tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32066637168067472662024-03-12T17:56:50.469-07:00My Cambridge Journey**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-48791475742225455632009-12-07T09:29:00.000-08:002009-12-07T09:34:17.767-08:00Under goal weight<span style="color:#ff99ff;">I'm on my second week of 1200 calories now. This morning I'd lost 1/4lb. I'm tending to think of my weight loss more in 2 week gaps now, because my weight fluctuates so much when I first move up a stage. I finally got my totm-10 days late, and my weight went up by nearly 3lb. It's now come back down, making me 9 stone 4 3/4lbs as of this morning.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I'm beginning to realise that, although I like to see the numbers dropping on the scales, it doesn't make a huge difference if my weight does go up by a few pounds-it doesn't make any difference to my measurements. I'm going to have to get used to the fact that the scales aren't going to show losses for much longer. I just hope that I can maintain successfully and not lose the plot completely.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-4013003928472607002009-11-26T13:06:00.000-08:002009-11-26T13:14:34.150-08:00GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Finally got to goal on Monday. I'm now on my 2nd week of 1000 and about to move up to 1200 next week.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I actually got to goal a week ago last Sunday, but 1/2lb went back on for weigh in. Then once I was on 1000 the scales yo-yo'd up and down all week. I've actually been enjoying being able to have some pasta, rice and jacket potatoes. My favourite meal so far has to be the wholewheat pasta and quorn, cooked with spinach and a couple of light cheese triangles.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Don't know what I'm going to do for tea next week. I don't like any of the recipes in the Cambridge book. Might see if I can find some diet meals within the calorie allowance. I've got 2 weeks now of 1200 and 2 of 1500. That will take me up to Christmas.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">IBS is playing up badly at the moment. Been to the doctor this morning. I'm not even going to think about weighing myself again until I've got over this. The doctor (who was a locum) told me that she thought she was looking at the wrong notes as it said 'BMI over 30'!</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-53539192418361309872009-11-09T02:20:00.000-08:002009-11-09T03:07:58.666-08:00Aaargh-still not quite there yet.....<span style="color:#cc33cc;">Damn! I was really hoping that I would have lost that 2lb by today, but instead I have to be content with 1lb. Not happy. Was wanting to start on 1000 today, but I don't feel like I can yet as I don't know if that 2lb would go in time. I'll have to see how things go this week.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Went shopping yesterday. Needed new ski jacket and salopettes. Got the jacket in a size 12 as I wanted it more roomy for jumpers, etc underneath, but got the salopettes in a size 10. Tried them on over my leggings to make sure there was plenty of room for thermals. Got a jacket and salopettes for me and a jacket for Brian-just over £60. Well happy with that price.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Did loads of walking around Staines so got plenty of exercise. Then came home and did 40 minutes of an exercise dvd-that did include the hard bits! Feeling really bruised and sore today-don't know why. This isn't my muscles feeling sore, it's as if I've been beaten up kind of bruised feeling. Wonder what causes that.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Am I ever going to get to goal? What worries me is that I'll get there and then put on again when I start on 1000. I must stop obsessing so much on what the scales say.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-16008875789349446922009-11-05T04:47:00.000-08:002009-11-05T04:53:24.858-08:00Frustrating!<span style="color:#ffccff;">Lost 2 1/2lb in the end last week-leaving me with just 3lb to go! Was hoping that if I managed to lose at least 2lb this week I would go up to 1000 next week, but do you think I can manage to get anything off at the moment? So far this week I have lost a measly 1/4lb! Think I am slightly constipated (tmi?), so hoping to lose before Monday morning. My CDC is going to be away soon so I need to get 2 weeks worth this time.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffccff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffccff;">The inches are still dropping a bit. Lost another inch from my bust-making it 35 inches now (!) and also under my bust, making it 29 inches. Still need to start exercising so that I can tone up a bit more, but then my trousers might actually be too big again. My size 10's are now starting to get a bit roomy! Hoping and praying that next time I post it will be to say that I am finally at my goal weight!