One Year Ago Today, I started LDL...
Posted: April 1st, 2012, 9:47 am
... and now I am 30 pounds lighter.
I started Let's Do Lunch on April 1, 2011. I strongly doubted it would work, but, I figured, at least I'd be able to say I had tried.
I've posted my experience elsewhere on this board. I was pretty shocked that I not only lost weight over the next few months (down from a 10-12 to a 4-6, and remember I'm only 4'11"), but that I managed to stay on this eating plan longer than 3 months. I think 3 months is about the longest I've stayed on any diet before derailing.
I believe that the tremendous amount of fiber in LDL foods--beans, corn, veggies, fruit--not only helps stave off hunger pangs and cravings, but it keeps things "moving", so even if I eat a lot, it's not just stagnating there in my stomach waiting for a new home on my hips. I may be wrong--I'm no scientist--but anyway that's what I think.
I deliberately started LDL during the spring, anticipating (1) getting out more due to weather/daylight savings time and (2) the arrival of lots more fruits and veggies than I might find during the winter months.
So this is a good time to give it a serious try, if you're thinking about doing LDL but haven't quite gotten around to it. (Took me 2 years of "thinking about doing it" before I actually started!)
Lori
I started Let's Do Lunch on April 1, 2011. I strongly doubted it would work, but, I figured, at least I'd be able to say I had tried.
I've posted my experience elsewhere on this board. I was pretty shocked that I not only lost weight over the next few months (down from a 10-12 to a 4-6, and remember I'm only 4'11"), but that I managed to stay on this eating plan longer than 3 months. I think 3 months is about the longest I've stayed on any diet before derailing.
I believe that the tremendous amount of fiber in LDL foods--beans, corn, veggies, fruit--not only helps stave off hunger pangs and cravings, but it keeps things "moving", so even if I eat a lot, it's not just stagnating there in my stomach waiting for a new home on my hips. I may be wrong--I'm no scientist--but anyway that's what I think.
I deliberately started LDL during the spring, anticipating (1) getting out more due to weather/daylight savings time and (2) the arrival of lots more fruits and veggies than I might find during the winter months.
So this is a good time to give it a serious try, if you're thinking about doing LDL but haven't quite gotten around to it. (Took me 2 years of "thinking about doing it" before I actually started!)
Lori