Thinking of Lipotrim.. advice please

[Racoon]

so Im 5 ft 2 and i weigh 67 kg (147.71 pounds) this is the heaviest i've been
On and off with diets and not being able to stick to them
I've always felt i was overweight but now i think looking back, i used to be so slim! I've really put on the pounds past two years...Being overweight is partly due to me having depression due to an illness for a year (recovered now) where i hardly used to move, hardly ate, and when i did i would just binge.

Anyway I know that lipotrim is not good long term, and i don't want to yo-yo. i know that exercise and healthy diet will make me toned slim.. but i can't ever stick to this plan because the weight loss is too slow.


SO after my exams this May i was thinking to do a short burst of lipotrim, perhaps lose a stone. Then i was planning to lose the next half a stone by exercise alone, then back to lipotrim for another stone. I have joined a gym and plan to go everyday so i can get used to the exercise, as i know i will have to do this to keep the weight off after lipotrim.

just looking for a bit of encouragement really feel crap at the moment.

My plan for summer is: week 1: 100 TFR
week 2: 100 TFR
week 3: refeed
week 4 refeed

week 5 to 8 NO lipotrim: healthy lifestyle lots of exercise, maintain weightloss if not lose more!

week 9-13 back to lipotrim if needed...

I want to do lipotrim for two weeks rather than one, because i think it may help me to ease better into eating normal food, i really dont want to mess my metabolism up or carb-load. What are your thoughts on this?

ANy vegetarian refeed ideas? ( im not keen on eggs )

Also how do people deal with strict family and friends thinking its a fad diet?

Thanks everyone

[and]

You have to be at least a stone overweight for them to let you do LT. So maybe you should try it for a month - 6 weeks then try losing the rest yourself.

It's safe to do for months and months and months. Some (very strong minded) people on here have done it for 6+ months continuously!

As for yo-yoing. That's not to do with LT that's more to do with people returning to their old and unhealthy eating habits after losing weight. I can safely say that since last march I've eaten junk once again and regained some of the weight I lost. That's my fault not the fault of the diet. If you eat fried food, takeaway and other rubbish in excess (like me) then you will put weight on regardless of how you lost it!

You don't seem to have that much weight to lose so thinking you're going to lose a stone of fat in 2 weeks is a little optimistic - think a month is more likely. Don't forget the first week it's mainly water loss. Not a lot of point doing this diet for two weeks.

The refeed is designed to sort out the carb problem - I did a weeks refeed then a week of sensible eating as a break (see my sig)... You shouldn't regain more than a few lbs if you do it properly. You MUST refeed (I have made the mistake before of not doing it properly).

Refeed for a veggie - check out my refeed thread. I did eat a few eggs as I love them but I also had tofu and quorn.
Be careful with quorn products though - a lot of them are fat laden! The quorn family roast is maybe the best option.

Good luck!

[Teapot]

Hi Racoon

My advice is if you're serious about losing weight, commit to doing LT for 6-8 weeks and not bounce about coming on and off it (it will be really hard getting back on it after a break) - if you only need 6 weeks to move most of the weight that's fab, but be prepared to go a little longer. Getting into ketosis is the key for LT. Although you're having very few calories, you're making use of your bodies natural ability to go into fat burning mode in ketosis, which also keeps your hunger at manageable levels and is a lifesaver. While you're on LT prepare mentally for when you come off, so you do a proper refeed and then change your eating habits to something healthy and sustainable for you. LT is just the first step. It's tough but effective - but you have to be determined to get through the first week. I know I personally wouldn't want to do week1 more than once in a very long while.

Best wishes

Kay x x x