DEN'S CWP DIARY
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Denise140
Now 40% less fat !
In the club !............
Now Peachy, if you're watching me here too, don't shout but........... I got on the scales this morning
because I woke up just knowing it would be good news
I've lost 100 lbs !!!!!!!!!!!arty0023:
Feeling just a tiny bit pleased with myself ! I might have only lost a pound since my w-i but it was the most important pound so far!
Only ran for 35 minutes this morning but I could have gone forever!
Happy girl today
Now Peachy, if you're watching me here too, don't shout but........... I got on the scales this morning
because I woke up just knowing it would be good news
I've lost 100 lbs !!!!!!!!!!!
arty0023:Feeling just a tiny bit pleased with myself !
I might have only lost a pound since my w-i but it was the most important pound so far!Only ran for 35 minutes this morning but I could have gone forever!
Happy girl today
Denise140
Now 40% less fat !
Thanks. No particular secret .....30 mins exercise every day and lots of water in combination with TFR. The only other thing, you already know about too.....Minimins! This is the most fantastic source of support and encouragement. I just KNOW I couldn't have got this far without it.
xx
Denise140
Now 40% less fat !
Hi there!
Sorry to have taken a while to answer your question, I had a bit of a jolt to my confidence as my weight loss suddenly slowed right down and I began to question whether I should be recommending the exercise
Anyway, I've sorted things out in my head now, so.......
I started my weight-loss journey in August last year and for the first time
ever (I've tried soooooo many diets in the past), I decided to consciously increase my exercise levels. For the first couple of weeks I just made an effort to walk faster, hoover more vigorously, use the stairs rather than the lift etc., etc, etc,. Once I was in Ketosis, I found I had bags of energy so that wasn't hard and I started taking the dog out for a brisk walk around the block ( about 10 mins) before each shake.
After a couple of weeks on TFR, I took out a swim membership at the local
leisure centre and started to swim 4 times a week. Just half-an hour's fairly leisurely breaststroke
http://www.minimins.com/fitness-exercise/237702-splashpath-any-other-swimmers-out-there.html
After 5 weeks I started the couch to 5k running training programme
http://www.minimins.com/fitness-exercise/237648-c25k-overture-beginners-please.html
and worked my way through that on the days when I wasn't swimming (30 min sessions walking/jogging where you gradually increase the percentage of that time spent running) 10 weeks later I 'graduated' and can now easily run for 30-40 minutes!
I now run for 30mins Tue, Thu and Sat and Swim on the other days. But......
that is really too much exercise for someone on TFR (especially now I'm running for the full 30 mins) so, on my CD counsellor's advice I'm stepping up and re-introducing normal foods so that I can continue with my exercise.
So that's where I am, I hope that helps. I really can't recommend the C25K Programme highly enough, but you do need to listen to your body as you start to run for longer and be prepared to feed it !
Dx
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Rkmriddell
Gold Member
Learning to run is one of my goals for this year. I want to master exercise being part of my life. I started last year and has managed to get up to about 20 mins running but then my sister moved house, two weeks of late night painting and take always because of it and it all went out the window!! Started cd in sept and am up to step 3 this week as my losses slowed to almost a stop on ss (5lbs in 5 weeks) so am now moving up to do the last stone or two with food and exercise and I have to say my first day back at gym on thu, just gentle and it felt great x
CD journey. -11.1, -3.5, -2.6, -2, -5.7, -
CD journey. -11.1, -3.5, -2.6, -2, -5.7, -
LilyPotter
Silver Member
Just wanted to say Denise and Deezer you are a true inspiration to anyone starting the Cambridge diet. Your losses and commitment are incredible. I hope I can do as well as you guys xx
xxLilyPotter
Silver Member
What is lipotrim if you don't mind me asking? I've heard of it but I was wondering what it involved xxx
Deezer
Gold Member
Its three shakes/soup/flapjack a day and nothing else..... Lots of water, black tea and coffee.... Its very tough!! But it certainly gets results!!!
Its run through a pharmacy and you go to get weighed!!!
Welcome to the Lipotrim Website
Denise140
Now 40% less fat !
Ketogenic TFR like Cambridge SS but with a much more restricted range of meals ( 3 shakes, 1 soup, 2 flap- jacks). Run through pharmacies who do a weigh-in like a CDC does. Very effective!
Denise140
Now 40% less fat !
Just wanted to say Denise and Deezer you are a true inspiration to anyone starting the Cambridge diet. Your losses and commitment are incredible. I hope I can do as well as you guys
Thanks hun. Good luck on your journey- and keep checking in here, there's always someone ready to listen
LilyPotter
Silver Member
Thanks my lovely. Found all these posts so inspiring and motivating! I've not cheated t all so far and I'm so proud of myself as I'm rubbish at diets! Xx
Denise140
Now 40% less fat !
Ooh that's handy.......I could do with some help, I can swim for miles (literally) but not very fast so I end up in the 'slow' lane with all the old (well OK oldER ) ladies
Mind you, I've just treated myself to a new cosie as the size 20 swimdress that I bought back in September was beginning to hang off me and there was a distinct possibility of me swimming out of it! Lol. I do feel that I'm moving faster in the new one and I don't have lumps and bumps to hide under a dress style swim suit now!
Plans to return to TFR on Jan 2nd went out of the window after a long long long chat with my CD adviser (good job I'm not paying her by the hour bless
her). My losses had slowed right down over Christmas despite being on a very low calorie intake (3 CD meals plus a high protein meal = 640 kcal/ day ) - only 2 lbs in 2 weeks :cry: It has been my TOTM ( first time since August ! and been on for 2 weeks now! :sigh
but even allowing for that, it seems that my body is telling me it has had enough of the VLCD thing. My adviser feels that I'm doing too much exercise for a VLCD (Cambridge actually advise against it - but as I transferred from LT as a C25K graduate and had been losing steadily on TFR she let it ride)
She suggested either more food or less exercise and, since it seemed lunacy to cut back on my running/swimming when I'd got so fit, I opted to 'step up' to 810 kcal/day and keep my exercise regime the same. So now I'm on 3 x
CD meals + a high protein meal + 3/4 pint of milk and the weight is moving albeit more slowly.
Having taken stock, I'm happy to gradually work through the stabilisation programme (8 weeks), gradually increasing my calorie intake and weaning myself off the CD products. I will still lose so I'll get under 12 stone eventually and realistically, even if I don't, then I don't care. Weight is just a number - the main thing is I'm fit and healthy and pretty slim for. 51 year-old. A friend recently read that women can expect to carry an extra stone in weight for every 10 years after age 30 so I'm revising
my target to 11 st 7 lbs and putting my energies into maintaining my fitness rather than worrying about what the scales say!
Dx
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