Beelishy's VLCD Weight Loss Adventure!!

[beelishy]

Haha. I think I left it to set for too long. It got too thick and gelatinous for my liking. It would be good if you did it and then let it set for maybe 5 mins and then had it. LOL. Bleh.

So just having a chocolate shake as a proper shake, from the 3 spare packs I had. (I had enough packs for 5 a day for a full week, starting today with 3 left over)

Haha. Experiments for today are done.

 

[Lou_G]

hey Bee you're doing great 5lbs off (I know that's old news now ) and well done for not letting the spilled shake put you off track!!

I still haven't tried the zero noodles, must get some, but bit skeptical, think they'll be rank!!

Bet you can't wait for your new books to come, it's so exciting researching a new plan and then dreaming of the success you'll have

How's OH mum doing?x

 

[beelishy]

hey Bee you're doing great 5lbs off (I know that's old news now ) and well done for not letting the spilled shake put you off track!!

I still haven't tried the zero noodles, must get some, but bit skeptical, think they'll be rank!!

Bet you can't wait for your new books to come, it's so exciting researching a new plan and then dreaming of the success you'll have

How's OH mum doing?x

Thanks!!

His mother is still in the hospital and will be for quite a while I suspect. But shes doing a bit better than she was.

I am really hoping my books come today! Im excited to get started lolol

I am still also hoping to lose at least 3lbs this week. I know its a stretch but I was perfect yesterday and feel fine today. So yay! Onward!

 

[beelishy]

Morning!

so yesterday I stuck to plan perfectly. yay! I am feeling fine today...had a coffee and water. shake at 10, then another at 1 then another at 3 then dinner at 5 then last shake at 5. I suspect I will have to add a small bowl of vinegar-y salad in around lunch time because its such a liquid-y day. lol. The crunch of the lettuce is rather satisfying.

Im hoping my books come today!! really really!!

Hubby has an appointment for himself at the same hospital his mother is in, so he will go to his appointment straight from work (its a 4pm) and then stay there til visiting hours, since he hasnt been for 3 days. He should be home around 9-ish tonight. Boo. But it made more sense to do it this way. He was going to go yesterday but thought this would be better. Its gonna be a looooooong day! lol

And we are at 33 days til my hols! I am SO excited!

Have a great day everyone

 

[beelishy]

What a long day. lol Its only quarter to 2.

Ive had 2 shakes so far and a bit of salad and an egg. Ive got 2 more shakes and my dinner to have. I tried the brownie again...fail. Haha. It was awful and went into the bin. Thats my 2 spare shakes gone. I have 1 extra meal pack now so I may just have it for lunch one day next week.

Still no books

 

[beelishy]

MEh. Its 3:19 and I dont want my shake. lol. I may double up packs later, instead. OR i may just give it a miss.

 

[slim_and_happy]

Make sure you have all of your packs for the day so you don't miss out on nutrition. I remember when I did LL before after like two months I was so utterly fed up with the packs that I didn't even want to have any. I used to go through days on end having only 1 or 2 packs. Not good!
Shakes... Nah. Bad memories there so I didn't order any this time. I might get a few on my next other so I can have them after my workouts but they are def not my fave!

 

[beelishy]

Well. Im just trying to get through Saturday to finish off my packs and lose as much as possible til then. Then Im going to switch and have FOOD. lol. I dont know how people can just do shakes on these diets. They do absolutely nothing to fill me up. Ive had 3 litres of water today, plus 2 coffees and my shake. So had a lot of liquid already today and I just dont feel hungry and I dont want my shake. lol. I will have it before the day is out though.

 

[slim_and_happy]

Nah. Couldn't do just shakes either. No way!
So what's the plan of action when you come off them?

 

[Minerva]

I was sooooo over the shakes after LL, that this time I'm not going ANYWHERE near them... they really don't fill me up either! So stuck to soups and dinner packs.

Real food isn't so scary... the packs do provide a real safety blanket, but as I've proved to myself over the last few days, it really isn't so hard. Just a general awareness of everything that goes in is needed - and a fairly rigid structure to the day - so keep to your main meal times as you've been doing so far. It's not so much what we eat that's the problem - you're a very healthy eater from what I've noticed, it's just the random and unpredicted snacking that is the issue! So keep an eye there and you'll be absolutely ok!

x

 

[beelishy]

Nah. Couldn't do just shakes either. No way!
So what's the plan of action when you come off them?

