Thread: Chef on a diet!

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Hhmmmm how very interesting! Though dont think I trust myself enough to go n buy the fish n chips I'm craving n just sniff it :-) I'm not strong enough for all that

Guys thanks for the thumbs up btw.

I think I'm doing quite well since for me food is work. I don't really look at it as form of break or relax. i dunno. It's all in the head

Day 6 Update:

Friday night was weird. Usually I used to go down to Ottolenghi for a snack and drinks at 69 Colebrooke Row with some mates but first time in months had to pass. Tough.

Today I feel quite down since saturday morning used to me my little brekkie with a friend. Ususualy I make Eggs Benedict/Royale and just chill out with a paper. I think being kicked out of those little routines gives me a little of depression.
Decided to go and buy myself a scale today to give me a little confidence boost.

Another annoying thing is that I'm preparing myself for a Young British Foodie Awards in 3 different categories and weekends used to be my experimental time in the kitchen but since i cant taste and experience my own recipes I'm stressing a little.

On the good note, first week on the diet and reading a lot about nutrition is changing my ideas about my chef work. I did get a new wave of creativity involving not only tasty food but as healthy as it's possible. It did get me to the point I've started working on my second cook book in which I'm gonna try to find a perfect balance between modern cooking, comfort food and healthy eating.

day 10.

terribly constipated today for some reason but had a sneak peak at the scale and I'm down to 227lb !

20 lb in 10 days.

Hell yeah!

You go sweetie that's amazing

OMG!!

What's your secret?

strawberry jelly for a treat this sunday

Well done that's amazing!!!

3 weeks behind me and I can say that from the week 3 I've started twisting my Exante diet and dropping soups (since they rank) and cooking simple ketogenic meals. My weekends are just normal (but keto) food without any of the exante product and I feel great (If someone would see what I eat on the weekend .... no one would believe this is actually diet).

Weight is on right level now and I'm still changing shape since I do 60 minutes of Interval training 4 times a week. Shreds some fat and builds some muscle to bring my Metabolic Rate higher. total amount of calories hits 1700 on average but I'm burning around 500-600 of that during training days and probably half of that just at work.

Boosting my metabolic rate is the only way for me to keep up weight loss, since as the title of this thread says I have to work with food and at the end of the day it would be silly not to taste my own food which I'm going to sell.

Please don't take me wrong - I'm not saying drop exante and do as I did. This works for me according to my lifestyle.
I eat a lot of fatty foods but my ketogenic meals are suitable probably only for some who does some proper training regime.

In couple of weeks I'm getting back on my track/fixed gear bike and daily I'll be doing roughly 20 miles which will shred some more off me.

I will try to post some pictures later when my mobile is charged