With the yo yo nature of my weight since 2008 when I started this blog it has been hard to see some of the positives. Now, with that said, I am more or less exactly 5 stone lighter today that I was in August of 2008. Almost 3 and half years later! Now when you read the amount of horror stories that I have about people putting ALL (and sometimes more) of their weight back on, I can’t help but have a small sense of pride in what I have achieved so far. The tail end of 2011 taught me a lot about my limits. After a few weeks of hardcore Exante, I started to eat food again but kept my diet much more in the realms of Lighterlife Routeto Management. Low carb, salads, soups etc. I actually relatively easily maintained for a good few weeks leading up to Christmas.

Looking back at my prior January posts has some interesting numbers

Jan 2009 – I finished the abstinence phase of lighterlife at 13 stone 10lbs.

Jan 2010 – 16 stone 10lbs.

Jan 2011 – 17 Stone 10lbs

Jan 2012 – 16Stone 11lbs

It’s very clear from the above that 2009 is the year I lost it big time. Putting on 3 stone in a year is bad enough but you then have to factor in that I was on Route to management until May! That 2^nd half of 2009 clearly demonstrates that I was nowhere near ready to go it alone. Most of 2010 was obviously pretty low as well, leading up to the do or die period of Jan 2011. Only then, 4 stone heavier than when I finished, did I really start to get serious about where I wanted to be. I think I was so close to throwing in the towel at that point that another crack at a VLCD was the right thing to do.

So that comes to 2012. Should I be happy that I have stopped the rot and am a stone lighter than this time last year? Maybe. It’s been up and down over the last 12 months though. As a result I’ve decided to carry on with Exante. One final push back to the realms of the 14s if I can then have another crack at maintaining at a weight I actually want to be at. I still believe I can do it long term. I just refuse to slip so much that I can’t face it. Soooooooooooooooooooo, how long we looking at? I’m committing to at least 3 weeks total abstinence and may consider a further 3 weeks after that. Something I do want to continue for as long as possible is 2 packs a day for Breakfast and lunch. I will be easing myself back in to food much more gently this time. Also looking to build up my fitness at the same time, along with cutting way back on the booze front.

I guess when I look at this it isn’t anything I haven’t said before. However, I’m still here, still trying. Surely that’s what counts……

 G 

So this is essentially going to be the 3^rd time that I’ve gone for it. I don’t count September as that was really a non starter. There was a month stint earlier this year (in which I lost 2 stone) and now this time. When I read back on this blog it really puts into perspective how much I’ve struggled to maintain my weight in the last 2 years. It’s incredibly difficult. At least, it is for me. Looking back at all my stats the other day though I was offered a small glimmer of hope. There was a time there (towards mid 2009) that I genuinely maintained at a healthy weight for a good couple of months. I know in the grand scheme of things that isn’t particularly long but it proves a point that it can be done. I shall be examining that food diary etc in much more details over the coming weeks that’s for sure.

Target this time are not set in stone. I’ll be eating at a function on the 9^th of December so it’s not quite 8 weeks but very close. It that time I’d love to shift 3 stone. Past performance tells me it’s doable but will be tight. A 3 stone loss will see me comfortably back into the 14s which is ideally where I’d like to stay. 15 stone 7lbs as a maximum.

So what else is there to say at this point? Not much I guess. I’m giving myself another chance (again) but, what’s the alternative? Spiral out of control? Put even more weight back on? I have half a wardrobe full of clothes to get back into and I know it can be done. Having another go is right thing to do. I’m convinced of that. I’ve done it before. I can do it again.

This is like my own little trilogy. I think it was George Lucas who said all trilogies follow the same pattern. In the first act, you introduce the characters and everything ends well. In the second act you put them the in worst situation so it seems they’re never going to get out. In the third Act, they get out!

G

My VLCD journey (still hate that word) began just over 3 years ago and the very tail end of August 2008. A full 20 weeks on total abstinence with the Lightlife plan saw my weight plummet from almost 22 stone to just over 13. I felt great. Did the management plan and had some very real confidence about the future. I’m still almost 5 stone lighter than when I started but there have been lots of ups and downs along the way. My last Exante stint after Christmas 2010 was a real down. I was totally disgusted with myself in all honesty. I really viewed going back on the packs as a failure. So much so that I’d probably go as far as saying I should have done it much earlier. This time I have decided but put the debate about whether or not it’s the right thing to do to one side and focus on the facts. This king of yo yo dieting isn’t doing me any good. No one needs to tell me that. What frightens me is if I do go over that line. If I do go into the 18s, I can really see it going all the way back up to where it was before. I know most don’t agree with my approach but it seems my all or nothing nature likes this kind of diet. Do I like punishing myself? Maybe. Why? I have no idea.