</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-63651641236961379172009-10-30T10:23:00.000-07:002009-10-30T10:37:57.670-07:00Nearly at the finishing post!<span style="color:#ff99ff;">As of today I have just under 5lb left to lose-though I am hoping and praying that a bit more weight comes off before Monday morning.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">When I last wrote on here I was right about totm. It came the same day! I am enjoying 810 again, but I am really looking forward to going up to 1000. I really think I'm ready for it. Of course I could go up to it now if I wanted to-but I do want to get to goal on 810 first. I know that as I go up my weight loss will slow down a lot more so I can't risk it when I'm so close. Having much more trouble drinking the water at the moment-could be because I'm on a week's holiday at the moment. It's so much easier when I'm at work to get it down. That said, I am at least managing to get the minimum recommended amount inside me if nothing else.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Tried on some jeans in Next yesterday. Never expected to get into the size 12, though they fitted easily-and were probably just a bit big round the waist. Couldn't quite get into the 10-perhaps it was because they were boyfriend jeans and did up round the tummy and not the waist. Seems like I'm the perfect size 11! Not bad for jeans though-I normally have to wear at least one size bigger in jeans, so for me to be anywhere near to fitting into a pair in a 10 is brilliant. Tried another of Claire's dresses on from Jane Norman. Another size 8 and it fits! I'm loving being able to feel my bones! This feeling has to overcome my cravings-this has to be miles better than how eating a packet of crisps or a bar of chocolate makes me feel.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Wish I could be at my goal in the next 10 days or so, but I bet it will be at least another 3 weigh-ins before I am. I had quite a good week last week, so I never have 3 good weeks in a row. I've only lost 1 1/4lb so far this week. I could do with making it at least 2lb. I'd be happy with that.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-68291642467186454212009-10-23T06:13:00.000-07:002009-10-23T06:28:58.696-07:00Feeling gloomy<span style="color:#ffccff;">Feeling a bit fed up right now. Think totm is due any time so that's probably why I'm walking around like I have a big, black cloud over my head. Finally got into the 9's-only for the scales to go up by 1/2lb over the last couple of days and land me back at 10 stone again. I shouldn't be so demoralised by the scales going up-after all I'm still the same size as I was yesterday-but I am. I can't help it. I'm 7lbs away from goal and it might as well be 7 stone again. I just feel like it's taking forever now. I should have been at goal this week if I had good losses, but they've been so shit lately that I'll be lucky to be at goal by December.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffccff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffccff;">It makes me really nervous about eating again. If it's so bad on 810 what on earth is it going to be like at 1000, 1200, 1500? I wanted to be free of this diet for Christmas-I can't follow it on holiday and I didn't want to have to come back to it afterwards. I still don't. I know I'm going to have to up my exercise, but I don't want to be forever exercising just to keep the weight off either. I'm getting scared now. I want to tone up too-hopefully I might lose a few more inches in the right places if I do that. Why can I never be satisfied with how I look? I'm never going to be perfect and I'm never going to love myself. I really thought that I was heading for a better loss this week, but it seems like it's going to be just as bad as the last few weeks have been. I'll show a good loss on my CDC's scales this week anyway, because it's half term and I'm being weighed at 10am rather than after work.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffccff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffccff;">Claire is hopefully going to bring her salopettes for me to try on as my other one's are soooo huge now. I could nearly fit both legs into one of the legs of those! Even my size 12/14 jacket was way too big for me.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffccff;"></span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-38967725165327203442009-10-20T12:20:00.000-07:002009-10-20T12:29:22.766-07:00Still not in the 9's yet....