Day 6

A very weird day. I woke this morning feeling great, very positive, full of energy and amazingly not hungry. By 10.30am I still wasn't hungry but as it's important to eat at least 3 times a day I made myself a protein shake. Unfortunately that's when everything went downhill. Although I shouldn't have done so I couldn't help but weigh myself and was disappointed to find that almost a week of abstinence from alcohol, chocolate and all those other carbs I love hasn't actually lost me any weight at all. Instead I've gained almost 2lbs. My mood plumeted dramatically and I felt like crying at the unfairness of it (although amazingly I never thought about eating any of the chocolate I have stashed in my cupboard) . A visit to P2T soon reminded me that the Day 5 blues don't always hit on Day 5. Some nice people told me not to worry about it and suggested I not weigh myself for a while if I can manage it (don't think I can) and that soon I'll see a difference. My main worry is that I won't have lost the amount I want to by the time of Jo's wedding and began wondering if I should have gone back to the previous eating plan. Of course, intellectually I know that it can take a while for the weight to go and it may be that I'm losing inches instead and so I'm going to stick with it because I definitely feel much better with this way of eating - I have had no bloating, indigestion or stomach pains for the last week which is definitely a good thing. By the time I went for my walk this evening I was feeling much more positive having cooked a nice beef stew with caulifliower & brocolli mash.

Decided on a packed breakfast tomorrow so I'm having sausages and the last of the egg mayo I have. For lunch I am having a prawn, egg and avocado salad with home-made marie rose sauce. The only problem is the amount of boxes I have to carry into work. Dinner tomorrow will be the tarragon chicken and cauli mash that I was supposed to do on Day 1 with butternut squash soup for a starter *LOL*