1st day of CD!!!

[Alliwanttobe]

So im on day 1 of SS - not doing too bad.... But still early days - I have mix of soups shakes and porridge plus some bars! The porridge is awful and so far everytime I swallow I can taste the horrible tomato soup! Hope the shakes are somewhat better...?!

I go on holiday in 4 weeks and need to loose a stone what are people finding the hardest days?? Day 2 or 3?! Been drinking loads of water so that's good

Anyone just started and in panic mode slightly?!

 

[froggylegs]

Ooh hiya, I have not started yet but see my CDC for the first time tomorrow so hopefully i will be starting very soon, we could compare notes?

 

[Alliwanttobe]

Ooh hiya, I have not started yet but see my CDC for the first time tomorrow so hopefully i will be starting very soon, we could compare notes?

Yes def!

good luck tomorrow! Do u have alot to loose?

 

[CountryBumpkin]

Week two was the worst for me! Not the whole week (I don't want to frighten you) but it feels so long ago now I can't pinpoint exactly which days. I never had the initial slump in the beginning, headaches etc, instead I have a mad raving attack of the hunger pains in week 2. It's a distant memory now, though. A bit like childbirth, I guess: generally horrendous at the time, but in the next moment you've forgotten because you've gained something so special from the experience!

Getting to know the products and how they sit with you takes a bit of time. Ask your counsellor to swap if you've got ones that you don't like. Personally, I prefer "like" certain shakes and soups about equally. The lemon bars are my favourite product of all and the porridges make me want to kill myself. It took me about three weeks to figure this all out though. Some shakes I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot barge pole (butterscotch in particular, which I hate because I thought it would be like butterscotch Angel Delight and it's not :cry, and others I sometimes even enjoy.

I'm sure you'll be able to lose a stone before your trip. Where are you off to?

Froggylegs, good luck with your appointment tomorrow. I hope all goes well!

 

[froggylegs]

Yes def!

good luck tomorrow! Do u have alot to loose?

Thanks! No i dont have too much to lose, 2 stone, but I have been losing then regaining the same 4lbs since January so something drastic was required! How much have you to lose?

Week two was the worst for me! Not the whole week (I don't want to frighten you) but it feels so long ago now I can't pinpoint exactly which days. I never had the initial slump in the beginning, headaches etc, instead I have a mad raving attack of the hunger pains in week 2. It's a distant memory now, though. A bit like childbirth, I guess: generally horrendous at the time, but in the next moment you've forgotten because you've gained something so special from the experience!

Getting to know the products and how they sit with you takes a bit of time. Ask your counsellor to swap if you've got ones that you don't like. Personally, I prefer "like" certain shakes and soups about equally. The lemon bars are my favourite product of all and the porridges make me want to kill myself. It took me about three weeks to figure this all out though. Some shakes I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot barge pole (butterscotch in particular, which I hate because I thought it would be like butterscotch Angel Delight and it's not :cry, and others I sometimes even enjoy.

I'm sure you'll be able to lose a stone before your trip. Where are you off to?

Froggylegs, good luck with your appointment tomorrow. I hope all goes well!

Thanks country bumpkin!

Alliwanttobe, i saw my consultant this morning and have started SS today so I am just a day behind you! I have only tried the choc/mint shake so far, love it! Oh and I am drinking fizzy water with summer berries flavour in it. I bought 7 of the lemon bars so I am really hoping I like them, i will find out tonight

 

[Alliwanttobe]

Hello ladies!

Thanks for all the updates.... Today I feel verrrrrrrry hungry but I'm getting through it! Even met up with my mum and sister for some shopping and they stopped for lunch.... A delicious jacket potato with cheese and beans! (Never smelt anything so amazing!) I had my small carton of choc shake!

Felt good for doing it though! I met with my consultant again today and swapped ALL my soups for shakes as I couldn't handle the soups

So far had strawberry shake, mint choc and choc - all lovely but strawberry my fav!

i have 2 bars for when I'm out and about - mint choc smells like after 8's - but not in texture!!' (Got my hopes up! I was told with the bars to drink a glass of water before the bars as can cause some constipation

' I need to get through tonight as I'm starving but gotta have a shake! Think tomorrow will be the hardest day but hopefully on Friday I'm used to it!

my husbands just gone to to gym and asked if he needs to do a stock check! Ha ha! Be strong!!!

 

[Alliwanttobe]

Ooh also my lady said to steer clear of flavoured water?? She said fizzy ok though, so just check!

 

[Alliwanttobe]

Oooooh one point I do want to clarify - my CDC said about a glass of milk a day to keep up my calcium / or yogurts. And I'm sure she said about 100 calories... I haven't had a glass of milk at all but yesterday and today I've had one of my sons petite filous which are 48 calories per pot??
Am I right or wrong?!

 

[froggylegs]

I dont think you can have those petit filous i think its meant to be under 2% fat yoghurt, isn't the petit filous fromage frais?

I had a lemon yoghurt bar, absolutely loved it, shame i am only allowed one a day or. Would live on them! My third product today was a cappuccino shake, not too keen. I am not really very hungry which is weird, bet i wake up ravenous!

 

[froggylegs]

Ooh i forgot to ask, do you mean you were advised against the Cambridge fruit flavour to add to the water? I was told it was ok if it was only in a max of 2 litres?

