Day 11

Liz -

Today has been a successful day. Although i do feel rather short tempered, i wonder if it's the lack of food / the fact i'm not sleeping through as i still keep needing a wee. The small things seem to anger me very quickly at the moment and i'm getting extremely frustrated without needing to be (mainly at Mike i must admit, good job he's on this journey too!).

We decided at lunchtime to try something different, instead of stuffed peppers we decided to try stuffed aubergine. I can't say i overly enjoyed the skin on the aubergine (i wonder if we didn't cook it long enough), but the filling was lovely. So i scraped it out and ate it a little like a risotto yummy! We even treated ourselves and bought so porchini mushrooms to go in with the cauliflour, one of my favourites, and why not treat ourselves, it's not like we are spending money on takeaway etc anymore. This is all in the past for us now.

I decided to try my morning shake with water instead of milk today, this was a cafe latte shake from shakethatweight. I must admit i prefered it made up with water as it wasn't as thick. It tasted more like drinking an iced coffee and i thoroughly enjoyed it. I did the same with my strawberry milkshake this afternoon and i think it's the way forward. Although i must admit i don't feel as full, but i have drunk more water so many it's a good thing?

Had a lovely catch up with my grandparents this evening (we try and skype each monday) and they asked about the diet and how we were doing, it was so nice to hear how proud of us they are. I know i've said it before but the little moments of support we are getting from family and friends goes along way to helping stay on track.

I really really had a craving for a takeaway this evening - but having Mike by myself he told me 'NO' and that was it thought reversed. I'm doing this to support him and his health and i must continue on this journey and stay strong for him.

Mike -

People are starting to notice my weight loss now which is nice for me to hear. I had another good day at work and got lots done, i feel confident and strong in everything i am doing at the moment. I have not noticed any hunger today at all and until Liz mentioned takeaway this evening food had barely been on my mind. The days seem to be flying by. I also tried a shake with water with Liz and whilst i don't agree that it is nicer with water i do agree that it is nice.

I took Lexi out for her walk again today which i again enjoyed. Me and Lex have our little circuit we do and each day that passes it becomes easier and i get less tired.

Not a lot else happened today really. It feels like we need something dramatic to happen to spice things up a bit in the blog as it does seem that one day mirrors the last and even reading it back to myself it sounds dull and boring. Shall we go on a binge and go to McDonalds and have 50 cheeseburgers, 50 fries and a few large drinks and see what effect that has on me? Or go to Sainsburys and buy the entire pic n mix they have and dive in to them to see what happens? Or even wait until Monday and go in the pub and see how many pints it takes to get me drunk (I would suspect 2 or 3 with the limited calories my body is living on). These would all add a layer of drama wouldn't they. But don't panic i am not going to do any of those things. I want to enjoy a healthy lifestyle for a little while yet and then rather than revert to type i want to live life in moderation.

Carpe Diem 4L