Days 194 + 195 - CDC Meeting

I had no work on Monday so I really struggled to stay away from the food and get back into the diet frame of mind. By mid afternoon I still hadn't eaten but I was starting to feel like I was going a bit mad so I went out to do a little shopping at the supermarket to distract myself. I chose a supermarket right over in south London so I would be distracted for as long as possible even though we didn't really need much.

While I was there I had a quick look at the cheap and cheerful clothing, seeing as these days I have hardly anything that fits me, and found some OK looking jeans for just £8. I didn't bother trying them on seeing as I was already wearing the same brand of jeans, I just picked out a 16, same size as I was already wearing plus a pair of rather nice and even cheaper cargo pants and made my way home with my snazzy new leg-wear and a bag full of boyfriend food. When I got back I excitedly tried on my new clothing only to find that both pairs were far too small! I don't get it, I bought the same size as I was wearing from the same shop and it was around 3 inches too small for me around the waist! It could be because I have PMS at the moment, but it seems highly unlikely to me. Needless to say I went back for a refund on both garments earlier today, I'll wait until my TOTM is over before I try and get any more clothes, if I can possibly get away with it, I'll wait until the diet is over too.

Yesterday's distraction technique worked quite well, I ate a reasonable amount and got in all my sachets and water and I kept myself busy today with a similar outcome. I also had my weigh in today and the results were not too bad considering how much I ate while I was away:

• Weight: 13st 10lb
  
• BMI: 30.5

I had a really great loss last week and I put on 4lbs while I was away but after a few days back on the straight and narrow, when I manage to get back into ketosis and I get past this nasty PMS, I'm confident that extra weight will just melt away and I'm planning to have another spectacular loss by my next weigh-in. I was also excited to notice that I'm only 0.5 of a BMI point away from being just overweight rather than obese!

I have decided that as I seem to work better with set goals, I would set myself a new mini-goal now so the plan is to get down below the 13 stone mark in time for my birthday on 25th April. I don't care how far below, I just want to break that threshold. It will put me within pounds of my goal instead of stones and I know I can do it if I try. I'm even considering going back on SS or SS+ for a little while if I think I need the extra push but I do like 810kcals per day, I seem to stay in ketosis on it quite easily and I find the food quantities easy to manage too. I'll just wait and see how I feel.