*Starshine*'s Journal, 15 January 2014

A couple of strange but nice weight-loss moments today. The first was in a store where I mentioned in passing to the assistant that I'd lost almost 7 stone since April and she immediately yelled it out to her friend, across the entire store. Pretty unrestrained behaviour for England, so I was a bit taken aback. Then I just sort of stood there sheepishly, while all the other customers also came over to have a look at me. They were all hugely impressed and complimentary but it still felt incredibly odd to be the focus of so much examination and wonderment! The second moment came later in the day, when I was still out shopping. Unexpectedly, I caught sight of my hips in an oddly placed mirror -- and I actually didn't recognise them as mine, because they were so much smaller than the hips in my head. Really disconcerting! Losing weight is great, of course, but it also has a real knack of continually catching me unawares.

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1458 kcal

Fat: 33.41g | Prot: 130.40g | Carb: 155.99g.   Breakfast: Skinless Chicken Breast, Ryvita Pumpkin Seeds & Oats Crispbread, Philadelphia 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese, Scallions or Spring Onions, Water. Lunch: Water, 2% Fat Milk, Morrisons Carvery Peppered Ham, Decaffeinated Tea Unsweetened, Cooked Broccoli (from Fresh), Fage Total 0% Fat Free Authentic Greek Yoghurt, Kirkland Signature Atlantic Salmon Canned. Dinner: Cottage Cheese, Bell Peppers, Sweet Cherries, Clementines, Zucchini, Baked Potato (Peel Eaten), North Atlantic Cod Loins, Decaffeinated Tea Unsweetened, 2% Fat Milk. Snacks/Other: Nutella Hazelnut Spread, Ryvita Pumpkin Seeds & Oats Crispbread, Water, Whole Milk, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Kiwi Fruit, Schneider Brot Organic Three Grain Bread, Pickles, Skinless Chicken Breast, Philadelphia 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese, Ryvita Pumpkin Seeds & Oats Crispbread. more...

3322 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Desk Work - 2 hours, Housework - 3 hours, Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 20 minutes, Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 1 hour, Resting - 9 hours and 40 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...