12.00: Just had a portion of exante porridge. I say 'portion' because I feel to say that I had a bowl of porridge would be misleading. Made up, the portion of exante porridge comes up to roughly a quarter of the bowl's depth. This is probably because I make it up using only 130ml of water as opposed to the 250ml that is recommended. I prefer it to be as thick as possible. This improves the taste in my opinion, and helps toward the feeling that I have actually
eaten something.
13.59: I have brought my children and my baby sister to the zoo for the day. The idea being that walking around might help burn off any carbs in my system and get me into ketosis asap. Great idea, except I am now sat at a picnic table surrounded by young children half-eating-half-complaining about not wanting to eat their delicious-smelling sandwiches.
There is a whole deli club, double stuffed, hand prepared, egg mayonnaise sarnie left over and it is staring at me. And what would be the bigger sin, really? To eat it, or to throw it in the bin? Because, Oh, it looks sooo delicious and I know that if I do not bin it, I will almost certainly eat it.
Urgh. This is so much harder than it should be...
14.15: Have thrown the offending sandwich in the trash, and thank
God I didn't do anything stupid! A couple of hours of walking around the zoo and then I can go home and have my 'dinner'. A big hurrah for willpower!
18.20: I seem to have survived the day - by the skin of my teeth! I actually put a mouthful of the pasta bake (that I made for hubby and kids) in my mouth to see if it was 'worth it'. Fortunately my cooking isn't all that, so I came to my senses and spat it out without swallowing any!
I have a major early VLCD days headache going on, which I suspect may be caffeine withdrawal more than anything else. I've just got to make it to bedtime, just a few more hours, then I can put a lovely big, 'X' in my box for today (I have a paper chart with all the days for the next 5 weeks on it, for me to cross off as I go). Just a few more hours and I can go to bed and
forget about all this.
20.00: I made it! Going to go to bed as I have a major headache
But I made it through another day!
Week 1 - Day 2 - Success! 4 weeks and 5 days to go!
Good luck mama i started today and I have a 4 week mini goal for hols so if u fancy a mini buddy let me know
That would be great! How have you got on today?
