I am a changed man!

Well well well let me tell you! It has been 4 weeks since my last post - sounds like I am going to confession or something - but so much in my life has changed, yes it has only been a month, but I feel like a different person, and I am starting to look like one too.

The first week on Sureslim was hell! My body was rejecting the food I was putting into it, I had headaches, was constipated and I was obsessed with food. I was obsessed with shopping for it, measuring it, cooking it, eating it - and thinking about eating everything that wasnt on my plan.

But 4 weeks later - and 7.8kgs lighter I love it! I have lost 9cm of my waist, am sleeping better, jumping out of bed in the morning, which is unheard of for me. I just feel so different.

Here is a link to an amazing forum from the UK, for people on SureSlim that has been a great help to me...

www.sureslim.co.uk/forum/index.php

It is great and full of supportive fellow Sureslimmers. I have been a bit obsessed with it too! But I feel myself slowing down a bit with the forum, it can take up all your time, and although this is a lifestyle change for me, I dont want it taking up all my spare time.

Anyways, I am off to weigh some vegies and salmon for my dinner, oh and I cant forget the seeds, which were awful at first, but now I love them!

Day One

So i picked up my program yesterday - not the best news from my blood test - liver function is a bit out of whack, must be all the booze! Easily fixed tho with diet and much less beer.

Not much else to say at the moment, started program this am, with yoghurt and fruit for brekky, not to bad, but the flaxseed oil in the yoghurt may take some getting used to!

Lunch was an omlettte with vegies and salad, and tahini ARGHH!

Am trying not to think about dinner, as i have an hour and a half until i can even consider it! Sureslim states you need to have at least 5 hours between meals, something to do with insulin and human growth hormone!

Feeling quite positive about it all though...... and motivated!

It's all happening on Tuesday

Ok.... I got the call i have been waiting for, my program is ready to go! I have been writing down all the questions that come to mind, so i think I may be there awhile when i pick it up and go through it with the consultant!

I have been eating all my favorite foods since the blood test! I feel a little guilty, but i look at it like this - I am giving up something (tasty, but fatty foods!) and like a smoker, i just want one more packet before i give it up for good!

Is that the wrong attitude to begin with? not sure, but it really is the only one i have!

Wish me luck - fingers and toes and all that!!

Thumbs sore from all the twiddling....

Well I am still waiting for my program!! Nothing to say, cant talk about dieting when I aint.......

Hopefully someone will call soon. What if my blood results were so bad they had to fly in specialists? HA!

Twiddling my thumbs waiting is hard with a handful of m&m's!

Well I am still struggling to prepare for the challenge that lies ahead. I dont know how this is going to work with the strange shifts and hours I work. I am scared - but it is something I have to do. I have been doing some research, and reading other blogs about weight loss and in particular sureslim, some inspiration and motivation, but also some harsh realities.

I am finding this to be so hard already - a close friend told me to look on the bright side, I have made the first step, and am in the process of making changes that will be life changing. I am scared! I cant help but feel negative about myself and the process of weight loss. Happy faces!!

The first tentative steps!

Ok here goes! After 35 years, countless big macs and numerous BBQ chickens from Olympic Yeeros - this fat bloke is starting a journey that will head me in the direction of a longer and healthier life.

Yesterday I went and had my "profile" done at sureslim clinic in the CBD (not as easy as you might think during APEC!). I thought I had put on weight in the last few months, but 13kg was a shock! According to my "profile" I have 40kgs to lose......... YIKES!

Working in the health industry, I always knew I was overweight, who knows why? Actually I do, basically I dont exercise and i eat crap! Well its time for this to change. I have had the blood test, am now waiting for the analysis, and the program to follow. What do i do whilst i am waiting? Should I try and eat healthier over the next few days or should I blow it all and gorge on my favorite foods until I get my program?

This is not easy, the diet hasnt even started yet and I am already thinking of stuffing myself with comfort foods.....SHIT!