Deflating the Bouncy Castle

[bettiesrevenge]

hey spangles!

Oh it does get easier, harder, easier, harder...you know the script, it is kind of a meandering road

Well done on toughing it out, I had exactly the same day three and four as do most people, I think my main issues were I was stalked (or maybe it felt that way???) by gratuitious food advertisements which where almost pornographic in content! Seriously it gets easier as soon as you get that first big WI!!!

 

[spangles]

Less hungry now - it was just the gap between lunch and dinner that for some reason was excruciating.

My friend whose house i'm staying at for the weekend Is making me ice cubes out of evian, so that i feel pampered. Bless her cotton socks.

 

[losemenow]

friends like that lady make this a lot easier!!!! tomorrow is day four final half of week one. youre flying it! xx

 

[spangles]

thanks! i love your positive thinking. xx

 

[CheeseGirl]

In my first few weeks I counted the hours until I could have my next pack! Every day! This does still happen occasionally, but we're talking once in 2 or 3 weeks and not the whole day, sometimes that last hour before lunch can seem endless but mostly it gets on to 1.30 or 2 and I realise I should make up a pack! I PROMISE, IT GETS EASIER AS FAR AS HUNGER GOES, and then you seem to find a sort of zone, where even if you do feel occasional hunger it does not bother you

 

[losemenow]

In my first few weeks I counted the hours until I could have my next pack! Every day! This does still happen occasionally, but we're talking once in 2 or 3 weeks and not the whole day, sometimes that last hour before lunch can seem endless but mostly it gets on to 1.30 or 2 and I realise I should make up a pack! I PROMISE, IT GETS EASIER AS FAR AS HUNGER GOES, and then you seem to find a sort of zone, where even if you do feel occasional hunger it does not bother you

CheeseGirl is so right. It does get easier and I find if you get through one bad day, the others never seem as bad....

Have a great day today Spangles. x

 

[spangles]

So far today is a breeze.

But... you know how when you start a diet you think "I've been doing this for 36 whole hours, how can that not be enough? why am i not thin yet?" Well there's a bit of that - although less than usual - but also I just have this total inability to believe i'm not going to eat proper meals for six months or more. I just can't imagine it - even though I want it to happen. It's so extreme and weird, you know?

 

[spangles]

Only tangentially diet-related, this.

A few months ago my husband came home and said he wanted to give in his notice, because he was so stressed and unhappy about his job. It was affecting his sleep and he was really fed up. I was... well - I wasn't overjoyed, but what can you say? Giving up a job in the charity sector in the middle of a recession doesn't seem wise but his happiness is obviously more important. On the other hand I hate my job, regularly come home in tears and have to pull all-nighters working... but I earn twice as much as him so if I didn't work we really would be screwed.

Anyway, he had to work two months notice, and in that time I got really angry with him; he didn't apply for a single job - and also, during that period told me he doesn't really think we should have IVF (a whole other really long story). Then when he finished work he bought some books and took the first round of the professional accountancy qualifications, and then finally started applying for jobs. Apart from agencies, he applied for four jobs, and this week had two interviews. And he got one! I'm so pleased and relieved.

Anyway, I can't suggest anything we can do to celebrate, you know? Which feels a bit crap. He's going to go to the pub in a minute with his mates, and I could go but I don't feel up to it. :/ It's a kicker , it really is.

 

[bettiesrevenge]

I know this so well...every action my husband celebrates or comiserates is food centric. Had a good day - go to dinner to a posh resturant, had a bad day - go for pizza/kebab and beer - its a sunny day- go for picnic, -it's a day with the word "day" in it, have a grill something dead ..... It's a sickness I swear.

Maybe go for something like indoor crazy golf - Me and my hubby went on a date there recently (in Lpool 1 mind) and it was ACE.

 

[loulouless]

Hi good luck hope your still doing ok, I found with water that I'd buy an evian bottle and then before each shake make myself finish a bottle first, I am using the tetra pack they are so much easier to deal with and tbh I usually finish them within a minute or less as I don't like anything CD do but using them as fuel.

Keep it up and it'll start paying off - when you get the first weight loss hopefully that is going to spur you on.

I do small targets and have little treats like nails or make up....nothing expensive as the CD it costly enough but just something for me. I sometimes pop into doing SSplus but only when its a night out or I am desperate but the trick is to get straight back to it the next day.

