Day 1 - Meal Replacements

Day One of many

Weight: 16st 8lb as of 13/10/2012

So I signed up for a certain meal replacement diet yesterday morning and began this morning.

It's day one and my resolve should be good. But it isn't. I really miss 'food' already, we have Wheat Crunchies (crisps), pizza, ham and chicken in the house and I want it all! I even want the yoghurt I bought on a whim (turns out I don't like peach flavour) which has been looking sadly at me from the fridge for weeks.

Obviously this is where I am supposed to search my sole and discover I don't really desire these things, afterall I know what they all taste like and I did sign up for this. But we all know what most things taste like, yet many of us eat these things anyway. Me included.

For those who missed the intro or haven't heard of the likes of Lighter Life, Cambridge diet, Exante etc, the premise is you begin with a certain number of packs a day for a certain number of weeks or until you reach a weight target then the eating plan changes (more on that later). For me, this is until I reach a stage where I trust myself with food or I am the much coveted 11st- I honestly believe I am addicted to it (more on that later too).

Therefore today, I've had all four of my packs; for breakfast raspberry porridge, a rather small portion but a good consistency and easy to make (important when you're starving hungry!). Following this I've had two chocolate and one banana milkshake, both rather nice, fluffy and dare I say it, filling.

So all in all a good day, I'm not hungry and I'm not planning to fail (you know what I mean... I've not said to myself 'one bit won't hurt, I don't weigh in for a week' or 'everyone has to eat, so why not eat a multipack of crisps and start tomorrow').