PurpleBobKat
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Love the sentiment!!
I choose to diet - gonna use this as a mantra.
I choose to diet - gonna use this as a mantra.
The two kinds of people who do a VLCD
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davidsunderland
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Agreed thats a better way of looking at it 
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davidsunderland
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Like this post very true x
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icemoose said:I have definitely noticed that there are two kinds of people who do the crazy diet of a VLCD
The first kind are those that see the diet as a prison, they aren't allowed to eat, they aren't allowed to drink, they aren't allowed to go out and socialise on the diet, they aren't allowed to do things they want to do.
The second kind are those that see the diet as a choice, at anytime they can go and eat what they want, they can go and drink what they want but they choose not to because they want to lose weight and be slim more than they want to eat or drink.
The people who see the diet as a prison sentence tend to hate the diet all the way through, they generally feel unhappy while losing weight and from my experience tend to "escape" from the prison at some point and eat and drink and then the diet becomes even tougher.
For those that make a choice to just not eat or drink I find they tend to enjoy the diet!! They have made a good choice as they can feel the results and with the right mindset it is just a matter of keeping yourself focussed for a few months while you get to where you really want to get to.
All of us who start a VLCD desperately want to lose weight for many reasons and we all know the diet is in our own heads. If you drink the packs and drink the water and avoid food then you will lose weight as it is impossible not to, the only problem is whether your mind makes you falter along the way.
So please please see the diet as a choice, and a very good choice as it will change your life for the better.
GO FOR IT!!
What a great way to look at things ... I'm out of prison now by choice!
GMC2011
Mrs jk
Full Member
I would agree to an extent- I think that you aren't necessarily one or the other. I would see myself as the second type - I think it's great and the only 'diet' that will work for me. However there are days where I'm low and I feel imprisoned. For example last week I could not get back on the diet for love nor money but come Sunday was able to re-start no problem.
I would be inclined to change it to there are two mindsets you can have while on this as opposed to types of people? KWIM?
I would be inclined to change it to there are two mindsets you can have while on this as opposed to types of people? KWIM?
Mrs jk
Full Member
Thanks and it's great your outlook changed. I suppose it's the whole PMA thing which way to look at it 'a glass half empty or half full'.
Personally VLCDs have been a godsend to me !
Take care
xheidi-doryx
Full Member
very very true!
i am only day 4 on CD - and actually enjoying it! it was my choice and im very glad to have some control back in my life!
first weigh in is on monday - so i shall see if its working!!
i am only day 4 on CD - and actually enjoying it! it was my choice and im very glad to have some control back in my life!
first weigh in is on monday - so i shall see if its working!!
Rashiy Babes
Full Member
thats fab hun.. u sound like ur right on track keep it up!! well done x
WillpowerWoman
Gold Member
This is a very inspirational thread I am struggling on CD I have previously done LL was 100% and lost all weight I needed. I was single and loving on my own. Then I met someone and over the four years I have been with him piled all weight back on and much more. Am now trying CD but finding it so much harder with disapproving friends as I'm doing it again and living with partner so there is food in The house. Need to keep this post in mind me thinks. Have lost half a stone in three weeks which is still an achievement I know but could have been at least a stone by now, x
gemmagilchrist
Full Member
What a great post!
I think I've been both of these kind of people
I started CD the first time in Feb '10, started off well but soon started to hate it, was counting down the days and weeks till I could come off it, felt deprived and resentful for my lack of social life and cheated left right and centre and eventually fell off the wagon completely. I tried again in November '10 and lost a pretty pathetic 15lb in 5 months through doing exactly the same :cry:
I started a new VLCD on 27 Feb '12, tipping the scales at 16 st 2lb (my heaviest EVER) and can honestly say I am now like the second person. It IS my choice to do this, no one is forcing me to do it. I could never really relate when people used to say you have to have your head in the right place to do this kind of a diet, but I do now.
It's almost like I've formed this protective bubble around myself that doesn't allow me fall off the wagon. I don't think I could cheat even if I wanted to, because I would only be cheating myself if I did.
