Thread: New to up and down

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I have to confess it wasn't exciting. Fromage frais, ham slices and beef slices. Too hot to eat! Just drank plenty.

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I can't see your diary, you need to go to setting and make it public to friends

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Lol oops. I'll do it next tone I'm on a pc.
Had a nice pig out today. Ate what I wanted without feeling guilty. Included two glasses of wine and a subway cookie. Thumping head - but really happy. And still less than 1400 calories!

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You can do it on the iPhone app as well.

I really want some wine as well but it'll take me way over......

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Yep, found it!
Now nibbling some cheese - I LOVE cheese!

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I really don't want to preach to you 2 but you really have to eat on your UP days. 1400 is great if your day was an intermediate but too low if it was an UP, if you want a glass of wine have one you have to remember you are NOT dieting on your UP days. Look through my Diary, see waht I eat and look at my losses. I can see me on this diet till I reach goal then using it by having 1 oe 2 down days a week to maintain. Thats because its easy, its not a vlcd that promises fast results its a way of eating. If you are going to limit your UP days so strictly your body will not release the 'skinny gene' and you will store all your UP day cals as your body will think its in a 'famine'. The reason so many people leave this diet is because they find the DD 's too restricting and they do not use their UP days to their advantage, this diet does work but for it to work succesfully you have to do it properly. I am not saying you wont lose any weight but I am sayting you won't get the full benefits that this way of eating has to offer and you won't last long term. Its really nice having other members here on JUdd and I want you to stick around and there is more chance of that if you are actually following the plan

Thanks bajoleth,

Im a typical comfort eater who has problems with overeating and portion control so I do feel that I need to monitor what I'm eating on UD's. When I say I'd like a glass of wine, I would struggle not to finish the bottle, which is then around 800 cals. If I don't keep an eye on it I know that my cals level could very easily fly up to about 4000, with that there could be no weight loss.

So I am trying to eat in and around my set target, 2044, I'm weighing everything now and making a concerted effort to know what the cal allowance is for every item. But I'm not denying any food groups etc

On a positive note, I'm hoping that by doing this when I'm lossing will put me in a good place for maintaining. Hopefully by then I'll be able to know what a perfect portion is by sight and be fulfilled by it.

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I do understand hun, and sticking to your upper limit is the way to go, its just when I see you hovering around 1400 on an UP day that worries me, we need members to stick around in this section and tell everyone else what a brill diet it is lol x

I read about a lady on an American site that lost about 5 stone on Juddd and she maintains on 1 DD a week and eats freely the rest of the week, if she has overdone it one week she just ups to 2 DD and she has maintained for several yrs, that sounds like a plan to me x (oh and her DD were 700 cals on maintenence so not so bad )

My first UD I tried to ration the cals early in the morning thinking I'd eat them all that night, think I need to have some sort of snack with my tea break on work days to try and balance it out a bit

Going to a BBQ today, and there will prob be more cals in wine than food but can't wait lol

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Enjoy it and don't feel guilty x

Maybe your up day is far more calories than mine. But by the time d nibbled my cheese I was at 1500 ish which is only 100 below my personal up day figure. As I struggle to eat "healthy" foods (I'm trying to avoid my real weight triggers -bread, pasta, rice, potatoes) then for me to get over 800 is sometimes a real struggle. And yes, I'm over weight by over 3 stone based on that.
Today should be a down day but it's too nice! It's easier to have down days when I'm at work!!!!

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Hi gentoo and a belsted welcome - it's great to see some activity on here x

Thanks karenlou.
A DD today - fromage frais for breakfast and lunch. Dinner was roast chicken breast, ham, peppered beef and turkey slices (yes all cold meat). And my snack two chunks of green and blacks chocolate.
Total 343 calories (only 18 over goal - must restrict myself to one chunk next time and I'd have been 2 under!!!)
And as I wasn't in pain for the first time in two weeks I managed some arm exercises and 30 situps. (without breaking a sweat!)
Now going to relax with a green tea (or 3) and my laptop planning for the special needs transition group (eek - only a few weeks left!)
Having had a static weigh in (what does STS stand for?) for over a week I'm hoping for a loss this week - anything would be a start!!

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Excellent DD, a STS is a 'Stay The Same', hope you see a downward trend soon

That's a fab dd, I'm thinking proper food might be the way to go instead of vlcd packs

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