Total Solution One Military Wife's Mission to Lose 28lbs Before Partner Returns.

[CaffeineBean]

Hi all!

I'm new here :wavey:

Yesterday my kids and I said goodbye to my partner:family2:

He's in the military and deployed for 3 months. This will be his 4th operational deployment in 2 years and the separation is really hard. This time though, I'm determined to make something positive out of it! I cried myself to sleep last night because of missing him so damn much and I'm sick of it. So the way that I am seeing it now, is that I have a fantastic opportunity to transform my body before he sees me next. If I pull this off, I could be picking him up in a little black dress and feeling fabulous about myself. Without him here as a distraction, I have the opportunity to focus more on my goals and my weight loss.

I started Exante's Total Solutions plan today and intend to do 30 minutes of cardio each day too. It's only a short deployment but I have plenty of time to completely transform my body before the next time he lays his eyes on me. I have made it my goal to lose 28lbs before he returns and I cannot wait to see the look on his face when he sees he has the old me back again! When we got together I was a slender size 10 (UK sizes) and damn confident in it. I really let myself go over his last deployment to Afghanistan. Well, not this time! This time he will be coming home to the me he first wrapped his arms around; to the me that he would slip his fingers under her shirt to run lightly up and down her tiny waist; to the me who felt petite next to him despite being 5ft 6" tall; to the me who would happily drop her clothes to the floor and feel damn good about what her fella was seeing; to the me that would lay in bed, and while he draped his arms around her waist, would revel in the feeling of being held by him, instead of worrying sick about what he was feeling underneath his hands...

This is a time for change. This is an opportunity. And I'll be damned if I do not make each and every day count! Watch this space. Something incredible is about to take place here.

 

[CaffeineBean]

I'm feeling *hungry* now. Already. It's not a craving for food (though it is making me daydream about all sorts of yummy things!). It's actual physical-feeling-in-my-belly hunger. I'm not at all tempted to stray from the plan, but desperately seeking the willpower to eat my lunch time bar slowly and to savour it and not wolf it down in one piece and have it all gone and nothing else until my soup at dinner time This may be a more difficult 6 weeks than I had envisioned!

*daydreams about doughnuts*

Edited to add: I have really surprised myself by discovering that I can enjoy black sugarless tea! I usually drink it strong but with lots of milk and 2 sugars. Turns out if you don't brew it so strong, it's actually quite pleasant enough on its own Weak black tea with no sugars for the win. This may well be my salvation throughout this....

 

[CaffeineBean]

Sigh. Day one, and I have already caved in! *facepalm* Taking the positive away from it though; I didn't enjoy the food at all. It wasn't anything like I had built it up in my head to be. Next time I am craving I will have to remember this moment - I do NOT feel better for giving in and eating I feel like crap, mentally beating myself up, it didn't taste anywhere near as great as I wanted it to and I feel all bloated and icky! I will not let this happen again. Not going to have my third food pack today. Probably just ate around 900 calories. Off to the gym now to burn as many of them off as possible! Back to day 1 tomorrow.

 

[Jenjeanie]

Hi, the first few days are so hard but once you get to day 3 or 4 you stop feeling hungry. I had read about ketosis before and thought it must be nonsense but it really does stop the hunger. My tips - drink loads of water, have a cup of Buillion if you are really hungry and have a couple of early nights if you can. And you'll be feeling great in a couple of days x

 

[Angel72]

Welcome Caffeine Bean. Congratulations on making the decision to do something for yourself when so much of your life is controlled by kids and hubby. It must be really tough saying goodbye so often. You can definately achieve your goal if you stick to plan and make this home coming extra special for you both. The first four days are tough just drink lots of fluid preferably water or peppermint tea was my alternative to black tea (yuk). I find the bars make me more hungry so I stuck to shakes only for the first week.

Once in ketosis you don't really get hungry as long as you drink enough. I even got to the stage where it just felt 'normal' so I didn't feel like I was on a diet at all. You will get cravings but just distract yourself or come on here and natter! Take measurements now too (and pics) because fluid can make you think you haven't lost but inches will have gone.

Good luck, time will fly by.

