Oops! Time has slipped by! I decided after Week 6 that I wouldn't post daily food intakes, as I simply don't have time, but intended to continue with weekly updates. But I got busy, we've had lots of visitors, lambing started, things happened....and I just haven't found time!
After I was sick a few weeks ago, my weight did fluctuate a little, then stabilised at 113kg. Since then it's continued to slowly go down, though to be perfectly honest in the last few weeks I have mostly stuck to the no-sugar-or-gluten thing, but not totally. With all the busy-ness and visitors, there have been some days when I just went for whatever was fast and easy, and a few times that meant Chinese takeaways, or snack food from the supermarket. Mostly I stuck to snacks like cashew nuts or ready-salted potato chips, but a few times I "indulged" in a chocolate éclair or other treat. Bottom line, though, is it generally wasn't worth it - sometimes the gluten would make me flat out sick to the stomach (the first time I ate it again, I had stomach pain for 3 days!) Plus my husband has commented that since we've had a few gluten-containing meals, his body is once again aching all over. Added to that, my taste buds have changed - things I "expect" to taste good turn out to be yuck! Way too sweet etc.
So, I now weigh 111 kg. That's 7.5kg lighter than when I started 13 weeks ago. And now it's time to get "serious" again and stick to the plan. I have a speaking engagement on the 22nd of September, and plan to be under the 110 kg mark by then. After that, there are 15 weeks left in 2015. I am going to aim to be under 100 kg before the 31st December. That should be do-able, so long as I exercise several times a week, and don't overindulge in the wrong foods.
Life is still incredibly busy. I won't be doing daily updates, unless I find I need to in order to stay on track. But I will start adding new recipes again as I use them.
After I was sick a few weeks ago, my weight did fluctuate a little, then stabilised at 113kg. Since then it's continued to slowly go down, though to be perfectly honest in the last few weeks I have mostly stuck to the no-sugar-or-gluten thing, but not totally. With all the busy-ness and visitors, there have been some days when I just went for whatever was fast and easy, and a few times that meant Chinese takeaways, or snack food from the supermarket. Mostly I stuck to snacks like cashew nuts or ready-salted potato chips, but a few times I "indulged" in a chocolate éclair or other treat. Bottom line, though, is it generally wasn't worth it - sometimes the gluten would make me flat out sick to the stomach (the first time I ate it again, I had stomach pain for 3 days!) Plus my husband has commented that since we've had a few gluten-containing meals, his body is once again aching all over. Added to that, my taste buds have changed - things I "expect" to taste good turn out to be yuck! Way too sweet etc.
So, I now weigh 111 kg. That's 7.5kg lighter than when I started 13 weeks ago. And now it's time to get "serious" again and stick to the plan. I have a speaking engagement on the 22nd of September, and plan to be under the 110 kg mark by then. After that, there are 15 weeks left in 2015. I am going to aim to be under 100 kg before the 31st December. That should be do-able, so long as I exercise several times a week, and don't overindulge in the wrong foods.
Life is still incredibly busy. I won't be doing daily updates, unless I find I need to in order to stay on track. But I will start adding new recipes again as I use them.