I echo everyone else's comments. Thank you for sharing. I definitely don't want to go through all this if it is inevitable that I will out it all back on and some!
Yo have no idea how much I needed to read this thread! Xxxxxxx
Thank you and the very best of luck to you on your journey.
. I think it helps to know that VLCD 600 calories a day is not for life. I think I saw it as 'treatment'. Take the packets, three times a day with lots of water and you will lose weight.
Ok it works,honestly it does. Ignore the scales, trust it, it works.
When it's done, then you can change your relationship with food, learn your trigger points, learn what makes you go under and aim to be in charge most of the time.
I learnt that porridge made with water is a fantastic start to every day and drinking lots of water helps nearly everything. It's easy to over eat, It tastes good and initially makes you feel good. But buying size twelve jeans in a choice of colours and styles makes me feel much better for far longer!
I hope this doesn't sound smug or preaching, like an alcoholic I have a controlled addiction to food. I have the innate ability to be morbidly obese again. But being slim has some great compensations. My knees don't ache anymore and back ache is long gone. Most of all it's not difficult to exercise when your BMI is normal and that gives you some calorie freedom.
Enough rambling for tonight, keep going, it's worth it.
GSQ