Keep it up!

 

[losemenow]

why dont ye have a treat day of somesort? like maybe bowling??? or i dunno if your hubby would be up for this but maybe a spa day.... groupon and sites like that have some great vouchers. a day just for the two of ye like. or else do something random and different like i dunno, go paddle boating in the serpentine, go to a really good west end show.... go karting, indoor skiing.... do something youve never done be for for just you and hubby that doesnt revolve around food or drink. itll be fun and u might surprise yourself!

well done on getting this far. big hugs for ya babe x

 

[spangles]

I know this so well...every action my husband celebrates or comiserates is food centric. Had a good day - go to dinner to a posh resturant, had a bad day - go for pizza/kebab and beer - its a sunny day- go for picnic, -it's a day with the word "day" in it, have a grill something dead ..... It's a sickness I swear.

Maybe go for something like indoor crazy golf - Me and my hubby went on a date there recently (in Lpool 1 mind) and it was ACE.

why dont ye have a treat day of somesort? like maybe bowling??? or i dunno if your hubby would be up for this but maybe a spa day.... groupon and sites like that have some great vouchers. a day just for the two of ye like. or else do something random and different like i dunno, go paddle boating in the serpentine, go to a really good west end show.... go karting, indoor skiing.... do something youve never done be for for just you and hubby that doesnt revolve around food or drink. itll be fun and u might surprise yourself!

well done on getting this far. big hugs for ya babe x

Some good ideas here. Though crazy golf and bowling arre both completely out - I have less than zero hand-eye coordination. It gets past the point of embarrassingly crap, and into the territory of annoyingly rubbish.

It's our anniversary on the 15th so we'll have to think of something non-foody for then.

Hi good luck hope your still doing ok, I found with water that I'd buy an evian bottle and then before each shake make myself finish a bottle first, I am using the tetra pack they are so much easier to deal with and tbh I usually finish them within a minute or less as I don't like anything CD do but using them as fuel.

Keep it up and it'll start paying off - when you get the first weight loss hopefully that is going to spur you on.

I do small targets and have little treats like nails or make up....nothing expensive as the CD it costly enough but just something for me. I sometimes pop into doing SSplus but only when its a night out or I am desperate but the trick is to get straight back to it the next day.

Keep it up!

Yes - i'm all about the treats. Just sticking to it means I deserve rewards, i reckon.

 

[losemenow]

set urself a reward for each week. last week i bought a top and necklace. this week ive ordered a lovely costume for the fancy dress. next week im gonna buy my new glasses. its important that you dont feel that ur missing out during this xx

 

[spangles]

So am at my friend's house for the weekend. Two and a half hours' drive to get here, plus a ten min walk earlier, and sitting outside til it started getting cold... Seem to have led to me feeling more awful now, on the evening of day five, than I have at any point so far. Utterly knackered, feeling the cold and a banging headache.

And I can tell that my lovely, supportive friends are thinking that this diet is crazy and is going to make me ill.

 

[Sapphireblue]

Maybe as it's not so hot, you haven't had enough water? Plus you're probably feeling cold due to less insulation, which is a good thing!

 

[bettiesrevenge]

No no, the cold - is a by product of ketosis! Sounds like the keto fairy has arrived, now you must drink a gallon of water (well about 3 litres!), because high levels of ketones in the blood, thats what causes the headache of doom too...brilliant news though

 

[spangles]

Oh that is good news. Another headache this afternoon too... I have been drinking about two and a half litres a day but will easily up that. Yay, ketosis!

 

[spangles]

Felt fine yesterday, but today I'm hungry. I don't fancy any food but I feel empty.

 

[losemenow]

Felt fine yesterday, but today I'm hungry. I don't fancy any food but I feel empty.

Hi lady, busy weekend so only really on now. Hope youre feeling better. i found that too i felt like this, i put it down to being so used to having food in our lives that its a withdrawal symptom and you almost feel a bit deprived. it passes tho, its just part of it i suppose, hope youre feeling better today. its sunny in london

have a good day x

 

[spangles]

Today is not a good day. despite this being day eight, I don't weigh in til tomorrow afternoon... but ny my scales I've only lost 5 or 6 pounds. I'm completely gutted. I've been so strict with myself. Obviously in a normal week i'd be made up, over the moon etc - but in week one that seems like a kick in the teeth, tbh.