So here's what I ended up eating for lunch and dinner day 1, Saturday. Lunch was a VI Shake, no extra flavoring, then a snack of homemade chex mix (about a cup) and some sliced cheddar cheese mid afternoon (2 o'clock). For dinner, my wife made some pulled pork BBQ, green beans, and garlic potatoes. As good as dinner was, amazingly for me I didn't have the desire or hunger to back for seconds. I had another snack of chex mix after dinner, around 8 pm.
Early observation of the VI Shake plan: For me, hunger has not been an issue. The shakes are filling me up to the point that by the time the next meal comes around, I'm still not all that hungry. For me, that is pretty significant, since I typically have hunger cravings between meals, and end up snacking a lot. The snacks I mentioned here were small compared to my usual, and were not really out of hunger. Strange to say, drinking 2 liquid meals, my body was craving something solid to chew on, and I was satisfied after just eating a bit. That has been the biggest challenge the first day, only having liquids for 2 meals in a row. My body is wanting some solid food, so if you do this, make sure you have a snack to help fight this. I think it was tougher since I had a shake for dinner the night before, so I definately don't advise 3 meals of only liquids in a row. I think this will get easier as my body adjusts. And after I get to my desired weight, I can just do a breakfast shake to maintain my weight.
I've also noticed with the shakes that I may be slightly hungry right after drinking, but it seems to expand in my stomach and continue to feel fuller after a few minutes.
Yesterday was day 2, and I only had one shake, and it was for breakfast. We had friends in town and were out all day, so I did eat lunch and dinner out. The morning shake kept my hunger at bay the entire day though, and I found myself filling up faster than usual at meals and not needing my snacks throughout the day. Instead of mixing with milk, I mixed it with a Powerade zero. It actually wasn't bad.
Now that I am feeling really full from these shakes, I notice that I didn't typically feel this way before the shakes. I rarely have felt this full before. Why weren't the foods that I was eating before filling me up like this? I don't quite understand it, but I sort of feel like this may be a reason I've had so much trouble losing weight, never quite being full. Anyway its interesting for me to observe and see how much of this is mental and emotional, how your body gets used to certain patterns (like chewing), and really there's a lot more to being overweight than just lack of self control. I'm no psychologist, but I do find the subject fascinating, and I am starting to see a connection with psychology and food.
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Early observation of the VI Shake plan: For me, hunger has not been an issue. The shakes are filling me up to the point that by the time the next meal comes around, I'm still not all that hungry. For me, that is pretty significant, since I typically have hunger cravings between meals, and end up snacking a lot. The snacks I mentioned here were small compared to my usual, and were not really out of hunger. Strange to say, drinking 2 liquid meals, my body was craving something solid to chew on, and I was satisfied after just eating a bit. That has been the biggest challenge the first day, only having liquids for 2 meals in a row. My body is wanting some solid food, so if you do this, make sure you have a snack to help fight this. I think it was tougher since I had a shake for dinner the night before, so I definately don't advise 3 meals of only liquids in a row. I think this will get easier as my body adjusts. And after I get to my desired weight, I can just do a breakfast shake to maintain my weight.
I've also noticed with the shakes that I may be slightly hungry right after drinking, but it seems to expand in my stomach and continue to feel fuller after a few minutes.
Yesterday was day 2, and I only had one shake, and it was for breakfast. We had friends in town and were out all day, so I did eat lunch and dinner out. The morning shake kept my hunger at bay the entire day though, and I found myself filling up faster than usual at meals and not needing my snacks throughout the day. Instead of mixing with milk, I mixed it with a Powerade zero. It actually wasn't bad.
Now that I am feeling really full from these shakes, I notice that I didn't typically feel this way before the shakes. I rarely have felt this full before. Why weren't the foods that I was eating before filling me up like this? I don't quite understand it, but I sort of feel like this may be a reason I've had so much trouble losing weight, never quite being full. Anyway its interesting for me to observe and see how much of this is mental and emotional, how your body gets used to certain patterns (like chewing), and really there's a lot more to being overweight than just lack of self control. I'm no psychologist, but I do find the subject fascinating, and I am starting to see a connection with psychology and food.
Join me in the challenge. Sign up using my link and help me get my shakes for free. When 3 people join you, you get your shakes free too!
I was telling people tonight that I do find myself getting fuller faster than I did before, I can have the shakes for breakfast and lunch and then have a snack and then dinner, but I find myself eating less and less as the time passes taking the shake. I think that it is the fiber that is in it that makes you feel fuller and the longer you are on it the smaller your stomach gets and the fuller you feel. Of course this is just my own reasoning on this and is not a scientific fact, but it is what it feels like. I think also that the nutrients and the protein that are in the shake make a difference too, most of the time what we grab quickly isn't that nutritious and we our body's really can't use it, so we get hungry faster. Anyway, I'm glad your feeling a difference with the shakes. Keep it up. I'm curious what you results will be just after a week.
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