Day 45

Liz -

I managed a little bit of a lay in this morning which felt good. I woke up feeling more refreshed today. I had a busy day ahead of me with a little bit of me time in the middle (it's been a very long time since I got time to myself). I had my first shake and then headed off to see my Nan & Gdad to take my Nan to an appointment, all went well and she was extremely grateful I went with her. Both my Nan & Gdad noticed my weight loss and commented how good I was looking which is lovely to hear as although we speak each week on skype they haven't seen me in person since we started this journey. I then showed them how to work their new front door (which i must say looked very good) and then managed to have a quick catch up with them before heading home.

I then had 2hrs or so to myself - just me - no dog, no Jack, no Mike - it was lovely I managed to sit on the patio and relax. I also had the oppotunity to catch up with my sister Pen (long overdue) and spoke with my Mum too which was lovely. I then headed off to take Mike's dad to his appointment (I know how to spend my days off from work well!). Whilst he was there I took the oppotunity to go for a lovely walk and went to get Mike some new work trousers as his look a little silly now 4-5 times too big for him.

I then had some time with Jack & Mike's mum & Dad before I went off to have my nails done - more pampering but I feel so good about myself now and know looking after my apperance is also good for my mental health.

We have mushroom curry tonight, as I type I can smell it cooking on the hob in the other room and it smells amazing. I can't wait to get tucked in.

I still haven't heard when i will exchange on the new house, but I do now know it should be sometime in the next 72hrs so fingers and everything else crossed. Still feeling stressed about it all but proud that I still haven't turned to food/drink to help with this.

Here's to finishing my water for today and a good nights sleep.

Mike -

Today was another good day for me. Back in the school routine with Jack straight away. Up at just after 06:30 and got me and him ready for work and school. Off we went and dropped him off at school having my vanilla shake on the way. I had the last of the parenting programmes on teams today which was a good and insightful session. I didn't realise there was so much involved and so many things to consider when you have a child with learning difficulties. It is mentally draining. Ignoring someone who is desperate for your attention is a challenge to say the least when you are being punched or kicked in the face. Still not dwelling on the negatives we had a lovely evening with my mum and dad and Jack was very well behaved there.

Work was over in the blink of an eye and i felt like i got a lot done in the little time i was there. I had a conversation with someone from work who wanted to ask me about my weight loss and hadn't seen me. As much as i wanted to sit and lie and say i was ill rather than trying to reverse my diabetes i couldn't help but chat about the journey we are on.

I am determined not to give up now that we are 75% of the way through. Another 1 week and a few days and we can move on to the next phase. I know we need to be sensible and not go back to old habits but we had a box of rose wine arrive today that both me and Liz can't wait to have a glass of. Hopefully in our new home.

Tomorrow is another day and for my son i need to keep on the positive train and most of all i need to stay calm. I can't control what he does but i can control what i do. Sheer persistence like we have shown doing this diet will win over eventually. Good things come to those who wait

Carpe Diem 4L