So I now know why I have felt shite for three days, mother nature is paying me a kind visit and punching me in my lower stomach repeatedly. Thanks for that!
I have a banana shake for breakfast, it tastes a little bit chemically in all honesty! Probably not one that I will try again.
Lunch comes round far too quickly and I have a Slim & Save pack, Spicy Spaghetti with red & green chilies. It was gorgeous!! I also have a slight treat for my tea tonight, I have bought some of the Eat Water Slim range (they do pasta, rice and noodles) they are all less than 10kcal per 100g and have no carbohydrates in at all, so I am going to use them to bulk up a pack! (I am thinking the rice with a tikka pack, or some extra pasta with herbs with the spag bol.. you get the picture!) I will write and see how it goes later!
Okay, Slim Pasta. If you don't expect it to taste or feel like real pasta then it is great, bulks up the meal and makes you feel as though you are eating something 'real' ... Expect Pasta and you are going to be really disappointed!
Pack 1: Banana Shake
Pack 2: Spicy Spaghetti (SNS)
Pack 3: Macaroni Cheese with Slim Pasta
Water: 4 litres
Monday, 20 June 2016
Friday, 17 June 2016
Day Eight - SS - 16 June 2016
Today is gonna be pretty shit. I can feel it. I slept crap, I want to mug every passer by who is eating and I feel like I have more than deserved to lose 3 stone in a day and be skinny forever and ever. Pfft.
Choc mint shake for breakfast. With a double spoon coffee to try and shake me from the dreadful mood. My boss has emailed me 10 times in the 45 minutes I have been at my desk - can he not tell that I am going through some form of mental crisis?!
A pep talk from a work colleague has got me feeling slightly better. She is 1000% correct in saying that I will feel better come Weigh In day, I don't want to feel fat on my Wedding Day either. Chris has text saying he has taken the afternoon off, he is going to watch the England match with a few drinks. I would murder for a wine right now!! I am just going to have to focus on getting through today and hope that I feel in a better mindset tomorrow. I won't slip up or cheat, I couldn't go through waiting for ketosis again.
Afternoon off, and I have stuck to sparkling water - feeling very proud! Tomorrow is a new day..
Pack 1: Choc Mint
Pack 2: Spag Bol
Pack 3: Tikka Rice
Water: 4.5litres
Choc mint shake for breakfast. With a double spoon coffee to try and shake me from the dreadful mood. My boss has emailed me 10 times in the 45 minutes I have been at my desk - can he not tell that I am going through some form of mental crisis?!
A pep talk from a work colleague has got me feeling slightly better. She is 1000% correct in saying that I will feel better come Weigh In day, I don't want to feel fat on my Wedding Day either. Chris has text saying he has taken the afternoon off, he is going to watch the England match with a few drinks. I would murder for a wine right now!! I am just going to have to focus on getting through today and hope that I feel in a better mindset tomorrow. I won't slip up or cheat, I couldn't go through waiting for ketosis again.
Afternoon off, and I have stuck to sparkling water - feeling very proud! Tomorrow is a new day..
Pack 1: Choc Mint
Pack 2: Spag Bol
Pack 3: Tikka Rice
Water: 4.5litres
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Day Seven - SS - 15 June 2016
HUGE NON SCALE VICTORY ALERT!!!!
This morning I fit into my work trousers that I bought in a sale two years ago and have never fit!! I am so pleased I pretty much skipped my way to work. It's things like this that make me feel the differences, opposed to a number on a scale. I need to do my inches again tonight.
My breakfast today was an Apple & Blackcurrant Smoothie, it is gorgeous! These will be going on the list for next week! It mixed really well just in my protein shaker bottle too, which is handy while I am at work.
Lunchtime and it was time for my Spag Bol, Had a bit of a accident (in the form of too much water, not paying attention and a flooded microwave) but I saved what I could and it ended up tasting better! Might try my next one with less water and see how it goes.
Really struggling to get my water in today, I have had 2 litres by lunchtime but I usually drink a lot more.
Slight melt down tonight. Chris has made chicken and potatoes and veg and it looks amazing. (So much for him not being able to fucking cook) I made macaroni cheese, it exploded in the microwave, which led to me throwing it quite literally across the kitchen. I cleaned up, practically sobbing. Made a shake and went to bed. Please god let tomorrow be better than today!!
