Carby2barbie
Active Member
I have gained some really helpful insights and loved reading people's personal experience on there weight loss journey, so decided to start my own. It's so important to understand that no one is the same, no ones journey is the same and nor is the experience they have. Make no comparison and what is right for you my not be for someone else vicer versa.
Day one- (yesterday)
Sooo here we go Liver reduction diet begins, I have made sure that I have everything ready so there is no room for temptation. I woke up and the first thing I did was weigh myself, unfortunately this is a horrible habit I have got into since yoyo dieting for the last 12years of my life. 18st2lbs ... so that's 2lbs lost last week. I woke up feeling positive and excited to start. I took my multivitamin alongside my breakfast of 1weetabix with skimmed milk and a banana ..... not as bad as I thought ( dreading it as I love the sweetness and crunch of mountains of sugar on the top) but it was fine.
My problem is I work long days and most morning I would skip breakfast. But now I've had breakfast I'm at work feeling hungry!! What???? This doesn't usually happen I can usually goes hours and the one day I could do without being hungry, I'm starving. After loading up on water and weeing what feels like 100 times by lunchtime I make sure I eat plenty of salad. I love salad I'll be fine I told myself .... but the reason I love salad is because I love Salad cream and I've had to leave that in my last life.
3pm ... still drinking plenty of water but the most horrendous headache is coming on. Snack on my apple, 1 of the 2 fruits allowed per day. I still have 5hours left to work and boy am I looking forward to dinner.
When I arrive home my head still pounding and feeling like I can't be bothered to even cook .... I check my pre planned food diary and rustle up a tomato sauce using passatta, onion, peppers, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes. Adding one stock cube and various herbs and spices, specified on my Liver reduction diet info supplied by the hospital. 50g of chicken and o wow wee 2tblsp's of pasta .... which is a hell of a lot smaller that you would of ever thought!!! But all and all it was delicious. Luckily my partner has agreed to eat the same as me but obviously his portion size is a lot more generous.
Headache is still horrendous!
but realising how lucky I am to still be eating rather than the milk diet! Now that is intense. I only have to do my diet for 2weeks before the op and reading some posts, some of you have to do it for 4weeks or more! Hats off to you!!
Tomorrow (2nd march) is my MDT meeting and I meet also with my surgeon. Day one done..... what I've done a whole day?? Bring on tomorrow.... but please leave this headache behind.
Hope I didn't bore you all to much just hoping this helps!
Lots of love
C xxxxx
Day one- (yesterday)
Sooo here we go Liver reduction diet begins, I have made sure that I have everything ready so there is no room for temptation. I woke up and the first thing I did was weigh myself, unfortunately this is a horrible habit I have got into since yoyo dieting for the last 12years of my life. 18st2lbs ... so that's 2lbs lost last week. I woke up feeling positive and excited to start. I took my multivitamin alongside my breakfast of 1weetabix with skimmed milk and a banana ..... not as bad as I thought ( dreading it as I love the sweetness and crunch of mountains of sugar on the top) but it was fine.
My problem is I work long days and most morning I would skip breakfast. But now I've had breakfast I'm at work feeling hungry!! What???? This doesn't usually happen I can usually goes hours and the one day I could do without being hungry, I'm starving. After loading up on water and weeing what feels like 100 times by lunchtime I make sure I eat plenty of salad. I love salad I'll be fine I told myself .... but the reason I love salad is because I love Salad cream and I've had to leave that in my last life.
3pm ... still drinking plenty of water but the most horrendous headache is coming on. Snack on my apple, 1 of the 2 fruits allowed per day. I still have 5hours left to work and boy am I looking forward to dinner.
When I arrive home my head still pounding and feeling like I can't be bothered to even cook .... I check my pre planned food diary and rustle up a tomato sauce using passatta, onion, peppers, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes. Adding one stock cube and various herbs and spices, specified on my Liver reduction diet info supplied by the hospital. 50g of chicken and o wow wee 2tblsp's of pasta .... which is a hell of a lot smaller that you would of ever thought!!! But all and all it was delicious. Luckily my partner has agreed to eat the same as me but obviously his portion size is a lot more generous.
Headache is still horrendous!
but realising how lucky I am to still be eating rather than the milk diet! Now that is intense. I only have to do my diet for 2weeks before the op and reading some posts, some of you have to do it for 4weeks or more! Hats off to you!! Tomorrow (2nd march) is my MDT meeting and I meet also with my surgeon. Day one done..... what I've done a whole day?? Bring on tomorrow.... but please leave this headache behind.
Hope I didn't bore you all to much just hoping this helps!
Lots of love
C xxxxx