<span style="color:#ff99ff;">I've been 10 stone something for 7 weeks now and I'm starting to get pretty pissed off with it. I've had 3 bad attacks of IBS, plus totm which has reduced my weight loss considerably. Last month I lost a measly 7lb. This week, for the first time ever, the scales showed a sts. I just want to get into the 9's now and show a 6 stone loss finally. I have just over 7lb to lose now, but I don't have long before Christmas and our holidays to lose it and move up the plans. I'm starting to get cravings again now-don't know if it's because my totm is due again and it's making me hungrier. I'm debating whether to have another frozen tetra just this once and hoping it won't make a difference. I've had a bar this morning and a tetra plus my chicken tonight-but my 3rd pack would have been the chicken and mushroom soup that I used as a 'stuffing'. I don't know what to do-I want to ignore the craving, but I feel hungry. I think I'm better to give in to a craving for a tetra rather than head for the crisps and sweets. If I get to having just a couple of pounds to lose before our holiday I might move up to 1000 cals and do more exercise. I need to be off this and on my own-I can't be affording this for too much longer.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-72561471207010004192009-09-21T12:13:00.000-07:002009-09-21T12:22:21.488-07:00Just over a stone to go<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Had a much better loss this week-would have been even better if totm hadn't gone and got in the way as usual. 3 1/4lb has taken me to within 6 1/4lb of a healthy BMI and 14 1/4lb of my goal weight. I also exceeded the 30lb target that I set myself to lose before Linda and Neil came over.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I hope it doesn't take too long to get to my healthy BMI-I can't wait to be back on 810 again. Celeriac is also back in season so I should at least get a chance to try it this time. All I need is a couple of good weeks and I'll be there. Then it's just down to getting the last 7lb or so off. Stupid as it might sound, I not only want to get to goal by my scales but also by my CDC's, so that would take me actually nearer to 9 stone because of the difference in our scales. I would secretly love to be 8 stone something but that might be taking it a bit too far. I have to know when to stop!</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-33199789146436545732009-09-13T09:11:00.000-07:002009-09-13T09:24:49.047-07:00Nearly there<span style="color:#ff99ff;">It's been my 810 week again this week and I must say I've really enjoyed it this time round. On Monday I had Quorn pieces with rocket, watercress and spinach salad. The quorn was lovely-the salad was yuck! Every other day I've had chicken breast, stuffed with spinach and had stuffing made from the chicken and mushroom soup. Only 10lb more to go before I can do it all again!</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Never thought I would lose anything at all this week. Apart from it being my 810 week I've also been suffering with my IBS. I've gained most of the week and I was sure I was going to go back over 11 stone again but I didn't. I'm not speaking too soon-I have a habit of gaining again on Monday morning, but I would like to lose at least another 1/4lb instead which would make it at least a 2lb loss. I would be pleased with that after the week I've had. I should have been heading for a good loss next week except now I've discovered my period is due by the end of the week which is going to spoil it yet again. Damn.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">My size 12 work trousers have started to feel a bit loose and baggy. Should be in the 10's soon with any luck. My favourite size 14 Next jeans also look baggy and horrible and I can't wear them any more. I fit into everything in my wardrobe now so I'm going to have to aim for Claire's instead! Already fitted into her size 8 cardigan from Primark! When I start going up the plans again I'm going to have to really work on toning up to lose some more inches. I've got 18lbs to go and I'm not quite where I want to be yet.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-88551283445381749862009-08-18T13:06:00.001-07:002009-08-18T13:15:00.236-07:00I have a dream.....<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">It's my 25th wedding anniversary next year and I know what I'd really love to do. Unfortunately we also won't have the money for it, so it's likely to just remain a distant dream.<br /><br />When we got married we didn't have much money. Although I would have loved to have got married in a church, with all the works it just didn't happen. We got married at Woking Registry Office-ok I suppose but the photos were taken in a car park. Might have had trees in the background of the photos, but it doesn't take away the fact that I knew it was the car park. I never had the excitement of trying on loads of dresses in a bridal shop-mine was mail order from the back of a Brides magazine. Our 'reception' was at a local pub and a total disaster, followed by a few people back to my mum's house. Our honeymoon to Cornwall lasted one night exactly-it only lasted that long because we didn't have the petrol to get back home again. I wish I could have my day all over again, but this time how I want it-and have a honeymoon that won't be a total disaster.