Thank you for the help!  This sucks tho!  It looks like I'm going to have a really hard second day because I love salads but I'm not going to lie, I love my dressing on my salads   I just hope I can make it through these restrictions.

That sounds great, ChunkyVegan. I'll have to try that.

balsamic vinegar with lots of pepper and a pinch of salt is good on salad. It gets easier day 3 onwards!

No, just don't give up!  You are doing fine!  I felt so bloated and fat on day 2 and 3 because I was stuffing myself so much, but all with the legal foods! 

I you love salads, make a huge one and use some vinegar.  Put a bunch of ripe tomatoes on it and SALT them.   Salt brings out the liquid in veggies.  I  did that and my huge salad was swimming in juice and I didn't miss the dressing at all!

Fill yourself up on the soup too!   Don't despair, just stick with it, if you have to weigh yourself before day 7 (I had to) do it the morning of day 4 (before the bananas).  I was shocked to see a loss of 4.5 pounds from only 3 days of this diet and that kept me motivated to kee p going, because like you, I felt like it wasn't working and saw no difference, just felt full and bloated!   

If you stick with it, it does work, just give i a chance, it's only 7 days out of your life!  Be strong LacheysGirl, you can do it and we are all here to help you and cheer you on!!

GOOD LUCK!

You can also chop lettuce into pieces and dip it in soy sauce and vinegar. It tastes great!

I absolutely love that we can all talk about everything on here.  I never knew any of this stuff.  I had a salad today and for my dressing all I used was a garlic red wine vinegar and pepper with spices.  The vinegar was crazy strong and hard to stomach.  I haven't added salt to anything because I thought we couldn't use, but now that changes everything.  If I would have known about the whole salt thing, then the soy sauce would have been a great addition to the vinegar.  I'm glad I have you guys on here to tell me stuff and give me suggestions!  Also am I allowed to use artificial sweeteners?  Also what oils, if any, are good to use?  Thanks so much again!

I would not use oil but a little lemon and vinegar is fine.  Spices too.  Now on the "NEW" CSD, you are allowed 1 TBLS. low cal salad dressing a day as well as a glass of skim milk OR ff plain yogurt,  unlimied coffee and tea WITH artificial sweetener, and ONE diet coke (or whatever type) a day!  That is the next one I will do!   On this one that you are on and I just completed, I had coffee every day with sweetener and a splash of skim milk in it, vinegar on the salads but no real dressing, but next time I will do the NEW one I was telling you about.  You don't HAVE to have the extras, it's optional, so that's good, cuz at least the choice!

So many people seem to loose 4 pounds after the first 3 days!  Don't weigh yourself until the end now.  It is very encouraging on the start of day 4 to weig yourself and see a loss, but believe me if you weigh yourself tomorrow (after banana day) you will not be happy, so please dn't do it! 

It will all be worth it so stay strong and post here often and ask questions.  You will learn so much, get so much support and I bet you will find it much easier to be true to your diet and at the end you will get get results!

For some reason Rice Wine Vinegar is much more mild and easier to handle. 

Also you said you hate milk.  Well I am not a fan of it either (except on cereal or in coffee) but on day 4 it says  "UP TO 8 GLASSES", (not that you have to drink 8)  I did 3 and each time did it in the blender with bananas, some SF Vanilla syrup (0 Calorie) or equal or splenda would work, and that's how I got the milk in.   I can't ust sit there and slam down glasses of milk, YUCK!  So just blend it with your bananas and check out some of the other ideas that people here have for banana day and you should do fine.

Good Luck,the worst is over! (almost)

Oh Sally! My Reputation preceeds me!!  lol

i ate 3-4 bowls the first day 2-3 the second 2 the third and fourth and 1 on day 5. I kinda ruined the diet after that but I still lost alot of weight

Well maybe that explains me not losing the weight then.  I've only had 3 the first day, and 2 bowls on the second and third day.  I only have been able to eat one today but I'm about to go eat another one.  I have a hard time eating so much soup cuz I'm a waitress and I work long hours so I only get to eat before and after I work.  So it doesn't leave me much time to eat it. :-(  I'm so scared that I'm not gonna lose the weight because of this.  The end of tonight is the end of my day 4 and I haven't seen any results yet.  I'm terrified because everyone said they seen the results after day 4 and I still haven't.  This sucks  :'(

I'm trying so hard.  I have never been on a diet before and for me not to eat all day, everyday is driving me nuts!  Plus not eating what I want is making me mad, sad, everything.  Not seeing results is making it even more frustrating.  My birthday is on Thursday and I have this really nice, tight fitting dress that I'm supposed to wear for dinner.  That's why I planned this diet so that I could end on Wednesday and be ready by Thursday.  But my belly doesn't seem to be going down any and it's scaring crap outta me cuz I may not be able to wear that nice expensive dress I bought.  I dunno, maybe the stress isn't helping my weight loss.  Thanks for the support, you're awesome!