IWantSkinnyJeans
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Hi all
Would love some advice from all you about which CD plan might suit me best at the moment. Have done LL and more recently CD since the end of March and have found them both fab and am chuffed to bits with my 7st4lb loss
However, I am finding it very hard to stick to SS at the moment as I feel hungry some of the time which I have not experienced for any of the previous time on a VLCD. I haven't had a totally food free day for a while though often it is just a slice of apple or a few grapes. I expect picking at carbs isn't helping but even before I lapsed I was feeling peckish. On a couple of occasions I have eaten but made surprisingly sensible choices for me - 1/2 a chargrilled vegetable wrap, small chicken salad. On other occasions I have made unwise choices - bit of chocolate, cheese, flapjack - but have tried to look at the positive side in that I have had TINY amount compared to how I used to eat and not gone crazy bingeing. I do still feel "guilty" as I am supposed to be SSing and I want to try and get away from guilt around food in the future.
I am lucky in that my "cheating" hasnt affected my weight loss and I have lost a stone in the last month when the lapses have occurred. My BMI is currently 25.3 and i had been hoping to lose another 7lbs or so before moving up the stages but I'm not sure now. I'm sure alot of it is psychological hunger and, for me, once you have lapsed once, it is harder to get back on track, but I wonder if my body is after a few more calories now I have much less fat to live off than before? I am also more active than I used to be now I have so much more energy and usually walk 2 miles+ a day pushing my twins in their buggy (developing arm muscles!) so I wonder if that is having an effect too?
Sorry to ramble on but would really welcome your opinions and advice or just a kick up the backside and tell me to keep my eyes on the prize!
Would love some advice from all you about which CD plan might suit me best at the moment. Have done LL and more recently CD since the end of March and have found them both fab and am chuffed to bits with my 7st4lb loss
However, I am finding it very hard to stick to SS at the moment as I feel hungry some of the time which I have not experienced for any of the previous time on a VLCD. I haven't had a totally food free day for a while though often it is just a slice of apple or a few grapes. I expect picking at carbs isn't helping but even before I lapsed I was feeling peckish. On a couple of occasions I have eaten but made surprisingly sensible choices for me - 1/2 a chargrilled vegetable wrap, small chicken salad. On other occasions I have made unwise choices - bit of chocolate, cheese, flapjack - but have tried to look at the positive side in that I have had TINY amount compared to how I used to eat and not gone crazy bingeing. I do still feel "guilty" as I am supposed to be SSing and I want to try and get away from guilt around food in the future.
I am lucky in that my "cheating" hasnt affected my weight loss and I have lost a stone in the last month when the lapses have occurred. My BMI is currently 25.3 and i had been hoping to lose another 7lbs or so before moving up the stages but I'm not sure now. I'm sure alot of it is psychological hunger and, for me, once you have lapsed once, it is harder to get back on track, but I wonder if my body is after a few more calories now I have much less fat to live off than before? I am also more active than I used to be now I have so much more energy and usually walk 2 miles+ a day pushing my twins in their buggy (developing arm muscles!) so I wonder if that is having an effect too?
Sorry to ramble on but would really welcome your opinions and advice or just a kick up the backside and tell me to keep my eyes on the prize!