Hi newlife
My consultant warned me that I would start to feel hungry as I approached my ideal weight. The trainee consultant was particularly vocal about how hungry she had become, but she had misunderstood the instructions and thought she wasn't to order the refeed until she had reached the bottom of the healthy weight range.
I must admit she actually looked a bit scrawny, and this influenced me to stop at the top of the healthy weight range.
Now, I realise that another two
kilos would probably have removed the bit of flab left on the belly, but I have no intention of fidgetting about and interfering with the balance - I have maintained 60
kilos steadily since 24th June with less than one kilo variation at any time.
So, my little story is to encourage you to perservere until at least the top of the healthy weight range. You have done a mammoth job, to lose 56
kilos, and you know that achieving the ideal weight increases the liklihood of maintaining the weight indefinitely.
You must be feeling weary of being on the program by now, it has been a long haul, 1 year and 2 weeks - and probably another 5 weeks to go before refeed.
May I suggest that if you are particularly distracted when you are out doing the Christmas shopping that you try and eat before you go, perhaps take your crispbread in a zip lock bag and some cut up fruit in another, and of course plenty of water. But what about taking a friend with you? If you have someone to chat with will that take your mind off the smells and sights of food? Otherwise, buy a long black, but sit in the mall to drink it, not at the cafe tables where the apple danish are so temptingly close at hand!
You have been so strong, deviations really do matter, for the sake of one pastry or one piece of chocolate, especially now that your
body is obviously stripping the last of the
fat reserves, don't give it any excuse to give up on the job!
My consultant stressed 'One deviation means one week without
weight loss' and I ate three silly meals during my program and for each of those weeks did not lose any weight.
As a slim person now, I am very glad that I had only those three lost weeks. I am sorry to hear that you are discomforted, but it is not for long now. Make sure you talk to your consultant, you may actually be closer to finishing than you think, these last five
kilos may suddenly shift - and just when you thought that nothing further would happen, Bingo! these last stubborn bits may dissapear in a week or so.
So don't let yourself down, by Easter you will have finished the program, finished the refeed, and be nice and stable, slim and trim in your size 10 pants, and you can enjoy your Ernest Hillier chocolate egg with a clear conscience!
Lotsa love
Chelsea
