Friday 1st September
On the recommendation of one of the ladies on the weight loss forum I use I bought some psyllium husks (PH) to add to my shakes and soups. This is non-absorbable soluble dietary fibre which thickens the liquid and provides bulk to stimulate the bowels to empty more often. It has no impact on the body other than that because the body can not absorb it so it just keeps things moving along nicely without affecting the diet. I tried 2 small teaspoons of it in a chicken soup and added some white pepper for good measure. OMG it was lovely! The soup took on a cream of chicken texture and taste so I can’t wait to see what it will do to the shakes. I mustn’t have too much of it though because otherwise I won’t be able to drink enough extra water to deal with it. If I don’t drink enough water then I will become constipated as the body won’t allow fluid to go into poo making it hard. Having the PH to use has actually made me excited about having my shake tomorrow. I feel full up to the point of bloated (not sure I want to do that again – ½ packs might be better for this) after my soup but I really want to see what will happen with the shakes. The lady who recommended PH also said that she makes up a warm porridge with part of one of her shakes to have for breakfast, I’ll try that one day too because that sounds good. I’m wondering if the use of PH will mean that I don’t need to cook as many packs? That would have to be a good thing.
The belts and trousers I ordered off eBay have arrived and are all stunning. The belts I have are wonderful and can both be worn with my brown t-shirt/combats. The leather jacket also in a size 12 is beyond my wildest dreams and looks great with the combats, size 12 t-shirt and my new belts, I love the jacket and can wear it now undone even though it is just a touch too small to be done up comfortably and be able to do a full range of arm movements. I’m chuffed to nuts with trousers too but I need to shrink my wobbly tummy and saggy bum to get into them. I am disappointed because they are size 12’s but I wasn’t even close to being able to wear them and put this down to them being designer size 12’s not high street ones. I know I shouldn’t be downhearted at not truly being a size 12 yet because I did buy them as my final size but I am not a logical person. My disappointment was also challenging my belief that I could be almost into a high street size 12 and made me nervous about going and trying anything on. Normally I would avoid the situation until I had shrunk a bit more in the hope of limiting my disappointment but instead I challenged it head on and went to the high street to assess the reality of the situation. So I went to the high street and tried on 2 pairs of Dorothy Perkins jeans, the baggy styled ones on the tight side of ok round my bottom and tummy but not at the waist and the other style didn’t fit round my thighs so I do still have big legs! In New Look I tried on a pair of combats that again were on the tight side of ok on the bottom and tummy but not on my waist, so it looks like I am a couple of weeks off of comfortably being a high street size 12 and even then I will still have to be seeking out the loosest fit styles available to accommodate my legs. I couldn’t try any more shops after Dorothy Perkins and New Look because I had my daughter with me so it wasn’t the best time to be doing a fact finding mission as she had had enough!
I think I have got the buying bug out of my system and from now on I will stick to actually shopping in REAL shops from now on. After all I can now go shopping in shops knowing there will be loads of things to fit me and without fearing the changing room mirrors and quizzical faces of people questioning why I should even be there because of my size – I never actually experienced this because I avoided the real shops as my size increased but it was my nightmare. Because I avoided the real shops I didn’t even know that many of them had a plus size section or went up to a size 22 in some of their collections until I lost weight and then ventured in by which time I didn’t need them.
Shopping on eBay robs me of the shopping experience and also you never know what the fit is going to be so you can end up with clothes that don’t do the best for your figure. Also if I go into REAL shops I can have a go at trying colours and styles that I wouldn’t risk if I have to buy before I try. I want to explore what my style is going to be. When I first went to Southampton to confirm that I was a 14 I looked in all the shops and didn’t find much I liked. I know realise that this is because there was a distinct lack of tunic tops and Evans styling which I have felt safe in all these years. I need to challenge that and find style and colours to suit my new shape and outlook on life.
Another 6 weeks or so and I’ll probably be in the designer size 12’s and that is roughly how much time I have left to do on LL to get tome goal weight so I should be bang on with my estimated final size and weight fingers crossed.
I also rang my LLC today and left a message asking her to call me back when she can. I don’t want to have another development meeting like last weeks. That was definitely not worth the extra 30 quid or so that LL costs over Cambridge Diet. I asked her to confirm if the meeting might have more people this week, if not I want to change the day I go for a busier one. I’m not sure how good the counselling on development will be. By definition people are on development for different lengths of time until they all reach their goal weight so there is no structure to the counselling course like there was for the foundation stage. I’m going to give it another couple of weeks and then think about changing if I don’t like it. I am not going to keep forking out loads of money for something that isn’t worth it. I am feeling more confident about my ability to maintain my weight but I am not happy about the fact that I will lose my backup for a year of maintenance if I do swap and also I am not happy that the refeed process on CD is as good as the LL process, not do you get the counselling with that.
Activity: I forgot to put my pedometer but wouldn’t have been too bad today at approximately 9,000 steps or so.
Water: 7 l’s and consistent.
Toning: 40 mins on ST in the morning
Weight: 12st or 168lbs
4 days of development completed, 46 to go.
