Day 75

My TOTM finally started properly today and I'm in terrible pain and desperate for steak again. I knew it was on it's way because I've had all the classic symptoms, the need to comfort eat, disturbed sleep patterns, pain, bloating and all the other horribleness that goes along with it. I'm a little disappointed the the steak craving has come back again so strongly this month as I've been taking an iron supplement for a week already, I started taking it the very second I felt my PMS symptoms. I'm pretty sure that my nausea yesterday was also to do with it. It went away too quickly to be a bug or a touch of food poisoning but it literally floored me and if I hadn't gone to sleep for another few hours, I have no idea how I would have coped with the day.

Naturally, I didn't get to sleep until about 6 this morning and even then, I only managed to get 3 hours sleep. I woke up at 9am feeling surprisingly bright and alert and decided on some chicken and mushrooms and a huge mug of green tea for breakfast. As soon as it was finished, I fell asleep again for an extra 3 hours which messed up my day somewhat but I obviously needed it. Luckily I woke up in time for my friend to come and visit for the afternoon. Although I saw him just a couple of weeks ago, he said I looked quite different today which is so encouraging, especially as the only jeans which fit me right now (in fact they have been getting a little loose lately) were feeling quite tight around the waist today due to TOTM bloating. He said my weight-loss is quite noticeable around my face and a few other people have mentioned similar things. It's nice to think about only having one chin again.

Apart from feeling sorry for myself and quite sore, the rest of the day went OK diet-wise. I baked a huge batch of flapjacks on Sunday and have given most of them away to family and friends but there are still quite a few saved for the hard-working boyfriend. Even though it's my TOTM, I haven't eaten a single one. Where is my medal?