Day 2 - 2nd time round

Felt a bit better yesterday but I did have the withdrawal headache on and off all day which was a bit annoying but I have lost another 1.5lb - got to love it :).

The bacon and egg still seems to be working for breakfast, I'm tolerating black coffee until I introduce milk next week but the real treat yesterday was discovering iced black americanos.  Actually felt like a treat, oh how times have changed.

We are off to the zoo today and the salads are chopped and the water bottled and we just have to try and avoid any temptations while there.

Sorry for the short blog but we are going to the Zoooooooo!!!!!!

Stats:-

Start weight - 15st 10lb
Today's loss - 1.5lb
Total loss - 3.75lb

Day 1 Phase 1 (2nd time)

Checked my weight and I've lost 2.25lb since yesterday morning.  I'd like to say it was easy but I did find it hard yesterday.

It set off well, the bacon and boiled egg worked really well for breakfast and is something that I will do for the rest of phase 1 but then it got near lunch time and the car really wanted a Big Mac meal.  It was quite a battle to make it just go home but I finally won and beat the craving.  I don't very often eat McDonald's but it was so hard to shake the image of the burger and yet I managed to wait another 90 minutes before I had lunch so I can't have been really hungry.

I have got cold, I know not a good time to be doing the diet but it had to be done and yesterday evening I felt awful, the cold combined with the withdrawal symptoms did not go well together.  I can't say I am feeling much better this morning but I know from before that once these initial symptoms go then I will feel so much better than when I am eating junk.

And a 2+lb loss in 1 day always makes it worth well :)

This is last night's dinner.  I couldn't eat it all because of not feeling well but it was scrummy.

Stats so far:-

start weight - 15st 10lb

Weight loss to date - 2.25lb

New weight - 15st 7.75lb

And I'm back

Having gone wild over the last 2 months it is time to get back on track with the diet.  Starting to eat chocolate and cakes and bread over Easter just threw me and I could never pull it back together.  I tried a few times but struggled with breakfast, which left me hungry and by lunch time the diet had gone out of the window.  Just been on holiday for a week and knew that I had to start the diet again properly, so had a little bit of a feed in with the meals yesterday and a bit of a blow out while finishing a few things off but today is where it all starts.

We hadn't totally reverted to our old ways.  We still drink mainly decaf coffee and tea, so we don't have to worry about caffeine withdrawals this time and on normal days we don't have carbs with our main meal and with it being nice weather we are eating lots of salad anyway, so shouldn't be quite so hard as before.

I do have a couple of concerns about this week.  Firstly we have a school trip to the zoo on Wednesday and I am concerned about what we are going to eat but also about how I will be feeling on day 3.  If I feel really bad a coach load of 4 and 5 year olds might not be such a good idea.  Will have to see how that goes.  Then on Saturday I am getting confirmed and I have tea with the Bishop.  I'm fairly sure that there won't be anything that I can eat, no idea how I am going to get out of that one yet but hopefully inspiration will befall me.

Breakfast has always been my problem on this diet, on phase 1 particularly.  I'm funny with breakfast and as much as I like to eat it every day I do normally have cereal or toast.  The porridge made with water is still something I really struggle with eating and I can't seem to face scrambled egg first thing.  So, this week I am going to try with cold bacon rashers and a hard boiled egg.  I can eat this a bit later if I need to or take it to work and snack on it rather than have to face it at 6.30.  I can prepare both in advance, so if I can be a bit organised then getting it ready is quick and simple.  Just hope I can manage to eat it and that it keeps me full until lunch.

So here goes:

I got weighed and I am 15st 10lb which is 2lb lighter than when I started doing it before, so haven't quite put it all back on, which is a miracle because I have gorged a lot.  I will do the same as before and weigh every day during phase 1.

Food plan for today, bacon and egg for breakfast, ham and veg sticks for lunch and pork loin and salad for dinner.

Just need to keep my head on it and try to survive the first 5 days.  Wish me Luck!