I decided last week on holiday after struggling to keep up with my 2 young boys (I'm 33 so should have plenty of energy!) that I'm sick of feeling lousy, lethargic, eating junk, having aches & pains especially in my back, and that it was time to do something about it. I owe it to my wife & kids to look after myself which I haven't been doing for the last year or so.
I've done Slimming World and Weight Watchers, had more success on SW during which I Iost 2 stone. I feel like I'm done with those type of diets as each time I've stopped, I've piled on more weight than I had before starting them.
My plan is to instill some self discipline, cut down a lot on junk food, fast food, snacks, not go back for seconds, eat more fruit & veg, apply some common sense and try to come in at under 2000 cals per day. I'll also do a bit of jogging and more exercise in general.
I figured that calorie counting saves a lot of looking up point values etc online or in books, which was annoying me with SW and WW, as many foods have the calories per portion / per 100g clearly printed on the packaging now.
The question is.......In terms of generic non-branded stuff, ie food you might buy in a bakery or cafe, fruit etc, that has no packaging, is there a particular book or website that is good and accurate for these, a quick glance through some google results shows any given item can vary a huge amount from one of these sites to another. Also are the pay sites worth it?
Thanks in advance for any book / website recommendations and any calorie counting tips you may have! Dave
I've done Slimming World and Weight Watchers, had more success on SW during which I Iost 2 stone. I feel like I'm done with those type of diets as each time I've stopped, I've piled on more weight than I had before starting them.
My plan is to instill some self discipline, cut down a lot on junk food, fast food, snacks, not go back for seconds, eat more fruit & veg, apply some common sense and try to come in at under 2000 cals per day. I'll also do a bit of jogging and more exercise in general.
I figured that calorie counting saves a lot of looking up point values etc online or in books, which was annoying me with SW and WW, as many foods have the calories per portion / per 100g clearly printed on the packaging now.
The question is.......In terms of generic non-branded stuff, ie food you might buy in a bakery or cafe, fruit etc, that has no packaging, is there a particular book or website that is good and accurate for these, a quick glance through some google results shows any given item can vary a huge amount from one of these sites to another. Also are the pay sites worth it?
Thanks in advance for any book / website recommendations and any calorie counting tips you may have! Dave