hi amber, I look forward to starting!  you have day 1 down....good luck!

hello everyone!!

I couldn't do it!!! I'm such a failure...hahaha! last night I went out for dinner with my friends to a sushi house. I was really planning on sticking to my diet and not eat rice. But......when I got to the restaurant the birthday person already ordered a whole bunch of sushi (the kinds that has rice on it) and just kept them coming. i didn't want to order my own stuff cuz I didn't want to be "odd" or make the bill any higher than it was already. so I went ahead and ate sushi!!! Then on top of that it was 1/2 off on martini's!!!! So my friend got me one and of course I drank it!!! Ugh! Then we all went to my other friends house where she had a surprise for the birthday person. she made a cheesecake and I ate a small slice. I weighed myself and realized that I didn't gain anything. So far for the 6 days I've been on the CSD I lost 3.5 lbs. Not bad I think. I was really Hoping that I'd loose 10 lbs but 3.5, I'll take it. I only need 6.5 more.

Sorry everyone but I'm going to have to start the South Beach Diet a day early! Yup. Today is the day. good luck to everyone on the CSD. it really works. I'm going to start a new thread. so it doesn't confuse any newcomers!!!! This message board helped me get through it thank you so much!

hello again everyone i just started my csd today im pretty optomistic i know i can do this i really needed a change i was following some sort of calories counting by  just eating weight watchers food and it was moving along pretty slow so i needed a jumstart to take a break from the monotny. ive already lost 29 lbs but it took 6 months too slow and some what discouraging when i got a 100 to go anyway im glad i can come here and distract myself with mutal dieyer instead of the kitchen goodluck everyone

elaina

Hi there everybody

Chubbymommy7 well done for the 3.5 loss---no it's not 10, but it's better than not having done it.

Today is my day 2 and thanks to Nancy's idea of having the potato for b-fast I had a great one. Peeled and chopped my pot last night and boiled till tenderish, then this morning I put it in a frying pan with spray oil, onions and green peppers! Yum. I like things hot so added chilli flakes and grated ginger. It was really good.

I'm proud of myself because since today was first day back at work for me after 2 weeks of school hols (I work at a primary school) they had all these yummy brownies and slices and cake in the staff room and I didn't eat any!!! I munched on my carrots, and practically had to strap myself to my chair the pull toward the brownies was so strong.........

And I have only eaten 2 more hershey's kisses since my hubby brought them home from his golf win. And it's my time of the month!! So all in all I'm doing ok as far as desserts go. Alcohol is another story. Lasst night I just couldn't resist a Baileys on ice!! I tried really hard to talk myself out of it but what with the cramps and feeling sorry for myself it was not going to happen!!  Anyway, plan on doing a stir-fry tonight. It's lunchtime for me now and just finished a bowl of soup. Is anyone else out there on their first week of csd?

well i survied day 2 sorta i stole 2 saltines lol i dont think i did any major damage but i dont remeber emtying my bladder all night jeeze i barely got any sleep anyway on to day 3 i shall go i can do this i kow it ! im just glad you replyed i thought i was doing something wrong glad to hear you all made it throuhg the week i will keep ya posted on my progress have a great tommorrow until then ......anxious in florida lol elaina

his csd_novice! Thanks for the encouragement. I lost another .5 lbs...yes that a half a pound.  I'll take it though.

When I did the cabbage soup diet I would taste things just so I wont' crave it so much. Like a bite of my kids cookies, or a piece of a dorito chip. Then i'm satisfied that i just tasted the food. I feel guilty but I don't think it affects it. Now if I decide to each the whole bag or a whole bag of cookies then maybe that'll put a huge dent.

Keep up the good work! Once you're done do the southbeach diet with us!!!

Take care!

On day 2-
Day one really wasn't that hard except I felt like no matter how much fruit I ate, I still wanted to sink my teeth into something of substance.  The toughest part was after the gym last night.  I ate 3 bowls of soup and 2 apples and I was still hungry.  Oh, well, it's only 7 days.

Enjoying crunhing into vegies today and I am saving my baked patatoe for some energy before the gym.

The hardest part is that soup!  I love soup but apparently, I don't like cabbage.  It's smells and it seems like there are too many ingrediantes in there! Can I add some more broth?

Also, I forgot to wieght myself before I started (but I did 2 days prior when I started dieting and hitting the gym hard) and I think I lost about 4-5 lbs already.  My bosy kinda responsed like that, so hopefully the csd will get it going faster.

45 more lbs to go!

Crispy try adding different spices to your soup, like soy sauce, chilli powder etc. that helps when it starts to taste bland or boring.  As for the cabbage part of it...well???? it is the cabbage soup diet LOL

amber hang in there a slip up is just that, I have had so many I am embarrased to admit how many...I did this diet for 3 months last year and lost about 30lbs but I tried to eat well inbetween weeks and almost stuck to the diet for 7 days when I was supose too.

but gained it back when I thought I was safe to eat "normal" again--brother!, now here I am 25+ pounds up again and doing the same thing all over.  Since Aug 6th I have only lost 15 pounds but then again I was not real dilligent either.  But my goal this month is 10 pounds and I need 8 more to go!

We will make it~!

Way to go csdnovice!
today is my day 2 on sb and so far so good the bigest problem I have would you belive is finding the time to stop and eat during my work day?  I have brought my soup two days in a row for lunch and not eaten any!  I do however eat the small bit of protein either cheese or meat plus my eggbeater omlet and like tonight when I got home I had a veggie burger on lettuce (that was my bun) with pickle, onion and a tea of mustard..it was great

lets see what tomorrow does

alright, middle of day 3!
Gotta admit, the soup tated better last night (added garlic powder).  Had a ton of raw vegies yesterday, went to the gym after work and then had that patato.  Wow was that filling!

I forced down more soup cause it actually tasted great (plus I don't want to cheat at all).

Enjoying the fruit / vegie combo today and will down tons of soup after the gym.

I saw some banana smoothie reciept...can we use vanilla extra (doesn't that contain alcohol?) and other stuff like that?
I really don't wnat to vary any of the diet for optimal results.

So far I am down 8 lbs. (but that includes 3 extra days at the gym and regular food, 3 days prior to csd)

Amber - jelous your on 5 already!  Keep it up everyone!

Hi evrybody---I haven't been able to get on this site for days now! I'm on day 7 today, YAY! Funny, I found day 5 the hardest. Maybe it's cause it was the first day I couldn't access the site? Anyway, I actaully ate a protein bar that day cause I was craving chocolate so much. I'll weigh myself tomorrow and let you know how I go.

I have done the odd cheat (nothing major except for the protein bar) so I haven't been 100% good, but I have never in my life been able to follow a diet to the letter. I was better this time than I was last time so fingers crossed!

Hello,
        do you have a diet buddy ?
         I'm new to the csd just started today
         wasnt bad at all
         well I need a diet buddy if your in need I'm here
                                       
                                                                thanks