Pack 1: Apple & Blackcurrant Smoothie
Pack 2: Spag Bol
Pack 3: Choc Mint Shake
Water: 2.5litres
This morning I fit into my work trousers that I bought in a sale two years ago and have never fit!! I am so pleased I pretty much skipped my way to work. It's things like this that make me feel the differences, opposed to a number on a scale. I need to do my inches again tonight.
My breakfast today was an Apple & Blackcurrant Smoothie, it is gorgeous! These will be going on the list for next week! It mixed really well just in my protein shaker bottle too, which is handy while I am at work.
Lunchtime and it was time for my Spag Bol, Had a bit of a accident (in the form of too much water, not paying attention and a flooded microwave) but I saved what I could and it ended up tasting better! Might try my next one with less water and see how it goes.
Really struggling to get my water in today, I have had 2 litres by lunchtime but I usually drink a lot more.
Slight melt down tonight. Chris has made chicken and potatoes and veg and it looks amazing. (So much for him not being able to fucking cook) I made macaroni cheese, it exploded in the microwave, which led to me throwing it quite literally across the kitchen. I cleaned up, practically sobbing. Made a shake and went to bed. Please god let tomorrow be better than today!!
Pack 1: Apple & Blackcurrant Smoothie
Pack 2: Spag Bol
Pack 3: Choc Mint Shake
Water: 2.5litres
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Day Six - SS - 14 June 2016
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Chris being home and having to get out of the house at the same time proved to be a challenge this morning, why does he have to take so bloody long to do anything?! I had forgotten how long it took for him to eat two slices of toast. I even made him them to try and hurry him along, but hey ho.
Anyway, I digress, once I got to work I had the Apple & Cinnamon porridge.
My friend has been doing the Slim&Save diet, and she has been raving on about how tasty the meals are and how much choice there is, I like having a CDC and I need to get weighed weekly, so the S&S diet couldn't be for me 100% of the time, but when I compared the meal packs to the Cambridge ones, the nutrition is practically identical. So I have ordered a couple to try, and will replace odd Cambridge packs with these ones on days that I feel I need a bit of variety. If I see any change in losses, then I will stop straight away. So from now on, on my summary at the bottom of the post, if you see (SNS) after the pack, it means that it is a Slim & Save pack that I have had.
10.45 - I am freezing today!!! Everybody in the office thinks I have gone crazy. It must be something to do with being in ketosis, because apart from being cold I feel really good today.
12.30 - Had my first SNS pack, Cottage Pie, was tasty and made a change from the rice/pasta type Cambridge packs, not sure that I would like to have that all the time though! I have a busy afternoon so it should hopefully fly in. Managing to get lots of water in today (but strangely dont seem to be weeing as much?!)
I finished the day with a macaroni cheese. Fast becoming my favourite. I have got a smoothie off my CDC for tommorow morning, I am a bit excited!
Pack 1 - Apple & Cinnamon Porridge
Pack 2 - Cottage Pie (SNS)
Pack 3 - Macaroni Cheese
Water total - 3.75litres
Chris being home and having to get out of the house at the same time proved to be a challenge this morning, why does he have to take so bloody long to do anything?! I had forgotten how long it took for him to eat two slices of toast. I even made him them to try and hurry him along, but hey ho.
Anyway, I digress, once I got to work I had the Apple & Cinnamon porridge.
My friend has been doing the Slim&Save diet, and she has been raving on about how tasty the meals are and how much choice there is, I like having a CDC and I need to get weighed weekly, so the S&S diet couldn't be for me 100% of the time, but when I compared the meal packs to the Cambridge ones, the nutrition is practically identical. So I have ordered a couple to try, and will replace odd Cambridge packs with these ones on days that I feel I need a bit of variety. If I see any change in losses, then I will stop straight away. So from now on, on my summary at the bottom of the post, if you see (SNS) after the pack, it means that it is a Slim & Save pack that I have had.
10.45 - I am freezing today!!! Everybody in the office thinks I have gone crazy. It must be something to do with being in ketosis, because apart from being cold I feel really good today.
12.30 - Had my first SNS pack, Cottage Pie, was tasty and made a change from the rice/pasta type Cambridge packs, not sure that I would like to have that all the time though! I have a busy afternoon so it should hopefully fly in. Managing to get lots of water in today (but strangely dont seem to be weeing as much?!)
I finished the day with a macaroni cheese. Fast becoming my favourite. I have got a smoothie off my CDC for tommorow morning, I am a bit excited!
