Hi guys, I need help and advice from anyone who has done VLCD, maintained, lost control, and got themselves started again.
I lost and achieved my target weight of 11.1 in April this year and maintained within a +/- 3lb target area (I got as low as 10.12 and up to 11.4) and maintained in that range for 4 to 5 months. THEN, I went on holiday.
Whilst on holiday I gained 1st. Came back, lost a few pounds (not quite all, ~4lbs left), then got notified of redundancy, and have fallen off the wagon again, putting most of the holiday weight back on again in double-quick time.
I am out of control. Although no-one would probably look at me and call me fat or probably even overweight, that is precisely what I feel and think when I see myself now.
I am currently 17lbs heavier than where I want to be, and my exercise has died as well - I was going so well with the controlled eating and the regular exercise, and I have lost the lot.
I need to get myself focused again, but I just cannot seem to do it. I have decided that the way to get the control back is to SS again, but my CDC says not, and although I try, I cannot make a single day on SS. My body is playing tricks on me. Although I am drinking 3 ltrs or more of water everyday, I am getting light-headed spells, chronic hunger pangs, cravings like never before, and at the moment I do not seem to have the strength of mind/will to control my urges.
Any suggestions/advice/guidance from anyone who has done this would be much appreciated. Even though I am still way from the 18st+ that I was when I started, I have the horrifying feeling that I am well and truly on the slippery slope and I have to get control back fast.
Steve
I lost and achieved my target weight of 11.1 in April this year and maintained within a +/- 3lb target area (I got as low as 10.12 and up to 11.4) and maintained in that range for 4 to 5 months. THEN, I went on holiday.
Whilst on holiday I gained 1st. Came back, lost a few pounds (not quite all, ~4lbs left), then got notified of redundancy, and have fallen off the wagon again, putting most of the holiday weight back on again in double-quick time.
I am out of control. Although no-one would probably look at me and call me fat or probably even overweight, that is precisely what I feel and think when I see myself now.
I am currently 17lbs heavier than where I want to be, and my exercise has died as well - I was going so well with the controlled eating and the regular exercise, and I have lost the lot.
I need to get myself focused again, but I just cannot seem to do it. I have decided that the way to get the control back is to SS again, but my CDC says not, and although I try, I cannot make a single day on SS. My body is playing tricks on me. Although I am drinking 3 ltrs or more of water everyday, I am getting light-headed spells, chronic hunger pangs, cravings like never before, and at the moment I do not seem to have the strength of mind/will to control my urges.
Any suggestions/advice/guidance from anyone who has done this would be much appreciated. Even though I am still way from the 18st+ that I was when I started, I have the horrifying feeling that I am well and truly on the slippery slope and I have to get control back fast.
Steve
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