Lou1973
Silver Member
Before I start I want to emphasise this is not a criticism of VLCD’s.
I was posting on my blog today updating on my current diet (not a VLCD) and I started rambling about why the last two times I have lost weight I put it all back on again – during the ramble as my brain skipped from one thing to another I detailed what happened the last time I got down to goal weight
I made a reference to a comment made on here (thank you to whoever posted it) – about once you’re at your ideal weight weigh every day and the morning you go over your max acceptable weight you sort it out that day - no matter what's going on don't procrastinate, get focussed and sort it.
I’ve been thinking (and wishing) I’d done that last time and the truth is I did weigh myself every day but when the scales crept up I didn’t take action that day instead I'd lulled myself into thinking - you've only got 7lb to lose - you can do that in a week on cambridge do it next week. Then it was a few more lbs so I'd start on cambridge but having the will power to get over those horrible side effects in the first few days just wasn't there when I only had a few pounds to lose and I'd succeed on day 1 then blow it on day 2 - coz I could always do it next week and it'd only take a couple of weeks to lose so plenty of time before that event/ that holiday etc. right? Wrong! Basically the circle continued until I was almost 3 stone heavier than when I finished the cambridge diet.
I’m on a different diet this time that I don’t find requires quite so much willpower and I’ve made a promise to myself that once I get down to goal I'm going to have a maximum weight and that the day my weight goes over my acceptable max it's straight downstairs onto plan for a couple of weeks.
To reiterate what I said at the beginning this really isn’t about knocking VLCD’s and I know many of you have lost loads of weight doing them and managed to maintain it which is wonderful. What I’m hoping you’ll get from my reflections today is if the weight starts to creep back up please don’t procrastinate and think I know there’s an easy fix I’ll do it next week - do it that day – and if you find you can’t stick to a VLCD because the motivation isn’t there then choose another route – but please, please don’t keep knocking your head against the same brick wall starting a VLCD diet every Monday and blowing it every Tuesday again and again as every week you’ll feel like a failure and could easily find yourself like me 3 stone heavier
Good luck to you whatever route you are choosing to go down to lose your weight and maintain when you get to goals
I was posting on my blog today updating on my current diet (not a VLCD) and I started rambling about why the last two times I have lost weight I put it all back on again – during the ramble as my brain skipped from one thing to another I detailed what happened the last time I got down to goal weight
I made a reference to a comment made on here (thank you to whoever posted it) – about once you’re at your ideal weight weigh every day and the morning you go over your max acceptable weight you sort it out that day - no matter what's going on don't procrastinate, get focussed and sort it.
I’ve been thinking (and wishing) I’d done that last time and the truth is I did weigh myself every day but when the scales crept up I didn’t take action that day instead I'd lulled myself into thinking - you've only got 7lb to lose - you can do that in a week on cambridge do it next week. Then it was a few more lbs so I'd start on cambridge but having the will power to get over those horrible side effects in the first few days just wasn't there when I only had a few pounds to lose and I'd succeed on day 1 then blow it on day 2 - coz I could always do it next week and it'd only take a couple of weeks to lose so plenty of time before that event/ that holiday etc. right? Wrong! Basically the circle continued until I was almost 3 stone heavier than when I finished the cambridge diet.
I’m on a different diet this time that I don’t find requires quite so much willpower and I’ve made a promise to myself that once I get down to goal I'm going to have a maximum weight and that the day my weight goes over my acceptable max it's straight downstairs onto plan for a couple of weeks.
To reiterate what I said at the beginning this really isn’t about knocking VLCD’s and I know many of you have lost loads of weight doing them and managed to maintain it which is wonderful. What I’m hoping you’ll get from my reflections today is if the weight starts to creep back up please don’t procrastinate and think I know there’s an easy fix I’ll do it next week - do it that day – and if you find you can’t stick to a VLCD because the motivation isn’t there then choose another route – but please, please don’t keep knocking your head against the same brick wall starting a VLCD diet every Monday and blowing it every Tuesday again and again as every week you’ll feel like a failure and could easily find yourself like me 3 stone heavier
Good luck to you whatever route you are choosing to go down to lose your weight and maintain when you get to goals