Step 1 Sole Source + It's my diary & I'll cry if I want to....
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Bananas
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Oh Kira its so hard when the motivation starts to slip, we have all been there 
. I wish I had some magic words to say to you...
I get the fear thing! I seriously feel that getting back under 10stone is waaaaaaaaaaay away! Then i'll still have at least another stone to lose. The thought of doing a vlcd all that time is a bit sad but needs must x
. I wish I had some magic words to say to you...I get the fear thing! I seriously feel that getting back under 10stone is waaaaaaaaaaay away! Then i'll still have at least another stone to lose. The thought of doing a vlcd all that time is a bit sad but needs must x
You're right needs must or otherwise I can spend the next 2 months not on vlcd and the even more miserable! Going to try and up the water today and stick to just shakes and soup and avoid the porridge. Not sure if it impacts but just feel I need to feel less bloated to avoid any wobble. I'd very much like to get that lighter feeling if nothing else for now.
carrieclaus
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Regardless of how your feeling your still doing it and proving it's mins over matter. Fantastic to see you so close to the 9s! Drink drink drink xxx
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Bananas
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Kira would something like this help with the water drinking? http://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/drinks-dispenser-with-4-tumblers-3-6l-297860
Incase that link doesnt work its a 3.6l water dispenser from B&M £3.99...could be a good aid to getting all your water in x
Incase that link doesnt work its a 3.6l water dispenser from B&M £3.99...could be a good aid to getting all your water in x
Awh! Thanks Bananas. I'm very lazy £ just buy bottle with sports tops and have them on my desk. I just find it difficult on days when I'm in and out of meetings particularly when they're back to back.
Im afraid I ended up on a non plan day (not calling it a cheat day, blip or disaster) and will not allow myself to use it as an excuse to continue being off plan. So straight back onto it and lots of water. Positivite mental attitude and committment.
Bloods results came back and all clear for arthritis, under active thryroid etc but cause of the knee and ankle pain still undiagnosed. Managing pain with the naproxen so that's good.
Im afraid I ended up on a non plan day (not calling it a cheat day, blip or disaster) and will not allow myself to use it as an excuse to continue being off plan. So straight back onto it and lots of water. Positivite mental attitude and committment.
Bloods results came back and all clear for arthritis, under active thryroid etc but cause of the knee and ankle pain still undiagnosed. Managing pain with the naproxen so that's good.
Clin that made me laugh - exploding with all the fizzy water! Definitely how I feel!
busy weekend as youngest DS came for weekend with my DH, arrived yesterday and back today
So feeling a little sad but I'll be up North this weekend and the next
seeing GP about foot/ankle leg pain and the shoulder pain which is back! Never really went. Bloods came back clear for rheumatoid arthritis and osteoartarthritis - think I may have mentioned that? Sorry!
still don't feel particularly lighter and thinking I may need to try a few SS hardcore days? Weigh in tmrw so let's see.
busy weekend as youngest DS came for weekend with my DH, arrived yesterday and back today
So feeling a little sad but I'll be up North this weekend and the next
seeing GP about foot/ankle leg pain and the shoulder pain which is back! Never really went. Bloods came back clear for rheumatoid arthritis and osteoartarthritis - think I may have mentioned that? Sorry!
still don't feel particularly lighter and thinking I may need to try a few SS hardcore days? Weigh in tmrw so let's see.
Lily
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Hey Kira, just sneakin' in to say hello. :wavey:
So glad to read you're doing ok, though it sounds like your body's doing some protesting. Mine too! Seriously thinking about giving Cambridge another go, if only in the hope that parts of me will stop hurting if I drop a stone or two. I'm fed up with living on painkillers. I've even been looking at the website for a new consultant (my old one has stopped being a consultant).
You need to keep inspiring me, ok? LOL, kidding - you've never ceased to inspire me. Keep plodding, petal x
So glad to read you're doing ok, though it sounds like your body's doing some protesting. Mine too! Seriously thinking about giving Cambridge another go, if only in the hope that parts of me will stop hurting if I drop a stone or two. I'm fed up with living on painkillers. I've even been looking at the website for a new consultant (my old one has stopped being a consultant).
You need to keep inspiring me, ok?
LOL, kidding - you've never ceased to inspire me. Keep plodding, petal xLily!! Lovely of you to drop by! Yes I now know all to well that in order to have less pain I need to drop a couple of stone if not a tad more and I've now for the first time in my life been told this by my GP.
