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Thanks Smiles!
Now can some one let me in on the 'not feeling hungry' secret???
Theres only so much beans, lettuce and salad vegie i can eat in a day before i feel like a rabbit and cant handle it anymore!!
Weigh in day is Saturday so im excited but scared at the same time!
Ok I'm getting off this thread now.
Wish you all the best in your weight loss journey(s). I hope some of what I have had to say has had impact. Especially the fact that TF is NOT suitable for women looking to get pregnant, pregnant women and lactating mothers. I don't believe that even TF recommends it in these cases.
You might not have the skinny gene but your body houses the wellness gene. It instructs your body on how to heal and naturally come into balance.
Cheers natural woman
No Pregnant mums and BF mums are not allowed on TF.
But i cant see how if a lady wants to fall pregnant but wants to loose some weight first....cant do it? I mean sometimes its the weight thats stopping pregnancy from occuring so a bit of weight lost could help with that problem?
Thanks for your inpuit all the same Natural Woman...my wellness gene must not have been made...along with the skinny gene!!
But my TF gene is gunna work :)
Goodluck Kim, i'm sure you will succeed on the TF diet it seems to be a very good program. Might even come and join you on the TF program!!!!
Kimbaz - i just suck on my bottle of water or chew sugar free gum when im hungry - or when i make a salad i cut up the cucumber and tom's etc small so i think im eating more (yep, love to trick myself!!) - good luck for saturday. :D
Well, i weighed in today, im the same as i was last week. Proberly lucky i didnt put on as i ate a medium pizza last friday night (to celebrate loosing 5kg - smart i know!) and ive been busy making test cakes for Emilys birthday - of course I NEED to test them and all the icing. But ive learnt my lesson - no more bad food, i'll be good! :clap:
Thanks for the tip Shell....ill try cutting salad smaller!! The water makes me feel bloated and sick...but doesnt take the hunger away!! How long have you been doing the program for? Yay on not gaining weight..... :)
hey kimbaz was on the TF diet a few months ago and will start again when we have the cash!!
to make yourself feel fuller longer add some fibre to your shakes!! but dont have the TF fibre its disgusting!!!! i used the one that disolves in food!!
good luck ladies!!!
Hey girls - just joining in on behalf of my DH! LOL. He joined up last friday.
Having just read through this thread, just wanna say I understand the whole 'fad' diet thing, and yeah, it's probably making TF rich LOL. But it in the diet's defense.. I just wanna say that it's making me cook very healthy meals and DH is getting a taste for big salads, big helpings of veggies, and proper sized portions of meat! Of course DS & I are still eating our carbs so don't stress there ladies!
I brought out the slow cooker today and did a massive batch of ratatouille. I've also got a recipe for frying up some chinese vegetables (I've never bought so much fresh food at the shops! LOL - felt like I was buying out an entire farm!) so it's healthy eating all round here :)
I just told DH to add fibre to his shakes to help with the hunger, thanks girls :)
I also told him to try the soups (he's only had the shakes) coz he shouldn't really have dairy, and the soy drinks only have 2 flavours. He's been taking Lacteeze before drinking them so he can digest the lactose :rolleyes:
Sending some non-hunger vibes to everyone! :)
Hi Girls :D
I started TF last year, and stopped as Christmas approached, as things got too busy and too hard :p
I started again this week - don't have too much to lose, my ideal weight is 58 - 62kgs, and I'm at 68kgs.
DH hates me doing any diet, as he is the Italian man that likes the 'full' figure :rolleyes:... so we've come to a compromise - I said I'll get down to 64 and see how we go!
Truth be known, 64 is great, so we'll see what happens!
I know there's been a lot of 'discussion' in here as to how good the TF is - FWIW you only replace one whole meal a day with a shake (which is usually breakfast) - the 2nd meal is a shake PLUS the salad/veggies.. and the other meal is normal.
I rarely eat breakfast anyway, so the shake is an addition there - my lunch usually is a big salad or a big bowl of steam veggies (if I'm at home)... and dinner is always veggies and chicken/steak/fish etc.
My diet isn't altering that much - I'm certainly not losing any good foods in replacement with the shakes - the only thing I'm cutting out is bread & pasta - and I feel a million times better every time I do it.
