Starlight
Gold Member
This is really a diary post in a way but Im going to be a bit self indulgent and post it here in the hope it might help someone whos feeling demotivated
Its also going in my diary so if youve already read it, sorrreeee
Im a seasoned Miniminer as youll see from my join date and the absurd number of posts I have lol Sadly Im also a seasoned dieter, while WW is my first love diet wise, Ive gone too far for that this time. The thought of a max of 2lbs a week loss is no use, for my health and my sanity I needed something faster, so it had to be back to a VLCD. So, I restarted Exante on Jan 7th and I did ok on it, I know it works. As the weeks went in I found I was having more and more Working Solutions days, adding in chicken, salmon etc which just wasnt what I wanted. So despite my initial misgivings about S&S (and yes some of you will know I was quite vocal about them initially) I decided to give it a try. (For the record Ive also spoken to Rob about my initial thoughts on it and retracted all my misgivings to him too and he knows Im now a totally dedicated S&Ser)
I have to say S&S is without question the easiest VLCD imaginable. I do 4 packs a day and have never added chicken or salmon since I started it. I KNOW this is the diet thats going to get me to target... no question about it.
Last week however I hit a bit of a low point with a 1lb loss, and ofcourse I got the 'Huh you could lose that on WW and be eating food' comments - all very helpful. So then I started to question the diet, could it be it really was too good to be true? Realistically how can I be eating these meals which I love and the truffla bars, every day and honestly expect to lose weight, its obvious, its not going to happen is it? Then I started panicing about going back to Exante... could I face nothing but their shakes every day.
After a few stern words and some butt kicking from some lovely Miniminers I shut up and got back to the plan in hand. This past week Ive had nothing but packs, 3 litres of water a day, a coke zero and been out just a 20 minute walk every day. AND Ive been rewarded. The scales have moved almost daily. I lost 5lbs at my weigh in last week and Ive lost another 2lbs overnight
For anyone whos getting disheartened by a small loss one week... dont give up... keep going - you WILL be rewarded, yes I could have lost 1lb on WW last week but I sure as hell couldnt have lost 7lbs in 8 days on it the way I have since. Have faith in the diet whatever happens.... we all KNOW this is the only diet worth doing at the moment
Its also going in my diary so if youve already read it, sorrreeee
Im a seasoned Miniminer as youll see from my join date and the absurd number of posts I have lol Sadly Im also a seasoned dieter, while WW is my first love diet wise, Ive gone too far for that this time. The thought of a max of 2lbs a week loss is no use, for my health and my sanity I needed something faster, so it had to be back to a VLCD. So, I restarted Exante on Jan 7th and I did ok on it, I know it works. As the weeks went in I found I was having more and more Working Solutions days, adding in chicken, salmon etc which just wasnt what I wanted. So despite my initial misgivings about S&S (and yes some of you will know I was quite vocal about them initially) I decided to give it a try. (For the record Ive also spoken to Rob about my initial thoughts on it and retracted all my misgivings to him too and he knows Im now a totally dedicated S&Ser)
I have to say S&S is without question the easiest VLCD imaginable. I do 4 packs a day and have never added chicken or salmon since I started it. I KNOW this is the diet thats going to get me to target... no question about it.
Last week however I hit a bit of a low point with a 1lb loss, and ofcourse I got the 'Huh you could lose that on WW and be eating food' comments - all very helpful. So then I started to question the diet, could it be it really was too good to be true? Realistically how can I be eating these meals which I love and the truffla bars, every day and honestly expect to lose weight, its obvious, its not going to happen is it? Then I started panicing about going back to Exante... could I face nothing but their shakes every day.
After a few stern words and some butt kicking from some lovely Miniminers I shut up and got back to the plan in hand. This past week Ive had nothing but packs, 3 litres of water a day, a coke zero and been out just a 20 minute walk every day. AND Ive been rewarded. The scales have moved almost daily. I lost 5lbs at my weigh in last week and Ive lost another 2lbs overnight
For anyone whos getting disheartened by a small loss one week... dont give up... keep going - you WILL be rewarded, yes I could have lost 1lb on WW last week but I sure as hell couldnt have lost 7lbs in 8 days on it the way I have since. Have faith in the diet whatever happens.... we all KNOW this is the only diet worth doing at the moment
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