CAMBRIDGE DIET CLUB ....... THREAD 3

[catsmother]

As the old one was getting rather large.

Feel free to post this weeks good and bad news, frustrations, tips, feelings etc.

ohh well hope its a good sign!

Catsmother, congratulations on your weight loss. How tall are you? Did you stay on the drinks only until you got to your target weight?

Aolha She is still on SS

Aloha .... I am 5ft 6. I haven't quite got to target yet ..... still have another 9lbs or so to go.

And yes, I have just been eating the drinks and bars. But, I have had 2 full weeks of eating utterly normally in the middle of it all (xmas, plus when I had to go to hospital and have ABs & painkillers), plus a few little binges, so am figuring that my counsellor is thinking these cancel out the add a meal weeks I would have otherwise done.

luciemule Have a lovely holiday! When you come back I will hopefully have joined the ranks of these wonderfully brave and successful mums!
Please, catsmother stay! The more people on here who have done it, the better!

And at the end of this year, when we all have lost the weight we should have one massive get together, don't you all think?
Bit silly of me to suggest this, haven't even started doing CD yet. Just dead impressed with you all [grin}

Hello - everybody has done so well this week and even though I'm feeling quite down about my gain in weight (not cm's), I still and went and ate some food tonight (including a bowl of porridge just a minute ago). I'm feeling so not very healthy at the moment - not eating any food with goodness in (like porridge/fruit/fish etc) and I'm having more and more negative thoughts about how good it is ot isn't for you. My face looks a bit washed out and I have dark circles under my eyes and you all know about the swelling allergy. I feel like giving in and just eating healthy, snall portions but really want to lose the rest of my weight quickly - and certainly before DH comes home. Well - I've had a moan and now I'm going to start afresh tomorrow. I know you've all said about bad weeks and this has certainly been one of them. Have started taking the evening primrose capsules this week so hopefully will notice a difference in skin and hormones that are making me crave blooming Nutella! This morning when I came down, I did take the jar out of the cupboard and squirted washing up liquid and water in it so I couldn't eat any more! Then happily proceeded to steal some easter egg for DCs next week! I'm so bad at this whole willpower thing. Never mind - hopefully my family will keep me on the straight and narropw next week.
I may not post for the next couple of weeks so good luck those of you starting soon and those just started and everyone else - keep on going and I will too. Without this thread, I'd have definitely given up completely by now.

Hi Luciemule. Sorry to hear you're having a hard time this week. I'm only on day 5 and I've found it REALLY hard, so you've done incredibly well to get where you are and should feel proud of yourself. I'm not to sure what to suggest for the best, but do know what you mean about the healthy eating bit. I was just saying to DP last night that I don't know if I could do this long term (reckon I'll be looking towards the end of the year before I finish), but like you, the fast weight loss is the incentive. Whatever you decided will be right for you, but just think how it will feel to be at target and how fantastic it will be. Sooner rather than later sounds good to me!! We're all here for you - and agree with what you say about this thread, I don't think I'd have made it this far without you all!!!

luciemule why don't you try the 790 diet instead where you have a healthy evening meal that way you have the best of both worlds because you will still lose weight quicker than a normal diet but you wont feel guilty about having dinner - worth a thought rather than giving up all together? Anyway good luck and we are here if you need us!

My2kids I know how you feel I am looking at being on the diet for a year if I want to reach my "ideal" weight and a bmi of 25 it seems so far away but that's why I have set myself goals every ten weeks so your striving for something you can almost see!

Got on the scales this morning just to see - I think it will be an incentive for me to make sure I don't cheat over the weekend which I know I will find hardest and my scales shoe I have lost 10lb but that is in the morning with no clothes on so I reckon I have lost about 6lbs which is brilliant as I only started on Tuesday morning
KEEP GOING EVERYONE x

Just made my first appointment for tomorrow so can I please add myself to the club!

Really nervous about the no food thing but I think it will be easier for me to have nothing than bits and bobs iykwim.

Cant wait!

Hi hercules1 I am only on day 3 so at the beginning too! They are a lovely bunch here really supportive which you need also when you feel hungry or think you may eat come and have a read thats what I have been doing x WELCOME

It was nice to have some knowldege when talking to the counsellor after skim reading mumsnet threads on it. I have just over 3 stone to lose and she reckons I could lose 2 in 2 months.

