The food break week

[Blue Butterfly]

The reason exante recommend a food break at 4 weeks is because we are not being monitored by anyone.

I think after week 12 if my losses start to get low I may do an AAM week just to get the losses going again but we'll see.

 

[keri70]

Hi Starlight,
Please could you advise me, i'm doing exante ts but i want to have 1 day a week ws, please could you advise me on the best foods to eat on this day & does this have a impact on your weight loss by eating that 1 meal a week, i would not be doing the add a meal week, just the 1 meal a week..I'm grateful for any advice..Thanks..

 

[DustQueen]

I'm going to break after 12 weeks not 4

 

[dolly_daydream]

I may do the same after reading all the posts, but I am going to consult my doctor on it first. I don't think it would be good not to take a food break at all if u are 100% ts and personally unless I was being monitored by the doctor I would take it at 4 weeks, but if your being monitored and ur doc is ok with it then I don't see why its not ok to wait until 12 weeks.xx

 

[Starlight]

Funnily enough someone just posted that their doctor is happy for them not to take the food break

 

[dolly_daydream]

yer I saw that too, its good to see someone getting such good support from their doctor, I'm still in two minds only becoz I figure I need to get to grips with eating again at some point...oh well only time will tell lol!!xx

 

[Starlight]

To be honest my main reason for not doing a week is I have a HUGE amount to lose. I'd rather keep food out the equation as long as possible. I don't want to jeopardise the fact I'm so focused. I think when I get closer to goal I'll welcome the break. I have my WS day on a Sunday. I go to my mums on a Sunday have my weigh in and have dinner. Sadly my mum is on her own now so very often Sunday is the only day she has company for dinner.

 

[dolly_daydream]

ah bless her, thats good that u do that. I really don't know what I'll do, will just wait and see how I feel at the time I suppose. I am scared it will be hard to get 100% back into after a whole week eating but equally for me I know I couldn't eat once a week, I think it would make it harder for me. So maybe I'll go with the 12 weeks, will just keep thinking and wait and see.xx

 

[dolly_daydream]

ps from ur photo u don't look like u have a huge amount to lose either!!xx

 

[Starlight]

ps from ur photo u don't look like u have a huge amount to lose either!!xx

Awww thanks. It was taken from a very flattering angle. One day I'll confess my starting weight but only when it's a dim distant memory. Even my mum who weighs me doesn't know how heavy I am lol (work that one out lol)

 

[dolly_daydream]

I'm good at taking pics from that angle too lol, pleased to hear its not only me...that made me smile!!xx

 

[Starlight]

I saw that one after rejecting about 10 and though OMG one chin and cheekbones. That'll do

 

[riapnut]

I am going to do the break at 8 weeks i think. I'm going to approach it as a challenge, and use it as a lesson (and good practice) for when i'm at goal on how to maintain my new weight.

 

[dolly_daydream]

I'm still not sure when I will take it but i agree its very good practice for when this exante is all over xx

 

[riapnut]

Yeah, i think that if u do something for too long, and then can suddenly eat food, u might go for the rails a bit if ur not used to having a good health food practice hehe. Hope that makes sense... Lol. Its all part of the diet i guess.

 

[dolly_daydream]

yep definitely true. I lost my first 4 and half stone healthy eating and exercising, I just needed a change for a while so started thisxx

 

[claz]

I am going to make weekends WS days instead of a food break. It gives me something to look forward too each weekend.

 

[clairy]

Hi guys

From reading posts on here it seems as though people dont do the week food break every 4 weeks like exante say you should. Is this the case??
xx

 

[dolly_daydream]

Some people do, some dont. Some do a working solutions day a week and no proper food break. Some wait til 12wks which it is with LL but thats becoz they have a consultant to monitor them. Some of the people on here that are waiting til 12wks have had the ok by their doctor, but not everyone.xx

 

[Predator]

I haven't had one in 7 weeks and I feel like I really don't need one... just see how things go for you.

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