Thread: Bren's Diary - The journey begins, again!

Hi Bren.

How are you? It seems like I've not been on in forever. 1st May apparently!

Well the road trip was great! Although there is something to be said about that feeling of being home...... and I dont mean the washing that now needs to be done!! LOL.

Had a ball and unfortunately couldn't stop myself from eating and eating and eating!So my first 4 days of CD might have been just to gain them back over the 7 days on the road. Back on with CD today and going to do either 4 or 3 packs with maybe a low cal dinner. Which believe you me will be half the cals I reckon I have been consuming in a day. Basically aiming for 1200 cals today and back to 3 packs and a low cal meal tomorrow.

WI is on Wednesday and I just want to be back to where I was 'STS" when CDC weighed my the other week.

Hi Kaitlyn! How is your journey going???

Bronski, you must be getting really excited!

Bren
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Well the day has been much better calorie wise than the previous 7 days!!!! Safely under 1400 I feel.

Right tomorrow hoping for an even better day CD for lunch and breakfast, celery and carrot sticks to snack, a coffee or 2 with milk allowance and possibly unavoidable dinner out..... Japanese.... so either tofu and salad or salmon and salad. I not really eat rice anymore. Programmed myself to not like it just like meat really and bread. Bread is completely off the list.

Funny really I am not much into any of the following; biscuits, chocolate, coke, bread, rice, potato's, chips or crisps.

So really this diet should be easy and I could nail it in my 10 week goal really!

Bren
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Today I have been much better;
4 CD packs
1/2 an apple
3 crisp breads (66cals total)
medium handful of nuts (almonds, walnuts, cashews, pumpkins seeds and sultana's) 150 cals

Total of 923 cals for the day. I'm pleased with that and tomorrow should be back on 3 packs and a meal. Water wise about 2.2 ltrs for the day.

I also did all my measurements this morning and wrote out an 8 week table to monitor at home my progress. Hoping in 8 weeks to loose about 9/10 kilos. Then i will be under 70kg's a little bit and can stay on 1000 to loose the rest. Official WI is on Wednesday and this is making me nervous as I just want to be back to where I was before my holiday. So hoping for under 77kg's.

Bren
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Well add to that a little 2 slices of cheese, 2 spoonfuls of yoghurt and a quarter slice of ....BREAD! Never mind still about 1000 cals for the day. Tomorrow will hopefully be 790!

Definitely cannot wait to be back at school on Monday as to have routine back with eating!

I have also managed about a 1ltr of hot green tea this evening, hopefully that will help towards WI on Wed, and I am going to the gym with a friend tomorrow evening.

Bren
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OKAY SO HERE IS THE PLAN FOR TOMORROW!.....

Shake for breakfast, in the car on the 30 mins drive to work 170cals
plain low fat yoghurt 150g about 100cals (replacing my milk allowance with it) CDC says okay??
porridge for lunch 170cals ( i add some linseed meal)
green tea
coffee (black) with CD bar after school 176cals
diet sprite zero 4cals
tofu and vege for dinner 200cals

Cool that's 820cals for the day. I have been slightly beating myself up for doing 1200, 1000 then 1000 cals for the past 3 days.... opnly 2 days until WI and I am hoping to be under 77kg's

I feel being back at work that this routine and food plan is achievable I just need the will power now! Should also easily manage the 2.5ltrs of water too.

Oh and going for a walk with a friend after work. Which is the time I usually fill the void in the day with food! Anyone else suffer at this time??

Just got back in from the gym and had my tofu and vege for dinner and just going to have another green tea and iron my clothes for the week and hopefully off to bed early.

Bren
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Sounds like you've got things all sorted!

Well just getting ready for work and sipping away at my water. I am hoping for a much better day today.

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Have a good day Bren... I'm off to bed catch up with you laters. x

Hey Linz


I am struggling a little with getting on the CD 790 plan 100%. However I am still having low calories of 1000 give or take for the past 3 days. I can feel my stomach shrinking though so that's a good sign.

It's the TOM also which probably wont help on Wednesday's WI.... oh well take it as it comes.

My water intake today has been only 400ml and a few green teas!!! I KNOW... So going to guzzle some more green tea before bed. Back onto it tomorrow. A total of 1138cals today. It was the first day back at school and really hectic so quite hard to stay focused. I tend to want to eat when I am avoiding work or there is too much work to do.... that's why I am avoiding it... vicious circle that.

I am seriously wanting to do SS in my head with 4 packs but know that I wont be able to stick with it either as my will power is not high at the moment. I really thought that I would be able to get back into a rhythm quicker but to no avail after the road trip.

Bren
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Right I need and most importantly want to be thinner and love life again, truly I do.

I know CD works really well with SS but I cannot stick with it. So 790 is my chosen plan and tomorrow I am.... yes i am... really going to give it my best shot, here is the plan;

B - shake 170 cals
s - coffee and yoghurt (instead of milk) plain and low fat CDC says this is ok 100 cals
L - porridge and flaxseed meal CDC says this is also ok 175 cals
s- celery stalk and black coffee 6 cals
s - g/tea and CD bar 176 cals
D - tofu and vege, sprite zero 180 cals

Total of 807 cals so that's perfect!

Any thought's???
Bren
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Well I'm off to bed and ready for the day ahead tomorrow. Just for some inspiration and positive vibes. i am going to do some sit ups now before I crawl into my warm bed.

Have a great day peeps!!

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Have a good day Bren!

Thanks Gem

I still wasn't 100% but I think my best day yet! I ate about 2 - 3TBS of almonds and pumpkin seeds and 1 TBS of white choc cooking drops!!! I know! And it's my WI tomorrow afternoon. I am too tired to go to the gym and have some school work to organise for tomorrow tonight anyway. Its TOM so not feeling very confident about a loss.

Still i am enjoying the packs and flavours and know that it will just be a matter of timing to be in the 100% zone. I was so good until this afternoon and even began chewing some gum only to buckle remove it and put said above forbidden food in it!

I hope you have a good day planned with lots of food variety. Are you finding your mum being non encouraging difficult at all?
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WI revealed a loss..... 1.1kg's or 2.4lbs! very happy that i returned to the same weight I was before the road trip which was only 4 days on CD. So all in all over 16 days with a 7 day road trip I have managed to loose. Happy happy happy.

And I am in Ketosis. Bad new is not sure if I have hubby's flu or CD headache prior to Ketosis, event though the stick says i am in the first shade of pink???

Good thing is the Sudafed makes me not hungry!

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