very soon you will not have to follow any plan Iris as you will know what food to have and what to have less off etc and it will be second hand to you..you will eventually be following your own little plan
I kinda found LT can mess you up a little too but thats another story..
But to answer your question I was always coming back to LT, i didnt reach my target when I went on it originally but I didnt intend to stay on it until I reached a target.. I just wanted to kick start a weight loss cause I got bigger than I ever was before without realising, its only when I look back on pics now I am like OMG.. and I was so unhappy and cranky at times and not going to things without actually admitting to myself or anyone it was cause of a weight issue as i am quite outgoing and love a good party haha but i never spoke about the my weight to anyone, i just couldnt bring myself to and held it all in and still felt i was the same i was when i was thinner but really i was so unhappy and missing out on so much...so LT first time round was basically to get some weight off quick, get some confidence back and also get confidence to get back to the gym an all..
when I stopped the last time I always knew I was going to do a another stint of it again cause i loved how it worked loved the taste of the shakes and found it not to bad to do but I wanted to make sure that I could keep the weight off too and not stay on it for months apon months and then come off but put it back on after putting myself through all that... since coming off it I always go and get a weeks supply of shakes and have a weigh in maybe only once a month but I always have a few shakes in my press and i use to have the odd one for breakfast or lunch, it might have only been once a week or sometimes more but i just like them and i feel them kept me on track a bit..
I put on roughly 9lb from my lightest when i finished on LT last time and most of that has been the last few weeks before that 7lb roughly came on and off.. i am happy with that cause i have been back out partying a lot the last month a lot with different things on and I ate out a lot and ordered in too on different nights that we had in.. so i could feel them pounds going on the last few weeks lol
so the plan now at the moment is to get maybe 1 or 1.5 stone off this time round if I can and then try keep up my walking and gym ... but i am actually quite happy at the moment the way i am, just want to get rid of a few lumps and bumps and rolls of fat haha..
when i first when on this in my head i made a plan and that was that i just wanted to go on LT and lose a few stone, then maintain that and make sure I could maintain it... then go back on it agian and lose another bit then maintain that too.. i wanted to have food in my life like anyone normally has and not be obsessing every time I eat.. so that was the key in my head from when I first went on it and so far my plan is working and I have had a really really happy year since last June and feel great in myself, happier than in a long time but at that time i didnt realise how unhappy i was with my weight only now that i look back...
sorry Iris I kinda rambled there, well not kinda i did a lot haha..... you dont have to read all that just skip to the end haha.. i was typing that long i got logged out lol