Rachel Pritchard wrote:
Thanks Christian, sorry about the huge type, I was having propblem writing on the ipad... I didn't mean to yell! I feel overall I am an O.K weight, I am a smaller boned frame, so thinner limbs, but I definately carry too much weight around my hips/ waist/ stomach, and as this is also linked to lifestyle diseases, I am mindful that I would like this to be back in proportion - I have also had 2 children... it's more that when I have weighed 3-4 kg less, this is where I lose it from, and I feel soooo much more comfortable within myself. I also come from heavy parents, who were thin as younger people, but hit 30-40, and now are both significantly overweight. For myself, I don't want to accept it as O.K, and just keep shifting my boundaries as I get bigger, as my genes may indicate.
I have definately not yet got the benefits of the appetite shift, although I am more able to now delay eating, I don't have that ravenous GOTTA EAT NOW thing I had going on, I am still needing to eat between lunch and dinner, and I suspect that will go with time.... it has only been a week in reality, and it's hard to break habit.... looking for food because it is 3.00, rather than listening to my own hunger levels. I was eating all low fat products before, so maybe that shift is going to take some time for my brain and body to get in sync.
How long did it take for you to not want sweet things?
I am not craving sugar after meals like I was, but I would still prefer sweet to savoury - I am sweeneting my porridge and Greek yoghurt with Stevia... and again, I get the sense that that will shift once I am through the detox.
Hi Rachel
I am approaching the size I was when I got married, so I'm certainly on board for not just letting yourself go as you age, but then, I've not had to give birth, so I'm not sure if it's not inevitable that some changes occur when you've achieved that.
Yes, I think in general, how much you're likely to lose will depend on how you ate before. I ate TERRIBLY and so I lost weight really quickly and my appetite control quickly kicked in. Of course, low fat products means you were eating a lot of sugar, too, but probably not eating the huge amounts that I was.
My appetite control kicked in within a week, but, again, I do think that what I ate before was a huge factor. Honestly, I went on a trip to the US for work, and ate some sweets while I was there, and thought I had it under control ( I was still losing weight ) and am just now coming to terms with the fact that my appetite control is broken again, it's just that I am conscously eating less. I am being a lot more strict again and hoping to find it kicks in again within a week or two, I expect a harder road now that I've messed up.
I used to eat a tub of ice cream alone in an evening, so I've been surprise at how quickly I got used to not eating sweet things. But, everyone is different. Stevia has less calories in it than dextrose, but I'd still look to dextrose as a more reasonable ( and more reasonably priced ) sweetener to use. I have mushrooms and proscuitto on toast with my coffee for breakfast. I found I got used to coffee without sugar fast, but I can't come at unsweetened tea, so I just don't drink it anymore. But, I drank a LOT of soft drinks, I think that's where half my sugar intake was. Now I drink mineral water. If you're struggling with the appetite control thing kicking in, or with craving sweets, I'd suggest consciously limiting yourself to three meals a day, or looking for a mid meal snack that's going to be low impact, like nuts. I ate macadamias for a while when I still craved something mid afternoon. Other than that, my main bit of advice is not to take any one else's story and use it as a benchmark, everyone is different, and so long as you're sticking to it, there's nothing 'wrong' with you because you put on weight, or crave sweets still, or want to snack in the afternoon. What attracted me to this, apart from the science, was the idea of being in control, and eating until I am full, not starving myself. in the book, the time it took my appetite control to kick in was super fast compared to most people. The only thing you could consider, is to look again to make sure you're not getting any sugar, but I think one week is too soon to do that, the best thing is to stick with it and wait for the benefits to kick in.
And, I was getting on the scales every day, so I know how easy it is to be obsessive :-)
