Angellove's Diary - Autopilot eater alert!!

Hi, so ok it's only day two but I am feeling fine, tiny bit of a headache but that could be the central heating being on and the three kids off school!! I am so determined!

The think that has surprised me most so far is I think I may eat on autopilot. It's not that I am tempted, because I genuinely don't want food! I am just amazed at how many times in one single day I had to stop myself putting something in my mouth and not because I wanted it or needed it but because it was there!!

Granny bought the kids back after taking them out for the afternoon along with the usual supply of goodies - things I am not overly fond of - and I found myself scanning for the things I could eat!!

Even when my youngest son had a choc mousse I almost licked the lid once I had opened it for him!

I don't think I am a greedy person but this has taken me by surprise as I thought I was mostly a comfort eater/boredom eater but actually in fact I think I just might have been a 27/7 eater!!

I'm feeling so positive I hope these next few day go as well as yesterday because I was really dreading the first four! I'm having the dreaded chicken soup for sunday lunch, haha I am sure I will like it as I have liked everything else so far!

Anyway, I also wanted to add I am so glad I found this site. It was here I learned of Lipotrim and also read all the inspirational stories without which I wouldn't be starting my journey now. I am so grateful to everyone!!

great to meet someone starting same time as me........am so dreading first week but am feeling positive that i can do it. just hoping i can get support i need. Everytime i try to loose weight i fail and being told that I'm fine/ dont need to go on diet ect doesnt really help. I choose lipotrim because I always "cheat" on other diets....am hoping the break from all foods will help me to retrain my eating habits......i pick, i overindulge, i dont know when i'm full.....all the usual things i hear from others with weight issues. have tried weight watchers ect i'm usually fine during the day its night time that seems to be my down fall...hoping lipotrim can retrain the way i am with food.

Thanks for the replies. Well it's day five nearly done a week 100%!!

I was finding it easy - not hungry or any headaches - but had a wobbly day yesterday I just wanted to eat! I wasn't hungry just really tired all day and I think that triggered the food cravings but I didn't cave!!

I'm drinking tons of water and this helps and I've had no toilet troubles yet yippee!!! I think boredom will be my main issue but still yet to try flapjacks or adding mint tea and coffee to the shakes.

Actually I love the shakes as they are!! I just make them in the lt shaker (with the soup I mix it cold and heat in a pan) and they are fine, really tasty. I love my soup before bed makes me sleepy!!!

My family are being supportive and like many on here I'm cooking them super healthy meals and quite enjoying it! Part of the reason I'm doing this is to not pass on my bad eating habits to my three kids.

Hoping today is better. I'm def in ketosis, started it day three because of my breath and tongue but I'm not that cold yet! I'm just keeping focused on Fridays weigh in and the little treat I get myself if I have lost - I've decided can't buy clothes as a treat as hopefully they won't fit long! But starting to collect accessories - hair bands, scarfs, handbags, sunglasses, jewellery etc- so in the summer when I've got to goal weight I have lots if nice things to go with my new skinny sized clothes!!!

Day six - I feel fine, still no real side effects apart from one day being tired. Going on a walk today with kids and hoping to notch up an extra pound or two loss at weigh in tomorrow!
So excited about weigh in but nervous too because I don't see any difference and am so worried I've not lost anything despite being 100%!
Had to take two paracetamol today for very swollen tonsils - having seems thread on this forum I'm sure they wont bring me out of ketosis (ha I protect my ketosis like a fourth child!) but what if I need antibiotics?

Also really loving cooking for my kids still made them great meal last night but wasn't tempted - I get so much pleasure seeing them get well fed.
It is a terrible admission but I think when I ate I'd put my needs first - cook what o fancied, fed them the same rubbish I craved... Even filled my face first :-(
But this program is really helping me make a change for the better for everyone x

Dear Angellove,

The interesting thing about these vlcds is the things that we learn along the way. Useful insights - to remember when we're at goal.

