swangirl89
Member
Hi guys,
So I haven't posted that much lately, I was doing CD but had a problem: I couldn't drink the shakes or eat the bars without throwing up. I was gutted because I really thought I could train myself to like them.......but it didn't happen and it made me ill.
Anyway, I visited my GP to ask to put on the waiting list for gastric bypass surgery on the NHS and now I have to jump through a load of hoops to be eligible for that, however, whilst I'm waiting I'm still going to try my best to lose weight so hopefully it won't come to needing the surgery.
Anywho....the Dr prescribed me Xenical for the second time as I have to try it properly before he can refer me for the surgery and when I was in his office he was very interested about the VLCD that I had asked him to sign a form for a few months before.....so I told him all about it and he remembered reading up on it before he signed my form and we were talking about the main principles of a VLCD and how I could do it without throwing up.
We were saying that a VLCD is basically a diet consisting of:
So together with the nurse at my surgery I am going to devise a diet plan for myself which follows those principals, it should be interesting, we've already managed to source a high quality multivitamin and I will be taking a fibre supplement also.
I would NEVER consider doing this if I didn't have the full support of my GP as I would be too worried about not getting everything I need and becoming unhealthy...but I will going for regular 4 week appointments where she will be giving me a full MOT such a blood pressure, blood sugar, weight etc and will also be doing blood tests regularly also. I will also be using ketostix too as ketosis should be achieved similarly to any other VLCD.
Foods included on the diet at the moment are salmon, turkey, leafy greens like spinach, carrots etc.
Has anyone ever done this before...or something similar?
So I haven't posted that much lately, I was doing CD but had a problem: I couldn't drink the shakes or eat the bars without throwing up. I was gutted because I really thought I could train myself to like them.......but it didn't happen and it made me ill.
Anyway, I visited my GP to ask to put on the waiting list for gastric bypass surgery on the NHS and now I have to jump through a load of hoops to be eligible for that, however, whilst I'm waiting I'm still going to try my best to lose weight so hopefully it won't come to needing the surgery.
Anywho....the Dr prescribed me Xenical for the second time as I have to try it properly before he can refer me for the surgery and when I was in his office he was very interested about the VLCD that I had asked him to sign a form for a few months before.....so I told him all about it and he remembered reading up on it before he signed my form and we were talking about the main principles of a VLCD and how I could do it without throwing up.
We were saying that a VLCD is basically a diet consisting of:
- 450calories
- 40-50g of protein
- 20-40g of carbs
- atleast 10g of fibre (the Dr didn't like they included this little fibre)
So together with the nurse at my surgery I am going to devise a diet plan for myself which follows those principals, it should be interesting, we've already managed to source a high quality multivitamin and I will be taking a fibre supplement also.
I would NEVER consider doing this if I didn't have the full support of my GP as I would be too worried about not getting everything I need and becoming unhealthy...but I will going for regular 4 week appointments where she will be giving me a full MOT such a blood pressure, blood sugar, weight etc and will also be doing blood tests regularly also. I will also be using ketostix too as ketosis should be achieved similarly to any other VLCD.
Foods included on the diet at the moment are salmon, turkey, leafy greens like spinach, carrots etc.
Has anyone ever done this before...or something similar?
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