VLCD

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Anyone doing one at the moment?

I've started exante this morning. Last year I lost 3 stone with Cambridge but Exante is loads cheaper. No meeting though so I need moral support if any one can give it!

Starting weight 249.2lb. Awful I know so no need to tell me.

Hi everyone, stocked up on the Asda bars today. Weighed in at 10 11 this morning so it's coming off again. This is the first hols I have come back from and not put 10 pounds on!! Reading how you are all getting on keeps me out of the biscuit tin. great weight loss Ronny!!

17 10 1/4, so another 4 oz off overnight. Every little helps!

Nice one Pinkie - if if you hadn't have been on the plan you would have a lot more to lose after your holiday. You are going to be at your goal soon! Well done Ronny. When you are hungry, drink loads of water, it really does help.

I'm on exante total solution, I have an operation coming up next year and need to lose 4 stone.
It's tough, sometimes I crave crisps like you wouldn't believe.

I have had the odd blip where I literally cannot bear the diet or feel really faint but I agreed with myself that if this happened I would only eat healthy food not exceeding 1200 calories that day and it's only been 1 or 2 days so far.

Hi all, Irritated, it's good to have a back up plan which keeps you in control. I drink loads of black coffee, diet drinks and water. If I go off plan I aim just to eat 2 meals - lunch and tea. This really helped on my hols and didn't look like I was on a diet to the people we travelled with. Going through my wardrobe today and getting rid of clothes I don't want to ever fit me again. Hope you all have a good day.

Hi all, hope you're all doing well17 10 1/2 this morning. Think I may have hit one of those static weeks. Word of advice - if any of you have not gone through the menopause yet, try and lose the weight now. I'm post, and it is a lot harder to lose now. I'm not giving up though. I was 21 st when I started and if I had not gone on this life changing choice I could have well been 22st by now....Remember everyone - loads of water and sugar free gum are your friends!

Irritated, if you crave crisps have you tried those baked pea snacks, in salt and vinegar flavour? They are high in fibre and protein.

Buxton

I am 48, that is one of the reasons I am doing this now. I don't want to be carrying this extra weight into the menopause. I am running out of time to sort it out.

I've hopped onto the scales and I am lower than Sunday so I am hopeful for the end of week 2.

I'm going to say this here because I can't say it in real life.
I work with a lovely woman in her early 30's who is almost certainly morbidly obese. My BMI was 37 and she is significantly larger than me. I want to take her to one side and say sort it out now whilst you are young. Don't make my mistake and leave it until you are in your late 40's when your body is going to have to work harder just to get the same result.

There is no way I can say this and I know how I would have reacted if someone had said this to me. Maybe if I lose weight, it will show her that it is possible if she wants too.
I feel better for getting that off my chest.

I know what you mean Chaz. I work with some girls in their early 20's and at a guess they must be around 20 stone each. I am 50 and was about 12-13 st in my 20s early 30's, about 14-15 stone around 40, and then I gave up smoking and put on 4-5 stones over 10 years. Maybe, hopefully, they will do something now, that will mean they start living healthily, but I wouldn't say anything either. I think I would have been really embarrassed and hurt if someone said anything to me, although it would have been said with the best intentions. People have got bigger in general I think. At 12-13 st I would have always been the largest in the room, but now so many people are overweight.

17 10 1/2 still! Plateauville Central ! I remember being stuck at 18 1/2 st for a couple of weeks though. Gotta keep at it and my stubborn fat cells will give in eventually

Keep at it Buxton!! I'm still at 10 11..... hoping the scales move tomorrow.

Just blown today.....Mexican takeaway, wine and ice cream. Will have to eat nothing tomorrow to compensate. Hope everyone has done better than me!

So you blew it today... in two hours it's a new day. Don't eat nothing, just go straight back on the plan as you were. If you go without, you may be tempted to break your resolve. I won't lose tommorow. I ate a huge bag of cashew nuts. So my blood sugar is fine, but it was about 2000 Cals for the bag. Oops. I am back on a shake for breakfast. I have lunch at a friends, so will try my best.

Thanks Buxton. Didn't dare get on the scales. Will keep to plan today and weigh tomorrow. Always feel rubbish waking up the morning after! Weekends are hard.

Weekly check in - 2.2kg lost
I have been on track this week. I've had a couple of snacks but they have been fish, eggs or a babybel so not affecting ketosis.
Goal 1 lose 4kg is done
Goal 2 lose 8kg 4.3/8

17 st 12. Shit, it's going the wrong way! I know cashew nuts and cheese eaten over a day is not 3500 Cals (1lb fat) but probably holding loads of water to deal with the excess salt. Had my shake this morning, and going to try and keep busy.

Well done Chaz! Did weigh in the end and a well deserved 2 pounds on showing on the scales. Tomorrow's weigh in will be better as will yours Buxton.

17 12 1/2 again. And so deserved after my cashew but and cheese binge on Saturday. Stuck to 1500 cals yesterday but hoping to go for 800 today. Nice one Chaz! Keep with it

17 11 On the move again! Proof, that if you do stick to the diet, it does work! (Funny that ) still managing ok, just got to get rid of nasty little habits that were creeping in. Must stop buying nuts, and put cheese at the back of the fridge so it is not so visible. Hope everybody is doing ok. Why not post on here whatever day you're having? Straying from the diet and falling off the wagon is normal, the only failure is not getting back on it the next day. Remember to drink loads of water still, even though it is cooler!

Hi everyone.....

So I’m new here and have read all through this thread. Some fantastic weight losses and stories.

