Day 15 - First day on 1000 kcals

Today has been the first day on 1000kcals and it's been a nice easy transition. I had been finding the food quantities on 1200kcals a bit excessive which was a real shame because the recipes were quite nice but I'm sure I'll get over it when I've had a chance to try out some of the recipes on this step. One of the advantages of the dinners on this step is that the booklet gives you a little tables of starchy foods, protein rich foods and vegetable portions and you can mix and match instead of having to stick to recipes which is going to make things fun for me as I do love to cook.

Today's breakfast was a nice soft-boiled egg and slice of toast followed by a broccoli and cheese soup sachet, lunch was a leek and potato soup sachet and a bowl of salad leaves with a tiny little drizzle of some rather nice mustard dressing and for dinner I had some poached hake with boiled new potatoes and broccoli.

Although I did gaze lovingly at a picture of a cheeseburger for 'slightly' too long, I didn't actually feel hungry at all today, although it might be something to do with the fact that I had to take an afternoon nap due to only having 2 hours sleep last night. I'm trying my very best to regulate my sleep pattern at the moment, if I let it slip it could make spacing my meals quite difficult and that's the last thing I need right now. I've had sleep problems as long as I can remember which is why I am self-employed and working from home but that does have it's advantages with this diet as I can decide exactly what I want to eat and when and I always have my trusty hand-held blender ready. No lumpy powdery soups or shakes for me!