My First LighterLife Day
Posted 27th October, 2008 at 06:17 PM by pete10141748
Today started really well.
I got up an hour earlier than normal, mainly because I was dying to have my Strawberry shake! I made it up with 350ml's of water, but to my horror I seemed to produce a thin, pink-watery like drink filled with lumps
I put that down to it being 6.30am, not being a "morning person", and it being my first try at making them, so I just took a deep breath a necked it.
It tasted alright actually, and my long-standing ability to down a pint without tasting the beer was put to good effect!
That done, I toddled off to work. I made it all the way to 1.30pm before I even thought about needing something to eat (I'd drunk about 1.5 litres of water by this point, which looking back wasn't really enough as I've still got almost 2 litres to drink between now and 11).
As it was "lunchtime" I made myself a hot Vanilla shake, which again went lumpy discouraged, but not defeated, I slowly drank it, and found that it actually tasted very much like porridge, which I really liked!
I have to say though, on the bus ride home my stomach sounded like an angry wild dog, so much so that as soon as I got in, I made myself a Chicken Soup pack - 3rd time lucky? NOPE. Still lumpy, and I really didn't like the taste either - reminded me of the cheap-ass Chicken Noodles I used to get from Costco! So no more chicken for me, I'll stick to shakes I think, at least I know like the flavours.
Still, today is almost done with, and more than anything else I'm suprised by the fact that I haven't been tempted to eat anything "real" all day; even when sitting there watching the Site Agent eating his 6" Sub of the Day, I honestly didn't want it.
I guess that's the power of positive thought!
A nice little "encourager" I came up with is to keep a copy of my "before" picture of myself (which I took myself at home, shirtless) on my phone - as soon my though strays to food or something that isn't in keeping with LL, I just whip it out, and spend 10 seconds looking at that picture - that's all the encouragement I need to carry on!
Anyway, here's hoping tomorrow is as "easy" as today was. Though I have to say, typing this now I am feeling ever so slightly light headed - but I guess that's just my Carb-withdrawl symptom coming on.
Anyhoo, I have a nice relaxing night planned for tonight - a little chat with family, finish reading a white paper for work, then spending a good few hours playing Fable 2 for my Xbox 360
Hooray for time-wasting RPG polygon goodness!
I got up an hour earlier than normal, mainly because I was dying to have my Strawberry shake! I made it up with 350ml's of water, but to my horror I seemed to produce a thin, pink-watery like drink filled with lumps
I put that down to it being 6.30am, not being a "morning person", and it being my first try at making them, so I just took a deep breath a necked it.
It tasted alright actually, and my long-standing ability to down a pint without tasting the beer was put to good effect!
That done, I toddled off to work. I made it all the way to 1.30pm before I even thought about needing something to eat (I'd drunk about 1.5 litres of water by this point, which looking back wasn't really enough as I've still got almost 2 litres to drink between now and 11).
As it was "lunchtime" I made myself a hot Vanilla shake, which again went lumpy
discouraged, but not defeated, I slowly drank it, and found that it actually tasted very much like porridge, which I really liked!I have to say though, on the bus ride home my stomach sounded like an angry wild dog, so much so that as soon as I got in, I made myself a Chicken Soup pack - 3rd time lucky? NOPE. Still lumpy, and I really didn't like the taste either - reminded me of the cheap-ass Chicken Noodles I used to get from Costco! So no more chicken for me, I'll stick to shakes I think, at least I know like the flavours.
Still, today is almost done with, and more than anything else I'm suprised by the fact that I haven't been tempted to eat anything "real" all day; even when sitting there watching the Site Agent eating his 6" Sub of the Day, I honestly didn't want it.
I guess that's the power of positive thought!
A nice little "encourager" I came up with is to keep a copy of my "before" picture of myself (which I took myself at home, shirtless) on my phone - as soon my though strays to food or something that isn't in keeping with LL, I just whip it out, and spend 10 seconds looking at that picture - that's all the encouragement I need to carry on!
Anyway, here's hoping tomorrow is as "easy" as today was. Though I have to say, typing this now I am feeling ever so slightly light headed - but I guess that's just my Carb-withdrawl symptom coming on.
Anyhoo, I have a nice relaxing night planned for tonight - a little chat with family, finish reading a white paper for work, then spending a good few hours playing Fable 2 for my Xbox 360
Hooray for time-wasting RPG polygon goodness!
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Go to Argos and get a handblender for under £5 20 seconds of mixing it in water (Get a pink glass, leave about 1-2 inch off the top) fill it with water, dump it into a mixing jug, add the shake.
Gets it all soft and creamy, no nasty lumps. Made my life much nicer i tell you. Also do it for the soups!Posted 27th October, 2008 at 06:57 PM by Martyn
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Your doing really well, your upbeat attitude will help you through this...I have read it gets easier with time....xPosted 27th October, 2008 at 07:43 PM by charliegirl
