honeybun55
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Hi, thought I'd come and say hello! My name is Nicky, I am fifty-something with four grown up kids, and have been battling my weight for all of my adult life. I am currently just under 16 stone and a size 18/20. Over the years I have been everything from a size 12 to a 28 and all stops in between! I have done almost every diet at least once, including SW,WW and Cambridge. With Cambridge I lost 5 stone and got to my goal weight but following a personal tragedy (lost my hubby in a motorbike accident four years ago) put nearly four stone back on. Cambridge really suited me and I found it quite easy, however my life at that time was very different; my hubby worked shifts and I was on my own a lot and found it easy to just have a shake or a bar. I am now in another relationship with a lovely man-I never thought I would be happy and find love again- and we are getting married in November! I have a much more active social life now, plus I cook for a man who's a butcher with a huge appetite who's built like a stick insect, and would find it hard to do a full on VLCD again. I find SW the easiest of the other plans to follow but seem to get slow losses although I follow it to the letter, and get demoralised.
I've been looking at the 2 day fast diet, I saw the TV programme about it and the science made perfect sense, however I don't think I can be bothered calorie counting etc. So what I have decided to do is experiment! I've bought some packs of slim & save VLCD which I plan to do two days a week, and to follow the SW plan at home for the other 5. From the 2 day fast diet point of view it makes sense-I'll be having 500 cals a day, and eating sensibly the other 5. Plus it will fit in well with my life socially. I don't know how it'll go but it's worth a try, I want to get 5 stone off before my wedding, I've tried everything else so here goes!
I've been looking at the 2 day fast diet, I saw the TV programme about it and the science made perfect sense, however I don't think I can be bothered calorie counting etc. So what I have decided to do is experiment! I've bought some packs of slim & save VLCD which I plan to do two days a week, and to follow the SW plan at home for the other 5. From the 2 day fast diet point of view it makes sense-I'll be having 500 cals a day, and eating sensibly the other 5. Plus it will fit in well with my life socially. I don't know how it'll go but it's worth a try, I want to get 5 stone off before my wedding, I've tried everything else so here goes!
