dancing-in-the-rain
Full Member
Hello you dedicated people! I've done two days on LL (a restart, have done it twice before, most I lost is 2 stone) and want to give up. But can't make up my mind what the best course of action is, so I wrote a list of pros and cons. I'm not really looking for anyone to tell me what to do - I know only I can decide that, I know, but I also know that to succeed you have to be 100% dedicated, and I'm not, which is making the voices in my head unbearable. It's not even that I've found it hard the last 2 days, I haven't (other than in my head). I haven't been hungry at all so in theory it should be easy. So why isn't it?
Here's my list:
I want to stay on LL because:~
- I want fast weight loss
- I want to sort out my food demons
- I want to save time and avoid the hassle of cooking / heavy exercise etc.
- I don’t want to come off just to yo-yo some more and then have to try again
- Even just a month on LL will mean about one and a half stone gone! And I’ll be in the 11’s…
I want to pursue a food based diet because:~
- It affects my concentration and energy levels for at least 4 weeks (furthest in I‘ve got), and I need to be at my peak as I start Uni
- I want a social life
- I hate telling people about LL and will be very visible in the staffroom at lunchtimes with lots of people I don’t know
- I’m not actually convinced LL will sort out my food issues, I think I’m the only one who can do that…
- a loss of 2lbs a week will see me to a normal BMI by Christmas…
- I miss running
- I’m still absolutely convinced I can do it myself with healthy eating, even though 17 years of yo-yo dieting tell me otherwise (what’s that about?!)
There’s probably more but I think the bottom point is key…a lot for me to think about. I think for me to succeed on LL I have to be 100% committed, and I’m obviously not. I wonder how I can become 100% committed?
Your comments would be welcomed...
Here's my list:
I want to stay on LL because:~
- I want fast weight loss
- I want to sort out my food demons
- I want to save time and avoid the hassle of cooking / heavy exercise etc.
- I don’t want to come off just to yo-yo some more and then have to try again
- Even just a month on LL will mean about one and a half stone gone! And I’ll be in the 11’s…
I want to pursue a food based diet because:~
- It affects my concentration and energy levels for at least 4 weeks (furthest in I‘ve got), and I need to be at my peak as I start Uni
- I want a social life
- I hate telling people about LL and will be very visible in the staffroom at lunchtimes with lots of people I don’t know
- I’m not actually convinced LL will sort out my food issues, I think I’m the only one who can do that…
- a loss of 2lbs a week will see me to a normal BMI by Christmas…
- I miss running
- I’m still absolutely convinced I can do it myself with healthy eating, even though 17 years of yo-yo dieting tell me otherwise (what’s that about?!)
There’s probably more but I think the bottom point is key…a lot for me to think about. I think for me to succeed on LL I have to be 100% committed, and I’m obviously not. I wonder how I can become 100% committed?
Your comments would be welcomed...