Thornhill Cate
50+ and fabulous
So here I am, back jumping into the VLCD diet world for the second time. I lost just under 3.5st on Lipotrim in 2011 in 3 months then, life happened, fell off the wagon big time even though I had wanted to lose a further 2st. Eighteen months later I'm right back to where I started but am determined to get to goal this time and then maintain. I've learnt my lesson and am determined to make this the last time. Once I reach goal my plan is to follow the Holford Diet principles to enable me to maintain.
I had thought about putting off starting until January as I know I'm not going to be 100% during December (too many Christmas and birthday things going on) but I thought I would try to be 100% when I can, stick to protein when I go out and go very easy on the booze and I might manage to drop a stone before the new year rather than think 'Oh, I'm starting my diet in January so I might as well go for it' and end up putting a stone on!! Then come January it'll be 98% until I reach goal (after a few weeks 100% on Lipotrim I did have to have the occasional slice of chicken or cube of cheese) which I hope to do by 1st June as a worst case scenario but really asap. I definitely don't want another fat summer.
In addition, I have absolutely nothing to wear right now. I have one pair of stretchy size 16 jeans which I can just about squeeze myself into even though this leaves me with a hideous muffin top, but I refuse to buy size 18s as I have a wardrobe full of size 14/16 clothes that I know I can be in, probably in less than 3 months, if I just focus.
So that's me. Weigh in will be on Tuesdays and I'll be updating my diary as I go.
I had thought about putting off starting until January as I know I'm not going to be 100% during December (too many Christmas and birthday things going on) but I thought I would try to be 100% when I can, stick to protein when I go out and go very easy on the booze and I might manage to drop a stone before the new year rather than think 'Oh, I'm starting my diet in January so I might as well go for it' and end up putting a stone on!! Then come January it'll be 98% until I reach goal (after a few weeks 100% on Lipotrim I did have to have the occasional slice of chicken or cube of cheese) which I hope to do by 1st June as a worst case scenario but really asap. I definitely don't want another fat summer.
In addition, I have absolutely nothing to wear right now. I have one pair of stretchy size 16 jeans which I can just about squeeze myself into even though this leaves me with a hideous muffin top, but I refuse to buy size 18s as I have a wardrobe full of size 14/16 clothes that I know I can be in, probably in less than 3 months, if I just focus.
So that's me. Weigh in will be on Tuesdays and I'll be updating my diary as I go.