I take TF pretty casually - if I go out with friends I will have that little something extra... if I feel like a glass of wine, I will have it, etc.
I went through TF with my chinese herbalist before I started last year - the only thing she told me was that the foods they say to only eat a few times a week (carrots, avocado, etc) to eat them as much as the other veggies.
She also said if you're having issues with th 2L water a day, 1.5L is enough - anything more than that is making your liver work a little too hard (except in summer when you're dehydrated, etc).
Although I haven't done TF since November, when I went back to weigh myself this week, I'd only put on 0.8kgs - considering Christmas and an overseas holiday was in there, its amazing I didn't put on more.
SO! i can say that once you take the weight off, it does stay off (well, it did with me... and I really wasn't being careful).
I lost 7kgs when I was on it last time :)
Good Luck to everyone in here... and Kim - how do you drink the water? I find it really hard to drink it cold - it makes me bloated and sick in the tummy, but if I drink it at room temp, find it much easier.
My chinese herbalist also told me that room temp is better for your body to absorb it - it doesn't have to work as hard as its already at the body's temp... HTH :D
Man i ran off the rails in week 2... :(
I got sick and i needed *real* food...big mistake!!
I do plan on starting again soon....gotta shift some pounds before #3 comes!
Holly i can only drink water cold....room temp just doesnt do it for me....but i will drink it rom temp if theres none cold. 2L is to much for me too...only way i manage 2L is if i add some weight watchers cordial to it....then i can get through all of it!
DH's update: He's lost 3kg and 2cm around his waist! Woohoo! That was in about 10 days.
He's been really good though. Eating loads of salad and veg. Hasn't had any cravings for norty stuff. The only norty thing he had was his parents brought chicken rice around and he couldn't help himself. LOL, and of course he ended up starving hungry again the next day. On the whole tho, he is doing really well. Not sure he's drinking enough water every day.. when he's home he doesn't measure it.. at work he has a 1ltr bottle that he uses.
I think I'd be hopeless coz I'm a craver. I'd be dying for snacks and biscuits and things. The only thing DH wishes he could have more of is fruit. He thinks 10 grapes is laughable, so doesn't even have one! LOL.
Keep up the good work girls!
Hi all,
I've went to a TF centre today and joined up. DH joined up last Monday when he had the day off, so hopefully we can stay motivated together.
How is everyone still going? Any tips to get through the first couple of days?
tony fergusion is okay but opifast is much better , taking optifast now 4 just under 2months , was 154kgs now 118 kgs still losing weigth ,doing no exercise .
Going well mr dad. In what respect is optifast better for you? Have you also tried TF?
I want to join up but am wondering what the initial cost roughly is?
Danielle - I think the intial cost was something like $230 and it included 4 weeks supply of shakes/soups.
DH isn't on the diet anymore, he dropped the weight he wanted to lose.
I thought this diet was an ok one, coz it wasn't JUST shakes, it was loads of vegies and still a reasonable normal meal at night, so I thought it would instill some good habits, but DH is back to eating almost like normal! I do still try to control the portions I put on his plate tho LOL.
Dad of many - wow at your weightloss! Well done. Hehe at the no exercise. DH was the same, no excercise, altho he does walk to the train station in the mornings, so he counts that :rolleyes: I think it's a shame they don't push the exercise thing tho with these diets, coz really if you want to keep the weight off once you reach the goal, it's the whole lifestyle that needs to be healthy. Unfortunately I think in DH's head there's a quick fix out there if he does put the weight back on. But it's so unhealthy to yo-yo your weight.
Good luck everyone. Hope it works for you!
this is my first time in any sort of chat room!
i was looking for information on losing weight while breastfeeding!
i have three older children and a 5 month old...feeling very fat and ugly at the moment and finding weight loss impossible. my energy levels are so low i struggle to get thru the day...with a smile so every one else thinks i am o.k. thought a shake diet would help had optifast on the kitchen bench but have put it away after reading some of the comments!help!
I shall be starting this weekend :)
I have a wedding to go to in August (I'm matron of honour) & it will be a chance to show off a slimmer me. Will give stats etc when I start :) It will also give me a chance to shock my DH who will probably be away (for work) for the month prior to the wedding, so he can get a shock as well.