Ellem
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That's 4 weeks on plan completed and today I was another 4lbs down and that's me at 17stone, woo 
I'm pretty pleased with that. Although, I'm unsure if that's still the case as I've overeaten a wee bit today. I was feeling weak all day today and even went for an afternoon nap and when I woke up I felt just as exhausted as I did before I napped and incredibly weak too. I decided some real food was in order so I cooked a chicken breast in the george foreman along with some mushrooms then sprayed with some of the bbq frylight and then followed it with a praline bar. I've added it all to the meal planner for today and I'm still within calories and ketosis safe but it was a lot in one go and my tummy feels full for the first time in weeks and it's a little uncomfortable. My energy appears to have returned a bit though so this is good as I could barely stand up straight earlier I also think I'm probably anaemic again which means I should probably go back on the iron tablets. My constant period just got a heck of a lot heavier so that can't be helping matters either. I've also been having lots of dreams about eating food lately and I'm not hungry but they are making me tempted. I dunno, maybe these dreams are helpful in processing temptations so I don't actually do it in real life. I hope my dreams find a different topic soon.
In other news, G was over this weekend and we had a nice time together. He's incredibly understanding of my diet which is good. Of course, he offered to make his own dinner last night but I was all "oh no, it's fine, I'll have my meal pack whilst you eat yours so it's ok if I'm having something, I'll make it". It was just heating up some of my own pasta sauce from the freezer and mixing it with pasta but oh my, it was hard to do. Things that would be second nature like - getting a splatter of sauce whilst stirring it on my hand and not licking it off and not licking the spoon was so hard. Unthinking, I went to bite into a bit of pasta to see if it was ready and had to stop myself. Then, when it was on the plate his looked so good compared with my little mound of spaghetti bolognese meal replacement with added mushrooms in a bowl. Waah, I'm not preparing food for people again on this diet! He apologised when he didn't have to at all as I offered but we're in agreement he'll do his own food in the future. Due to me feeling like I had no energy to speak of, I didn't really get around to having the epic conversation we'd planned on but we'll talk on skype tonight in a few hours so maybe we'll have it then.
Anyway, week 5 and this week should be mostly ok. It being easter there's going to be chocolate and cakes around in work for the next few weeks but I'm ok with that. This week and the following week I'm out working in school most of the time, except Mondays, and there I'm in my own wee office with no distractions so that will be fine. Next weekend I'm visiting the family down near Glasgow for Easter. I have S&S chocolate wafers to for easter sunday just so I don't feel left out on the chocolate front around the family. (I'm actually quite proud of the fact I've been able to keep them in the cupboard and not eat them so far ). I also have Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday following Easter off so that'll be good. I'm going to visit my best friend and her new baby so I'll need to pick up a present for him this week too I think this week is entirely doable, so long as the weakness part goes away I'll be fine.
I'm pretty pleased with that. Although, I'm unsure if that's still the case as I've overeaten a wee bit today. I was feeling weak all day today and even went for an afternoon nap and when I woke up I felt just as exhausted as I did before I napped and incredibly weak too. I decided some real food was in order so I cooked a chicken breast in the george foreman along with some mushrooms then sprayed with some of the bbq frylight and then followed it with a praline bar. I've added it all to the meal planner for today and I'm still within calories and ketosis safe but it was a lot in one go and my tummy feels full for the first time in weeks and it's a little uncomfortable. My energy appears to have returned a bit though so this is good as I could barely stand up straight earlier I also think I'm probably anaemic again which means I should probably go back on the iron tablets. My constant period just got a heck of a lot heavier so that can't be helping matters either. I've also been having lots of dreams about eating food lately and I'm not hungry but they are making me tempted. I dunno, maybe these dreams are helpful in processing temptations so I don't actually do it in real life. I hope my dreams find a different topic soon.In other news, G was over this weekend and we had a nice time together. He's incredibly understanding of my diet which is good. Of course, he offered to make his own dinner last night but I was all "oh no, it's fine, I'll have my meal pack whilst you eat yours so it's ok if I'm having something, I'll make it". It was just heating up some of my own pasta sauce from the freezer and mixing it with pasta but oh my, it was hard to do. Things that would be second nature like - getting a splatter of sauce whilst stirring it on my hand and not licking it off and not licking the spoon was so hard. Unthinking, I went to bite into a bit of pasta to see if it was ready and had to stop myself. Then, when it was on the plate his looked so good compared with my little mound of spaghetti bolognese meal replacement with added mushrooms in a bowl. Waah, I'm not preparing food for people again on this diet! He apologised when he didn't have to at all as I offered but we're in agreement he'll do his own food in the future. Due to me feeling like I had no energy to speak of, I didn't really get around to having the epic conversation we'd planned on but we'll talk on skype tonight in a few hours so maybe we'll have it then.
Anyway, week 5 and this week should be mostly ok. It being easter there's going to be chocolate and cakes around in work for the next few weeks but I'm ok with that. This week and the following week I'm out working in school most of the time, except Mondays, and there I'm in my own wee office with no distractions so that will be fine. Next weekend I'm visiting the family down near Glasgow for Easter. I have S&S chocolate wafers to for easter sunday just so I don't feel left out on the chocolate front around the family. (I'm actually quite proud of the fact I've been able to keep them in the cupboard and not eat them so far
). I also have Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday following Easter off so that'll be good. I'm going to visit my best friend and her new baby so I'll need to pick up a present for him this week too I think this week is entirely doable, so long as the weakness part goes away I'll be fine.
