Well, today was my first day off work while on the LL program.

I was all geared up for it to be a hard day, having heard that the 3rd and 4th days seem to be the hardest ones, combined with the fact that I would be in an environment where food could still be available quite easily (the rest of my family have to eat normally!)

Really happy that the day turned out to be great!
I've felt better today than I did on either of the past two days, and wasn't tempted to...

Well, day 2 started off with one thought - "Jesus! How frickin' cold is it this morning!!!"
I swear, it took me at least 30 minutes just to get up the courage to run to the bathroom and back under the duvet again!

Yes, it's been cold today (news said 6 degrees, with a possible -3 tonight! eek! ), even for me, who doesn't usually feel the old at all; I was sitting at my desk almost shivering!

At least I had a nice, hot, not lumpy! drink to warm me up when...

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...

Right, so, in 31....no, 30 minutes time, I start my LighterLife journey.

I've said goodbye to crisps, so long to cake, arrivaderchi to biscuits, farewell to Cadbury's and...erm.... "later" to potatoes and bread

I've gotten rid of all my little "stashes", donated my "real" food to my family, and am already creating a little recipie book for potential foodpack inventions

I've got my packs all organised for my next 3 days, after...