All week my stomach had been sore, by Friday and Saturday it was getting worse and everytime I ate I immediately had a stomach ache.
Saturday night I did my official weigh in and on Sunday and Monday I got.... Well... The shits. So in the first 2 days of my diet bet I had already lost 49% of my goal weight!!! I was hosting a party so was eating pizza, chips, ice cream, chocolate and drinking coke and still managed to lose over 1kg! And I'm certaily not complaining.
But it does sounds like a bad thing right? Surely it was just a technicality? I will probably just out it all back on again, right? It wasn't a healthy way to lose weight (which I agree and gastro is not a weight loss technique I would recommend.) The good thing, however, is I've been given a kick start, I've proven to myself and my body that I can forgoe larger meals, smaller portions are ok and it's good to feel hungry. I actually enjoy the feeling of hunger, I like it when my stomach rumbles, I like the feeling when my whole body is thinking about food and I'm forced to rely on another source of strength.
I like teaching my body that food is not our master, food can only sustain me to a point, but considering I am a person who will feel completely satisfied yet still eat, I will finish a meal even though my stomach is hurting, this shows I have an unhealthy relationship with food. Food is good, but I don't always use it correctly.
The other kickstart it has given me is the push to keep off the weight I didn't even try to lose and the urge to prove myself and how that I don't need a coinsedental bout of gastro to lose weight. But if I can lose weight without even trying what will happen if I do try?!
49% of my goal weight down, 51% to go :)