I feel like I’m at the point of desperation. I try and try and I’m spinning my wheels. I start over and over again and I cannot seem to stick to any weight loss plan. My life is in more turmoil now than usual. My father is sick again. My youngest son is in a “program”. We are trying to sell our house. We are buying a new house (with an inground pool!!!! – my childhood dream come true). I’m sure there is more going on, but my brain has shut down. But, again – are these all just convenient excuses?
I went to see my OBGYN for the annual visit (I think it had actually be 2 years). He’s all about diet and nutrition (I think that’s what kept me away for that extra year). He’s started sponsoring a weight and health management program where it must be medically supervised. I talked to him and his staff about the program and it’s intensive. There are so few doctors in my area (none, in fact) that offer the program.
I did a little research (due diligence!) before I decided to get on board. It’s called Ultra Lite and it’s from Australia. It’s sounds very rigid and structured (something that has always been lacking in my life). The foods that you can eat are all “normal” – nothing packaged – but, it’s a very short list. There’s also a nutritional supplement that has to be taken 4 times a day and I believe this helps with hunger and cravings. It’s set up to be – not a diet, but a lifestyle changing plan.
I remember, sometime back when I was far more actively blogging – one of my very favorite bloggers, Lady Rose, started a medically supervised weight loss plan. She spoke very highly of the program she was on. She’s been an inspiration to me and I’m certain – many others would agree.
The emperor and I are going to West Palm Beach the first week in April. The Ultra Lite program is a 5 week plan to start. It helps get rid of the toxins in the body and continues after the 5th week, but the first 5 weeks are key to success. I decided to plan my start date for April 7th – the Monday after we return from Florida. I was going to start today, but the trip would be right in the middle of the program and I want to have a 5 week stretch where we have no plans at all.
April 7th I will begin the Ultra Lite program. If I can’t stick to something for 5 weeks – I seriously have problems. I’m committed to do this program AND I also committed to blogging every day that I’m doing the program.
Posted on March 13th, 2008 by lizzie
Filed under: Diet Program Review, Life in General, Weight Loss Ramblings
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Hi Lizzie,
I used to have a weight problem myself probably started around 2000-2001. My metabolism had slowed down and it took a while longer for me to burn what I eat. I remember looking at a photo of myself sitting and my stomach was sticking out. That was probably my breaking point and I went all out to lose the weight. The first thing I did was get in a mindset where comfort food wasn’t a comfort anymore. So everytime I ate a brownie for example, I felt awful. So that help me eliminate junk food and some snacks. The second thing I did was eat more protein and less carbs. Any carbs I did eat would be in the morning since that is when you really need it and when it can easily be burned off than if you were to eat at night. I lost probably close to 15 pounds in a period of 3 months and am much slimmer these days.
I’m sorry to hear about your father. My brother right now is going through Kemo and this is probably one of the worst periods in his life but he’s almost through with it.
Thanks for your support and encouragement!
It really does help to know that I’m not alone.
I have problems of my own as far as weight gain is concerned. Seems like I love eating more than anything else. This is the first time I heard about Ultra Light and I don’t think there’s one like that here. Is it in pill form and is an appetite suppressant?
As far as I know there aren’t any pills. However, there are four “packets” of a flavored powder that have to be eaten four times a day. These are full of supplements and are also used to suppress appetite and craving between meals.
I do believe that most every diet will work – if you stick with it. That’s been my biggest problem lately.
Thanks for the info. I sure appreciate it!
Lizzie,
Dieting is always an extra challenge when there is a lot of stress in our lives.
You are certainly under a great deal of stress with your father sick and your son in a program. Buying and selling a home is like getting married. Mega stress. What kind of exercise program are you doing?
Thanks so much. Great to know that I not the only one.
Let me know how the program goes – sounds interesting. Perhaps I’ll give it a try. Have fun in West Palm Beach!
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I’m a bit leery of treatments. I believe that losing weight should be a natural process. A friend of mine went to this costly treatment center near Santa Cruz, CA, and they made her climb mountains and go trekking, and eat nothing but veggies for a month. She came back with 50 pounds less. And $3000 less. My point is that you can do the same at home. Why pay these treatment clinics?
Hey Lizzie,
If your next attempt fails, have you contemplated surgery? Bariatric surgery is a relatively simple procedure with dramatic results.
Hope that program will work for you. Don’t worry you will surely loose your weight.
Bariatric surgery – huh?
I’m not sure if they’d do it for 30lbs.
Something to look into, though.
Goodluck in your new found program! Hope that one will work better for you.
Good luck with it and please post more blogs to update your progress and let us know if it’s really working for you!!!
good luck with your new endeavor
Speaking of other diet methods, I have a friend who went under the knife for the lap band surgery, and while I do not know too much about all the details of this operation, I do know that she was left feeling very happy about the results. Her weight caused a big portion of her depression, and she was much happier after achieving the promised and desired effects.
