Today is day 3 and so far so good. I might be having too many Jarrah Choc D'Lites, but I'm having them without milk so thats my justification and I'm sticking to it (and they're only 46cals WITH milk so it cant be too bad - right?)
We went to a farmers market this morning, one that we hadn't been to before and on the way I was so excited about taste testing lots of different home-made goodies that are locally made. But of course when I got there I realised that you have to have carbs to taste test these things. Bread with the olive oil, crackers with the chutneys, bikkies for the dips... carb-carb-carb! So - I amazed myself and I didnt taste at all :) I looked, and I smelt and the aromas - wow - delicious! I'm still amazed that I didnt succumb to actually tasting.
The diet is going well. The shakes are mostly terrible, so I'm doing things with them. Today I turned my lunch time shake into cookies which was easy and tasty. I'm filling up on lots of allowable vege which is great, but I just have to learn some new easy, quick snack recipes.
For dinner I made these bread-like things called "oopsie bread." They are amazing! Egg, cream of tartar and philly cream cheese. And thats it! I didnt have any cream of tartar though, so I used lemon juice instead (twice quantity) and it was fantastic! I filled it up with lettuce, tomato and the chicken&vege mince that I made the family for dinner. Nom nom nom!!
This week is going to be hard. Hubby is going away for the week, so I wont be accountable to anyone. This will be my REAL test. I'm thinking of seeing how it goes, and if I feel strong enough I'll continue with my current shakes plan - but if I dont feel up to it I might think about switching to Lite'n Easy instead. But I'll see.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Another Day One
This morning, straight after I dropped the kidlets off to little school, off I trotted to the chemist to begin my new shakes-based diet. I have NEVER done anything quite this drastic. In fact, the last few months I've been endeavouring to remove all products with 'numbers' in them from my pantry - I'd say a good 90% of my pantry was numbers-free! Until I bought the shakes. Oh dear.
Something tells me that maybe its worth the sacrifice. The kids wont be eating any more numbers, so thats something - right?
Anyway - I bought enough shakes, soups and bars to last a week. I also had to get multi vitamins, fibre powder and chromium which apparently helps to boost the metabolism. I hopped on the forum that is run by the manufacturer, and there seems to be a lot of positivity and optimism. And HEAPS of recipe ideas with new ways to use the shakes which is great.
I had my weigh in and will do so every Friday. This morning when I hopped on the scales at home (naked after emptying bladder) I weighed 108.1kg, but the scales at the chemist read 110kg.
I have some diet jelly in the fridge (can apparently have as much as I like!) and have sugar-free lollies at hand.
Here we go!
Something tells me that maybe its worth the sacrifice. The kids wont be eating any more numbers, so thats something - right?
Anyway - I bought enough shakes, soups and bars to last a week. I also had to get multi vitamins, fibre powder and chromium which apparently helps to boost the metabolism. I hopped on the forum that is run by the manufacturer, and there seems to be a lot of positivity and optimism. And HEAPS of recipe ideas with new ways to use the shakes which is great.
I had my weigh in and will do so every Friday. This morning when I hopped on the scales at home (naked after emptying bladder) I weighed 108.1kg, but the scales at the chemist read 110kg.
I have some diet jelly in the fridge (can apparently have as much as I like!) and have sugar-free lollies at hand.
Here we go!
So I fell off the wagon... for 5 months...
And here I am - again. Such a merry go round that this is.
This time I'm going to expect LESS of myself, and give LESS of myself. I know that seems weird right. And it probably is. But unless I stop having such high expectations of myself then I'm continually going to disappoint myself.
I'm going to the chemist tomorrow to begin a shake diet. I have never done one before. I have always swore I WOULDN'T do one. But here I am - desperate. Plus husband is going away for a while and I think I need more help and support than I have been willing to admit. I am a little concerned about what meals I will be cooking during husbands absence that will be suitable for both me and the kidlets to eat - guess I'll be doing a lot of bulk-cooking and bulk-freezing to make it easier on myself.
I also want to see a hypnotherapist. Not to lose weight, but to deal with emotional eating problems.
Oh and I want to ban myself from going to that petrol station who gave me not one, but TWO free chocolate bars today (just for being a good customer - apparantly!)
I'm currently sitting on 107.7kg - so I'm at my goal weight that I set back in.. January? Hmmm. Nice that I finally reached the goal I suppose - but I do want to lose more than 1kg a month. Shall weigh in tomorrow (no doubt I'll be more than that fully clothed) and begin my new shake diet (and maybe my new life) promptly.
Til then - here is fatty, signing out.
This time I'm going to expect LESS of myself, and give LESS of myself. I know that seems weird right. And it probably is. But unless I stop having such high expectations of myself then I'm continually going to disappoint myself.
I'm going to the chemist tomorrow to begin a shake diet. I have never done one before. I have always swore I WOULDN'T do one. But here I am - desperate. Plus husband is going away for a while and I think I need more help and support than I have been willing to admit. I am a little concerned about what meals I will be cooking during husbands absence that will be suitable for both me and the kidlets to eat - guess I'll be doing a lot of bulk-cooking and bulk-freezing to make it easier on myself.
I also want to see a hypnotherapist. Not to lose weight, but to deal with emotional eating problems.
Oh and I want to ban myself from going to that petrol station who gave me not one, but TWO free chocolate bars today (just for being a good customer - apparantly!)
I'm currently sitting on 107.7kg - so I'm at my goal weight that I set back in.. January? Hmmm. Nice that I finally reached the goal I suppose - but I do want to lose more than 1kg a month. Shall weigh in tomorrow (no doubt I'll be more than that fully clothed) and begin my new shake diet (and maybe my new life) promptly.
Til then - here is fatty, signing out.
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