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I started following TS properly this time after struggling to cope with doing it at home over Summer as my mother proved to be too much of a diet saboteur. I started keeping a diary on my computer but I figured I would share it here as this seems like a great place to get support from other like minded people.
So:
Day One ~ Putting it off until tomorrow (a mission statement):
Due to the fact that I only moved into my new uni house yesterday and I’m yet to go out to the shops to track down a notepad, I’ve decided to start writing down on my computer about the fact that I’m starting properly on the Exante diet tomorrow (partially because I can’t afford to buy any food, lol). I thought I could use this to set some goals for myself. I don’t want to be unrealistic as I know that there’s no way I can be a size 12 by Christmas. The biggest thing I’m hoping to achieve is simply being able to stick to the diet regardless of any weight I lose. I’ll admit that the last 12 months were quite possibly the most depressing days of my life so far and as a consequence I gained about three stone. I want this academic year to be a complete contrast to the last year. I want to lose weight. I want to excel myself academically, get out of bed before midday and have the best damn time that I can. I’m 20 years old, I live quite a privileged life and I am fortunate enough to have super supportive friends and family who want me to be happy. So, here’s to the next twelve months.
Day two:
Well, I’m at breakfast on day 2. Not experiencing much of a problem physically so far apart from feeling a little light headed. No headaches, stomach pain, intense hunger etc. The only thing that is happening (and this happened to me when I followed Exante for a week over Summer) is that I seem to be constantly thinking about food and eating. I’m not sure how long it’s going to take me to stop having these thoughts but I hope they don’t last the whole time I’m on this diet or it’s going to make it super hard! Having read through a couple of threads on internet forums, I am of the understanding that major food cravings should start to dissipate after the first week or so but that’s not to say that they’ll leave me entirely.
Following this diet here in Plymouth should be a little easier for me to stick to because I can’t cheat if I don’t go out and buy food, it’s as simple as that. At home obviously my parents aren’t following the diet so there’s always going to be food kicking about. I don’t know how people manage to do it when they’ve got families with children and other halves to feed! It must be an absolute nightmare. All I am pushing myself to think at the moment is that if they can do it then so can I! It’s fine at the moment as I’ve tucked myself away in my room and so I’m not having to watch people going back and forth from the kitchen with food but when I go into uni it’s going to be hard to watch people going to the canteen even just for coffee and a biscuit! I will just have to make sure I always have bottled water with me and just keep reminding myself why I’m doing this and what I can achieve if I put my mind to it.
Day three:
Nom nom. Chocolate milkshake. I can’t tell if this stuff is actually delicious or if everything just seems about as appetising as it can possibly be at the moment. Seriously. I pulled out a can of chilli soup from one of my packing boxes today and even that looked so wonderfully delectable. Perhaps I’m just craving savoury. Who knows?
Anyway, day three is here and happily I’m still not feeling a great deal of physical effects. I had a little bit of a grumbly tummy this afternoon but I sated myself by having a bar and to be honest I’m feeling pretty ok. No headaches, nothing! I feel pretty grateful in a way because I’ve read about other people getting some really bad side-effects from vlcd in the first few days. Hopefully I haven’t jinxed myself and I’m not in for a torrent of pain tomorrow.
I’ve worked it all out and all told if I carry this diet on for 74 days then on the 75th day it will be my 21st birthday and I think I may break the spell on this occasion. I don’t want to remember my 21st as the one where I didn’t eat any food or drink any alcohol. That said, I may have a change of heart and simply arrange a party for when I go home from uni for Christmas. We’ll see! If I get a job over the Christmas period then I may not feel like/be able to party hard anyway so I may decide to just have a nice birthday-y day and just keep up my hard work. Time will tell. :] It might be an idea if I feel as though I can trust myself to be sensible about what I'm eating. Not sure if it's wise to go from very few calories a day to a complete blow out but I'll research that a little more nearer the time.
