chunkychicken
Full Member
A question for all you management people out there… actually it is more likely to be a rant – so I apologise in advance.
I am having a pretty major freak out about route to management and the lack of rules / portion control that is given at the start of the programme. It just feels so strange after foundation to be given rough guidelines and to just get on with it.
With foundation / development – it was so simple. 4 packs, 4 litres of water and nothing else really. Now in management (once you are past the first 2 days) it is suddenly so vague.
I keep reading the books over and over and have found some recipes that have portion sizes for the protein but everything else is a bit “wishy-washy” for my liking. I like to know that I am either 100% following the programme or not, at the moment, I just feel like I am making it up half the time.
For example – I am on week 2 currently and about to go into week 3. Week 1 I had a big loss (5.7lb) and was really happy because I went into management early hoping to lose a few more pounds to get me to goal and perhaps lower by being very strict and maybe even repeating the early weeks until I was happy with where I was weight-wise before proceeding.
Week 2 choices are still pretty limited – but it is the portions I am getting freaked out by and what time of day to eat and how much. I had a little blip over the weekend and ate a homemade bread roll with butter which I am not proud of. The next day there was an increase on the scales and I have been terrified ever since. Currently I am having a small portion of protein (a small salmon fillet or piece of chicken or tin of tuna) with quite a large helping of salad with dressing, and a jelly and/or yoghurt during the day. I am also having a couple of cups of tea with skimmed milk a day. There are just several questions I have that don’t seem to be adequately explained in the book that I would like clarification on.
For example, the salad portions etc. I am allowed 225g of salad veg – is this total for the whole day, or is it just for the snack? It says I am allowed sugar free jelly – but not how much. It says I can have fat free yoghurt, but is this in addition to the jelly or instead of it, there are recipes for dips, but it doesn’t say how much of it you can eat in one sitting and whether this replaces your protein choice with your main meal or whether it is in addition to it… the list seems to grow each day. Then this week (from tomorrow) I am allowed fruit. It says you should eat a rainbow variety of fruit any time you like – but is this part of the 225g of veg allowance or is it really “unlimited”. Surely with the sugar in fruit, you can “over-do” it and this could lead to a gain??? Arrrrgghhhh I am just so freaked out by the whole thing.
I think what this boils down to is that despite advising others against it – I am panicking. I am mortally terrified of seeing an official gain on the scales and yes, I am sure you will agree, moving into management with the express intention of losing weight is adding to the terror. Continuing in Development was no longer an option for me for many reasons – but mainly financially so I have to continue with management but for someone who is usually so level-headed I can’t seem to stop myself panicking and worrying about food.
As a positive – I am sure this means I have come a long way since April, the old me would have used the lack of direction in the book to eat everything in sight and blame anyone else but myself – so at least there has been some progress. However, I hate feeling like this and if any of you could spare me some advice I would be most grateful.
The most useful advice you could give me was a rough idea of what you ate in the early weeks of management and how much you ate.
I am going to class tomorrow to be weighed (gulp) and I will try to ask as many questions of my LLC as I can, but the class is very busy at the moment so one on one time is somewhat limited.
Sorry for waffling on so much
Laura
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I am having a pretty major freak out about route to management and the lack of rules / portion control that is given at the start of the programme. It just feels so strange after foundation to be given rough guidelines and to just get on with it.
With foundation / development – it was so simple. 4 packs, 4 litres of water and nothing else really. Now in management (once you are past the first 2 days) it is suddenly so vague.
I keep reading the books over and over and have found some recipes that have portion sizes for the protein but everything else is a bit “wishy-washy” for my liking. I like to know that I am either 100% following the programme or not, at the moment, I just feel like I am making it up half the time.
For example – I am on week 2 currently and about to go into week 3. Week 1 I had a big loss (5.7lb) and was really happy because I went into management early hoping to lose a few more pounds to get me to goal and perhaps lower by being very strict and maybe even repeating the early weeks until I was happy with where I was weight-wise before proceeding.
Week 2 choices are still pretty limited – but it is the portions I am getting freaked out by and what time of day to eat and how much. I had a little blip over the weekend and ate a homemade bread roll with butter which I am not proud of. The next day there was an increase on the scales and I have been terrified ever since. Currently I am having a small portion of protein (a small salmon fillet or piece of chicken or tin of tuna) with quite a large helping of salad with dressing, and a jelly and/or yoghurt during the day. I am also having a couple of cups of tea with skimmed milk a day. There are just several questions I have that don’t seem to be adequately explained in the book that I would like clarification on.
For example, the salad portions etc. I am allowed 225g of salad veg – is this total for the whole day, or is it just for the snack? It says I am allowed sugar free jelly – but not how much. It says I can have fat free yoghurt, but is this in addition to the jelly or instead of it, there are recipes for dips, but it doesn’t say how much of it you can eat in one sitting and whether this replaces your protein choice with your main meal or whether it is in addition to it… the list seems to grow each day. Then this week (from tomorrow) I am allowed fruit. It says you should eat a rainbow variety of fruit any time you like – but is this part of the 225g of veg allowance or is it really “unlimited”. Surely with the sugar in fruit, you can “over-do” it and this could lead to a gain??? Arrrrgghhhh I am just so freaked out by the whole thing.
I think what this boils down to is that despite advising others against it – I am panicking. I am mortally terrified of seeing an official gain on the scales and yes, I am sure you will agree, moving into management with the express intention of losing weight is adding to the terror. Continuing in Development was no longer an option for me for many reasons – but mainly financially so I have to continue with management but for someone who is usually so level-headed I can’t seem to stop myself panicking and worrying about food.
As a positive – I am sure this means I have come a long way since April, the old me would have used the lack of direction in the book to eat everything in sight and blame anyone else but myself – so at least there has been some progress. However, I hate feeling like this and if any of you could spare me some advice I would be most grateful.
The most useful advice you could give me was a rough idea of what you ate in the early weeks of management and how much you ate.
I am going to class tomorrow to be weighed (gulp) and I will try to ask as many questions of my LLC as I can, but the class is very busy at the moment so one on one time is somewhat limited.
Sorry for waffling on so much
Laura
x