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

Your first post is an excellent motivator of why you want weight loss. Keep reading it ! That's how you want to feel again, so keep reading it as a reminder of that feeling.
I hope you have manage to get back on track again chick

 

[CaffeineBean]

Hello! Thanks for the positive comments. Soooo... after all this time, I still have not managed to start properly I'm getting really annoyed with myself. Had resigned myself that maybe this isn't the diet for me if I can't stick to it, but now I'm not so sure. With £100s of the stuff in my kitchen, don't I owe it to myself to at least try? It's already been over 2 weeks since I wrote my first post - if I had stuck on the diet I could be a stone down by now going off of others losses for the first weeks in exante! Okay. I'm going to give this another go. Thanks for the motivation, friends I hope I can be stronger when I try to get back on the wagon tomorrow. Here goes.........................................!!!

 

[Target140]

Is it worth easing yourself into it? Perhaps you could do three packs and a low carb meal for the first week, and have a reward for each day you get through...a magazine one day, a manicure etc.

At what point do you usually give up when you're trying to get through the day?

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

I would suggest WS if you cant manage TS.
It will use up you stock, plus you can enjoy a low carb/cal meal once a day
Obviously the losses on WS are slightly less, but any loss is better than nothing.
Maybe you are not drinking enough water ?
Keep posting, it does help keep you on track

 

[heatwave74]

Good luck on the restart a few of us are on day 1 again! Try getting through the first couple of days as they are the hardest otherwise maybe WS is the way forward whatever you decide you are not alone. good luck

 

[CaffeineBean]

Okay, I'm back! I'm here. My head is in the right zone. I'm not mad about the weight I could have lost over the last month if I'd stuck it out. I didn't waste my food packs on half days of caving in over Christmas. I'm starting now. Full whack. 100% TS for January. Bring it!! I'm so motivated. I've thought about eating several times today and ruled it out pretty much instantly afterwards because I want this MORE. It's so not worth it. I have less than two months before my other half comes home and damnit I refuse to still be in this state when he does! Day 1. I WILL post tonight about my success - See you later! :wavey:

 

[Darcy15]

Good luck!

Once past the first 3 days - which I will admit are hard - it does get easier

 

[CaffeineBean]

I DID IT!!! I faced the choice of eating all day and repeatedly said no! I am so happy right now, and only had one packet and one cup of bouillon all day so about to tuck in to a well deserved bar, soup and cup of tea I am so happy with myself! I really hope this feeling continues and can't wait to weigh in next week

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

Well done , keeping going and you will have a good WI

 

[CaffeineBean]

Well done , keeping going and you will have a good WI

Thanks! That's what I'm keeping in my head right now, how I'm going to feel when I weigh in after a week of being good

I am so determined to get back to where I want to be! The new year has been really helpful for me. Looking back at what happened last year, I see how easy it is to change. Last year I gained a lot of weight, and two dress sizes, and I didn't even really realise it was happening until it was too late.

It's not too late to change though! Last year I went from this:

To this:

And I finally see it and am sick of it! I feel like I'm really in the right place to say "enough" and to get back to the me that I want to be I refuse to let another year slip by where nothing seems to change and then look back and see that I've let something like this happen! I am going to MAKE the changes that I want to see by the end of 2015, and I'm going to enjoy it as I go along too This shall be my year. The year that I claim back my body.

Thanks for the support and encouragement Really looking forward to seeing this through!

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

When is your WI day CB ?

 

[CaffeineBean]

Okay, day 3 today and I had a sneaky weigh in..... this can't be right, right?! Apparently I've gone from 13st0lb to 12st6lb!? Could I really have lost 8lbs in 2 days?! Can't wait to weigh in after a full week I started on the 1st, so the 8th will be my official weigh in day. Looking good so far though!!! :bliss:

 

[Dietninja]

Sounds a lot but not beyond reason...a lot of it will be water weight but if you've dropped that now that must be most of the water weight gone, so bring on the fat loss!

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

Okay, day 3 today and I had a sneaky weigh in..... this can't be right, right?! Apparently I've gone from 13st0lb to 12st6lb!? Could I really have lost 8lbs in 2 days?! Can't wait to weigh in after a full week I started on the 1st, so the 8th will be my official weigh in day. Looking good so far though!!! :bliss:

It is a good loss, but not impossible
You must be drinking a fair amount of water
Thursday WI day then. ... 3 days to go

 

[Angel72]

Well done on such a great start, if you start to lose focus just imagine your hubby's face when he sees you to keep you going. Good luck x