I started my day at around 9'ish with my boys coming in to wake me up and ask what I would like for breakfast.
"Hey Mum, Happy Mothers Day," says No 2 son. "What can we cook you for breakfast? Toast, coffee, you want bacon? I can do bacon and eggs?"
Me.... "Um, thats ok, honey. I can't have any of that."
"You want me to go down to the shop and get you a croissant? I can pick up the Sunday paper while I'm down there," piped up another."
"Ahh, nope, no croissants for me either. Tell you what. How about one of you make me a black tea, just dip the bag in because I don't like it too strong. Then I will get up after and make my shake."
Suddenly there was a collective, "Ahhhhh. Ohhhh, that's so sad, you can't have anything nice on your day."
As true as that is, I don't feel at all put out about it, strangely enough. With my husband still up north (and now likely to be for another week or so, so much for coming home this Monday), it's a lean day for me. He will call me tonight so that will be nice. But the kids, well they put in the hard yards to make up for it for me. I got up - after my yum cup of tea and a read of my book - to find No 2 son had vacuumed and tidied the house like a demon. Nothing nicer to wake to find the fairies have been hard at work and you have a tidy house. Love it! No 3 son made the cup of tea and plumped my pillows for me to lay on, No 1 son got me the most gorgeous massage pillow - a fluffy pink number that sits on your back and massages your cares away (since he's started working, he buys me stuff now, its lovely lol) and the baby of the group was in force with lots of hugs and kisses and cuddles. It doesn't get much better than that.
So how am I feeling today? Well, to be honest, pretty damn great. I got on the scales after my bathroom visit this morning and I'm down another half a kilo, since yesterday!! This opti.. well, its bloody amazing. I weighed in at the Doc's office before opti at 113 kilos on his scales (that was fully dressed so I'm thinking my real weight was like 112 or just under) and i hopped on my sons scales - he purchased this whizz bang set that gives your bmi and also tells your weight.... if you set it accordingly... in kilos, pounds or pounds/stone lol the whole gammut. Anyway, I weighed in 108.7 so thats not too shabby for only five days work. A loss of around 3 and a half kilos and it was only the start of day 6. I can see a little difference already. I feel somewhat lighter, that horrible puffiness I carry on my face seems to be less and my neck and face are already thinning down. Oh, and my stomach has come RIGHT down.... YAY!! Mind you, I always lose it first on my face and stomach so that's not unusual.
I feel so much better already. The routine I have with optifast is actually really cruisy. I find it hard to believe but it's true. I have finally worked out how to off that yuck taste by adding certain things (a little splenda and coffee for my morning one, and splenda and fruit (I added lime juice last night) for my evening one. They are tasting more than ok. So thats a huge battle won in the first place.
The only thing and I guess this is a negative, is that now I have stopped smoking, I can't turn to food. In the past, when I gave up smoking, I could have something yum to eat and that would help a little, OR if I was dieting and hungry, I would smoke. Now I have neither lol. It's been more than a little challenging mentally, but I'm up for it. The boys are constantly telling me how proud they are of me for kicking the cigarettes AND now taking this weight problem by the nurries, so I guess I keep plugging day by day. I also realised for the very first time as of today, I got what other's where talking about when said they were excited about having their op. Until now, I was still see-sawing, a little nervous, a little apprehensive, a little scared of the unknown, but now this weight is on the start to the downward slide, well, I think I see where they are coming from. Its exciting! It really is. I love losing weight, seeing all the new stuff that happens to my body.
Thats it from me today. I'm off to have my lunch. Speak soon
Cara xx
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