New Year... New Start - onwards and downwards.
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Caz
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Finished for today. Had booked in for an extra half hour but she wouldn't have finished the stems and ribbon in that time and I couldn't face extra time. Think the lack of food really affected me. Felt quite light headed and nauseous at times. She finished the rose and butterfly though, really liking it.
MinnieMel
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Sounds pretty. So, at least one more visit?
MinnieMel
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Lovely shading. The artist is very talented. It looks pretty good.
Caz
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Thanks ladies 
Day five of Slim and Save. Feeling quite positive about it all, had a sneaky peak on the scales and they're doing ok. Just sucks to know how long haul this is going to have to be, we've said we'll be doing it for 16 weeks minimum. 16 weeks of no food! Are you meant to have a meal break with S&S like you have to with CD or Exante does anyone know? I remember on CD you had to add a meal and go to 810 for a week after a certain number of weeks.
Day five of Slim and Save. Feeling quite positive about it all, had a sneaky peak on the scales and they're doing ok. Just sucks to know how long haul this is going to have to be, we've said we'll be doing it for 16 weeks minimum. 16 weeks of no food! Are you meant to have a meal break with S&S like you have to with CD or Exante does anyone know? I remember on CD you had to add a meal and go to 810 for a week after a certain number of weeks.
MinnieMel
Why Be Normal?
Thanks ladies
The reason for a milk week or meal week, is that the research on the safety of ling term VLCDs does not go beyond 12 weeks.so. At 12 week's both LL and CD following the gov't guidelines has their clients boost their calories a bit.
I think if you wanted to do the 150 ml of milk for your tea (skim) all along, it wouldn't affect your losses. Studies show that you should (over time) lose as much on 880 as 460 calories a day because your metabolism will slow down very dramatically with 460. S & S is more like 600 -- but I think you could do the packs and milk, and as a female the calcium is not a bad idea combined with some weigh bearing activity.
Squeezyweezy
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Loving the tattoo Caroline, it looks great now, so will be fab when it's finished. I'm not surprised you struggled through your sitting though, you are kind of running on empty. Sugar really helps in those situations. The next sitting will be much easier though, you will be used to being on S&S and sailing through it by then.
Day 5, WELL DONE!!!! Keep up the good work chick xxx
Day 5, WELL DONE!!!! Keep up the good work chick
xxx
Caz
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Thanks Squeezy Yeah I said that to Aaron. It'll have born made a lot harder because I was still getting used to it, lol blood sugar levels etc. Will be fine next time like you said. Felt quite faint yesterday and had a real low tolerance for the pain. Next time I could even add a low carb high protein meal to help if need be.
I do have the milk sometimes as I'll have tea at school but never the full amount. Aaron isn't keen on an add a meal week but personally I am. Do it right and it helps you, not damages your losses. Even doing it every 8 weeks wouldn't be bad I don't think.
Yeah I said that to Aaron. It'll have born made a lot harder because I was still getting used to it, lol blood sugar levels etc. Will be fine next time like you said. Felt quite faint yesterday and had a real low tolerance for the pain. Next time I could even add a low carb high protein meal to help if need be.I do have the milk sometimes as I'll have tea at school but never the full amount. Aaron isn't keen on an add a meal week but personally I am. Do it right and it helps you, not damages your losses. Even doing it every 8 weeks wouldn't be bad I don't think.
MinnieMel
Why Be Normal?
Thanks Squeezy
I do have the milk sometimes as I'll have tea at school but never the full amount. Aaron isn't keen on an add a meal week but personally I am. Do it right and it helps you, not damages your losses. Even doing it every 8 weeks wouldn't be bad I don't think.
Just some lean protein and veg -- track it in MFP and try to keep it close to what a pack or two would be (about 300 calories).
Squeezyweezy
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You back to school tomorrow?
trisha
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Good advice as usual Mel. What plan are you doing Caroline 3 packs and meal or 4 packs?
Squeezyweezy
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Unfortunately so
I hate that feeling. You'll be fine once you get into the swing of things. I have loved having you back on minis full time, I'm going to miss you.
Viva La Diva
A Brit living in the USA
Hi Caroline, I guess tomorrow is your first day back at work ?? Good luck !! You are doing a tough enough job as it is, and doing a VLCD too !! Wow !!
It's nice that you and your OH are doing it together, extra support, and lots of TLC !! I wish I could get Mr D on board full-time again, but he is swamped at the moment and works insane hours !! I think Mel mentioned she was going to get her DH back onto healthy eating soon, I'll have to chase her for tips !! Hehe !!
Diva x
It's nice that you and your OH are doing it together, extra support, and lots of TLC !! I wish I could get Mr D on board full-time again, but he is swamped at the moment and works insane hours !! I think Mel mentioned she was going to get her DH back onto healthy eating soon, I'll have to chase her for tips !! Hehe !!
