This diet is great. I'm able to eat and drink everything I want, just with more control. It's teaching me so much, in terms of what I'm eating and how much of it I should be eating. In fact one of the main things I've learnt from it is to assess how much I really ''need' that thing I'm craving. If I have 100g of chocolate, for example, that's fine but it means that that's either taking away a bottle of wine and a nice meal on Saturday, or leaving me with just 25 points for the day (a bowl of cereal and a stir fry for dinner - no lunch!) I've gone down from 42 to 39 points a day now and hardly notice it.
I'm careful with my points, almost precious with them in fact and I must admit Saturday is my new favourite day. If I've been good all week I can have a real treat. This Saturday we're celebrating by having a seafood platter and a couple of bottles of bubbles, about 30 points but I'm just taking the extra out of my weekly 49. That's how this is working for me.
I'm also feeling more active. Last Saturday Neil and I went out on our bikes for the first time in about 3 years. We clipped Woody on by his lead and cycled to the country park where we could let him off and he ran alongside us, grinning from ear to ear with these ''exciting things Mum & Dad were on that meant he could run fast alongside us''. We all got back exhausted but feeling exhilarated!
One stone is just a dip in the ocean when you think about how overweight I allowed myself to get and that I still have another 5 to go, but it's fun swimming around! Especially now I'm a whole dress size smaller and even my new jeans are getting baggy, I just wish I wasn't losing cup size before back size!
Thanks for all your support so far everyone, especially those that have subscribed to this.
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