For whatever reason I choose to push the limits with my eating and particularly drinking. I wouldn’t say it was necessarily compulsive or addictive behaviour, more a blinkered approach. Not quite “it’ll never happen to me”, I know better. It’s more of a taking your eye off the ball issue. Thinking of the now rather the long term. It’s so easy though isn’t it? It snowballs. It seems like you’re fine and the next thing you know, you’re back to where you started. This is all rather dramatic as the reality is that between 15 stone 7 and 16 stone 7 I felt fine. I just need to find a way to stay there.  Eat less, move more, drink less, portion control, yadda, yadda, yadda….. I’ve been there, done that and literally got the T shirt (which doesn’t fit anymore ironically).

The net result in all this is that I’m giving it another go and do you know what? Why not?! Surely that has to be a positive? All of the fight hasn’t gone from me just yet. So how long will I stay abstinent this time? Well, at least 3 weeks (I’m on day 4). After that I have a work conference at which I shall be eating. I’m not at the sort of 20 stone level any more. Back then taking a few days off the packs was my worst nightmare. After that and in to October I haven’t decided. I like to think that a 3 week boost is what I need to give me a bit of a lift and get back on track, restart my food diary and finally begin to move on from this part of my life. With that said, I haven’t ruled out another month either.

So I’ll be posting when I can let you all know how I’m doing……

G

I lost 3.5lbs this week talking my total loss for 4 weeks to 25.5lbs. Current weight is 15 stone 12.5 form 17 stone 10lbs just 4 weeks ago. Smallest loss so far but read on to find out why…..

Big news this week. I’m back on the food! After the weigh in last week I felt ready to start re-introducing food into my diet. As a result I’ve moved on to the Exante ’Working solution’. Still 3 packs a day but now with a low carb/calorie meal too. What does that mean in practice? Some protein and salad.  I’ve been rocking some cottage cheese, chicken breast, tuna or salmon so far. All with mixed leaves and plenty of pepper. Not particularly exciting but Quite enjoyable all the same. So, where did this dramatic shift come from? Well, I planed to move onto the working solution from today anyway but on Friday last week, it just sort of happened. It wasn’t like I ran to the fridge and started eating whatever chicken based food product I could get my hands on. I just fancied changing it up a bit earlier. I can totally live with 3lb a week losses for the next few weeks if it means I can eat! In a way it would be nice to slow it down a bit. It was quite funny this week though. I had been stressing about not seeing people for a while and it being obvious that I;ve lost quite a bit of weight in a short space of time. Anyway, there was a party we had to go to last Saturday and no one said a thing! Now I know I wasn’t anywhere near the 22 stone odd I was when I started losing weight before but I’ve dropped 25 pounds!! No even batted an eye lid! I couldn’t believe it. Now please don’t take this as I’m annoyed by the lack of compliments as I don’t react too well to that anyway. It was more the fact that these are the same people quite happy to talk about the 25lbs I’d put ON over the last year, yet, when you lose it, nothing! I don’t know. Maybe people were just being polite or something. Anywho, the wife assures me there’s a considerable difference and if recent er……’activities’ are anything to go by, I believe her.

So all in all it’s going well and I actually feel pretty positive. My wardrobe is getting bigger all the time and I’m up another notch on the belt now too. I;m starting to think about exercise now. I must clean my bike and get out on it at some point but it seems this bloody cold weather isn’t going anywhere any time soon. I;ve also order a thing called ‘Kettleworx’ this is intended to help me with the toning side. I may have lost a fair bit of weight and look half decent in a suit but let me tell you this, sans suit it ain’t pretty. As a result I want to focus on toning and Kettleworx is gonna help me do it! If it ever fricking turns up!

Soooooooo, what’s next. Well, my body fat percentage is coming down nicely, over 6% lost so far. I’m in the 15s now which was a relatively major goal. Another 2.5lbs off this week will see me hit another couple of mini goals. Such as, BMI 30, 2 stone lost and breaking the 6 stone total loss barrier once again (from when I started Lighterlife).  Ultimate goal now is to hit 15 stone (maybe even 14 something) by the time I take the wife away for the weekend on the 25 feb. 13 lbs in 4 weeks. Totally doable.