Diva x
Caz
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I'm sure I'll still be around Squeezy
Hi Diva Yup, first day back tomorrow unfortunately School helps with the VLCD I find, keeps me distracted and busy. Thankfully it's not a job where I can sit and snack all day! What's Mr D's job can I ask?
I found this on my old blog tonight and it got me thinking. Helped me focus a bit more too, remembering why I need to do this.
After having a big long conversation today with my niece, I've realised a few things. I've realised that life is like one big baton race, but with lots of batons.
While running her race, my mum has passed on lots of batons to me, and to my sisters. Batons which say you're defined by what you look like. Batons which say you're not good enough unless you weigh a certain amount. Batons which contain a hell of a lot of demons about self esteem, weight, confidence.
In running her race, my sister has passed some of those batons on to her daughter who is now 16. And she's got those same things, where weight and image is so important, if you don't fit the mould, then you're not good enough. I've just spent the past half an hour talking to her, telling her what an amazing, beautiful and precious young woman she is. And while sometimes she knows that, she often doesn't feel that. Why? Because she's not a perfect size 10. She's a 12, 14 on top because of boobs. But yet she is so so beautiful, but she can't see it.
Now I think about my own race, about the batons that I carry. The ones I've got from my mum, where I see her not eat because 'she's not hungry today' or 'she had a big lunch' or 'oh i ate a lot while cooking yours'. And suddenly I see where my unhealthy relationship with food comes from. I see where my insecurities within myself come from. I see where my completely distorted self confidence and self esteem from. And I see how this becomes one huge cycle, getting passed on from generation, but where does it stop? When does it end?
Well I've decided that it ends here. Kids are not on the cards for me any time soon, but one day I do hope to have children, and I REFUSE to pass on those batons. I refuse to let my children, or my nieces, or anyone I have any opportunity to mould, believe that what the mirror says about them is all that's said about them, and that they are so much more than that. They're not beautiful because their jeans say size 10, they're not beautiful because the scales show the right numbers, they're not even beautiful because I say they are, they're beautiful just because they're beautiful.
And I guess that starts right here, right now, with me. Dealing with my issues, my messed up way of thinking. I don't think it'll be easy by any stretch of the imagination, but it's how it has to be. Fixing my weight is only one side of the coin. You can't fix a leaky tap by just turning off the water, it's still broken, you've just taken away the physical sign of it. In the same way, if I don't do something other than lose this weight, I'll still be broken. So I need to fix deeper within me.
Hi Diva
Yup, first day back tomorrow unfortunately School helps with the VLCD I find, keeps me distracted and busy. Thankfully it's not a job where I can sit and snack all day! What's Mr D's job can I ask?I found this on my old blog tonight and it got me thinking. Helped me focus a bit more too, remembering why I need to do this.
After having a big long conversation today with my niece, I've realised a few things. I've realised that life is like one big baton race, but with lots of batons.
While running her race, my mum has passed on lots of batons to me, and to my sisters. Batons which say you're defined by what you look like. Batons which say you're not good enough unless you weigh a certain amount. Batons which contain a hell of a lot of demons about self esteem, weight, confidence.
In running her race, my sister has passed some of those batons on to her daughter who is now 16. And she's got those same things, where weight and image is so important, if you don't fit the mould, then you're not good enough. I've just spent the past half an hour talking to her, telling her what an amazing, beautiful and precious young woman she is. And while sometimes she knows that, she often doesn't feel that. Why? Because she's not a perfect size 10. She's a 12, 14 on top because of boobs. But yet she is so so beautiful, but she can't see it.
Now I think about my own race, about the batons that I carry. The ones I've got from my mum, where I see her not eat because 'she's not hungry today' or 'she had a big lunch' or 'oh i ate a lot while cooking yours'. And suddenly I see where my unhealthy relationship with food comes from. I see where my insecurities within myself come from. I see where my completely distorted self confidence and self esteem from. And I see how this becomes one huge cycle, getting passed on from generation, but where does it stop? When does it end?
Well I've decided that it ends here. Kids are not on the cards for me any time soon, but one day I do hope to have children, and I REFUSE to pass on those batons. I refuse to let my children, or my nieces, or anyone I have any opportunity to mould, believe that what the mirror says about them is all that's said about them, and that they are so much more than that. They're not beautiful because their jeans say size 10, they're not beautiful because the scales show the right numbers, they're not even beautiful because I say they are, they're beautiful just because they're beautiful.
And I guess that starts right here, right now, with me. Dealing with my issues, my messed up way of thinking. I don't think it'll be easy by any stretch of the imagination, but it's how it has to be. Fixing my weight is only one side of the coin. You can't fix a leaky tap by just turning off the water, it's still broken, you've just taken away the physical sign of it. In the same way, if I don't do something other than lose this weight, I'll still be broken. So I need to fix deeper within me.
