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.

I am definitely ready for a fresh start. I am going to a wedding at the end of April and I really want to have got to target by then .... just over a stone to go.

The thing is, I didn't enjoy it .... a) because I felt "wrong" while doing it, b) because I kinda shovelled it down, one thing after another and c) because the spag bol was a tub of Tesco sauce which really had no flavour at all.

I may as well have held my hands up to my cravings and gone to the Italian after all. I had planned to work in the garden while they were all out (burning up some calories into the bargain) but of course it rained.

I've a feeling that come Tuesday, I won't have lost anything this week and am so cross.

catsmother if you've been good all week and this was your only blip, you may well have still lost weight.
Just keep drinking gallons(seems like it!!) of water and have a good day tomorrow.

Welcome jumpingin good luck when you restart tomorrow.

Devonshire brilliant loss so far, keep it up.
I've also been really cold on this diet.
Have you tried having some of your shakes hot instead of cold?
Thats what i do.
Chocolate, choc mint, and cappucino are all lovely hot.

Don't worry catsmother- I had a blip day yesterday too!
I ate
2 small brioche things
celery and peanut butter
milkybar eggs - handful
an aero cake bar
handful of cherrios
2 dried apricots

See - it's not just you - I'm naughty too. I felt guilty the whole time I was doing it and wasn't even hungry. I am getting worried that even with the weightloss, I'm still giving in and worry about how not to binge once I've lost all of it. I thought that once the weight had started to go, I wouldn't have the binge feeling.
I too had stomach ache and felt terrible.
Went to Next yesterday monring and bought lots of new smaller clothes that look great though amd that maded me feel really good - I think that once I did that though - I got complacent again and thought the weight would magically stay off!
Oh well - back on the wagon today.
Good luck everyone for the coming week.
I too feel freezing espeically at night so have been snuggling up on sofa under blanket and wearing socks in bed! My hands and feet keep going purple!

Catsmother - I have been close to doing the binge thing myself this past week, especially when I seemed to be 3lbs heavier yesterday and my period still hasn't arrived (and no am not pregnant!), but however cross you are with yourself, it will mean nothing in the great scheme of things, as long as you just now put it behind you and carry on as you were. Guess that's what we've all got to learn (me especially), that if you do have any kind of binge, on or off the diet, you just need to not make it an excuse to carry on and pull it back while you can quite easily.

I am permanently freezing on this diet and my mood swings as well - I'm sure it's to do with the lack of natural serotonin we usually get from some carbs and other things. Cooking my favourite foods for the family and not being able to even hae a taste doesn't help either!

Oh and well done Devonshire - fantastic loss.

I think we all feel the same on this diet!!

I'm still continuing with it though.

I want to be slimmer than i've ever been before and thats what keeps me going.

I do feel extra hungry when i'm cold and some days i have an extra diet shake or bar.

I've been sorting out a pile of clothes that no longer fit me and that really is a great feeling.

They were beginning to hang of me and trousers kept falling down when i walked!!!

Day 64 for me today and weigh-in shows 2lbs off. Slowish again and can only hope to 'catch up' a little bit next week, as I did last week. I don't mind now losing weight more slowly but I do when I am eating sod all, so I may switch to something else. I shall SS until the weekend at least and then reassess.

But, even though the time has dragged a lot more this time, I am 0.75lbs away from having lost 3 stones this year.

Good luck all this week.

Well, I didn't go to weigh in this week. There really was no point because I have enough sachets for the next week, and know from using my own scales that I have put a pound back on.

Am so so angry with myself. I've been guilty in the past of telling others not to worry, to dust yourself down and get on with it - that a blip in the greater scheme of things doesn't matter etc ....... but it's not easy is it, and so frustrating when you only have yourself to blame.

The very annoying thing is that at one point last week, I had already lost another 2lbs ..... but since bingeing, put that back on, plus 1 more !

I really really want to lose another stone or so before the end of April. I really hope I can do it - seems so near, yet so far. I think maybe this is part of the struggle I've had recently ..... because I am so nearly there, a little bit of you is saying that a few bites of this or that won't matter. But they did.

I am going to a family wedding and want to look fab. Step 1 is getting my hair cut and coloured this weekend, Step 2 was supposed to be getting to goal - and I know I am cutting it fine now, given the loss slows down the nearer target you get. I know what I want to buy to wear but don't want to buy it until the very last moment as I don't know what size I'll be or what shape my body will end up as. Gggrrrr - so frustrating.

Anyway ..... back to square 1 today. I also finally bought some ketostix, which I thought might help me keep on the straight and narrow. I've never used them up until now. Not surprisingly, I'm NOT in ketosis today ..... but am going to do my damnedness (sp?) not to cheat again.

Well done Moonshine .... I had 2 x 2lbs losses, followed by a week with no loss, then I lost 5lbs, so don't lose heart.

Don't be disheartened Catsmother - so many people I've told about the diet tell me that they certainly coulodn't do without food so the odd binge here and there, although it makes a difference to that week's losses, won't in the long run if you stick to the diet and don't completely stop. It's taken me about 12 years to do start to drastically lose weight properly and without this, I'd have just carried on regardless - thinking "oh well, I'm overweight so I'll just keep eating".
You'll be fine - just keep thinking of April and if you don't stick to it, you won't look like you really want to. And just think of everyone else's faces when they see you looking amazing.

