It's my 20th week on the 5/2 diet, and it's going well!

Firstly, I'd like to apologise to all those readers who have been waiting patiently for another interesting post from me! I'm sorry too that there are no photos this time, life is getting so busy that I haven't been focusing on taking photos and developing recipes for you.

I am however, quite excited, because I have finally reached my first goal a week ago and I have made a new goal to lose another 10kg. I haven't set a time frame for that, but I am already 1kg down on that!

Life has been very hectic lately, I've travelled up to Brisbane 3 times in the last few months, and my choir has just had its annual Christmas concert. It was my first experience in many years of performing in public, and it was a lot of fun! We have more functions that we have been asked to sing at, so that will be keeping me busy over the next month.

I'm finding that this diet fits very well into my life, it does feel as if its a way of life, and I haven't found it too hard. Not very hard at all! I've had a bit of tummy rumbling and a few days of painful spasms, and when I visited the Dr. he suggested it may be from eating lots of raw vegetables, but I am not so sure. I've been cooking my veg over the last week, and I'm also trying to stay away from gluten to see if that makes a difference. I probably just haven't had enough water! Never the less, I have still been fasting on 2 days of the week, and I'm still trying to stick to 1200cal on most of the other days. It's working and last night I tried on a dress that I haven't worn in a long time and both my husband and my daughter agreed that it looks better on me now than it did before! How exciting!

I hope that all of you readers are continuing to have success on your journey too. I am looking forward to the challenges that this Christmas season will bring, but I have proved that I can get through all kinds of difficult situations this year, so I know I can do it! Let me encourage you to stick to your resolution and don't give up! The results are so worth it, even though it takes a long time, there is so much to gain and only weight to lose!