Day 14 (Phase 2) - Thank you

A good week with food and a sense of balance and returning to normal. Trying to get used to the feeling of "what full is like". This is fascinating as I indulge in real food for the first time in ages.

I have to say I am enjoying this new challenge and it is giving me the opportunity to prepare myself for normal food patterns. This is an area which has concerned me and caused me to doubt my ability to cope. I am beginning to see how to do this as I progress through this phase.

I can see how important it is to manage this phase as carefully as the previous one. In some senses this is a more important phase as I am learning a lot more about myself and giving myself the opportunity to test newly learned skills about food intake and portion management.

Going to weigh in was a bit of a surprise as I have lost a further 3.1 lb and I am less than one pound over 12 stone, a place I have never been since I was a teenager!

Guess this gives me room to increase food, or more importantly calorie intake, without putting on weight. I have not been hungry but if I can widen my scope of foods a little...then good.

Now a song dedicated to my wife, who is the inspiration to my change in life. A person who, after going through a life threatening health problem leaving her with a disability, inspired me to do something about my health so we both can enjoy the rest of our lives together in peace and health.

Title: Thank you

Artist: Led Zeppelin

Album: Led Zeppelin II

Year: 1969

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.

When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.

Kind woman, I give you my all,

Kind woman, nothing more.

Little drops of rain whisper of the pain, tears of loves lost in the days gone by.

My love is strong, with you there is no wrong,together we shall go until we die.

My, my, my.An inspiration is what you are to me, inspiration, look... see.

And so today, my world it smiles, your hand in mine, we walk the miles,

Thanks to you it will be done, for you to me are the only one.

Happiness, no more be sad, happiness....I'm glad.

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.

When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.