Pack 1 - Apple & Cinnamon Porridge
Pack 2 - Cottage Pie (SNS)
Pack 3 - Macaroni Cheese
Water total - 3.75litres
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Weigh in 1 13.06.2016
Weigh in day today!
My first weigh in, 5 days 100% on plan, not even an accidental slip up!
I have lost 6lbs!!! That is more than a pound a day! Yippee!!
I am so so pleased, that has made me realised that the pure hell I felt like I went through on days 1 & 2 has been worth it!
My first weigh in, 5 days 100% on plan, not even an accidental slip up!
I have lost 6lbs!!! That is more than a pound a day! Yippee!!
I am so so pleased, that has made me realised that the pure hell I felt like I went through on days 1 & 2 has been worth it!
Day Five - SS - 13 June 2016
Tonight I get weighed! I am excited, and I will do a separate post for my results.
I have never been as happy to see a Monday morning in my life. I need routine on this diet, as weekends have far too much time for me to sit and think about what I can't eat.
I have bought a 2 litre bottle of sparkling water on my way to work, and I have drank a 75cl bottle of Buxton by I get here.
My first pack today is a Fruits of the Forest Shake, its pleasant enough, maybe a little bit too sweet for me though.
I think that my boobs are 'de-flating' they done this last time I done a VLCD, they go like a soggy balloon and then perk back up once I start eating again.
Dinnertime comes at work and I have managed to cut up a chocolate orange bar into about 10 pieces. Its a bit rubbery. My least favourite so far.
Once I get home I get weighed and lose! (see the Weigh In post!) Then I settle for the night with a spaghetti bolognaise (mine looks nicer than Chris's attempt to be honest!)
Another 100% day and first WI has given me a motivation boost. Feeling happy happy.
Pack 1 - Fruits of the Forest Shake
Pack 2 - Chocolate Orange Bar
Pack 3 - Spag Bol
Water total - 4litres
Back to Day 4
Weigh In 1
I have never been as happy to see a Monday morning in my life. I need routine on this diet, as weekends have far too much time for me to sit and think about what I can't eat.
I have bought a 2 litre bottle of sparkling water on my way to work, and I have drank a 75cl bottle of Buxton by I get here.
My first pack today is a Fruits of the Forest Shake, its pleasant enough, maybe a little bit too sweet for me though.
I think that my boobs are 'de-flating' they done this last time I done a VLCD, they go like a soggy balloon and then perk back up once I start eating again.
Dinnertime comes at work and I have managed to cut up a chocolate orange bar into about 10 pieces. Its a bit rubbery. My least favourite so far.
Once I get home I get weighed and lose! (see the Weigh In post!) Then I settle for the night with a spaghetti bolognaise (mine looks nicer than Chris's attempt to be honest!)
Another 100% day and first WI has given me a motivation boost. Feeling happy happy.
Pack 1 - Fruits of the Forest Shake
Pack 2 - Chocolate Orange Bar
Pack 3 - Spag Bol
Water total - 4litres
Back to Day 4
Weigh In 1
Monday, 13 June 2016
Day Four - SS - 12 June 2016
My phone woke me up... being woken up by Chris when he was out the night before on his stag do isn't looking good for me when I promise him I didn't have a drink last night. It isn't my fault my body likes sleep!
I don't feel hungry in the slightest but my mouth tastes like utter shite, I had a nightmare last night that I had eaten beans on toast and taken myself out of ketosis, but the manky breath tells me otherwise. My dentist is going to love me on this diet, I must be brushing my teeth 5 times a day.
The day starts with a nespresso caramel coffee and a chocolate mint shake, as much as I am not hungry, I am absolutely knackered. The morning consists of pottering around doing bits of washing and tidying.
Lunchtime: As it is my first week I asked my CDC to bring me a selection, so I am gutted when I find that I have ran out of pasta/rice packs. (I am one of the lucky ones who can get away with two a day and still stay in ketosis) So Veg soup it is, its pleasant, but I am quite literally yearning for Spag Bol.
Porridge for supper and I go in the bath and to bed. Chris is eating pizza. I want to mug him for it. But I get weighed tomorrow, so the motivation is high.
