Thank you so much for all your tips and advice, unfortunately my cdc text me half an hour before my visit to cancel, so shes rearranged a visit on Monday afternoon, so i will be starting Tuesday. I’m really looking forward to it, i will keep you postedHey Zohrah!
Best of luck on your CWP journey - you can do it! The first week or so will be tough but once you get past that you’ll be flying it. For me it took about 10 days to get over the hump but 3 products might get you into ketosis quicker than me so you might adjust faster!
A stone a month is definitely doable and you may even lose more than this in the first month. I’ve lost my first stone in 2 weeks - it’s crazy! I’ve 3 stone to goal and 2 stone to a healthy BMI so hopefully about 3 months for me. Then the really hard work of maintaining begins!!!
Not sure if you’ve ever done a meal replacement diet before but I find blending the shakes with ice is a massive help in filling me up. I don’t find them particularly nice just mixed with water but blended with about 10 ice cubes and 250ml of cold water will make a massive creamy milkshake, fills about a pint glass. If you like coffee, the vanilla and chocolate shakes are lovely with a spoon of coffee added. I use a nutribullet to blend mine but any blender or smoothie maker should work for you
Make sure to get in enough water too, I found the recommended 2.5L too little for me to prevent headaches in the first few days. You will be losing tons of water weight in the first week so I would up this to 3.5 to 4 L until you are definitely in ketosis!
Best of luck, let us know how you get on tomorrow! Xxx
Hey Rolo!
Well done for surviving the first 5 days! Can totally relate to the dizziness, for me things started to improve the day after I had the dizzy spells so hopefully it’ll be onwards and upwards for you from now on! I have a 4 stone goal also - 1 down, 3 to go!
What are you fave products so far?
Best of luck on Monday, hopefully you’ll be rewarded with a nice number! Xxx
TWO WEEKS DONE, woohoo!
Had my WI this morning and in week 2 I have lost 3lb, adding up to 1st 0.5lb loss in total so far. Feeling really happy with that, especially because I wasn’t perfectly on plan at the weekend! But it hasn’t seemed to affect things too drastically anyway.
I also think I might finally be in ketosis... at last!!! My mouth really tastes quite horrible and cravings are completely gone! Didn’t even feel like I needed all my meals yesterday or the day before. Maybe it just took me longer than most due to the higher amount of carbs in 4 products, as most people here seem to be on 3!
Feeling really excited and motivated for a successful third week now! At the moment I’m 13st 6lb so my next big goal is to get into the 12st something range. Hopefully two more weeks will definitely get me there! Will not be weighing in again until I meet my consultant on Thursday
Ps. Had my first lemon bar today for breakfast and WOW! So much better than I was expecting and I just wish I didn’t get only one now! If you like lemon cakes/cookies then I think you’ll love it and the yogurt coating was closer to white chocolate - or maybe I have just been away from food for too long! Will definitely be stocking up on them on Thurs. Exante products are due to arrive Monday or Tuesday too so will be nice to try some new things from there too!
Happy Friday everyone, hope you all have a lovely weekend! Xx
The lemon bars are great but the strawberry and apple ones are even better, there can’t believe I said it. They have a slight toffee after taste too. You will need to do a taste comparison of the exante products when you get them. Will be good to get a bit of variety as well.Thank you so much for all your tips and advice, unfortunately my cdc text me half an hour before my visit to cancel, so shes rearranged a visit on Monday afternoon, so i will be starting Tuesday. I’m really looking forward to it, i will keep you posted
That’s great that you are in ketosis you just can’t do it with out the protection it brings. Roll on week 3
Congrats on the losses you are doing brilliantly it is fab whenyou drop into the lower stone bracket. The 12s really are just round the corner
Jx
I’m trying to see the positives in it so I am imagining that it must be just my fat cells dying and decaying inside of me hahaha! Will definitely pick up the strawberry and apple bars on Thursday - I didn’t think I’d like the lemon bar so I’m sure this will be the same! XxxHello there!
Yeah my consultant said the same - Step 1A, 1B and 2 are basically the same in terms of losses but some people just find staying away from food altogether much easier to stick to, which I can totally understand, especially at the beginning! But doing Step 2 properly will still give great losses and in my opinion it’s probably actually better for your metabolism, digestive system and overall relationship with food
Well done on your weight loss! -3/4lb is better than gaining weight so don’t beat yourself up! The metabolism increase from the chocolate should give you a good loss next week too if you stay on plan haha. We also fluctuate so much depending on our monthly cycle so that might be at play too! I always find I’m much heavier just before my period, sometimes by a good few pounds! I’m also always a lot hungrier and craving all the sugar so maybe that adds to things too hahaha!
Wow I can imagine that going to Mexico was a great motivation! I would looove to go there! Was it amazing?! Goals really are so important for us to stay on track and it’s great that you’ve the 40th and the jumpsuit for some motivation! My main goal is that I’m studying to be a doctor at the moment and in September I’ll be starting my placements in hospitals as a medical student, which means wearing scrubs a lot of the time. They are so unflattering and clingy on everyone and I just want to be able to grab some without them being tight on my hips/ass/tummy. I want to really be able to focus on the work instead of being self conscious and worrying how horrible I feel about myself! I also want to be a better role model for the patients that I see because there’s nothing worse than a chubby doctor giving out weight loss advice lol!
Today is my day 14 so tomorrow I will have my 2 week weigh in at home.... aghhh! I lost 11.5lb last week so I’m not expecting a huge number, especially after the carbs on Sunday. I would be incredibly happy with 2.5lb as this would bring me to exactly 1 stone in 2 weeks but we shall see in the morning! I meet my consultant on Thursdays but I couldn’t make it today - I can collect my products from the office tomorrow but she won’t be there to weigh in!
How did you get on today? Xx
I'm all over the place with periods etc at the minute, and i'm sure that's not helping matters I can imagine scrubs would be very unforgiving, you'll be feeling brilliant by the time September comes round xx xxxHi! So sorry, have had a crazy busy week and I don't seem to be getting notifications for this
Huge well done on your week 2 weigh in, that's brilliant!! It's great when you start to feel the difference, really does spur you on
I had real issues with constipation too, mentioned it to my consultant and she gave me some fibre. You take a spoonful every day, it really does help (without the sometimes extreme help of senna!), i've stuck with it now cos there's nothing worse than that horrible feeling.
Hahaha i like your thinking with the chocolate
Mexico was so good, already looking for the start of next year again
How you getting on not jumping on the scales? It's so difficult when you're feeling a difference and wanting to see them dropping eh! Not long til Thursday though
My consultant mentioned that fibre supplement alright but she actually told me that psyllium husks are better! I bought the powder today in Holland and Barrett so I’m going through try it tonight in a shake! Hello you!
Yes this things is very odd with notifications - I only get them sometimes!
Getting on great diet wise, have another UTI though so upped the cals a bit yesterday to give my immune system some energy! But I have easily been staying on plan. The senna worked too thankfully and nothing too extreme LOL
How are you getting on? Has the motivation come back? Hope you are finding this week easier! xxx
let me know if it tastes of anything, that's one good thing about the fibre, doesn't taste at all
Ooh i might give that a try, still having real issues in that department
Not great you've got another UTI, feel better soon, def upping the calories sounds like the way to help fight it
Getting there, had an audit at work yesterday and today and the lunch looked really good, but just had a couple of chicken skewers then had my bar when they all had the cakes. Really feel like i'm getting my head back in the zone, if it's not worth it i'm not even thinking about it! So that's you nearly at 3 weeks, has it flown by? It's so worth it eh xxx
