Don't Be A Hero! Start With An UD!!

Beeb · 10-25-2011, 06:57 PM

I'm posting this because if you look at all the JUDDD BUDDDs on here, the average of those who started with an UD and found the DD pretty simple is much higher than those who choose to "tough it out" and start the JUDDD WOE with a DD, not having that UD load of calories to see them through! It was hard for them and I think took longer (in what I have read) to get into the easy rhyme of UDs and DDs.

Start with an UD, feed yourself good and I PROMISE the first DD will almost be painless!

vilanteira · 10-25-2011, 07:21 PM

Definitely agree here. Just finished my first DD after my first UD and it was tough but not as awful as I had imagined. It would have been horrendous if I started on a DD though!

Mommie22boys · 10-25-2011, 07:54 PM

Hmmm...I was thinking that I was an exception to your "rule", since I started JUDDD on a DD (500 calories, I should add). However, when I think about it, the night before i did my first DD, we went out to dinner for my DS's birthday. I ate LC (bunless burger, no sweets, side salad w/ blue cheese dressing), so I guess I really DID have an UD before my first DD. Huh. Interesting.

Sissiesue · 10-26-2011, 10:01 AM

I started with a DD mainly because I started on a Monday, and it was a crappy Monday anyway. Mondays just SEEM like a DD, ya know? It just felt "right".

It helps, though, that I'd just come off the weekend, where I tend to eat a bit more.

Kissa · 10-26-2011, 01:03 PM

I started with a DD but the previous day I had been out to a big lunch and had allowed myself, champagne, a dessert and some cheese and biscuits along with the roast meats and vegetables. Could certainly have described that as an UD, lol.

And happily the DD was easy.

Beeb · 12-13-2011, 08:33 PM

Bump for the Newbies!!

hockey_gal · 12-13-2011, 09:43 PM

Hmm...if I started w/an UD then I really wouldn't have felt as though I started anything. It would be just how I eat when not on ANY plan (2000 calorie is perfect for me

)

Or this meant for those who are switching from LC?

SlowSure · 12-14-2011, 01:33 AM

I started with an UD because I'd just finished several months of calorie restriction and several weeks of ca 700 cals per day so although it would have been relatively simple to just drop an addtional 300 or so didn't think I'd get the benefit if I didn't start with an UD.

Alcestis · 12-14-2011, 05:27 AM

I started with an UD yesterday (I'd wanted to start last week but my back went out and I decided to wait until I could think straight and plan my own food) and today I feel relieved that it's my first DD! I overate a lc dinner last night and my stomach will thank me for a quiet day today

Knittering · 12-14-2011, 06:14 AM

I stared with a DD because I was coming directly from low-carb and eating too much every day anyhow -- you know, like 500 calories a day in HWC alone and I'm not even going to talk about my evening dark chocolate issues, LOL.

Anyhow, it wasn't so bad.

pjsam1156 · 12-14-2011, 04:20 PM

I started w/a DD, but the day before, I ate EVERYTHING, because I knew I was starting the next day

10-25-2011, 06:57 PM	#1
Beeb Why wait, just do it NOW! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Where Super Storm Sandy Wiped Out All My Childhood Memories!! Posts: 11,758 Gallery: Beeb Stats: 152 WOE: Thintuition - Intuitive Eating	Don't Be A Hero! Start With An UD!! I'm posting this because if you look at all the JUDDD BUDDDs on here, the average of those who started with an UD and found the DD pretty simple is much higher than those who choose to "tough it out" and start the JUDDD WOE with a DD, not having that UD load of calories to see them through! It was hard for them and I think took longer (in what I have read) to get into the easy rhyme of UDs and DDs. Start with an UD, feed yourself good and I PROMISE the first DD will almost be painless! __________________ LINDA'S BLOG WWW.LINDASHIELDSPSYCHICMEDIUM.BLOGSPOT.COM

10-25-2011, 07:54 PM	#3
Mommie22boys Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western NY Posts: 2,496 Gallery: Mommie22boys Stats: 205/188.4/135 5'5.5" WOE: NK/JUDDD Start Date: Originally 6/7/07, Now 4/1/13	Hmmm...I was thinking that I was an exception to your "rule", since I started JUDDD on a DD (500 calories, I should add). However, when I think about it, the night before i did my first DD, we went out to dinner for my DS's birthday. I ate LC (bunless burger, no sweets, side salad w/ blue cheese dressing), so I guess I really DID have an UD before my first DD. Huh. Interesting. Last edited by Mommie22boys; 10-25-2011 at 07:55 PM..

