Thanks Avaya, i'm delighted with myself. there have been tough days yeah, i work in a bar at the weekends serving barfood and carvery and the smells drive me insane!! i just have to keep thinking about weigh in and how disappointed i would be if i cheated. i think distracting yourself is important too, like if i start thinking about wanting to eat something i make myself a cup of nettle and mint tea (the clipper one is yum!) or stick a dvd on.
I see you're from Ireland too, where abouts? I there's any nice country walks around you i'd take advantage of them. they help pass the time between your shakes and you get some fresh air and exercise too. Always bring somebody with you though, just in case. I went for a walk yesterday with my friend, when i say a walk i mean a 9 km hike up a big mountain in glendalough. i honestly thought i was going to pass out after the first few hundred steps, but the feeling of relief and satisfaction when i reached the top was totally worth it...and my friend calculated that we burned about 1500 calories each! thats like half a pound of fat!
It's amazing the way you can see drops in your weight from day to day isn't it? i think you're right when you say that's what keeps us going! going to bed early, if you can, really does help distract from hunger too and i find myself really lazy since starting the diet so any extra sleep is much appreciated!
