Days 78 - 80

The last few days have been part busy and part weird but I've managed to stick to SS+ with no great difficulty.

I went to see my doctor on Friday morning about my TOTM problems and have loads of blood-tests lined up now. I'll have to find out if it's OK to do things like that on SS or SS+, I'm fairly sure it will seeing as it's just a few vials and not a pint of blood. It'll be great to get some answers finally and hopefully it'll have an impact on my sleep problems too as they seem to be quite closely related.

On Saturday, I braved Oxford Street to pick up a few bits and bobs for family Xmas gifts. I thought as it was pedestrianised for the day it might not be as bad as usual but I was completely and utterly wrong. The horror! Not only was it outrageously crowded with rabid bargain-hunters but there were several bands playing in the street, loads of leafleters and more charity muggers that you can even imagine. It was crowded, noisy and horrible but I still managed to get the things I was after and even tried on a couple of pairs of shoes I liked and all without going mad and murdering a random shopper or two.

The jeans I have been wearing recently are a bit on the baggy/falling off side so I decided to go out in my mini-goal black jeans. They seemed to fit OK at first but after a couple of hours of wear, they started to fall down every couple of minutes and I ended up spending the whole afternoon hitching them up repeatedly. I am going to call it a success but it didn't feel like one at the time. When I got home I tried on some grey jeans I haven't worn for 2 years. They are a rather small size 18 and they are a little tight on me but I think once they stretch after a couple hours wear, they should fit fine and if not, they will probably fit me in a couple of weeks time at the rate I'm shrinking.

After a very patchy night, I spent most Sunday sleeping but I had time to do some work on a project I'm part way through. Even though I've been behaving myself and sticking to the diet, I've been feeling really hungry pretty much all week. I've only got a few Ketostix left so I've been trying to save them but I decided to use one anyway and it turns out either I'm still not in ketosis after my munch out last weekend or they are giving a false reading. I'm going to do my very best not to stress about it and just get on with CD and hope for the best.