<br /><br />What I would totally love to do is to renew our wedding vows, but on a beach in the Caribbean-or somewhere in Australia. That way we'd get the 'honeymoon' at the same time. Sounds stupid, but I think that, with the way a lot of people view marriage these days, 25 years is something to be proud of and to celebrate with a bit more than the usual meal out. What with being on CD we didn't even do that this year. Oh well, I suppose it will just have to remain a distant dream....<br /><br /><br /></span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-61248604914348109772009-08-14T08:08:00.000-07:002009-08-14T08:18:17.713-07:00Not far to go now....<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Had another crap loss on Monday-this time only 1 1/2lb. Still, I suppose as long as it's going downwards it's better than nothing. Hoping for a better loss this time-so far it's 2 1/2lb-with a couple of days still to go yet. If it stays as it is today I have just under 27lbs to go until I reach my goal! Obviously I'm hoping that it's a bit more than that-and at least another 3lb next week. I want to be as near as possible to the 10's by the time I go back to work.<br /><br />On Sunday I will have been on CD for 5 whole months. I just don't know where the time's gone. I can't believe that I found a diet I could stick to without cheating once. I'm so, so glad I did this. Just tried on the few remaining items in my wardrobe that I knew didn't fit me. They still don't but I'm much closer than I was before! Looking forward to buying myself a new dress for the party in October-we're going to go to Kingston to have a look round near the end of September. No point going yet-I could have lost a good few more pounds by then! Just imagine-me going in 'normal' clothes shops to buy things!!<br /><br />My CDC says that she wants to enter me for Slimmer of the Year still. There is no particular criteria-I just have to be at, or near to my goal by November. I'm so flattered by that. I just can't get over the fact that I have ribs-and hip bones. I have knees that I can feel that aren't covered by a layer of fat. I have collar bones and no back fat-a proper waist. I love this feeling and I never want it to end.....<br /></span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-10075889601279223972009-08-06T08:01:00.000-07:002009-08-06T08:20:06.808-07:00144 days - 6th August<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Thought it was about time I posted a catch up. I lost 2lbs for Monday's WI-totm came on Friday eventually so that was quite good for me really, although it's been rather weird this time round. Really heavy to start but finished within 4 days. Normally I have really painful boobs for up to a couple of weeks beforehand, but this time nothing-they hurt now it's finished, so it's really strange. Also have a bit of a stomach 'ache' today. Feeling quite bloated and horrible. It feels like IBS, though I've never suffered with it on this diet before, and not for a long time before that. So far this week I've only lost 1lb so things aren't really looking that great for this week either. I need to lose another 2lb before I've lost 4 1/2 stone-I feel like I've been saying 'I've lost nearly 4 1/2 stone' forever. It would be really great now to have a couple of good weeks to get me over this and a bit nearer to a 5 stone loss. I know my losses seem quite slow compared to a lot on mini's, but I could never have lost this much on any other diet. I just have to keep reminding myself of that every time I have a slow week!</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Went out last night. Can't say I was looking forward to it as it meant I had to sit and watch everybody else eat. In the end it didn't bother me nearly as much as I'd thought it would. I couldn't even have a drink, but I took a bottle of water with me. It was fun.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I've now got 30lbs to go until goal. Then I'll see if I want to lose any more when I get there. I think that I'll be happy with 9 stone 7. Then the real fun begins.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-24261577877597948512009-07-26T11:00:00.000-07:002009-07-26T11:10:44.253-07:00So close I can almost touch it.....<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">I was thinking today of how far I've come. From weighing almost 16 stone at the start of this journey (more when you consider how much I weighed before the holiday) to the 11 stone something I am currently today. It feels good. I have re-set my goal to 9 1/2 stone from 9, as it seems a more maintainable figure. I'm feeling much better about myself already-not that I want to stay where I am though!