Today is a busy day, workwise. I was wondering how i'd cope, but it's really been OK.
I decided not to drink too much water throughout the day, because of going to the loo during my appointments. So in the morning i had a small cup of tea and got on with seeing patients.
By mid-morning my head was screaming out in pain, but i had expected this anyway. I had an hour and a half free, so i had a mini-sleep. Then, during lunchtime i had another sleep for an hour and decided to have the bar for lunch, instead of a liquid shake. It was a toffe flavoured thing, very unappealing looking, with supposed a white chocolate coating. The consistency was, well, it was just goo really. And i found it quite sickly after about two thirds of it. But, i did feel loads better afterward, and to my surprise my headache went away for the rest of the day.
I didnt get any more breaks until 9pm (except quick 10 minute tea-breaks) and so i used one of those breaks to have a shake. It was caramel flavour, and it was a bit odd. If you've ever had any of the diet shakes, for example, slim-fast, atkins shakes, cambridge diet, they all taste quite wierd. But that's to be expected, isn't it reader? I mean, after all they are only simulating real food. They can hardly make one that replicates Moules Marinere in taste and texture can they? Any how, LighterLife provided me with a little plastic beaker thingy which i am supposed to use to shake up the powder mix with water. It was rubbish. Lumpy. I didn't want to faff with it though, because i didn't have time, - the mix once mixed only lasts 15 minutes. After that, the vitamins and minerals etc, are no good.
After i finshed work i started on the water. I had 2.5 litres of sparkling water while i was watching Big Brother.
Tonight, at 10-00 pm I had a soup - the mushroom one. I had read in Mikes blog that it was the best tasting one. So, sitting down to watch "Big Brothers Big Mouth" I had my soup. I was amazed at how nice it tasted. I'm very impressed. Whether i will still be saying this in four months is another thing. The soup i whizzed up in the blender and it made all of the difference to the experience. Also, it was good to sit down with a bowl and spoon, rather than just gulp it down standing up as i had done with the shake.
I still needed to drink more water - as i had only had about one litre or so throughout my working day, and 2.5 litres in the evening. So i filled the 2 litre bottle with tap water and i have been steadily drinking that too. Guess what i will be doing all night!
I don't feel as bad as i expected to. I did not feel hungrey today.
I was thinking that what may have helped was that I must've started ketosis by the time i went to bed last night because i had consumed nothing with carbs since 4-30 pm (a diet cherry coke - my last one) and then i attended the group and came home and had a bar for my meal that night and i drank loads of water before bed.
Venus says that going into ketosis takes only hours. Ah, that reminds me, she said that she would give us a ketosis stick, so that we can test whether we are indeed in ketosis, but she forgot and didnt hand them out afterall. Also, she said that we would get wateer flavourings as part of the pack, but we didn't. Anyway, i like water as it is so this week it will not bother me. But after this week i would like the flavourings so that i can add variety occasionally.
So, one day down, and only 182 days left to go!!!!!
