I registered for Route (not Road) to Management over a week ago but, as I'd eaten all the previous weekend, I decided to stay on the packs for a few more days. Then our family reunion included a big meal out on Friday so I joined in with that, and ended up eating for most of the weekend too! So I didn't start RtM properly until Monday 27 July - exactly 6 months to the date from when I started LL. While I was away (and eating!) the weekend before, my car had broken down and I had to have it repaired (cheaper via my roadside recovery) so have been left a little short of cash. This has meant I've not been able to go through to Tore to pick up more packs this week. I have a few spare from when I've eaten "illegitimately" and had enough cash (leaving 1p in my purse!) to buy the food I need for the one-meal-a-day regime this week (more on that later). But it was only last night that I realised I don't actually have enough packs - and now don't have any cash for food until I get paid on Friday!! I'll go begging to Donna to see if she has any spares or to Laurie for appropriate food to take the place of the packs! Ho hum. [Addendum: Donna does have enough packs to see me through to next Monday, so I'll have to pay for 2 weeks packs next week.] To add to all that, I'm ill with a throat lurgy that's leaving me croaky and feeling rotten... Maybe just as well as it's when I'm feeling ill and sorry for myself that I'm most tempted to eat.
On the subject of eating, this week started with two days of 3 packs + one protein meal and then continues tonight with protein and some salad. Yippee! I had turkey breast on Monday and a salmon steak last night; tonight will be another salmon steak with salad and lemon juice. It's odd, really, that these meals still feel kind of special, given that I had two very lovely meals out with my family over the weekend! I guess it's because they're legit! It's now that I wish I'd had the fortitude to just stay on the packs all this time and not eat outside the plan as I have been doing for the past 12 weeks or so. It must be pretty incredible to eat food again for the first time in many many months. Still, my weight loss has still been phenomenal and is continuing anyway, as the added protein won't knock me out of ketosis and I'll continue fat burning in the meantime. I gained a few pounds over the weekend and have lost them again and more with being back on the packs (+ "real" protein) for the past 2 days.
This is a synopsis of the RtM programme:
Week 1 - 3 packs, one protein meal (from a restricted list of mainly poultry and fish) along with salad (after the first 2 days), various condiments, and skimmed milk for tea or coffee.
Week 2 - 3 packs, one meal + snacks, introducing raw vegetables, low-fat sugar-free dairy products, low-calorie and diet drinks.
Week 3 - 2 packs, one meal + snacks, introducing tomatoes and low GI fruits, more protein choices (red meat).
Week 4 - 2 packs, one meal + snacks, introducing more vegetables and can cook fruit and veg, if desired.
Week 5 - 2 packs, 2 meals + snacks, introducing alcohol and starchy veg.
Week 6 - 2 packs, 2 meals + snacks, introducing more fruit choices, including higher GI and dried fruit, nuts and seeds for cooking only, Marmite (yum!).
Week 7 - 2 packs, 2 meals + snacks, introducing pulses and beans.
Week 8 - The start of trigger weeks! 2 packs, 2 meals + snacks, introducing starchy staples like rice, pasta, potatoes.
Week 9 - 1 pack, 3 meals + snacks, introducing grains like breakfast cereals and oats.
Week 10 - 1 pack, 3 meals + snacks, introducing cheese.
Week 11 - 1 pack, 3 meals + snacks, introducing bread.
Week 12 - 1 pack, 3 meals + snacks, introducing snacks like chocolate, sweets, jam, crisps, nuts.
Here's hoping I can afford to keep going and get to week 12!
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