In support of my neighbour who mentioned the Maple/Cayenne diet I embarked upon it yesterday (my modified version) and found it surprisingly easy..............BUT I'm not at work all week & I don't have any time of the month cravings so maybe I started it at a good time. I weighed myself this morning and I'd lost 1 and 1/4 lbs, which isn't brilliant but at least it's going in the right direction. I aim to do this on my days off and as I'm not in work until Sunday I should be able to have a good run at it.
I had a drink of maple/cayenne every two hours between 7am & 5pm then had a weight watchers ocean pie with some cucumber & a 40 cal chocolate option drink at dinner. I chose to do this because I know this isn't a long term thing and I didn't want to set myself up for a fall at the first hurdle;at least by eating a small controlled meal it wouldn't be complete deprivation.
Stayed at parents & was working over the weekend, I din't keep a record of what I ate and wasn't particularly careful about what I ate either. People at work did say if I wasn't SO obsessed by trying to lose weight it would probably happen easily. But when you get in some of my frame of minds that's easier said than done.
I really believe that there is a huge psychological element to dieting & if you can't get into a positive way of thinking and stay there, whatever diet you do (even if you've done it & it's worked before), will fail & you get nowhere.
My next door neighbour tells me that everyone seems to be doing THE MAPLE SYRUP DIET, the one favoured by some celebrities and film stars. So I ordered the necessary ingredients just in case I'm brave enough to try it. He's starting it today and I may join him tomorrow.
Anyway I haven't eaten anything as yet today and only drank some boiled water, and when I woke up this morning and weighed myself I was 13st 9lb which is a measley loss of 2 and a 1/2 lbs in twelve days. Must do better.
I honestly didn't feel like writing anything yesterday, Valentines day was a depressing non-event. Which isn't difficult when you're terminally single and you don't see anyone all day, and your teenage son hauls himself out of bed extra early on half term to go out and buy his girlfreind a card and a box of chocolates. Then comes home and asks me to write it because "you can do that nice handwriting". I didnot write the card.
Anyway I weighed myself this morning and I weigh 13st 9lbs, which is is a total loss of 2 and a 1/2 lbs in 9 days. I've found having Quaker Oat's Museli with tropical juicethe in place of milk fills me up to lunch time and completley keeps away any hunger pangs at all.
TODAY'S MENU (minus green tea because there are just some days when I have to give it a miss)
BREAKFAST - Quaker Oat's Museli with Tropical Juice, Decaffinated coffee with a dask of skimmed milk & sweetner.
LUNCH - Baxters Vegetable Soup
DINNER - Quorn Tomato & Courgette Roast
In work today and the weekend, I can't wait for my uniform to feel looser eventually. Hauling these boobs around is beginning to be a chore.
Still weigh 13st 10 and a 1/2 so in a week only lost 1lb, which is totally my own fault for having weak moments. Watched Supersize v Superskinny on Channel 4 and the "FoodDoctor" gets great results and makes a lot of sense yet another idea to cling to in a day in day out quest to be thin. We shall see.
TODAYS MENU PLAN
Breakfast - quaker oats museli, with grapes & tropical juice instead of milk, green tea
Snack - 2 rye ryvita with 1 tsp olive oil spread, green tea
Lunch - Vegetable soup with 3 rye ryvita, green tea
Weighed myself this morning & I weighed 13st 10 and a 1/2 & the slight gain can be explained by the chocolate brownie I ate at 10pm last night, it was delicious but shamefully I ate itknowing it would probably put on weight the next day.
LUNCH tray of vegetables with balsamic dressing & cup of green tea
DINNER Quorn sausages & beans (again), cup of green tea
At time of writing I have every intention of succeeding but know I probably won't. There is a huge amount of will power & focused goals needed to lose weight, and maybe I haven't quite got that.