Im trying Low GI. Will watch fat and cals too but not crazily. Because the LOW GI stuff *should* fill me and keep me fuller for longer. I will watch closely the first couple of weeks though...

 

[beelishy]

I was sooooo over the shakes after LL, that this time I'm not going ANYWHERE near them... they really don't fill me up either! So stuck to soups and dinner packs.

Real food isn't so scary... the packs do provide a real safety blanket, but as I've proved to myself over the last few days, it really isn't so hard. Just a general awareness of everything that goes in is needed - and a fairly rigid structure to the day - so keep to your main meal times as you've been doing so far. It's not so much what we eat that's the problem - you're a very healthy eater from what I've noticed, it's just the random and unpredicted snacking that is the issue! So keep an eye there and you'll be absolutely ok!

x

Yes...I think that applies to me too. My meals are pretty healthy, generally. Especially when Im 100% veggie. Its just those random "hmm...i fancy a snack"moments and rather than wash an apple or peel a carrot, I grab a packet of crisps. That must stop.

 

[beelishy]

I may forfeit my 2 shakes and have 1 slimfast meal bar instead, later on in bed... hubby is gone til late, visiting his mother in the hospital so I can take the girls to bed around 7 ish and watch a bit of telly and have my bar. The shakes are just...bleh lol pointless. hahaha Its got 210 cals and 30g carbs...which is about right for 2 shakes. Not as much protein - 13g - but Ive had an egg today, too.

 

[beelishy]

Mornin!

Got on the scales and Im still 258. So either I put on quite a bit (water) at the weekend...or possibly TOTM is actually on its way. I feel like it...but Ive felt it before over the last few weeks and nothing has happened...so who knows. LOL. Either way...kindve annoyed. LOL. Regardless. Ive only got today, friday and Saturday left on the packs. Then I will switch over. I plan to finish and finish STRONG. But nowhere near the 3lbs I was hoping for, (obviously). LOL. BOOOO!!

Anyway...my books BETTER get here today. haha. Grrr. I think im going to do low GI but lower carb as well. Reading Lou's diary has made me realise that the most success Ive had was when i was reducing carbs...but I was also (without realising it) eating a lot of low GI stuff. I felt AWESOME. I really did. I had TONS of energy. I wasnt hungry and if I got hungry...I just ate. And I didnt tend to over-eat because i was giving my body the stuff that was the best for it. And because the refined carbs were minimal..I didnt have that desperate need or tendancy to go for rubbishy stuff. Apple and a handful of nuts was my fave snack, for instance. LOL! WHY DID I STOP DOING THAT? ARGH! And I was working out. Ugh. i will get back there!!

So....Ive had a coffee and water so far..and today's plan is

Pancakes around 10:30

Quorn and salad for lunch around 1

shake (ew NoOoOo lol) around 3

Dinner pack around 5

I may have a slim fast meal bar tonight instead of my 2 shakes (should be 3 but Im having the salad for lunch. I cannot face 3 shakes in a day. LOL)

Im pretty over this diet now. My head isnt really here. I think its because Ive got far too many shakes in a day and I would rather have nothing or water. Lol - Im hoping for get a couple of pounds off this week though, although its not looking good now. lol. And I just have a few days to go.

In other news...

Hubbys mother has been moved back to the hospital she was at originally. She's doing a lot better, from what Ive been told and may actually be going home soon (ish) I think..?! Weird. She will have to have carers at least 3 times a day to dispense her meds and to look after her a bit and make sure she's getting up a bit and not just sitting in one spot - which is how she ended up with the clot in her leg..etc. So yes. Strange. But I dunno when or if or what. Hubby will be going up on Saturday after work.

He saw his specialist yestrerday, too and got his meds sorted for our hols. So he has plenty and we are all set.

Looking forward to some warmer temps this weekend! Wooo! Its still going to be wet and windy because, its just the way around here where we are. But the warm will be appreciated! lol.

Have a great day!

 

[Minerva]

Your poor MIL My heart goes out to her. At least she's getting/feeling better and hopefully the carers coming and going will make her feel a little less lonely.

As for your diet woes... You're probably very much so losing fat, but you know how it is... The body decides to fill up with some water and not let go. So you may still get a whoosh! My body was noticeably (to me anyway) puffing up last week with all that water retention and it was refusing to budge...! I thought I was getting TOTM or something...! But the diet change appears to have helped A LOT this week.