On the other hand, I decided to recently give the cabbage soup diet a shot, and strongly urge anyone even thinking about trying this to stay clear. I only managed to lose 3 pounds after about a month and experienced numerous negative physical attributes after this worthless diet. Read about the invention, purpose, and side effects of this ill-fated diet at the Wiki link below.
http://cabbagesoupdiet.wikidot.com/
Good luck! I am not motivate when it comes to dieting. It takes a lot of will power and concentration. I would be wary of a 5 week plan,because I have learned anything that sounds too good to be true usually is.
I agree with that if it sounds too good to be true it usually is! But, this plan doesn’t sound good at all. It sounds like it’s a solid food plan and like most good diets – it’s a lifestyle change – not a diet. I believe the 5 weeks is the time needed to detoxify the system – not to lose all the weight needed to lose.
hey lizzie,
delurking and cheering you on.
you CAN do it and FO’ SHO’ can stick to this for 5 weeks.
jealous of west palm,
M.
My latest weight loss tip is to write in my diary every day how I want to look (I chose “thin and sexy”). I hope that keeping this in mind will motivate me to make the right food choices. I’m a little suspicious of any plan you have to pay extra to join because I know weight loss can be done just fine without any “experts” if we have willpower. That’s the hard bit!
following any list is kind of punishment to me. I can’t follow any diet list ever in my life.
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Yep – I would agree with that.. Thanks for the line.
Goodluck in your new found program! Hope that one will work better for ya!
To be honest, I don’t really believe in ultra light food or supplements. What makes food ultra light are the chemicals that replace the natural healthy ingredients. I really think that a diet with cereal, fruits and green tea would work for you. Worked for me too, some time ago.
Hey gang. I’m on the ultra lite program, and it is totally and completely the answer for the problems I was having.
I’d solved the eat-for-comfort thing a long time ago (but remember clearly how difficult that addiction is), and after I turned 50 I discovered I had not only menopausal no-metabolism, but also a thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s). In short, I had to metabolism at ALL. I ate beautifully and spent 1-2 hours six days a week in the gym with trainers. I GAINED WEIGHT FOR FIVE YEARS. Talk about insanely frustrating.
Since starting Ultra Lite 3.5 weeks ago I’ve lost 18 pounds, and feel fantastic. I’m never hungry, I have a large enough choice of foods, I’ve learned a lot about portions/carbs/proteins and their relationship to my body specifically. The person I’m paying (it’s not exhorbitant at all) to help me with this program is a nutritionist, and she is the person who discovered why, for all these years, I’d lose 7-8 pounds, plateau, and then gain it all back without having changed my eating plan or exercise. she’s a professional, she knew what to look for, she found the deficiency in my particular body, gave me a supplement (an enzyme I’m very low on because of my thyroid disease) and voila, the pounds continue to literally melt off.
yes, you have to DO it, but this works, there is no doubt about it, and you can take that to the bank.
The “treatments” I assume you refer to are the packets. They are part of the plan so that you don’t have to eat six times a day. Each packet has exactly the correct ratio of protein to carb, and they are (this from a very picky eater) DELICIOUS. I put them in water, but you can put them in anything you want. Coffee, tea, the soda that’s allowed, whatever.
I recommend it highly. It was the answer where everyone else said “I just think YOU must be doing something wrong”. I was ready to kill those damned doctors! Doctors do not know about nutrition. They can’t give you answers like a nutritionist can.
TRY IT.
you have to believe in yourself and go with lat to lose weight…thanks for the great information here
I have been on the ultra lite program for two weeks and have lost 11lbs. I only have about 20 to 25lbs to lose. The first week I was hungry but now I am fine and the packets really do help. This is the only plan I have been able to stay on and am now realizing that our bodies really don’t need the amount of food that we are use to eating. I feel great and have tons of energy. Just know that the first week you may not feel that great. It is your body detoxing from all the carbs you are use to eating. I recommend this for anyone. The hard part will be learning how to eat after 5 weeks of being on this plan. For me, this will be a way of life, just without the packets.
Good luck your program.
Well i hope your program goes well and you lose weight. I also recommend doing regular detoxs to flush your system and to hopefully lose and keep the weight off.
@Vitamins – I used Green Tea when I was losing all my weight (I took it in a supplement), and I felt great. I need to take it again, but I am too lazy.
It has been a year on since you wrote this post and I was wondering how your ultra lite program worked out. I expect you have written this info in a later post so I will check your other posts.
Great info, very interesting. Rgds. Kenton Bruice MD
There are many challenges on a diet.. reading this message make my mind broad, thanks
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Very great post. I am really happy to read this post. Thanks for giving us useful entries.
I enjoy reading your post. Good luck to your program and hope everything turns ok.
I hope the program helps, i am a coach and a runner and i deal with people looking for weight loss remedies all the time. With almost ten year of coaching experience, i have realised that most programs for losing or reducing body weight work if you stick with them long enough. Anything new in life is challenging at first, but once you buy into it you begin to enjoy and before long it becomes part of your life. My advice is to combine both diet and exercise to see better results than just the diet. Good luck! You can find more tips at on how to lose belly fat and much more.
sounds like a good program – just make sure you cut out your starchy carbohydrates and you will see a big difference and feel great too
losing weight is, as you said, not just a diet change, but a lifestyle change…because when the diet ends, you can gain back your weight if your lifestyle hasn’t changed too.