G

Late post for a weigh in. Soooooooo busy right now. Week 3 results are in and it’s a 5lb loss. I go into my last week of full abstinence having lost 22lbs so far. 6lbs in the final week to give me a nice round 2 stone loss in 4 weeks would be great but I doubt it to be honest. I thought I was only on for a 3lbs loss this week. The scales have been really slow to move for some reason but they seem to have picked up a bit of pace right at the end.  I was suffering with some man flu for most of the week though so perhaps that has something to do with it. I still find the weekends difficult so no change there but I only have one more to go.

There is some other good news. My body fat percentage is now just under 30. Still a fair way to go (I’d like to be under 20) but it’s progress all the same. Muscle Mass is increasing too. I’ve taken some steps to help me increase the muscle even more but I’ll save that for when it arrives.

I’ve also developed some mini goals that I should hit over the next few weeks. 3 more lbs and I’ll be 15 stone something. A weight I’ve not been for quite some time now. 5 lbs and my BMI will be 30 (overweight and not obese), 6lbs and I will have lost 2 stone and finally, 9lbs I’ll have just 1 stone to go to get to my long term target of 14.5 stone. That’s the stone I want to lose the old fashioned way in order to maximise my chance of staying there. I plan on being a nutrition and fitness fiend to get that last stone off. I’ll still have some days off. Just not many of them.

Routine is still the same. Still watching an awful lot of cooking and diet shows. They do help to keep me motivated and at least remind me that some people have much bigger problems than I do. I’ve started to stress about eating again a little bit. Not sure why. It’s surprised me to be honest. I guess it’s another sign that starting to reintroduce food ASAP is the right thing to do.

Not until I get in to the 15s though! One week to go!

G

P.S. Short post gang. Busy, Busy, Busy…..

Anywho, its Wednesday so I have to post something as it’s weigh in day! Yay!

Sooooooo, without further ado, how did week 2 go? Well, 5.5lbs off this week. Gives me a total loss so far of 17lbs and a BMI of 31.3 (down from 33.6). I have exactly 28lbs (or 2 stone) to go to my long term target of 14 Stone 7lbs. As I only have 2 weeks of full abstinence to go I won’t hit that but I’ll probably be somewhere in the 15s before I move on to the working solution.

ON that front I actually have more options than I thought. The Exante plan recommends that you add a meal a day (of around 400kcal) for week five anyway. This dovetails nicely with my mother in laws birthday meal. The 400 calorie limit doesn’t though…

As a result I get to choose at the end of week 5 to carry on with the one meal a day (working solution) which (if Exante are to be believed) should yield a loss of around 10lbs a month, or I could go back on abstinence. I’m staying relaxed about it to be honest and I’ll see how I feel at the time. I must admit, it’s very nice to have this more relaxed/less hardcore approach this time around. Due to the amount I had to lose before I had to be very serious about the whole thing. Not that I’m not being serious about it now oh, you know what I mean…..

In other news….. Weekends are still a big struggle but it’s getting easier. I’m proper in the swing of it now and, during the week, hardly ever think about food. I’ve also discovered that adding even more ice to my shakes before I blend them is heaven on earth. Proper thick. Almost like a meal. I also seriously think I’m going to miss the toffee nut bars. Lush. I’m pleased to report that my belt is a notch tighter, and, after a wardrobe clear out at the weekend, I’ve found some other stuff that fits me again.

I’m also a god damned machine at work. Much more productive that I was before the end of the year. It’s amazing how not being happy with my weight completely dominates all aspects of my life. Sometimes I don’t even realise it. It’s a polite way of saying that I get of my arse more I guess lol.

So all in all really positive. To be honest it’s the next 2 weeks I’m looking forward to. Currently 16 stone and 7lbs which is essentially the same weight I was this time last year. Once some more comes off I’m into 2009 territory. When I was putting weight on before I would always move the goal posts of what I was comfortable with. I now know the higher limit. Although 14 stone 7 is my long term target, you have to be realistic and plan for other outcomes. As a result, I’m making this statement here and now. Regardless of what happens long term, once I get under it, I never plan on seeing the number 16 on a set of scales again. If I can achieve that, I’ll be satisfied.

