FlickaFlea....FatFree! My Diary

[FlickaFlea]

Menu today (PP)

Breakfast: Yoghurt and coffee
Lunch: Garlic and parsley prawns and then some cottage cheese
Snack: some more cottage cheese
Supper: Beef Burgers and Fried Egg

Maybe a bit more dairy than I usually have, including the little bits I have in coffee and tea throughout the day (I get easily stalled by it) but I think it should be ok.

 

[FlickaFlea]

(oh, and oat bran I'll prob have with sweetener and a litle milk before bed, unless I have time to make some muffins, in which case I'll have them!

 

[FlickaFlea]

Bloody the same again this morning. I don't know why I've hit this plateau. It's been like 2 weeks now of barely any movement. I'm praying that it's all build up to the TOTM which I think should be coming soon. Last time I had a plateau for about a week beforehand. Fingers crossed that's something to do with it as I'm getting a bit demoralised now.....x

 

[sarafvrm]

Don't weigh yourself every day! Far better to forget about it from one week to the next. A pound lost at weekly weigh-in is much less demoralising than a pound lost over 7 weigh-ins, and realistically that's the speed we should expect. In the scheme of things you're doing great.

 

[FlickaFlea]

passed the half way date now! and down another pound his morning. Finally back on it x

 

[FlickaFlea]

( think this week's going to be a big loser now TOTM's out of the way - finger's crossed!!)

 

[Jojo25]

Fingers crossed for you hun x

 

[sididd]

Good luck flick x

 

[FlickaFlea]

Thank you guys! Didn't weigh myself today - as I get further into diet it's not so useful as the losses are slower, and I don't want to get obsessed (you're right Sara). I did order some ketostix though to make sure I was doing ok and not having too much dairy or anything, and it went pretty dark purple! So I know I'm in ketosis and that fat is being burned.

 

[sarafvrm]

Your will power's amazing! There's no doubt you'll get to TW in no time at all. xx

 

[FlickaFlea]

oh god, I don't know about that!!!! But thanks It all depends on how I'm feeling. Just trying to stay positive. Weekend's the hardest for me though...eeek!

 

[FlickaFlea]

I did resist the huge free breakfast rolls they were giving out by the station though!!!

 

[FlickaFlea]

yeah, it seems to have picked up again. Another couple of pounds down! x

 

[FlickaFlea]

over half way---woohooo! x

 

[sididd]

Whooop flick well done 1/2 way vto success x

 

[sarafvrm]

You and me both! We're in this together! Stay strong (talking to myself now!) x

 

[Jojo25]

Glad to see you've started losing again, my friend had some ketostix & I used one. Mine was neuteral so I'm guessing something has kicked me out or I've had too much dairy

 

[FlickaFlea]

my ketostix sometimes show really dark then the next morning nothing - I heard that sometimes you use all the ketones for energy so you don't piss any out - other times you have excess. Anyhow, they're not the be all and end all, but generally a useful tool I find - especially if I'm a bit naughty - then I can get encouraged when I see it go purple again! x

 

[FlickaFlea]

...and I don't feel like being naughty now because I want to keep seeing ketosis. so it's a motivator for me. I'm really sensitive to dairy though - I really can't have too much milk or I'm not losing. I think that may have been the cause of my plateau as I was having so much milky coffee cos of the horrible weather!! x

 

[Paulinegin]

Someone (sorry, can't remember who) posted the 'back of the hand' test the other week.

Lick the back of your hand and let it air dry.

Smell it!!

It it smells foul, yep, you're in ketosis!

P x