On the recommendation of one of the ladies on the weight loss forum I use I bought some psyllium husks (PH) to add to my shakes and soups. This is non-absorbable soluble dietary fibre which thickens the liquid and provides bulk to stimulate the bowels to empty more often. It has no impact on the body other than that because the body can not absorb it so it just keeps things moving along nicely without affecting the diet. I tried 2 small teaspoons of it in a chicken soup and added some white pepper for good measure. OMG it was lovely! The soup took on a cream of chicken texture and taste so I can’t wait to see what it will do to the shakes. I mustn’t have too much of it though because otherwise I won’t be able to drink enough extra water to deal with it. If I don’t drink enough water then I will become constipated as the body won’t allow fluid to go into poo making it hard. Having the PH to use has actually made me excited about having my shake tomorrow. I feel full up to the point of bloated (not sure I want to do that again – ½ packs might be better for this) after my soup but I really want to see what will happen with the shakes. The lady who recommended PH also said that she makes up a warm porridge with part of one of her shakes to have for breakfast, I’ll try that one day too because that sounds good. I’m wondering if the use of PH will mean that I don’t need to cook as many packs? That would have to be a good thing.
The belts and trousers I ordered off eBay have arrived and are all stunning. The belts I have are wonderful and can both be worn with my brown t-shirt/combats. The leather jacket also in a size 12 is beyond my wildest dreams and looks great with the combats, size 12 t-shirt and my new belts, I love the jacket and can wear it now undone even though it is just a touch too small to be done up comfortably and be able to do a full range of arm movements. I’m chuffed to nuts with trousers too but I need to shrink my wobbly tummy and saggy bum to get into them. I am disappointed because they are size 12’s but I wasn’t even close to being able to wear them and put this down to them being designer size 12’s not high street ones. I know I shouldn’t be downhearted at not truly being a size 12 yet because I did buy them as my final size but I am not a logical person. My disappointment was also challenging my belief that I could be almost into a high street size 12 and made me nervous about going and trying anything on. Normally I would avoid the situation until I had shrunk a bit more in the hope of limiting my disappointment but instead I challenged it head on and went to the high street to assess the reality of the situation. So I went to the high street and tried on 2 pairs of Dorothy Perkins jeans, the baggy styled ones on the tight side of ok round my bottom and tummy but not at the waist and the other style didn’t fit round my thighs so I do still have big legs! In New Look I tried on a pair of combats that again were on the tight side of ok on the bottom and tummy but not on my waist, so it looks like I am a couple of weeks off of comfortably being a high street size 12 and even then I will still have to be seeking out the loosest fit styles available to accommodate my legs. I couldn’t try any more shops after Dorothy Perkins and New Look because I had my daughter with me so it wasn’t the best time to be doing a fact finding mission as she had had enough!
I think I have got the buying bug out of my system and from now on I will stick to actually shopping in REAL shops from now on. After all I can now go shopping in shops knowing there will be loads of things to fit me and without fearing the changing room mirrors and quizzical faces of people questioning why I should even be there because of my size – I never actually experienced this because I avoided the real shops as my size increased but it was my nightmare. Because I avoided the real shops I didn’t even know that many of them had a plus size section or went up to a size 22 in some of their collections until I lost weight and then ventured in by which time I didn’t need them.
Shopping on eBay robs me of the shopping experience and also you never know what the fit is going to be so you can end up with clothes that don’t do the best for your figure. Also if I go into REAL shops I can have a go at trying colours and styles that I wouldn’t risk if I have to buy before I try. I want to explore what my style is going to be. When I first went to Southampton to confirm that I was a 14 I looked in all the shops and didn’t find much I liked. I know realise that this is because there was a distinct lack of tunic tops and Evans styling which I have felt safe in all these years. I need to challenge that and find style and colours to suit my new shape and outlook on life.
Another 6 weeks or so and I’ll probably be in the designer size 12’s and that is roughly how much time I have left to do on LL to get tome goal weight so I should be bang on with my estimated final size and weight fingers crossed.
I also rang my LLC today and left a message asking her to call me back when she can. I don’t want to have another development meeting like last weeks. That was definitely not worth the extra 30 quid or so that LL costs over Cambridge Diet. I asked her to confirm if the meeting might have more people this week, if not I want to change the day I go for a busier one. I’m not sure how good the counselling on development will be. By definition people are on development for different lengths of time until they all reach their goal weight so there is no structure to the counselling course like there was for the foundation stage. I’m going to give it another couple of weeks and then think about changing if I don’t like it. I am not going to keep forking out loads of money for something that isn’t worth it. I am feeling more confident about my ability to maintain my weight but I am not happy about the fact that I will lose my backup for a year of maintenance if I do swap and also I am not happy that the refeed process on CD is as good as the LL process, not do you get the counselling with that.
Activity: I forgot to put my pedometer but wouldn’t have been too bad today at approximately 9,000 steps or so.
Water: 7 l’s and consistent.
Toning: 40 mins on ST in the morning
Weight: 12st or 168lbs
4 days of development completed, 46 to go.
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