Depressing appointment with doctor really has whilst I was told the blood tests were clear I was also told they are not conclusive.... But in the same breath told the foot ankle knee pain is biomechanical so orthotics and physio and the shoulder arm and neck pain is impingement so more physio and painkillers - I left in tears really. Discussed referral to an orthopaedic consultant ( thinking I need a specialist for shoulders neck and another for knees and feet) but GP felt that wasn't the route yet. I'll be refered to get orthotics fitted. I feel utterly on my own - didn't even refer me for physio?! I was too upset and speechless to speak. Last week he seemed so thorough?
Anyway, I either shut myself up in a hermit like cave and stuff myself for the ultimate comfort lets fave it no one and nothing can give me like food gives me (then face myself with overwhelming guilt and repulsion) and repeat the cycle.
Yup up feeling a tad low. However, I'm going to plod on even though yesterday's weigh in was half a pound. I just don't understand that but maybe it's because of the bloating? Need to reduce or cut out fizzy water for a while.
I'm not enthralled with my new CWP either she's holds her sessions in a church hall in the city and its all so like she's simply selling the products only - which she is..... I pre order and lug all the packs home. Maybe I need to try Exante or something else? I know though it has to be vlcd though I do really like the CWP shakes and especially tetras.
Enough whingeing just just need to crack on because I CAN and will do this even with a measly half pound loss. I can't continue with this pain on my feet and legs and knees.
Depressing appointment with doctor really has whilst I was told the blood tests were clear I was also told they are not conclusive.... But in the same breath told the foot ankle knee pain is biomechanical so orthotics and physio and the shoulder arm and neck pain is impingement so more physio and painkillers - I left in tears really. Discussed referral to an orthopaedic consultant ( thinking I need a specialist for shoulders neck and another for knees and feet) but GP felt that wasn't the route yet. I'll be refered to get orthotics fitted. I feel utterly on my own - didn't even refer me for physio?! I was too upset and speechless to speak. Last week he seemed so thorough?
Anyway, I either shut myself up in a hermit like cave and stuff myself for the ultimate comfort lets fave it no one and nothing can give me like food gives me (then face myself with overwhelming guilt and repulsion) and repeat the cycle.
Yup up feeling a tad low. However, I'm going to plod on even though yesterday's weigh in was half a pound. I just don't understand that but maybe it's because of the bloating? Need to reduce or cut out fizzy water for a while.
I'm not enthralled with my new CWP either she's holds her sessions in a church hall in the city and its all so like she's simply selling the products only - which she is..... I pre order and lug all the packs home. Maybe I need to try Exante or something else? I know though it has to be vlcd though I do really like the CWP shakes and especially tetras.
Enough whingeing just just need to crack on because I CAN and will do this even with a measly half pound loss. I can't continue with this pain on my feet and legs and knees.
Bananas
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Kira check out if you are in an area where you can self refer to a physiotherapist. Sorry you are going through so much stress with this pain, I can't imagine having to deal with that
Thank you for your post in my diary. Looks like we are both on the slow loss train together. It's hard, I'm a member of Slim and Saves facebook group and I want to scream everytime I see someone cry about 'only' losing 7lbs in their first week or 4lbs in their 5th week!!!! My body seems to be just clinging onto the fat despite me doing everything right, even seriously upping the water.
When I did CD I really didn't like the lady selling it. For a start (and this makes me sound like a judgemental b***h) she was obese. She said she'd lost 7 stone then put it all back on so not very good role model!!! She'd make us wait in her living room where her grandson was playing. I was so uncomfortable around young kids at the time, I used to dread him clocking me and wanting me to play as I never knew how to respond. I lost a fab 8lb in my first week then only 1lb in my second. I was def 100% soul source and she said I must have cheated!!!! I now know from experience and these forums that a low 2nd week loss is very common. If not for minimins I wouldn't have had a clue about how the plan worked as she didn't explain things like ketosis etc.
Anyway, plod on we shall, the slow train will get us to where we're going eventually. Likely passing a lot of broken down trains on the way xxx
Thank you for your post in my diary. Looks like we are both on the slow loss train together
. It's hard, I'm a member of Slim and Saves facebook group and I want to scream everytime I see someone cry about 'only' losing 7lbs in their first week or 4lbs in their 5th week!!!! My body seems to be just clinging onto the fat despite me doing everything right, even seriously upping the water. When I did CD I really didn't like the lady selling it. For a start (and this makes me sound like a judgemental b***h) she was obese. She said she'd lost 7 stone then put it all back on so not very good role model!!! She'd make us wait in her living room where her grandson was playing. I was so uncomfortable around young kids at the time, I used to dread him clocking me and wanting me to play as I never knew how to respond. I lost a fab 8lb in my first week then only 1lb in my second. I was def 100% soul source and she said I must have cheated!!!! I now know from experience and these forums that a low 2nd week loss is very common. If not for minimins I wouldn't have had a clue about how the plan worked as she didn't explain things like ketosis etc.
