lipotrim

wexhun

guys, I signed up with this lipotrim diet and was just wondering if any of you hav e given it a go and how you did/are doing on it?

MMW

I've been on the diet for 5 weeks and have lost 22lbs to date (being weighed again on tues) however I've have also started cycling and doing sit-ups as well as lifting small weights (the kind you buy in argos) to help maintain my muscle as you can loose muscle tissue aswell on this diet, i understand people's views on this diet from previous threads and I'm ashamed to say that I did start this diet as a quick fix as my weight was over 18 stone,and i had seen the results on other people, I do intend (at the moment) to stay on it until i lose 4stone (56lbs) you will not find it easy especially if you don't live alone, i'm still making meals for hubby and son and it can be torture,and you can forget any social life till you stop as it can be too tempting to break out. my reason for starting is that any other diet or healthy way of eating always went out the window after a few weeks, y'know "i'll be bold today and make up for it tomorrow" and before I realised it i'd be back to square one, I think I'm an all or nothing person (if such a person can exist) I know of people who have lost more in the same length of time but I'm hoping that by working out aswell i'm loosing fat and keeping my muscle. there is people for and against this diet (read the previous thread on this) and I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you've tried healthy eating and working out-even a little bit a day and can honestly say that you really did try, i know some people are shouting "pot...kettle...black.." but my bad eating habits we're out of this world and what pushed me in the end to try something so drastic was finding a report from my first scan when i was pregnant saying "unable to see fetus due to patients obesity" that was 2 1/2 years ago and I'm even bigger now! Sorry for going on but its such a drastic diet i would ask you to really think about it and if you are going ahead to get pleanty of exersise aswell and to drink pleanty of water. use your time on this diet to think about how you got into the shape you're in and what made you reach for that extra biscuit, i gave up work after the birh of my son and found that i was bored waiting for him to wake up and be fed, so had a cup of tea and (packet of) biscuits! I was also not restricted to set break times so ended up at the cupboard/fridge door almost all day so i only added to a bad suitation. I also didn't jump right into it, I'd been debating about it since last march, I checked it out online and found out exactly what ketosis was and finally started when I went over 18 stone, I know that between march and now I could have lost weight instead of putting it on but if I didn't start this diet I know I would be saying the same in another 12 months. I know this is half positive(yes you'll lose weight) half negitive (now listen to me rant) but at the end of the day you'll find little support for this kind of diet here. I wish you all the best with it and hope this helps in some way?

LundiMardi

MMW wrote:

I've been on the diet for 5 weeks and have lost 22lbs to date (being weighed again on tues) however I've have also started cycling and doing sit-ups as well as lifting small weights (the kind you buy in argos) to help maintain my muscle as you can loose muscle tissue aswell on this diet, i understand people's views on this diet from previous threads and I'm ashamed to say that I did start this diet as a quick fix as my weight was over 18 stone,and i had seen the results on other people, I do intend (at the moment) to stay on it until i lose 4stone (56lbs) you will not find it easy especially if you don't live alone, i'm still making meals for hubby and son and it can be torture,and you can forget any social life till you stop as it can be too tempting to break out. my reason for starting is that any other diet or healthy way of eating always went out the window after a few weeks, y'know "i'll be bold today and make up for it tomorrow" and before I realised it i'd be back to square one, I think I'm an all or nothing person (if such a person can exist) I know of people who have lost more in the same length of time but I'm hoping that by working out aswell i'm loosing fat and keeping my muscle. there is people for and against this diet (read the previous thread on this) and I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you've tried healthy eating and working out-even a little bit a day and can honestly say that you really did try, i know some people are shouting "pot...kettle...black.." but my bad eating habits we're out of this world and what pushed me in the end to try something so drastic was finding a report from my first scan when i was pregnant saying "unable to see fetus due to patients obesity" that was 2 1/2 years ago and I'm even bigger now! Sorry for going on but its such a drastic diet i would ask you to really think about it and if you are going ahead to get pleanty of exersise aswell and to drink pleanty of water. use your time on this diet to think about how you got into the shape you're in and what made you reach for that extra biscuit, i gave up work after the birh of my son and found that i was bored waiting for him to wake up and be fed, so had a cup of tea and (packet of) biscuits! I was also not restricted to set break times so ended up at the cupboard/fridge door almost all day so i only added to a bad suitation. I also didn't jump right into it, I'd been debating about it since last march, I checked it out online and found out exactly what ketosis was and finally started when I went over 18 stone, I know that between march and now I could have lost weight instead of putting it on but if I didn't start this diet I know I would be saying the same in another 12 months. I know this is half positive(yes you'll lose weight) half negitive (now listen to me rant) but at the end of the day you'll find little support for this kind of diet here. I wish you all the best with it and hope this helps in some way?

if you couldn't do it naturally how do you expect to keep the weight off?

