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Progress
Update:
14 kilos
down, 26
to go to
go.
On the
31st of
December
2012, I
set my
New
Year’s
Resolution:
To lose
40 kg’s
in 12
months.
Today, 2
months
after I
started,
I am
happy to
report
that I’m
14 kg’s
lighter
already.
I’ve
found
the
dieting
very
easy,
but the
exercising
very
hard. I
find
that I
make a
hundred
excuses
a week
for why
I spend
my time
doing
anything
but
exercising.
To make
life
easier,
I’ve
decided
that
exercising
at home
must be
the
answer –
an
exercise
machine
is on
its way
and I’m
hoping
this
will
make the
difference
for me.
A Carrot
On A
Stick
But
something
has
actually
already
happened
that I
think
will
ensure
me
staying
on the
right
path
with my
diet. My
best
friend,
Anna,
bought a
pair of
Jimmy
Choo
boots a
while
back. It
turned
out they
were a
bit too
small
for her
feet…
and
luckily
for me
(please
pretend
I just
expressed
myself
less
selfishly),
my feet
are a
size
smaller
than
hers!!
Anna
offered
me the
boots
and I
couldn’t
have
been
more
excited
(they
are the
most
beautiful
boots
there
ever
was)…
and here
is where
the
carrot
comes
in: The
boots
are of
the knee
high
kind and
at my
current
weight,
my
calves
will not
fit in
to them
at all.
For this
reason,
I have
put them
on
display
in my
bedroom
as a
constant
reminder
that if
I stick
to my
diet,
these
beauties
will be
on my
feet at
the end
of the
year.
Thank
You,
Anna… I
Love You
and
Jimmy
Choo!
My Low
Carb
Diet
My diet
of
choice
is a low
carbohydrate
diet.
A low or
no
carbohydrate
diet
greatly
limits
the
amount
of
carbohydrates
you eat.
I picked
the low
carbohydrate
diet
because
I read
that
leaving
carbohydrates
out of
your
diet
suppresses
hunger…
and it
truly
does,
having
made the
beginning
of this
diet
journey
as easy
as I had
never
dared
hope
for.
Carbohydrates
are
found
naturally
in rice,
grains,
most
vegetables
and all
fruits.
Many
processed
foods
contain
carbohydrates
also, as
do pasta
and
bread in
large
amounts.
So what
can you
eat on a
no- or
low
carbohydrate
diet,
you
might
wonder.
Here’s a
list of
some
great
ingredients
you can
eat as
much as
you want
of on a
low
carbohydrate
diet:
All
meats,
poultry,
fish and
seafood.
Many
green
vegetables
are low
in
starch.
These
include
lettuce,
spinach,
cabbage,
asparagus,
broccoli,
green
beans,
Brussels
sprouts,
cauliflower,
peppers,
onions,
eggplant,
artichokes
and
mushrooms.
Eggs,
double
cream,
butter,
sour
cream,
full fat
cheeses,
ricotta,
full-fat
cottage
cheese,
olive
oil,
coconut
oil,
most
brands
of
mustard,
full fat
mayonnaise,
sugar-free
salad
dressings,
soy
sauce,
pesto,
stock
cubes or
gels,
spices
and many
herbs.
Pork
rinds,
pork
crackling
(like Mr
Porky's…
Mmmm!)
and low
carb
tortillas.
If you
choose
this
diet, my
advice
to you
is
really
to focus
on what
you CAN
eat,
rather
than
what you
CAN’T
eat. The
low
carbohydrate
diet
offers
you
protein
and fat
with no
limits.
There
are so
many
different
low
carbohydrate
diets
and most
of them
offer
supplement
products
like
bars,
snacks,
shakes
and
soups,
but a
completely
free
(other
than the
food
cost, of
course)
low
carbohydrate
diet,
where
you add
your own
common
sense
and
taste in
food, is
more
sensible
in my
opinion.
I Cheat!
Another
tip I’d
like to
share
from my
own diet
journey
– one
that I
couldn’t
do
without:
I
CHEAT!!
Once
every
7-10
days, I
have a
cheat
day. And
I mean A
DAY, not
just a
cheat
dinner
or
snack. I
time
this day
so in
coincides
with
something
I’m
doing
where I
know it
would be
great to
be able
to eat
whatever
I like,
like a
dinner
at
friends
or when
I’m
taking
my kids
shopping
and a
trip to
Pizza
Hut
would be
a fun
finish
to the
trip. So
these
are days
I can
look
forward
to when
I am
eating
my 3rd
dinner
of
“Bolognese
and NO
Spaghetti”
and the
days
where I
get to
eat all
those
snacks,
sweets
and
treats
I’ve
dreamt
of and
fancied
during
the diet
days.
2013
WILL be
the year
I say
Goodbye
to Fatty
and
Hello to
The
Healthy
Me.
Mette x |
