Penultimate day of my diet?

The title itself is a risk! This morning I weighed in at 77.5kg (12st 2 1/2lb). My target is 77.4kg (12st 2 1/4lb) and the digital readout on my scales flickered on 77.4kg, but I'm being honest and want to see it at 77.4 or lower. This is crazy, of course. If I put this in pounds, or stone, then who would worry about 100g - less than 4oz! I'm there. All I'm doing is risking a slight rise overnight - tomorrow is a workday and I'll be up early. That has caused my weight to rise before. The stress alone makes this an unhealthy 100g to worry about.

There is also a certain trepidation at ending the diet. It has taken over my life for two and a half months. Eating is, of course, an important business for us all. Changing the way you eat, thinking about food has been dominant for the past weeks. Moving onto the next phase of my plan is something which is both exciting but also a little scary. What I have been doing has worked. I realise that there are unhealthy aspects to my diet and that the only reason to follow this plan was to lose the weight. With the extra fat gone, I should start to get back to a fully balanced diet - which was my point in my last post. The next phase is just that: a way of bringing back the foods which have been missing all these weeks, but in a controlled way to ensure I don't just put all the weight back on.

My wife has posted all about this on Facebook. She has been so supportive, without which I couldn't have done this. She has taken my diet rules and turned them into a series of tasty meals. I haven't been hungry at any stage. We should probably share some recipes. That will come later. In our home my wife does most of the cooking at the moment because she likes that and because she doesn't go out to work. We have always enjoyed family meals together, so the idea of cooking something different for one person (me at the moment) goes against our family lifestyle. Nevertheless she has prepared different food for me. We still eat together and as far as possible she has tried to make family meals just that. 

I'm eager to go back to eating properly as a family. The next stage of my plan will make that easier. 

Let's see what the scales say in the morning. I just hope they show my target has been achieved, forcing me to take the next step.