westiegirl
Gold Member
Yesterday was a very bad day for me, in lots of ways (not diet related) and as I have been picking at food for a week or so, it was no biggie for me to justify to myself eating food and drinking wine.
The thing is that last night I had a bit of a think and I really looked at things from the other side. I am usually thinking in terms of what I want to achieve by doing this but last night I received a wake up call about what this is actually costing me by messing about.
So here are costs I have been considering:
1. Financial
The initial costs of doing LL and get to goal for me were £1584 for food packs, plus all the extras I purchased such as water flavourings.
It is exactly a year since I moved back to Wales and since then I have spent approximately £2940 on VLCDs. Crikey!!! Sh!t and B*gger!!!!.
For all that money I am still 3 and a half stone overweight, so if I follow the program properly it is still going to cost me over £500 to get to goal!!!
I have scared myself silly by the financial implications!!!
The thing is that I am so upset because I have something that I want very badly at the moment but don't have ready cash to hand to implement it as soon as I would like. I should be able to get things going shortly but whilst you should never have regrets, it's not easy to think about the if onlies in terms of money I could have saved.
2. Clothing
I was ironing today and I was fantasising about all the lovely clothes that I have in suitcases that are too small for me. There are some lovely items that made me feel so special when I wore them last year. Today they are gathering dust and I am making do with baggy black items again (most of which I have had to buy - again another financial implication). The cost is making do and lacking confidence in my current outfits.
3. Health
Surely I can not be doing my body any good by going into and coming out of ketosis all the time. What will be the long term implications if I don't just get this over and done with? Who knows what effect it is having on my body and I really don't want to be finding out!!!!
So know having scared myself sh!tless I will print this off and read it as a reminder every time I want to eat!
Today I have had a pack, 2 litres of water and some coffee. I can do this, I know I can!!!
The thing is that last night I had a bit of a think and I really looked at things from the other side. I am usually thinking in terms of what I want to achieve by doing this but last night I received a wake up call about what this is actually costing me by messing about.
So here are costs I have been considering:
1. Financial
The initial costs of doing LL and get to goal for me were £1584 for food packs, plus all the extras I purchased such as water flavourings.
It is exactly a year since I moved back to Wales and since then I have spent approximately £2940 on VLCDs. Crikey!!! Sh!t and B*gger!!!!.
For all that money I am still 3 and a half stone overweight, so if I follow the program properly it is still going to cost me over £500 to get to goal!!!
I have scared myself silly by the financial implications!!!
The thing is that I am so upset because I have something that I want very badly at the moment but don't have ready cash to hand to implement it as soon as I would like. I should be able to get things going shortly but whilst you should never have regrets, it's not easy to think about the if onlies in terms of money I could have saved.
2. Clothing
I was ironing today and I was fantasising about all the lovely clothes that I have in suitcases that are too small for me. There are some lovely items that made me feel so special when I wore them last year. Today they are gathering dust and I am making do with baggy black items again (most of which I have had to buy - again another financial implication). The cost is making do and lacking confidence in my current outfits.
3. Health
Surely I can not be doing my body any good by going into and coming out of ketosis all the time. What will be the long term implications if I don't just get this over and done with? Who knows what effect it is having on my body and I really don't want to be finding out!!!!
So know having scared myself sh!tless I will print this off and read it as a reminder every time I want to eat!
Today I have had a pack, 2 litres of water and some coffee. I can do this, I know I can!!!