RTM Day 1
Well, cannot believe the day is finally here, my first meal approaches in a matter of hours. It is very hard to describe quite how I feel. Part of me is very excited and looking forward to eating and chewing and tasting food. The other part of me is totally bricking it!!! How will I feel after it all, both physically and mentally? One of my biggest fears is that once I start to eat, I just won’t stop. I also really fear putting on the weight I have just lost. I really am starting to love my skinny body, even with it’s lumps and bumps and little wobbly bits. No way am I going to allow this to be taken from me, by myself. My sister, who has been on a similar VLCD has also decided to start maintenance today. The programme her diet offers does not have a very long RTM and it is not as broken down as LL is. She has decided to basically follow what I am doing. So many long discussions on what the first meal will be. We are up in Scotland in the Highlands at the moment on holiday. Very beautiful and oh boy, I really do want some seafood or fresh fish whilst up here. I have decided, however, to put that on hold, until day 3 when I can have lemon. Never having been a massive fish eater before. So the big toss up for tonight, was it chicken, or the hot smoked salmon or smoked mackerel I had brought up with me, or the fat free cottage cheese? Eventually we decided on the chicken, 2 tiny breast fillets each, just done with salt and pepper. Dry fried and then finished with water to keep it nice and moist.
We made it a really special event, laid the table, put on some flowers and candles, had music. Mom and Dad took pictures of the “first bite”.
I really did eat slowly. It probably took about 40 minutes all in all, but it was such a strange sensation – wonderful and terrifying. I made a point of eating very slowly, chewing well, putting my knife and fork down between each bite and really trying to notice how my body was feeling. I do feel full. I guess my stomach is not used to it. Hope I feel ok later. But, so far, so good. I have heard lots of people do feel physically unwell after the first meal. Not quite sure what I have planned for tomorrow, food wise, but have taken pictures and will post then when I get online ( this is all being done on in a word doc format for later posting)
I am going to try now and do some of the RTM week one work from the book.
Jez
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