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 After last weeks disappointment on the scales I was a little hesitant to get on them this morning in case i'd only lost ounces again   I needn't have worried i've lost another 8lbs    More than pleased!  

I think it's been a combination of doing more exercise and following the WTG diet properly.  Instead of just having 1 shake a day I've had the 3 that they recommended along with a soup and a meal at night.  Its so easy to follow, I have no dioubt in my mind that this time (finally) I am going to succeed and win the Battle of The Bulge  

I eagerly stepped on the scales this morning knowing that I had had another good week but what a disappointment!  No change, well not strictly true i've lost 4oz!!  Normally when this has happened on previous diets I instantly reach for food, any food, ALL food.  This time I haven't I went on the treadmill, unheard of.  I took my frustration out by doing exercise, now that IS a first.  The thing is that I actually feel slimmer and I am already feeling better about myself, I just wish it would show on the scales.  I'm doing more exercise than I have done for a long time.  Because of my illness the most exercise I used to get was lifting the tv remote to turn the channel over or walking to the bathroom.  
Now that my medication is finally right for me and working as it should I feel a new lease of life starting and I am determined to lose this weight for so many reasons. One of which is to see my grandchildren grow up and to be able to do things with them like swimming or just taking them to the park while they are still young.  Another reason is that my middle daughter is getting married in September 2012 and I don't want to let her down, don't want to be the only big one there and people referring to me as that 'fat woman'.

So enough of wallowing in my disappointment at losing nothing this week and here's to a good weight loss showing on the scales next week 

 ... does anyone else feel the same way that I do when I know that I've eaten something I shouldn't have?  Downright miserable and wishing I could turn back time 

I knew it was going to be a struggle to day as I'd had 'words' with my hubby, nothing major it just put me in a bad mood.   And so I've found it a struggle to keep on the straight and narrow as regards food.  Is this what they call emotional eating?  

Now that i've eaten the forbidden food I have no motivation to do anything like exercise to try and make up for it a bit.  I feel so fed up now 

 I was so excited this morning to get on the scales, not my normal reaction!   I'd had a 'band rescue review' with Dr Ashton last weekend and although I've had my band for years my previous surgeon 'abandoned' me and i've been able to eat whatever I liked since, consequently I'd put on weight. A LOT of weight.  I had gotten so desperate to lose my bulk that the decision was made to get something done, the first thing having my band checked by a new surgeon and refilled if possible.  Dr A was wonderful, I felt completely at ease with him and although he had a struggle to find the port (its buried deeply) he declared it ok and leak free.  He drained whatever there was in there, it has been so long ago since it had been filled that I couldn't remember, and refilled it with 2.5mls.  I've had to follow a regime of 3 days fluids, 3 days pureed food and now onto normal eating.  following this regime (and I really didn't find it difficult suprisingly) has resulted in me losing 10lbs in the first week.  I am so pleased, its a great way to kick start my weight loss journey.

I have also decided that because one of my problems is not really knowing what food to prepare and spending too long in the kitchen to think about it usually ended up with me snacking on things I shouldn't have, I am following the Weight to Go Diet.  I've paid for a months supply to try it out, basically it is all your meals sent to you in a box.  You have 3 protein shakes a day, 1 soup, 1 meal and 2 portions of fruit/veg aswell, for the days when you feel like something extra there is a snack bar too.  The meals are not what I would associate with a diet but normal, tasty good.  For example some of the meals are: chilli con carne, mushroom stroganoff, rich beef stew, pasta bolognese, cumbrian meatballs and some of the soups are: mushroom, sweet parsnip, butternut squash, three bean & chorizo, four different flavours of shake: chocolate, strawberry, banana and vanilla, the snack bars are choc & peanut and lemon crunch.  For the first time in years I really feel I can do this and my husband is being so supportive, I don't think I could do it without him being here for me.  (We only met after I had a repair to my lap band in 2002).  THE FUTURE IS FINALLY LOOKING GOOD!