MiniMoosh
Mooshing back
Today was my first day on a VLCD. I'm doing Slim and Save after much research and trying things, and knowing what I'm like! I did do a bit of low GI and exercise then started Rosemary Conley a couple of years back and lost about 4st in total, but put 2st back on. It was achange in circumstances that did it, losing my job and home and moving abroad for a new job. A job I ended up hating!
This time will be different. One of the good things about the miserable year living in France was saving most of my wages- I was a live-in nanny so no bills, and had no social life so didn't go anywhere! This is my cushion, to make sure that even if I do lose my job I won't be stuck. And this time I'm live-out so my home isn't linked to my job at all!
I'm glad there's a diary section, I'd like to log what I'm doing but most importantly why I'm doing what I'm doing. I just sat and tried to post a longer sig before realising I can't yet, too new. I kept the ticker- love the visual aids!- and got rid of my weight loss goals in favour of my less specific, life goals. I want this journey to be about me rather than the numbers.
My main goal has a fixed date- my lovely best friend is finally marrying her fiance of 9 years in June! I've never met her or her fiance's family and I want to make a good impression. I want to look good in the pics! I want to wear a dress, not a tent!
I'm starting this time at 15st. Just before Christmas I did a week on low GI, just eating sensible with no snacks. Maybe 1200 cals a day. I lost 7lb! Very unexpected but not something I could keep up long term, I know I struggle with willpower and as I live alone any food I buy I eat or waste. I buy a pack of eggs for a 2 egg ommelette, well the other go out of date soon better eat them. Pack of biscuits for the odd treat? All gone in one night! Even fruit isn't safe, I buy a bag of satsumas they are all gone in one day and my stomach suffers for it!
So I'm trying what I always said I wouldn't, a meal replacement diet. I've chosen Slim and Save as it seems to have good reviews on here and they did a sample pack! Bit lairy of ordering a weeks supply of something I can't stomach. But the sample was a pleasant suprise, shake was nice, bar was yum! Spag bol was lovely, I'd buy it even if not dieting! Just had veg soup, pretty horrible but I ate it. I did add a ton of pepper and dried herbs!
But thats day one done, new weeks supply ordered for delivery tomorrow. I'll have to have the oatmeal for breakfast.... always hated that kind of thing but I'll grin and bear it! Then a bar for lunch, from Tesco, then hopefully the start of the thing with all the things I've ordered!
My first goal was to last a day. No actually my first goal was to order the meals and try one! My next goal is a week- have to see how that gos, by that point hopefully I'll be in ketosis and not hungry! I was really hungry today, especially when preparing the kids' tea. So easy to pop a potato into the mouth, or even some broccolli. But I didn't, I'm proud but at the same time the little voice is saying 'But its only one day. How can that count? One day is nothing! You're too big for it to count' Well I need to get out of that mindset, I mean really I did this before one day at a time, I need to celebrate my victories no matter how small.
My biggest goal, one I've fantasised about for years- I see my family twice a year, i travel from London on the train and they meet me. My goal is that they don't recognise me! I want to give them a shock. Surely a bad thing but would feel so good! If I do achieve significant weightloss I'll get a different haircut, go back to colouring which I stopped as I felt stupid wanting to change myself when my self was so ugly.
Anyway thats the first rambly thing. I really hope I read this again from the right side of 10st!
This time will be different. One of the good things about the miserable year living in France was saving most of my wages- I was a live-in nanny so no bills, and had no social life so didn't go anywhere! This is my cushion, to make sure that even if I do lose my job I won't be stuck. And this time I'm live-out so my home isn't linked to my job at all!
I'm glad there's a diary section, I'd like to log what I'm doing but most importantly why I'm doing what I'm doing. I just sat and tried to post a longer sig before realising I can't yet, too new. I kept the ticker- love the visual aids!- and got rid of my weight loss goals in favour of my less specific, life goals. I want this journey to be about me rather than the numbers.
My main goal has a fixed date- my lovely best friend is finally marrying her fiance of 9 years in June! I've never met her or her fiance's family and I want to make a good impression. I want to look good in the pics! I want to wear a dress, not a tent!
I'm starting this time at 15st. Just before Christmas I did a week on low GI, just eating sensible with no snacks. Maybe 1200 cals a day. I lost 7lb! Very unexpected but not something I could keep up long term, I know I struggle with willpower and as I live alone any food I buy I eat or waste. I buy a pack of eggs for a 2 egg ommelette, well the other go out of date soon better eat them. Pack of biscuits for the odd treat? All gone in one night! Even fruit isn't safe, I buy a bag of satsumas they are all gone in one day and my stomach suffers for it!
So I'm trying what I always said I wouldn't, a meal replacement diet. I've chosen Slim and Save as it seems to have good reviews on here and they did a sample pack! Bit lairy of ordering a weeks supply of something I can't stomach. But the sample was a pleasant suprise, shake was nice, bar was yum! Spag bol was lovely, I'd buy it even if not dieting! Just had veg soup, pretty horrible but I ate it. I did add a ton of pepper and dried herbs!
But thats day one done, new weeks supply ordered for delivery tomorrow. I'll have to have the oatmeal for breakfast.... always hated that kind of thing but I'll grin and bear it! Then a bar for lunch, from Tesco, then hopefully the start of the thing with all the things I've ordered!
My first goal was to last a day. No actually my first goal was to order the meals and try one! My next goal is a week- have to see how that gos, by that point hopefully I'll be in ketosis and not hungry! I was really hungry today, especially when preparing the kids' tea. So easy to pop a potato into the mouth, or even some broccolli. But I didn't, I'm proud but at the same time the little voice is saying 'But its only one day. How can that count? One day is nothing! You're too big for it to count' Well I need to get out of that mindset, I mean really I did this before one day at a time, I need to celebrate my victories no matter how small.
My biggest goal, one I've fantasised about for years- I see my family twice a year, i travel from London on the train and they meet me. My goal is that they don't recognise me! I want to give them a shock. Surely a bad thing but would feel so good! If I do achieve significant weightloss I'll get a different haircut, go back to colouring which I stopped as I felt stupid wanting to change myself when my self was so ugly.
Anyway thats the first rambly thing. I really hope I read this again from the right side of 10st!
