Jo's food log

good luck! will check in on friday!
daisy x

Well done darling, so glad you are here, give us a shout if you want any recipes always happy to oblige. Tonights dinner was first week 2 meal and totally awesome!!! Details in the usual place. Am soooooooo excited for ya and post the pics of you in your new togs

Jez
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Hey Jo, lovely to see you here. Just keep in mind, everything that's going through your head at the moment regarding your fears is exactly what everyone else went through too...safety in numbers and all that. You will be fine and we will hold your hand if need be...

Hi Jo

Good luck with your journey ... some exciting times ahead

Mel

So I've been thinking a lot about RTM today and to be honest have got a bit freaked out by it. I think I have got used to my nice safe little abstinence bubble where if I do what I am told everything will work out and the weight will keep coming off.

Now I will continue to do as I am told in RTM but at some point the weight will stop coming off and more than likely some go on. I am not mentally ready for that. Called my LLC this afternoon and had a chat to her about it and so am going to have a quick pop in this evening (which would be my normal Developers evening) just to get on the scales and see how things have been this week. Hopefully by seeing another small loss will make me feel as if the window I eventually have to play in is bigger.

I never thought I would be like this and whilst I am really excited by starting a normal life again it really is quite terrifying!

Hey Jo

I know exactly how you feel, I felt the same, and since I was away, couldnt get my final developers WI!! Tonight is my first since starting RTM last week and 2 weeks since my last WI. I am bricking it a bit. I felt very afraid before I started, abstinence is safe and I enjoyed the constraints of the rules tbh. I also remember thinking ooh X many foodpacks and days of pure abstinence left. And it almost went too fast. You will love the sensation of food though and a week on I am more comfortable with it now than I was last week, it just felt too odd to eat and when I had the food packs I felt better. But this is part of the learning curve we all have to go through. Have you got all your RTM books yet? I have only the one and get the rest tonight - really looking forward to that. I made sure I read and re read everything, and got a big book to use as a jouranl to record all my feelings. I keep the food mood diary and record everything I eat or drink. This has really helped me, especially with the moods. You can try and put it in perspective then. I also started using food focus last night, to log the food and excercise - free sight and brilliant. I tas helped me get over a lot of the fear when you see the small amounts of calories in the food you are eating. Realistically although it feels like a huge amount you realise it is not over eating at all. Just healthy eating.

Dying to know how your first meal goes, let me know hey hun.

Jez
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The important thing to remember - is weight MAY come on, BUT, inches will not. You should still look like your new slim self.

Good luck Jo. It is so satisfying, a year later, to see people - and to see they are visibly dissappointed I am so slim - that I proved them wrong and did NOT put it all back on.

That will be you too - believe in yourself!
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OOh Jo - thinking of you hon. Hope you are able to relax and enjoy the experience! xx

Just wanted to wish you all the luck in the world for tomorrow, hope it goes well and you really enjoy the taste of your first real meal!! Take a pic of you eating and post it!!!!!! Let me know how it goes, I shall be waiting in eager anticipation of your post tomorrow eve

Jez
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Hey Jo, hope you're having a good day and looking forward to your first meal....enjoy..

Lol I was so in the same place! The shopping was exciting, and I have started finding some fab fat free goodies in the shops which makes it a whole new experience. Good Luck with the meeting

Jez
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Hi Jo,
You will be in your first RTM meeting now...I'm waiting to go to my first one in a few mins! I'm glad someone else is starting on the same day, I have a feeling we will be talking a lot more lol. Let me know how it goes!!

Jess x

Well done you!!! Brilliant. How weird is it to shop again? Your shopping list sounds fab. TBH I am not a massive fan of endive or chicory although chicory braised in orange is quite nice. So will save that until I can cook veg.

Good luck for tomorrow, and enjoy it!

Jez
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so have you eaten yet?!!
daisy x