Pack 1 - Chocolate Mint Shake
Pack 2 - Golden Veg Soup
Pack 3 - Porridge
Water total - 3litres
Back to Day 3
Go to Day 5
I don't feel hungry in the slightest but my mouth tastes like utter shite, I had a nightmare last night that I had eaten beans on toast and taken myself out of ketosis, but the manky breath tells me otherwise. My dentist is going to love me on this diet, I must be brushing my teeth 5 times a day.
The day starts with a nespresso caramel coffee and a chocolate mint shake, as much as I am not hungry, I am absolutely knackered. The morning consists of pottering around doing bits of washing and tidying.
Lunchtime: As it is my first week I asked my CDC to bring me a selection, so I am gutted when I find that I have ran out of pasta/rice packs. (I am one of the lucky ones who can get away with two a day and still stay in ketosis) So Veg soup it is, its pleasant, but I am quite literally yearning for Spag Bol.
Porridge for supper and I go in the bath and to bed. Chris is eating pizza. I want to mug him for it. But I get weighed tomorrow, so the motivation is high.
Pack 1 - Chocolate Mint Shake
Pack 2 - Golden Veg Soup
Pack 3 - Porridge
Water total - 3litres
Back to Day 3
Go to Day 5
Day Three - SS - 11 June 2016
K DAY IS HERE!!! I AM IN KETOSIS WOOOO!!!
Today is my little sisters 8th birthday, so we are up bright and early and off to the caravan for her to spend the weekend. I have brought my porridge, a soup and a cranberry bar.
15.00 Back from the caravan, I only had my porridge and a couple of black coffees. Feeling fine, I am making my soup now.
17.00 Stupidly agreed to go to the pub with some friends tonight - will I cope? Is it standard for pubs to sell sparkling water? What about soda? Should I stick to tap? My mind is going in overdrive.
23.30 Back from the pubs, only had a few sparkling waters and a couple of tap waters where they didnt sell sparkling. I even eat my bar in Wetherspoons. Feeling really proud of myself as I walked past the drunken girls queuing for the takeaway!!!
Another 100% day - and my first Saturday done. Feeling super super proud!!!
Pack 1 - Apple & Cinnamon Porridge
Pack 2 - Tomato & Basil Soup
Pack 3 - Cranberry Bar
Water total - 2.5litres + 1 litre sparkling while out + 1 pint glass of tap
Back to Day 2
Go to Day 4
Today is my little sisters 8th birthday, so we are up bright and early and off to the caravan for her to spend the weekend. I have brought my porridge, a soup and a cranberry bar.
15.00 Back from the caravan, I only had my porridge and a couple of black coffees. Feeling fine, I am making my soup now.
17.00 Stupidly agreed to go to the pub with some friends tonight - will I cope? Is it standard for pubs to sell sparkling water? What about soda? Should I stick to tap? My mind is going in overdrive.
23.30 Back from the pubs, only had a few sparkling waters and a couple of tap waters where they didnt sell sparkling. I even eat my bar in Wetherspoons. Feeling really proud of myself as I walked past the drunken girls queuing for the takeaway!!!
Another 100% day - and my first Saturday done. Feeling super super proud!!!
Pack 1 - Apple & Cinnamon Porridge
Pack 2 - Tomato & Basil Soup
Pack 3 - Cranberry Bar
Water total - 2.5litres + 1 litre sparkling while out + 1 pint glass of tap
Back to Day 2
Go to Day 4
Day Two - SS - 10 June 2016
I have surprisingly woke up feeling content and not too hungry this morning which is good!! I have drank a 75cl bottle of water before even leaving the door, it didn't even take much effort!
Chris has gone on his stag do today, so it gives me a few days to get into ketosis without having to smell food being cooked in the house (I could have killed him for the cheap disgusting looking ready meal last night!)
10.30 - Had my first pack, Chocolate Mint... oh my gosh it is absolutely amazing!! Even the girl next to me at work had a sip and asked if she could buy them to use instead of protein shakes! This is definitely going on next weeks list!
11.00 - Quick note for myself: Nescafe coffee is awful black. Lifes far too short for shit coffee.
12.30 - Yippee it is finally Spag Bol time! I genuinely love this product .. yum yum yum yum yum.
15.00 - Starving. Another black coffee.
19.00 - I have made wedding invitations and I am half way through a film. I am eating the Chicken Tikka Rice and it feels (sort of) like my Friday takeaway. I am pleased Chris is on his stag do, I couldn't watch him eat an Indian right now! I still feel hungry though, bath and bed for me!
