Beelishy's VLCD Weight Loss Adventure!!

Phew. Knackered already and its only 10:34 !!

So far Ive had my breakfast and 2 pints of water. Ive cleaned the entire kitchen and bathroom. And bed clothes are in the dryer, nearly ready to be put back on the bed. I have the bedroom and sitting rooms to still do and also, some more laundry. I need to clean the fridge too. but Im taking a break to rest for a few and also in the hopes asda will come during my break and i can get that done, too.

im still in a huff with hubby. i had intended to surprise him with a trip to morrisons to pick out a cut of meat or somethinf special for dinner tonigth for fathers day. but thats obvs not happening today now. and its his own damned fault.
 
how did the rest of the day go? I had a Father's Day FAIL as I hit the choc that I bought for him (haha love him no wonder he's thin and I'm fat!) He also broke a filling off on a giant strawb that I got him - see sweets are bad for you!!

tummy ache and feel sick today BOO
 
it was fine but have been MEGA stressed and so so so busy today. only just sitting NOW and its 11:35 - and only stopping to order contacts from tescos before i forget AGAIN. am desperate. only 1 right lens left! !!!

huge drama with tabbys birth cert. didnt know we needed them til last night (somehow overlooked that requirement on the documents checklist) and couldnt find her long-form last night. so i had to go our local registrars office to get it same day..only she was born in newcastle not north tyneside...so for expedite requests i have go through newcastle office...and that means a 40 min bus ride and a bunchof extra hassle. i only just made it within the cut off time of 11am. so i got the order in over the phone (standing outside the north tyneside office) and then had to rush to docs for my b12 jab. made it with 5 mins to spare. then to asda for tabbys pull-ups (still not completely dry through the nights) and then to the bank....***** wept. forget about eating..if i keep rushing around like this i will be thin as a rake. or dead.

anyway. so i have to head to newcastle to collect that birth cert....will be ready after 3. so decided to come home...get the girls a snack and a chill for 5 mins while i order my contact lenses and have a wee. and then possibly a nap for zoe..then get the bus into newcastle around 1:30ish - girls (well, tabby) requested chips at McDs. After all the nonstop running around shes done...she deserves it. So gonna get them late lunch and then collect the form and get home...cook dinner, do the dishes...AND COLLAPSE.
 
Oh my God stressful!!! Had to lol about going home for a wee :)

How difficult everything is without a car I couldn't cope!!!

That reminds me I really need contact lenses before hols...do I put that on the credit card hmmmm....

Enjoy the rest of your day don't forget your packs!! Get them down ya :)
 
HI! Im baaackkk.

Weight? No idea. You see, sadly, I dont own a set of CATTLE SCALES!! I just completely have been like "who cares! eat all the fooood!!!" for days. No, weeks! Must stop. Im actually in that same sorta....post-christmas "omg, i hate food, can someone hand me a salad please?" kinda mood. Which is good. So...we got back from london late last night and didnt have time to scoff the cakes from patisserie valerie (!!!!!!) so will have those tonight. And tomorrow....its "HELLO VLCD, how've you been. Can I hop on, please??!" lol. Sick sick sick. Sick of food. Of feeling like crap. If being my old self again with no control. Sick. Wtf did I do all of this for, FOR SO LONG....have i really learnt nothing?! I guess I have...because the old me wouldnt care. Id just go out and buy the next size up in pants etc. But really. Im just..disgusted.

So. London.

Was stressful. I love London for what it is. Its an amazing and gorgeous place and an ugly place and a place unlike any other. Its great for retired people, students, people without kids. But schleping around with 2 kids under 5 IS NOT FUN, NOT AT ALL. lol. Im exhausted. Anyway. The interview went great and we got approved. WITH A CONDITION. And that condition is a challenging little fkr. *sigh* We have to provide my sister's passport (shes never had one) or birth certificate (she's LOST it). (!!!) As she is our "financial joint sponsor " (basically, because neither of us would have jobs when we got there, and we have no assets..house to sell...etc...we have to have a financial sponsor who met certain criteria and agreed to sign a form....my sister was like "sure, whatever") we have to provide proof that she is a US citizen. You would think....or at least I THINK...that a major government office of the USA would easily have access to this information. But no. Apparently, if she'd had a passport they could look it up by her social security number but because she hasnt...they cant. This seems like just an extra hoop for us to jump through. Which wouldnt be a major thing, but my irresponsible sister has, of course, lost her birth certificate. And ordering another from Los Angeles county is NOT simple. Even if youre IN the country. Nevermind if youre not. So I have to ring up one of the offices and explain everything and PRAY TO THE GOD OF "PLEASEDONTMAKETHISANYMORERIDICULOUSLYDIFFICULTTHANITSALEADYBEEN"-ness that whoever answers my call is sympathetic to my sad story. lol. PITY ME, PLEASE!!!, i will beg. hahah. I WILL THROW MONEY AT YOU!! Basically..i just want to order and pay for it and the post costs over the phone and have them express mail it to me, directly. That would be the very best case scenario. Its almost 98% certainly not going to happen that way. So we shall see. I can call then as soon as they open, which is 4:30pm our time. so just under 2 hours to go!

