Beeswax
Tiny dancer
Hi all,
Apologies if this is covered on another thread but I couldn't find it...
I'm on day 7 of LL (woo!) and fully committed but have been hearing lots of talk about "I know someone who did LL and put all the weight on and more afterwards".
Does this mean after I finish LL I'm going to have to be on a low-carb, low-fat diet for the rest of my life? As opposed to eating healthily I mean.
I ask because I've maintained healthy eating/exercise habits for most of my life; it's only in the last 5 years that I've put on weight, and I know that's through unhappiness/comfort eating.
I've 3 stone to lose to get to my *ideal* weight, and when I joined LL I was given the choice of the full programme or LLL. I chose abstinence because I want to examine my food choices and get to grips with what's making me overeat.
But my plan was to complete Foundation and either move onto RTM or the LLL version of RTM, because I don't feel I need *all* the support the full programme offers.
I've been overweight for 5 years and for medical reasons I can't exercise, which got me down and I went through a really dark period. For the last year though I've been eating healthily - the way I used to when I was slim, and it felt great - more like "me" if that makes sense. Unfortunately eating healthily but doing no exercise made weight loss sloooooww, and I know I can start exercising when I've lost the initial two stone. Which was part of the attraction of joining LL.
Sorry this is so long but I wanted to explain! I thought that when I finished RTM I could go back to my healthy eating ways - with everything in moderation and the occasional treat.
But now I'm worried I'll have to "diet" for the rest of my life in order to keep the weight off, and am anxious and confused.
I'm aware that I'm only one week in and I may be overthinking things, but can anyone shed some light, please?
Thanks in advance
- Bea
Apologies if this is covered on another thread but I couldn't find it...
I'm on day 7 of LL (woo!) and fully committed but have been hearing lots of talk about "I know someone who did LL and put all the weight on and more afterwards".
Does this mean after I finish LL I'm going to have to be on a low-carb, low-fat diet for the rest of my life? As opposed to eating healthily I mean.
I ask because I've maintained healthy eating/exercise habits for most of my life; it's only in the last 5 years that I've put on weight, and I know that's through unhappiness/comfort eating.
I've 3 stone to lose to get to my *ideal* weight, and when I joined LL I was given the choice of the full programme or LLL. I chose abstinence because I want to examine my food choices and get to grips with what's making me overeat.
But my plan was to complete Foundation and either move onto RTM or the LLL version of RTM, because I don't feel I need *all* the support the full programme offers.
I've been overweight for 5 years and for medical reasons I can't exercise, which got me down and I went through a really dark period. For the last year though I've been eating healthily - the way I used to when I was slim, and it felt great - more like "me" if that makes sense. Unfortunately eating healthily but doing no exercise made weight loss sloooooww, and I know I can start exercising when I've lost the initial two stone. Which was part of the attraction of joining LL.
Sorry this is so long but I wanted to explain! I thought that when I finished RTM I could go back to my healthy eating ways - with everything in moderation and the occasional treat.
But now I'm worried I'll have to "diet" for the rest of my life in order to keep the weight off, and am anxious and confused.
I'm aware that I'm only one week in and I may be overthinking things, but can anyone shed some light, please?
Thanks in advance
- Bea