Thanks, captainmummy. That's really useful to know about electrolytes - I have always drunk a lot of water but have stepped it up a notch. I also really dislike fish, so my potassium levels may be low - I'll go hard on the spinach!
It is interesting with clothes sizes. No doubt I would still be complaining if I had lost sizes but not pounds! I am 5'8, too, so I think might be comparing myself to those who are shorter so whose loses have a greater effect (well, that's what I'm telling myself).
Hi fitflopqueen - well done for staying the same during what sounds like a stressful period. Sorry you have a cold too, how rubbish - try and use it as an incentive to really step up the water intake, I always feel better when I'm ill if I'm very hyrdated! 5 weeks is a long time, definitely time to make real progress and look fantastic on holiday.
TheAwfulDaughter - that is annoying! Lovely of your boss, but still very annoying. Like sybil says, you can really only put it behind you. I have found it very hard at times when I don't have control over my own food, but again as sybil says we are in it for the long haul and having such slip-ups, which will inevitably happen if you ever leave the house, have helped me adjust to this as a long-term plan and attitude rather than just giving up.
When I was angry at myself for eating some ice cream that someone had the AUDACITY to bring into my house and, um, force-feed me, someone on here mentioned the car metaphor - if your car windscreen got a crack in it, you wouldn't think "oh, fuck it" and smash the rest with a baseball bat. So don't use this as an excuse to eat lots of other stuff. This helped me not throw in the towel whenever I slipped up!
Drink lots of water today, do some exercise if you think it might make you feel better, and then make sure you have a lovely low-carb meal plan for tomorrow. It is only a tiny blip, and learning to deal with it will help you in the long run.
Hope you are having a good day otherwise!