(Trying to post this again without links)
Afternoon, thanks everyone for the warm welcome and encouraging words!
My diet plan is basically cutting down, cutting out things like fizzy drinks and wine and replacing foods that I would usually have with healthier options. For example eating wholemeal pasta instead of white and controlling the portions that I have - not taking a huge plateful of pasta and then going for a second helping.
There isn’t so much calorie counting but if get a ready meal I'll take a look at how many calories and fat are in them.
Sticking to three healthy meals a day.
So today will be :
bowl of porridge for breakfast, 2 apples
thick vegetable soup for lunch with a yoghurt
roast lamb, 2 boiled potatoes (instead of my usual 4 roasted) carrots, broccoli and gravy
I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible so it‘s easier to follow.
I won’t be making the mistake of weighing myself too often, which I think is where I went wrong before. I gradually started weighing myself every day then as soon as I saw I’d lost a bit one day I’d take it a bit easy and not be as strict the next day...then the day after….then you know…
andeevans I’m looking at making changes to how I eat and what I eat.
I know if I go to Tesco without a list I end up wandering round the shop and I know I’ll get tempted and pick up something I shouldn‘t - I do it all the time! So I need to make a strict list of what I need to buy.
If I go to work without lunch I usually end up getting take out of the way home, so I’ll make sure I’ll take a homemade sandwich or soup.
I also plan to make a huge batch of thick veg soup to stick in the fridge so I can have a cup of that if I’m feeling hungry.
I think it will help if you look at what habits you have with food and what you could change, that would be a good starting point.
I’m currently sorting out my evening meals for the next week. There are loads of low fat recipes on the channel 4 food website that look really nice. (sorry can’t post links as a newbie)
Hope that helps and good luck!
