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This is worrying I'm afraid :o((

"She has a completely different attitude to food now and sees it as the enemy rather than her comfort blanket!! "

This screams out eating disorder !!!!

Food is essential to life and is most definitely not an enemy.

The right education about food is that no food is totally wrong if consumed in moderation.

Educating people that eating a balanced lower fat diet, and keeping in moderation too much high fat snack foods such as crisps, biscuits pasties and sausage rolls is more realistic than charging the earth for what is, a starvation diet which puts strain on your body, and gives a dangerous message to those who mentally may be vulnerable to going down to bulimia/anorexia route

I was told, about 11 years ago by my GP based dietitian, that the diet I was given was for life.

This was a healthy eating plan, which to be fair I ended eating more than I was, but still lost weight because I was eating the right things.

The diet sheet was a guide only, and soon we got used to portion sizes for meat, potato and veg/salad etc., as said, our plates were fuller, but more balanced than they originally were.

Over the years we have put weight back on, Ive had another child since, and PND and depresion has led to comfort eating. But recently, when we ripped out our old kitchen I found the diet sheet. In the next few weeks, I will start to follow it again using it as a guide, and am actually looking forward to eating more healthy and cutting sdown on the rot we are eating of late. and still being able to have the odd curry, or bag of crisps, or bit of choc, again all in moderation.

My three sisters and my neice all went on the lighter life diet about two years ago.They kept to it meticulously and all gained their target weight and I have to say looked fantastic.They threw out all their big clothes and bought new wardrobes and I was really envious of them.

However and it is a big however as soon as they finished the diet they all gradually put the weight back on,all four of them and they ended up back where they started.You need a will of iron to maintain the weight loss ,losing it didn't actually present too much of a problem to them but keeping it off was.

I had tried the cambridge diet many many years ago which was some thing similar and I told them that as soon as they started to eat "proper food " the weight would go back on.The diet was very expensive to do ,I think one of my sisters said they were paying something like £60 a week each and this went on for months.All that money wasted,they could have a holiday for what they paid.Recently they have had another go but second time around it is not so easy to keep to it,their motivation doesn't seem the same.

My daughter despite knowing all about her aunties decided to have a go herself,she just wanted a quick weight loss but she wasn't heavy enough and they wouldn't let her do it,was I relieved because she has absolutely no will power at all and wouldn't have kept to it whilst she was on it.

If you haven't got a very strong will power and all good intentions are definetly not enough I'd try something else.

Daisy

I remember quite a few years ago there was another diet called *****life. I got out all my pharmacology books and checked each ingredient most of which were a laxitive.

A good healthy diet is the best option with small portions and do not overload the plate. We do tend to think the plate must be full. Better to use a smaller plate.

Be very careful of a starvation diet as someone already says you not only lose the fat but the muscle to.

Yes she will be scared and will keep putting it off..like I did.....day 1) 2 shakes for breaky and lunch and a saucer of food...bit of lettice and salad stuff and about 2 oz of cook turkey..

day 2) same as but with an apple

day 3) 1 shake 2 small meals
day 4 ) same as introduce small amount of carbs...

and so on...

I think its the same as Lipotrim..... my best bud has shed at least 5 stone on that one...... she lives off of shakes basically but does eat at restaurants on special occasions now!!

She has a completely different attitude to food now and sees it as the enemy rather than her comfort blanket!!

I am so proud of her its untrue, but I do worry its an obsession now rather than a healthy thing!

xx

hi ginster,i lost 11/2 stone........by eating sensible and avoiding sugar,and keeping fat to a minimum.yaaaay.hows ya doing hunxxx

Hi Joan, sorry i deleted my post but didnt mean to....Im fine thanks xxx

Thanks Hayley I think she may struggle with that then. She tried lipobind but the counsellor kept telling her she wasn't losing enough weight!

I'm fine thanks Dizzy, hope you are ok? I wonder if she will be too scared to ever eat properly again in case she puts it all back on!

:0)
Joan

Joan you have to do a re eatting plan as your stomach has strunk so much..

My friend has successfully lost around 4 stone in a year on this diet, she looks fantastic, but she has barely eaten anything in a year!
I feel she is now obsessed with losing weight; she has been told she must start to eat solids again now, but I wonder how/if her body can cope with normal food now?

Joan

Thankyou Dizzy
RegardsChris xxxx

Chris, take each day at a time sweetheart and work on the theory that if you have 2 bad days each week it actually means you have had 5 good ones!!! Good luck and remember if you eat it today you can walk it off tomorrow xxxx

Dizzy that is wonderful you are an inspiration to us all , when i saw this ad it was with the slimming page in the daily mirror so i thought endorsed by the paper , it cant be that bad (if you get my drift) but the price and the 4 litres of water no not for me ,will go to ww Thanks Dizzy

Most of you know that i have spent my whole life obese..... at 16 i weighed 20 stone and was diagnosed as a food addict when i was 25. In 2004 i needed to shed at least 14 stone and had by that time tried every diet and slimming pill on the market and many that werent, if you get my drift.
On advice and encouragement from a friend i joined Weight Watchers in April 04 and by Christmas 06 had shed 11 stone, i still needed to lose weight and foolishly, still not cured of my food addiction i fell off the wagon and put nearly 2 stone back on. I have now lost those 2 stone and a further 1 and am well on my way to a decent size . .
Most of us never cure ourselves of the craving for certain foods but we can re programme our minds to manage those cravings, i know for me the way to do it would not to have deprived myself of food for 12 hours let alone 12 weeks!!!

Hello Ginny ...I have done this sort of diet lipotrim..lost over 3 stone....never put it back on ( touch wood )

Hi Ginny, I know someone who lost 5st on it. Must say it's not for me although I have been struggling with my weight all my life. I believe in eating healthy. I am back at WW since the Januery and have lost 1 1/2 stone. Still have 3 1/2 to go.

There is no quick fix........It took me 9 years to put on 5 stone so I can't expect to loose it in 3 months

Good Luck Heather

Not alot lol

Dont be silly ,,, no it rained , and it rained and when it had nothing else to do it rained again the poor dog was white when we went now he is grey b****y terrible it was ,

Hi Jeanie my friend how are you ???

Thanks for nudging this up for me , i am really grateful , hadnt seen it as i have been on holiday ,dont think i will bother with it !!!! Thanks once again
Chris