Day 41 - Meeting with CDC

I had another very positive meeting with my CDC today and not just because he brought me sweeties to eat either! I got an opportunity to explain my sleep situation to him properly and we came to the conclusion that in the sort of situation that I found myself in on Saturday night, the best thing to do would be to have an extra sachet instead of straying into food territories. That way things stay more controlled but I still get the extra I need for such an unnaturally long day. Although I am quite disciplined about this diet, if I chose to have an SS+ type meal in these circumstances, I might find it more difficult to go back to SS afterwards so I'll stick to the sachets and bars to be on the safe side.

I also had my official weigh in. Here are my new stats:

• Weight: 17st 1lb
  
• BMI: 38

I've lost a half stone in 2 weeks even though it's my TOTM. With any luck, I'll have have a better loss by the next weigh in as not only will I have only been on SS, but also I will have lost that little bit of extra hormonal water retention that I have now. In the back of my mind I had set myself a little mini goal of getting down to 15st by Christmas but had assumed I had no chance, I now think I have a very real chance of not only achieving this goal but I might even lose more. It's a shame I'm not planning on going anywhere nice over the festive season to show off.

As soon as CDC left, I tried one of the bars. I had recently read a very interesting thread on the www.cambridgedieters.com forum about problems some dieters had with these bars. One lady found that the first time she tried one, she lost the plot and ate about 5 in one sitting! Many people find they get terrible, painful gas problems and/or a feeling of uncomfortable over fullness but some of these people find if they cut the bar into pieces and eat it over a couple of hours, they don't have any trouble with it. I decided that as it was my first bar it was better to be safe than sorry so I chopped a Malt Toffee bar into 8 chunks and ate it slowly. The flavour wasn't too bad at all, not as sweet as I expected, and the texture was quite nice and 'fudge-ish', but it had a metallic after-taste similar to the shakes, easily remedied by a mug of white tea with a stick of cinnamon in it. I slowly chomped my way through 6 of the pieces but was feeling very full so I took a break of almost an hour before I had the last 2 chunks. I don't think I could eat one every single day but it did make a welcome change. I'm quite looking forward to trying the other flavours.

I'd just like to say a quick thanks to everyone reading this blog (including my CDC), I've received some really nice encouraging messages and I appreciate every single one. Also, I'd like to bring your attention to the Useful Links section on the right, I've added a new link to a blog by a Lighterlife dieter. It's a very similar diet to Cambridge and works on all the same principles. This particular blog is incredibly well written and is one of the blogs that helped me make the decision to start CD.