BuxomWench
Full Member
I've just been on a parenting forum I go on, and there was a lady asking for help, and the title of her post was "what's the best way to lose as much weight as possible in 6 weeks". Much as I dont really talk about the diet all that much in other parts of my life, I couldn't ignore this post without mentioning Cambridge - she is suffering from fertility problems, is having IVF in 6 weeks, and has been told to lose as much weight as possible between now and then. Does that not scream "Cambridge" to you?
So I mentioned it, and a little bit about the diet, dont get me wrong I didn't make any outlandish claims or try and ram it down her throat, I just mentioned what the diet involved, what she might expect to lose and how much it cost.
Everyone else (not the original poster) practically jumped on me and said how unhealthy it was, how she wouldn't keep the weight off, how she'd have acres of loose skin hanging off her, how her fertility would be compromised, blah blah blah.
I just annoys me because I dont have any of those things, and in fact could not get pregnant before doing Lighterlife and losing 6 stone. Once we started trying after I got nearly to goal I got pregnant straight away. I'm not saying its a cure and I didn't make any claims but how could I not mention it to her.
It just annoys me sometimes how the 2 main healthy eating programmes on the market, WW and SW, always go on about how you should lose slowly like its some magic ticket to keeping the weight off. Its not. If you go back to your old habits, you will gain the weight, no matter what method you use. And as for loose skin, and all that stuff, go on the 5 stone plus boards of the Weight Watchers website and its teeming with threads about this...its a weight loss problem, not a VLCD problem exclusively. Hell, if we could guarantee to avoid it, we would probably be happy to lose slower.
I wasn't trying to make her do the diet - I couldn't give a toss to be honest what she does, but I had to draw her attention to its existence, the rest is up to her. I just resent the backlash.
Funnily enough she just posted saying "i find it really hard to do drinks etc as a diet, as im not a big drinker either lol slim fast made me feel sick". So she's obviously not that desperate to lose the weight. (I daren't tell her that pregnancy tends to make you feel rather sick as well). So she's not in the zone, not that bothered, I just mistook her for someone who was looking for a different approach.
But does anyone get sick of all the cliches? "that doesn't sound very healthy" etc etc. Do they not realise that losing and gaining the same 3 pounds on a healthy eating plan and remaining obese is not healthy either? Because any serial dieter who hasn't lost the weight after several genuine attempts on these programmes is obviously struggling with something...arghrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Never mind. I'm just glad I found it!
So I mentioned it, and a little bit about the diet, dont get me wrong I didn't make any outlandish claims or try and ram it down her throat, I just mentioned what the diet involved, what she might expect to lose and how much it cost.
Everyone else (not the original poster) practically jumped on me and said how unhealthy it was, how she wouldn't keep the weight off, how she'd have acres of loose skin hanging off her, how her fertility would be compromised, blah blah blah.
I just annoys me because I dont have any of those things, and in fact could not get pregnant before doing Lighterlife and losing 6 stone. Once we started trying after I got nearly to goal I got pregnant straight away. I'm not saying its a cure and I didn't make any claims but how could I not mention it to her.
It just annoys me sometimes how the 2 main healthy eating programmes on the market, WW and SW, always go on about how you should lose slowly like its some magic ticket to keeping the weight off. Its not. If you go back to your old habits, you will gain the weight, no matter what method you use. And as for loose skin, and all that stuff, go on the 5 stone plus boards of the Weight Watchers website and its teeming with threads about this...its a weight loss problem, not a VLCD problem exclusively. Hell, if we could guarantee to avoid it, we would probably be happy to lose slower.
I wasn't trying to make her do the diet - I couldn't give a toss to be honest what she does, but I had to draw her attention to its existence, the rest is up to her. I just resent the backlash.
Funnily enough she just posted saying "i find it really hard to do drinks etc as a diet, as im not a big drinker either lol slim fast made me feel sick". So she's obviously not that desperate to lose the weight. (I daren't tell her that pregnancy tends to make you feel rather sick as well). So she's not in the zone, not that bothered, I just mistook her for someone who was looking for a different approach.
But does anyone get sick of all the cliches? "that doesn't sound very healthy" etc etc. Do they not realise that losing and gaining the same 3 pounds on a healthy eating plan and remaining obese is not healthy either? Because any serial dieter who hasn't lost the weight after several genuine attempts on these programmes is obviously struggling with something...arghrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Never mind. I'm just glad I found it!