Funnily enough, I'm planning on spending next week (week nine) on Sole Source Plus. I've been 100% on Sole Source for the last eight weeks and I think adding a week of Sole Source Plus will help to keep me going for the final three weeks on step one. So I'll keep you posted on how that impacts the weigh in. I hope week two breezes by for you! X
Yep, I'm doing Cambridge for the first time too. I'm on the 8th week of the Sole Source plan. It's going well thanks. It was physically difficult with hunger and headaches etc in the first three or four days. But once I was in ketosis, it was definitely easier. After that, it was just the mental cravings that I had to control. But after a few weeks, I was in my element and it's so so easy now!
Wow, a four stone weight loss is incredible! What did the Dukan diet consist of? You'll lose a stone in no time.
I never invested in the ketostix. My Consultant has never even mentioned them to me before. I only know of them because of this forum lol. But I've not cheated so far so can safely assume that I've been in ketosis the whole way through.
I really wanted to be out of the 70's (kg) by next week's weigh in. But it seems unlikely after this weeks performance and possibly due to the reintroduction of food for a week. *sigh*
Hey. Oh I see. Wow, no chicken in a year! Don't think I could ever manage that. Lol. I think that Cambridge will be good for getting your love of protein back. 12 weeks of no solids will do that to a person. Haha! I'm doing Sole Source Plus for this week only (week nine) after eight straight weeks of 100% Sole Source and I've never been more ecstatic to eat chicken and veg!
To date, I've lost 13.4 kg / 29 pounds / 2.1 stone. So I have 11.6 kg / 26 pounds / 2 stone to go! Half way there.
How're you getting on? X
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Congratulations on staying strong and not feeling tempted. I think that's half, if not all, of the battle on this diet.
I got pretty down on like week two or three where I felt the same- about it being such a long way to go. I think looking at it one day at a time really helped. It's about the little victories; congratulating yourself for getting through another day at 100% sole source. And the next thing you know, it's weigh in day and you're another week down!
I HATED the porridge. It was vile! I tend to have the soups when my cravings for something savoury get out of hand. But mostly I'm having the shakes and bars! The first couple of weeks are really trial and error. You'll hopefully discover something you do like soon enough!
Real food has been amazing! I had a rubbish weight loss of only 0.2 kg / 0.4 pound last week. So I'm hoping that eating for a week will kick start the weight loss again because I have so much left to lose still!
Week eight, I lost 0.2kg. Week nine's weigh in ended up being only four days later, in the evening, as I couldn't see her on my normal Saturday and I lost only 0.4kg. I did sole source plus during week nine and was a little paranoid about the loss I would achieve. So I became a serial weigher during the week. Lol! The funny thing is my scales showed a much higher loss! I felt really disheartened after that weigh in and so haven't stepped on the scales since.
Put on 3lb which went 2 days later and lost 2lb since then so finally I'm on the move downwards again. Last day of week 10 today. Sounds crazy saying it!!!! Hope you manage to get to weigh in. Not much longer for us x
I didn't go mad with the food. Had a few drinks though
How far from target are you? I will definitely be weighing in tomorrow morning, as I don't have to work on the weekend again, thankfully! My last day of week ten is tomorrow. But it's definitely surreal! The journey seemed never ending at the beginning. And now the first stage is practically over, eek! Let me know how tomorrow goes. x
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