Now that I have been on Exante for 3 weeks, and can see that it is working, I have been in the right frame of mind to look at some more recent photos that had (sneakily) been taken of me by DH, on our week away in Devon 4 weeks ago. Although I had seen them briefly after they were taken, I wasn't able to do anymore than that because I knew I would be mortified by what I saw, and needed to be doing something about it before I could 'study' them. I am so glad I am this far into the diet now and that therefore the pictures are more bearable. Now I don't know about anyone else here, but I love taking photos. I take my camera everywhere, just incase a lovely scene presents itself, or some quirky or imaginative thing comes up (indeed I am really looking forward to taking lots of pics this weekend in London). However, it really annoys DH when I am feeling crap about my weight, because it curtails what pictures I will allow him to take with me in them. When I lost 4 stone previously on CD, I loved having my picture taken and we have some gorgeous ones of the 2 of us taken with a 'go-gadget' arm, or with the timer. Apparently this time I've lost the weight and am happy with my own image, the DH will pay for us to have a nice one done by a proper photographer as a reward for having stuck with it - I better make sure I do then!
Another reason I am happy to be 3 weeks in is that, when you start, you long to be past the first week and actually seeing and feeling results. I spent the first week paranoid as to whether it was working properly for me, or whether something had changed this time and it would all be in vain. It's all good, working well and I am even more committed now than I was when I started, and I was soooooo committed then!
I really want to do this right but I havnt even started yet!
