Liz
So the good news is i didn't get up till 5am for my first wee of the morning, things are on the up and i'm able to sleep throughout the night without multiple trips, lets hope this continues.
Weigh in day today and i'm pleased with my weight loss 9lbs lost in 1 week, i cant complain at that. I know things will slow down from here as my body gets used to the diet but i am ok with that, at the end of the day i'm doing this to support Mike and his journey to coming off medication for life for his diabetes and overall a change of lifestyle for us both (Which to be honest isn't going to do us any harm atall!).
Had my second covid jab today so we decided to cook our main meal for lunch, just incase side effects kicked in and i didn’t want anything later. We made home prepared stir fry today and it was incredible (I let Michael put a red chilli in his after I’d dished mine up!). Very tasty and we will definitely be making this from scratch again.
I’ve tried 2 new flavoured shakes today, cafe latte & hazelnut. First one is a good one for breakfast really feels like its waking me up. Hazelnut I’m not so sure on, possibly a little too sweet for me, I’m more a pork pie, scotch egg kinda girl!, yes I know that’s why I’m hoping to loose weight as I used to live on these things.
Dog walk went ok today did an hour and a half and didn’t feel faint at all, despite having only had my morning shake. Lexi & I ended up walking for 1.5hrs and I must admit that did make me feel sleepy (so I may have taken a small nap!).
One more shake to go today (think I might go back to the old classic Tesco slim chocolate for this evening). Must remember to keep drinking my water as I fell very behind earlier and have had to catch up (in between trips to wee, it’s becoming a nightmare, I’m glad I work from home or I’d be forever walking round 1 way systems to get to the loo).
Anyway I’ll end there for today, but I just want to say how incredibly proud I am of Michael this week, if I’m honest I wasn’t sure if he’d stick to it 100% but he has and the dedication really shows. I know for one without his support (and everyone on our accounts following our journey) I would struggle to get through this and be honest with myself throughout this jounrey. So thank you everyone I’m so pleased with our first weeks results. Here’s to more weeks of success ahead. We’ve got this!
Mike
So here i am one week in and I am a stone lighter than i was this time last week. Feeling fresh and full of energy on such a restricted diet i could never have imagined. Between me and Liz we have shed 1 stone 10lb in our first week. What an achievement for us both. I am very lucky to have a partner that is so supportive to me on this path.
After a few bad days with sleep i slept like an absolute log last night and enjoyed some exercise this morning before we got ready to head out for shopping and jabs etc... I treated myself to a cut and trim at the barbers, I think Liz was shocked initially with how much of my hair i had cut off (to be fair there wasn't that much to begin with) but i am happy with how I look. I can already see the difference in the way my clothes hang on me.
My first shake of the day was caramel flavoured which whilst really thick, had an amazing taste to it. It baffles me how these shakes can taste so good and yet have so little calories in them
Whilst we were out Liz suggested buying some fresh vegetables and making our own stir fry with them. What a culinary revelation this was, I have been happy eating the pre-made stuff but this was wonderful. I added a whole red chilli and some bigger spices to mine once Liz had served her portion just to add that bit more flavour. Before i ate it i thought this dish is crying out for a bit of meat to make it more appetising but you know what it was truly delightful how it was.
Today is the first real day where there has been time to stop and think about everything. Me and Liz sat and discussed how normally on a Saturday where i don't have my son we would be choosing what takeaway to have that evening. We both thought one won't hurt will it if we get straight back on track tomorrow. But that one would lead to another, and another and then before you know it we are straight back to square one. We both need to see this through. We have a holiday to look forward to next year and we both want to be in the best possible shape for it. I said I would like to be able to go on my holiday and enjoy being able to eat and drink whatever i want. For this i need to put in the hard work now and get myself in the best shape of my life.
Thank you to everyone that has given us both so much support over the last week. We are both commited 100% to finishing what we have started. We have avoided temptation every step of the way and i have no doubt there will be more temptation put in front of us for the remaining 7 weeks of this first phase, but we have proven to ourselves how strong we are.
Carpe Diem 4L
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