Cambridge Diet Step 2 Day 2

Hello Guys,

I didn't blog anything yesterday as I was feeling a bit down with my weight loss

Since I started Step 2 which includes food, I am finding it really hard. I guess it's easier to make your mind up that you are on a total replacement diet for say 4 weeks, but I went on to Step 2 after 1 week because I just could not cope with not having any food.

Ok, let me brief you guys on the Cambridge weight Plan steps.

Step 1: Sole Source, this is when you are not allowed any conventional foods at all. You need to stick to the porridge for breakfast, shakes for lunch and soups for dinner, please feel free to interchange as you wish.

Read my previous posts to see how I survived Step 1 and lost 5KG in one week.

After visiting my consultant after step 1, I explained to her that I think I will do well on step 2 as I miss having contact with food, after much pleading, she checked my BMI and agreed to move me onto Step 2 which am on now.

So yesterday I decided to prepare my dinner I actually survived the morning with my porridge, even though I lost half of the porridge when I put it into the microwave at work, I don't know what kind of heat level the microwave had because when I took a look at my porridge after 30secs I realized half of it had poured out. **sad face**

I managed the other half for breakfast and drank lots of water to fill my stomach up. In the afternoon, around half 12 I had my first butterscotch shake, I wasn’t very hungry but curios to taste this flavour(another reason why I love CWP), it tasted great and during tea time around 4pm I had another shake and made my way home to pick my LO and we were home bound.

Now came the challenge, I hurriedly picked up my CWP book to check the conventional meal specification for my dinner.

I picked up my scale and measured 80g of spinach. I mixed some tomato paste, little oil, I piece of chicken (I assumed this was 200g) and steamed in a small pot. I then served this in my small plate and dinner ready.

I drank lots of water before the meal, ate my food and drank more water.

After the meal, I was super hungry, it didn't feel me up one bit, even the shakes filled me up better, luckily earlier in the day, I read online that during step 2 be careful not to over eat so I had thoughts in my mind saying that's okay, but truthfully I was still hungry and couldn’t hold it.

I decided to weight another chicken piece and found out it was only 50g, and the book says 200g of chicken is allowed, so I immediately ate another 50g chicken. I was still hungry so decided to make another spinach soup dinner with chicken.  In my mind, I was telling myself, you have only had 100g chicken so far.

Once I settled for the second plate of food, ate the 50g chicken first, immediately after the chicken piece, I just noticed I was so full which means my stomach is now small. **good times**

I decided to pour the food away and look forward to my dinner tonight, am going to ensure I measure the protein(chicken or prawns) and not assume to ensure am eating my dinner in one serving and fighting  any temptation that may come my way today.

Tomorrow I will tell you about the size 10 clothes I ordered and how feeding my son is affecting my Cambridge Plan.

Ciao!!!