Hello there, I'm new here.
I don't want to write a novel, but here's a quick into. Two years ago I lost just over four stone on the Cambridge. This lasted a while and then I slipped back into old habits and by this Feb, I was back in my fat clothes and more worryingly, they were starting to feel very tight.
I had made a failed attempt at the diet last year and my other half and her mother had also. Between us, we had enough packs and bars for six weeks on the diet. I had a six week break from work, so decided to get on with it.
I had a couple of blips early on, but stuck at it for five weeks and lost just over 2 stone. For the last week before I go back to work, I've decided to have three packs a day and one protein meal as in Sole Source Plus.
I have two questions at this point.
Firstly, I'm looking for help on how to feed myself when I get back to work at the end of the week. I'm going to be working away from home (mostly in the states) for long periods, staying in hotels and eating out or at work.
My plan was to look for over-the-counter meal replacements that I could use for two or three meals and then have sensible protein-based meals for one or two meals. Can anyone recommend either meal replacements or information and advice on how to feed myself back in the real world of making my own decisions?
The second thing I'm writing about, is that I'm four days into my 'one protein meal a day' (fish or chicken, oven cooked in foil with salad / green beans or spinnach). I had expected to feel good because I was having real food, but the last couple of days, I've felt very lethargic, extremely grumpy and just generally 'down'. I recognised this as diet-related, because I felt exactly like this four days into trying to get into ketosis. Can anyone help explain what's going on? Or better still, can anyone give me guidance on how to avoid the mood swings?
Anyway, thanks for reading and sorry for the long post...
I don't want to write a novel, but here's a quick into. Two years ago I lost just over four stone on the Cambridge. This lasted a while and then I slipped back into old habits and by this Feb, I was back in my fat clothes and more worryingly, they were starting to feel very tight.
I had made a failed attempt at the diet last year and my other half and her mother had also. Between us, we had enough packs and bars for six weeks on the diet. I had a six week break from work, so decided to get on with it.
I had a couple of blips early on, but stuck at it for five weeks and lost just over 2 stone. For the last week before I go back to work, I've decided to have three packs a day and one protein meal as in Sole Source Plus.
I have two questions at this point.
Firstly, I'm looking for help on how to feed myself when I get back to work at the end of the week. I'm going to be working away from home (mostly in the states) for long periods, staying in hotels and eating out or at work.
My plan was to look for over-the-counter meal replacements that I could use for two or three meals and then have sensible protein-based meals for one or two meals. Can anyone recommend either meal replacements or information and advice on how to feed myself back in the real world of making my own decisions?
The second thing I'm writing about, is that I'm four days into my 'one protein meal a day' (fish or chicken, oven cooked in foil with salad / green beans or spinnach). I had expected to feel good because I was having real food, but the last couple of days, I've felt very lethargic, extremely grumpy and just generally 'down'. I recognised this as diet-related, because I felt exactly like this four days into trying to get into ketosis. Can anyone help explain what's going on? Or better still, can anyone give me guidance on how to avoid the mood swings?
Anyway, thanks for reading and sorry for the long post...
