Day 9- being good to myself

It has been very important to me to add in activities and treats to this diet. I have two holidays during the diet and a short break booked in shortly after the 100 days (when I will still be using shakes but adding limited food). The first holiday is the beginning of April when I will be seeing my baby niece for the first time- as a first time aunt I suddenly have this feeling of resposibility towards this little girl- mad isn't it as her parents are going to be fabulous. Perhaps it is because I know I won't be having kids myself. Anyway, I want her to have a slim and fit auntie to play with and visit in years to come. That will be an easy holiday, because we are staying with family and will do a lot of walking and drinking tea and coffee, and it will be easy to fit in my shakes with their meal times. Danger points will be
1) Visiting Lubeck (home of marzipan and where they make the most delicious cream cake I have ever tasted)
2) The Hamburg Dome (or fair) where the smell of hot sugary donuts and apple puffs can make you salivate

So if I can get over those the rest should be plain sailing.

Then in May we are going to Skye for a walking holiday- day 100 falls in the middle of that week and I have promised to take my partner for birthday dinner at the three chimneys. From what I have been reading about the next stage, I should be okay if I stick to one food group that night- which should be fine as they specialise in fish- so plain grilled fish no sauce for me!

In June we will have 2 days at the spa- it is a 5 star hotel with a michelin starred restaurant and by that time I should be able to have dinner, so long as I am very careful about what I choose from the menu.

So all of this sounds like I am desperate to get back to old eating ways, but I don't think I am really. I am amazed at how little I care about 'eating' food these days. Losing the weight and feeling fit is what I focus on- and the treats in store- like completing my indian head massage course and being able to offer friends a treat! All I used to offer friends was dinner- my gift to them- now I will have something else to offer, and they will probably appreciate it more.

Just 91 days to go- it doesn't seem like a big number any more!
Weird...