1066 All Stars

Day 12 - 12th September 2014

Food Log

Breakfast - Tea and Bran Flakes (with sultanas)

Lunch - Jacket potato with spaghetti hoops and mini sausages and cheese

Dinner - Tomato soup with 1x slice white bread

Dessert - 2x Mr Kipling slice

In between meal snacks:

Apple

Plum

2x Snack A Jack

1x mint (yes, really)

Thoughts and Feelings

* An awful night's sleep followed by an awful morning, punctuated by a specific incident that merits a full blog entry of its own. Despite a heightened level of anxiety, I had no thoughts of additional snacking. The new regime appears at this stage to be successfully bedded in.

* Whilst heating up my soup I suddenly got an almost overwhelming urge for some pickled onion monster munch to dip in it. Yum, yum.

* The weekend starts here, apparently. This brings the challenge of the lack of work day structure. No Chessington this week, which gives me greater control so the plan is for a morning trip to the shops for some salad and other bits. Tomorrow may be Saturday night but that's no reason to chuck everything in and splurge on a pizza or burger. I have an idea of what I will eat and it's in keeping with the plan. The only concession is an extra Mr Kipling slice this evening. Living the wild life!

* My thoughts have also turned to next week and meal ideas to keep the regime going. It is heartening that, at the moment, there is no loss of momentum. The forward planning is not done with trpidation or reluctant acceptance, it just feels normal.

* It is strange, almost like a switch being flicked in my brain from a position of absolute refusal to accept a dietary change to a position of absolute dedication to the regime. Thsi black and white, all or nothing behaviour can be harmful, as it could still be here if taken to the extreme. But, whilst it feels not only harmless but beneficial, I shall ride the wave of enthusiasm it has brought.