<br /><br />Totm is non-existent at the moment. Should have happened yesterday but is conspicuous by it's absence. Apart from a bad stomach ache on Thursday have had none of the other signs that it's on it's way. No spotting, nothing. Over the last few months I'd got used to the fact that it was 26 days on the dot-now it's thrown me another curve ball and I don't have a clue any more.<br /><br />Paul is due down in a few days-he has no idea about the diet and wants to meet up. He will have to be sworn to secrecy where Linda and Neil are concerned. I don't want them to find out before I can surprise them in September! Been invited to a party in October. Ordered a dress (in 3 different sizes) but none of them fit. They're going to have to go back unfortunately. The one place it doesn't fit is across the back and I can't guarantee losing inches from my back! Anywhere else maybe-but not there. They're low stock already so I won't be able to get it again in a couple of months time.<br /><br />If things stay as they are for tomorrow's weigh in I only have 32 1/2lbs left to go! I won't get too excited though-the last couple of weeks the scales have gone UP for Monday morning...ffs...<br /></span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-13935127811868252452009-07-19T07:43:00.000-07:002009-07-19T07:49:52.343-07:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Hoping against hope that my weight doesn't go up again before WI tomorrow morning, like it did last week. After a slow start to the week I've finally managed to drop 3lbs and am only 3/4lb away from my 4 stone now. Still don't think I will manage that by tomorrow though. I am no longer officially obese now-just overweight. Will be nice that once that 3/4lb has gone I will also be in the 11's!<br /><br />Tried my jeans on again and managed to do them up! A bit tight, but still! Same with my salopettes. I will have to have some other item of clothing to aim towards now. Not going to buy anything else to wear now-my wardrobe is full of stuff that will get me through the summer holidays. Going to try and walk everywhere over the holidays to tone me up a bit more-also finally ordered the Winsor Pilates. Hoping it won't take the 28 days that it says it could be on the website! If I do get a good weight loss this week it will have to last me. Totm is due to rear it's ugly head again on Friday so it might not be so good for that WI.<br /></span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-63381247750873042992009-07-15T14:19:00.000-07:002009-07-15T14:30:40.001-07:00Slow week<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Week 18 and things are going slooooow. Just because I don't want them to. Lost 3 1/2lbs at Monday WI, but I wasn't happy because the day before it had been 4 1/4. As it is I've only lost 1/2lb so far this week, so I will still be obese (just) on my birthday tomorrow and won't have lost 4 stone in 4 months. I'll be lucky to get my 4 stone off by next Monday at this rate. Really annoyed to have a slow week this week because it's my totm next week and that will ruin it anyway.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">On a better note, tried lots of clothes on at the weekend and I actually fit into quite a few more things. I nearly fit into my salopettes, which I'm amazed about-I was hoping to fit into them at Christmas, I certainly wasn't even nearly expecting to get into them now. I can't do them up yet but it won't be that long. Haven't got a clue what I'm going to wear to work tomorrow. My work trousers are so loose they look terrible. I've only got the one more day but I really don't think that I can wear them. It's mufti day on Friday so I can wear my jeans-then I won't have to worry about more trousers until September.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Time for more photos tomorrow. Also going to take a photo of me in the size 24 jeans that I bought a little while before I started on Cambridge. They were so huge on me when I put them on at the weekend! I nearly fit into my favourite size 14 jeans from Next now. Just a little while before I can do them up yet.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-30287402419274420482009-07-06T12:52:00.000-07:002009-07-06T13:01:44.535-07:00Week 17<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Not a good weight loss this week-in fact it's the worst I've had since I started. It was totm last week so I wasn't really expecting much-my weight has yo yo'd up and down all week, but it finally dropped to 12st 5 1/2 on Sunday-only to go straight back up to 12st 7 this morning....grrrrr. On any other diet this would have had me heading straight for the crisps, but not this time. I might still be pretty peed off at the little amount I lost, but I'm not going to let it sabotage me. My cdc said that no less than 5 people called her to cancel today because of their rubbish losses this week. I think it must have been the heat and everyone has been retaining water like mad.