This is the last time .......

[SteveM]

Tough day today. Felt hungry for virtually the entire time, and have a pounding headache that nothing can shift (non-medicinal - tried 4-Head etc etc). Just as a matter of interest, what (if anything) can we take for headaches, colds etc whilst SS?? The reason I ask is that I thnk this might keep me awake tonight, and I have the feeling that I may be starting a cold on top of it all ..... or maybe that is just the carb-withdrawal as well ....

Anyway, have still not broken, nor been tempted. My head is definitely in the right place this time, even if it is thudding

[hollycat]

Hi Steve,

Hope your head is feeling better today and you managed to get some sleep.

[SteveM]

Rough night last night (sleep-wise), and am feeling the effects now. Still have a headache, but not so bad, and it was deffo a cold starting

Anyway - I had forgotten how much harder the weekends were, with no structure to the day and no work as such to take your mind off stuff. Today is hell. My chatterboxes are working overtime. I am not at all hungry today, which is a good thing (even though still not registering in ketosis), but I so want to eat. I won't, but all I can think about at the moment is what I cannot have. I don't know what is making it so tough this time - I found it so easy on SS when I did it two years ago ..... why so hard now?? Also, last time I was SS I was playing squash, badminton, going up the gym etc etc all the way through. This time I have hardly any energy at all - just walking home with the shopping flaked me out. It was deffo not like this last time. Does anyone know if this diet is just tougher when you start at a lighter weight ???

I have not dared get on any scales, just in case I do not like what I see and it pushes me over the edge.

I am off for a sleep now - I can do no damage whilst I am asleep

[Fuzzys Angel]

Good luck steve, hopefully you can battle off that cold....xxx

[SteveM]

Well, I have made it to day #5 without breaking - that is a bit of an achievement. Still waiting for it to get easier though

Still have a pounding headache, had very little sleep, and still not registering in ketosis on the stix. That is all a bit of downer, but I am staying focussed. I suppose I could jump on the scales just to reassure myself that it is worth putting myself through this agony, but then I would be (once again) breaking the advice I have given to others - only get weighed on your CDC's scales!

Luckily, one plus point is that the cold does not seem to have taken a major hold on me and appears to be receeding already. Hopefully it will be gone by the morning and will have taken this damn headache with it. I don't think I could stand another entire day sat in front of a computer screen with a thudding head .... I also hope that the illness is having some effect on me reaching ketosis. Methinks maybe I am putting too many eggs in one basket here

Anyhow, onward and downward ......

[Vicx]

Well done Steve - it will start to get easier soon!

[SteveM]

Well, that's day five over and done with. I am pleased to say no cracks appearing as yet, and the headache seems to be going away!! Yeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaar. Maybe I can get a decent sleep tonight.

[Rachel84]

Good luck steve, 2008 is a new lighter year for all of us.

[SteveM]

Day 6 over. Headache gone, but I am really struggling with this. I am constantly hungry, and I cannot get food out of my head. I have not broken yet, not even close, but this is HARD. I am starting to doubt that I can stick at this long enough to get where I want to be.

2 days to weigh-in - I hope that the loss is enough to convince me to carry on.

[SteveM]

Well, made it to the first weigh-in without breaking, and it has given me the spur I needed. I lost 9 lbs (with water onboard), and that is more than I lost in my first weel on LL 2 years ago.

I am well chuffed!

[Time4ME]

I did post on another post congratulating you - but seeing as I think its gr8 I'll clap you again! Nice one!

[SteveM]

I just posted here as well as this is the thread where I am going to keep my "notes" !!

[Vicx]

Well done! Great feeling isn't it!

[SteveM]

Well, I am back online after recovering from a disk crash. I needed a new hard disk and a complete restore of an image, meaning I lost virtually nothing at all. Praise the lord for Acronis TrueImage - it's really is a lifesaver!!

Anyway, I am into day #12, and it is getting easier. I have had the odd wobble, but no breaks yet. I don't think I can say that I have never been hungry over the past few days, but it is getting easier to control. I think the first weigh-in gives you that resolve to carry on no matter what.

Anyway, 3 days to the next weigh in, so I will see what that gives.

[debz32]

Well, I am back online after recovering from a disk crash. I needed a new hard disk and a complete restore of an image, meaning I lost virtually nothing at all. Praise the lord for Acronis TrueImage - it's really is a lifesaver!!

Anyway, I am into day #12, and it is getting easier. I have had the odd wobble, but no breaks yet. I don't think I can say that I have never been hungry over the past few days, but it is getting easier to control. I think the first weigh-in gives you that resolve to carry on no matter what.

Anyway, 3 days to the next weigh in, so I will see what that gives.

Hey Steve - well done on sticking with it !!

it is so so hard second (or third !) time around......DON'T GIVE IN !!

you can so do this....2008 will be the year you get to goal - AND STAY THERE !!!

don't forget to keep us posted !

Debz xx