Now should I have some of the kids kentucky tonight as a last meal?

Oh I would I had burgers for my last meal M&S ones ohhh

Well day 5, and this has been the hardest yet. It's not hunger though, which I find really strange as I thought I'd be starving!, its cravings. I'm finding myself getting really ratty when sorting out the kids lunch or getting the evening meal ready, and my patience is at 0 level!! I really hope this passes, I really don't think I could cope with feeling like this for many months to come.

Anyone else feel or felt like this? I'm trying to stay positive by thinking of the weight loss and am hoping once I get weighed on Monday it'll help me improve my state of mind! think DP is thinking the same, bless him, he's putting up with a lot from me at the mo...

My2kids I know how you feel on day 3 and the whole DH and Dseating while I watch driving made not the hungry just the whole thing of eating nice food! But I need to do this I have lots of weight to lose

TLSM, I know how you feel! And like you I have a lot to lose, about 7 1/2 stone. I think that what stops me from starting eating is knowing that I'll never stop again...! But after only 5 days, my clothes are already feeling easier, and I have to admit that I've been feeling generally better in myself the last couple of days than I have in a very long time, so I'll just keep mixing those shakes... ha ha!

In reference to last 2 posts, yesterday I found something that actually works when it comes to the cravings thing. I knew it wasn't hunger as well and can't work out why I crave things (bread and sugary things mainly) and I didn't use to crave this much when eating normally. Anyway, just as I was chewing my DSs cheese on toast he'd left, I thought how nice it tasted but I didn't really feel the need to swallow it as I wasn't hungry. Therefore, I know this is not good in the long term and might turn into a bit of a mind thing, but I literally chewed each piece until I would normally have swallowed it, then spat it into the food waste bin! It worked. I did the same with each piece and then walked away, feeling that I had satisfied my cravings. I know that's the sort of thing people who have eating disorders do but I really don't think I'll be at that stage for a long time!!! So if you do find yourself about to eat something (as long as it's not something that'll melt, pop it in, chew it slowly so that you really taste the food, then spit it out (not in front of your kids though). Craving gone!

ps- that craving idea was only if after all else fails.........as you guys don't cheat like I've been doing!
My GP asked me today how does someone put on weight with the CD diet (my 1lb 1/2), he thought you'd only lose and so I told him the Nutella and breadstick story and he laughed! I think he thought I was a mad woman doing the diet anyway (not my usual GP who thought it was an ace idea).

lol luciemule I thought about doing that today but I know I will swollow and then fill guilty and then I eat so I cant even temp it!

No - good for you tlsm.Stick to the shakes!

Evening all!

I had the ratty thing too, I was sooooooooo grumpy for the first few weeks, snappy and shouting, especially if I was making food for DH and the kids. It does pass I promise.

As for me, well, week 12 now and i'm bored. I don't want to diet anymore, but i've still got 4 stone to go. Ugh.

Hello everyone, my counsellor popped in yesterday to deliver my first week's worth of shakes and soups. Feels weird looking at it, knowing that this is all I am going to eat in a week (well, hopefully). Wednesday is my day 1 and I'm off tonight for a big "last supper" type meal with friends and then as soon as my mum's gone back to Germany on Tuesday evening, I will start. Kinda exciting and frigthtening at the same time. Anyone else experience last minute nerves? Have to remind myself that it's not something I need to do for the rest of my life. I just somehow have to lose 4 stone and develop a new relationship with food.

luciemule have my reservations about the "spitting out food" technique. I have suffered from episodes of bulimia for years now...and this just smacks too much of it..

Really struggling today. Been good, haven't given in, but god it is hard. This is my second week. Get weighed again on Monday. Don't think I've lost as much as last week, but I suppose that is how it goes. Just got to get through rest of today and then tomorrow. I'm sure when I'm weighed again I'll get back some enthusiasm. I expect weekends and holidays are always going to be hard. Just have to dig down to my boots for willpower to continue.

Just about to leave the houes to get my first lot

Good luck hercules1 - currently I'm on day 6 and already lost 12lb this week