Back onto soft food...

Today's food was in line with the advice given to me on Sunday... soft food for a few days and then back to regular stuff.

2 muller fruit corners
2 slimfast shakes
2 glasses of orange juice
1 avocado
1 pot of low cal prawn cocktail

Oh... and endless coffee's!

I resisted the urge to have chocolate today. I so very nearly bought one of those giant quality street green triangles today. they were practically jumping off the shelves, ripping their own wrappers off and feeding themselves to me, but I resisted their guiles!

Been a busy lass today too. Seems now I am back to work and working at capacity, my whole life is a whirlwind. The weeks are flying by much to quickly for my liking.

So I am feeling completely full and satisfied right now (half 10 at night) and quite impressed by my lack of food. The calories were on the hefty side a bit today though... 1300. Avocado, prawn cocktail has over 500 in it on its own and slimfast has 212 each.

Now this next bit is for my dietitian... who called... YES... CALLED ME (!)... this morning to see how I was doing and see if I was needing any encouragement or anything. GULP! How cool is that. This is what I thought it was going to be like after I had my surgery to be honest. Thankfully now it is!! Hurrah!

So...
coffee @ 9:00
coffee @ 10:00
coffee @ 11:00
Muller fruit corner @ 11:30
coffee @ 12:30
Slimfast @ 1:30
Slimfast @ 3:45
Avocado and prawn cocktail @ 6:15
2 glasses of orange juice @ 8:30
Muller fruit corner @ 9:30

If I don't write it here, it will be lost in the chaos that is our home!

Proactol Fat Burning Pills

Fat Burning Pills – A question on everybody’s mind. Everyone is looking for a way to lose weight.

Over 70 million people diet in the United States alone. There is an obesity health crisis on our hands and just telling people to cut down on the donuts or do some extra miles probably will not be enough to create the results people are looking for.Entire companies are devoted to the development of Fat burning pills that are designed to assist in weight loss. Every month we come across many new supplements and diet pills which cause a stir in the market. A more recent one is called Proactol.

Proactol promises to be the best fat burning pills in the market today. An important thing that it has done is complete clinical studies and numerous smaller studies to help them prove their results and therefore create and market a reliable product. This on its own shows sincerity on there part. The question stays on whether it actually works. It is a patented 100% natural fiber complex that is made from two different fiber sources: a non-soluble fiber and a soluble fiber. They both work in different ways to help you manage your weight.

First the non-soluble part. This has been shown in the clinical studies to bind with dietary fats and it keep them from absorbing in your body. This therefore helps the fat pass right through your body. Proactol has been clinically proven to bind over 27% of dietary fats. The soluble fiber in Proactol was proven to help slow down digestion and absorption of glucose. This would help you to feel full for much longer. This will help you suppress your appetite and reduce food cravings. Furthermore it is simple to use-just take it after a meal.

On the whole it seems very promising and the fact that they've done numerous clinical studies backs it up with a lot of confidence. It does not seem to make false or unrealistic claims. These “fat burning pills” may just suppress our appetite, to reduce food cravings, and to reduce our overall calorie intake - Proactol may just be the supplement that will help you to do that.

As said before and will be said again that the demand for weight loss pills will never die out. People will always look for the next “miracle” pill to come to the market, to their rescue. The number of searches per day for the terms : fat burning pills (over 100 searches per day), is a testimony to that.

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Liquids.... Bleugh

I am on liquids today after my fill and I have not been hungry. Whenever I started to get peckish, I either had a yoghurt, or had a coffee or had juice. Worked well.
Today's food:
2 x black cherry yoghurts
4 x peach and apricot yoghurts
1/2 ltr pineapple juice
7 coffee's

Total cals: 532.

Did a tesco shop online today, so tomorrow I should have some more interesting yoghurts and also some more juice. I also bought a couple if those coffee flavour slimfasts because over ice they are like frapaccino. MMMmmmmm

I was rushing about all day today trying to sort out 100's of things, and then I went to work. Got a lot of kids going in for exams this session, so its a bit ARGHHHHH right now locating the dosh for that. I always forget to ask someone for their entrance fee and wonder why I am out of pocket. Hopefully this will be the first time in 12 years that I don't!

Spoke to bunk mate for over an hour this evening and she is looking forward (understatement!) to her fill on Thursday. I have decided that I wont be ridiculous and have one too, I will stick with WLSgroup and go back for my free one in 4 weeks. So fill #3 is on 10th Feb. YAY.

Weight today was 17 stone 4 pounds. This was a loss of 3 pounds this week. HURRAH!

Total loss to date 10 pounds (8 since re-operating)

Is Hoodia the Best Fat Burner ?

Still in search for the Fat Burning Pills I will touch on the highly hot topic of hoodia gordonii. . When losing weight it is important to lose fat not muscle. If you wan to be leaner and healthier then your concepts regarding should be set right.

It is without doubt that people are becoming more obsessed with losing some extra pounds, getting a more lean look etc.Like mentioned earlier, just look at the amount of searches done per day on various terms.

Best weight loss pill (over 75 searches per day)

Weight loss pill (over 650 searches per day)

Fat burning workouts (over 65 searches per day)

Best fat burner (over 110 searches per day)

Fat burning pills (over 100 searches per day)

Fat burner (over 800 searches per day)

Fat burning exercise (over 105 searches per day)

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Fat burning food (over 300 searches per day)

Fat Burning diets (over 35 searches per day)

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Hoodia (pronounced HOO-dee-ah) is a cactus-like plant that grows primarily in the semi-deserts of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola. It was accidentally discovered in these regions where the locals reported of using it to suppress their appetites. Following that in the last few years, hoodia has been heavily marketed for weight loss and has therefore gained enormous popularity.

Despite its popularity, there are no published randomized controlled trials in humans to show hoodia is safe or effective in a pill form.

One study published in the September 2004 issue of Brain Research found that injections of p57 into the appetite center of rat brains resulted in altered levels of ATP, an energy molecule that may affect hunger. The animals receiving the P57 injections also ate less than rats that received placebo injections. However, this was an animal study and injections in the brain are different from oral consumption, so it cannot be used to show that oral hoodia can suppress appetite in humans.The manufacturer Phytopharm cites a clinical trial involving 18 human volunteers. This found that hoodia consumption reduced the food intake by about 1000 calories per day compared to a placebo group. Although intriguing the study was never published or subjected to a peer-review process, so the quality of the study cannot be evaluated and therefore not acceptable as yet.

There are possible sideefects including involving the Liver and therefore users should be cautious while using it.The demand for the next “best weight loss pills” never dies out. Although at the time there was a ban on the herb ephedra, the market was starving for a new diet pill which will do miracle.

The demand for weight loss pills will probably never die out and people will always look for the next “miracle” pill to come to their rescue. Only and only if one can understand the dynamics around weight loss, can one really succeed in the long term goals of permanent weight loss. Hoodia Gordonii does not have any scientific proof to back up its claims. If you do plan to commence this alternative medicine then please do consult your doctor before you do so. Until then we should still keep looking for the best weight loss pills in the maket

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