G

Weight Measurements

Current Weight (Lbs) – 236.5
Current Weight (Stones) – 16 Stone 12.5lbs
Current BMI – 32.1
Lost this week – 11.5lbs
Lbs to target – 33.5lbs

Scale Measurements

Body Fat – 32.5 %
Water – 45.9%
Muscle Mass – 34.1%
BMR (Calories) – 2255
Total Body fat lost – 2.5%
Total Muscle Mass gained – 0.8%

Overall a pretty positive first week I’m sure you’ll agree. On the whole it’s not been too bad and I’m ploughing along quite nicely. Being back at work helps massively as it’s so much easier when in a more rigid routine.  Body fat is coming down and muscle mass is going up so in short, all good news. For those wondering, in my first 4 weeks of Lighterlife I shifted just under 31lbs. I don’t think I can pull that off this time around as I just had so much more to lose back then. I guess we’ll see. If by some miracle I do lose that amount I will be a stone away from my long term target on my week 4 weigh in. Here’s hoping!

Decision made by the way. 25/01/2011 will be my last day of full abstinence. I will then move to one of the solutions described in my last post. This is particularly handy as my mother in law’s birthday meal is on Friday the 28^th. I just have to keep my disguise on til then! The literature I have from the route to management phase of Lighterlife will help me no end with this. Rest assured I will continue blogging. I’m sure my lack of posting contributed to my gain in some way.

G

On that subject I’ve been thinking about the abstinence part quite a lot. I wonder to what extent I need to be doing what Exante call ‘Total Solutions’. In other words, 3 packs a day and nothing else.  When you buy a bumper pack of exante products (perhaps I should do a YouTube ‘unboxing’ video lol!) you get a little leaflet that talks you though the options. Essentially, there are 3.

Total solutions (600 kcal)

This is what I’m doing. Just 3 packs and around 600 calories per day. Should yield results of around a stone a month. The first month is obviously more than that due to the large glycogen/water loss in the first week. I’ll still take it though .

Working Solution (1000 kcal)

The working solution is very much in the vain of the early stages of The Lighterlife ‘Route to Management’ phase where you start to reintroduce food. Exante quote around 10lbs per month on this plan.

Simple solution (1200 kcal)

This is the same as working but with a 600 calorie meal instead. Guess this is more like Lighterlife ‘lite’.

As I know from experience that I actually dropped another stone when doing Route to Management, something like the working solution might be ok for me. I could see myself having my bar for breakfast and soup for lunch (as I do now) with a very light meal in the evening (probably something protein heavy with salad) and a shake before bed. I could live with a 10lb per month loss too. Soooooo, what does this all mean? Well I’m going to continue on full abstinence for at least 4 weeks which takes me to the 26^th January. I think I will then seriously consider adding a meal. I’m hoping to be around 15 stone 7lbs by then and could easily lose the last stone on one of the other options (as I already have a 2^nd month of packs).

This isn’t about not being able to hack it. I’ve been fine so far. Still cooking for the family and food shopping etc. This is about not wanting to be away from food for too long. I mainly wanted to go back on abstinence for a while to give me a kick up the arse and gain a little perspective. Man alive not eating anything for just a week certainly gives you that! I realise now how easy it is to lose sight of healthy eating and fall into all those old traps. As I said before many moons ago. It’s all about the exception and the rule. The minute the exception becomes the rule, it’s over and you’re down that spiral once again. So how do you stay out of that? That’s what I’m not sure I have the answer to. It’s easy to say ‘well just don’t eat/drink it!’ but saying and doing are two very different things. Regular exercise it’s also key to this obviously. I simply MUST find the time for this and get into a rigid routine that I won’t break. I have done it before but the thing is, life just gets in the way sometimes.

