6 Weeks In

500 day today. My boyfriend and I are on to our 11th 500 day... aka 6 weeks in.

I'm getting used to the hunger pangs now. When we first started I got cramps, a hard/bloated stomach, I ended up super tired all day long and couldn't keep my head up properly at one pint because I was starving.

Now I'm just slightly hungry all day long and am able to handle it now. I have to keep reminding myself that I get to eat normally tomorrow and that I still am eating as opposed to not.

Our diet on 500 day has become a routine. It's taken a few weeks and several 'I'm hungry' tantrums to get ourselves sorted, but what we have now is working.

Both Rick and I have recently completed our Bachelors Degrees at Wintec. Graduation is in two weeks! By which time I want to have lost 10kg. I have 1.5kg to go and am praying that I can do it.

Anyways, we've completed our degrees and are currently waiting for the right job to head our way. We try to keep busy by exercising and renovating our house.

Every 500 day, we try to sleep in as long as possible (no we aren't lazy!) and once we wake up we start our day with either a Berocca Performance drink, green tea or a plain coffee.

We keep ourselves busy from then onwards by going for walks or going shopping or visiting his parents.

Between 2pm and 3pm we have our lunch. Lately I've been having 75gm of Highmark egg noodles (104 calories) and Rick will have several Corn thins crackers (23 calories each). Although I'm already over the noodles and had crackers today as an alternative.

At 6:30pm we cook our dinner. Lately we've been having scrambled Frenz free range mixed grade eggs (60 calories each), Molenburg balance sandwich slice toasted (134 calories for 2 slices), Olivani lite spread (14 calories for 2.5gm) and white button mushrooms (6 calories for 25gm). Its pretty yummy and the protein helps keep our energy levels up.

Around 9pm we try to have a snack. Lately we discovered that Paddle Pops aren't too high so we've been having one of them. It may not be 'healthy'. But somehow Bananas which are healthier are too high in calories. Regardless of the sugar content of Paddle Pops we've still been losing weight each 500 day and its worked for us.

We go to bed around 11:30pm and by the time we've woken up the next day our body has adjusted to not eating all that much and we go back to eating normally, just in smaller portion sizes as our stomachs hurt if we eat too much after 500 day.

So far our 500 day diet has worked for us and we are slowly but surely making progress.

Next 500 day is two days from now.

Until then,

Katie x