So, Monday's a good day to start a diet, right? :/

The rest of day one went very well.....until 7pm when I got a headache, by 10pm and after taking paracetamol and ibuprofen, my head felt like someone was trying to get out of my skull using a pneumatic drill so I went to bed.

Woke up yesterday praising the fact that there wasn't going to be any children here until 12pm as I was sure my head was going to explode at any moment and that wouldn't have been nice for them to see!  I took more pills and made my scrumptious banana pancakes for breakfast.

So very delicious and only made from one banana and a couple of eggs!  But even after food and a cup of black tea the headache still wasn't shifting so I lay on the sofa and waited for the pills to kick in......2 hours later it was absolutely no better at all and with kids arriving soon I took more pills and made another cup of tea......with milk......and sugar!  The day ended with Dominos gluten free pepperoni passion pizza and a warm gluten free brownie with the delicious dairy free Swedish Ice 'icecream'!  But more importantly, no headache!

I know, I know, not the best start to a diet but I can't cope with 4 children under 4 all day, plus an older one after school and have a headache like that, so I think the sugar is going to have to be phased out gradually!  Especially as I was hoping to get down to Willow Festival today and that would have been a definite no no yesterday, when just breathing made things worse!  

I'm looking forward to spending today with my youngest daughter, sitting in a field with thousands of other people, next to the River Nene with the Cathedral in the background and the sun shining in the sky, listening to loads of local bands...and not worrying about the diet until Monday!

Here we go again.....

A few days after my 46th Birthday so it must be time to start another diet!  So, apart from the obvious fact that I need to lose weight - lots of weight - I am fed up of feeling like 'this'.  It's quite hard to say how 'this' feels though!  I have a big weight sitting on my head, it's an effort to keep my eyes open and most of the time I can't get through the day without a nap! I don't sleep very well and always wake up feeling more tired than when I went to bed, everything aches and I get frequent headaches and migraines.  I came off anti-depressants after Christmas but I can feel myself sliding back down into the Pit of Eternal Despair again and I really don't like taking pills so I'm hoping my diet will sort everything out!

Too much to ask for a diet?  Not if everything I've been reading about a Primal diet is true, so this will be a reminder for me of how I've done on this journey, and hopefully keep me on track for more than a month, which seems to be normal diet life!

This morning I dragged myself out of bed and out to walk the dog thinking, Ok, today is the day I start my diet.  A few minutes into my walk and I was thinking "Thursday is a silly day to start a diet, surely Monday would be much better.  I could have Chocolate Stars for breakfast, and there is still a baguette in the bread bin...."  So I took a big sledge hammer and bopped that voice right on it's big fat head!  Woohoo!  I even did the dreaded 'Getting on the scales' thing.  My goal is to lose 50kg. Bleurgh.

I came in from Walkies and after I had fed the dog and the little fishes, fed my Mindies some breakfast and taken two of them to play group, given Baby M her bottle and settled her down for a nap and sorted out Miss M with an activity it was finally time for my breakfast.  Bacon, scrambled eggs and some mushrooms and left over cabbage sauted in some butter - who needs Chocolate Stars?!

Let's hope the rest of the day continues in such a positive frame of mind - I shall keep that sledge hammer handy!