Just popping in to subscribe to your diary....
I was just reading the first couple of pages, and I had one of those freaky moments when you read something so similar to something you could've written yourself that it really stops you in your tracks....
It was a post you wrote about making things difficult for yourself by trying to make every UD meal something that you wouldn't eat when you're being healthy. This has been my problem for so long....I'm either on a diet or I'm eating rubbish, there's no middle ground....but I love my fruit and vegetables, and I love soup, fish, pasta, stir-fries and fresh, healthy curries. So really Judd should be about being able to eat a lovely salmon fillet on an UD without worrying that it's too high in calories, rather than being about making every UD about pizza, chippy teas or mountains of chocolate and cake.
I think my VLCD has twisted my perception of good/bad foods beyond belief. Every day off has been perceived as 3 opportunities to eat the unhealthiest, most indulgent meals imaginable, with chocolate, deserts and god knows what else between. Now, reading your post has made me realise that I don't need to do that anymore. I'm sure I'll have stodgy, indulgent treat days, but I just know I'll enjoy them more when they're the exception rather than the rule.
Sorry, I didn't mean to make this post all about me, but I just wanted you to know how useful it is to read through diaries like yours and see how people are making this work and learning about themselves in the process. It may not be the diet with the quickest results, but it does seem to eliminate the huge guilt that we normally feel on diets when life gets in the way and we have to deviate from our chosen regime...
I'll look forward to reading more about your journey in the weeks to come
