Ok firstly I'll just say that I'm rubbish at keeping these diaries up BUT we'll see how I go with this one.
Little bit about me then.
I'm Justle almost 30, two small boys (ones 4.5 and the other is 3) married, care assistant working towards a Diploma so that I can apply to go to UNI to be a midwife.
I got really big when i was pregnant with my first child - i put on almost 5 stone with him (bad i know!) when i got pregnant i was a size 12, when i got out of maternity clothes i went shopping for a pair of jeans and couldnt do up a size 20. I refused to even try on a 22 and stayed in my maternity trousers.
I never lost any weight and ate like a pig - HEAVY on carbs and chocolate (the bad guys).
After my second child was born i remember having a really bad day - i suffered a mild bit of depression probably weight related tbh - and i decided i was going to go out for a jog - i'd heard friends of mine rave about jogging for stress relief.
I was hooked on the stress relieving properties of exercise so i decided to get fit. I was around 220lbs (a shade higher i guess) and still a size 20 with a BMI of 34!
I am happy to say that through exercise and healthy eating - NOT calorie restricting i might add - I managed to get myself down to 170lbs and I got into a size 12 again
My exercise routine was pretty hefty though and a busy few weeks combined with a few weeks of illness in our house stopped any exercise i was doing and i slowly crept back up to 178 =- not a happy bunny!
I started to gradually eat less carbs (pasta, rice, bread etc) and so a friend suggested i read one of Gary Taubes' books about Carb free eating. I read it and agreed with it - since i was going low carb naturally i decided thats how i'd go from now on, low-no carbs.
4 weeks after cutting out those carbs and i feel so much better with out having to workout for an hour each day - i dont miss the carbs either - not with so many other lovely alternatives out there.
That moves me onto JUDDD. I got here after the afore mentioned friend told me about the Horizon episode. I watched it and enjoyed the science behind it - there are some days when we're busy that i could do without having to plan low/no carb meals and so doing juddd sounded relatively easy so i figured i'd give it a shot.
So here we are - my first DD, i ate my last meal at 8pm last night and will be eating dinner again tonight at 8pm.
Today i've had a tin of tuna, some nuts a bit of an apple and a couple of eggs - totalling 534 cals.
I was SUPPOSED to be sticking to 500 however I still carried out a small 30min workout this morning wherein i burnt approximatly 130 calories so i'm still in that 500 calorie bracket for today (and thats not including the 20 min walk i did carrying 2 4 year olds totalling 80lbs of weight!!)
My next DD will be Thursday-Friday night I'll eat my last meal at around 7pm on thursday night and my next on friday night before i go to work - i work night shifts on the weekend hence doing it 7-7 means that i can still fuel myself for my night shift and not miss out on a dd.
I may very well do another DD on sunday where in i'll take my last meal during the night on saturdays night shift and i'll go to bed on sunday without eating and will have a nice 500 cal meal for dinner on sunday night.
Next week i plan to have DD's on tuesday and thursday then saturday.
By me not eating those big carbs i dont really see this plan being an issue for me, my diet is high fat and high protein which is very filling - i ate my tuna and eggs at 12 midday today and i havent felt remotely hungry yet!
anyway if you havent already guessed i talk a lot (a lot a lot) and my posts will regularly be long (probably) BUT hopefully people will find them helpful sometimes, i (think) i know a fair bit about healthy eating, got some cracking recipes and great workout tips.
bye for now!
x Justle
Little bit about me then.
I'm Justle almost 30, two small boys (ones 4.5 and the other is 3) married, care assistant working towards a Diploma so that I can apply to go to UNI to be a midwife.
I got really big when i was pregnant with my first child - i put on almost 5 stone with him (bad i know!) when i got pregnant i was a size 12, when i got out of maternity clothes i went shopping for a pair of jeans and couldnt do up a size 20. I refused to even try on a 22 and stayed in my maternity trousers.
I never lost any weight and ate like a pig - HEAVY on carbs and chocolate (the bad guys).
After my second child was born i remember having a really bad day - i suffered a mild bit of depression probably weight related tbh - and i decided i was going to go out for a jog - i'd heard friends of mine rave about jogging for stress relief.
I was hooked on the stress relieving properties of exercise so i decided to get fit. I was around 220lbs (a shade higher i guess) and still a size 20 with a BMI of 34!
I am happy to say that through exercise and healthy eating - NOT calorie restricting i might add - I managed to get myself down to 170lbs and I got into a size 12 again
My exercise routine was pretty hefty though and a busy few weeks combined with a few weeks of illness in our house stopped any exercise i was doing and i slowly crept back up to 178 =- not a happy bunny!
I started to gradually eat less carbs (pasta, rice, bread etc) and so a friend suggested i read one of Gary Taubes' books about Carb free eating. I read it and agreed with it - since i was going low carb naturally i decided thats how i'd go from now on, low-no carbs.
4 weeks after cutting out those carbs and i feel so much better with out having to workout for an hour each day - i dont miss the carbs either - not with so many other lovely alternatives out there.
That moves me onto JUDDD. I got here after the afore mentioned friend told me about the Horizon episode. I watched it and enjoyed the science behind it - there are some days when we're busy that i could do without having to plan low/no carb meals and so doing juddd sounded relatively easy so i figured i'd give it a shot.
So here we are - my first DD, i ate my last meal at 8pm last night and will be eating dinner again tonight at 8pm.
Today i've had a tin of tuna, some nuts a bit of an apple and a couple of eggs - totalling 534 cals.
I was SUPPOSED to be sticking to 500 however I still carried out a small 30min workout this morning wherein i burnt approximatly 130 calories so i'm still in that 500 calorie bracket for today (and thats not including the 20 min walk i did carrying 2 4 year olds totalling 80lbs of weight!!)
My next DD will be Thursday-Friday night I'll eat my last meal at around 7pm on thursday night and my next on friday night before i go to work - i work night shifts on the weekend hence doing it 7-7 means that i can still fuel myself for my night shift and not miss out on a dd.
I may very well do another DD on sunday where in i'll take my last meal during the night on saturdays night shift and i'll go to bed on sunday without eating and will have a nice 500 cal meal for dinner on sunday night.
Next week i plan to have DD's on tuesday and thursday then saturday.
By me not eating those big carbs i dont really see this plan being an issue for me, my diet is high fat and high protein which is very filling - i ate my tuna and eggs at 12 midday today and i havent felt remotely hungry yet!
anyway if you havent already guessed i talk a lot (a lot a lot) and my posts will regularly be long (probably) BUT hopefully people will find them helpful sometimes, i (think) i know a fair bit about healthy eating, got some cracking recipes and great workout tips.
bye for now!
x Justle