I am suprised to find myself liking cooking for my DH - it's satisfying to produce a good meal for him and sometimes for visitors. I learnt that I used to taste everything - in volume and must have eaten lots just having a a little taste of this and that over the years.

I think i will be much more mindful of making good healthy food when I'm at goal.

It'll be great having you along for the ride as we shed 100lbs....

Keep posting!

Ali

Aww hi thanks for the comment! Yes thinking about it the tasting was much more than tasting maybe a mini meal!!! Made chicken and veg curry for kids today smelled lovely but one day I can have it for now no thanks I say!! Also made cupcakes as a treat for the kids - admittedly I'd normally eat spoon fulls of the batter mix but not a drop passed my lips!!

Wow! Flex that will power. Really well done today, Angellove!

Have a good day tomorrow,

Ali

Going walking today and might do a spot of cycling tonight and I'm loving it. A sneaky weigh reveals I've lost nearly a stone in less than two weeks but didn't have my weigh in clothes on!! Still it has put my my mind at rest the little blip I had sat night luckily didn't effect ketosis orbit least not too badly!
Feeling positive, still no headaches or toilet trouble!! Just have to keep sipping that water because I think water, little abs often, is the key.
My OH has noticed a difference in my face and I have too - can't wait to see if I'm still pretty it's kind of got lost over the years under all this flab!!

Hi Angellove Sounds like you are going along just great

I was definitely and autopilot eater, as well as a comfort eater. It's been such a relief to be away from food for bit and all the guilt that comes with over eating and making poor choices for myself. These diets definitely give you space to look at what you do and put plans into action to make changes.

I like the shakes as they are as well (although do add coffee to the vanilla), and don't mess with them to much. Just some cold water from the fridge into my shaker, shake and drink I do miss food a lot and I am bored of the same thing every day, but I am enjoying losing the weight and the health benefits and self esteem it is restoring a lot more. Am basically addicted to food though - it's my thing. I don't drink (much - just occasionally and very moderately) and don't smoke. I eat! So, have to stay on this plan as long as I possibly can to give myself the best chance of change in the future.

Good luck and keep going xx

PS - meant to say - am sure you are still pretty! xx

Aww thanks Jayne!! I do miss food too but I think about all that I've been through and I know it's not worth it right now!

I know what you Jean about feeling relief almost from not eating - I think I was so occupied with thinking about what I could eat next I was obsessed!! Now i don't eat I have more time to do things and plan nice treats like doing my nails or cleaning or doing nice things with the kids.

I think you're really pretty too by the way! it used to really bother me when mum in law would say "if you just lost some weight you'd be really nice looking" but now I can't wait to see the person I am under these years of bad habits and unhealthy eating!

By the way I used to say "I rarely drink, rarely smoke and I don't gamble etc food is my vice" but I think it was just an excuse. Whenever I wanted to treat myself it was with a big pack of sweets etc and I'm beginning to realise food is fuel not a treat xx

Really looking forward to weigh in Friday. A sneaky weigh this morning put me at 15st 5lbs but that is without my heavy worker boots I wear to the chemists!!

Really enjoying the exercise - it's nice finding things I enjoy because it doesn't seem so much of a chore!! Plus I will need to keep going even when I've reached goal so I'm calling it a lifestyle change rather than something temporary.

Having said that I'm taking a day off it today - I read in peach pips diary it's important to give your muscles a rest and I only had maybe four hours sleep last night (spooky goings on!!) and I know when I get tired I want to eat so it's best not to push myself.

Feeling really positive still - I do still want food but I want to be slim more. I feel lighter and healthier and I think my skin is clearer - I'm not very spotty but touch wood I've not had a pimple on my face since I started and my arms and back where I did get spotty are def almost clear. I think it's the water. And less of the toxic processed food I was eating.

Still having my shakes plain , like Jayne says I use the shaker and drink but I use a straw. I am still saving the coffee and mint tea additions for as long as I can so when boredom kicks in I actually have something that's different up my sleeve.

