Do all the Cambridge diet drinks taste disgusting????

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Started the cambridge diet this morning, trying to get a bit of weight off for my wedding.
I have only had one drink so far and if they all taste that bad I can see how the diet works you don't want to rush to the next meal cause you are still feeling sick from the first one.

I actually cannot believe I am doing this diet cause I just think it is madness on so many levels but hey ho the things we do, but I know I am going to really struggle if they are all horrid. If I am not eating I at least want to enjoy the little that is going into my stomach.

i lost only 0.5kg... she told me the same thins oggsfrof. but this week she gave me the chocolates..so i dont think im gonna cheat again..i missed chocolates..but these cabridge ones have nothing in different in tast from other chocolate..they are lovevly!! i have to lose 2kilos the minimum on my next weight.

A loss of 0.5kg is still a loss . Don't forget to drink enough water. Good Luck for this week.

down another 2lbs; so now 12st 13lbs. 21lbs down in total at halfway point so seeing light at end of tunnel.

thanks oggsfrog...!!! how u doing with the diet? how many kg needed to lose and how many lost till now? in how long?
seriously this page is like engouraging ppl to keep on with this starving diet

08.05.08 - 14st 1lb (start weight)
15.05.08 - 13st 6lb (-9lb)
21.05.08 - 13st 3lb (-3lb)
29.05.08 - 13st 3lb (-0lb)
05.06.08 - 12st 10lb (-7lb)
12.06.08 - 12st 9lb (-1lb)

So, at end of my fifth week I've lost 20lbs in total (1st 6lb). I was hoping for more of a loss last week tbh as I've been walking lots .

I want to get down to at least 11st, so I've got another 22lb to go. I always seem to get stuck at around 12.5st so I really need to be strict.

I think I need to be very careful with the meal I've introduced as the quantity seems to be creeping up .

Please keep posting everyone as I need the inspiration/motivation .

HI everyone. I have been too shamed to post in the last couple of weeks but I have been reading all your posts. I completely fell off the wagon and had a week (9days!!) of eating anything and everything that I craved. I got weighed and had put on 2lb. Not too bad but not great. Stuck to it like glue since last Monday and was weighed on Friday and had lost 4.5lb. So really pleased and have found new motivation.
Find the weekends really hard - trying to stay off the wine which inevitably leads to eating something I shouldn't (just like today) I am not going to be crap again. Back on it now am gonna have a bar in a little while and drink shit loads of water.
I have had 6litres a day, every day for the last week and I thank that for my weight loss. I truly believe that volume of water is directly linked to amount of weight loss

Start date 22/04/08 = 13st 11.75
Week one 29/04/08 = 13st 2 (-9.5)
Week two 06/05/08 = 13st 2 (sts)
Week three 12/05/08 = 12st 13 (-3.5)
Week four 20/05/08 = 12st 12.25 (-1)
Week Five 27/05/08 = 12st 9.5 (-2.5)
Week Six 06/06/08 = 12st 12 (+2.5)
Week Seven 13/06/08 = 12st 7.5 (-4.5)

Total loss 18.5lb in 7 weeks = 2.6lb per week average (pretty rubbish actually but I am working on it and as much I as I am sad I didn't try harder I am still pleased I am 18.5lb lighter)

Only 2lbs gain for 9 days off, that seems like a good trade off .

I have to say I'm with you on the water front Grumpy. The one thing that seems to majorly influence the weight loss is the water consumption.
I'm currently only managing about 3 litres so will try to up it. Unfortunately I have to drink bottled water as our water supply comes directly from a river and isn't safe to drink unboiled.(I never seem to get round to boiling and decanting it and it would cost a fortune in gas to do that anyway)

I'm off to do some walking (2 miles uphill) armed with a water bottle .

going in 30min for my 3rd weight...she will kill me im sure... i didnt eat i didnt drink ..only drunk water and when i was really hungry i was eating one of the CD chocolate..or broccoli...
hope i lost something at least

Good luck.
It's my weigh in tomorrow.

30/04 - 14st 6lb (start weight)
wk 1 - 14st (-6lbs)
wk 2 - 13st 9lb (-5lbs)
wk 3 - 13st 4lb (-5lbs)
wk 4 - 13st 2lb (-2lbs)
wk 5 - 13st 1lb (-1lb)
wk 6 - 12st 13lb (-2lbs)
wk 7 - 12st 9lb (-4lbs)

weigh-in today and lost 4lbs; so that's 25lbs in 7 wks. BUT I keep cheating everyday I seem to eat something I shouldn't. An still eating drastically less though; so am losing weight. It's so bloody hard that i swear to jesus i will never put this weight back on. Am heading towards a size 12. V. exciting. I look much skinnier and apart from jelly belly have much better shape. I am still quite "fat" though in terms of stones. Water is key - must drink more - didn't drink any today.

Well done TCM, 4lbs is great . It is bloody hard I agree.
How tall are you? There's no way I'm anywhere near a size 12 .

