Day 90! Who'd have thought it, eh?
Wednesday night's group was the beginning of week 13, which is the penultimate week of the Foundation stage of LL. Foundation is the first 14 weeks of Lighterlife where you lose roughly 3st. The people who only have 3st to lose then go in to Route to Management and start eating again. (I started a few days later than the rest of my group and so that's why I'm still on week 12) This week's DVD spoke all about going in to route to management, eating food again and finishing the 'journey' and I've got it stuck in my head I will be eating soon.
The DVD is tricking me though because I'm not even half way through my 'journey' yet. I still have a good five months to go. I found a Chinese supermarket today and looked around at all the noodles and spices and started thinking of things I could buy and make - which was, uh, actually nothing. I walked out with a box of green tea and some course black pepper. I have this false sense of finality - our counsellor said next week's DVD is full of outtakes and is 'really funny'. It's like it's going to be an end of term disco or something.
This week is supposed to be Milk Week as well. The National Health Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE for short, how twee) advise that for every 12 weeks you spend on a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) you should spend one week on a Low Calorie Diet. God knows why, no-one makes it very clear - especially not Lighterlife or my counsellor. She doesn't ask anyone if they've done it or not so doesn't know how it affects weight loss etc. She made it very clear that we could 'bunk' Milk Week. I did consider Milk Week but started to feel quite queasy when I learnt I would have to drink 1.5 litres of skimmed milk A DAY - or, even worse, 2 litres if it was soy milk (I was considering giving up dairy on my return to the real world). Nevermind the physical repercussions of doing that, I still can't get round the idea of putting something in my mouth that isn't water, soup or shake.
Needless to say, I am not going to participate in Milk Week. Even thinking about it now makes me feel ill. Strange really, I never had a problem with milk before. Hmm, I can hear alarm bells for some reason....why is that?
Strangely, this week has been the week for telling complete strangers how much I have lost, what I weigh and what I originally weighed. I didn't tell anyone before because no-one asked but this week two people asked in rather frank but also polite ways and so I just told them. They were like 'Wah, you never were. Well my love, you didn't look it.' and 'Oh, it just creeps on, doesn't it?' - they were both mature ladies and said it in that lovely mature lady way that sounds full of wisdom.
So anyway, I thought I would share with you guys too. Seeing as that's probably the reason you ventured on to my blog! "The life changing lighterlife diet" with all it's boasts etc. Well, here you go - judge for yourself. =) :
Week 1 18st 11lb (start weight)
Week 2 5lb (18st 6lb)
Week 3 3lb (18st 3lb)
Week 4 3lb (18st)
Week 5 3lb (17st 11lb)
Week 6 5lb (17st 6lb)
Week 7 4lb (17st 2lb)
Week 8 5lb (16st 11lb)
Week 9 3lb (16st 8lb)
Week 10 4lb (16st 4lb)
Week 11 3lb (16st 1lb)
Week 12 5lb (15st 10lb)
Week 13 4lb (15st 6lb)
And here's my measurements:
Bust: 02/07/08: 50" 06/08/08: 47 1/2" 24/09/8: 44 1/2" Total loss so far: 5 1/2"
Waist: 02/07/08: 46" 06/08/08: 43" 24/09/08: 38" Total loss so far: 8"
Hips: 02/07/08: 53" 06/08/08 49 1/2" 24/09/08: 47" Total loss so far: 6"
Marilyn Monroe I ain't, that's for sure. Eight inches off my waist isn't bad though, only another sixteen to get down to a size zero! >=D (Thinking of MM made me google her, here is an interesting article I found about vanity sizing in women's clothing, which explains why the old fashion size 16 pencil skirts I buy from charity shops - I blame Dita Von Teese - don't even go past my thighs but the size 18 from Evans fits.)
Oh boy have I suddenly started loving going to charity shops recently. I have discovered that shopping for your size will only make you sad. What I find much more fruitful is to browse through everything and then pick out anything that catches your eye, for example today I found a gorgeous houndstooth pencil skirt. It was £1.49 and a size 16, 'What the hell' I thought 'I will be a size 16 one day and at £1.49 this is too good to miss". Lately I have become very tightfisted when it comes to clothes. I will not spend £15 on a top that will only last me a few months when I can squirrel away cute and quirky finds at a fraction of the price. Now, I wouldn't say I have a strange taste in clothes but the 'real' me (as lighterlife would call it, the me that was hidden away while I was fat) does have a taste for prim! Like I say, blame Dita Von Teese.
I bought a pale pink mac as well. It was £4.99 and a size 14 but bizarrely, some how nearly fits?
Anyway, it's getting late. My ebay sales are going well. Lots more pennies to spend on vintage finds.
Night night!
