Hi guys
Long time no chat!
Just wanted your spin on a dilemma I have ....
Some of you might know I embarked on my massive weight-loss journey with LL back in November 2004. 9.5 months later I'd reached my goal of losing just over 10 stone. That's the good part!
Since then I've managed to put on a few of those lost stones and have been trying to get them off.
Last summer I went to Weight Watchers and tried that way, and since then I've dabbled with the CD, low fat, Gi and more recently, the Ayurvedic principles.
Now here is my dilemma ...
A month ago I went to see this holistic therapist in London to get sound nutritional advice using the Ancient Indian Ayurvedic Medicine principles (eating the right foods for your body type - hard to explain, but if you google you'll find out all about it - I'm Kapha).
This guy put me on a holistic detox diet, which I didn't go to him for, and a whole heap of supplements (about 26 a day). You can read all about it here .. http://www.minimins.com/nutrition-health-beauty/7115-holistic-detox.html
Now although I've stuck to his regime for 4 weeks (would have been 3 but I had 'flu last week [the real deal :cry: ] and couldn't get out of bed, never mind travel to London) I've not lost a whole heap of weight. I've lost about 7 lbs in total, which isn't bad, and I do feel much better for not eating bread, potatoes, dairy products, red meat etc., etc.
Thing is, my OH and members of my family are beginning to label me a 'diet-freak' which I don't want. My OH has watched the Paul McKenna series (which I taped from GMTV back in January) and for once he agrees wholeheartedly with PM's principles - eat when you're hungry, stop when full, eat what you want ....
So he has said he will book us onto PM's seminar in March if I want to go. He has put on pretty much 100% of the weight he lost on LL while I've put on far less than that. In fact, if you look at my weight history, apart from the odd pound or two, I have maintained my weight since May/June last year - which is a first for me!
So ...
Do I go tomorrow and see this bloke to have more cupping, reflexology, more supplements and spend another £300, or follow his principles (which aren't that far removed from 'Dr" Gillian McKeith's) and go to see PM instead in March?
I need some help and guidance here girls as I know I've done well maintaining, but would like to lose about 2 stone. Am I clutching at every straw passed in my direction???
Mandana x
Long time no chat!
Just wanted your spin on a dilemma I have ....
Some of you might know I embarked on my massive weight-loss journey with LL back in November 2004. 9.5 months later I'd reached my goal of losing just over 10 stone. That's the good part!
Since then I've managed to put on a few of those lost stones and have been trying to get them off.
Last summer I went to Weight Watchers and tried that way, and since then I've dabbled with the CD, low fat, Gi and more recently, the Ayurvedic principles.
Now here is my dilemma ...
A month ago I went to see this holistic therapist in London to get sound nutritional advice using the Ancient Indian Ayurvedic Medicine principles (eating the right foods for your body type - hard to explain, but if you google you'll find out all about it - I'm Kapha).
This guy put me on a holistic detox diet, which I didn't go to him for, and a whole heap of supplements (about 26 a day). You can read all about it here .. http://www.minimins.com/nutrition-health-beauty/7115-holistic-detox.html
Now although I've stuck to his regime for 4 weeks (would have been 3 but I had 'flu last week [the real deal :cry: ] and couldn't get out of bed, never mind travel to London) I've not lost a whole heap of weight. I've lost about 7 lbs in total, which isn't bad, and I do feel much better for not eating bread, potatoes, dairy products, red meat etc., etc.
Thing is, my OH and members of my family are beginning to label me a 'diet-freak' which I don't want. My OH has watched the Paul McKenna series (which I taped from GMTV back in January) and for once he agrees wholeheartedly with PM's principles - eat when you're hungry, stop when full, eat what you want ....
So he has said he will book us onto PM's seminar in March if I want to go. He has put on pretty much 100% of the weight he lost on LL while I've put on far less than that. In fact, if you look at my weight history, apart from the odd pound or two, I have maintained my weight since May/June last year - which is a first for me!
So ...
Do I go tomorrow and see this bloke to have more cupping, reflexology, more supplements and spend another £300, or follow his principles (which aren't that far removed from 'Dr" Gillian McKeith's) and go to see PM instead in March?
I need some help and guidance here girls as I know I've done well maintaining, but would like to lose about 2 stone. Am I clutching at every straw passed in my direction???
Mandana x