I have to say at this morning, the first morning on the Lighter Life programme, I was a little hesitant. I like to think it was my issues with work that made me reluctant to get out of bed this morning, although I must admit that the prospect of the 14 weeks that lie ahead are well and truly bearing down on me. Imagine, 14 weeks. Not a drop of Pepsi or a spec of dairy milk! How will I cope?
By lunch time, having done my normal thing of skipping breakfast (well, one step at a time hey) I was feeling quite hungry. But I found myself remembering what Sandi said last night. The mind is a powerful tool. And a lot of the time, when you think you are hungry, you actually are not hungry at all. So I thought about it and I found myself realising that I was just craving my normal morning sugar intake - chocolate or a can of pop!
By lunch time, having done my normal thing of skipping breakfast (well, one step at a time hey) I was feeling quite hungry. But I found myself remembering what Sandi said last night. The mind is a powerful tool. And a lot of the time, when you think you are hungry, you actually are not hungry at all. So I thought about it and I found myself realising that I was just craving my normal morning sugar intake - chocolate or a can of pop!
In fact, once I had my soup and shake at lunch time I felt really full and it was surprisingly yummy! I have sat and read my record book today and I am panicking about the 28 day check ups. It was a less than enjoyable experience as it was getting my GP to sign my health check questionnaire and now I’ve got to go through that every 28 days! I’m having heart palpitations just thinking about it. But at the end of the day, I know that Sandi can give me the number of another GP who will sign it without question. Since when has a doctor stopped me from doing anything!!? And there sure as hell will not stop me from being Skinny Beki for Florida 2009!
So I managed to get through Day 1 in one piece. However, thinking back, it was not as rosy as I was led to believe by the other girls in the group! But I knew it wouldn’t be. Taking myself away from chocolate, fizzy pop, sugar, salt, e-numbers, you name it, was never going to be smooth sailing. But I have noticed that even when you feel hungry; it is not necessarily the case. The “hunger” has passed when I have had some water, or even when I have just made myself do some cleaning or something. It’s obvious to me know, that when I was eating because I was hungry, a lot of the time, I wasn’t. I was just feeding a habit. I was bored, or I was used to having a bar of chocolate at 10am. It’s just a habit that I now have to break.
So I managed to get through Day 1 in one piece. However, thinking back, it was not as rosy as I was led to believe by the other girls in the group! But I knew it wouldn’t be. Taking myself away from chocolate, fizzy pop, sugar, salt, e-numbers, you name it, was never going to be smooth sailing. But I have noticed that even when you feel hungry; it is not necessarily the case. The “hunger” has passed when I have had some water, or even when I have just made myself do some cleaning or something. It’s obvious to me know, that when I was eating because I was hungry, a lot of the time, I wasn’t. I was just feeding a habit. I was bored, or I was used to having a bar of chocolate at 10am. It’s just a habit that I now have to break.
I have also learnt that my most priceless object in the kitchen is a tea strainer!! It gets rid of all the lumps in the soup, because I can't get used to eating lumpy soup, I’m a Heinz tomato soup girl. It’s got to be smooth!!
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