OOPS! yes it is a daffodil!

lol I have no idea where "Sunflower" came from! and yes i do know the difference! sorry! (im talking about Kaylees pics below BTW)

well..... i have A LOT of thinking to do... i went to the Sureslim presentation and basically what it is, is this: no bread (apart from crispbread and mountain bread), no pasta, no rice, no noodles, no potatoes, no junk food (obviously), no alcohol, no sugar, and very low salt. you have to weigh EVERYTHING except for water based veggies (lettuce, cucumber etc) and drink 2l water + a day. the water i can do, the no alcohol, no sugar, low salt i can do, the bread, rice and noodles..... i dont know if i can do it.

Like Linda has said in my comments, i really do think i would battle to keep the weight off, as these are the first types of food i would go back to. i could handle it if they said you could choose, say a slice of bread or a 1/4 c of rice, that would be cool. but all my meals are either rice and something, potato and something, pasta and something, you know? i guess it is just a matter of changing my habits, and REALLY thinking about what i was to have to eat, because it is quite limited without Carbs! i kind of knew in a way that it was like this, and had accepted it, i guess i shouldnt of thought about it as much as i have, but i have! lol

the way they work it is, you are very limited in what you can have until you lose your weight, then they gradually add food back into your diet (this is when i could have my carbs again) so really you are limited for only a few months, as you lose the weight rather quickly.

Another thing against this kind of diet is family.... what if we were to be invited out to dinner? or lunch? with our familys it ALWAYS involves bread, rice, pasta etcetc, which is the main meal, at the moment i dont want to tell any of them what i am thinking, sabotage will come into play. you know how it goes... a little bit of this wont hurt you... a bit of this turns into a slice of that which turns into one massive big mess. they mean well, but just dont think really, and then there is the "hows the diet going' and "should you be eating that" just bugs me, and when i get shitty i eat, so i would rather avoid it BUT if they didnt know i was on a diet plan, they would be more like "have this... why not?.... are you on ANOTHER diet???" which is when all the other comments above would come in

so while i am thinking about it, (because i AM still thinking about it) i will put some steps for myself into play, aim for 2L+ water a day, 3 meals a day, if i want a snack i have fruit here, at least 7-8 servings of veggies and fruit a day (easily done, today i have had lettuce, tomato, cucumber, apple, pear, banana, kiwifruit, orange and havent even thought about dinner yet!), and lower the carb intake, maybe half a cup instead of a cup, 1 slice instead of 2 etcetc

because what is the point of thinking about starting a strict diet, and not starting to control yourself now? should i sit and eat junk until i decide?? hell no

i have more talking with Darryl to do, and more talking to a few people on the SS plan, and we will see what happens......