Happy Sunday!

Weekends are a little bit odd when you're following an Alternate Daily Fasting programme. One day every weekend involves eating no food whatsoever, so Himself is finding that he doesn't get a cooked breakfast one day of each weekend. I do make food for him, of course I do, and I would quite happily cook toast and bacon for him to eat in front of me, it doesn't actually bother me at all. 

Today, though, I had another niggling, lurking migraine that meant I slept for almost fourteen hours. I felt like a teenager again, and thanks to Flo I have the bad skin and the greasy hair to go with that feeling! The poor chap had to fend for himself first thing, so he made some microwave popcorn. He even fed the cats. I made him a couple of rounds of peanut butter sandwiches, then for dinner he just wanted macaroni and cheese. (Must put some more on the shopping list).

I haven't had time to down seven to nine protein waters, as I hadn't on Friday, so I've had six and doubled the amount of powder in the last one so technically that's the same as having seven. I have been to the loo so many times I'd put a racehorse to shame, and my rings are spinning around my fingers as a result. 

Still no Coke Zero - that's four days now, I think. Can't quite believe that, I thought that stuff was a permanent fixture in my life. There's about 36 cans sitting in the dining area, so I may drive over to Himself's work and give it to the guys in the shop, as at least two of them drink diet soda. (Excuse the Americanism). Not much point in having it in the house if it isn't going to get drunk, and it removes any temptation that there might be. Oddly enough, I haven't been craving it. I prefer water at the moment, usually with lime juice squeezed in (need some more squeezy lime juice, too!) 

Can't wait for weigh in on Tuesday. Not expecting to see a huge loss as tomorrow is a food day, so I may do a confirmation weigh in on Wednesday morning as well and see what the scales say then, too. I think I started this on April 15 or 16 so the month will be up a week Tuesday; of course I don't know how much I lost the first week, but it will be interesting to see how much I've managed to lose over the three weeks on from that. 19 stone 7.4 was the first recorded weight, 19 stone 4.2 the next, so I would love to see at least another six pounds gone by the time the month is up. 

I sat down and worked out the other night that I had 119 days or 17 weeks in which to lose 42 pounds, if I want to drop three stone and be 16 stone 4 by the end of August. That's about 2.5 pounds a week, which is really a lot to aim for, but if you don't aim high you get nowhere. Looking at it another way, it's equivalent to losing a hair over ten pounds a month for the next four months. I don't feel daunted by the thought of doing that, because I know fine well I managed to drop four stone from May 22 to November 1 three years ago when I started the previous WW plan. 

I think it's entirely possible; if I don't get there, at least I know that I was around 18 stone the last time my sister-in-law saw me, so if I am lighter than that by half a stone to a stone she may actually notice a difference. And who knows, the weight may even fall off quicker than I'm aiming for? (Pigs might fly, too, but remember, aim high!)