BlueCow
Silver Member
Up to 14 and a half stone, something needs to be done.
Basically I joined this website near the beginning of the year, following Slimming World, which worked reasonably well for me. However, a couple of things happened which made it impossible for me to follow the diet when I'd been doing it for just under a month and I never managed to get back into the swing of things when I could follow SW again. So, I've decided to start again doing a low carb diet, as I feel this will be better for me as there will be less temptation than with SW where you're allowed chocolate bars etc for syns. For this to really work I think I need to cut those things out completely.
I'm feeling a lot more confident starting this new diet as I feel I will be able to stick to it more easily. I've set myself some base rules for what I can and can't eat/drink.
1) NO biscuits, chocolate or sweets. I've never eaten these three things in excess and I know people say it is best not to stop yourself from having anything, but I really think cutting these three out of my diet completely will be beneficial to me.
2) Avoid starchy carbs.
3) Cut out a lot of dairy. I want the whole diet to be healthy, so I'm not going to be using any butter etc in cooking. I will still consume a small amount of semi skimmed milk in tea as I feel I shouldn't cut out dairy products completely
4) Snack on fruit or veg
5) Drink mostly water. I will allow myself the occasional can of Diet Coke/Pepsi Max (I'm addicted to the stuff) but I'm going to stop having a can a day as I'm convinced it's the cause of a lot of headaches I've been getting recently.c Also I wont drink any store brought ornage juice as it is full of sugar. If I want fruit juice I will squeeze some at home
So far today I have eaten
Nothing for breakfast
- naughty but I didn't wake up until midday!
Lunch - Ham omelette with some salad leaves and cherry tomatoes
and for dinner I will be eating a large salad with leaves, tomatoes etc and some chargrilled chicken. I'm thinking of eating quite a large portion as although I'm not calorie counting I fear that I will have eaten an unhealthily low number of calories if I have a small dinner.
Anyone think there's something wrong with what I'm planning on eating? Most days will probably be relatively similar to this but I may well post what I'm eating anyway.
Oh and weigh in day will be Monday
Basically I joined this website near the beginning of the year, following Slimming World, which worked reasonably well for me. However, a couple of things happened which made it impossible for me to follow the diet when I'd been doing it for just under a month and I never managed to get back into the swing of things when I could follow SW again. So, I've decided to start again doing a low carb diet, as I feel this will be better for me as there will be less temptation than with SW where you're allowed chocolate bars etc for syns. For this to really work I think I need to cut those things out completely.
I'm feeling a lot more confident starting this new diet as I feel I will be able to stick to it more easily. I've set myself some base rules for what I can and can't eat/drink.
1) NO biscuits, chocolate or sweets. I've never eaten these three things in excess and I know people say it is best not to stop yourself from having anything, but I really think cutting these three out of my diet completely will be beneficial to me.
2) Avoid starchy carbs.
3) Cut out a lot of dairy. I want the whole diet to be healthy, so I'm not going to be using any butter etc in cooking. I will still consume a small amount of semi skimmed milk in tea as I feel I shouldn't cut out dairy products completely
4) Snack on fruit or veg
5) Drink mostly water. I will allow myself the occasional can of Diet Coke/Pepsi Max (I'm addicted to the stuff) but I'm going to stop having a can a day as I'm convinced it's the cause of a lot of headaches I've been getting recently.c Also I wont drink any store brought ornage juice as it is full of sugar. If I want fruit juice I will squeeze some at home
So far today I have eaten
Nothing for breakfast
Lunch - Ham omelette with some salad leaves and cherry tomatoes
and for dinner I will be eating a large salad with leaves, tomatoes etc and some chargrilled chicken. I'm thinking of eating quite a large portion as although I'm not calorie counting I fear that I will have eaten an unhealthily low number of calories if I have a small dinner.
Anyone think there's something wrong with what I'm planning on eating? Most days will probably be relatively similar to this but I may well post what I'm eating anyway.
Oh and weigh in day will be Monday
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