Day 7: Weigh In

11 pounds lost! I am really pleased, thats great for a weeks work!

Day 6: Easy-peasey, still

No news is good news, right? Nothing to report today. Easy day; no problems. Looking forward to getting weighed tomorrow.

Day 5: Easy-peasey

I went to see my Cambridge Counsellor this evening and she changed all the nasty soups for nice Strawberry and Bananna shakes. Didn’t get weighed, I wan’t to wait for Monday after seven days.

This evening we had friends over for dinner. I sat at the table and drank a shake while others ate lovely food. It was no problem. I have no physical hunger and the cravings are getting weaker. The only thing driving me to eat “proper” food right now is habit I think.

Looking forward to finding out how much I have lost on Monday.

Day 4: Routine

The day didn’t start great, woke up at 3:55am busting for the loo. Drinking so much water means I am on the toilet all too often. I’ve worked out that my bladder must be 500ml. On the Cambridge Diet, does it matter if I drink the water in one go, or if I drink it bit by bit during the day?

Work was OK today, I got a lot done. Had more energy than usual. I did not want to drink a tetrapak shake infront of people so I drank water until people had finished. When they left I drank the tetrapak. I am not sure why. Maybe embarrasment; maybe I don’t want to listen to people go “is that it?!”. A few people asked me how it was going as soon as I walked through the door this morning, I hoped people would forget and not make a thing of it! Lack of self confidence makes me feel a berk for trying to loose weight.

Failed to drink any soups today. Had a shake this evening instead. I don’t know why I can’t have any soups, the smell of them makes me gag. I was fine until after a “Spicy Tomato Soup” yesterday. Maybe if I get some other flavours, it will pass? Either way I am going to ask my CDC to change the soups I do have at the moment for some banana / strawberry shakes as I don’t have any problem with those.

Long day tomorrow.

Day 3: Easier

Today I feel like I can do this for the full term. Yesterday was pretty tough, craving food all the time. Whenever I got hungry today I had half a liter of water and the craving went away. That also made it easier to drink the days quota of h2o.

Today has been a physical day of work (wallpapering all day) and I don’t feel tired at all, which is good. My eyes are whiter than usual. Eating Cambridge diet food is healtier than what I ate before (no surprise).

Can not eat the fourth food pack today (soup), I am not sure why. Just can’t stomache it. I think next week I may not get any soups at all, only shakes.

Day 2: Hard :(

Today was tough. The temptation to give in to food is strong. My sister cooked garlic bread this evening and it smelt amazing. I am not physically hungry (only three food packs consumed today), I just want to eat food so badly. The only thing keeping me going is that… I know if I cheat I will be back on the diet and in the same situation in a few days time, so why bother? I hope I crave food less tomorrow.

Today was also the first day on the diet at Trumpers and I had expected it to be difficult. My aunty was not overly impressed when I talked to her about it Cambridge yesterday and I didn’t think people at work would have been either. Turns out I was wrong, which is great. I need to buy a small blender for work.

I have consumed five liters of water today. I am pissing like a race horse. Its doing me good though, I feel pretty good.

A few people said I would probably get headaches on day 2. I think I may have slept through them, as I had a headache starting when I went to bed last night and a twinge this morning, but nothing since. I will be glad when the first week is over.

Day 1: Hungry

Feeling pretty damned hungry right now. I have one more soup to have today. I need to drink another… four liters of water.

Day 1: Genesis

Just had my first banana milk shake. It was quite nice, which I didn’t expect :). Three more food packs to consume today and 6 liters of water.

I am hungry, which I am not normally at  this time of day. It seems my body knows what is coming :-)

Off to work today, going to put up a picture rail and wallpaper a room.

Things I Will Miss

I will miss:

• Pizza
• Kebabs
• Coke
• Not caring about what I am eating

I will not miss:

• The unhealthy feeling of being overweight
• Having to arrange three meals per day
• Being overweight
• Finding it hard to get clothes that fit properly, if at all
• Constant lethargy
• Being ashamed of my body
• Sweating, a lot
• Leg chafing

That is quite compelling, really.

Targets

I weigh 258lbs. I am about 6ft tall. That puts my BMI at a round (!) 35. It is usually labeled “obese” on graphs and is almost certainly printed in red for INSTANT DEATH.

I don’t know what I should actually weigh. I don’t really care what I weigh, to be honest, I just want to be slim and healthy. I feel I need a weight to aim for though. Something to work with.

For my height, the perfect BMI means I should weigh 165lbs. That is a whopping 93lbs less than I weigh now. I am much more overweight than I thought. I am not a small chap but I don’t look as heavy as I weigh. Maybe I am really tiny under all this excess weight :)

6 stone 9 pounds to loose, a lot. 11 stone 11 pounds is my target weight then I guess. It doesn’t seem enough.