VLCD

[Snap8TheCat]

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.

I will take a break for my own sanity at some point, but would rather it’s day 25 than 11. I’ve literally just got back into it and it feels so hard to have to start again.

Fruit - hang in there! A few more days and your sugar cravings will go and this won’t seem like a chore. I have been off rubbish food for just a day and I feel better already. I have smoked salmon and salad for supper when I get in. Yum

Yes, hang in there Fruit, hopefully it will start to get easier.

I'm going to start tomorrow. I'm back at work as well but will go for a walk at lunchtime or make up some excuse. I'm definitely not telling folk but just not sure how long I can not eat around people before they notice.

I don't think I could make a shake up without anyone seeing, it's a tiny kitchen at work and always someone in it. But I have bars as well so planning to have a bar whilst out on my walk. Hopefully that will work.

Also worried about getting through the first weekend. Weekends are definitely my downfall. Hope everyone else is doing ok.

Kittens, could you not have a slimfast/boots/asda/superdrug ready made shake? I sometimes resort to that if I forget to take my powder to work. Maybe an expensive way of doing it, but less than the cost of a regular lunch? A bar is a good idea as well.

I made it through the first day; had a lovely smoked salmon salad.
Swimming at 6am 1/2 a mile today, and a shake when I get back.
snacking on some cherry tomatoes at work. Still feeling positive and motivated.

Good luck everyone, keep with it today

Thanks Buxton that is really helpful, I didn't even know you could get ready made shakes. It definitely would be way easier for workI don't think I fully understand the ketosis thing. Can you eat a salad/protein and still remain in ketosis and likewise if I mix the Asda ready made shakes with the Exante products would I still be in ketosis? Will pop to Asda later today!

Day 7 of Cambridge Weight Plan and I have lost 5.5lbs, now 15 st 3.5lbs. Going to do another week of products only. I don't really notice the difference as am living in my 'fat' clothes which are all loose and figure disguising. My consultant advised me to try on something tight at intervals so I can see the difference in shape as it happens. I haven't been feeling hungry - Day 3 was the worst, I just felt rotten, but Day 6 &7 I have felt great and full of energy. My aim is to get below 15 stone next week. Good luck everyone - we can do this.

Wow Tormundsbeard! Good going! I bet you will get past 15!

Blimey that is brilliant Tormundsbeard, well done! Good idea Re trying different clothes on. I bought a dress before Christmas that is way too small just now although I had thought it would fit and am looking forward to seeing how long it will take before I can comfortably wear it.

ITV tonight programme very useful re meal replacements etc and exercise..

It looks like I'll be getting all of the exercise I need soon...

This little bundle is joining our family in March!

He's a husky/staffy cross (stafski?) so will probably be energetic and batshit!

Where we've moved to is doggie paradise! Country lanes, trees, and long, long walks! The two bars in our area are both dog-friendly.

So excited!

Had a cheeky weigh this morning, and I have gone past the 19 mark! 18st 13.5 !! Yeeeees!
Allroads your puppy is gorgeous. I am so jealous. Would love a dog, but we both work, so wouldn’t be fair on the woofer!

Have a good day everybody! Drink loads of water, and think positive. You could be 2 stones lighter by Easter! 4 stones lighter by the summer!

Buxton go you!

Day 4 of slim&save and I am in the throes of a full on cold, don't know if it's a bug or the diet or some combination of both but feel like crap

Sticking to my 4 packs a day though and 49 billion litres of water, hoping to stay fully 'on-plan' for 2 weeks and then weigh in (no scales at home) and then make a decision if I want to carry on with just the packs or go back to something like SW...

Well done Buxton, that is amazing! And Allroads your puppy is gorgeous, I am also v jealous, me and the kids would love a dog but I work too much hence the kittens!
I've officially started day one, currently at work. Only had to refuse one biscuit so far. It's raining so not quite sure what I'll do for lunch as had planned to go for a walk. Might just go and mooch around the local shops. Had a vanilla shake for brekkie and it was actually quite nice. Not felt hungry since but am also coming down with a cold so that is not great. Hope you start feel better soon Ohholyfuck.

Breakfast

Love your umbrella Kittens!

18:12.5 ! Getting further away from the 19’s ! I hope everyone is getting on ok.

Loving the thought that we could be a couple of stones lighter by Easter!

That is great Buxton, so good and yes the two stones lighter by Easter is keeping me going too. I have ordered some soup that I think I should be able to use at work. I had a choc orange shake last night for tea that was yum although the bar at lunch was grim. I can feel a headache looming but am suffering more from a cold just now. If I can get through the weekend without cracking I will be so pleased. Hope everyone else is getting on Ok?

Blimey, don’t know what the deletion was for? I never even read it. Hope everybody is having a good day. Not at work today so temptation is at hand, but trying to keep busy!

FAB thread!

And for dinner tonight! Some lovely roasted veg! Healthy, high fibre, and nobody ever got fat eating veg!

That roasted veg looks amazing Buxton! Funny how all the food I'm craving is healthy stuff- green salads and veg!

I went off plan slightly yesterday (think roast dinner) but mostly healthy veg rather than goose fat potatoes. And today is another day right. I had a sneaky look at the scales and I'm down already. Official weigh in on Friday. Have porridge to look forward to for breakfast and hopefully my soups will arrive today.

Keep going everyone, hope you all have a good Monday.

Oh I love my roasted veg! I even roast cauliflower, broccoli, carrots! Quick sprinkle of paprika, celery salt and 30 minutes at no 7! Don’t think of what you ate yesterday Kittens. Today is a new day! My scales stayed the same this morning, but I did eat about a pound of veg, and will be holding. A few pints of water digesting that!

I was up at 6 this morning, swam half a mile. It is so hard on these dark mornings!
Hope you all have a great day, drink loads of water, and if it helps, come on here and write about your day, good or bad.

Going to weigh in today, on day 8 but didn't weigh in beforehand so don't actually know how much I'll have (hopefully) lost!