Why a VLCD?

I have been over weight for as long as I can remember. It was never really a problem until I got really bad depression, had to leave uni, and was unemployed. Over 8 months of being by myself with no money to go out I gained about 4 stone. I went back to live with my parents where I got a job, joined Slimming World and lost almost 2 stone. However, I was then laid off and over a month of being unemployed I struggled with food. I got a new job but it meant I had no control over my food often grabbing food from garages and the like making it hard to stick to my diet. I stayed in Slimming World until September this year when I went to uni but other than the occasional good weight loss I never got my head back into it.

So at uni I started putting on more weight. Really not what I needed! So I did some soul searching and realised some major things. The main one was that I was addicted to food. At the time I was a smoker looking at quit. It's hard to quit smoking, any smoker who has tried (successfully or not) will tell you that. But as an ex-smoker you never have to touch a cigarette again. You can get the cravings but as long as you don't give in you need never have another cigarette again. With my addiction to food I couldn't do that. I will always have to eat. But as I had such a bad relationship with food I knew I somehow needed a 'reset'. A way to get rid of food for a bit so I could try and rework my brain.

I started searching the internet and came up with VLCD's. It was something I had never really considered as I will admit I thought it was a quick fix and would never work. I had also thought in the past that I would never be able to cope with a diet where I couldn't eat. But I knew that this time it would be perfect for me. If I went on a VLCD I could lose some weight and work on my relationship with food.

I came up with a plan. I decided to do the VLCD (whilst doing weights to stop loose skin) and once I was near my target I would enter food from the Atkins diet. Once I was fully on food I would go back to Slimming World for those last few pounds and weight maintenance.

So, tomorrow is d-day. I actually can't wait to start.