Morning all! Just popping in for my daily dose of enthusiasm and excitement!!
GGF - sorry to hear you are feeling grotty... but you're right... you won't feel like this again! WOOP WOOP!! Try and take your packs anyway - I know it may seem the last thing you want to do, but they may help settle your tummy etc, and the full vitamin complex will also be able to start work (and you'll be in ketosis even quicker!)... Trust me, I have had some nightmare lapses, felt awful (literally crying in pain, shaking, shivers, upset tummy, nausea etc) - but then had a shake and my system started to calm down... it may not work for you - but there is no harm in trying! Feel better soon!!
Not sure who asked about Nurofen - but yeah, tablets are fine. Yes - some have sugar based coatings, but my LLC says this is so teeensy tiny, that it's ok. The only thing you must avoid is syrups of any description - stick with pills and you'll be dandy
Umm ummm... Sukhi - BL**DY HELL! 11lbs in the first week is phenomenal!! Everyone else reading this, bear in mind this is not the norm... you'll probs do around half a stone in week one... depends how your body reacts to the change... could be less or more... but it will balance out (basically, don't feel disappointed, it will be doing it's job and melting the fat off you)... but anyway - back to the congratulating... you must be over the moon Sukhi!!!!! Incredible!!!!!
Welcome Susiewusie... hope you enjoy Minimins... you'll see my hanging around here quite a bit, but I actually started at the end of August last year (just had a rubbish Xmas of lapses so turning over a new leaf and trying to blend into the background as a Jan starter, hehehe).
Ketostix & scales... if I were you I wouldn't bother with either.. that is, don't get hung up on buying ketostix. They are at the LL meetings each week, but there is no point having them at home too - you'll just become obsessive about them (as I was back when I did Atkins many moons ago).. you'd be better off 'not' focusing on the diet and the weight loss... the trick to Lighter Life is to 'switch off' and concentrate on the emotions/psychology of why you eat... not transfer your foodiness gene with an obsessive weigh/check pee routine...
Let Lighter Life do it's thing - which it will if you stick to the packs/water - and get on with life...
Scales wise - this can cause real heartache if you either expect a bigger loss than the LLC's scales show (happened to me regularly at the start) or if they show you've hardly lost or heaven forbid GAINED, you'll feel rubbish before your meeting... chances are you WILL have lost, but you'd have beaten yourself up already. Susianna, I too thought I had a brilliant loss coming up at my first weigh in - at least nine pounds... and then when it was 6/7 (can't remember!) I was really peeved.
My advice, and the general consensus across LLers is to pack your scales away into a cupboard, or bin them completely- and let how you feel, how your clothes fit etc do the talking. We are all going into a life where we aren't "all about our weight"... we just need to build a bridge and get over it (as Blonde Logic would say - brill phrase!)... it's hard in the early days because it is all so exciting - but transfer that enthusiasm into looking forward and visualising the 'new you' not getting hung up on every little pee stick or half pound loss on the scales...
Ummm errrr....
EmVeg - glad you quite liked the Raspberry... it's not one of my favourites, although it's not offensive either... but - if you have tastes like me - if you like that one, it's all onwards and upwards from here!
Ok - that will do....
I'm off to gulp down some water, a peppermint tea, and maybe a hot Forest Fruits drink... scrummy... I've been rubbish with my water this week, and NEED to get back on it
Hugs to you all!
(A much happier, focused) Anna xxx