08.05.08 - 14st 1lb (start weight)
15.05.08 - 13st 6lb (wk 1 -9lb)
21.05.08 - 13st 3lb (wk 2 -3lb)
29.05.08 - 13st 3lb (wk3 -0lb)
05.06.08 - 12st 10lb (wk4 -7lb)
12.06.08 - 12st 9lb (wk5 -1lb)
19.06.08 - 12st 6lb (wk6 -3lb)

I'm 5ft7in; so not that tall with weight concentrated on belly. I don't know how but my size 14's are loose but am still overweight etc - must have heavy bones!!

I am 5ft 7 too and weigh 12st 6 now. I am just about a size 14. Can't even get a size 12 over my calves!!!

Start date 22/04/08 = 13st 11.75
Week one 29/04/08 = 13st 2 (-9.5)
Week two 06/05/08 = 13st 2 (sts)
Week three 12/05/08 = 12st 13 (-3.5)
Week four 20/05/08 = 12st 12.25 (-1)
Week Five 27/05/08 = 12st 9.5 (-2.5)
Week Six 06/06/08 = 12st 12 (+2.5)
Week Seven 13/06/08 = 12st 7.5 (-4.5)
Week Eight 20/06/08 = 12st 6.5 (-1)

Snap Grumpy. I'm 5'7" and weigh 12st 6lb too

Are you SSing?

I am SSing just really badly. You can see from the difference in our stats that you started after than me and have lost more weight than me. So what size clothes cn you comfortably wear??

I am going to have 7 days of sticking to it 100% and drinking 6 litres a day cause
I really want to get in the 11s

I'm wearing size 16 trousers and an 18 top at the moment . No way would a size 12 fit .

I think I'm going to have to follow your lead Grumps and really go for it. I'm desperate to get into the 11st zone.
I'm doing 2 shakes a day plus a meal but my meal has been getting increasingly bigger and I've been picking at cheese and meat during the day too. I'm sticking to low/zero carb stuff to stay in ketosis but need to quit the picking and pare down my meal.
I'm also drinking coffee with double cream today (low carb) as I have a hangover from too many gin and diet tonics last night . Need to drink much more water also.

well I have stuck to it 100% so far and I always find the weekends REALLY difficult so I am pleased with myself.
I had started picking on cheese and meat (and anything else low/zero carb I could find) so I have just stopped all that cause I obviously can't control myself! all or nothing!
I am sooooo hungry though but I will not fail!!!!

Well done. I'm going to commit the cardinal sin of potato eating this evening

I always have this problem at this time of year. Dh grows loads of veg and the first potatoes are ready. They are a new variety that I persuaded him to grow and I need to do a taste test.

I know it's going to fling me straight out of ketosis and I will have to SS strictly from tomorrow. And up my water intake drastically.
Another problem is that since I know I will be coming out of ketosis all the bad foods are calling loudly to me. I'm currently resisting the siren song of the chocolate biscuits

Ohhhh, I was baaaaaaaaaaaad

I ate spiced raisin bread and butter, a chocolate biscuit, yorkshire pud, steamed potatoes (2 varieties Red Duke of York and Mayan Gold - both very nice) and a cup of chi made wih cream and sugar Oh and 2 cans of diet coke also.

Consequently the scales are not looking upon me favourably this morning whispers 12st8and a half

So I am SSing with a vengeance and feeling like an idiot for ballsing it up so comprehensively. I could have just had 2 small potatoes to taste, but oh no, Miss Piggy here goes the whole hog.

Were you good Grumpy?

Better day. Half a banana shake for breakfast, same for lunch.
I'm currently enjoying an oriental chilli soup. At bedtime I'll have a hot choc and mint. Have drunk 2 and a half litres of water so need to drink more.
Baked a huge banana, choc chip and cinnamon cake for dh and dd

ohhh Oggs what have you done!!!! Nevermind just move on and ge back to it and stay away from the spuds. Why is it that once we trip up a bit we all go tumbling and start gorging on all the things we have been avoiding.

Hate to tell you that I have just done my first weekend without even licking my fingers! I managed to avoid the whole family eating a mcdonalds tonight too (I don't even really like them but the smell was sooooo good) I just munched quietly on a cranberry crunch bar!!

My scales already twitch at 12st 4.5 so I feeling encouraged! So desperate to get into the 11s.

You will be my inspiration Grumpy .

Scales down to 12st 6.5 this morning so not feeling quite so desperate, but can't face CDC on Thurs and am thinking of cancelling ( I have enough shakes to see me through another week).

Need to replicate yesterday (3 shakes and a thumbnail of cheese) but drink even more water.

I'm helping on a school trip next week and am expected to take a packed lunch and eat with the children. Aaarrgh! I'll either have to say my tummy is off and starve, or somehow take a shake with me, maybe water in a screw top bottle, adding the shake at lunchtime. There will be questions though and I don't want to have to admit to dieting in front of children

Can't you get a ready mixed carton or take a bar??? - that will mean facing your CDC though. Go on be brave, you might be suprised?? (wear thin trousers and a small top and maek sure you go for a wee before being weighed!!)

Yes, I suppose I could get a bar - good thinking that woman . I can't stomach the cartons - I tried a frozen banana one and it made me heave.
Will have to experiment on the scales in different outfits to find the lightest one .
I'm still on track. Have had one Fruit of the Forest shake split between breakfast and lunch and 3lt of water .
I'll have a strawb or banana one soon, and my hot choc and mint in bed.