21 days 2 shakes a day, Apr 18- May 9

Spartan_Gingi

Don't need to do it with you, but as long as you're doing it healthy, wanted to wish you the best of luck!

Ddsb11

brittyn3 wrote: »

OP - you do you. What people were concerned about and responding to are a lot of times newcomers come to the forums to answer questions they have. Many don't post but read. It's a long time belief that you can detox and "reboot" your system. They just wanted to make sure that type of information wasn't being advocated or provided. I'm not saying you were, I'm just trying to put in to perspective of why this thread went how it did.

There are a lot of fantastic people who do respond to questions or voice concerns when something looks unhealthy/dangerous. As with ways of the internet, it's hard to interpret language/tone through text.

It would be terrible if someone who was just starting out losing weight was derailed by misinformation.

Maybe take this as a learned moment in future posts - be more clear and provide as much information as you can so people don't get the wrong idea. There's no need to be defensive, you just have to remember that, at the end of the day, the people responding are trying to provide the correct information vs. wrong that could influence a newcomer.

I'm not opposed to shakes for meals on occasion. I make the best protein shakes, IMO, but they usually have the same amount of calories a meal would have. Sometimes it's nice to drink your dinner. I totally get the mental break aspect of what you're trying to do. I think I'm due for a dieting break myself.

Good luck to you.

I can see why someone might not understand exactly what I'm doing from 1 single post in a thread, that's why it's important to ask question, rather than completely insult, assume, and belittle someone. It's appalling behavior of people who genuinely believe they are here to help and support. Whether I recognize someone or not, doesn't mean it's okay to assume what they do or believe is idiotic and wrong, and then make condescending jokes about them. Children or adults, it's pretty ridiculous. I was even apprehensive to come back, but I'm glad I did.

I appreciate your thoughtful response, and I'm hoping to get to the point of the post and connect with others who are ready for that mental reset. Team work makes the dream work they say. And spring seems to be a good time for me to clean the slate.

Thanks for your response.

Ddsb11

TeaBea wrote: »

msalicia07 wrote: »

CaptainHandsome wrote: »

So if you're going to go back to your already normal sensible diet after your reboot, won't you just go back to the way you felt before the reboot also? A reboot isn't really a reboot if your habits don't change, and doing something for 21 days and then stopping isn't going to help form new habits either. It seems like you'd be better off doing something more long-term. Also, I'm not jumping down your throat, just a logical assessment from the perspective of a computer engineer who knows if I don't fix a problem before I reboot the computer, the problem is just going to come back after the reboot.

I have a long term normal eating lifestyle that got derailed this past couple months. And rebooting is an expression like resetting. Just going to focus on good nutrition for 21 days for the mental and physical benefits, then get back on my normal healthy balanced routine. Like when people get out of their workout routine, which happens. Sometimes a plan for the next couple weeks is exactly what they need to get back to a good routine again.

you guys are way over thinking this.

Oh - I see

So this IS actually a lifestyle change. Your normal eating lifetyle isn't sustainable as it makes you re-gain the weight. So your plan is to diet for 21 days (while using meal replacements) and then repeat that same cycle over and over again every time you need a "re-boot."

Because 21 days of meal replacements isn't you focusing on nutrition. Meal replacements help you avoid all the fuss of actually tackling portion control and learning about nutrition for regular food. These aren't quick fixes.

Uhm no. That couldn't be further from accurate.

Ddsb11

Spartan_Gingi wrote: »

Don't need to do it with you, but as long as you're doing it healthy, wanted to wish you the best of luck!

Thanks, and glad you're in a good place

psuLemon

Verity1111 wrote: »

MrsSeager wrote: »

JaydedMiss wrote: »

if youve been here for years why do you still believe your body needs resetting like its a broken machine? Not only will 2 shakes a day suck (youll lose your motivation fast everyone starts out all excited for any new diet) but you wont learn ANYTHING about how to feed yourself long term, Youll likely cause more damage to your body thn good with lack of nutrients, And in 21 days youll just end up putting weight on from not learning anything about how to feed yourself.


why so defensive if you don't like being told your being needlessly silly dont post on here, No ones attacking you just telling you the truth. Many of the people responding have lost huge amounts of weight and gained a ton of fitness/health. We know our stuff. Learn how to eat. Eat at calorie level. Stop complicating it

Wrong, there are tons of shakes out there that have all the nutrients you need in a day, Ensure, Herbalife, GNC Total Lean...to name a few. In fact, a child of a family friend has many health issues and cannot eat regular food, and his doctor told him that Ensure is the way to go. Many individuals in treatment for anorexia will also drink a shake similar to Ensure because it has all the nutrients you need to survive. If a reset is what she thinks she needs, who are you to say otherwise?

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This!

If you do replacement shakes, I'd highly recommend looking at www.labdoor.com . Most of the ones names are really poor quality (ironically Herbalife is one of higher rated ones) and one even failed the heavy metals testing (looking at you GNC).