I’m looking at signing up with the Total Wellbeing Diet. Its a 12 week program. Has anyone tried this before? I just need to slim down a bit and get my eating back under control. I’m finding it very difficult to do on my own.

Ah- I am doing the Impromy programme through a chemist where you substitute a meal or two with shakes - it’s also a CSIRO one I think? The recipe book that comes with it is a relatively low carb/high protein based one. Is the CSIRO one that you pay to access the meal plans?

Yes thats right. They give you meal plans for the week then once you’ve done the 6 weeks and you’ve stuck to it, you get your money back (or you can get a rebate from your health fund)

I have done the optifast shakes before and that was good. I just am really bad at knowing food choices and sticking to it. Off the wine now for 12 weeks 😳 Edited to add in more

I haven’t done the paid program but I’ve bought the books and followed the guide. I did a mix of their recipes and also entering the ratio of protein etc into MyFitnessPal and doing my own recipes. I lost weight and didn’t feel overly hungry (although not exactly full either). I stuck to the lower carb way of eating for quite some time, until I became mostly vegan. I still shy away from carb centric meals like pasta, rice, bread, though. I didn’t really keep the weight off but I think that was life more than anything. First I changed jobs and was under a bit of stress and wasn’t exercising, that resulted in a couple kilos gain, then covid and lockdowns hit.

I haven’t done the paid program either but like the PP have followed the plan in the books for a few months many years ago. I liked the meal options and don’t remember feeling hungry either but I wasn’t using it to lose weight (boyfriend at the time was) so I can’t give much insight into that side of things.

I am very excited! I start tomorrow, so I have done my starting weigh in and photo. I’ve also done my grocery shop which was well timed because it was time to do one anyway!

CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet

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I’m looking at signing up with the Total Wellbeing Diet. Its a 12 week program. Has anyone tried thi...