Hi all sorry about the length of this note but I thought I would share this with you. I’ve been on CD now for the last seven weeks or so weighing in at 19st 7lbs however I now weigh 16st 7lbs and things are going well. However last Thursday I ran into a bit of a problem when I got up and felt a bit groggy to say the least ( this is of course after feeling the fittest I have done for years, the diets worked wonders with energy levels etc etc). So off I went to the toilet, no detail but desperate for a number two J only to find I couldn’t go at all. After a full day of wanting to go but not doing so I felt shocking, the following day was even worse when I couldn’t even go for a number one at all ………… then came Saturday !! oh my god the pain !!!!! not forgetting of course that being a man our pain is much worse when we are ill J (that should get a reaction) . So I lasted until about 5pm Saturday and I could take no more I phoned my doctors and was sent to the hospital to be checked out (and believe me for me to go to the doctors / hospital it must be bad, like most blokes I hate the places) ………….temperature fine, blood pressure fine but very dehydrated ? which was a strange one due to the amount of water that I had been drinking. Anyway cutting a long story very short I told the doctor that I had been on CD for about seven weeks or so and this is what he said
There should be no issue going on any VLCD but you must drink loads of water (which I did and still do by the way …. at least 10 pints a day) but then went on to say that he would never recommend anyone to stay on the diet for more than six / seven weeks at a time without having 7 days off when you should eat normally i.e. still healthy, fruit veg, bran etc etc so that’s what I did. On Sunday morning after being ill for four days I had gone down to 15st 8lb but I came off the diet until today. I've been eating brown bread, chicken, veg and fruit with loads of water, I weighed in today at 16st 7lbs ? so talk about up and down (water I would think being lost and then taken back on)
Anyway I feel 100% better today and its back on the diet from today. My target is still 16st for Christmas so I should be OK for that this will then be followed by 15st for Easter and then 14st for July when we jet of to the States for 3 week on the West Coast
Anyone else had a similar experience?
There should be no issue going on any VLCD but you must drink loads of water (which I did and still do by the way …. at least 10 pints a day) but then went on to say that he would never recommend anyone to stay on the diet for more than six / seven weeks at a time without having 7 days off when you should eat normally i.e. still healthy, fruit veg, bran etc etc so that’s what I did. On Sunday morning after being ill for four days I had gone down to 15st 8lb but I came off the diet until today. I've been eating brown bread, chicken, veg and fruit with loads of water, I weighed in today at 16st 7lbs ? so talk about up and down (water I would think being lost and then taken back on)
Anyway I feel 100% better today and its back on the diet from today. My target is still 16st for Christmas so I should be OK for that this will then be followed by 15st for Easter and then 14st for July when we jet of to the States for 3 week on the West Coast
Anyone else had a similar experience?
but some people drink 7-8 litres of water a day which is nearly 14-16 pints?I have to drink 8-10 pints a day and Im a 5ft 2inc female who weighs 12 stone?? Maybe upping the water is the key?
