Crafts and Life

Lunch – 8 oz jacket potato with mixed beans

Dinner – Harissa Quorn with rice

Supper/snacks – Grapes, cheese sandwich

Drinks – No added sugar Vimto, tea with milk x 6

Weight – 22 st 8.25 lbs, still think I am readjusting after not really eating at the back end of last week (also wine over the weekend probably doesn't help!)

Pain – yep, it chucked it down pretty much all day, so major spasms all the time 😦

DAY FIFTEEN

Key Theme: FREEDOM

OTHER PEOPLE PRESSURES

It takes a great deal of self-assuredness to withstand the critical eye or voice of another. There will be many difficult moments for the person who embarks on this program because of the general belief that fat people shouldn’t eat very much, if at all. For some, this will be the hardest part of the program. These people have carefully avoided eating in front of anyone much of the time. They have become closet eaters. They are very sensitive to rejection and criticism and have a strong need to be accepted. Are you in this group? You will need courage.

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you, you are wrong. There are always difficulties that arise which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action, and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men (and women) to win them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Food for Thought: I don’t eat for other people.

Antonello, Jean. Naturally Thin: Lasting Weight Loss without Dieting . Heartland Book Company. Kindle Edition.