Is anyone using New Direction products for weight loss?

PAV8888

Zombie thread and terrible topic. Sidestepping that VLCDs are against the TOS of MFP.

--if you convince yourself not to eat for a magical weight loss interval under the "I'll tough it out and win" theory, you will lose weight while actively toughing it out.

--if spending lots of money makes you more likely to tough it out because you have now shown your commitment with your pocket-book, spending money will make you more likely to adhere for a while.

--If you send me money now, and you don't consume calories, you will lose weight--ok: where's my money?

--very few people will manage to transition from weight loss to multi year maintenance successfully.

--I don't see how learning nothing about maintenance and entering maintenance from a position of the worst possible hormonal balance and setup with zero prior exploration of long term eating, moving, life and any sort of future maintenance strategies will enhance your already low odds for long term success.

Successful weight loss buys tickets to a maintenance lottery.

Sort of like a 50-50 draw which draws many winners as opposed to only one. But, still--for sure--way more than half of the participants will fall by the wayside during early maintenance.

You can go into the draw with only one ticket. OR you can stack your odds by collecting lots of tickets on your way there.

I'm glad I stacked my odds as much as possible between 2014 and 2016 collecting all the little tickets I could. It has been very helpful these past 5 years.

babygtbck14

I am reading a lot of negativity from people who probably have no idea about this plan. My doctor put me on it after years of trying on my own. I have thyroid and metabolic issues that were preventing me from losing. i did the 1,200 calorie diets faithfully and the scale would not budge. Don't judge people for things you know nothing about.

yweight2020

Mr_Knight wrote: »

I just started a weight loss program called New Direction.

Isn't that a boy band?

LOL I thought that too

paperpudding

babygtbck14 wrote: »

I am reading a lot of negativity from people who probably have no idea about this plan. My doctor put me on it after years of trying on my own. I have thyroid and metabolic issues that were preventing me from losing. i did the 1,200 calorie diets faithfully and the scale would not budge. Don't judge people for things you know nothing about.

yes you are reading lots of negativity - if something is a bad idea people are not going to post positively about it

if you read posts like Pav's above you, you will see WHY people are negative to plans like this and that people do have plenty of idea about them - this one isnt uniquely different to all the other similar ones.

and - How long have you been on this plan and how do you intend to sustain weight loss/maitenance after completing it?

what thyroid and metabolic issues do you have that prevent CICO working for you?
(lots of people on MFP, myself included, have thyroid issues and have lost/maintained successfully on regular food)