Day 41

Liz -

A slightly less stressful day today, woke up feeling better rested and had the house cleaned today so everything is feeling tidy and neat again.

I had a vanilla shake for breakfast and come about 1pm I felt hungry so had my 2nd shake a little earlier than normal today. We tried to get some Banana shakes on this weeks shopping but they always seem to be out of stock! Shame as we really liked this flavour when we first started this process. Hopefully they will be back in stock soon.

We took Lexi for her 6 month check up at the vets after work and i'm pleased to say she is fit and healthy and has even lost weight too! I think it was just where i've had her groomed and the amount of hair she lost through this lol.

Bad news for today is my wind is back again - I seem to go through stages with this plan on having wind or not. I also seem to be peeing alot again. Still there has to be some downsides to ever diet plan right!

We had another amazing (if i do say so myself!) mushroom and onion chinese curry again today, it's not something i'm going to get bored of quickly and goes well with peas on a bed of beansprouts.

I am hoping to hear about the new house tomorrow which hopefully will exchange so I can get everything else sorted, this is one of the stresses I could really do without right now. I just want to know everything is going through when we expected and that I can start booking things like removal company, carpet cleaners etc.

We had a lovely walk with Lexi after the vets and now we are going to chill for the evening.

Gym again tomorrow morning - this should start me off well for a busy day, got lots of little bits to get done at work so full concentration is needed tomorrow. Then i'm off out with my team in the evening, they don't all believe me when I say I won't be drinking but we have 2 more weeks to go on this phase and I am determined not to waver or fall off the wagon.

Mike -

Still feeling a bit rough today but i did have a good nights sleep. I got up and did a bit of work before heading off to the shower and then to work. People are noticing more and more my weight loss which is lovely to hear from people at work. My only problem is i definitely need a new wardrobe at some point. Liz even said to me today that my favourite hoodie (that she got me btw) now hangs off of me and looks stupid.

I downed my vanilla shake on my way to work. I tried to have a second one but just found myself not really wanting it. I picked up the food shopping on the way home and it amazes me how different our shopping is now compared to before. No meat, no chocolate, no snacks, no cheese, no sugary drinks. Just vegetables, milk and shakes plus the food for Jack as we have him next week.

I do hope for Liz' sanity that we hear something tomorrow about the house. It is really stressing her out and my money woes aren't really helping on this front. Unfortunately I haven't been as sensible with my money over the years as she has and like everything it catches up on you eventually. However, i am in a much better position than i thought i would be and just need to trim back a bit and make a few sacrifices and ill get it back under control.

We had a lovely walk around Rotherfield woods and came back to another lovely curry. We have been having a curry quite a lot but you know what i am loving it. I could quite happily eat it every day until i can have some meat or cheese again. We are closing in on the end of 6 weeks now. I can't believe just how quickly and how well it has gone. I feel like a new person in a lot of ways.

Tomorrow i pick Jack up and the weekend begins. I can't wait to start watching the Euro's.

Carpe Diem 4L