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

[DucketyDuckDuck]

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".

Hi Juma

I have maybe 8 stone to loose

Just booked ten days in Greece today to see friend who moved there this year, I have the incentive just need the will power!

It's sooooo hot am really struggling to get enough water down.
3 shakes down, 1 to go

Hi to all,

I have been feeling guilty - am here to unburden myself. Boredom/Potty Training/hot weather/lots of BBQs.

Will see what the damage is in the morning. My aim is to loose a stone a month, so if I can have a couple of good days, I may just do it by Thursday!

I am pretty perky about it all, I made the conscious decision to do it, and have felt like I am on jollies cos of the weather!

Yeah lets see how perky I am when I get on the scales in the morning.....

Will be back to let you know.....

Thank you for the advice re: Coke Zero, will get that when doing shopping this week.

Potty training progress - we have gone through:

Novelty stage
Indignant Anger stage
Now at stubborn stage
Just waiting for surrender!

Lots of love to all you lovely people old and new.

Oh how I hated potty training. So glad never going to have to do that again! Don't envy you there.

Yes, summer and bbqs are making me want to cave. Yesterday our neighbours were having an amazing smelling barbecue. Had to get DH to take me and the kids out for a walk somewhere otherwise I would have scaled the fence

What flavours can you get on LL PBCC?

Lots of different ones now 5

Chocolate, strawberry, banana, vanilla.
Soups-chicken, mushroom, asparagus, tomato, vegetable, spicy curry
Porridge in original or apple and cinnamon
Chilli, shepherds pie
Nut bar, fudge nut bar, toffee bar, cranberry and yoghurty type bar, lemon bar.

Must be lots I've forgot as only manage the bars and sweet packs.

Chilli and shephards pie . Are those like quorn meals? Sound yummy.

Also, asparagus soup sounds nice.

Wish the soups were a bit more exotic on CD. They did used to do a brocolli and stilton one, but stopped that before I got to try it.

Yes, stll in a pack but thicker and bits in, look like baby food
Ah I forgot pasta carbonara too!

Eww, that sounds a bit gross.

hey all - back after a bit of a break - lost 3 stone on SS+, now doing Step 2.5 (not quite 3). Still want to lose a stone and half more. I had a lapse when I was sick a week or so ago and came out of ketosis it seems (gained about 4 lb in 2 weeks). Back on Step 2.5 (as my consultant calls it) ! Hope everyone is well and coping !

Welcome back cockneydad! 3 stone down - that's brilliant.:)
Can't be long before the baby arrives?
Consultant had suggested I now move to step 2 seeing that my BMI is down to 25.
Take care everyone - looks like we're going to get a bit of respite from the heat tomorrow!
Jx

Thanks Juma ! I need to get back on the wagon - I got man flu a couple of weeks back and it seems to have knocked me out of ketosis - I gained the weight of the glycogen normally stored in the body (about 3/4 lbs). I couldn't hack sole source plus any longer, was struggling to get through the day on it, as I have been doing loads of DIY before baby comes (due mid July!). Seeing consultant tomorrow, so hoping that have gone back into mild ketosis. If not, might go low carb for a few days. Hope all is well with you !

To be honest 5 they are minging

Sore throat and a mouth like a dustbin and 13 hours at work today...lucky me

Wow - the LL packs seem much nicer then CD!
I have to have 3 shakes a day as I don't like any other products!
So this is my 2nd time as I first did CD in 2010... and I got through Day 1! Yay me! after work I laid straight down on the bed with my kindle to hide away from the temptation of the kitchen lol!

5inthebed - I have 2 strawberry ready mades this week.... never had them before and now I'm dreading them! Maybe I'll swap them!

Please keep up the Thread loving reading how well you all do and even any slip ups - its good to know we're all normal and we all fall every now and then.
Great support guys - here I go for Day 2!! (zzzz just saying day 2 makes me depressed as I've got so far to go!) lol

Morning all.

Weigh in - 3.5 pounds on. Weeeellll what did I expect!

Will try again today!

Good Luck to all, I need to take my own advice "it works if you work it". So true, the weight isn't gonna come off unless I actually do something about it....

