liquid diet ???

I have tried so many diets and they all work, just I don't work them well... diets do work but they are all so faddy that you get fed up with them, measure this, count that, divide plate into sections etc etc...

And as so many say unless you stay on a specific diet for life you WILL put the weight back on and more than likely more than you started with as I am testament too!!!

I have just completed my first week of reducing bad foods, eating healthily but heartily and increasing my exercise, but I am doing it gradually, so when I start to plateau I know I have to up the exercise and re look at the food I am eating...

1st weeks result .... lost 5 lbs... and before anyone says its water, we bought some scales that not only weighs you but checks your fat and water content...my fat has gone down and my water has gone up!!

Now I just have to keep it up and will be happy for a 1lb loss per week :)
 
went to see my wounderfull hunky G.P :p this afternoon and i was telling him about it, he said it wasnt a good idea as im a diabetic on insulin, and that i shud carry on doing my slimming world programme as ive lost nearly a stone and half now since nov :) so im getting there SLOWLY.
 
howarth said:
went to see my wounderfull hunky G.P :p this afternoon and i was telling him about it, he said it wasnt a good idea as im a diabetic on insulin, and that i shud carry on doing my slimming world programme as ive lost nearly a stone and half now since nov :) so im getting there SLOWLY.
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You are doing it the right way;)
 
lettie said:
Had a discussion about this at work today. One of our doctors had a good point........ "There were no overweight people in Belsen". The vast majority of people who are overweight are overweight because they eat and drink too much of the wrong stuff and don't exercise enough.
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Are you advocating ethnic cleansing and mass genocide as having health benefits?

That seems like a very strange analogy to make by a doctor, or by anyone else come to think of it. I understand the meaning, but the comparison is in poor taste.
 
I agree that the comparison he used was in poor taste (considering his ethnicity):rolleyes: but the point he made was very true. Where there is no access to junk food and drink, there is no obesity.
 
This, I think, is the Lighterlife diet. You cannot go on this unless you are a minimum of 3 stones overweight. You have to have your GP's approval, he has to sign a form (monthly, I believe) to say you are ok to do it. You are also required to attend weekly group meetings for counselling and to buy the food packs which cost around £66 a week. The counsellors are fully trained and use cognitive behavioural therapy, (CGT) to find out why some people have a bad relationship with food. The drinks course usually takes 12 weeks, after which you go on a weight management course to maintain the weight loss. I know 3 people who have tried this, and all have maintained their losses 18 months later.
It is similar to the Cambridge diet, which is cheaper, but with little or no counselling. It would seem the counselling is the integral part of this diet, and if you don't attend meetings you aren't allowed the food packs.
The way it works is, your body is getting no carbs and only minimal calories and so goes into ketosis (not to be confused with ketoacidosis) and has to run on stored fat. Whilst in this condition you do not feel hunger pangs. You test weekly for ketones. It claims to burn fat at the rate of one pound per day.
If monitored correctly and followed correctly it can be very helpful for the morbidly obese.
 
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