First day of the OptiFast diet proper... and it has SUCKED ARSE... Just sayin'!
I started my day (as late as I possibly could - being my day off I slept in until about 11am) with 1 coffee Opti for breakfast - I hadn't tasted the coffee one yet and was pleasantly surprised, it tasted pretty good ;-) I left my next one until about 2:30pm and mixed up a strawberry Opti which I know tastes pretty good. About 4:30pm the hunger was starting to take its toll so I sliced up some cucumber, cherry tomatoes and capsicum and dressed with a little balsamic vinegar which staved off the hunger for a bit. Then around 6pm, absolutely starving hungry, I had some steamed broccoli, cauliflower & carrots. I've just had my last Opti (strawberry @8:30pm) for the day & my stomach is growling so dam loud the dogs are looking at me funny!
God love my beautiful wife Alanna - she is supporting me by replacing 2 meals a day with Opti (breakfast & lunch) & eating a Lean Cuisine meal for dinner - she too is feeling the hunger, but we're all good & I'm sure we'll survive.
I've found not smoking a real challenge today. I think being so hungry I was wishing I had a cigarette to distract me & give me something to do - but I have resisted the urge and have stayed true to my quit journey ;-)
Something quite awesome & unexpected happened today... I was emptying the dishwasher & putting the large bowls away in the cupboard & I thought to myself 'I'll never be eating a bowl of food this size ever again' & at that moment I felt so incredibly happy & almost free I guess... I would have one of those bowls chocka-block full with porridge & cereal every morning & if we were having a meal that could be eaten in a bowl of a night I would have it stacked full again - I had become a slave to food, so the freedom i felt with that thought today was VERY special indeed!
I also had to weigh myself again this morning before starting the Opti & was 112.5kgs - not surprising seeing as I have been having a constant food funeral for the past few weeks. I'll weigh myself every few days & post up my progress.
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