One thing I do know though is just how much damn better you feel just being a few pounds lighter. I already find getting out of bed etc easier. That’s not to say it was hard before but it’s just easier now. I shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that as a broad shouldered 6ft man, being 17 stone is hardly morbidly obese. That’s not to say it’s an acceptable weight. I just don’t want you to have the picture in your mind of this big fat tub of goo that can’t stop eating. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been there (or close to it) but I’m a long way from that now. This is why I’m thinking full on abstinence is maybe a step too far. Still doing it for a few more weeks though….. J

Any of my long time readers will know that weekends is when I suffer the most when abstaining. As this was my first weekend I was prepared. Managed to find a bottle of Dr Pepper Zero (this can be quite hard to track down sometimes) and a fresh bag of ice cubes in preparation. Something I wasn’t looking forward to was the New Years Eve meal out at the local curry house. It wasn’t cos of the food. More because I was going to have to out myself to the wife’s family. Anyway, to cut a long story short, we didn’t go. My wife and son were still under the weather so we decided to stay home. It was the same story on New Year ’s Day too. We were supposed to be going to a ‘gathering’ at a friend’s house. I was quite looking forward to it as there would have been no eating/drinking pressure but, illness can’t be helped I guess. It’s not fair to drag them around when they feel like that. The down side of all this of course in that I’m stuck festering at home and bored. That’s a big time trigger for me to pig out. So I set about trying to be productive on Saturday. The first New Year ’s Day I hadn’t woken with a hangover since the last time I was abstaining. I took all the crimbo decs down (indoors and out), went food shopping, cooked a roast etc. Played with the kids of course (Loving all the new toys for Christmas) and nursing my poorly missus. The week end was a struggle. The drive home with a passenger seat full of McDonalds on Saturday wasn’t exactly a pleasurable experience but I got though it all the same. I think the fact that I quite enjoy all of the packs I’ve had so far is a bonus. I wouldn’t go as far to say that I actually enjoy them though…..

So it’s weigh in day for me tomorrow. I have been on the scales since my last post but I won’t spoil all the fun! I said I wouldn’t post any numbers apart from official weigh in days (Wednesdays) and I intend to stick to it. Soooooooo, check back tomorrow for the official week one results. For now, I’ll get back to my water!

G

Rather than try and curb my scale addiction I actually bought a second set yesterday! As I’m not having the formal weigh ins at lighterlife anymore I was worried about the accuracy of my current set. Essentially I could weigh 4 or 5 pounds less/more depending on how I stood on them! As a result a bit of strategic shifting would make the numbers look a bit better. Not a good habit I’m sure you’ll agree. Anyway, as I love gadget/stats my new set are a sight to behold! I can now measure Body fat, muscle mass, water percentage, BMI, and even metabolic rate! GEEK!

I was somewhat shocked to learn that my body fat percentage is 35%! Let’s not talk abut that for the time being. The ability to record muscle mass is very interesting though. A concern with dieting is always losing lean muscle rather than fat. I know VLCD diets tend to be ok as my body fat percentage was as low as 17% at one point during the Lighterlife era but I never recorded muscle mass. I’ll be interested to see if it dips. For anyone that doesn’t know, in a nutshell, each kilo of lean muscle burns significantly more calories in a day than anything else. That’s why body builders etc have to eat 40 hundred million calories a day. Their body just burns em up like crazy. As a result, if you’re skinny but all fat % then you metabolic rate (the number of calories your body burns just using its normal functions) will be much lower. Incidentally, my BMR is 2291 calories per day apparently. I’m sure any nutritionist reading this would be face palming at the ridiculousness of this paragraph but, you have to start somewhere!

So I obviously had to use my new scales this morning. I’m not going to lie to you, I’m on them all the time but I’m treating this as a (semi) official weigh in. When you start lighterlife you go for a ‘pop in’ to get weighed on day 3 to make sure everything is going in the right direction. Soooooooooo…….

• Start Weight – 248lbs – 17 stone 10lbs
• Current Weight – 242lbs  - 17 stone 04lbs
• Lost (half week) – 6lbs
• Lost (total) – 6lbs
• Weight to go – 42lbs -  2 Stone 11lbs (14 stone 7lbs)

6 lbs off in 3 days is a good result. A pound more than my pop in on lighterlife. By the end of my first week in 2008 I’d shifted around 11lbs. If I manage the same this time around then I’ll be in the 16s which would be cool. Now it’s important to keep your feet on the ground at this point. Most of this first week loss will be water/glycogen but it still gives you a boost all the same. No doubt I’ll be on and off the scales a few times before the week one weigh in but I won’t be sharing on here until the ‘official’ days. So, yay me. Day 3, no lapses and 6lbs off. Good start.