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I would have thought that all the exercise I got walking back to the car after Take That on Saturday would have made some difference. Who knows-it might catch up with me sometime! I was very good and didn't go off plan at all. I had planned to have some chicken, as the heat had been affecting me and leaving me quite dizzy. Although it was supermarket, pre-packed tikka chicken, it was also low calorie and low salt. There was only 130g of it and I was really quite full. I had a frozen tetra in the morning followed by the chicken and a mousse at lunchtime. I also took a bar for later on when we got to Wembley. Although we had Sapphire tickets, with free drink (and there was a buffet) I didn't touch anything other than a bottle of water, so I was really good. Lets hope I get my reward at next week's WI.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-68062619855654105642009-06-29T12:50:00.000-07:002009-06-29T13:05:03.847-07:00Another good week<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV8WW8ss8lg4TsCekon7sXBBbU7EK7LuVB99S2EGDLwnTJ_muVL_EEChOP-0nfsBwCux3lfN-DwJbjrjfRtdAPs7sqhS7GSNN49m6CAE2XECCAN66q5cM8YlRyk_HM3y4-6roMOiAnP60/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 118px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352842256214452306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV8WW8ss8lg4TsCekon7sXBBbU7EK7LuVB99S2EGDLwnTJ_muVL_EEChOP-0nfsBwCux3lfN-DwJbjrjfRtdAPs7sqhS7GSNN49m6CAE2XECCAN66q5cM8YlRyk_HM3y4-6roMOiAnP60/s320/002.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilf6KOdl1JcHY2CM6Pukv9KqQfTYjuAsUc-3KexEaKZErxf5UXsqunUT2uMldJXGg7Bhu1Cd4am_5d8Cx06xUPGArktyXFQEaWSMuav6BVnQHib8thY_697EQXUz-5jVX23Ce8ylzLtEm6/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352842085441416418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilf6KOdl1JcHY2CM6Pukv9KqQfTYjuAsUc-3KexEaKZErxf5UXsqunUT2uMldJXGg7Bhu1Cd4am_5d8Cx06xUPGArktyXFQEaWSMuav6BVnQHib8thY_697EQXUz-5jVX23Ce8ylzLtEm6/s320/001.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff99ff;">So for once this week was another good weight loss - 3 3/4lb. TOTM has arrived again today and I now have a rotten stomach ache. It's going to be very hot this week-it seems to be affecting me as I keep going really dizzy and everything goes black, like I'm going to faint. It's either totm that's affecting me as well as the heat or I need to eat something in this weather to help me cope better, though I don't really want to have to do that. Saying that, I am going to have some chicken on Saturday as it will be more of a hectic day and I don't want to faint on the tube!</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Going to have to throw away my size 18 pyjama bottoms-they keep falling down and I trip over them! Washed all of the old pairs that I've kept in the drawer and they all fit-all size 12-14. I really would like to order those Winsor Pilates dvd's now so they come before the summer holidays start. I want to start toning up sooner rather than later. The quicker I can start the better I'll look when Linda and Neil come over.</span></div></div>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-45947803538993786972009-06-23T13:30:00.000-07:002009-06-23T13:38:22.944-07:00100 days!<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Today is my 100th day of the Cambridge diet. To think that I couldn't picture myself getting past the first few weeks. I'm proud to say that I've been 100% for the whole time. I've managed to ignore the cravings-I do still get them-and I'm really happy I did this.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">This week I lost 3 1/4lb, which I was happy with. I'm never lucky to get much more than that. I'm hoping to have a good loss next week too before my totm comes yet again this month. I want to lose as much as possible before Linda and Neil come over in September. I want to give them a REALLY big shock.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Going to see Take That on the 4th July. I'm really looking forward to it. Planning to cook some chicken and take it with me. It's going to be a long day and I don't want to feel faint or sick. I've planned to eat it so I'm fine with it. As of this morning I was 12 st 9 3/4. Can't remember the last time I ever weighed that.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-32715637271589195802009-06-15T10:10:00.000-07:002009-06-15T10:14:17.413-07:00Well I did lose something<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Not much, but 1 1/2lb off is better than on. At least I'm back on SS now and hopefully will get a good loss next week. I've had 2 crap weeks, for one reason or another, but I've stuck to it and I think I'm about due for my reward.