And she said for the first 2 weeks the only bar i can have is the lemon one but in the handbook she gave me I thought it said no bars at all for the first week or did i dream that lol?

 

[CountryBumpkin]

I'll try to answer some of these questions for you!

Milk: I believe the allowance is 200ml of semi-skimmed per day. I haven't heard of anyone being permitted to substitute milk with yoghurt before, but your best bet is to check the nutritional info against that of semi-skimmed milk. I suspect the yoghurt has a lot more sugar and it'd probably be best to stick to the plain milk if you can.

Water: sparkling water is permitted because it's calorie free: it's plain water that's been carbonated. Fruit waters, whether still or sparkling, have sugar in them, which is why they should be avoided. You can buy water flavouring from your counsellor, and you put one level teaspoon in 1 litre of water. They suggest you limit yourself to one teaspoon a day but I have one of each and my weight losses have been just fine. I found the problem with drinking plain water was that I was washing the acetone on my tongue back into my system - which is fine, and not harmful, but taste disgusting. Now I have 1 litre plain, 1 litre orange and 1 litre berry water everyday.

Bars: they recommend that you don't have any bars in the first two weeks because chewing can activate hunger. The lemon bars contain fewer calories than the others, so are considered more "user friendly". You can, in fact, have three lemon bars a day if you choose, so once you've completed two weeks of the diet, Froggylegs, this is definitely something you can ask about.

I hope this helps!

 

[froggylegs]

Ah that's brilliant CB, thanks very much! I can well imagine having 3 lemon bars a day after 2 weeks, they are absolutely delicious!

I have been drinking the sparkling water on its own today without adding the fruit flavour and I like it so i will probably alternate plain with fruity.

How are you doing today AllIwanttobe? I wasn't too hungry when i got up at half seven, i don't usually eat until later anyway so i held out until 10 then had a strawberry shake, it was absolutely delicious, definitely my favourite shake so far. I had cappuccino last night and thought it was nice to start with but then struggled to finish it so i wont be ordering any more of that.

I have one sachet of porridge, apple and cinnamon, that I may try for lunch but have read so many horror stories about it i dont know if i dare

 

[Alliwanttobe]

Hi, ah that's very helpful info! Thanks CB you sound like a pro!

damn the yogurt thing... Hope I haven't done anything too major to the weight loss so to confirm I can have 4 things a day , eg porridge, then a shake, then another then another but then also needing to have 200ml of semi skimmed milk?

Day 3 today and feel okay - last night was the worst but just managed to get through it!

cant wait for weigh in Monday lunchtime.... I even dreamt about it last night! Nightmare actually as I'd only lost 2lb's! I know I know that's still a loss but I want more!

 

[froggylegs]

Aw I am sure you will still lose a fair bit.

i had apple and cinnamon porridge for lunch and i absolutely LOVED it despite it looking like baby sick, i wish i had bought more than one

 

[Alliwanttobe]

Okay I'm now getting weighed on Wednesday... So about 9/10 days. Purely as I wanted to give myself a good try!

omg I have just had the cdc chocolate orange bar...... Amazing!

Had quite harsh pangs this afternoon and now but I'm keeping busy! My kitchen has been cleaned twice since 4!

whens your weigh ins fl and cb?

 

[CountryBumpkin]

I hate to disappoint you, but the orange bars have been discontinued so don't fall too much in love. :-( I took my CDC's last one the other week!

If you can stay off the scales until your official weigh in you ought to have a phenomenal loss after 9/10 days. I think you'll take yourself by surprise, in the very best way!

My weigh in is on Monday, but due to our rural location I only see my counsellor monthly, so three times a month I weigh myself and then in the last week I have an official weigh in. If I could stay away from the scales between official weigh ins I'd probably hear amazing losses, but I need the weekly check to keep me on the straight and narrow. I've replaced the pleasure of eating with such high-speed thrills as updating my ticker...

Well done on keeping yourself busy, alliwanttobe. Fortunately - or should that be unfortunately - I've had a crazy workload the past couple of months and that's kept me ticking over. It's good for the pounds (lb) and the pounds (£)!

Froggylegs, if I had spare porridge I would send it your way. I bought a maple one last time I saw my CDC, in a bid to convince myself they really weren't that bad, but I only got as far as mixing it. The smell just finished me off. There was no way THAT spoon was going in MY mouth.

 

[zenlad]

Country bumpkin why have the orange bars been discontinued?? I love them!!

 

[CountryBumpkin]

To make way for the lemon ones. Why they can't manufacture both is beyond me. I guess the orange ones weren't selling, but it's a massive shame because I think they were the second best after lemon.

 

[froggylegs]

Aw thanks for thinking of it anyway CB (the porridge)

My weigh in will be Tuesday next week so just under a week, then the following one will be on the Friday I think, about 10 days. I am determined not to get on the scales before Tuesday, if I dont see a loss it will demotivate me.

Day 3 for me. I had a wobbly hour last night when I decided I wanted to stay overweight but it went away quite quickly. I was up at 6 this morning as I had to work early. My plan had been to have a shake before I set off to see me through until lunchtime but I forgot However as I was busy I forgot about being hungry. I am about to have my first shake of the day and will be making it in my new blender I just bought so I am really looking forward to it :talk017:

 

[CountryBumpkin]

So will you be using the ice to jazz it up a bit?