I’ve on day 6 of Lighter Life Total. Before that I did 6 days of lowcarb/high fat and then had a binge on the 7 day!

But my results are good..........in 2 weeks I’ve lost 10 pounds.

This morning I weighed in at 179.2.

My goal is 154 – dream goal............haven’t been there in years. I’m 5’6 (and a half!). People say I don’t look like I weigh what I do so I suppose I must be good at hiding it.........but I’m so fed up of being heavy.

Why Lighter Life? Well I know how to lose weight. I know and understand it is a simple formula. Calories in v Calories out.

I just seem to go for a few days eating well – about 1600 and logging on MFP. Then the weekend comes and I love my red wine and Chinese/Indian....well anything really and I do tend to overeat.......I can consume an absolutely amazing amount.....sometimes there is no filling me at all. What also happens is that the weekend can continue into Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday! Not the wine consumption but the masses of food.

Hence I’m 2 stone overweight.

So I have finally resorted to a VLCD. I’m finding it quite tough. Day 1 and 2, I was working and seemed ok. Very hungry but ok. Days 3 and 4, I was at home with my two girls (3 and 4yrs). I found those two days absolutely terrible.........I was starving and HANGRY! Almost depressed/sad. Yesterday was day 5 and it seemed a bit better........not as hungry but ‘empty’ if that makes sense. Today is day 6!!

I’m going to a wedding this Saturday 26th so will go off LL for Saturday (and Sunday due to inevitable hangover).....I will keep an eye on what I’m eating and try to stick to lowcarb as much as possible.

Then I plan on getting back on the LL wagon on Monday 28th...........I’m hoping it won’t be another 4 days of hell!!!!!!!!!!!

(I’ve another wedding the following Friday 1st.........haven’t thought that far yet! And a work do on the 8th and a girls night out on the 15th...........crikey I sound like I have a fab social life..........believe me I don’t!!!!!!!!!! Everything seems to happen all at once!)

This is a very long rambling post but I just wanted to introduce myself and say hello! One thing this programme is teaching me is that I eat way too much........it’s quite simple really. Thin people don’t overeat..........people who are overweight do.

My closest friends are all slim. They indulge at social occasions most weekends........but one thing I know for sure now is that they MUST pull it back during the week.......otherwise they would be heavier. I used to think they were just lucky and ‘made that way’.........now I know that’s not the case.

So I hope to post here everyday.................good luck everyone.

Wib xx

Hi Wibby! I post here everyday too. If you do a VCLD they really work, but by God does it take some willpower! The first 8 weeks, I lost 2 stone, and stuck to the plan absolutely. The only time I deviated was to have a tin of tuna, when I was having a salad at my mum's. After the 8 weeks I have largely kept to the plan and have lost another 1 stone 3 lbs. But sometimes I go off plan and it really does affect the loss for 4 or 5 days. At the moment, I have 5 days without anything socially planned so I am trying to be as strict as I can!

Hi everyone and welcome Wibby - you are doing really well. I am at a wedding on Saturday so a day off for me too! I have had a lot of days off lately do I need to get back in the zone. 10 11 this morning. I seem to be going backwards and forwards! Lunchtime bar was ok but now starving. Going to have some chicken for tea. Hope you all have a good rest of day!

Good morning everyone!

Well day 7 begins. I can honestly say I’m just ravenous for about 80% of my waking hours! Ketosis.....schmetosis! I thought that I was supposed to reach a stage where I wouldn’t be hungry. Yesterday I had to eat two of my packs when I got home from work at 6pm as I thought I was going to fall down or kill somebody! On the plus side I felt full after having the two packs and didn’t really miss my 9pm one.

Anyway this morning my weighing scales seems to be out of battery. It was showing some crazy weights, the lowest of which was 177.2 but I’m reluctant to count that as the previous result was 181! I’ll get a new battery today and see where I stand tomorrow morning. The only time of day when I feel this VLCD is worthwhile is when I stand on that scales each morning!

So another day of hunger looms. I have huge admiration for everyone who has kept going for long periods of time. Buxton – how you managed 8 weeks without a break is astounding! Were/are you not weak from hunger?

Pinkie....when you go off plan, how do you feel when you go back on? Is it like starting from scratch?

Sorry for being Debbie Downer this morning!

Positives:
My jeans are really comfortable
Work colleagues are really noticing and today said my face looks so much slimmer
Not having to shop/cook/clean up
Not having to count calories
Understanding of how much I was overeating
Proud of my willpower – if I can do this hopefully I’ll be able to regulate my calories when I finish LL
This is not forever...........

Negatives
Starving
Missing the actual ritual of sitting and eating a meal
Obsessing about food/favourite restaurants
Smoking – my 5 a day habit has increased to about 10 a day (was off them for five years.......oh that’s a whole other thread!)

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow morning feeling a bit better and reporting a good weight loss. Well that’s if I haven’t eaten my keyboard before then......how many calories in a keyboard? Would eating a keyboard knock me out of ‘schmetosis’!!!!

See.......I’m delirious!

Have a good day everyone....

Wibby

Good morning everyone.
Hope you still have a keyboard Wibby I bet your scales show a fab weight loss tomorrow!
Still on the same weight today but managed a day on track yesterday which makes a change! I find a day off plan puts me back a couple of days weight wise but definitely makes me hungry again so not good. Not got anywhere since coming back from hols so I do need to sort myself out. I am only 4 pounds off my next target so I should be able to do that before the kids go back to school.
Hope everyone has a good day!