Do What Makes You Happy
Weighing yourself isn't the first thing that comes to mind when making yourself happy, but in my case, the past year of uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, furlough, homeschooling, missing my man and being made redundant all took its toll on my weight - quite frankly it spiralled out of control. Before the pandemic, I was already in the overweight category on a BMI chart and by the end of 2020, I was firmly in the morbidly obese - eek!
My daughter took a photo of me on Boxing Day and it is forever etched in my mind. I'm sure I will share it on here at some point but until then, it is stuck in my journal to remind me why I started this journey. The photo made me unhappy. I was also tired of IBS flare ups and acid reflux. So, I bit the bullet and decided to go back to something that I had seen success with ten years ago - Lighter Life.
The above photo shows a whole day's worth of food. I was shocked at first and was sure I would definitely starve to death. As it happened, with the 2-3 l