Brand new shiny VLCD thread...LighterLife, Cambridge etc

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New thread as the old one is now bursting at the seams.

Claiming NSV today I ran on treadmill for 20 mins without stopping at 6kph.
Never ever ran for that long before.
I started doubting myself at 13mins but decided to push to 15 and kept going. ...
Had to stop to go get DD1 for her swim lesson but I did it!!!

Well done tigger!

Only 1lb off this week not sure why

Hi
Can I join you all?
Day one of exante done.
Have done this before and struggle with the 'head' aspect of it.
Like to reward with food, must rectify that.
Inspired by your losses.
2.5 stone to lose.
Good luck to everyone tomorrow.

Day 2 starting.
Feeling motivated, long may it continue!
Good luck everyone
hope you don't mind my hijack, just need something to keep me focused
Have ex class tonight, will clock in later.

Weigh in day for me tomorrow, but feeling very positive. I can twist my watch round my wrist easily now, small but significant

Good luck giggly

Day 3 started...onwards!

Keep going ladies! More water for me today so fingers crossed that helps me

Hi pineapples
Hope the water going down well
I'm constantly running to the loo!

Day 3 def not as easy as day 2
Not looking forward to battling against a treat night at the weekend

Onwards
Will not sigh

Hang in there Fantastic you are nearly through the toughest bit now.
pinkapples - every pound counts.

After 2 weeks of not losing much (TOTM) I had a bigger loss this week 1.9kg taking my total loss to 12.3kg and my BMI to 31.5.

3.5 lbs off happy with that as I cheat every weekend last weekend was a Chinese sweet and sour, only had a small bit of rice though.
BMI has dropped to 40, so still very obese but slightly slimmer

Meant to say that's a stone in 4 weeks.

Thanks chaz

Not feeling the love today
It's the weekend, which usually means treats

Hey ho, knew it was never the easy option!
Onwards

Well done on the losses chaz and giggly
Wish I could fast forward to Monday how sad am I

Water going down better today so fingers crossed really trying with the 3litres a day so we'll see how it affects the loss on Tuesday just eaten my dinner and now having a chocolate toffee bar courtesy of lighter life! I live for my bars

Congrats on losses everyone

Day 5!
Starting with a coffee
Going to aerobics shortly
Enjoy the weekend folks

Morning all.
moving on to 5:2 today. Will use up my spare shakes etc whilst doing so.
promise to keep coming back I want to know how you are all getting on.
I will post some more info up to help. But won't be until after weekend as I have mammoth week of costume creating for kids and prop creating for show plus packing for holidays! !!

Weigh in tonight and I have managed to drink my 3lr goal everyday this week so let's see how it goes!

awesome pink!

that really makes the difference.

Fingers crossed

Been reading all your posts and have taken the leap to start today - wish me willpower!

welcome jai lots of willpower and drink lots of water.

mistake I made in early days - Watch sodas don't drink them if you can but make sure they don't have citric acid as an ingredient if you resort to them as it will effect ketosis.

Thanks - I had a diet coke addiction but have given that up for six months so hopefully that will be ok!

Have had porridge and caramel shake so far and not feeling bad. Sadly the porridge boiled over and I lost half of it though

Oh no jai which programme are you following?

I am doing slim and save! Just had mushroom soup with more broccoli than I ever thought I could eat ! First test tonight as book club at a cake bakers!

Hi guys.

I have a family holiday booked in six weeks which I am dreading because of swimsuit / wetsuit combo. I have some slim and save sachets left and am thinking I might get back on it for six weeks and see if I can shift a stone and feel better about myself.

However....during the six weeks I have a lot of social events- 2 big nights out, two weekends away at friends...

What do I do? Is there any point following Vlc if I am going to majorly blow all my hard work on at least six separate days? Or do I go with the idea that those 6 days will be minor hiccups in a bigger game?

I'd really like your opinions please.

Thanks in advance!

Dakota it depends what you intend to do on those days if your intention is to eat/drink what you want regardless then for me I'd say there wasn't really any point however if your plan is to try and be good then it probably wouldn't do much damage
Another way to look at it is if you did the sachets then if you lost any weight you'd be no worse off as you'd lose some possibly gain on your 6 days off but you wouldn't be any heavier as you'd previously lost the weight you put on... Probably not a good idea tho to lose gain lose gain but then how much would you actually gain in 6 days? Not to sure I'd probably do it and try and be good

Thanks Pinkapples. I have been 5:2 ing for a few weeks and it was all going well but have majorly fallen off wagon and am feeling desperate. I may go 4:3, which gives benefit of fitting in around weekends, but without the major benefit of s&s, being weight loss and not being starving. So tricky to know what to do for best. Probably should stop eating crisps either way though, eh?!