12-14-2011, 01:33 AM	#8
SlowSure Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Nr London, UK Posts: 749 Gallery: SlowSure Stats: 157/135/130 WOE: JUDDD (3 DD, 3 UD, 1 MD) Potato hack 3-30 March Start Date: 11 Dec. 2011 Restart 1 Jan 2013	I started with an UD because I'd just finished several months of calorie restriction and several weeks of ca 700 cals per day so although it would have been relatively simple to just drop an addtional 300 or so didn't think I'd get the benefit if I didn't start with an UD. Last edited by SlowSure; 12-14-2011 at 02:26 AM..

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10-25-2011, 07:21 PM	#2
vilanteira Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,068 Gallery: vilanteira Stats: in maintenance WOE: juddd/lower carb Start Date: low carb: 2008, juddd: 10/24/11	Definitely agree here. Just finished my first DD after my first UD and it was tough but not as awful as I had imagined. It would have been horrendous if I started on a DD though!

10-26-2011, 10:01 AM	#4
Sissiesue Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Left coast Posts: 629 Gallery: Sissiesue Stats: 173/129/129 Start Date: September 27, 2010	I started with a DD mainly because I started on a Monday, and it was a crappy Monday anyway. Mondays just SEEM like a DD, ya know? It just felt "right". It helps, though, that I'd just come off the weekend, where I tend to eat a bit more.

10-26-2011, 01:03 PM	#5
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	I started with a DD but the previous day I had been out to a big lunch and had allowed myself, champagne, a dessert and some cheese and biscuits along with the roast meats and vegetables. Could certainly have described that as an UD, lol. And happily the DD was easy.

12-13-2011, 08:33 PM	#6
Beeb Why wait, just do it NOW! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Where Super Storm Sandy Wiped Out All My Childhood Memories!! Posts: 11,758 Gallery: Beeb Stats: 152 WOE: Thintuition - Intuitive Eating	Bump for the Newbies!!

12-13-2011, 09:43 PM	#7
hockey_gal Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: West Coast of Canada Posts: 1,238 Gallery: hockey_gal Stats: 172/147/150 5'7.5 Goal met: Aug 19/11 WOE: Moderate LC Start Date: Aug 2010	Hmm...if I started w/an UD then I really wouldn't have felt as though I started anything. It would be just how I eat when not on ANY plan (2000 calorie is perfect for me ) Or this meant for those who are switching from LC?

12-14-2011, 05:27 AM	#9
Alcestis Major LCF Poster! Join Date: May 2003 Location: New England Posts: 2,504 Gallery: Alcestis Stats: 16/10/8 5' 8" WOE: JUDDD 1850/600 Start Date: December 13th, 2011	I started with an UD yesterday (I'd wanted to start last week but my back went out and I decided to wait until I could think straight and plan my own food) and today I feel relieved that it's my first DD! I overate a lc dinner last night and my stomach will thank me for a quiet day today

12-14-2011, 06:14 AM	#10
Knittering Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,739 Gallery: Knittering Stats: (250) 236/172/150 5'8 WOE: LC Start Date: Restart: 2/18/13	I stared with a DD because I was coming directly from low-carb and eating too much every day anyhow -- you know, like 500 calories a day in HWC alone and I'm not even going to talk about my evening dark chocolate issues, LOL. Anyhow, it wasn't so bad.

12-14-2011, 04:20 PM	#11
pjsam1156 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 497 Gallery: pjsam1156 WOE: JUDDD for life, baby!! Start Date: Feb 2009; RESTART: Nov. 2011 as EX-LCer	I started w/a DD, but the day before, I ate EVERYTHING, because I knew I was starting the next day