The running theme...

The last couple of days have been really trying for me. I've felt incredibly low and haven't really stuck to any real diet, although I haven't really eaten much apart from an incredibly unhealthy kebab tonight (naughty!).

I took a walk to town with my daughter today just to get some form of fresh air and some sunshine, which did help to lift my mood a little. Having an early night tonight with the intention of getting up early and getting out on the bike. Will update more tomorrow.

I managed to get to Boots today to get weighed. I'm exactly 23 stone. When I initially did a low carb diet last May, I was 26st 11lbs, so I've lost 3st 11lbs in 13 months. Not fantastic, but I've managed to keep it off. Low carb seems to be the way forward for me as it has so many health benefits. When I did it last year I managed to stop the effects of my diabetes and stopped having to take almost all of my meds for the condition. Not only that, I had bags of energy and found myself being able to concentrate so much more. This in turn made things better in almost all aspects of my life. I need to get back into this type of diet for the above reasons, and if I can manage to get through the initial 4 or 5 days of carb-depletion then it'll be plain sailing (hopefully!).

So, wish me luck as I start my low carb diet from tomorrow. If anyone is unfortunate enough to come into contact with me in the initial phase of low carb dieting, please accept my apologies for the cranky mood I'm likely to be in and please, please, please don't take it personally!!