Recommended by a friend of my mum's, I went on this diet that is sort of like Medifast/Optifast- It's called EDMARK, you take a "shake" like supplement 4 times a day and one meal that comprises of any amount of veges, 1 egg and 1/2 bowl of rice. With all this liquid I find it hard to down an additional 8 glasses of water, and I usually manage 5 or so, but still.
The plan says that an average person should loose 5-11 lbs in the 1st week.
It's Day 6. and I've been going to the gym for an hour everyday (for two weeks) to top it off. And I haven't lost any weight.
The diet doesn't even call for exercise and I've been doing it anyways. I still feel breathless when I climb up the set of stairs to the women's locker.
I don't know what to do. I packed my gym bag today, but don't feel like going at all, but that could also have to do with PMS- even though I've never really experienced that in the 14 years.
I feel bloated and miserable and if it's not yielding results is it worth it? The diet. I think I'm going to continue on the gym even though I'm not seeing results there- it's good to be active.
I wanted to start Medifast when I went back to the US in August, but this is making me unwilling- or hesitant. I was really excited about it- I found really great L&G recipes and I was willing to do whatever it took to be able to cook in the ResHalls, even if it meant waiting at the frontdesk for kitchen keys for hours.
I've been looking at the Accomplishment thread for motivation, but then I came across all these bloggers who at one time weighed a lot more than me, but look like I do right now. My mom look at one of them and she said how much did she weigh in that picture? I'm like ### (approx. 100 lbs more than me) and my mum goes- that's what you look like right now (and I do). Maybe I have a smaller frame? By my fingers barely touch when I circle them around my wrist- so it can't be that.
But now I'm really disappointed and dejected. And I don't want to keep going. Not on the EDMARK thing, and not to the gym, and not on Medifast.
But I want to do Medifast and go to the gym and take control of my weight and my life. I'm out of my depths here.
See, I'd feel better if I was loosing inches or looking like I'd lost weight, but that isn't happening either. Usually I managed loosing about 10 pounds a month at the gym, even if I had just started.