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Food Diary

Breakfast - 120ml Alove Vera Gel, 2x Garcinia Softgel Tablets, 1x Therm Tablet, water

Lunch - 120ml Alove Vera Gel, 2x Garcinia Softgel Tablets, 1x Therm Tablet, 300ml Lite Ultra Shake (with semi skimmed milk)

Dinner - 120ml Alove Vera Gel, 2x Garcinia Softgel Tablets

Evening - 120ml Alove Vera Gel

Snacks - Fibre packet with water

Free Foods - 1x apple, 2x plums, lettuce and tomato side salad

Drinks - 8 glasses (circa 3l) water

Exercise - 45 minute walk

Thoughts

* Phew! Day two completed which means the hardest days of the challenge are behind me. From this point on the Aloe Vera Gel intake reduces and I can introduce an honest-to-goodness real meal.

* A tough start to the day. I woke up with a blistering headache, no doubt not helped by being up 4-5 times in the night with the kids. Preparing their breakfast, I was desparate for something to eat, reaching a compromise with an apple from the free food list.

* A mid-morning return to bed saw the headache pass, thankfully. The rest of the day was largely incident free, save for some fierce hunger pangs and a mild feeling of light headedness. I am certainly glad to have started the plan on a weekend, rather than try to manage these symptoms at work as I felt my concentration levels distinctly below par, a videogame review I had planned being shelved until tomorrow. Energy has been variable, at times I have felt low energy, othertimes surprisingly sprightly.

* Water intake was a little harder today but I achieved my 8 glass target. Again, I still feel thirsty bizarrely but there comes a point when you simply can't face another glass.

* By the way, you need to pee. A lot.

* Shopping done, my working day should be broadly unchanged. Fruit and side salad will replace bars or rice cakes and I'll have the shake for dinner. It remains to be seen whether any hunger pangs surface at work and what affect this may have on mood and concentration. I will need to be sensible and balance my desire to restrict my food intake during the plan against a practical need to be able to perform my duties.

* Meal plans for the week are roughly sketched out with jacket potatoes on days 3 and 4, chicken and salad on days 5 and 6 and turkey and salad (or veg, TBD) days 7 and 8 with some rice or pasta. We then end with a (supermarket bought) Pizza Express, half of which brings me in under the 600 calorie limit. To be honest I'm not really sure how to calculate the calories although I will broadly follow the recipes in the booklet. I will be conservative though and if anything suspect I will come in under the daily allowance. I will also be swapping out the semi-skimmed milk for skimmed, as recommended in the booklet.

* Weigh in and measurement day tomorrow, check back to see how I fared.