Also going to ask for a few flapjacks Friday because my friend is reluctant to eat in front of me despite my reassurances it's cool so I think if I had a flapjack or twi when we go for coffee and she has a bite to eat I have something also!

Just keep reminding myself it's not just the weight loss I want but I want the energy - I'd sometimes have to nap by eleven am i was so exhausted - too and the healthier body and to be an example to my kids.

And I'm looking forward to clothes shopping!

Hadn't thought about using a straw in my shakes, but do have some here, so will try that later Things do taste different through a straw for some reason lol

Despite weight, I've exercised regularly my whole adult life (will be 40 in April), and can definitely advocate taking 1-2 rest days per week. Also don't train the same muscle groups (with weights) one day after the other. Allow one day in between before training that group again. At the moment I do 2 weight classes (body pump) a week and pre Lipotrim was doing 3 cardio sessions a week, but am only managing one at the moment, and trying to build back up to it. I've just signed up to do Race for Life 10k in the summer (usually do the 5k), so that's going to be my little challenge for this year xx

Well here I am 4 weeks today and 2 stones lighter!!! OMG I am a third of the way through!!! Hoping that the rate of loss doesn't slow but I have been through so much these last four weeks a tiny blip, antibiotics to treat my pleurisy, totm but I have over come it all!!

The rewards have been fantastic - I have dropped two dress sizes and lost inches off my stomach (it no longer sticks out further than my boobies - I can't even see it when I look down!!) and it's great walking into any shop and knowing they will have something to fit me!! No longer do I go to the back of the rail and look for the largest sizes!!


I have been up front with everyone on what I was doing as I live in a small village and gossip would soon spread I had a gastric band or something!! i have received many compliments and also inspired many others to do similar diets which is just the best compliment ever. The negative people are not worth mentioning!

I've had a rough few days - I accidentaly boiled the chicken soup whilst heating it up!! It formed a thick skin on top which makes me feel sick just to think of. I can never have soup again!! But I told the chemist and she said I could have swapped them at any time so at least I know now for the future! I'll be sticking with shakes this week and the good old water lol and maybe try a flapjack next week when I am really bored!!


Exercise is becoming a pleasure which is my main goal other than weight loss. I knew I had to find something I liked so I would always do it!! I have been doing step and stretching and toning exercises three times a week for maybe 20 mins and power walking or cycling round the village (after the kids have gone to bed) 5 times a week. I love the feeling after I have done it, it really makes me happy in my head!! I'm hoping in a stone or so to be confident enough to swim again because I know from previous experience that is how I really shed weight and tone up.


Not really worried about lose skin anymore. I am using a mixture of firm cream and bio oil in the morning and baby oil at night and will continue with that but I have decided not to worry about it until I get there. Right now I need to concentrate on getting fit and slim!!

Have had a few food temptations - I really wanted a tin of tuna when all I had left was soups!! But the idea of putting on weight and everyone seeing me fail really terrifies me!! It's not worth it!!


Well here here to another month, I am down from 16st 11lbs to 14st 11lbs and I am really really hoping to be in the thirteens within four weeks!!! I can't wait to be in the twelves though as that is when most of my clothes will fit (yippeee) and I can stop and review a possible cross over to SS to shed those final 2 stones before I lose the last stone on SW.


Hope everyone is ok and this has been an inspiration to someone x If I can do it you can!!

Can't believe I'm saying this but what a lovely day for a bike ride!

Feeling a bit low today it feels like the scales are at a standstill... And can't recall the last time I went to the toilet must drink more water and exercise more today I think x

You are doing great, Angellove.

Isn't it funny that when things slow right down, we get low. And yet, day by day, week by week and on a four week rolling average, we are doin g great and getting results we didnt if we used other diets. I guess we just get impatient. It is relaible, especially if you keep up the right water consumption.

I hope you are feeling better and are rolling on with a good result this week.

Ali