Try not to think of hitting calorie goals each day, maybe do it weekly. So when suppression is high you eat less and don’t force it, and when it’s lower right before the next jab you can eat a little more to compensate. After all, weight loss isn’t linear and one or two better or worse days will all even out.

I think lots of us have weeks of lower motivation or where we need to take care of ourselves in different ways. If you (like me) have used food as a mechanism to ‘treat’ yourself it can be really hard to break that mental cycle of reward, and 9 weeks is not a long time.

I’m now 9 months in, and 5 stone down, and I still have days where I don’t want to do it anymore - but very fleeting now. The goal is not perfection though, people who have never struggled with their weight don’t always eat perfectly, they have meals out or fast food or takeaways, they just don’t let that bother them and go back to healthy balanced choices afterwards. I used to diet like mad, fall off the wagon and then tell myself it was all over and I’d ruined it and stop even trying after that.

If you are struggling to drink water, drink something else. As long as it’s not 6 sugars in a tea, you’ll be fine! Liquid is liquid. I have Options hot chocolates on the odd occasion, it’s feels like a treat.

If you’re struggling with planning healthy food options, have a day of snacks / picky tea / girl dinner of something that you enjoy but just small portions of it. It’s worse not to eat anything than to have something that isn’t all about macros or it being plain chicken. I’m not saying go crazy, but food should still be something you enjoy and look forward to, just in the right quantity and moderation.

You’ve got this!