Step 1 Sole Source New diet, new me... Hopefully!

[Robina]

Hi all! I'm on day 6 of the Cambridge Diet Sole Source, having been lurking on these boards a lot the past week or so I thought I'd make an account so here I am.

I've never tried a "proper" diet before... Attempts at just eating healthily and doing more exercise have never been very succesful, so I thought it was time for a more drastic approach and banishing food altogether, lol

I haven't been weighing myself, but am already feeling a lot less bloated. Really hoping my first weigh in will be extra motivation.

I miss food but have actually found this diet quite easy so far. It can be hard to resist food but I find that the shakes and soups are actually quite tasty, so although I miss chewing I don't feel like I'm missing too much at the moment.

Days 1-4 were the hardest, I felt constantly ravenous and was having to fill up on water.
Days 5-6 were easier, I've stopped feeling hungry and yesterday only had two shakes in the day, and it got quite late at night til I realised I should have another one! I think that's a good sign anyway.

Logging this so that when I get further on in the diet, I'll be able to look back and see how far I've come, for extra motivation.

Robina xx

 

[peach-85]

Hi Robina big well done for getting to day 6 i'm on day 5 and i agree with you think it is getting a little easier. Day 3 was the hardest day for me took all my willpower not to give up. I dont seem to be thinking about food as much which is great that was the hardest part for me getting my brain not to think about food and what to eat every second, but think i must b in ketosis as i feel much better. So your weigh in is tomorrow? bet u cant wait!! xx

 

[Leeanne1]

Hi robina and peach, im on day 7 but not gettin weighed till day 10, cant wait to see the results x

 

[looby]

Hey guys, so excited for you to have your first weigh in! I'm on week three now and loving it! Lost 13 pounds wk 1 and 5 pounds wk 2, but I have A LOT to lose! After two weeks you can have bars so you'll get to chew again!! I'm concentrating on doing it in 12 week blocks, then going up to step 2 for a week, then back to step one, it just means I know food is in sight and makes the whole thing more doable!

I've set little targets too so at certain weight losses ill be giving myself a treat, but for once it won't be food!

Keep going and enjoy the buzz you get from your first weigh in! As I keep telling myself; nothing tastes as good as slim feels cheesey but true! Lol

Good luck ladies xxx

 

[looby]

How did you get in robinna? Xx

 

[Robina]

Eek, life has been hectic and I've been forgetting to post, so hope you're all doing well! First weigh in I lost 13 lbs!! I was amazed. By last Monday (May 13th) my loss was bought up to 23 lbs, which was amazing, but I've had exams and assignments at uni so the stress of that has made me fail this last week a bit... I've been eating healthily-ish, and have only gained back 1 or 2lb at the moment, but starting Sole Source again today after I do my last exam (Which is in an hour!) Would be nice if the week of eating normally prompts another big loss for this week though...

Robina xx

 

[Robina]

Okay, so that last post was written Monday 20th May, but I didn't actually start SS til Saturday 25th. >.<
The stress of exams being over was gone, but a death in the family caused me to forget about the diet for a few days.

However, I'm a bit confused! I made a big carrot cake, complete with thick layers of cream cheese frosting (and when I say big, I mean 2 x 7" circumference, layers of cake) and my boyfriend made a standard loaf tin sized banana bread. Shamefully, due to being upset, over the course of three days I ate about 2/3 of the carrot cake and 1/2 the banana bread, also 100g of Cadbury caramel chocolate, a big bag of Haribo, and a 500g box of cereal. Bleh!

I ended up feeling sick and bloated, and generally felt like rubbish for a few days... but didn't gain a pound at all in that time. So, whilst I'm glad I didn't gain any weight back over those few days, I feel very lucky almost, but adamant that a slip up like that will not happen again. I can appreciate that under the circumstances I was very upset, and I know I used to comfort eat (a lot). But I really need to do this!

MUST STAY ON TRACK!!

 

[Robina]

Just to add... I started SS again on Saturday 25th May, and as of Thursday the 30th I'm already down 6 lbs, to 218lbs. Which puts me under the 100kg mark.

I'm a happy bunny ^_^

 

[Robina]

I'll feel guilty if I don't write this down; during my 3 day binge I also managed to eat a 300g pack of chocolate digestives and a 1/2lb bag of wine gums... totally forgot and just found the wrapper I put in a drawer to hide from my boyfriend.

Kind of makes me feel disgusted, so hopefully this feeling will prevent me from binging like that again >.<

 

[Robina]

Just thinking that the aforementioned Cadbury caramel chocolate was actually a 120g bar I think... And I just remembered that during the time off, due to exam stress, I managed to scoff a 300g bar of dark chocolate too... What the heck is wrong with me?!

The past few days since I restarted I've been good though... The smelly breath is almost comforting that I'm doing it right, haha!

 

[Robina]

On today's weigh-in I hit 15 stone exactly, I'm a happy bunny! And my boyfriend gave me a new pair of shoes as a reward, haha.

Last weekend was another weekend where I did not stay on track though, as I had to head home for a funeral, and spent a few days with the family. I should really try and do a better job >.<