I’ve just notices that I’ve thrown my target out there. 14 stone 7lbs is the long term goal. Now anyone who has done a VLCD before should know that they need to be prepared to put that first week’s loss back on at some point. Whilst it’s not a forgone conclusion, it can (and probably will) happen. That’s the good thing about the Exante plan though. There are varying degrees. Once you want to finish abstinence you can continue on the 3 packs a day and add a meal. I’m certainly going to do this for month 3. I definitely decided that 2 months of pure abstinence is enough for me. I just want to stop the rot and get back to food as quickly as possible and put what I’ve learned into practice. I know I could have done that without abstaining again but, this is what works for me. Sometimes you just need to remove yourself from the situation to get a bit of perspective.

Oh, I almost forgot, the tomato soup was actually pretty decent. Most surprising. So Far on the Lighterlife vs. Exante food pack match up, Exante soups are better. Lighterlife shakes are better, bars are personal choice. Veg soup today though so that’s another good test. I think the LL veg soup was my favourite.  

On a side note, I feel pretty good. I think it’s safe to say that ketosis is probably here now. I’m not feeling particularly hungry but I do have the psychological cravings. I guess they will subside. Al in all though. It’s going ok.

G

P.S. Happy new year!

Having day one of full abstinence under your belt is a very good motivator though. In many ways, I’ve already completed the hardest part of the challenge. I’ve had my sugar headache and hunger pains and dealt with them. Now another couple of days (one of which being new years eve) and I’ll have the Ketosis high I’m striving for. For anyone that doesn’t know, the benefit of being in ketosis is the lack of hunger. It really is weird. I’ve ordered some Ketostix from Amazon (that you pee on) in order to test and confirm this weekend that I am actually in the fat burning zone. Once in there, it’s key to stay there. Any lapses risk taking you out of ketosis (and the fat burning zone) along with having to go through the pain of getting back in there all over again.

My approach this time around is far less dramatic. It’s easy to say I was naive when reading back in this bog to the very start. I think I’d rather label it enthusiastic. This time I’m going at it with experience. Rightly or wrongly I’ve actually decided not to make it well known that I’m abstaining again. Going from nearly 22 stone to 13 last time around was always going to be difficult to hide but I’m hoping 17 to 14 something won’t be so dramatic as to be completely obvious what I’m doing. The motivation behind this stance is quite hard to explain. It’s not embarrassment per se; I just don’t want to have to deal with the constant conversations and scrutiny this time around. There are some (rather chunky I might add) people out there that always think they know best. Can’t be dealing with that. On the flip side there are some people that will quiz you non stop because they want to be supportive. Can’t be dealing with that either. As a result the only people that know what I’m up to are my wife and the 3 people that work for me. Those are the people I spend most time with so it just made sense that they should know what’s going on. The wife (all 9 and a half stone of her) is under strict instructions not to change a thing about what she’s doing for herself or the kids food wise. Something she was all too happy to do whilst scoffing Minstrels last night. Much like last time, this is my choice to be doing this. Other people shouldn’t have to change and I wouldn’t want them to. I guess the theory of this stealth dieting is sound but the practice could be problematic. I think I know I can’t keep it quiet for long. There will inevitably be lunches and dinners etc (one I already know I just can’t get out of) that I’ll be required to attend. I guess I’m more of the opinion that January is a quiet month, so if I can get through it with minimum fuss then all the better. A very long way of saying that I’m just not going to advertise it. To be honest my ketosis breath is probably the biggest risk! Oh and er…… the fact that it’s plastered all over the internet. Shhhhhh, don’t tell anyone……

On the pack front I’ve so far had Vanilla and Chocolate shakes, mushroom soup and both bars (choc orange & nut & raisin). All ok so far I have to say. I’ve brought a Tomato and Basil soup in with me to work today so I’ll be very interested to see how that pans out. The lighterlife tomato soup was rank! Let’s face it. If it ain’t Heinz then it ain’t tomato soup. Oh well, food is fuel I guess.

How annoying that time flies until you want it to. NYE will be a quiet affair for us. It usually is so I don’t have any fears about that. Supposed to be going to a friend’s house on new years day but I’ll drive to that which makes life easier. There will be quite a lot of people there so I’m assuming ‘picky food’. At least I hope so. That way I can get away with not eating. After that it’s full steam ahead to the week one weigh in next Wednesday. I’m a bit worried about my scales to be honest. They can vary by about 4lbs depending on how you stand on them! May be time to invest in a new set.

I’ll keep you updated.

G