Slim by summer and for good....

[fitforafb]

Day 4 pt 1

According to the pee sticks I'm in ketosis
And down to 12st 9.8lbs today
Hoping for less hunger today fingers crossed.

 

[Pandora1618]

That's brill, I can't wait.

I'm tempted to buy some sticks.

 

[fitforafb]

I can't be in keto I'm sitting here thinking how much I would love to get stuck into a greggs mince pie. They coupled with prosecco and cheese are the main reason I'm here. Damn they taste good though.

 

[slim1day]

Wow your losses are amazing I've lost the grand total of a whole 1/4lb.

 

[fitforafb]

Well it's purely water at the moment I would imagine. I'm sure when you get into it that it will be dropping off you.

 

[slim1day]

I hope so; need it to start going soon before my motivation dwindles.

 

[fitforafb]

Don't give up! Just give it a while longer, as long as you stay on plan it will work.

 

[fitforafb]

Day 4

Food
Breakfast - smoked salmon, scrambled egg, avocado
Midmorning - scratchings
Lunch - Shake
Midafternoon - Mini Babybel
Dinner - Chicken, spinach and brocoli
Snack - Nature Valley Bar
Cals - 865 Carbs - 32g
Calories burned - 100 walking

 

[fitforafb]

Day five, jumped on the scales and i'm down to 12st 8.6 today. Thats 5.4lbs down in 4 days. Just a reflection of how much I ate and drank over christmas really. Don't feel like its real weight loss so I'm not taking anything from it until i'm into my second week. Got a night out at the end of the month and I'd like to be nearer to 12st for that.

 

[fitforafb]

Day 5

Food
Breakfast smoked salmon, spinach & banting bread
Mid morning scratchings
Lunch - Protein Porridge
Dinner - chicken salad (not to self buy different meat!)
Snacks Protein Bar
Cals 900 Carbs 31g Exercise Cals 201

Ate a little more today as I did some walking. Feel good about the carbs. I suppose my diet is becoming more of a LCD instead of a VLCD, but taking exercise into account it's still low.

 

[fitforafb]

Day 6 here and the scales say 12st 7! Can't quite believe it i started the diet at 13st 1, I never thought I'd lose this much in reality as I'm getting closer to goal. I haven't had the headaches either so maybe that's down to eating more real food? Anyway the downside is I haven't been for a number 2 since Saturday. As usual on a diet my bowels shut up shop.

 

[slim1day]

Congratulations on losing 8lbs that's amazing.
Imagine how much less you'll weigh after doing your number 2.

 

[fitforafb]

Thanks slim1day. I'm starting to feel quite bunged up and a bit nervous that my weight loss is going to slow down so much I'll be disheartened. I've not been lower than 11 stone since I was a teenager, I've got to beat this

 

[fitforafb]

Day 6 Food

Breakfast - 2 rashers of smoked bacon 1 scrambled egg and a slice of banting bread. This was amazing.
Lunch - Chocolate shake
Dinner - Chicken and caulimash another success it actually tastes like normal mash!
Snacks Cocktail Sausages/scratchings nature valley protein bar.
Cals 950 Carbs 37 Cals burned 211

Legs ached today after walking..Read that if you exercise on a vlcd then weight loss slows down. Something about your muscles retaining water. Anyway there no getting away from it because I need to walk 60 mins a day until I get the car sorted.

 

[fitforafb]

Day 7, 12st 5.6 this morning, can't quite believe it but with TOM looming next week I'm in for some slow losses. Not a great day already. My son is poorly so taking him down to the Dr's in an hour. Not even hungry a mixture of worry and keto!

 

[fitforafb]

So I've decided to swap my thread over to the Atkins forum as I'm not doing a meal replacement diet anymore, it's more lchf/keto, albeit with quite restricted cals depending on how slow/fast i lose weight.

Food
Breakfast - bacon avocado and banting bread
Lunch - bacon (had to use it up!) egg and mushrooms with jalapeños
Dinner - Jerk king prawns, caulimash and tzatziki
Snacks - Atkins cookies and cream bar
Water, Chamomile Tea and Coke Zero
Cals - 995 Carbs - 28 Cals burned 233

 

[fitforafb]

First weeks weigh in results are, 9.2lbs down and 2 inches off the waist and 1 off the hips. Good start, hoping to lose another 8 by the time I go out on the 5th of feb with my friends and hopefully be lower than when I finished the vlcd last time.

 

[Kat1e]

Well done on the first weeks loss - that's fabulous Inches especially! Keep going...

 

[fitforafb]

Thanks Katie!

Day 8

Breakfast - Chocolate Shake
Lunch - Breakfast casserole, spinach, tzatziki
so nice I had it again for...
Dinner!
Snacks reduced sugar jam on banting bread mmm
Cals - 967 Carbs 40g Calories burned 354

 

[fitforafb]

Day 9 scales saying 12st 5 to me, lazy day for food!

Breakfast - had to finish off the breakfast casserole so I had it with some spinach and then again for
Lunch, probably won't make it again for a while.
Dinner was lush king prawn stir fry cooked in half a tablespoon of coconut oil.
Snacks -Atkins bar and 2x atkins cookies
Cals - 1045 Total carbs - 33g cals burned -244