At 67 years of age, 6ft 5in (1m 95cm) and 19 stones (121kilos) I stumbled across the NHS weight tracker at the beginning of August 2020. I was shocked to note I was considered obese particularly when at Well-Man clinics I had been complemented at keeping the same weight for over 4 years.
I put in the info on the tracker and saw I needed to get down to 105 kilos (16.5stones). I decided to try the liquid meals route and for three consecutive days a week every week I had 3 meals at 400 calories per meal - so I was literally having half the calories I needed to maintain weight for three days a week. I very quickly started to see the benefits of this. I also researched 'intermittent fasting' and that too is part of my routine. When on the liquid meals day/s I had all my meals in one sitting at 2pm and yet did not feel hungry or had any cravings. 24 hours later off I went again. It worked for me. Now I am down to one day a week on liquid meals I also fast on the 16/8 regimen on the odd occasion - literally just for the fun of it.
Between the beginning of August 2020 and the end of December 2020 I lost 16 kilos (2.5 stones). At that point I decided to have 1 day a week of liquid meals and have gotten down to 102kilos (16stones) mid March 2021. My BMI is still just in the overweight range and I will continue to lose a little more (belly fat is a pain to shift as many of us know). But all in all I found the process to be relatively painless and I will be keeping to liquid meals one day a week for the foreseeable future particularly when I want to maintain weight I can use the meals to fine tune my diet, plus the manufacturer is British and that is fine by me..
Good luck everyone
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Hi, I just wanted to tell my story in case it helps someone else. I am happy with my weight loss and the method I chose.