jonnysharpe Member

Can you elaborate on this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZTpNBfuzEg

I took a two-step approach. Used a low calorie, 1-week diet to shed some weight, then shifted immediately to CICO. So far lost 8.5 pounds (3.9kg) and still going strong. I started almost exactly a month ago. Body composition hasn't changed as most of the weight came off my middle. I feel great, have more energy and my…

This. What I've learned is, as you're hopefully here on this planet for quite a long time, it's good to have a longer-term plan for weight loss/maintenance, even if you do opt for the short-term shedding of some weight quite quickly.

Good for you. I hope it works out. There's nothing wrong with trying something new, especially if it's the start of a learning journey on what works best for you.

I don't weigh myself until a week after I return from holiday. Helps ease the post-holiday blues

Running is easier, of course. Feeling generally more alert. Sleeping better. Proving that there's more than one route to success. Enjoying the treats all the more :)

No. I don't have my own thread on this. I don't care if this thread is 1st or 1,000,000th in a list, I was just answering a question and checking other people's experiences. But thanks for your vital feedback

This is a direct answer to your question. Not an opportunity to get blasted by a bunch of people who haven't tried it. Did the diet. Lost 3kg. Kept the weight off. No ill effects. It's only 1 week and it's low calorie, not VLCD (IMHO). Those are the facts, if that's what you want. But everyone is different. I did put a…

Definitely. Very low on some things, particularly iron and calcium. It actually made me spot deficiency in my regular eating too, so it was a real learning curve

Point taken. I didn't start this thread by the way. I was just contributing. I was going to post progress purely to prove/disprove the sustainability of the weight loss, a few months after the initial LCD diet had ended, as that seemed to be a key point of debate.

Genius

Ok then, wouldn't want to disprove anyone. That would be awful

Cool, thankyou

(deep breath) Thanks for the feedback, everyone. To reassure you, I'm doing healthy weight loss right now. The very short-term LCD worked for me at that time. I learned a great deal from it and accept it's not the magic solution in the long-term. I will continue to post my progress

I'd love to read the rule book on weight loss. You know, the one that everyone must follow like automatons. We're all identical, after all

Thanks for the link, that's really useful.

"advocate a VLCD as being sustainable"? I'm saying the weight loss can be sustained after the diet ends. I also said "I would not recommend it for longer than a week, under any circumstances". I caught a virus that my kids had, along with half the nursery/school population in the local area. I don't believe it's related.…

You misunderstand, this was just the first step towards resuming a healthier lifestyle. I led a fairly healthy lifestyle before this, but was overweight by about 1 stone and could not shift the excess. This was always just a platform to kick-on from. Also, it's a low calorie diet, not a VLCD. And you're guessing at where…

According to NHS guidelines, this isn't a VLCD. That would be 800 calories a day or less. I averaged about 1000 calories a day.

I'm not sure I ever said it was safe or not. Just providing the facts of my experience, as opposed to speculation and generalisation

I agree, I don't expect most people to be able to lose a stone. I didn't expect to. I'm only hoping for 3kg over the next 2 months, as I already lost 3kg :) To be clear, I'm not doing this diet again, I'm just resuming a healthier lifestyle

Ok, as promised, my weigh-ins since the end of the diet. Starting weight - 84.5kg End of Diet - 80.9kg One week after the end - 81.7kg This morning - 80.9kg (The MFP iOS app is not too accurate recording these weigh ins as I entered them, but it's a small diff) During the diet I went for one 8.5km run and one 23km bike…

Ok, so I lost 8 pounds (or 3.5kg) over the last week. I've since done my research and calculated TDEE, so plan to stay under this and have upped my exercise to 3 times a week to hit the target 78kg. Learnt quite a lot over the last week, so it's been really useful. I wouldn't do this diet (or any diet) again as I'm not a…

Is VLCD less than 1000 cal per day? So far I've consumed 976, 1358, 1796. Not particularly worried about dying from this. You could die from running a marathon, driving home, flying in a plane. 500 cal per day for a sustained period is probably a bit reckless though.

I will post my weight each week, including what activities I've done, for the next 3 months to track this. Some people seem to keep the weight off, with adjustments to regular routine/diet, and others don't, so I'm not prepared to write this off until I've been through that process. What happened to you swaymyway, sounds…

Really useful, thanks. I'll see how this goes, particularly what happens afterwards. I'm sure there will be lots of tweaks to both diet and exercise in the coming months to hit the routine I'm comfortable with. It's also useful to know that weight is way too simplistic a measure on it's own. I always saw this as a starting…

I can't comment on what I don't know about. I can only speak from my own knowledge. Why will I be in a 'worse state' and why is it a 'bad idea' in the short term? I haven't even finished this yet, so have no idea if it's temporary or not. That's up to me, right?

As I mentioned above, this is to lose the weight and change the longer term habits from there. All advice is appreciated. I'm new to this site and forum. I don't know what CICO is yet (I guess Calorie In Calorie Out?). This is the first diet I've ever tried. Whenever I was a tad overweight in the past, exercise just shed…