ImLosingWeight
Full Member
I'm in the boat of people that tried vlcd's and put the weight back on. BIG mistake I made was thinking I could come off it for a week and jump back on.
I started out weighing about 21.5 stone, got down to 17stone and as of this morning, and prior to this evenings junk meal I weighed 19stone 11ibs.
When I did 3 shakes a day after the first two weeks I found I could miss them as I was in Ketosis and often had to go out of my way to fit the 3 a day in.
I know they are nutrionally balanced and idealy I shouldn't be cutting 2/3 of them out a day. BUT I've decided I'm going to give it a go. I won't be stupid If I feel very ill after about a week or so I'll come off it but the alternative of being 20 odd stone is probabally worse for my health and happiness overall than eating 200 calories a day.
Water's going to be my friend. When I did this first time around properly on exante total, I stuck to it 100% for 3 months, so I'm hoping to do something similiar this time around. By which time I think I'll try to reintroduce an extra 2 shakes a day and then do another 3 months at 600 calories a day.
My goal is to be at my ideal body weight for my height in about seven months which I guess will be a loss of about 9 - 10 stone.
By just having 1 shake (at lunch time) i'm cutting out all other temptation - the only thing I'll have is water - so it should be simple once I get through first 4 days or so. Just had a takeaway and am feeling full so we'll see how the resolve is in about 3 days time.
Tyvm for your support - look forward to sharing my journey with you.
I started out weighing about 21.5 stone, got down to 17stone and as of this morning, and prior to this evenings junk meal I weighed 19stone 11ibs.
When I did 3 shakes a day after the first two weeks I found I could miss them as I was in Ketosis and often had to go out of my way to fit the 3 a day in.
I know they are nutrionally balanced and idealy I shouldn't be cutting 2/3 of them out a day. BUT I've decided I'm going to give it a go. I won't be stupid If I feel very ill after about a week or so I'll come off it but the alternative of being 20 odd stone is probabally worse for my health and happiness overall than eating 200 calories a day.
Water's going to be my friend. When I did this first time around properly on exante total, I stuck to it 100% for 3 months, so I'm hoping to do something similiar this time around. By which time I think I'll try to reintroduce an extra 2 shakes a day and then do another 3 months at 600 calories a day.
My goal is to be at my ideal body weight for my height in about seven months which I guess will be a loss of about 9 - 10 stone.
By just having 1 shake (at lunch time) i'm cutting out all other temptation - the only thing I'll have is water - so it should be simple once I get through first 4 days or so. Just had a takeaway and am feeling full so we'll see how the resolve is in about 3 days time.
Tyvm for your support - look forward to sharing my journey with you.