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Hi does anyone know about this liquid diet you get from your gp ??? this woman whos son goes to same school as my lot has lost 4 stone since end of jan !!

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ooo never heard of it, let me know if you get some lol

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Thats all well and good but can you imagine when she starts eating normally again? She'll pile it on. The only way to loose weight properly is a healthy balanced diet and excercise. Its how I did it, these faddy diets just don't work imho.

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That puts me in mind of Peter Kay talking about diets........'Get on this diet, my friend who's a nurse did it and she lost 14 stone in a day!!!'

Sorry, that will just sound like complete gobblydegook if you're not familiar with Peter Kay. :D

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If your going to pay i am sure Less and me can sort you a liquid diet out .......try ours:D:thepint::thepint::thepint:

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Absolutely Mick, i'm with you on this one! Cracking!:D

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Is the Guinness prescribed by the can or do you get vouchers for draught? sounds like winner to me. mmmmmm

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Someone I worked with went on this LIQUID DIET!!

She lost nearly 5 stone in 4 month's. I don't work there now, so can't comment on the after effects.

I know it cost around £60 a week for the sachet's that you add to water. I thought this was quite expensive, but it's like (A) said " you are not buying food though, so it works itself out "

I have got to say, after a while she did start looking very ill, and sometimes passed out/ nearly passed out in a mornings, which to me, does not sound like the Ideal diet. I also thought she lost too much, it didn't really look good her losing so much. But I suppose if people know their target and STICK to it, instead of going silly and trying to get to a size zero from 16 stone :rolleyes: It could possibly be ok.

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If you liquidised a pie and drank it, would that have the same effect? ;)

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EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

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Had a discussion about this at work today. One of our doctors had a good point........ "There were no overweight people in Belsen". The vast majority of people who are overweight are overweight because they eat and drink too much of the wrong stuff and don't exercise enough. Only a very small minority have genuine medical problems which cause weight gain.

The upshot of the discussion was that the only way to lose weight is to eat & drink less junk and move more. I have never done a faddy diet, if the clothes are getting tight I cut out the goodies, eat more veg and walk more. The clothes always fit better within 2-3 weeks..:D

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Exactly lettie!!:D

going on a liquid diet is one of the most stupidest things iv ever heard!
as someone else said what happens if ya start eating real food again???.....ya gonna pile it back on!
and as for someone losing 5 stone over 4 months, well that just daft!!...the quicker ya lose weight the quicker ya put it back on:(....well known fact.;)

iv lost over 4 stone and its took me 9 months to do it, i eat what i want...all in moderation.:D

Also i cant see a drink giving ya satifaction can you?

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believe me, drink CAN give you satisfaction, beer goggles ;)

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Well done you!!!!!! :D That's a cracking achievement, you must be really pleased.

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its the best thing iv ever done, just wished id done it years ago:)


flashy i meant food wise not booze wise, ya noggin....LOL:p

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pmsfl, i knew what you mean ya tool ;)

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"ya tool"!!

LOL iv been called a lot of things before but never a tool!!....LOL...;)

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lol, i call Reece a turnip, dont worry about it ;)

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I have a friend who lost 7 stone on the Lighter Life diet which is pretty much drink based, as soon as she reintroduced food the weight started to come back and still is doing. It can't do your body any favours either.

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Well Ive just started seeing the health care assistant at our GPs purely on request because i want to lose a few pounds and the diet ive been put on is basicly just a healthy food option, I can eat almost anything with the exception of pastries, sugary stuff and too much fat. Basicly common sense aprox 1500 cals a day and a 20 min brisk walk every evening .
Its my 3rd day and the fronts of my legs are killing me lol. muscular . But i will continue because it was my choice, although i must say if i had to go overboard with the food i just wouldnt be able to hack it.

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I have tried so many diets and they all work, just I don't work them well... diets do work but they are all so faddy that you get fed up with them, measure this, count that, divide plate into sections etc etc...

And as so many say unless you stay on a specific diet for life you WILL put the weight back on and more than likely more than you started with as I am testament too!!!

I have just completed my first week of reducing bad foods, eating healthily but heartily and increasing my exercise, but I am doing it gradually, so when I start to plateau I know I have to up the exercise and re look at the food I am eating...

1st weeks result .... lost 5 lbs... and before anyone says its water, we bought some scales that not only weighs you but checks your fat and water content...my fat has gone down and my water has gone up!!

Now I just have to keep it up and will be happy for a 1lb loss per week :)

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cool lol vwey funny mick :tongueout

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went to see my wounderfull hunky G.P :p this afternoon and i was telling him about it, he said it wasnt a good idea as im a diabetic on insulin, and that i shud carry on doing my slimming world programme as ive lost nearly a stone and half now since nov :) so im getting there SLOWLY.

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You are doing it the right way;)

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[quote=BERNADETTE;559896]You are doing it the right way;)[/quote
cheers hun xx

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Are you advocating ethnic cleansing and mass genocide as having health benefits?

That seems like a very strange analogy to make by a doctor, or by anyone else come to think of it. I understand the meaning, but the comparison is in poor taste.

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I agree that the comparison he used was in poor taste (considering his ethnicity):rolleyes: but the point he made was very true. Where there is no access to junk food and drink, there is no obesity.

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This, I think, is the Lighterlife diet. You cannot go on this unless you are a minimum of 3 stones overweight. You have to have your GP's approval, he has to sign a form (monthly, I believe) to say you are ok to do it. You are also required to attend weekly group meetings for counselling and to buy the food packs which cost around £66 a week. The counsellors are fully trained and use cognitive behavioural therapy, (CGT) to find out why some people have a bad relationship with food. The drinks course usually takes 12 weeks, after which you go on a weight management course to maintain the weight loss. I know 3 people who have tried this, and all have maintained their losses 18 months later.
It is similar to the Cambridge diet, which is cheaper, but with little or no counselling. It would seem the counselling is the integral part of this diet, and if you don't attend meetings you aren't allowed the food packs.
The way it works is, your body is getting no carbs and only minimal calories and so goes into ketosis (not to be confused with ketoacidosis) and has to run on stored fat. Whilst in this condition you do not feel hunger pangs. You test weekly for ketones. It claims to burn fat at the rate of one pound per day.
If monitored correctly and followed correctly it can be very helpful for the morbidly obese.