Day 32

Mike -

Today has been incredibly hard work. I could have had fish and chips, chinese, pizza, doughnuts, ice cream and pic n mix all in one day and undone all the hard work we have done. I could also have drank several pints of lager this evening to wash away the pain but I had a coke zero instead whilst the kids sat and ate more burger and chips and fish fingers and chips. I feel so tired today after a late night and a far too early morning. Jack would not settle last night and fought going to sleep until about 22:00 in the end. Boy have we paid for this today.

From 05:40 this morning it has been tantrums galore, strops, shouting, misbehaving and stressing like mad. This was just the adults without the kids dramas. We are hoping that this evening the children go to sleep nicely and we can have a nice chilled evening and some much needed rest before we head off to the beach tomorrow.

Between the periods of drama that have been evident today there have been some more pleasant times. Jack had a good go at crazy golf most of the way round but right near the end he got a bit fidgety and left his listening ears somewhere around the 16th hole. It was so tough sitting watching them all devour hotdogs, burgers, chips and walking past the stalls that sell freshly cooked doughnuts. My stomach was going mad and when we returned from one of the several toilet trips i had with Jack everyone had a lovely looking lunch and when i asked what there was for me the answer was, a bottle of water. Imagine having all this temptation around you and not having any of it. We knew this week would be tough but today has just been the hardest day so far. Still not crumbled though despite at one point me almsot begging Liz on my hands and knees.

Here is to a better day tomorrow and if i don't make more progress with weight loss when i get home i am not going to be a happy bunny.

One last note for today is that me and Liz have booked in for a tattoo Friday as a testament to our journey. After the pain of today that is going to be more like an hours pleasure than any form of pain

Carpe Diem 4L

Liz -

Today was a particularly hard day, I knew it would be on holiday but with bedtime not till gone 11pm and then a 5:40 wake up call this morning tensions were running high and my patience was low. We went out today to Clacton pier and played in the arcades, the kids went on some rides & we even had a go at crazy golf. During this time everyone else sat and ate a burger / hotdog with chips and then had ice creams. It was hard to resist the temptation of these wonderful smells and my mouth was watering at the sight whilst I sat and drank my bottle of water. We had some testing times today and all 4 adults were tired along with 3 grumpy children, what a day that makes!

We managed to relax for a while once we got back to the caravan site and had a nice game of tennis outside. We then went off to the evening entertainment, what can I say when I was a kid this used to be one of the highlights of my holiday, however as an adult it's seeing the kids enjoy this that makes it all worth while. They ate up and the entertainment venue whilst we just had a drink (non-alcaholic, i had a diet coke).

Tonight the other 2 are having a full blown chinese - how i'd love one of these, but we are being sensible and having some stir fried veg & a mushroom curry. I'm looking forward to this.

I've drunk in excess of my water today as it's been soooo warm. Tomorrow is a beach day for us all, lets hope we have a successful day and a bit more sleep this evening.