hi catssseyes, welcome on board. It's been a bit quiet on here lately (hello Gem!) so I'm not saying no to anybody. Three newbies, me and Gem (who are really going for it, aren't we!) and then Linda or Jayne popping on will be great -- although both have offered to stand down if neebe.
What's your name catssseyes? Are you Sole Sourcing. Glad to hear you've got through day one. Good luck on your restart and come on here as much as you can, it really helps keeps us all focused.
No reason why you can't get weighed on Wed even though it won't be a full week. I'm sure there will still be a little loss. But if you would rather wait and get a bigger surprise the following week, that's fine too. Do what feels right for you, always.
And so to Gem! HELLO. So glad to see you back. I had sort of guessed that all was not well because of your silence. All is forgiven as always, I know it's so hard to get your mojo back. Wish we could go out and buy a box of it sometimes. How many days did you do? Surely your next aim is to get past the point you buckled last time, and then build on that. What I have learned is, and here are my top three tips:
1. Log on to this thread every day, at least once. It really does help to report in.
2. Take one day at a time. Forget the big goal. Each morning your only goal is to have a perfect CD day. As I have admitted, I had taken to doing a perfect CD day and then having a bar of you know what in the evening, and my weight loss had s-l-o-w-e-d to a flipping halt. Got so fed up with it so after seeing my CDC on Tuesday (cos of half term, usually a Wed) I had a firm chat with myself and banned the sweet stuff. Tuesday evening was soooo hard, Wednesday hard again, but Thursday was OK, and tonight I had to go to Asda to get sparklers for my niece and I very nervous as I walked up but to my surprise I found I didn't feel like having any. The thought of eating even made me feel a little bit queasy! OMG! Have I cracked my chocolate addiction???? I even picked up a Ripple in the shop while waiting to be served. Worked out the calories (about 172cals coz they don't put it on per bar) and put it back again! THEN, an hour later, I was told more kidz were coming to her Halloween party so I had to go back up and buy more sparklers. And I still didn't crack! Yay!
3. And lastly, drink as much water as you can. Always have a glass handy and finish one every time you think of it. I have found that my best losses are when I manage about 3 litres over a day, especially in a hot country. I lost 5lbs back in April when I was in Egypt!
Hope all this waffle helps someone. Hang in there Gem. Going up to my sister's tomorrow for said Halloween party but will try and log on there and say hello.
night all,
Frances x