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owlett5

Day three for me. Woe up starving and had my morning Apricot shake and ate a peanut butter snack bar with it. Now my stomach feels bleghhhh. Apparently that was a bad combination X_x. Note to self: dont eat and drink at the same time.

I've been struggling with hunger at the end of my work shift, I work 12-13 hours over night at a job that requires me to sit at a desk. Around 4 am my stomach is growling and I can't wait to get home and eat my chili or sloppy joe mix. Today I had the idea, since you're supposed to eat two packets of the mix, to just bring one of the packets with me, and when I get hungry, eat that, then eat the rest when I get home. That should work.

I'm really glad ND has savory options and not just sweet things.

erock0628

oh wow is the chili or sloppy joe mix a powder that you have to add water too? And I think that is a good idea to bring one of the packets with you.

JenniferNeu2015

Hi all, I just started ND VLCD on dec 4. I'm doing okay so far. I've had some headaches on and off but I'm pretty sure that's bc I'm not have my 32oz of diet soda a day anymore. I've decided I will not weigh myself at home bc I tend to become obsessed with the scale when I diet usually.... I'm just making sure I drink my 4 shakes a day and all my water... It will also motivate me to get to my weekly class. So far so good!

owlett5

erock0628 wrote: »

oh wow is the chili or sloppy joe mix a powder that you have to add water too? And I think that is a good idea to bring one of the packets with you.

Yup, it's a powder with fake meat chunks hah

Lisalovestravel

I've not heard of the chili- interesting! For me, I save my protein bar to take out with me. If I go to a movie, it's my "snack". Same with at school (I'm a full time student). I'll cut my bar in half and eat one as an inbtween mean snack. You'll learn little ways to adapt. You could also take some celery and cucumbers to work with you in a little baggie. Those are "free" foods. It would let you nibble and satisfy your hunger without compromising your diet.

Make sure you're chugging that water, ladies!

For me, once I got past those first two weeks and saw the easy off ten pound weight loss, it got a lot easier. Exercising was the toughest part for me. My doctor pushes exercise HARD and scolds me when I slack off. She wants to see activity, lol! I'm glad for that, because for me, all of the health issues I started the diet with are reversed or reversing and I feel that. It feels good. She told me that next week (barring issues) I can completely go off of the blood pressure medication I've been on for years. I've been slowing weaning off of it for over two months now. I'm down to a 1/4 pill and for Christmas I'll be medication free. I'm no longer pre-diabetic and I have healthy cholesterol levels. Most of those positives are exercise related.

If I can do it, ladies, you can too! I'm not even halfway to my goal, but the benefits I'm reaping are HUGE. You'll be reaping those same benefits too. Keep up the good work!

JenniferNeu2015

Wow, Lisa. I was told not to exercise while on the VLCD. (Not that I want to... haha) I mean I do if it will help me shed pounds but I am just getting to the part where I feel that I even have energy again. I'm on day 10 now. I'm down 7.3lbs.

JenniferNeu2015

Can everyone comment how long they've been in the program? What their program plan is (how many shakes/bars/meals etc) and how much weight they've lost? It might be interesting to see...

Started : December 4, 2015 4 shakes a day -7.2lbs

erock0628

Lisa that is amazing about your medication. How long have you been on the program? It's interesting to see how each new direction program is sort of different. They don't allow us free foods like celery. We are not allowed. And how some place want you to exercise and some places don't want you to. For me they want us to wait two weeks and they actually will start doing excercises with us. I plan on deff excercising on this program.

Jennifer I started December 4th like you and I'm on 5 meal replacement a day until I get below a certain weight than I'll be on 4 meal replacements a day.

HuskerJulie413

Welcome to the newer members! Keep up the good work! I've been on the program with some tweaks of my own since June 15th. I'm down 80 pounds! I lost 20 pounds/month for 2 months, then about 10/month since then. I have 2-3 shakes and a low carb real food meal and a snack. I always drink my water. I try to stay around 1050 calories a day. I've not been exercising at all. My clinic says just to walk and tone.