Re: Lose Weight 4

Philippa36

Has anyone tried the Gillian McKeith plan? We started it today after spending all weekend buying all the necessary fruit and veg. ( 10 cucumbers for 1 week for two people!) I want to try and lose roughly a stone - I am 11 stone 4 and 5'5.

Any advice or past experience helpful!

Thanks.

wishingonastar_3

gmeon wrote:

I've been reading this thread for a long time and you all seem so supportive so I've decided that it's crunch time. I've been messing around going up and down for years -trying every slimming club under the sun. I've tried to post on here before but then joined another online slimming club.I've wasted so much money over the years:mad: : . Now I think I've got to get a grip once and for all. So I'm going to post on here once a week. My start weight is 10stone 10 pounds and I want to get down to 9 stone 12 pounds.
Thanks for listening to me.

best of luck, big hug and my thoughts are with you.

wishingonastar_3

Philippa36 wrote:

Has anyone tried the Gillian McKeith plan? We started it today after spending all weekend buying all the necessary fruit and veg. ( 10 cucumbers for 1 week for two people!) I want to try and lose roughly a stone - I am 11 stone 4 and 5'5.

Any advice or past experience helpful!

Thanks.

never tried this one, but having seen the program always wondered how easy/hard it would be to follow. i hope you'll let us know how you get on.

Philippa36

So far its working out expensive - we spent £76 in Sainsbury's on fruit and veg alone :eek: and there are no choices - you eat what she says and nothing else! So for breakfast we had 1 cup of warm water with lemon, 1 cup of nettle tea, a bowl of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries (v.nice!) and some porridge made with rice milk.

Mid morning snack of 1 yellow pepper.

For lunch I am having 1/2 a bag of mixed salad, a tin of tuna and some cucumber.

Strange looks in the office and my stomach was rumbling at midday

I will let you know.....

xlt_hunter

Philippa36 - Try Lidls for the veg/fruit to cut costs, I can't see the difference between a yellow and red pepper so going for a red one instead (yes I got the book ) - Mixed leaves, erm some salad stuff cut up

Its going to be expensive for me as well at the moment, Strawberries (£1.99 a tub :eek: ) I am going to ride along to the best I can, and see what happens.

Could try out to be online diet buddies if you wish - and compare the difference let say in 4 weeks as per the book? I am looking to start on Wednesday when I am off from work for 5 days. I am dreading eating new foods, as I never eaten things like Blueberries and Miso etc..

Mike

Philippa36

Mike,
The blueberries are lovely - I had never tried them and was a little apprehensive Miso scares me to death :eek: cost a fortune and I could only get the paste - hopefully off to the health food shop after work to hunt the powder down. I will persevere - especially after buying all the stuff! BTW Tesco's sell juicers (their own brand) for £7:95 and so far, its the best buy - the carrot and celery juice is surprisingly pleasant

Sure we can be diet buddies

Edit: I couldn't cope without one cup of coffee with milk and 2 sugars :eek: but I figure I am good for the rest of the day :rolleyes:

cha97michelle

One pound off again!! Back to 8 pounds gone this month.

Managed to walk 9100 steps on Saturday, but only 3000 yesterday.

The gillian mckeith plan - i bought the bottle of living food energy from Boots, and have never tried anything so disgusting in my life. You are supposed to add to soups and juices. I've tried it in OJ (made it go green and taste bitter) and cranberry juice (went from red to purple - didn't taste quite as bad as in the OJ).

Have you bought any of this? If so - how have you tried taking it and what did it taste like? I do like the fact that you are not on a diet - but wouldn't be buying strawberries in January.
1) far too expensive
2) completely out of season so grown very artificially
3) because of 2 - they don't taste of much
4) because of 2, i don't think they could possibly be as nutririous.

Let me know how you get on.

if you like blueberries, blueberries, banana and milk make a gorgeous smoothie

Philippa36

The gillian mckeith plan - i bought the bottle of living food energy from Boots, and have never tried anything so disgusting in my life. You are supposed to add to soups and juices. I've tried it in OJ (made it go green and taste bitter) and cranberry juice (went from red to purple - didn't taste quite as bad as in the OJ).
Have you bought any of this? If so - how have you tried taking it and what did it taste like?

I didn't bother with this - don't see the point in supplements - I assumed everything was there for a balanced food plan for 4 weeks

I do like the fact that you are not on a diet - but wouldn't be buying strawberries in January.
1) far too expensive
2) completely out of season so grown very artificially
3) because of 2 - they don't taste of much
4) because of 2, i don't think they could possibly be as nutririous.

The strawberries in most supermarkets at the moment are reduced - still relatively expensive but they taste good in smoothies and juices. I do agree that no strawberries taste as good as they did when I was a kid, but I think peaches and nectarines taste worse - they never ripen Its probably a lot cheaper to do when the fruit is in season but if I wait then I won't lose any weight

Let me know how you get on.
if you like blueberries, blueberries, banana and milk make a gorgeous smoothie

Milk is not allowed on the plan but the fruit itself tastes good and you can make it thinner with just water

cha97michelle

i thought you could have some soya milk?

Sorry - i have got the GM book, but only bit and bob at it from time to time. I don't think i would fancy all the millet,miso and quinwa. I have tried eating less sugar,salt, caffeine, fat and processed meat since reading the book. It helps that i'm trying to cook everything from scratch, and i love this time of year for home made soups and stews.

Philippa36

cha97michelle wrote:

i thought you could have some soya milk?

Erm......probably! We did have rice milk this morning in our porridge. Dunno if o/h made it properly but it was really lumpy - tasted quite good though for someone who likes their porridge with cream and lots of sugar :rotfl: