Re-starting for the final time, this is it!!!!
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Mis-behave
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Hi sorry not been about much.. Glad your doing well!
I agree that VLCD are not good, but I also think that if you are not hungry - don't push yourself to eat more.. As I think that's what got me in trouble in the 1st place. I also think as woman we go through cycles of different levels of hunger as our hormones effect us during the month. Also weekends seem to be times that we are with family and friends and tend to eat differently because we are in social situations .. Etc
I was also reading that as you reduce the carbs you tend to snack less and your cal levels drop to a natural level based on your own hunger.. and assuming your eating a healthy range of plants and animal products your all good
Rachgleeson
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Thanks Tara, i dont feel the need to snack anymore - i just eat at meal times and that seems to be enough. I think it all evens out in the end with me eating more at the weekend.
Lost 3lb this week that means i have met my first mini goal
Lost 3lb this week
that means i have met my first mini goal 
rosie1234
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Thanks Tara, i dont feel the need to snack anymore - i just eat at meal times and that seems to be enough. I think it all evens out in the end with me eating more at the weekend.
Lost 3lb this week
:wow: Well done Rach. 3lb loss this week is amazing! You should be really proud of yourself hun
xx
Rachgleeson
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i am made up Rosie, thank you
My christmas goal was to lose 40lbs, my final weigh in day is wednesday next week as we are travelling to england that evening. I wont make that goal but i am happy enough with what i have achieved. It would of been nice to get there but i am close enough.
My christmas goal was to lose 40lbs, my final weigh in day is wednesday next week as we are travelling to england that evening. I wont make that goal but i am happy enough with what i have achieved. It would of been nice to get there but i am close enough.
Mis-behave
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Thanks Tara, i dont feel the need to snack anymore - i just eat at meal times and that seems to be enough. I think it all evens out in the end with me eating more at the weekend.
Lost 3lb this week
That's great! Well done on the 3lb
It's great when you don't feel the need to snack
and your not hungry with it either
rosie1234
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i am made up Rosie, thank you
My christmas goal was to lose 40lbs, my final weigh in day is wednesday next week as we are travelling to england that evening. I wont make that goal but i am happy enough with what i have achieved. It would of been nice to get there but i am close enough.
You're always welcome hun
As long as you're happy with what you have achieved for your short term goal that is good 
Kes
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VLCD are designed with the idea of getting into Ketosis or restricting the amount of carbs, so there is a but of a difference when it comes to low cal and the VLCD's
but im sure if its a case of your not hungry, and still only having 1000 eating healthy meals then i really cant see a problem with it.. if you were doing extreeme exercise with it, that is where i will say yeah you need to up the cals, as you will burn yourself out.
if you are constantly tired though, and feeling tired and run down, then i would suggest going to 1200 cals or more.
but im sure if its a case of your not hungry, and still only having 1000 eating healthy meals then i really cant see a problem with it.. if you were doing extreeme exercise with it, that is where i will say yeah you need to up the cals, as you will burn yourself out.
if you are constantly tired though, and feeling tired and run down, then i would suggest going to 1200 cals or more.
Rachgleeson
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Thanks Tara, that could all change again regarding the snacks and not feeling hungry, but at the moment i just dont want to force myself to eat, as i dont want to eat just for the sake of it. I am worried about my body going into starvation mode but from that i read up last night you have to be doing this for weeks or months for it to do that and for it to mess up your metabolism. So hopefully i will be alright. The other thing is if i eat all calories i dont lose anything and sometimes i seem to put it on, so dont know what to do!!
Rachgleeson
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I dont feel tired with it Kes, the only reason i am getting tired some days is because i am not sleeping great at night, some nights i am awake with knee/leg aching (hence why i am not exercising at the moment) Going to try and get a bit of walking in while i am back home in england. I dont think my meals are too bad, breakfast has been turkey rashers with eggs. Lunch is crackerbread with laughing cow cheese and cucumber or beetroot. Dinner is normally meat with a pile of carrots, mushrooms and small bit of potato. I dont like most veg unfortunately.
