Bride2Be2013 said:
Hi there, I think you are right to give CC a go, I have done both Cambridge and LL over the past 5 years many times - lost 6 stone twice on it and twice put it back on and more. Its so much money wasted down the drain and it isnt good for your body either. Dont get me wrong, I would still recommend CD and LL to people but if you have tried it and its not working you can easily get obsessed over it which is what I did and 5years later Im the heaviest I have ever been. That said however, if you are not hungry and just craving food - maybe try sticking to it? (if you are losing weight?) - you have to be sure its the right choice for you. I have come of CD and LL for the wrong reasons many times - ie it was my cravings making me justify stopping. Now I am sure for me calorie counting and exercise is the way to go but everyone is different.
If you decide to come off LL - two options:-
1) Come straight off and stick to a no carb diet for a few weeks - this will help with the weight gain. In the first week of LL, you lose a lot of water/glycogen store weight. When I stopped I put 11lbs on in 3days just eating a normals days amount of food so dont be put off if this happens. Keeping to low carb will help with this and once your body balances you will start to lose again. I often wonder how "true" the weight loss with shakes diets is.
2) Still take the shakes for a couple of weeks. On CD there is a 6week maintenance stage where you gradually introduce food while still taking shakes so for 2 weeks have 3shakes and a small protein meal, then 2shakes and a protein meal with a bit of carb etc. You are less likely to gain this way but it means paying for 6 weeks worth of shakes and if LL is still as strict as they used to, you might not want to mention you are leaving and still pay for a full weeks worth.
Goodluck...oh and My Fitness Pal has been recommended to me too
Thanks for this info, I have decided to stay with LLL and by having the real food meal is helping and now feel doable with the social life. Also have found myfitnesspal, very useful letting me know what protein, fat, carbs etc I am having plus the calories.
I am also realising that I must have been eating so much food before I started L L. I still do not feel hungry and seem to have the energy. I enjoy the shakes, soup and bars, but although I liked the "meal - dinner" suggestions, I am not missing them !
At the moment I am on around 800-1000 cals, breakfast - 125 cals shake, lunch -soup 132 cals, dinner around 390cals, snack bar- 204.Total =851 cals, carbs 53, fat 35, protein 81. If I was to go back to 40g porridge oats = 142 cals, lunch use to be a soup say Heinz 200= 110 cals or even better homemade vegetable soup, would be lots better, watching which fresh vegetable I make, this would also be better as I would get the right nurturions for the body. I could still have a heathy bar there are loads around.
At the end of the day, I was eating out of control not caring what I was putting in my mouth, and probably not tasting it either! Of course it wasn't just food, it was also the wine/champagne ! I am pleased I have found calories, that has given me lots to think about and works well with other foods in the house. I had lost 50 lbs with WW , but didn't manage to keep it off, I ended up gaining 25lbs. I lost those pounds with their first "point" system, but when they changed it again - it completely confused me. Got on well with the core, until they changed that also.
I suppose it is what ever works for you and how committed we are to ourselves. What is our goal for ourselves, how do we see ourselves when we are with other people. How our clothes fit us, and also how the "photo" looks ! Whether it is a holiday snap or a " Bride to be 2013". We want "us" to look fantastic .
Good luck to us both .......
