Week 2

Week 2 finished with no problems. I can't believe how easy I am finding this - Cambridge diet has become part of my routine now.

The minimins site www.minimins.com has been a great help - for inspiration, no-nonsense and honest advice and I log on every night. This week I suffered from constipation (felt like I was giving birth!) but I got some great advice about adding psyllium husks to foods to avoid this.

It's interesting how you learn things about yourself though. Last Sunday I was on the phone to my sister (middle one). My two sisters struggle a bit with their weight but probably have 2 -3 stone to lose (compared to my 7 - 8). Anyway, I told her about starting the Cambridge Diet and how well I'd done in 1st week. She was very encouraging - she's rejoined a slimming club. My younger sister is getting married in September so that's a good target for us. During the conversation my sister said, quite innocently,
"I'd better stick to my diet then because I don't want to be the fat one between us"
It was said with NO malice and she wasn't joking ...................... but it certainly made me think about how other people saw me. Funnily enough - it didn't upset me at all - maybe because I've started to see things differently myself!

I haven't encountered any negativity about being on this extreme diet. It's not a secret if it comes up in conversation I'm quite open about it. I feel great. I have so much energy and don't sit around in the armchair all night now. When I reintroduce foods into my diet I will need to look carefully at what I eat and how this affects my energy as well as my weight. Last week I went to see my Cambridge counsellor and I told her that the biggest motivation for me was the energy that I now had - even more so than the weight loss!

I've lost 16lb in 2 weeks. Soon I'll need to buy new clothes for work. This week I had to buy knickers because mine were falling down lol !!! I also put a necklace on this morning and was delighted that it didn't choke me anymore - I always had to buy longer chains because of my fat neck!

WEIGHT LOSS THIS WEEK 4LBS
STARTING WEIGHT 18ST 7LBS
WEIGHT AFTER 2 WEEKS 17ST 5LBS
TOTAL LOSS 16LBS