Day 9 already

3kgs down...salty food absence meaning less water retained? Someone please explain.

Thank God the half portions are over. It did completely demonstrate that I was eating way too much and also not frequently enough. Have settled into this weeks food much better although it almost feels like eating too much for breakfast and could do with splitting that throughout the morning & having a later lunch. Must admit I have cheated with nuts and raisins especially after running to and from work (not sure if should be doing that every day or if we can modify diet to allow for the run calories burnt too Patrick ? 3.7 miles e/w, would prefer not to drop running cos it beats the train hands down but did feel exhausted with exercises on top by Thurs this week) Skipping much better now - cracked out 150 x 3 with no trips and then stumbled a bit on the last 150 yesterday.

Sleep is all over the place. Not sure if its body adjusting or something unrelated but I seem to be taking a while to drop off (vs pre PCP half a bottle of claret sedation technique) and then getting a deep 5 to 6 hours and being wide awake but still feeling tired later in the day, Interested to know if anyone else is being affected on sleep front.

Wonderful to feel less bloated, gassy and lethargic and the sugar cravings definitely do get better - I was seconds away from lifting a dairy milk bar from the vending machine on Thurs tho.

First night out this week - 3 separate sets of drinks (not popular - I gate-crashed all of them) on Thurs night - water at the first one, diet coke the second & third but no booze. Two cigarettes to stave off boredom and then home for day 7 skipping. Utterly surreal.