I haven't been in for a while have I? Sorry about that, I guess life gets in the way sometimes. Its been a month and 2 days since I started this weight loss plan. I have been struggling these past few days but I've recently got a natural little helper which you can buy from any shop. I'm going to test it out for a few days and let you know how I got on before I reveal what it is!

I have been struggling, but I haven't been cheating. I've been going up to my higher food intake occasionally when I'm really hungry but thats about it. I have had some real trouble with my scales of late, they are just not very accurate.

Instead of bought these diet scales:

Again from amazon, (because I am an amazon junkie). The scales are a lot more accurate, and nice and small. Although I would have liked to have bought a digital one, most of them have lithium batteries which I can't stand. I just can't find lithium batteries to replace them when they die. So I made do with a mechanical set. They are really small and pack away tidy, the scales fit inside the container so it fits in my draw nicely.

More importantly it goes up in quarter ounce increments, perfect for me because I can weight out to the ounce satisfactorially which is so important. When you lose faith in your scales you tend to lose faith in the plan.

The only downside to the scales is that they weigh small amounts, which means if you try and place a plate on top of it your going to have some trouble, the weight of the plate will probably bring it close to its maximum. This means you have to continually use and wash out the container, which doesn't bother me much. The great thing is you can surreptitiously take it out to resturants without anyone noticing too much. You can always say your diabetic if they do ask. But its a little dangerous since if you ever pass out you may wake up to find someone sticking a needle in you kindly injecting you with insulin. :-/

...or maybe that won't ever happen. But if it did, I would be like 'typical!'

About my secret helper, well it is an appetite surpressant. Just to make things a little easier from time to time. But its not a drug, you can buy them at any store. But I don't want to embarrass myself by telling you then finding out they don't work. So I'll give them a go for a little while just to see what happens. Wish me luck!