anyway. i guess i will weigh tomorrow. and then it will be up to 5 pancakes and up to 4 boiled eggs per day for a few days...until i get this horrid carb monster under control. its gonna be awful. but im ready.

Im so tired, though. *yawn*
 
How did the phone call go?

Welcome back! Sounds like you're ready to hop back on to the wagon and blitz that fat :) Bet once the water weight has gone you won't be up that much :) you could have another week one 10lb+ loss next week

All sounds positive about the move :)

Enjoy the cake for 'the last supper' :)
 
Hope the call was straightforward. I get just as stressed about this sort of stuff but it will be last weeks problem next week. You have your offer and while you might have to jump through a few hoops you are well on your way.

Hope you can get your mojo back tomorrow. I think that easing back is best. Too much of a shock to go from devil may care to hardcore. Use the feeling of enough is enough and get your head down.
 
Morning, my beauties!

Well...Ive pretty much repeated the Christmas episode. You know, the one where I pretty much went off plan for 2 weeks and gained a stone. Yep. That. 227.2 today. As Clin said...ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Right. Now.

Ive got my coffee and my first pint of water. Eggies are boiling. Feels good to be back (she says after being up for a whole 15 mins) hahaha.

Food today...

UP TO 5 pancakes (but not just eating willy-nilly) and up to 4 eggs. I already have a headache but i think thats dehydration. So Im going to take a couple of ibuprofen and then try to really pound the water. I wont eat just for the sake of it. But I will allow myself extra today if I REALLY need it. Just so long as the extra is in the form of a pack or an egg. Nothing else.

The call:

Well. It was pretty much pointless. She just reiterated what was on their website. That basically the options are -

Sister can collect from their office and get it same day (closest office is a 4 hour drive away - not happening)

OR

Sister can write to them (takes too long, not happening)

OR

Sister can order and pay online and then post them a notarized Certificate of Identification (sister has literally no free time and would possibly EVENTUALLY get around to it but for the most part...not happening)

OR

I can order and pay for it online and send in a notiarized Certificate of Identification.

The problem is, US notary services are sparse here. The only ones I found were in London (including at the Embassy! argh!). It was gonna cost me £97 JUST for train tickets. And its by appointment only and the next availiable wasnt until 8th July. Then we thought of checking the US Consulate in Edinburgh. Thankfully they do it as well. also by appointment but they had appointments next week (too short notice) or the 2nd of july...which we booked. So I have an appointment on the 2nd at 11:30 in Edinburgh to get this thing notarized. But then I have to express mail this to them because I have a week to get them the ID or the cancel the request and I have to call them to resubmit it. So I will place the order the day before to give myself as much time as possible. And Im slightly worried about whether or not it will accept my UK card. But i can only try. So thats where we are with that. And as Edinburgh tickets were MUUUUUCH cheaper...we decided to make a day of it. So we re all going down early and coming home on the 6:30 train.

How is everyone doing?? :)
 
Ooh trip to Edinburgh :) nice! What a faff though!

Ok doing alright, weight UP from yesterday probably delayed carbs from the other fail days this week...going out for dinner tinight but am having steak and salad. This is not the time to be giving up!!!

Glad your headache is almost gone :) check in to let us know about your super successful first day back!!
 
yeah. its so important to see this through, Lou. Your dinner out can be enjoyable but still within the boundaries of plan. I was thinking about nice places to eat in Edinburgh and then i thought...i will just be getting back into the plan...really gaining momentum (i hope!!) and then have an off plan day...or meal even? Why? I should have been at goal months ago. So no. Im going to stick to nandos or places that do protein and salad. And thats that. Im gonna pack a pancake for breakfast. I cant stand the texture of the exante bars anymore..so thats a no-go. but I can take a pancake to have on the train for breakfast. and even possibly one for lunch...or lunch can be salad and same again for dinner. No need to go crazy or ruin my efforts yet again. I always say this and then never actually do it. when we go away..i always just let loose. And I mustnt this time. I must prove to myself that I can do it. So thats the plan.

