Hi Shirley, yeah, those who said it gets easier are not telling the truth. Fortunately I have not caved in but thanks to you yesterday I did not. It was the 1st day I have really struggled and I guess that type of day will happen again, but I can honestly say I do not want it to happen again as it was just horrible, but I know it will.
We are only human and get tempted, with regards to eating, in almost everything we do, smell and see. If it's not walking past a KFC it's watching food on TV. If it's not smelling cooking at home it's watching people eating at work. If it's not sitting on the beach watching someone eating an ice cream it's hearing the ice cream truck coming round 3 times a day.
We are on the most extreme of diets, other than just starving, and we chose this. We took the 1st step to better our appearance and just for that reason we owe it to ourselves to see it through.
Shirley you have shown how strong you are, you do not give yourself enough praise, yes you faltered but you got back and started again, I can honestly tell you that I doubt I would have been able to do that, so you have shown that you can do this.
I find that focusing on the end goal and not wanting to let everyone, and myself, down and that gets me through the day. I also could never give those who think this is a bad diet the pleasure of telling me " I told you so", and I have those at work who would. No Shirley, we are doing this for ourselves, number one we are, and like I said before we owe to ourselves.
Shirley you are a pillar of strength on this forum as I am sure you are for those who know you and it is now time to be a pillar of strength for yourself, praise yourself, give yourself credit and accept praise when given.
Hang in there Shirley, I for one would be gutted if you caved in for good.