:wavey:Hi
Well, an awful lot has happened in a very short time! I "officially" started the diet last Wed, but had 2 days of migraine, so that wasn't a great start. Then I registered with this site, but I now realise I am the ONLY one on here that was going to do the Exante 1,200 calorie diet. Apart from your good self, I felt I was rattling around on my own every time I came on, and really felt I needed more support, as dieting is completely new territory for me. I was also realising that it was going to be a struggle for me to be on the Exante soups, shakes and bars for 2 months, as I am not too keen on them especially given the cold weather conditions up here in Arctic Scotland!
So, to cut a long story short, I spent a long time searching around the internet for different ways of cutting back the calories, and ended up on the site. They had a free 7 day trial, which I did, and I was very impressed. Almost EVERYBODY is losing weight at a good rate on that site, and there is a lot of support...there are even quite a few people that are in the same boat as me...ie. wanting to lose weight but suffering from M.E. and so are unable to exercise. They are still losing weight!
Have spent the past 3 days on that site looking around and have been very impressed, so much so, that I have now decided to NOT carry on with the Exante diet, (i only ordered 1 week's worth anyway). I am instead, going to follow bootdiet's recommendation of 1,400 cals a day and have reduced my estimated weight loss from 2lbs a week to 1.5lbs a week. It will basically add about another 2.5 weeks onto my goal date, but that's ok. I have been so inspired by it, that I am now thinking that I am going to dedicate myself to learning about how to eat healthily, and try my best to make it a lifetime plan, rather than just a diet. It is a steep learning curve for a gal that has always stuffed anything and everthing into her mouth, but I think it's somthing I need to do, and there is a possibility that it may even help my migraines and M.E.!
I will keep this thread running for the time being...am dying to get to use that wee Ticker thingy!! :happy036: but I will be spending most of my time on the boots site, as I am learning as I go along (they have food diaries that you have to fill in etc).
How are you doing?
How's the running?
That site may be helpful for you, because you are not really on any particular diet just now are you? If I am correct, you are just eating healthily and using exercise as a means to drop lbs? You can register all your exercise on and it turns it into calories burned. It's really interesting! I can't exercise as such, but I can add housework, going up the stairs etc and it takes off the calories for me (be they not very many!
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xx
It will be a steep learning curve, that's for sure! I think I will have to buy some kind of calorie-counting book.
Yuk!