I started following TS properly this time after struggling to cope with doing it at home over Summer as my mother proved to be too much of a diet saboteur. I started keeping a diary on my computer but I figured I would share it here as this seems like a great place to get support from other like minded people.
So:
Day One ~ Putting it off until tomorrow (a mission statement):
Due to the fact that I only moved into my new uni house yesterday and I’m yet to go out to the shops to track down a notepad, I’ve decided to start writing down on my computer about the fact that I’m starting properly on the Exante diet tomorrow (partially because I can’t afford to buy any food, lol). I thought I could use this to set some goals for myself. I don’t want to be unrealistic as I know that there’s no way I can be a size 12 by Christmas. The biggest thing I’m hoping to achieve is simply being able to stick to the diet regardless of any weight I lose. I’ll admit that the last 12 months were quite possibly the most depressing days of my life so far and as a consequence I gained about three stone. I want this academic year to be a complete contrast to the last year. I want to lose weight. I want to excel myself academically, get out of bed before midday and have the best damn time that I can. I’m 20 years old, I live quite a privileged life and I am fortunate enough to have super supportive friends and family who want me to be happy. So, here’s to the next twelve months.
Day two:
Well, I’m at breakfast on day 2. Not experiencing much of a problem physically so far apart from feeling a little light headed. No headaches, stomach pain, intense hunger etc. The only thing that is happening (and this happened to me when I followed Exante for a week over Summer) is that I seem to be constantly thinking about food and eating. I’m not sure how long it’s going to take me to stop having these thoughts but I hope they don’t last the whole time I’m on this diet or it’s going to make it super hard! Having read through a couple of threads on internet forums, I am of the understanding that major food cravings should start to dissipate after the first week or so but that’s not to say that they’ll leave me entirely.
Following this diet here in Plymouth should be a little easier for me to stick to because I can’t cheat if I don’t go out and buy food, it’s as simple as that. At home obviously my parents aren’t following the diet so there’s always going to be food kicking about. I don’t know how people manage to do it when they’ve got families with children and other halves to feed! It must be an absolute nightmare. All I am pushing myself to think at the moment is that if they can do it then so can I! It’s fine at the moment as I’ve tucked myself away in my room and so I’m not having to watch people going back and forth from the kitchen with food but when I go into uni it’s going to be hard to watch people going to the canteen even just for coffee and a biscuit! I will just have to make sure I always have bottled water with me and just keep reminding myself why I’m doing this and what I can achieve if I put my mind to it.
Day three:
Nom nom. Chocolate milkshake. I can’t tell if this stuff is actually delicious or if everything just seems about as appetising as it can possibly be at the moment. Seriously. I pulled out a can of chilli soup from one of my packing boxes today and even that looked so wonderfully delectable. Perhaps I’m just craving savoury. Who knows?
Anyway, day three is here and happily I’m still not feeling a great deal of physical effects. I had a little bit of a grumbly tummy this afternoon but I sated myself by having a bar and to be honest I’m feeling pretty ok. No headaches, nothing! I feel pretty grateful in a way because I’ve read about other people getting some really bad side-effects from vlcd in the first few days. Hopefully I haven’t jinxed myself and I’m not in for a torrent of pain tomorrow.
I’ve worked it all out and all told if I carry this diet on for 74 days then on the 75th day it will be my 21st birthday and I think I may break the spell on this occasion. I don’t want to remember my 21st as the one where I didn’t eat any food or drink any alcohol. That said, I may have a change of heart and simply arrange a party for when I go home from uni for Christmas. We’ll see! If I get a job over the Christmas period then I may not feel like/be able to party hard anyway so I may decide to just have a nice birthday-y day and just keep up my hard work. Time will tell. :] It might be an idea if I feel as though I can trust myself to be sensible about what I'm eating. Not sure if it's wise to go from very few calories a day to a complete blow out but I'll research that a little more nearer the time.