Lees Journey

Well ia m back after a tough week.

Thanks for kind words, i have achieved something in the past week if not dieting, i have given up caffiene which hasnt been easy, i should say i have sadly been hooked on Diet Coke since as long as i can remember. Yup literally 3-4 litres a day for probably twenty years, no lie. And i think have the battle with starting out on this journey has been attempting to give up foods and my *drug* at the same time, hence the struggles and frustrations last week.

So i not fully off "fizzy pop" just yet as trying to ween myself off gradually. But last Tuesday i had my last Diet Coke and i switched to Diet Sprite instead (i know i know, not much better there!) BUT it has meant i have no more caffiene in my live and boy oh boy have i noticed it! Sadly had headaches everyday for past week and still have one today, which i figure is caffeine withdrawal. And wow, i was always someone who was up til midnight or 1am every night, work or not. But this past week just cutting out the caffeine i have been struggling to stay awake at 9pm and been in bed by 10pm every night. I always claimed to friends that caffiene didnt affect me i was so used to it in big doses, but this week has proved me wrong. After a lifetime of litres of caffeine my body is i think still struggling with having none whatsoever.

So i will contuine on this path for a few more days, and and then going to half the Diet Sprite and substitute it for water for another week and then be on just water and juices after that.

Its slow its painful, and yes to be honest my *Dieting* isnt happening right now i confess. But i think i i shall find the food issue much easier to get into after i have got off the Caffeine and Fizzy Pop for good first.

I try and keep the blog more often, but as i said i been so tired this week after work i never once turned the computer on!

I am frankly not doing good, been feeling bad and just found myself turning to all the bad things to make me feel better, Excuses i know but i cant be trying to do 18hr days of stress when i dont feel too well.
Ah time for plan B? Just havent found it yet.

Sorry, its been a hell of a hectic few days ay work and havent been online much, i work in the entertainment business and sometimes its quiet and dull and the next day can be so busy it hurts!

Due to work i hadnt risked starting the doctors plan yet as i didnt want to be going through any kind of headaches of withdrawal symptons whilst i had to work stressful 18hrs days, so i just been cutting back on bad food and trying to lower my caffiene and bad drinks too.

This week i luckily have a quiet week at work so today i am starting out on the doctors plan of shakes / smoothies and one small meal, i have ready for tonight a nice combination of new pototes and lean chicken which believe me for me is weirdly healthy. But until then i have had an apple/banana smoothie with crushed ice, not sure its 100% healthy but hell it tasted good! Lunch will be the first try of these nutritional protien shakes…

Wish me luck..

First of all, bear with me here, trying to figure out Wordpress for writing these blogs, too many buttons.

Well i been struggling to be honest sticking to any kind of diet since i set out a week or so ago, so i today plucked up the courage to seek the Doctors advice on maybe seeing a nutritionilist etc. But got a bit of a shock after he done some checks and looked at some recent previous bloodwork. Basically he is ordering me onto a more extreme diet to start out, which not sure is a good thing or not.

Seems for the next 5-6 weeks i am on Doctors orders to replace two meals with "protein shakes" and then have a balanced small meal of an evening bringing a daily total calories to about 1000 only! Oh my god hope he knows best? His theory (and sounds plausablie) is that a sudden more extreme approach to start off with will and i quote "kickstart" my sluggish body and metabolism into life and start to get used to the fact it will have to survive on much much less. He also states that seeing such immideate fast results that i should, that he feels it will be a massive morale and confidence booster and will help me stay on track when the 6 weeks is over and turn to more *normal* dieting, now this in theory sounds great, but one small meal a day and then shakes? Hmm not convinced just yet.

So he has done it anyhow, sent me off packing to the pharmacy with prescription for these "clinically proven" milkshake things, and well i suppose and food gone forever.

This has not been quite the start to my diet i had in mind to be fair, but after his chat about bloodwork etc and scary comments made about my health and future, i would be a fool not to follow his advice. So protien milkshakles it is, and small morcels of food later.

Just hope i dont end up with huge withdrawel symptons as got about 40hrs work to do in the next two days! Got to love those 18hr days with little or no breaks!

Laters