Cambridge Diet part II

PM

Ok first thing. Im on day 3 and I had my first weight in. Lost 5lbs!

Secondly its my first month at new job so ts really hard not to go.... dunno Ill see what I can do.
I dont drink and im vegie as it is, but I know it'll mess up my ketosis.

Kittikins wrote: »

Errrr, PM, you DON'T have to eat at the meal! It's very dangerous to stop and start, mentally as you weaken your resolve to diet....

Either:
(a) make your excuses and don't go (after all, are they people you'd choose to socialise with?) or
(b) just say you're not feeling well and don't want to eat but want to join them and you're drinking water rather than wine etc to keep your head clear and get better or
(c) tell them that you're dieting and won't be eating.

When I first started out, I avoided social occasions with people I don't know that well like the plague. Now I'm back on, I'm proud of what I've achieved so far and am not ashamed or shy to tell people that I'm dieting and won't be eating. At the end of the day, noone cares whether you eat or not, they just want your company

gstir_2

Piratess - hello, remember me:)? we spoke at the end of Dec just before you started Cambridge. Just wanted to post and let you know that I've been following your success on CD to date, and think you are doing so so well. :T21lbs in 4 weeks is just amazing:T. Keep up the good work, and I will be back to join you very soon on the CD wagon. Seems much busier on here aswell which is good!

Well done to everyone else who is currently on the Cambridge journey, I will be back on it soon myself and looking forward to getting to know you all!

piratess

A bright fresh sunny snowy good morning ... the sun is shining here this morning and the odd flake is drifting past the winter ..

gstir.... Hey of course i remember you ! .. i did wonder where you dissapeared to .. Its wonderful isnt and the scales are still moving heres to 2 stone lol .. Make sure when you get back on the wagon and start posting on here to


Things ok here at the moment yesterdays work for the OH went ok aparently the boss had never been so chatty! but nothing atall was mentioned about the other nights convo! (weird) so we are kinda waiting to see if anything gets said! ...

Ive handed my notice in at work ready to start my other job on nights in a care home see how i go with that lol should start in 2 weeks

have a lovely sunny day everyone xxx

HEREWEGOAGAIN_2

Hello one and all !

Hope we're all doing OK, am surpringsly doing really well this week, what with working additional hours in my second job, really thought I was going to struggle but has been ok !!

PM - congrats on the weight loss. Maybe you should got but not eat....you don't have to necessarily explain what you are doing but just say you are on a strick diet ! I know its hard and can be awkward but if your determined your find a way ! I have a 'meal' next Friday....i'm going, but won't be eating and to be honest its not that hard....the sense of achievement you feel when you get home is fantastic !!

Kittikins

*sob* I had to take my painkillers last night as I hurt my back helping my dad bring heavy bits of wood (a desk) down from the loft yesterday, so I ate and ate and ate (ok, not as much as I could have but still far too much).

Hopefully I won't need to take the painkillers today as I dosed up before going to bed, I'm not going to let them beat me!

My body has grabbed back 5lb!!!!!!!! Honest guv'nor, I didn't eat that much. Grrr

skintbutsolvent

Morning all!!

Kittikins - my sympathy:( I have come down with a horrible chesty cough and have taken benylin so I am out of ketosis too, grr! Hopefully a couple of days and it will have gone.

PM - is the meal a buffet? If so you may well be able to lok like you are eating but just push a few bits around your plate while you mingle? I have done that before;)

br33ni

Good morning everyone,

Well I went to see my CDC this morning and she is not going to stop the diet but I do need to go and talk to the doctors and tell them I already started the diet. And good news I have lost 4Lb's this week :j I knew it would start slowing down now but i'm thinking 4lb is the weight of two bags of sugar and looks like 8 blocks of butter, so keeping me going. So in total I have lost 21 and 3/4 lb's in three weeks :T I have still got a long way to go in total I had 10 stone 5 lb's to loose in total for my target weight so still have 8 stone 12 lb to go! Looks Like I am going to be here a while but I'm determined to be slim for my graduation in november!

Today I have bought some of the chewey bars and as someone suggested have cut it up into little chunks to have as a treat once in a while. Today am trying the toffee malt and it tastes exactly like a fudge bar! was almost orgasmic after feeling like I have deprived myself for three weeks, however wouldn't have been probably my first choice before the diet but will deffinatly suffice.:rotfl:

Kittikins, I'm sorry your back is hurting again. I hope you feel better and can pick yourself up and back into ketosis soon.;)

Skint, It is a nightmare when you are ill and have to take medicine that knocks you out of ketosis. I hope you feel better soon.:o

HWGA, glad your workload is ok and hope your doing well.;)

PM, well done on the loss so far and I'm sure you will find a way to get through the meal. Perhaps if you feel you really have to eat,just stick to protein food and limit the carbohydrates like the attkins diet to keep in ketosis. But remember this diet is also low calorie so best to eat very small amount only if you feel you must. Personaly I would try not to although the start of a new job is always stressfull and the need to belong to the social group we work with makes socialising a must.:o

Piratess, I agree with you it is such a bright and lovely day. It makes me quite happy this weather and so odd to see the sun shining, beautiful blue sky and snow all at once!:D

Well I hope everyone else is doing well! Have a good CD day everyone :A

Tara4737

Hi all,
Its my 4th day today, weighed this mornin and another 2lb off overnight so thats 7lbs since i started on monday! Great to know its working properly and was in ketosis yesterday so im really pleased. Vanilla shake i tried this morn for brekki was ewwwwww so not havin that one again, lookin forward to my leek n pot soup for lunch later.
Not been hungry at all, no headaches and feel tired normally any most of the time, so no diff there either, so all in all im doin quite well i think. Not so much as a lick of the finger of food and certainly wont be spoiling it for anything. The food will still be there wen ive finished, thats my sayin lol....hope u all hav good day xx :j

Kittikins

Well, I'm still full up from last nights eating, so haven't had a pack yet, and also haven't had painkillers, so here's hoping that tomorrow I'll be well on my way back into ketosis.

What I have noticed though is that, unlike when on LL and in ketosis:
a) I'm full but am thinking mmm yummy food
b) I've got hiccups
c) my tummy feels gurgly
Grrr.

LearntMyLesson

Hi all

This should have been my fifth week on cambridge but I'm laid up with a chest infection. I caught a cold in my second week and it's just got steadily worse. So now I'm on sugary cough mixture and antibiotics whilst my boyf does his nut about the diet weakening my immune system and trying to feed me scrambled egg!

As soon as I feel better I'll start back on the diet and lost the 1.5 stone to take me to goal, although I might have to sole source plus to assure the boyf I'm healthy! I prob kept going when I should have listened to my body so learn from my mistake and don't put losing weight above your wellbeing.

Happy dieting x