MMW

As i said I've begun working out and this is something i do intend to continue, as i actually have begun to enjoy it, also being on such a restrictive diet has already broken some bad habits-i'm not eating all day and go for water instead of fizzy drinks, when shopping i walk past the "goodies" asile, if hubby wants something extra he has to go buy it himself, its all small things like this that have helped me change even that little bit and also looking at why i ate so much in the first place was not something i could do while still stuffing my mouth

LundiMardi

So why didn't you exercise before? What makes now so different? Just curious. You go for water because you have too, because you're spending 60 euro a week on powder.

MMW

simply put, since I'm spending 60 euro a week and the weight is actually going I've finally pulled my head out of my ar$e and decided not to go back again to fatty fatty, also in checking out the diet I realised I could loose muscle so decided to try and counteract that, i am determined not to fail this time. i refuse to fail this time. i did exercise before, i joined the same gym 3 times and failed to keep at it, this time i've bought a bike myself, maybe its the thought of the money involved that keeps me motivated! also if i was to add up what i spent on crap and takeaways in a week 60 euro wouldn't be far off

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wexhun

Thanks for your advice MMW, going to the first meeting tomorrow. Dare I say it I am actually looking forward to it. I am about four stone over weight and was so disheartened after two long months in the gym, eating really healthly I did not lose a single pound. I'm hoping to lose the weight and maintaining the weight loss by reeducating my palate, apparently food tastes completly different when you reintroduce it. I know its going to be really tough but I'm psychologically ready for it. Anyway thanks again I'm going to check out the links provided. wishing you Luck & Health

Michey23

Hi every1 I am on my fourth day doin the Lipotrim diet. It has been going grand until tonight I had a small bowl of spaghetti bolognase:eek: I didnt even enjoy it was not worth it. I feel awful now just wondering have I wrecked my chances of losing weight for the week? It is the only time in d past 4 days I have cheated am thinking of taking laxatives to stop me putting weight on.

Boru.

Michey23 wrote:

Hi every1 I am on my fourth day doin the Lipotrim diet. It has been going grand until tonight I had a small bowl of spaghetti bolognase:eek: I didnt even enjoy it was not worth it. I feel awful now just wondering have I wrecked my chances of losing weight for the week? It is the only time in d past 4 days I have cheated am thinking of taking laxatives to stop me putting weight on.

Michey, I find this genuinely worrying. Please don't feel bad or guilty becasue you ate something, don't buy into this radically unhelahty philosophy. It is HEALHTY to eat, it is NOT HEALTHY to take laxatives on a severely restritive liquid diet - you will SEVERLY DAMAGE your long term health. You WILL NOT LOSE FAT! You will lose muscle and water leaving you weaker, and increasigly likely to store ever increasing amounts of fat.

Please I urge to either pm myself or contact a medical professional or trusted friend - they will all tell you the same thing, this is NOT the answer. Lipotrim is a seriously unhealthy and damaging program - both physcially and psychologically.

horgan_p

i also am doing lipotrim at the moment , also to lose 4 stone.
personally i feel that i will be more motivated to go to the gym to stay slim as opposed to get slim.basically i gave the whole gym thing a go for 6 months but i think because the gym had too many members and couldnt give the time to individuals i jacked it in.thats only my theory.

i find the diet good because i was getting seriously depressed by my weight and i feel much better now , its been 4 days and 1/2 stone gone.i unfortunately need to see results in order to keep at it. i chose lipotrim because of my personality as opposed to anything else.