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-57668014825024509932009-06-12T09:44:00.000-07:002009-06-12T09:52:37.240-07:00This week is going to be a total washout<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">So far this week I have lost zilch. I have put on and lost the same 1/4lb a number of times but the scales are stubbornly refusing to move. Looks like I've hit the dreaded plateau. Last week was a crap loss too-so with this week set to look the same I'm not very happy.<br /><br />Abandoned the vegetables-it was making me miserable. Used my chicken and mushroom soup to make stuffing and a sauce for my chicken, which was absolutely yummy! Going to have that for my dinner on Sunday too, so I feel like I'm having a 'Sunday dinner' for a change. Not really looking forward to the chicken tonight as I've had to marinade it in the dreaded yoghurt-which I'm also not keen on.<br /><br />Hoping to get some celeriac tonight from Sainsburys. Bet I can't get any. If I do get some I'll probably hate it, but I need to try it. Would be handy if I did like it 'cos it would give me a nicer dinner for the weekend.<br /><br />The only thing I'll actually miss about my 810 week is having my bar at lunchtime. It's been nice taking that to work. I'm getting a bit worried about hair loss at the moment. It's not that I've noticed it much-not yet anyway, but a number of people on mini's are having problems. Think I might buy some Vitamin B complex and some Vitamin A and start taking it now. It's meant to be good for your hair.<br /><br />I live in hope of losing something this week, but I won't hold my breath. If I don't lose anything I'd better get something exceptional the week after!<br /></span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-45284857411475634622009-06-09T13:24:00.001-07:002009-06-09T13:43:06.395-07:00Not really enjoying my 810 week so far<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Unfortunately the list of 'allowed' foods is a bit short on things that I actually like to eat. It's no secret that I absolutely hate all vegetables and salad. I've never liked them-the smell, the taste, the texture-makes me want to gag.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">The protein list isn't exactly great either. I like chicken and turkey and also quorn. Except quorn is nice when it's mixed with ragu and spaghetti-it's a bit miserable looking otherwise. I have a milk allowance, which as I don't drink milk, I changed to 0% greek yoghurt. I honestly can't say I'm keen on that either-I don't normally eat yoghurt, but I'm trying to disguise the taste with curry powder. My only other options are cottage cheese (which reminds me of sick) or plain fish.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I made cauliflower mash to have with my chicken yesterday. I had to force it down and I didn't like the taste at all. Today I tried to disguise it by hiding it in my quorn, but I could still taste it. I still actually feel full and sick after having to force all that quorn down. I even put a bit of lettuce with it but it made it taste awful.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I just don't know how I'm going to manage to get any of these veg down. I wanted to try making celeriac chips, but I can't get hold of any. Knowing me I'd hate them anyway. I tried to like the lettuce and I tried to like the cauliflower, I really did-but I'm certainly not going to be forcing them down and I won't be eating them when I've finished this diet. I'm so stuffed from all that quorn that I had to eat tonight that I feel sick and bloated.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">People just don't understand about me hating veg. They think that there must be something I like but there isn't. I've always been a fussy eater. If it comes to it I'm just going to have to eat my protein but leave the veg. I just can't make myself feel so sick.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I never thought I'd say this but I can't wait to go back to Sole Source again.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-16224135722546848202009-06-08T13:01:00.000-07:002009-06-08T13:10:51.744-07:0040lbs lost<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Not much of a weight loss this week. I knew that totm would affect it, but I was hoping not by this much. I only lost 1 1/4lb, but I suppose a loss is a loss. I need to lose 2lb next week to finally be in the 12's and 3 stone down. As it's my 810 week I really hope that I do lose that amount. It feels really weird to finally eat something.