3 months today on my Vey Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)

It all started in February when I went to my GP, I'm 29M, my BMI was 39, my blood pressure was becoming dangerously high and my weight was starting to put pressure on and damage my heart. She recommended a VLCD and said it should hopefully help these issues.

Started on an official medically supervised VLCD in April. So I've been having 3 shakes and a soup per day. 800kcal altogether. The products make sure you get all the vitamins and nutrients your body needs.

The first week was the hardest, I felt so weak, had headaches, insomnia, all I could think about was food. After the first week you get used to it FAST. And the weight loss has been incredible. I was 18 stone exactly when I started. I'm now 14 stone 7 pounds so that's a total weight loss of 49 pounds in 3 months!

I'm thrilled but at the same time I wish I hadn't let my health get so bad before I decided to lose weight. However my blood pressure is coming down steadily now and is nearly in normal range. I don't sweat anymore when walking, I don't get out of breath when walking. I feel so much healthier and have more energy.

3 more months to go on the programme and hoping to achieve a normal healthy weight! Wish me luck. Feel free to ask me anything 🙂

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Bunch of little NSVs

Hi all. Just wanna share some nice things.

I'm doing strict OMAD, 1200cal a day. (I've got medical oversight so nobody panic.) In three weeks, I've had one cheat day. I'm also hitting the treadmill a few times a week, 11-12% incline and 3-3.5mph speed.

I had to punch new holes in my belt. It's a good thing I had three holes punched at once - I'm already at the second new hole.

My button up shirts are all sagging. I had a couple that were starting to get too tight to wear, and now they're both comfortable and have a bit of extra room.

I had to break my OMAD for a social and, for maybe the first time in my life, I felt nauseated because of how much I ate (I had a chicken sandwich and fries, and couldn't finish the fries).

I've logged my calories every single day for three weeks. Also a probable first-ever for me.

I'm seeing my GF for the first time since starting my weight loss regime, and I'm hoping to surprise her with how much I've shrunk. Wish me luck!

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Counting Calories is Holding me Back

Been on my weight loss journey as a 5’5 240lbs female who struggles with binge eating and PCOS for about three months. I’ve lost some weight and have been feeling pretty good but I’ve come across many obstacles. The biggest one of all is calorie counting. It’s not staying under my limit, it’s tracking it. Having to go into my app, search the internet for a possible estimate of the calories, and then tracking something that could potentially be the correct calorie intake. It’s especially hard when going out to eat with friends and secretly being on your phone finding an option that is in your calorie range. Honestly the whole process is so tedious and discouraging. I wish I could eat healthy without the whole calorie thing. Does anyone else struggle with this?

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Help needed....please no judgement

Okay so here goes.....I need help to know how to lose weight. I'm at my heaviest and feel I'm at my rock bottom. I am a 38 yo female, 5ft 7, weigh almost 24 stone. I NEED to lose weight, I don't sleep properly, I'm tired ALL the time, ache and sore, bad feet and ankles. I can feel my quality of life slipping away from me.

Thing is, it sounds stupid but I feel like I don't know how to lose weight. This weight has piled on over the years and I've never successfully lost any weight. I need someone to tell me without any sarcasm or judgement something I can do to just start and keep it up. I suspect I may have undiagnosed ADHD so I struggle to keep up with things, stay motivated. I don't enjoy cooking, at this point it feels like a chore so the easier the better.

Couple of things I should say, I have pcos so am constantly hungry even when I've just eaten and apparently weight loss would be harder snd slower for me? In terms of exercise even walking hurts me now ☹️ my back and feet etc. And food feels like the ONLY pleasure in my life right now as I go through marriage problems and having a child diagnosed with something that I just can't seem to accept and come to terms with.

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Officially hit onederland

(19f) I woke up this morning and weighed myself and I am officially down 45 pounds, finally below 200! (Starting weight was 244.)

Two days before I started HEALTHY cico in February, I had ZERO plans to change my life so drastically. So much so, that on New years, I didn’t even make a resolution or goal to lose weight or eat healthy.

I don’t even know what changed that day in my mind to make me finally do what I thought was so impossible, but I’m thankful everyday that I was strong enough to stick it out and try as hard as I have.

I’ve been overweight for as long as I can remember, and I was obese all through high school. My mom never had a good understanding of what healthy weight loss was, although her intentions were always for the best, a lot of the time her ignorance would wind up setting me back. A lot of my life I’ve been fad diet to fad diet, my mom even put me in hypnotism and holistic pill/vitamin taking cus I was so self hating and depressed. Atkins, military, vegan, pescatarian, gluten free, juicing, weight watchers, and many more. And I know you can lose weight on those, but I would lose 10 pounds, cheat, and just sob and sob for the week after.

Just putting myself through misery and for a lot of it, I was 11-15, it was shattering to my self esteem. I felt like I had no discipline or self respect, how could someone diet for years and still be obese?

But that’s all past me now, cico saved my self esteem. My relationship with food is so beautiful now, I can say with absolute certainty that a part of me is made whole now just because I was able to prove to myself that I could and can do it, and I never had to suffer in the first place.

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My first recipe ingredients I have created for weight loss.

Yogurt

5.9 carb 6 fat 13 protein

Oats

27 carb 2.5 fat 5 protein

Oat Milk

16 carb 5 fat 3 protein

Whey Protein - 200 Cal

8 carb 3 fat 30 protein

Granola

20g carb 5 fat 3 protein

Carbs - 76.9g

Fat - 21.5g

Protein - 54g

These oats have taught me a lesson about calorie counting, I estimated around how much calories I believed there would be in the oats and I guessed around 500 calories.

I measured out the ingredients and got a grand total of 740 calories.

It’s a bit scary how many calories you could be eating above your limit. That’s why I believe that if you’re not measuring your food, you should aim for around 500 calories less from your deficit.

This experiment made me realize that oats are too heavy and therefor I will not be eating them.

I’ll just chug two shakers of protein. 👍

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Still walking for weight loss

25F I’ve been a big person kind of most of my life. I’ve always had a belly and a chubby face. I lost weight in high school and got down to a medium t shirt size. That was sophomore year. Around junior year, i ballooned up. That’s when the weight gain really happened. I wanted to move out of my home town, I got to college and got comfortable, worked out a little bit, but being young, eating whatever you want, and hanging out with your friends is more fun than eating vegetables and making time to work out.

When I graduated college at 23 years old, I looked in the mirror and realized something had to change. I was the biggest I had ever been. 290 pounds. I was thankful that I wasn’t at 300, and since I wasn’t, I knew that I didn’t have to get there.

All I have down to lose weight is go on walks, weight lift occasionally, and do at home workouts. I gain most of my weight in my thighs and lower stomach. So anything with squatting or lunging isn’t my favorite activity.

I am now 60 pounds down and standing at 230 pounds. My next goal is to weight 200..then 175…then depending on how I like my body 150.

I think I may have high cortisol. I’m working on my sleep schedule but I have stretch marks, dark under eyes, grow facial hair, and use to have a very serious Buffalo hump.

They say don’t do HIIT, running, or weight lifting for high cortisol because you’re body receives that as stress and releases more cortisol.

Walking is the best happy medium. I walk 5/6 days a week for 2-3 miles. I’m thinking of moving it to 2x a day. Im not the best with lifting weights. It’s too stagnant for me. At least with walking I can get up and move as I please and see way more.

Needless to say, Will keeping walking as my weight loss regime help as I continue to lose more? My thighs are too thick, and I feel like I’m too big to be putting all that weight on my joints especially if I were to run.

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