Jellybeans9
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Lately I seem to have hit a brick wall.
After weighing myself in January and realising I'd somehow gained over a stone, I decided it was time I changed my eating habits. Although a stone isn't a lot of weight to have gained within a year and a half, I could see the effects, and my BMI now reads in the 'overweight' section for my petite 5 ft 2 size. Plus I miss being a perfect size 10.
I started Slimming World Extra Easy plan, and at first it seemed like a pretty good deal. But then it seemed to all go horribly wrong when most days I'd be going over my 15 syn allowance. Which only left me feeling downhearted, and not at all like I had satisfied my cravings in the process. It was just too hard to still have my sweet treats and still be within the limits.
Also I came to realise, that unlimited pasta, rice and potatoes, was definitely not for me. Especially considering it was probably the carbs that made me put a considerable amount of the weight on in the first place! Plus I found the 1/3 superfree with every meal rather difficult to stick to on a student budget. Not to mention, rarely sticking to meal plans because half of the time I was simply to busy to spend the time cooking most meals from scratch. Sure there's batch cooking, but with limited space available to store those extra batches, things become a little tricky.
After that, there continued a downward spiral of 'too late to cook' days and regular meals out. Although I did start to find that my appetite must have shrunk slightly / I've started to realise I don't need to eat a big meal every time I'm hungry. Most times I eat out now, I tend to find that I don't feel the need to eat for the rest of the day. Especially if it was the first thing I'd eaten that day, without breakfast. Unhealthy I know. But it does keep the calories down a little on those indulgent days.
Anyway, after recently weighing myself it appears that I have only lost 2lbs since January. I know that's probably an achievement considering how many times I've completely gone off the wagon, but I still couldn't help but feel a little disheartened about all of the days I had tried. I'm back on a healthy eating plan now, but deciding to try something different. I don't think Slimming World was working for me, considering there's no real calorie counting involved, and you're allowed to consume more carbs than makes sense.
Instead I'm going to try and give the 5:2 diet a go. I know the two fasting days are going to be REALLY hard, but at least I have more freedom with the other days. Hopefully I will feel like I'm not being restricted to a certain number of syns or points, and more like I'm not really dieting at all, just healthy eating. I'm also aiming to only eat pasta, rice or potatoes 2-3 times a week, so I can limit my carb intake better. The only difficult part will be the fasting days... and I'm really not sure how I'm going to cope with that. But ill give it a go.
Hopefully I can stick to the 5:2 diet long enough to reach my goal weight, by which point I'll probably switch back to Slimming World or Weight Watchers, when I'm more able to stick to the syns/points system. For now, I think I'm going to give the classic calorie counting route a try.
After weighing myself in January and realising I'd somehow gained over a stone, I decided it was time I changed my eating habits. Although a stone isn't a lot of weight to have gained within a year and a half, I could see the effects, and my BMI now reads in the 'overweight' section for my petite 5 ft 2 size. Plus I miss being a perfect size 10.
I started Slimming World Extra Easy plan, and at first it seemed like a pretty good deal. But then it seemed to all go horribly wrong when most days I'd be going over my 15 syn allowance. Which only left me feeling downhearted, and not at all like I had satisfied my cravings in the process. It was just too hard to still have my sweet treats and still be within the limits.
Also I came to realise, that unlimited pasta, rice and potatoes, was definitely not for me. Especially considering it was probably the carbs that made me put a considerable amount of the weight on in the first place! Plus I found the 1/3 superfree with every meal rather difficult to stick to on a student budget. Not to mention, rarely sticking to meal plans because half of the time I was simply to busy to spend the time cooking most meals from scratch. Sure there's batch cooking, but with limited space available to store those extra batches, things become a little tricky.
After that, there continued a downward spiral of 'too late to cook' days and regular meals out. Although I did start to find that my appetite must have shrunk slightly / I've started to realise I don't need to eat a big meal every time I'm hungry. Most times I eat out now, I tend to find that I don't feel the need to eat for the rest of the day. Especially if it was the first thing I'd eaten that day, without breakfast. Unhealthy I know. But it does keep the calories down a little on those indulgent days.
Anyway, after recently weighing myself it appears that I have only lost 2lbs since January. I know that's probably an achievement considering how many times I've completely gone off the wagon, but I still couldn't help but feel a little disheartened about all of the days I had tried. I'm back on a healthy eating plan now, but deciding to try something different. I don't think Slimming World was working for me, considering there's no real calorie counting involved, and you're allowed to consume more carbs than makes sense.
Instead I'm going to try and give the 5:2 diet a go. I know the two fasting days are going to be REALLY hard, but at least I have more freedom with the other days. Hopefully I will feel like I'm not being restricted to a certain number of syns or points, and more like I'm not really dieting at all, just healthy eating. I'm also aiming to only eat pasta, rice or potatoes 2-3 times a week, so I can limit my carb intake better. The only difficult part will be the fasting days... and I'm really not sure how I'm going to cope with that. But ill give it a go.
Hopefully I can stick to the 5:2 diet long enough to reach my goal weight, by which point I'll probably switch back to Slimming World or Weight Watchers, when I'm more able to stick to the syns/points system. For now, I think I'm going to give the classic calorie counting route a try.
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