Day 29 - First day on SS+

A few days ago I bought a whole kilo of psyllium husk for a bargain price from a very reliable trader on Ebay and it arrived yesterday. I don't usually suffer from constipation and I don't intend to start so I thought it was better to start taking precautions as soon as I can, rather than deal with it if when it's too late. I tried it out in one of my soup sachets yesterday and it wasn't unpleasant at all, in fact you could hardly tell it was there so I decided to have a little bit in every sachet from now on. This morning I made myself a broccoli and cheese soup sachet but made the stupid mistake of adding the psyllium before I blended the soup. Consequently, I ended up with a huge bowl of inedible, puke coloured slime! I tried to eat it but the texture was so nasty I just couldn't swallow it without it coming straight back up again, it's the first CD sachet I've had to throw away. So my tip of the day is: mix your soup/shake, THEN add psyllium and stir/whisk it in until it is just combined. DON'T BLEND PSYLLIUM HUSK!!!!!

I decided to treat myself to some better scales today. The scales I already have seem to be increasingly unreliable. When I was weighing myself on Wednesday, you could see the needle on the scales moving as I shifted my weight and even when I sighed! Also, my sister and one of my friends told me that they show a completely different weight from their own scales at home, so seeing as I had to go to Argos anyway, I bought some big, solidly made, mechanical, doctor's type scales. As soon as I got home I excitedly unpacked them, carefully calibrated them, stepped on and I sort of wish I hadn't. I weight about 6lbs more than I thought I did! I really don't know what to do about it, should I start using them or stick to the rubbish ones I've been using so far? I think I might sulk about it for a while before I make up my mind.

Apart from the morning's slimy mishap and my horrible scales shock, the rest of the day went fine. No hunger, plenty of water and my tiny little 200kcals meal was shockingly filling, in fact, I struggled to finish it. I'm going to see how I feel over the weekend and if I'm still struggling with SS+, I might go right onto SS and see how that goes.