VLCD

Hang in there. It gets better after about 3-5 days (really). I have successfully blended VLCD as the quick-start to my journey & then now using MFP to track/plan my maintenance. I do understand and appreciate those who are critical of using VLCD or any "drastic" measures, but I have faith that you are approaching this with the right attitude and dedication. Best of luck with the diet and, more importantly, the IVF!

Seriously? You think GMO products are designed to give you cancer and sterilize you? Do you have any clue what you're talking about?

Yep I sure do.

"This study was just routine," said Russian biologist Alexey V. Surov, in what could end up as the understatement of this century. Surov and his colleagues set out to discover if Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) soy, grown on 91% of US soybean fields, leads to problems in growth or reproduction. What he discovered may uproot a multi-billion dollar industry.

After feeding hamsters for two years over three generations, those on the GM diet, and especially the group on the maximum GM soy diet, showed devastating results. By the third generation, most GM soy-fed hamsters lost the ability to have babies. They also suffered slower growth, and a high mortality rate among the pups.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/genetically-modified-soy_b_544575.html

You ever seen that movie Children of Men? That's your grandkids.

GMO products are designed to A. grow more food in less space, B. increase nutritional content (such as beta carotene in golden rice) in a given food, and C. in some cases increase resistance to pests thereby reducing or eliminating the need to use pesticides.

What do you work for Monsanto or something? Lets think about this logically for a second. The bugs won't eat the stuff. If they eat it, they'll die. So they're smart enough not to. But hey it's ok to feed it to us right?

Eating junk food is no different than smoking and buying/selling/consuming it is no more or less legal. Yeah it'll give you cancer, heart disease, diabetes etc. It'll kill you just as sure as smoking would and if you don't think it's killing people then explain why so many people are overweight or obese?

I just want to ask... Have you been given the green light by a MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL to put yourself on a VLCD diet? Because in some instances it makes sense (for instance, after gastric bypass surgery) but in these instances, you would be under the supervision and care of a doctor.

If you just decided that you need to be on a VLCD diet, I would ask yourself if it's worth eating VLC for the rest of your life, because you WILL damage your metabolism this way.

Seriously? You think GMO products are designed to give you cancer and sterilize you? Do you have any clue what you're talking about?

Yep I sure do.

"This study was just routine," said Russian biologist Alexey V. Surov, in what could end up as the understatement of this century. Surov and his colleagues set out to discover if Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) soy, grown on 91% of US soybean fields, leads to problems in growth or reproduction. What he discovered may uproot a multi-billion dollar industry.

After feeding hamsters for two years over three generations, those on the GM diet, and especially the group on the maximum GM soy diet, showed devastating results. By the third generation, most GM soy-fed hamsters lost the ability to have babies. They also suffered slower growth, and a high mortality rate among the pups.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/genetically-modified-soy_b_544575.html

You ever seen that movie Children of Men? That's your grandkids.

GMO products are designed to A. grow more food in less space, B. increase nutritional content (such as beta carotene in golden rice) in a given food, and C. in some cases increase resistance to pests thereby reducing or eliminating the need to use pesticides.

What do you work for Monsanto or something? Lets think about this logically for a second. The bugs won't eat the stuff. If they eat it, they'll die. So they're smart enough not to. But hey it's ok to feed it to us right?

Eating junk food is no different than smoking and buying/selling/consuming it is no more or less legal. Yeah it'll give you cancer, heart disease, diabetes etc. It'll kill you just as sure as smoking would and if you don't think it's killing people then explain why so many people are overweight or obese?

Well if it was in the Huffington Post it's got to be true.....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Did your mother drop you on your head when you were a baby?

Sorry it's making you feel miserable, it really doesn't sound ideal if it it hasn't been recommended by your own doctor.

As you've joined MFP, I can thoroughly recommend using it just as designed. Set your goals to lose 1lb a week, up to 2lb if you've a lot to lose, record everything you eat, get some regular exercise in and BINGO! You'll lose weight like magic without any special diet, just a bit less food. Weight will fly off in the first couple of weeks then settle into a steady loss without you feeling at all deprived.

Add lots of supportive friends, read some of the awesome forum advice, find exercise you love and you'll stick with it far longer than any "diet".

You'll be able to stick with it way past the second day, I promise! :flowerforyou:

PS As you're motivated by success stories, check out the MFP success stories, there are some awesome ones in there all done sensibly and some from ladies who lost weight to start a family like you.

You do not need to lose weight to go through IVF

That does rather depend on the funding and other policies in place. IVF is an expensive procedure and may be declined if the recipient has other medical conditions of which obesity is one.

Well if it was in the Huffington Post it's got to be true.....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Did your mother drop you on your head when you were a baby?

Nice ad hominem attack there.

By all means continue to consume the GMO corn and soy products, artificial sweeteners like aspartame and high fructose corn syrup and flavour enhancers like MSG. Pop a few SSRI's and wash it all down with fluoridated water and softdrink and feed it to your kids and grand kids. By them Mcdonalds and KFC and Taco Belle and potatoes and corn chips every day if you want, it doesn't change anything about the effects of that lifestyle and it sure doesn't bother me if they all die.

But if someone had an interest in improving their health and not dying. Eating clean and getting plenty of exercise and nutrients and minerals and water could, conceivably significantly improve their health and fertility. But i wouldn't know anything about that because I read it on MFP and what would they know right?

"implementation of BMI restrictions resulted in:- A reduction in women >BMI 30 from 16.9% in 2005, to 2.3% in 2007 An increase in clinical pregnancy rates from 14.9% in 2005 to 31.1% in 2007." NHS Wales.