TracyGWill
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toofatkat said:
Yes, Kat, unfortunately that statistic is true of all people who lose weight, not just on VLCDs - don't know if the % is any different on them. I've been saying from the outset that I'd like to be one of the 5% this time round, lol. But I know the odds are against it, especially as I've lost weight soooo many times over the last 30 years and just ended up bigger than ever each and every time! Hopefully what I've finally learned this time is that you can never STOP dieting once you start, that's it, for life!! But I would NEVER do a VLCD.
Rachel, I would say 1200 calories is definitely too low if you have more than a stone or two left to lose. I still haven't got down that low, still on 1400 after 16 months and 7.5 stone, and I never will. And that's with zero exercise, lol. My personal advice would be to increase it, but of course it's all a matter of personal choice.
xx
TracyGWill
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BUT what I should have said is that there's no reason whatsoever why all of us on here can't be in that 5%!! We just need to be constantly vigilant and aware of the dangers.
Here's an interesting article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...s-brain-hormones-youre-doomed-pile-again.html
xx
We just need to be constantly vigilant and aware of the dangers.Here's an interesting article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...s-brain-hormones-youre-doomed-pile-again.html
xx
Rachgleeson
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Thanks for your advice i do always take everyones advice on board, otherwise i wouldnt be asking for it. I appreciate what everyone has to say. I agree Tracy this is a diet for life, or should i say a healthy lifestyle?? sounds better than calling it a diet.
Kes i drink loads lol, i live on the loo. I drink about 8 pints of water and cups of apple detox tea on top of that. Forgot to say i also take a milti-vitamin at night time too.
Well got totm today, so am feeling extra hungry good job it was weigh day today. I have eaten way too much, hopefully got all the totm cravings out of the way. Craving fizzy pop too which i dont touch much at all normally.
i do always take everyones advice on board, otherwise i wouldnt be asking for it. I appreciate what everyone has to say. I agree Tracy this is a diet for life, or should i say a healthy lifestyle?? sounds better than calling it a diet. Kes i drink loads lol, i live on the loo. I drink about 8 pints of water and cups of apple detox tea on top of that. Forgot to say i also take a milti-vitamin at night time too.
Well got totm today, so am feeling extra hungry
good job it was weigh day today. I have eaten way too much, hopefully got all the totm cravings out of the way. Craving fizzy pop too which i dont touch much at all normally.
TracyGWill
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Rachgleeson said:Thanks for your advice
Kes i drink loads lol, i live on the loo. I drink about 8 pints of water and cups of apple detox tea on top of that. Forgot to say i also take a milti-vitamin at night time too.
Well got totm today, so am feeling extra hungry
Oh yes, I agree, I always try not to call it a diet, because that implies there's an end to the process, and that's when it so often goes wrong, lol. xx
Rachgleeson
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BUT what I should have said is that there's no reason whatsoever why all of us on here can't be in that 5%!!
Here's an interesting article:
Research shows trying to lose weight alters your brain and hormones so you're doomed to pile it on again | Mail Online
xx
Thats one interesting article, quite scary really. Doesnt give us much hope does it haha
TracyGWill
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Rachgleeson said:
Sorry, didn't mean it to be a downer, lol. I think it's just so important to know the dangers, so we can all plan ahead and work out how we will maintain, because people do! It's certainly been at the forefront of my mind for a long time. Like I said, there's no reason we can't all be in that 5% - being on a forum like this might just give us an advantage!!
xx
Rachgleeson
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i think it makes us more determined to be in that 5% when you read statistics like that. It can be done we all know that and have seen others do it. I lost alot of weight last year but put it all back on with a couple of pound extra so i know where they are coming from with that article. Thanks for sharing it, i am sure the others will be interested in reading that too.
Forgot to say you have done amazingly Tracy, well done :clap:
Forgot to say you have done amazingly Tracy, well done :clap:
TracyGWill
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Rachgleeson said:
Thank you!! And yes, that's what I thought about the article, it does make you detetmined to buck the trend, and also educates about the long-term necessity to keep calories lower once you've embarked on that path. xxx
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