Not at all I enjoyed reading it lol
As I mentioned in my own rambling I wouldnt be
against using anything as a crutch that actually
helps someone to keep going.
We've all gotta decide for ourselves whether we
should or shouldnt, and although from what you've just
said you are using it for the "right" reasons lets
say, but with others the sweet Coke taste will lead
to a Cakefest lol.
And Im not typing with a holier than tho attitude, Im on
day 5 of my restart and am lucky enough to have
zero hunger pains or headaches etc.
Yet on day 3 I had a packet of popcorn, last night I
was tempted to have some roast chicken breast
which also wouldnt affect Ketosis,
hell theres loads of stuff we can actually eat if you
check hard enough, but if we all start that lark then
it'll be full on Sunday dinners by the weekend lol
You might aswell just do a normal healthy eating diet
or low carb diet even if thats the case.
The point of this regime i.e. a VLCD whatever the brand
is to do more than just loose weight fast.
Ive read of people who went to Cambridge or Exante
VLCD's and some failed as they were grand on the
bland Lipo just treating it as medicine etc but when they
switched to the others their whole tastebuds came alive
and smack bang back into their previous unhealthy food obsession.
One lady even said although the other one was
gorgeous she came back to Lipo as it would lead her astray.
i.e. eating a choccy bar instead of a shake was just
too much like normality etc.
I personally "Loved" the Choc Lipo shakes to a point I'd buy
em just as a normal shake lol, but with our Irish chemists
basically ripping us off with a huge price difference between
the UK costs I switched to another
VLCD and am enjoying the bars, meals & much much
better tasting shakes themselves,
Im fearing it will have be back eating normal foods again
due to my tastebuds that went dead or clean
for a better word on Lipo having me thinking of food
alot more than when I was on Lipo.
If your finding Lipo so hard that you are sure that
you wont stay out to the end then maybe look at some
of the others available.
It suits some but not others.
I just reckon theres too much food talk going on here
in the Lipo threads and in fairness when you have people
who have made bad decisions on what they should or
should not eat for years now, not tempting them with Sweet Coke or
Savoury Soup is hardly a no-brainer lol
Maybe we should have a "Super Cheating Thread" where all
the info is there so that at least anyone reading it will know
the full ins&outs, the good & the bad or warning them to
be aware of where it can lead to...
in other words the following items can be "Unofficially" used as
a crutch to stop temptation in times of need, use them,
but be warned & informed etc.
More encouragement and less shortcuts I reckon
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Totally brilliant post !