I really fell like it's 3rd time lucky for me and this time I really will do it. It's definitely been a steep learning curve.
I think I've been both of these kind of people
I started CD the first time in Feb '10, started off well but soon started to hate it, was counting down the days and weeks till I could come off it, felt deprived and resentful for my lack of social life and cheated left right and centre and eventually fell off the wagon completely. I tried again in November '10 and lost a pretty pathetic 15lb in 5 months through doing exactly the same :cry:
I started a new VLCD on 27 Feb '12, tipping the scales at 16 st 2lb (my heaviest EVER) and can honestly say I am now like the second person. It IS my choice to do this, no one is forcing me to do it. I could never really relate when people used to say you have to have your head in the right place to do this kind of a diet, but I do now.
It's almost like I've formed this protective bubble around myself that doesn't allow me fall off the wagon. I don't think I could cheat even if I wanted to, because I would only be cheating myself if I did.
I really fell like it's 3rd time lucky for me and this time I really will do it. It's definitely been a steep learning curve.
Very true and sometimes hard to stay in that mindset.
I'm absolutely terrified that I'm not in that place at the moment but i'm just trying to put one foot in front of the other, so to speak, until I get to that stage.
I think I know I deserve this, lol. I just need to keep reminding myself. That sounds daft I know.
Thanks Mike xxx
I'm absolutely terrified that I'm not in that place at the moment but i'm just trying to put one foot in front of the other, so to speak, until I get to that stage.
I think I know I deserve this, lol. I just need to keep reminding myself. That sounds daft I know.
Thanks Mike xxx
todaynewstart
New Member
brill quote i will start tomorow thinking in a positive my choice diet. x x x SS so why would i allow myself to forget this fact, my choice to give up food and have shakes x x x yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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aries
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icemoose said:I have definitely noticed that there are two kinds of people who do the crazy diet of a VLCD
The first kind are those that see the diet as a prison, they aren't allowed to eat, they aren't allowed to drink, they aren't allowed to go out and socialise on the diet, they aren't allowed to do things they want to do.
The second kind are those that see the diet as a choice, at anytime they can go and eat what they want, they can go and drink what they want but they choose not to because they want to lose weight and be slim more than they want to eat or drink.
The people who see the diet as a prison sentence tend to hate the diet all the way through, they generally feel unhappy while losing weight and from my experience tend to "escape" from the prison at some point and eat and drink and then the diet becomes even tougher.
For those that make a choice to just not eat or drink I find they tend to enjoy the diet!! They have made a good choice as they can feel the results and with the right mindset it is just a matter of keeping yourself focussed for a few months while you get to where you really want to get to.
All of us who start a VLCD desperately want to lose weight for many reasons and we all know the diet is in our own heads. If you drink the packs and drink the water and avoid food then you will lose weight as it is impossible not to, the only problem is whether your mind makes you falter along the way.
So please please see the diet as a choice, and a very good choice as it will change your life for the better.
GO FOR IT!!
Absolutly
Skinny Sia
Silver Member
Wow, that pretty much sums it up right there!
laulaulazza
Member
I definitely feel like I fall into the "choice" group, although I have to say, social situations are harder because of this. If I said no to everything and hid away from the world, I think it would be a much easier plan to follow. Work days are definitely easier than weekends because I don't have to try hard to make the right choice.
Having said that, I actually said to a friend today that following the CD at home with my boyfriend eating all the yummies right next to me is easier than if had to also make a choice of what to eat. CD is one choice - a pack or food. A CC diet, or SW, or WW are much harder as far as I'm concerned as I have to choose which healthy food to eat as well as making the choice to eat something healthy instead of something that will add pounds...
Having said that, I actually said to a friend today that following the CD at home with my boyfriend eating all the yummies right next to me is easier than if had to also make a choice of what to eat. CD is one choice - a pack or food. A CC diet, or SW, or WW are much harder as far as I'm concerned as I have to choose which healthy food to eat as well as making the choice to eat something healthy instead of something that will add pounds...
