Found a Great Diet Blog / Forum site for lighter life

I was toodling around in google search and found a diet blog called minimins which is an internet community of people who are trying to lose weight.

I have joined up and started posting already. I had immediate responses to my posts.Everyone seems very helpful and full of empathy and understanding.

I wish I had found it sooner but I have found it now - So another resource to help me in My struggle to lose weight is added.

Food Diary Today is a prediction as I am only half way through
B: Raspberry Shake
L: Banana, Apple, yoghurt
D: Chicken and salad
S: Nutty Bar - Glass of Cognac ( Very important week 5 addition)

Looks like a good week this week

I have been weighing myself daily - a bit of an obsession - and I think I will lose 5-7 lbs this week. You would think that after nearly 9 weeks I would not be so focused on the numbers but I am. I think it is because my weight is back to what it was more than 20 years ago. Another stone and it will be back to 30 years ago.
There is no doubt the lighter life diet works for me although I do find it very hard. I feel sure I will be able to maintain this when I finish but we'll see. I intend to keep blogging when the main lighter life diet is ended so that It keeps me on the straight and narrow

Lighter life leaves me with too much spare time

Because I love food - buying, preparing and cooking I have found that I have too much time on my hands. It only takes me a few moments to mix up my soups and shakes so then the hour or so I usually take to make dinner is spare time. So this is an unexpected 'benefit' of the lighter life diet.
Every sunday while I'm dreaming of roast dinners I sort out my garden. It has never been so ready for spring. My seeds are all sown on time and ready to grow.
I can't wait to be eating all veg I am planning to grow at the end of this diet.
I have not eaten regular food now for 55 days and I am feeling it. I still cannot decide how long to stick with it. My lighter life weigh in is tomorrow and I will look for some guidance at the meeting as to what I should shoot for as regards weight loss.
My scales said 16stones 2 lb first thing this morning but that was just an early morning blip. But I know that soon the scales will be saying 15 something and then 14 something. amazing really.

the effect of the lighter life diet on me

After nearly 8 weeks of being on the lighter life diet I have decided to record what is going on with me and the diet.
I will record my weight regularly on here and talk you through how I am coping with the diet.
So today the first of march I think I weigh about 16 stones 7 lbs. My last official weigh in last monday had me at 16 stone 11 lbs.
My scales do not always agree with the posh ones at lighter life so I am never quite sure what it is. My initial weight was 19 stone 11 lbs so I have lost 3 stone up to last monday. I think that is fantastic, brilliant, and very encouraging.

Once I have worked out this blogging system I will include links and suscribe info. Please bookmark me until then and keep reading. I hope to post daily
kenj