I didn't mean to sound so negative btw. I know I did. I was being hurried so I blame that.
It is a good way to lose weight if you have plateaued but there is a commitment there that basically, I worry if I can keep it up. What I wrote there are basically my fears about this and each of my phases has a lot more days than yours.
I'm going to seriously miss cheese but not the weight.
I need to lose this weight and normal diets do not work. Not really. On an average day, not dieting... I counted between 900 and 1100 calories a day and I could not for the life of me eat more without eating crap. That isn't enough to sustain myself. I do worry if I am not eating enough. I went to my doctor about me struggling to lose the weight after last year and all he told me was there is a new study out saying that everything we know is wrong and that actually it takes more exercise to lose weight as a obese person than a normal BMI and that I should be doing 2 hours of high energy exercise a day. I've had arthritis since before I was 4, two hours of that kind of exercise would mean I'm laid up in bed for days. I know because after slowly building up, I did just 1 hour and 40 minutes and the next day I cried everytime I tried to move.
Now weeks later, doing a good between 20 to 50 minutes of walking a day, I still hurt at the higher length of time. I do not know how they can expect me to run down the gym and spend hours on few calories in the hope that I can lose weight without passing out. Yay.
Sorry rant but sometimes it feels hopeless. This feels like it might be my only shot.
As for energy, I admit the start can be a bit rough. But last time by the end of the week, I was full of energy. Much more than I usually am. I had an elevated mood and rushed around getting everything done without a problem. I think it just took that long to get my levels sorted. There are great benefits too other than weightloss. As I mentioned in the chat thread, my joints feel so comfortable now(barring excessive exercise). I can actually get out of bed and stand up without instant pain in my ankles. And my skin feels so soft its unreal. I look brighter, I feel brighter and I weigh less. Now I just have to keep at it for uh... 6 or so months to lose the 50lbs I need and then the 250 days Consolidation period where I can has cheese. Wh00p.
I just hope the dropping dress sizes helps keep motivation and that my Crohn's doesn't decide to hate me too much again. :/