
Hi piper,
I started SSing on Friday and so far have put on 5lbs, not TOTM or anything, same scales, same time of morning, etc.
After reading that you got under 13 stone with LL but put the weight back on, it is making me consider giving the whole thing up.
In a rut at the moment, I have told family & friends and they think I am foolish for "starving" myself and now seeing that you put the weight back on after coming off LL, I think I will pack it in.
Any advice?
This is going to make me seem very weird but I'll risk it anyway
I have to say that I am very excited for you
I have had weigh ins where I have gained in the past and I hadn't cheated or wavered in any way shape or form and boy was I depressed
All I can say is that in my experience if you follow the diet then there is no way possible for you not to be losing fat and bodyweight in the medium term. If you are taking in a deficit of calories then your body has to be making up the different from your glycogen or fat reserves even if the scales tell you otherwise.
Unfortunately standard scales do not reflect the make up of your body and so if you are retaining water all you need to remember is that when your body is ready to part with the water, just think of all that weight you'll be peeing out
It is well worth taking measurement of everything not just the obvious measurements to compare against because when your weight reaches a plateaux or you gain as you and I have both done then you may just surprise yourself at just howm many inches come off - don't ask me how but that is my experience
The amount of 'laymen' that made the most bizarre ill informed comments was amazing. Of coarse the VLCD is a specialist field and so those that aren't in the know haven't got a clue what they are banging on about and I hope you can find the stregnth to make allowances for this because the comments don't reflect the reality
Please stick with this because if you don't, you are robbing yourself of the fantastic feeling when you stand on the scales having lost the water and see one of the most dramatic losses ever! I wish I could bottle that feeling 'cause I'd make a fortune.
I gained in my 3rd week on LL and if I had given up then I wouldn't now be a comfortable size 12 and maintaining my weight so please stick with it
