Firstly, apologies for the late update again this week – but it’ll be worth the wait – read on!..
… A lot has happened since I last blogged, about my desire to carry on for a further six weeks in development after my initial 8 week foundation stage. I had one hard day too many, and last Friday night decided enough was enough. I talked to my girlfriend and parents about where I’m at and that I’ve not had any counseling as part of my Lighter Life journey. This counseling is essential now I feel. I completed 8 whole weeks of abstinence, no food at all, not even one small nibble. However I couldn’t cope with weekends and was finding it far too hard. I’ve had no techniques from the counseling to help me deal with these emotions and it simply got to the point where it had become too tiring to slog on supporting myself for another six weeks. I had to eat something.
I made the decision to start the Route to Management part of the programme this past Monday. This would be the start of 12 weeks of reintroducing my food very gradually but would at least mean I can have something. The ideal way to do this is to get down to your target weight before going on RTM but I couldn’t wait any longer.
At my meeting on Monday, I had lost another 5lb, bringing me to a total loss of 3st 4lb in 8 weeks, and bringing me down to just about 16st, from 19st 7lb. I’m happy with that, the difference in me, physically and mentally, is staggering, and I’m rather proud I achieved that on my own steam. I’m feeling pretty happy as I am, but I’d be lying if I wouldn’t be happier at around 14st. The plan is to loose maybe another stone through RTM, and if I need to loose that little extra, weight watchers and exercise. Now I’ve got the bulk off and feel human, it seems pretty easy to do something like WW for a while after not eating for two months…
So the last few evenings I’ve been eating my single portion of ‘protein’ as a meal. Namely, I’ve been eating chicken breasts. I’ve had one a night, and the first was the tastiest, juiciest bit of chook I’ve ever had the pleasure to eat. Strangely, with that single piece of chicken, I felt well fed, and satisfied, and that has given me the confidence to stick rigidly to the RTM plan. I can see this working out pretty well!
Overall, Lighter Life has been great for getting my mindset changed to eating healthily, I’ve got a whole new approach to my diet and feel great about what I’ve achieved. Sadly, the counseling seems to be very lacking for the Men Only groups (not everywhere, it seems individual to certain LLCs) and this has been my only barrier to achieving the ‘perfect’ result. But rest assured – I feel strong enough to get there in my own way now.
Thanks for your continued support – I’ll continue with my story as long as people are reading it!
S
Well done mate.
You will agree it is the single greatest diet in the world!!! Get in touch mate!!!