Big hugs to those having a hard time in one way or another diet related or other.
I have hardly lost any weight this time around - first bootcamp i was about half a stone down by this time - but i was bigger and it was a few months after having a baby, so that probably helped.
I have lost i think at best 2-4lbs, but i havent gained as i might have done if i wasnt doing this woe - excusing pregnancy my weight has been steadily rising and i was getting really despondent as nothing seemed to work.
I was starving all the time and fed up of eating syn free food. I have even done a shake only diet and that truly was the def of living hell! I was very unhappy about how i looked and worried about my health.
I would diet for a bit and then put all the weight back on and more. Each time feeling like a massive failure. Whilst i watched friends who had babies at the same time seemingly ping back into their size 10s. I would then eat loads of ice cream as if i was going to be fat i might as well enjoy it - and the cycle would repeat.
This WOE does work, maybe not as quickly as we would like and yes we do have to be restrictive to a point - luckily for me, i like virtually all the foods and am gaining a taste for the stuff i wouldnt have eaten previously - fatty meat and cream.
As BIWI says whats the alternative, low fat WW and SW, counting, weighing and cooking separate meals?
I have given up weighing myself - it drives me mental. Doctors and dieticians say only weigh at very most once a month. As women our cycle makes our weight fluctuate and the science behind low carb means that weight loss is not a nice straight downwards line. So if it messes with your head DONT DO IT - STEP AWAY FROM THE SCALES!!
The health benefits of this woe are worth it for me even if i didnt loose weight. On no other diet do i sleep better, have more energy, avoid afternoon slumps and the constant hunger. Not too mention no IBS, farting and nicer skin. Also BS levels totally normal.
Being fat is hard, dieting is hard - pick your hard!
I know we are all due a whoosh any day now. My jeans are looser and my face slimmer so i KNOW i must have lost more than the lying scales suggest.
I am not bothered about introducing carbs, i am loving cauli rice and swede mash etc and whilst i might longingly look at a parsnip they will still be there when i reach my target weight.
Thats my best motivation speech - phew hope that helped!
Yes def will be digging out perfume, spanx, red (bright pink) lipstick and my good perfume for valentines eve. Just need a week of uber bootcamp and to up my daily planks to get me as ready as i will ever be! I think it will be pork belly slices and broccoli the whole way, now no cheese does make it seem like a diet! This will be 2nd night out hubby with since DS born so it will be worth it.
Good luck for those weighing tomorrow and for those that dont.