Hi Mississippi and Blueyedblonde, I have been doing a only a few days of the diet every week for the last few weeks due to family demands - I have enjoyed doing it and certainly felt really good after those few days. Over the last 3 weeks I have lost 10 pounds but with a bit of a blip this weekend - two dinners out and a birthday party< I am feeling quite bloated and tired.

Next Monday (12th Feb) is school midterm break and the family are going for a hotel break for a few days - no cooking or cleaning Yeahhhh!! So I am definitely ready to do a full week starting on Monday, to get rid of my squidgy middle!!.

Will post my weight tommorrow morning and I would really appreciate your support.

Good luck everyone

I know! Wouldn't life be so easy if we all had our own cook! All these slim healthy celebrities who have their own chef to cook healthy meals - no wonder they are so slim - if I was handed a healthy meal 3 times a day and didn't have to do the dishes I would be a Goddess ( well not quite )

Cooking and clearing up afterwards has got to be so time consuming - it seems I only get cleared up from one meal that I have to start on the next!! With the drudgery of it all its no wonder I dip into the biscuit tin so much!

Ya know, when I think back to life before kids, I didnt use half the energy I do now -I am on the go all day so why aren't I slim?? Okay I know the answer - all that energy burned up is balanced out by the constant nibbling due to the stress of family life!!

Anyway, very positive today - nice busy morning to keep me out of the house and now I spend my danger time ie. 3 - 4pm on this site getting some inspiration! As soon as the HUSBAND comes in this evening I will get out for a long walk which always helps keep me focused in the evening. Weighed myself this morning  - 152 lbs 5'5 and am really determined to complete the full week which will take me up to my mini-break!

Good luck people!! Day 1 is nearly over!

PS. I am so delighted to have found this site. I have really been yo-yoing over a couple of stone for the last couple of years and I could never finally get my act together! Also I always got fed up when a week of healthy eating would go by and I would not have lost any weight because, although everything was low fat, I was still consuming too many carbs!! I love this diet because it gives good results  and I know that in the future if I do have a blip I can go back to the CSD even for a few days and get rid of the extra pounds. I have a few BIG events this year and I know now that I am on the right track to succeeding in being slim and confident!! and am so looking forward to shopping for outfits and KNOWING that clothes are going to skim over me and not cling to the lumps and bumps!!

Anyway thats Sinead's thoughts for the evening - this is great therapy! - I'm really focussed now!!

PPS. Sorry for going on a bit!!

I also started the diet yesterday. I'm not doing the cabbage diet but its the soup version. The days are basically the same and I'm looking forward to the baked potato today :-) Sadly I had a few cheats yesterday but hopefully its ok.