Anyway, plod on we shall, the slow train will get us to where we're going eventually. Likely passing a lot of broken down trains on the way xxx
Hi Katie! Hope you are well and thanks for dropping by! Great seeing old friends dropping by!
Well i had an off plan evening not a binge but I did eat a big portion. I'm not going to analyse why but again move on from it although it seems to be a pattern? Once a week off plan? No wonder I lost half a pound this week!
Feeling strangely positive this morning (probably because I've hit rock bottom with the pain and being so fat) there is no further down I can go? I need to decide do I go back to CWP lady or order Sns or try Exante? I do like the CWP products but just not getting the support I thought I'd get from the CWP consulant? Decisions.
I should also mention that my jet set lifestyle of up and down the East Coast is now likely to be standard class on the train coming back to London fro the North as the Virgin trains seem more expensive so that's a real pain! And my London flat landlord as served notice on me as he wants to move into the flat himself so I've had to find another London pad.
Why does eveyting seem to happen at once?! To top it off I have to write my own objectives against our corporate strategic objectives to discuss with my line manager on Friday! Hate this objective setting stuff! It's not as if I make widgets!
Well i had an off plan evening not a binge but I did eat a big portion. I'm not going to analyse why but again move on from it although it seems to be a pattern? Once a week off plan? No wonder I lost half a pound this week!
Feeling strangely positive this morning (probably because I've hit rock bottom with the pain and being so fat) there is no further down I can go? I need to decide do I go back to CWP lady or order Sns or try Exante? I do like the CWP products but just not getting the support I thought I'd get from the CWP consulant? Decisions.
I should also mention that my jet set lifestyle of up and down the East Coast is now likely to be standard class on the train coming back to London fro the North as the Virgin trains seem more expensive so that's a real pain! And my London flat landlord as served notice on me as he wants to move into the flat himself so I've had to find another London pad.
Why does eveyting seem to happen at once?! To top it off I have to write my own objectives against our corporate strategic objectives to discuss with my line manager on Friday! Hate this objective setting stuff! It's not as if I make widgets!
Lily
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Not sure that your GP sounds much cop. I'm angry on your behalf that he left you feeling so hopeless. Without wanting to sound too much of a nut job (though I am, of course ) these days I insist on a print out of all blood test results so I can see how normal they actually are. I suspect I'm every GP's worst nightmare, but I wouldn't have ever known I had a thyroid problem if I hadn't been persistent. He told me the results were normal when they were out of range. Any hoo. Maybe your doctor's not that bad, but it certainly stopped me trusting mine. :sigh: They only look at the numbers these days, not whether they make sense. I just got the usual guff about eating less and moving more - which when you feel like sh*t 80% of the time really ain't easy. I've felt a lot better since starting thyroid hormones, though I still haven't magically lost stones in weight. That said, I haven't put more on, so something's definitely changed.
I'm edging ever closer to making that phone call to a Cambridge consultant. I've been to the website and picked out the one who looks nicest in her photo (very scientific) - not the thinnest or anything, just someone who looks caring, LOL. She'll probably turn out to be the opposite, but it's not like I don't know what to do - in many ways, I only need a source for the packs. I've ridden the Cambridge train so many times I know every station intimately. Though some support does help, doesn't it? It's nice to feel that someone actually gives a damn whether you've had a good week or not.
Well done on that half pound lost. It all adds up - and maybe next week will be the one where you lose a few of those pounds all at once. :cross:
Hope you have a good day x
) these days I insist on a print out of all blood test results so I can see how normal they actually are. I suspect I'm every GP's worst nightmare, but I wouldn't have ever known I had a thyroid problem if I hadn't been persistent. He told me the results were normal when they were out of range. Any hoo. Maybe your doctor's not that bad, but it certainly stopped me trusting mine. :sigh: They only look at the numbers these days, not whether they make sense. I just got the usual guff about eating less and moving more - which when you feel like sh*t 80% of the time really ain't easy. I've felt a lot better since starting thyroid hormones, though I still haven't magically lost stones in weight. That said, I haven't put more on, so something's definitely changed.I'm edging ever closer to making that phone call to a Cambridge consultant. I've been to the website and picked out the one who looks nicest in her photo (very scientific
) - not the thinnest or anything, just someone who looks caring, LOL. She'll probably turn out to be the opposite, but it's not like I don't know what to do - in many ways, I only need a source for the packs. I've ridden the Cambridge train so many times I know every station intimately. Though some support does help, doesn't it? It's nice to feel that someone actually gives a damn whether you've had a good week or not.Well done on that half pound lost. It all adds up - and maybe next week will be the one where you lose a few of those pounds all at once. :cross:
Hope you have a good day x
