- Sticking to the diet has been easy peasy lemon squeezy
- I even included a good long cliff walk at Llantwit Major with lots of ups and downs to keep my heart rate up, which was highly invigorating and a great way to spend a sunny Saturday on the Welsh coast! (see above, somewhat sweaty, pic)
- I had my first 2 comments on this blog (although the lack of comments is not really surprising as I haven't had the courage to tell anybody about it yet....!) which are so lovely and inspiring so BIG thanks to Lesley & Melanie!
- I had a semi-meal instead of a shake which tasted soooooo good. It was simply 1 egg and watercress with rocksalt (see pic) but yummy nevetheless. This won't be a habit as I really feel conventional food is a honey trap that will lure me in with promises of 'go on, you can eat me, I won't hurt your weight loss progress' then before I know it I'll be chin deep in empty pasty wrappers and my all time faves Refresher chew bars.
- I haven't experienced physical cravings today for the first time and only mental ones when I popped to my brother and sister in laws' house to find the culinary bug had bitten my brother and he'd made, amongst other yummy things, the most delicious (looking!) very deep fill cheesecake/trifle dessert thing that was nearly 10cms tall! Mmmmm....
I feel a bit selfish today though as my friend had an operation on Wednesday and has been home since late Thursday and I haven't even been round to visit yet. I've rung and texted but it's not the same as having someone come round and make a nice cup of tea and plump your pillows for you, is it? I'll definitely go round tomorrow bearing gifts not involving food as, although she's currently doing very well at losing weight on Weight Watchers, she does tend to use food as a crutch somewhat, so best not encourage that in others, eh?
Regarding the lovely Lesley's comments from yesterday's blog: I have thought about SlimFast, but I wanted to emulate the LL programme as much as possible and from what I've found out from various places it seems to be a low carb, sole source diet and SlimFast isn't low carb as far as I can tell from reading the nutritional info on the side, but what with the 'actual carbs v net carbs' argument that wages on I'm never really sure! Do you know if the LL diet bit being low carb is right?
I'm going to look into the Cambridge diet but I particularly wanted LL for the counselling side of things and although I can't really afford the weekly subs I would have stretched my budget because of the counselling. I'll still look into the diet though for sure.
As for exercise; I want to incorporate some structured exercise into this forthcoming week and will spend some of tomorrow planning how to make use of my Stretch card (for the council leisure centres). I'd pretty much ruled out exercising in week one as I thought I'd be suffering from the carb and caffeine withdrawals, so next week should be a proper start.
[On a side note, I was chuffed to find in reliable old Tesco of all places some great, ready to drink chocolate shakes that have only 1.5g net carbs which will be super useful for forthcoming days out.]
Anyway, I'm adjourning to my bed now - thanks again for the support, you guys.
xx
1 comment:
Great to see that you've got out and about for some exercise - you'll know from my blog that I'm a big proponent of sweating the lard off so keep it up!!
That salad looks so yummy and healthy - good stuff. If you could stick to low carb, hig veg meals you'd be fine eating - it's just the temptation to stretch the boundaries which you have to watch, as you say yourself.
Get you re Slimfast and CD. I know Mel has been sucessful with a diet of her own making so I'm sure, with the right commitment, you can too. You have to keep re-assessing how your're getting on and make sure that you're not sliding into bad habits over time.
Reading blogs, especially analytical ones like Mrs of The Lard Arms (she posts on mine most days if you want to find her) will also help.
Also, have you ever tried Paul McKenna? I don't think his approach could be the entire answer where you have a fair bit to lose, but it is very motivational and the idea of only eating when you're hungry and not beyond is a great message to learn for the future.
Finally, while I'm spewing out advice at random (sorry - I just can't seem to stop....) do you take any supplements? I'm not sure what's in your various shakes etc but you need to make sure that you're getting the nutrients you need. One of the positives about LL is that the 4 packs give you the RDA of everything, hence your body is not starving just deprived of calories. In your homemade diet, you need to ensure that you do the same or your body will go into starve/shutdown mode. Extra vitamins or supplements would help if there are any gaps in your regime.
Mel would be a help there as I know she's done something similar and seems pretty damn healthy to me.
Well done and keep it up.
Lesley x
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