Mr Creosote
Full Member
Thought it would be a good idea to have a collection of thoughts and advice about how to get through the first difficult week.
I am at the end of Day 2 and ofcourse I am struggling but getting there.
The best advice I read was , If you think the LT diet is too extreme and bad for your health [which you will tell yourself when you are desperate for food] Remember, if you could have done it any other way [by simply cutting down on food] you probably would have by now.
Also the LT diet can in no way be as unhealthy as having a BMI of 35 plus[ which many of us have when we start] and plus you can fill up with MacDonalds all day and still be malnourished [ i.e Not recieve the correct amount of vitamins and minerals ]
This has kept me on track so far but early days.
The old A.A adage 'A day at a time' is very good I feel, after all we are as addicted to food as an alcoholic is to alcohol.
I am at the end of Day 2 and ofcourse I am struggling but getting there.
The best advice I read was , If you think the LT diet is too extreme and bad for your health [which you will tell yourself when you are desperate for food] Remember, if you could have done it any other way [by simply cutting down on food] you probably would have by now.
Also the LT diet can in no way be as unhealthy as having a BMI of 35 plus[ which many of us have when we start] and plus you can fill up with MacDonalds all day and still be malnourished [ i.e Not recieve the correct amount of vitamins and minerals ]
This has kept me on track so far but early days.
The old A.A adage 'A day at a time' is very good I feel, after all we are as addicted to food as an alcoholic is to alcohol.
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