Pack 1 - Chocolate Mint Shake
Pack 2 - Spag Bol
Pack 3 - Chicken Tikka Rice
Water total - 4litres
Back to Day 1
Go to Day 3
Chris has gone on his stag do today, so it gives me a few days to get into ketosis without having to smell food being cooked in the house (I could have killed him for the cheap disgusting looking ready meal last night!)
10.30 - Had my first pack, Chocolate Mint... oh my gosh it is absolutely amazing!! Even the girl next to me at work had a sip and asked if she could buy them to use instead of protein shakes! This is definitely going on next weeks list!
11.00 - Quick note for myself: Nescafe coffee is awful black. Lifes far too short for shit coffee.
12.30 - Yippee it is finally Spag Bol time! I genuinely love this product .. yum yum yum yum yum.
15.00 - Starving. Another black coffee.
19.00 - I have made wedding invitations and I am half way through a film. I am eating the Chicken Tikka Rice and it feels (sort of) like my Friday takeaway. I am pleased Chris is on his stag do, I couldn't watch him eat an Indian right now! I still feel hungry though, bath and bed for me!
Pack 1 - Chocolate Mint Shake
Pack 2 - Spag Bol
Pack 3 - Chicken Tikka Rice
Water total - 4litres
Back to Day 1
Go to Day 3
Friday, 10 June 2016
Day One - SS - 09 June 2016
Right here goes...
This is the last ever 'Day 1' for me, this is how I am going to change the way I feel and look.
I have done the Cambridge diet before, it was 3 years ago, and I successfully lost 3stone in 8 weeks, I was over the moon, I didn't need any 'maintenance' I would be fine... my gosh I was wrong! Here I am sitting at 16st 9lb (at 5ft 9 my BMI is 34.4) I get married in just under 4 months and I feel hideous. This has to change.
10.00: I started today at physio, so I decided to leave my first pack until I got into work. Strawberry shake, it was pleasant but I must remember to go and buy a hand blender tomorrow!
12.30: Lunchtime - I am having the Macaroni Cheese, this type of pack wasn't available last time I done Cambridge, and oh my gosh I think that these will get me through! I have already drank my 2 litres of water as I drink a lot anyway, but hunger pangs are starting to niggle at me!!
15.30: I am starting to feel a bit light headed and I am really struggling to concentrate at my desk. Time for another black coffee and bottle of water...
16.15: I am sat fantasising about what pack to have for 'tea', I am so hungry. It is going to be an early night for me tonight!!
19.30: Chicken Tikka Rice.. yum! I love the new packs with the textures, they really feel like 'real' food! Bath and bed to try and prevent me screaming at my fiancee who is working his way through the biscuit tin....
Day 1 done. Feeling happy and motivated!!
Pack 1 - Strawberry Shake
Pack 2 - Macaroni Cheese
Pack 3 - Chicken Tikka Rice
Water total - 3.5litres
Go to Day Two
This is the last ever 'Day 1' for me, this is how I am going to change the way I feel and look.
I have done the Cambridge diet before, it was 3 years ago, and I successfully lost 3stone in 8 weeks, I was over the moon, I didn't need any 'maintenance' I would be fine... my gosh I was wrong! Here I am sitting at 16st 9lb (at 5ft 9 my BMI is 34.4) I get married in just under 4 months and I feel hideous. This has to change.
10.00: I started today at physio, so I decided to leave my first pack until I got into work. Strawberry shake, it was pleasant but I must remember to go and buy a hand blender tomorrow!
12.30: Lunchtime - I am having the Macaroni Cheese, this type of pack wasn't available last time I done Cambridge, and oh my gosh I think that these will get me through! I have already drank my 2 litres of water as I drink a lot anyway, but hunger pangs are starting to niggle at me!!
15.30: I am starting to feel a bit light headed and I am really struggling to concentrate at my desk. Time for another black coffee and bottle of water...
16.15: I am sat fantasising about what pack to have for 'tea', I am so hungry. It is going to be an early night for me tonight!!
19.30: Chicken Tikka Rice.. yum! I love the new packs with the textures, they really feel like 'real' food! Bath and bed to try and prevent me screaming at my fiancee who is working his way through the biscuit tin....
Day 1 done. Feeling happy and motivated!!
Pack 1 - Strawberry Shake
Pack 2 - Macaroni Cheese
Pack 3 - Chicken Tikka Rice
Water total - 3.5litres
Go to Day Two
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