I have got really fedup with people saying that to me. Someone asked me the other day what diet I was on,as I looked like I'd lost a lot of weight. I told them and they asked their doctor about it who said "not a good idea and you'll put on all the weight afterwards" and they wouldnt sign their forms for them. When I saw them again they proceeded to lecture me about the diet. My doctor is all for vlcd and thats good enough for me. That and the info I already have about the diet, but it does pee me off sometimes. The comment about putting it all on afterwards has just made me more determind not too.
Nikki
Hi Nikki,
With any diet if you go back to your old ways of eating then you will end back at square one again.
This is the hardest part of any diet learning how to change old habits and portion size and for me not to comfort eat
A vlcd is very hard to do and a lot of people just can't stick to it as it does require a lot of discipline, but it does give quick results in more ways than just losing weight.
You have all the nutrients your body needs in the packets and all I can say from my own personal experience is that since starting my weight loss journey I have never been as healthy.
I had very bad psoriases which was constantly itchy and embarrassing as my hands looked like two raw steaks. Water stung them. The psoriases went up my arms to my elbows and anything I tried worked for a short time and then it was on to something else that promised a cure.
Now I have the psoriases just around my wrists and it does not look so bad, I seldom itch like I use too and my hands are perfect.
I also had boils which were very painful as they never came to a head but were red and sore under the skin I took antibiotics for these but they never went away. I am free of these as well.
When I got out of bed in the morning I was stiff with pain, now I completely free of pain in my joints and bones and feel so flexible and have loads more energy.
I have maintained five stone off for a year, but I am finding it difficult to shift the next four stone and I do think a lot of it is psychological, in my own head.:sigh:
When you get to a place where you look well and have more choice about clothes and you have ticked off off most of the boxes it is hard to feel motivated as in the first flush of the diet as everyone is saying sure you look great and why do you want to lose more weight.
This diet has been my life saver and this is why I feel so passionate about it as without it I don't think I would be alive as I was in such denial and my family were worried about me.
It is amazing what you can block out when you want to!
Babies who are bottled fed live on formula which is also a liquid diet that is man made, it is made up more or less the same way as a vlcd, but has more fat and carbohydrate in it for the growing baby.
We are just going in the other direction.
I often think is that some of our friends don't like to see the status quo change...
I was the fat friend for so long...now I feel it is my turn to be the slim friend...
When we change we force others into looking at themselves. So you will find there is always resistance to change.
I feel very comfortable where I am now as I blend in, but for my own on going health improvement for life, I do need to be normal range of weight...we all want to be normal
They say if you can maintain your weight off for five years you have cracked it!
Love Mini xxx
