Howtomum - I don't really want to keep repeating what I have already posted.
My brain does not work the same as yours.
I had tried more conventional dieting that had worked in the past (when I had two stone to lose I did it on WW no problem).
4 stone was psychologically a very high mountain. I was exhausted at home with two kids on maternity leave. My dad was dying of cancer. I did not have the personal energy of space to commit to a diet that needed all that planning. I was in a dark place. LL seemed like a beacon of light.
I knew in my soul that if I didn't lose that 4 stone then and there, I would probably be fat and depressed for the rest of my life.
I have posted before that if you have a genuine issue with food, it just is not as simple as knowing you should eat well and less. It just isn't. If it were that easy, no one would have any problem dieting. LL would never have sprung into existence.
You no doubt, to quote your earlier post, therefore consider me lazy and a moron.
Well, I am neither. I am bright and very hardworking. But I turn to food in moments of stress and exhaustion like an alcoholic turns to food.
It's like you saying to an alcoholic, but why do you need to quit alcohol altogether? Why can't you just wean yourself down to one glass of wine a day?
Of course I know that your way is healthiest! Of COURSE. But I could not click my brain into that way of thinking at the time.
Now, with only a stone to lose, it's very easy for me to be doing it your way (I am, as we speak!) Last night was lovely roast vegetables and a chicken breast wrapped in lean bacon. Great!
BTW Expat - it's not all shakes. You can have one bar a day too, after the first three days.