6 lbs gone!

I'm very happy with that! Pheeee-ew! That's a stone in a fortnight, which seems pretty drastic but I'm reminding myself there's a lot of water retention from all the carbs I was eating. The clothes I was getting into before Christmas are beginning to fit again and I'm noticing bones beneath the flesh again.

I confess (again) to eating off and on - more on than off - prowling the kitchen some evenings...! Still finding it very hard to stick to the 4 packs a day but still trying each day anew!

It ain't over til the fat lady sings.

On that note (pun intended), I went along to the Strath Gaelic Choir last night and am hoping I can take part (finances permitting). And it's bright and sunny with a dusting of snow today so the mood is optimistic.

8lbs lost!

Phew! Thank goodness!

BUT...

...the disappointing thing is that when I weighed myself last Saturday, I'd lost an almighty 10 lbs - and that was in only 3 days! In the interests of honesty (yet again!), this seemed to trigger a complacency in me and I started having the munchies in the evening and, worst of all, trying to satisfy them! Grrr. If I hadn't, I wonder how much I would have lost?! The munching may have cost me 4 lbs or even more. Oh well, whatever it takes to get some off at least...

Because I'm munching, I'm also not into ketosis yet. As ketosis suppressed the appetite, not being in ketosis (ie munching) is adding to the desire to munch!

I'm sure some of you are mightily fed up with hearing of me lapsing all the time. All I can say is - you're not half as fed up as I am!!

*big big sigh*

Day One

Cambridge Diet started today with Apple Cinnamon porridge.
I've decided that, as long as I can afford it, I'll do a 12 week stint and then work my way through the different steps back to real food, in the hope that'll prevent me piling on the weight again next time.

Onwards and upwards or, as Helen says, Offwards and Downwards!

Honesty

and public humiliation...?! Today I weighed in at (wait for it) an horrendous 17 stone 3 lbs...!!!!!! That's a weight gain over the past 5/6 weeks of 34 lbs. I'm not entirely in shock as I knew I'd put on a lot but it feels kind of horrific to put a number on it! I've put off weighing myself for ages cos I didn't want to know... It's quite shocking, really.

Sometime this week, once the food packs have arrived, I'm embarking on the Cambridge Diet again. I feel very badly that I will make less money for my charities if I don't lose the weight. I've decided to do it for another couple of months - either til my birthday or perhaps the full 12 weeks of the programme, as long as I can afford it - and try to get off as much as I can. I would still like to get to my 11 stone weight loss target but I'm not sure I'll manage it now... We shall see.

Onwards and upwards!