Well thank you everyone for the lovely supportive suggestions in my previous thread! I am on Day 5 now and it's going OK. I am hoping to lose 6.8 stone (95 pounds; 43kg) which I know is achievable, to get to my goal BMI of 23. I am worried this will make me look a bit too skinny (I'm big anyway - 12 lb 10 oz at birth), so as I approach it, I may well modify it.
I had a Pop-in yesterday and have lost 6 pounds in 3.5 days, so that was REALLY encouraging.
I have been finding it difficult, but not unbearable, and I know I'm nearly through the worst bits. I can honestly say I haven't been physically hungry AT ALL, which has been fantastic, so much so in fact, that I'm having to consciously take my four food packs a day. The food packs are fine. The vegetable and chicken soups are a bit bland, but mushroom and thai chilli are very good. The shakes are DELICIOUS, especially made in my blender with a whole tray of ice and a bit of hot water. I am looking forward to the bars on my meeting on Monday - I need something to chew on! However, I am finding being without food difficult in a habitual way, and all my distraction techniques I had planned previously involved simultaneous snacking (for example watching DVDs and reading books), so they're hard to do at the mo.
I am also very guilty of thinking too 'long term' and am having thoughts like 'how can I not eat between now and Christmas' which are really getting me down. These thoughts, and the habitual cravings are the worst part. I am attempting the 'every day at a time' attitude, which is really the way forward, but at the moment, it's not second nature. I feel like a drug addict!
The other thing I am worried about it Christmas and the holiday time. I am going to Thailand for 10 days before Christmas (I have a long university holiday so am making the most of it) and will be staying with a friend. How am I going to cope in Thailand on this diet? I'm worried I'm going to ruin the holiday if I can't enjoy the local food. And then it's Christmas with my family, where food=love for my Mum. I might have lost enough weight by then so will feel great seeing my relatives and friends, but how will I keep it off/continue losing over the festive time?
Argh! Long term thinking again!
Any ideas?!
John
PS: Anyone got any ideas how I can include a quote as well as a ticker in my sig?
I had a Pop-in yesterday and have lost 6 pounds in 3.5 days, so that was REALLY encouraging.
I have been finding it difficult, but not unbearable, and I know I'm nearly through the worst bits. I can honestly say I haven't been physically hungry AT ALL, which has been fantastic, so much so in fact, that I'm having to consciously take my four food packs a day. The food packs are fine. The vegetable and chicken soups are a bit bland, but mushroom and thai chilli are very good. The shakes are DELICIOUS, especially made in my blender with a whole tray of ice and a bit of hot water. I am looking forward to the bars on my meeting on Monday - I need something to chew on! However, I am finding being without food difficult in a habitual way, and all my distraction techniques I had planned previously involved simultaneous snacking (for example watching DVDs and reading books), so they're hard to do at the mo.
I am also very guilty of thinking too 'long term' and am having thoughts like 'how can I not eat between now and Christmas' which are really getting me down. These thoughts, and the habitual cravings are the worst part. I am attempting the 'every day at a time' attitude, which is really the way forward, but at the moment, it's not second nature. I feel like a drug addict!
The other thing I am worried about it Christmas and the holiday time. I am going to Thailand for 10 days before Christmas (I have a long university holiday so am making the most of it) and will be staying with a friend. How am I going to cope in Thailand on this diet? I'm worried I'm going to ruin the holiday if I can't enjoy the local food. And then it's Christmas with my family, where food=love for my Mum. I might have lost enough weight by then so will feel great seeing my relatives and friends, but how will I keep it off/continue losing over the festive time?
Argh! Long term thinking again!
Any ideas?!
John
PS: Anyone got any ideas how I can include a quote as well as a ticker in my sig?