 53, works at a desk all day, is inactive and the weight is coming off really really slowly.

He has finally confessed that he is really jealous of the rapid weight loss I'm getting with CD but he wont do it with me as he doesn't want to see a councillor or weigh in each week. He was once sent to see the nurse at the GP practice for his blood pressure and she was so patronising he felt humiliated and it's put him off for life.

I'll work on him, but meanwhile can you give me the names of any of the online people that do a similar thing to CD but without having to see a councillor. He would have to be able to take ready made packs to work, not shakes to blend.

Tx xx

busyhouseof8 Is there no way you could take him with you for a session so he can chat to your counsellor while you're there? Then maybe he could talk to her on his own. There are counsellors who will do home visits as well, at least in my area. Might be worth looking for one of those. And I'm sure 20 stone is very normal for a Cambridge counsellor to see :). Plus you can always say he/she's not going to insult him in his own house if they want him to buy the plan .

I'm sure there are online people who do CD similar but without a consultant or a weigh in I think the chances of failure will be pretty high. :(

Busyhouse, I've linked further up to an online shop that does roducts similar to CD, and they are cheaper. He coud try those?

I know, I know. My jeans fit and I was feeling great. Think it's because I have insomnia and am surviving on very little sleep, day is longer.

Have had a good day today though, hopefully will get back on track.

Eek, my weigh in today. Don't think I'm gonna be seeing anything spectacular. I absolutely hate water. I have such a hard time trying to make myself drink it, even with the powder. Yesterday only had 1.5L .

Well I was wrong, I've lost another 4lbs! Now I'm at my revised target but I want to go for my original target, which is only 7lbs away! . I'm now a size 10 on top and nearly a 12 on the bottom.

I look completely different and I feel so much happier.. although I still feel like I weigh my starting weight in my head? It's weird, it's only when I see myself in the mirror I'm like "Oh yeah!". I'm going to see my sister on Saturday, I haven't seen her for ages, she is going to squeal when she sees me. When I get to target I'm so going to upload a before + after photo.

Hi there, well done chuff - that's a great loss - how much is that in total?
Enjoy your visit to your sister and the fab comments you'll be getting!
J

Hi ,day four almost by ! I have been perfect but struggled today taking my mum food shopping ,every smell was so nice lol I have been feeling a little week ,hope it doesn't last ! Hope everyone is doing ok x

Wel done Chuff! How much have you lost in total?

Morganvan, good luck. Day 4/5 you should feel great, keep it up.

WI for me today, lost 2lbs so not as bad as I invisaged. Have had two good days, so today should be my last struggle dy before I get back on track.

Hi, I start SS on Monday :)

I'm scoffing for England now. 16 weeks to shift as much fat as I possibly can.

Glad to be here.

Consultant is coming to my home on Monday. She dsays I should lose about 5 and a half pounds per week :)

First night out for me ,I am driving and on water ,never heard of ! :)