Day 1 - First day on 1200 kcals

This morning, I'd worked myself up into such a nervous frenzy, it took me a few hours to make myself eat breakfast! When I finally did, I had the egg, tomato and toast combo. The booklet suggests scrambled egg, grilled tomatoes and toast but I had hard boiled egg, raw sliced tomatoes with loads of black pepper and the bread was so fresh and soft it seemed a tragedy to toast it.

Once that had gone down, I tackled my first sachet of the day. I randomly chose the butterscotch flavoured shake and was unsurprised to find it tasted exactly like butterscotch Angel Delight, so that wasn't too bad but the texture of it was a bit difficult to swallow, kind of thick and almost slimy! It's a similar texture to those mega thick milkshakes that my boyfriend loves but I find too gunky (I think they are called Frijj or something daft like that), so next shake time, I'm going to add a bit more water and see how it goes. It wasn't as overly sweet as I thought it might be, so that was a relief and it didn't turn out all powdery and grim which was a double relief! The big surprises after I'd finished it were how full up I felt and how thirsty I suddenly was. This made my first pint of water of the day a joy and a chore all at the same time!

At lunch time I still wasn't really feeling that hungry, but because I had a really busy afternoon ahead of me, I had to eat something so I made up the pasta, ham and veggies combo which was really delicious and not unlike something I would normally eat. I weighed everything really carefully but the amount of food I made seemed rather excessive. I managed to finish it all but really couldn't manage another sachet at that point.

Late afternoon, I suddenly found myself really hungry. I drank most of a pint of water and waited a while, but it didn't help so I decided it was time for another sachet. I chose chicken and mushroom flavour and although it had a slightly odd powdery texture (despite attacking it with my trusty hand blender) I found the flavour enjoyable albeit in a slightly 'roast chicken crisps' kind of way. I could have almost believed I was consuming actual food!

For my evening meal, I tried out the recipe for Tuna Lasagne and it was absolutely delicious! The portion of broccoli the booklet suggested seemed a bit inadequate though so I added a couple extra small florets, I'm sure an extra couple of mouthfuls of broccoli can't count as cheating. The recipe makes 4 servings, so I packed up the other 3 into separate containers and froze them but I have a funny feeling they won't be staying frozen for very long.

Today I've managed to get through over 5 pints of water which is comfortably over the CD recommended amount, a black coffee and a green tea and all the food and sachets I was supposed to have. I haven't been hungry though, which makes me worry a bit, but I got through the first day without going nuts and stuffing my face with biscuits and cake so I'm very happy.

Sorry it's been such a long rambling blog today, I've probably gone into far too much detail about today's consumption. The first day was the day I was anxious about so I wanted to share all important bits in the hope that it could put other people's minds at ease on their first day of CD 1200kcals. It's easy and tasty, YOU CAN DO IT!!