I have made it through my two Very Low Calorie Days (VLCD) and it was a bit of a challenge. Yesterday I ended up replacing some of the milk with some poached chicken because I just needed the protein. But I still stuck to the calories give or take a handful and, Googling around, I see that the dairy is nothing special; it’s the low calories/low carbs on those days that seem to make the difference – so I’ll be experimenting with what makes me feel best on those days.
It just dawned on me that the best thing about those two days was learning that hunger won’t kill me. Therefore, when I’m back to maintaining a healthy weight and have a heavy social eating day, I can eat little the next day and not perish. I honestly don’t know why that never dawned on me before. I see now that it’s better to turn the carb switch right to “off” immediately for a day than to struggle on as usual with my “self control in the face of bread” issues. Just chuck the bread in the freezer, poach some chicken, make a salad or roast some vegetables and eat well for the day.
But now it’s onto the slightly harder “moderation” days. I’m not sure why I wrote “slightly harder”. I guess it will be more like I’ve always done before so it’s more routine so it’s more boring so it’s harder.
I’m also oddly worried that, because I can eat more for the rest of the week, my body will somehow refuse to lose weight because it doesn’t feel like it’s being deprived of anything. Yes – I hesitated to write that because it sounds a bit unbalanced but I think everyone knows by now that any kind of weight loss programme leads to a certain level of food/body insanity. The trick is to find the least crazy approach and stay as grounded as possible.
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