Today is my successful completion of day 2! I'm unbelievably proud of myself and I know I really shouldn't be since you've all done much better. But it's a start at least! I'm looking forward to week 3 and having bars! I told myself today that would be something to work towards. I miss eating. I don't feel particularly hungry but have realised I must spend way too much time thinking about food and that can't be good.

So is it the first 3 or 4 days that are bad and then it gets easier? It hasn't been that bad so I'm hoping I don't have it wrong and after day 4 it gets worse!

Do you know what jumpingin? I stood the other day and thought about how many times a day I must have thought about eating something (and then actually ate it) because now I can't eat, it's really apparent that I obviously spent most of my day thinking about it. I think I'd be better at this if I could stop thinking about food or discover the reason I thought about and ate food. The thing is, the taste of food makes me feel really happy and it's the taste of the nice food that I crave, not something to fill me up. Got any ideas about what to do every time I go to binge on something?
You're doing really well on your day 2. You might feel a bit crap tomorrow or Thursday but keep drinking water if you feel sick or get stomach pains. It should pass within minutes if you drink enough.

FINALLY - after trying to get hold of a Cambridge DIet counsellor and being ignored by at least three others - I have had a reply from one and she's coming to see me at the weekend. SHould be up and running by the middle to end of next week. Very scary and not sure that I can do it, but I am determined to give it a damn good try.

Hi Joash - that's good of her coming to see you. Will she do that each week?
You can do it - once you get into it, you'll be fine. Do you know how much you want to lose? I know I've seen your name recently but couldn't see your post further down (I didn't go all the way to bottom though). So sorry if you've already said.
I have got my weigh in tomorrow and I'm dreading it. Even if I've lost 1 lb I'll be impressed because I've been cheating since Sunday! Just hope I don't put on.

Hi luciemule - she seems quite happy to come and see me. We're in Cornwall so she is currently over 17 miles away in Newquay and I have no transport at the moment. It will only take her about 20 mins or so to get here, whereas its at about 2 hours by train because we have go across to get to the relevant station and then sort of come back (IYSWIM) and as for the bus - it stops at just about every village on the way, and I'd have to go into Truro to get another bus back up to Newquay.
I have an awful lot to lose. I think that I weigh between 25 and 26 stones - so a very long way to go.

sorry - also meant to say good luck with your weigh tomorrow. I'm sure you'll be fine.

You'll be fine and it's all about determination and willpower (says the girl who has very little this week!) so just imagine the weight coming off and it will. I think this is a great way to give yourself motivation as the weight comes off so quickly. Doing other diets, I've always given up as I never really see a big difference but this way, it spurs you on as it's so obvious the weight is going.
The food I'm missing most is cereal and toast - what do you think you'll miss?

Toast, orange juice and homemade peach yoghurt (am I sad or what?)
Oh and the only meal I crave regularly ... Marinaded chilli chicken and spicy pasta

its the idea of the quick start and being able to see a weight loss pretty quickly that apeals

wow - you must be a very dedicated mummy to make your own peach yoghurt! Sounds yummy. Must admit - my night time treat was the peach Onken yoghurt with wheat bits in......no - I musn't think about it!Anyway - let us know how you get on.

You're right - within 5 weeks, I'm now looking in the morror (rather a lot actually) and thinking "hmmmm - I look quite nice today". I haven't thought that since I was about 13 when the boys started saying I had thighs like tree trunks!

i meant mirror not morror! Must go to bed - am knackered!

night. good luck again for tomorrow xx

Ooooh, other people up late too!

Welcome aboard Joash, you won't find a better diet to lose lots of weight on than this one!

I LOVE THIS DIET!!!!!!

Another 5 lbs gone this week! Grand total of....... 3 Stones 1 lbs! I am so happy I could dance round the street naked!! 3 stones in 8 weeks, wow, show me another diet where I could get these results and feel this good!!!!

Wk 1 - 7 lbs
Wk 2 - 6 lbs
Wk 3 - 8 lbs
Wk 4 - 5 lbs
Wk 5 - 4 lbs
Wk 6 - 4 lbs
Wk 7 - 4 lbs
Wk 8 - 5 lbs

Total - 43 lbs

Bring on the rest of it now, i'm feeling gooooood!

Good luck for your weigh in today Lucie!

Wow Bendigo - that's a fantastically quick loss. I thought that 2 stone 12lbs in 11 weeks was good going, but yours - that's amazing !!

You've done really well every week, and your losses have all been pretty regular ..... that must be such a motivation for you not to cheat.

I've got a heck of a lot to lose which I presume is why it's so quick, i'm not even halfway to goal yet. I started the diet at 18 stones 7 lbs, i'm now 15 stones 6lbs. Really can't remember the last time I weighed this low, i've been really really heavy for what seems like forever. Can't wait to be slim!

It's definately a motivation to stay on the wagon, i've been lucky so far and haven't had a low loss or no loss which I think is when i'm going to find it hard to remain positive.