We can do this. We already have come so so far. :)

Im in good spirits today about it. I feel rather disappointed in myself but its just a weird acceptance and moving forwardness. So yes. My goal now is to be at goal BY my birthday. i cant believe Im even thinking about this still when we're over halfway through the year...but that is what my faffing about has done..and all the more reason to put an end to it RIGHT NOW and get to goal already. So. Thats what im going to do. You can too. You know it. :) xx
 
Didnt take any ibuprofen this morning...but now my headache is creeping back. Bleh. Nap I think. This diet, really, would be so much less difficult without the silly and incredibly unpleasant side effects. Still...I know it works when I work it and stick to it. So...thats what I will do!
 
So far today:

5 pints of water, 3 coffees, 3 eggs, 2 pancakes. Ive made another pancake which is in the fridge and will have a spag bol for dinner later and that'll be me, done for the day. Numbers come in at 1023 cals and 81 carbs. This is obvs higher than is ideal but its a massive difference from what Ive had the last couple of weeks, generally and thats only 4 packs, not the 5 I allowed myself to stretch to. So Im quite pleased with it.
 
stayed perfectly on plan, other than I had about a cup of salad with my spag bol, because it was going spare and you know i hate waste! lol. it was delightful and im happy with it. of course i could eat more...but thats just greediness. Im quite pleasantly full, tbh. Ive had 7 pints of water...1 to go to meet the top end of my goal. And thats a daily goal. I always aim for that much..so it wasnt even a slacked-off goal (unlike my food goals for today). so yay. i will have it a bit later with the last half of pancake. I had half while i was making dinner. it was either that, or pick at their chips. Which i SO wasnt gonna do. So I picked at my pancake in the fridge, instead.

so far, perfect day, i reckon. tomorrow will be the same sorta plan (minus the salad as there is no more!) and then the day after, i will probably drop a pancake..so down to 2 pancakes and a spag bol. or 2 pancakes and 2 chili (i love that the chili has so little carbs compared to the other meals!) ..we'll see. I dont want to get ahead of myself.

I wonder if I will see any glycogen/water weight loss-age tomorrow...hope so...but either way...it'll come off eventually. :) Feeling very positive.
 
Starting to feel a bit crappy now. Hot flash-y and a bit..empty. I dunno how else to describe it. Headache is trying to strengthen but I might finally take those ibuprofen...although I may leave it til nearer the time I go to bed. Slightly light headed. Hopefully this wont get any worse. At least hubby is home the next 2 days so if I do struggle physically (which it seems i very well may) i can just leave him to get on with looking after the girls etc...and i can lay down or do whatever i need to, to get past this part.
 
Ooh carb withdrawal is an absolute *!#@% you poor thing, I totally get the 'empty' feeling I know exactly what you mean

Hope the headache pees off by the morning and well done for steaming through the day, as we know these first few days suck and then it's (almost) a breeze

I've no idea when I might hit goal, I'm being conservative and saying by Christmas...at the moment it's only two stone to lose but after holiday...who knows!!!!

Hang in there honey xxx
 
Morning :)

Day 1 done and dusted and woke up on day 2 to a lovely 5lb loss overnight. 222.0 this morning. Thankyouverymuch.

So today, not much going on. At all. Shopping being delivered between 9-11 this morning....and Im going to try to get hubby to get his friggin guitars cleaned and listed already. We need to get going with stuff (and we need the money!) We are skint-o. Big style. lol. Ive had to borrow from the savings for the visa fee...and then hubby got paid yesterday so i paid it back...but then realized i have credit card bills due within the next week or so...so have re-borrowed that I had originally taken PLUS more. But then we are good until august for credit cards.

Food today:

Pancakes x 3 and a chilli and cheese omelette for dinner. 947/74 ...so I think a slight improvement on yesterdays numbers. I cant actually remember what they were tbh LOL. Slow and steady, anyway.

Just having my first coffee and pint of water for the day. Was awake at 5:45 to wee (again!!!) and the girls woke up so i couldnt go back to sleep. boo. I hate that.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend xx
 
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