LegacyUser

That's a weak excuse to jack the gym in for good. Could you not have bought a book or looked excercises up online? You could have come here and the guys could have made u an Ace programme...and u could have seen the excercises and how to do them online...

kwalsh000

....and remember no one needs to teach you how to go for a walk or make a program for it. Remember, lipotrim is only a quick fix and will do damage in the long term. Proper diet (eating right food and amounts as opposed to calorie restricting) and exercise will do alot more than lipotrim and cost you alot less. It may take slighty longer..but the results will stay

horgan_p

cheesedude :
i never said i was jacking it for good , quite the opposite,i will be taking it back up.i said i feel it easier to motivate myself to protect my weight or slimness than it is to motivate my fat a** to get down to a gym to lose the weight.
i have no illusions about lipotrim, i am using it as a way to get me back to where i was 10 years ago , weight wise at least then not do the stupid silly lifestyle choices that got me to where i am today (booze and BK)
it was either this or liposuction.but i want to feel like i earned my weightloss , not just paid for it.
this way i can feel i am protecting something.

i understand your misgivings about the diet,and i'm not saying whether you are right or wrong.i'm just giving my reasons for trying it.

hunnymonster

horgan_p have you thought about when you finish with lipotrim? How long is it likely to take you to lose the weight you want to lose? Is this going to permanently affect your metabolism? In the past I have done silly things to restrict my calorie intake and as a result my resting metabolic rate is 25% less than it should be for someone my age and height. Take a look at the stickies and see how many calories that equates to. If you damage your body in the same way you will have to forgo those calories forever. Look at my journal and see the amount of time and effort that I have to put into exercise, diet and weights just to try and be able to eat what the rest of the population burn by just existing!

horgan_p

realistically i expect to wrap up the lipotrim before or in august.

i have no expectations about what will happen during or after the diet.i do know what i want to do after the diet i.e. rejoin a gym and do what i should have been doing all through my 20s.
i am being realistic , this diet isnt forever.its only a "jump start" thats all i want out of it.

Kinetic^

*sighs*

Lipotrim is teh ghey.

Eat proper and exercise.

Boru.

horgan_p wrote:

realistically i expect to wrap up the lipotrim before or in august.

i have no expectations about what will happen during or after the diet.i do know what i want to do after the diet i.e. rejoin a gym and do what i should have been doing all through my 20s.
i am being realistic , this diet isnt forever.its only a "jump start" thats all i want out of it.

I'm sorry, it's not a jump start - it's a major set back. You will lose water and lean muscle tissue, this means you will lose glycogen and energy stores, you will lose crucial fat burning tissue and will severly slow down and damage your metabolism. It will now be infinitely harder to build new muscle tissue and stay lean - you will have to eat far less then you currently would in order to avoid fat gain.

You will have to rebuild yourself from sratch and you will be in the worst physcial state possible. What you are doing is setting yourself back years. Please reconsider this course of action.

Supercell

I did Lipotrim last year, I lost around 4 stone and kept it off for a few months.

I'm now back at the same weight I was before it and it feels like crap to have a brief snapshot of my earlier skinny self to just go back to the way I am now.

Boru is totally right when he says What you are doing is setting yourself back years. Please reconsider this course of action.

You will feel like crap when you go back to your old eating habits and your old weight..don't bloody do it..loose weight the slow way by exercise and better eating.

Supercell

horgan_p wrote:

realistically i expect to wrap up the lipotrim before or in august.

i have no expectations about what will happen during or after the diet.i do know what i want to do after the diet i.e. rejoin a gym and do what i should have been doing all through my 20s.
i am being realistic , this diet isnt forever.its only a "jump start" thats all i want out of it.

I was the exact same , I stuck Lipotrim though and lost over 4 stone.

It was great for a month or so, I couldnt believe how my old clothes fitted me again, it was fantastic.
I was convinced, right thats the fatty me gone.

Then crept on the boozy nights out coupled with the odd chips and hamburger etc, hell it didnt matter I was eating the GI way...

Its about a year since I did lipotrim, I lost about four stone and gained about four stone back.

Ask yourself do you really believe through your fogged lipotrim mind how you are going to eat and exercise afterwards.
If the answer isnt obvious, welcome back fatty 12 months or less from now...

ali.c

Boru. wrote:

You will have to rebuild yourself from sratch and you will be in the worst physcial state possible. What you are doing is setting yourself back years. Please reconsider this course of action.

QFT, i faffed around with faddy diets and quick weightloss solutions for years, i ended up taking the advice in the stickies and well the only thing i cant work out is why i didnt do it sooner. yes it will take hard work to loss the weight through excercise and a good diet but you wont feel like **** doing it and will build good habits in the process that will last making your weightloss a lifestyle change rather than a temporary fix which in reality will only be cosmetic.

horgan_p

o.k.
you guys (and some googling) have convinced me , where is my first stop in getting a diet plan / exercise regime ??

hunnymonster

the stickies at the top of this forum are a great place to start. Have a read of them and post any questions here.