Do you have some meals planned out to start with? Will you be logging calories/carbs and the like?

x

 

[slim_and_happy]

Darling. Sorry to hear about your mother in law. I do hope things improve. It must have a terrible impact on the whole family.

I'm kinda jealous of you moving on to a low GI plan. I miss food but I simply do not have any control over how much I eat at the moment.
Before starting SnS I was eating very healthy and I still piled on weight.
I better stick to the plan for now while I work out the best action plan for me when I come off it.
Please keep us posted on your new diet adventures. I want to know it all!!! lol

I hear you about the shakes. No thank you.

Have a great day love

 

[beelishy]

Your poor MIL My heart goes out to her. At least she's getting/feeling better and hopefully the carers coming and going will make her feel a little less lonely.

As for your diet woes... You're probably very much so losing fat, but you know how it is... The body decides to fill up with some water and not let go. So you may still get a whoosh! My body was noticeably (to me anyway) puffing up last week with all that water retention and it was refusing to budge...! I thought I was getting TOTM or something...! But the diet change appears to have helped A LOT this week.

Do you have some meals planned out to start with? Will you be logging calories/carbs and the like?

x

The situation with MIL is very strange to me in that Im not used to not having information when someone is ill and been in hospital for over a week!! Its partly down to the staff not communicating with her kids and her kids not communicating with each other. And then theres all the craziness. The first hospital took a look at her leg and said, basically "well, that will have to come off!" and transferred her to another hospital ...and they said "nope, we can work with this!"...so they gave her blood thinners and elevated it and its ok now. Imagine if theyd taken it off unneccessarily??!! And then last week they told her she had to have a scan on the leg. It took 3 days to finally get around to doing the scan. And another 4 days for the results...wow! Then yesterday they transferred her to the other hospital but on the system they'd logged it as "discharged" so the new hospital refused to dispense any medication until it got sorted. By 10pm last night it still hadnt been sorted as she sent hubby a text, in a panic as she hadnt had her tablets on time (shes on 13 meds!!) and mis-management of her medication was what caused this mess. But they were refusing rather than just check her notes!!! Bearing in mind theyve just got her stable and better and she was pretty much on deaths door not 2 weeks ago!! Horrific. I love the idea behind the NHS but in practice..its horrific sometimes. :/


Anyway...diet. I think I will log my food onto MFP at least the first couple of weeks to keep an eye on things, yes. Im hoping these books come today so I can plan a few meals. I have a few in my head but I need to make sure that I am going in the right direction with it. Bean salad, for sure!! *drooool* lol Im going to limit my cals to 1200-1300, I think...and see how I get on with that. Im also going to work out at least 5 days a week. And keep up my water intake.

 

[beelishy]

Darling. Sorry to hear about your mother in law. I do hope things improve. It must have a terrible impact on the whole family.

I'm kinda jealous of you moving on to a low GI plan. I miss food but I simply do not have any control over how much I eat at the moment.
Before starting SnS I was eating very healthy and I still piled on weight.
I better stick to the plan for now while I work out the best action plan for me when I come off it.
Please keep us posted on your new diet adventures. I want to know it all!!! lol

I hear you about the shakes. No thank you.

Have a great day love

Thanks honey. Im hoping they can get her fixed up and home soon. Its been hectic!

Im thinking that i definitely cant just do the "have as much of the low gi "green" foods as you like" thing, as suggested by one of the blurbs i read. Im not just trying to manage blood sugar levels...Im trying LOSE WEIGHT!! lol. So I will be low GI but watching portions and cals as well. And limiting refined carbs. Sugar is a no-no , lest I fall back into the same ol' sh!t!! lol And, quite importantly, back to being a veggie! aaah, niiice! Feels like coming home! LOLOL

 

[beelishy]

I have a headache and feel a bit lightheaded ...and cant be bothered with it. LOL. so I had my pancake with 1 tsp whole earth pb and half a small banana. It was gorgeous, actually. lunch will be an apple and a quorn salad with apple balsamic - yuuumm. And then Dinner will be my chilli pack with cauli and broccoli. I will have a slimfast bar later tonight. lol.


Edit:

my boooks just arrived!!!!! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

 

[beelishy]

Oh, pink lady apple....you slay me!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE pink lady apples. Seriously. LOVE. We have ice cream bar thingies...what are they called....choc ice! We have choc-ices in the freezer and I couldnt care less....because we have pink lady apples and as i couldnt manage one after having my salad at lunch....Ive had it as a snack just now. I am full. I am happy. I must remember this feeling and hold on to it.