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Can't say that what I can eat is great really. Didn't really enjoy my tea all that much. The chicken wasn't bad. As I don't have any way of using up the milk allowance I'm using the 0% Greek yoghurt instead-I marinaded the chicken in it, mixed with curry powder and ground coriander. I cooked some cauliflower in vegetable stock then blended it with another spoonful of yoghurt. I ate it but mash it aint.... I really didn't think it tasted that great. I want to try celeriac chips, but Sainsburys doesn't have any celeriac. I'm probably looking forward to that and won't like them either. I'm really trying to like these veg but it's really hard.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Tomorrow I'm going to have a chocolate tetra at work and a bar for lunch. Then I'll make a mousse when I get home to have for a pudding and cook the quorn and cauliflower a bit later on. I want to try and space it out a bit, to try to keep myself in ketosis if I can.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-65538283086950038382009-06-06T13:56:00.000-07:002009-06-06T14:12:39.305-07:00I was feeling disappointed....<span style="color:#ff99ff;">...with my weight loss this week. After the 3/4lb weight gain, which I lost next day, I then gained another 1/2lb, stayed the same then lost 3/4lb again. So now I only have till Monday morning to lose a bit more-and I don't normally lose anything from Sunday to Monday. I was expecting this week to be a washout because of my totm and I wasn't wrong. I just wasn't expecting it to be quite this bad.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I was feeling a bit flat. Concentrating more on what other people manage to lose, even when they cheat and feeling a bit hard done by. Decided to have a shower and go pamper myself. Got distracted by my wardrobe and decided to try on a skirt that I used to wear to work all the time. Only tried it on because I thought it was a size 14 and I wanted to see how near I was to fitting into it. It surprised me when I could get it on-even though I couldn't quite do it up. Not as surprised as I was when I took it off and saw the label said it was a size 12! I then decided to try on another skirt that was a size 16. It fitted perfectly, but it wasn't a 16-it was a 14!</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I can hardly be disappointed with my weight loss this week. OK, so it's not going to show on the scales but I am still losing fat. I've lost another 4 inches so far over the past few weeks-my bust has reduced from a 40DD to a 38B so far. Since I've had my hair cut it notices more than ever. I've even noticed people at work glancing in my direction. They wouldn't say anything because otherwise it would be like telling me I was fat and now I'm not-but I know they can see the difference. I love getting compliments-I'm just not used to it-I never get compliments. I've been the 'fat one' for so long.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-31895187257608044112009-06-02T00:56:00.000-07:002009-06-02T04:10:01.337-07:00Feeling really crap<span style="color:#ff99ff;">I feel really rubbish today. Definitely TOTM on the way. Lucky my weight loss was good yesterday because it went back up by 3/4lb this morning. Think I should stay away from the scales this week and just give it up as a bad job. Can't say it will be great over the next couple of weeks as I can't guarantee to lose on my 810 week either. Bleurgh! </span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206663716806747266.post-7355347238403109692009-06-01T09:03:00.000-07:002009-06-01T09:14:46.144-07:00Week 11 Weigh in<span style="color:#ff99ff;">Well didn't lose any more by this morning but didn't gain either, so it was a very respectable 3 3/4lbs. I'm pleased with that. So that's nearly 39lbs off in 11 weeks. My official weigh in was rubbish, just like I thought it would be. It barely registered on the scales. It went from 13st 9.8 last week, to 13st 9.6 this week. Don't know why I'm disappointed because I always take it from my own scales anyway! Think my totm must be closer than I thought-I'm starting to get a bit of a stomach ache again and just feel a bit low. That, plus the extra water weight and wearing my trainers to be weighed didn't help. I don't feel like it's cheating to take my weight by my own scales as I also take bad readings from mine, when my CDC's show a good loss. Besides, first thing in the morning in my undies I am getting what my body weighs-not my clothes and my shoes, plus everything I've either eaten or drunk.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I'm now 3 1/4lb away from 3 stone. Don't know if I'm going to manage that in the next week, what with totm but it would be nice. It would be nice to get it out of the way before my 810 week next week. I'm looking forward to it, but just hope that I manage a loss of at least a couple of pounds.</span>**sparkles**http://www.blogger.com/profile/02529615297486932484noreply@blogger.com0