Hello fellow LL'ers
Hope everyone is doing well out there with keeping on track!
Just wondering if anyone out there can remind me of some good excuses to avoid eating tomorrow please. I have friends coming over for dinner and will have been in abstinence for only 3 days. I lost 3 1/2 stone in LL Foundation this time last year and have regained 1 stone since March and am going back to LL returners to lose my regain plus another 2 stone to get my BMI under 25 as I had originally intended.
I am going to my first LL returners class on Tuesday evening but wanted to get a headstart on tackling the festive excesses so started SSing from last Thursday and am remembering all the great advantages of abstinence (seriously):
- more energy (= tidier flat)
- not feeling thirsty all the time (must drink lamentably little water when not on LL - something I do notice and try and tackle when not in abstinence but not enough obviously)
- clearer skin (already the water works to plump out a few wrinkles and prevent blemishes - I think so anyway and if I think so surely that's all the counts! So long as it keeps me drinking the water)
- a sense of being back in control not just in relation to my weight but a general sense
- more attention to my appearance (doing my nails, having nice baths, making beauty appointments)
- better sleep
Anyway - so despite all this 'loving it' attitude, I have two old friends coming round to dinner tomorrow. When I did LL Foundation I told very few people I was doing it, not out of shame, just to remain focused I knew I had to not be talking about it all the time or have people asking me about it all the time. Easier to do because I was in a great group who were very supportive of one another and we emailed and spoke in between classes. Although most of my friends now know how I lost the weight (and have indeed now been on LL, one of them having lost an amazing 5 stone!) - not these two friends. And I don't want to tell them.
Sooooo....I think I'm okay with the cooking for them - but how do I explain why I'm not eating? Please remind me of some tips to get away with not eating while not making it a big deal or how you've tackled similar situations e.g. what to cook (something I don't like...I'm thinking there's no food I wouldn't eat at the moment so this isn't helping), how to serve the food (e.g. not at a dinner table, try and be more informal but will seem odd with just the 3 of us to do a buffet style lunch), if I have to eat, eat only protein (bad idea but better to be controlled with a Plan B)
Any, any, any ideas welcomed!
Thanks in advance for any replies
Happy New Year
Gx
Hope everyone is doing well out there with keeping on track!
Just wondering if anyone out there can remind me of some good excuses to avoid eating tomorrow please. I have friends coming over for dinner and will have been in abstinence for only 3 days. I lost 3 1/2 stone in LL Foundation this time last year and have regained 1 stone since March and am going back to LL returners to lose my regain plus another 2 stone to get my BMI under 25 as I had originally intended.
I am going to my first LL returners class on Tuesday evening but wanted to get a headstart on tackling the festive excesses so started SSing from last Thursday and am remembering all the great advantages of abstinence (seriously):
- more energy (= tidier flat)
- not feeling thirsty all the time (must drink lamentably little water when not on LL - something I do notice and try and tackle when not in abstinence but not enough obviously)
- clearer skin (already the water works to plump out a few wrinkles and prevent blemishes - I think so anyway and if I think so surely that's all the counts! So long as it keeps me drinking the water)
- a sense of being back in control not just in relation to my weight but a general sense
- more attention to my appearance (doing my nails, having nice baths, making beauty appointments)
- better sleep
Anyway - so despite all this 'loving it' attitude, I have two old friends coming round to dinner tomorrow. When I did LL Foundation I told very few people I was doing it, not out of shame, just to remain focused I knew I had to not be talking about it all the time or have people asking me about it all the time. Easier to do because I was in a great group who were very supportive of one another and we emailed and spoke in between classes. Although most of my friends now know how I lost the weight (and have indeed now been on LL, one of them having lost an amazing 5 stone!) - not these two friends. And I don't want to tell them.
Sooooo....I think I'm okay with the cooking for them - but how do I explain why I'm not eating? Please remind me of some tips to get away with not eating while not making it a big deal or how you've tackled similar situations e.g. what to cook (something I don't like...I'm thinking there's no food I wouldn't eat at the moment so this isn't helping), how to serve the food (e.g. not at a dinner table, try and be more informal but will seem odd with just the 3 of us to do a buffet style lunch), if I have to eat, eat only protein (bad idea but better to be controlled with a Plan B)
Any, any, any ideas welcomed!
Thanks in advance for any replies
Happy New Year
Gx