PB and Foxy - Good to see you guys posting - and many, many thanks for the support.
Clojo and Gemma - always good to read posts and take the positives you need to keep focused on your own LL journey. Its a very personal journey and the challenges, or at least the way we cope with them, can differ for each of us.
Susianna - thank you!
I am facing a constant battle to stay abstinent and have succumbed to an extra pack on two days this last week and face a daily battle against the inner voice that keeps saying "an extra pack won't hurt and it will help feel more satisfied". I know one slip was down to boredom and one was in response to an emotional trigger, but I knew this and still ate the extra packs.
I feel bad about these LL lapses, but refuse to feel as though I have failed as this is what let me down on other diets - the point I blow it completely. However, it does reaffirm my conviction that if I ever allowed myself to lapse on real food I would REALLy struggle to get back to abstinence.
Tomorrow is 8 months since I started LL and I have coped, so far, with 243 days of abstinence - and have slipped on three of those days by eating an extra food pack. I am trying to focus on each day and four packs. 70 days to go. I know the weight is still coming off and I will get close to my goal in this time, but I have to beat these demons or they'll get me in RTM and I have worked too hard for that to happen.
Looking forward to wed night as I missed the meeting last week due to work.
Thank you again for all your lovely comments. They really do help. xx
