Day 30

Liz -

Today has been a successful day for us. I've made myself feel good by going and buying some new clothes a size smaller! I've had a lovely afternoon in the sun, although I may not have quite realised how hot it was and may have burnt sightly - whoops!

What i do know, is that sitting out in the sun makes you drink all your water for the day - I'd pretty much finished my daily target by 5pm!

We took Jack out this morning and whilst he was playing I sat and had a couple of cups of decaf tea, I do miss the amount of tea I used to drink, but I don't think it's a bad thing I don't drink as much now. When I do have a cup of tea I enjoy it more now.

So we posted some photo's this morning of our body changes in the last 4 weeks. If you haven't seen them yet check Mike out!! He looks incredible, the weight loss is amazing and you can really see it in him. He says I've changed alot to but I don't see it as i'm just so focused on him and how his health is improving throughout this process. It took alot for me to post these photos as I usually just try and get photo's of my neck upwards lol! I've never really been a fan of the rest of me, so I ask please no judgement on the photo's.

We have an extremely busy and tough week ahead of us, you'll find out why tomorrow! But i'm sure if we stick together and support each other we can get through it without slipping up.

I'm off now to enjoy my stir fry with Dawn at work, and have a good catch up with her. Here's to a busy day tomorrow, and the start of the week ahead.

Mike -

So today has been a learning day for me. First i learnt that my body is showing just how much weight I have lost. It is very visible on me just how much my body has changed. We are halfway through and the before and 50% photos prove how this was exactly what i needed to do. Liz is a bit more consciencous than me but i can see a lot of weight loss looking at her but she has the blinkers on. I finished reading the book i was reading yesterday and am inspired that this is the best thing for my overall health and want to stay on this road for life.

We took Jack out for a while again today and it was much more up and down than it was yesterday. He seems very tired and ratty although we had a very nice afternoon in the garden all together. I have thought a lot about the struggles he has daily and had it in my mind that there must be more that i can do. With my new found vigour at the moment i have again looked to study the ways in which i can help him more with his problems. I always seek advice from reading material for such things and have found a book that i am engrossed in. What has dawned on me is that I am 100% a thinker and not a doer. I sat and read about how i need to dedicate my time and attention to my son and to an equal extent to Liz as well. It's only now that i realise that as i sit and theorise these things i should actually be investing my time in them. Constantly looking at my phone when i should be investing my time and effort in them. The most important people in my life want my attention and i am too busy reading about how i need to give them said attention. I search for answers at the wrong time. I need to prioritise my time better and do my theorising when i have my alone time. So in the sprit of radical changes I am making to my body i also need to make radical changes to the way i live my life. I am going to invest my time and efforts in to Liz and Jack. I want to continue to learn and times like now when Jack is asleep and Liz is at work are a prime opportunity for this.

The only other news for today is that i have really struggled to eat today. Lack of focus at dinner time. I had too many things buzzing round in my brain and didn't concentrate on eating.

We embark on another adventure tomorrow and i want to take life by the horns.

Carpe Diem 4L