Or...." I'f you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got duckety

time I'm day 2 as well

Good morning all! 'Life has no remote, if you want to change it, then you have to get up and do it yourself' I always keep this mantra in mind.
Nobody has force fed us, we are responsible for our own weight issues - if we can get the mindset right then the rest will follow. I know this weather does seem to create more problems what with BBQ's, Icecream Vans, Beer garden drinks, picnics etc and a general feeling of being on holiday! But just think 6 weeks down the line we will be into summer - I for one, don't want to be sitting there saying 'If I'd just stuck to it, then I would be a stone lighter now'. Let's get focused ladies (and cockneydad), this is not a rehearsal -THIS IS IT!!!!
Jx

Ahh I think I posted on the old Cambridge diet one! I'm on day 12 of SS+. Last week I lost 7lbs, so I have 21lbs left to go. I am dying for my weigh in this week so I can buy some of the water flavours. My god I have grown to hate plain water. And then I can make ice lollies and iced tea! Hooray!

And I have developed a love affair with prawn salads. Prior to this I hadn't voluntarily eaten a salad in.. well, ever!

oooh Peanut are you!
Thats good we can help each other as obv we'll be having the same kinda feelings :)
Im doing ok today actually - had a vanilla shake this morning and realised they are not my fav! Way prefer strawberry and banana ones!

Hello everyone. Just had my weigh in and lost another 4.25lbs. So that's 30lbs in 6 weeks!! :)

Can't get cocky as still another 40lbs to go to reach stretch goal, although if I'm anything near 12.5st when I go on hol on 3rd August I'll be a happy bunny.

I think my consultant's scales weigh a couple of pounds lighter than mine. Happy to go on what she says though as that's what we used for 1st weigh in.

So off to Harry Potter studio thing this afternoon. Wish me luck with the M25! Going to try a bar for the first time whilst kids have a picnic. Hope having something solid wont make me feel really hungry later in the day. Does anyone use them?

Have a great day. xx

Hi Chuffmuffin, well done on your first week loss of 7lbs. My target is 2 stones aswell - got 9.5lbs to go. Having the flavourings for water does help a lot. I Use the summer berry and its good. Never thought of making lollies though!!
Duckety- hope you're back on track now and having a good day:)

Thanks :). Ooh good luck, hope the 9.5lbs comes off quickly! I've not been v good with the water this week, sticking mainly to 2.25 litres so I've been to get some bottled water. It seems daft I know but at least with bottled water I physically know how much I've drunk during the day!

Do you guys have 3x shakes a day? seems to be the norm from what I'm reading. I have porridge, shake and soup plus a 200cal meal. Although after my meal I have to force myself to have the soup, I'm really not bothered about it! I couldn't live without the porridge, it sets me up for the day :)

Off to see consultant tonight - been pretty good last 5 days, will see if my weight has gone back down since being ill. Currently thinking about switching to another diet for the last 1.5 stone I need to shift - can't afford (mentally or financially!) to go back to SS+. If weight loss is going to be very slow onm Step 2 and above, I think I will go low carb or something similar (which I have had a lot of success with in the past). Hope you are all doing OK!

Hiya, well done busyhouse - 30lbs is fantastic! you be able to feel a difference in your clothes? I was visiting my eldest daughter at the weekend, she lives about 10 mins from the Harry Potter Studios and we were talking about going - let me know how it goes!
Chuffmuffin - I usually have a shake for breakfast, soup for lunch, mini meal at around 6pm and then another shake about 8.30pm. Sometimes have the bars if I'm out and about (can't bear the porridge - pardon the pun). I'm on step 2 now so I get a bit more protein yay!
Good luck with the weigh in cockneydad - if you do go for a different low carb diet, will you just do it yourself or is there a specific one? Hope you're 100% recovered from your illness - great to see you back on here!
J

Hi just wanted to say thanks for the words of wisdom, which I took away, and have gone in.

I really would be peed of in 6 weeks if I haven't shifted anymore. Everything which was said was so right. It is a mindset, and I do believe I lost my focus.

Also the "defination of insanity, doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results". So so true. And something I had conveniently forgotten!

Back on track, all fab advice. Struggling with water again, I usually have drunk 3 litres by now, still 1 litre left , gonna drink it though!

Back tomorrow!

xx

Evening everyone.

I find the bars are fine and make a change to liquid things. You have to have an extra 500ml water with them though, so make sure you drink a little more water than normal.

I am also loving prawn salads, just the right weather for them. And cottage cheese salads are nice as well.