THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! All of your comments and well-wishes really mean a lot to me
For the moment I am keeping my diary here, unless I'm told to do otherwise. You are all so lovely!
I had my first consultation/session last night with the gym. They did a body analysis and explained the food plan to me. I'll update my stats now but at the moment I am exactly 15 stone. I have lost 7 pounds in total so at least it's something right? I now have a goal to lose 65lb by Christmas.
The body analysis was really interesting because they don't just focus on weight but body fat percentage, muscle mass, fat around the heart, metabolic age etc...
Currently my body is 40% fat. Isn't that scary? I need it to be more like 20% to be healthy! So that's something we will really be looking at. The fat around my heart (visceral fat I think?) is also not good! Two things that need to dramatically change. She said I have quite a lot of muscle in my body (50 something %) which is very good apparently. She said that if she and I were the same size I would probably be heavier because I have more muscle. This is something we will be 'working with'. She wants me to basically not lose muscle but lose fat! That sounds good to me.
Then she explained the food to me. Basically its a high protein low carb diet. More like no-carb at the moment though. It's pretty severe so right now I am still a bit overwhelmed and sort of just taking it meal by meal at the minute. I am so used to being excited about food and variety so this is strange for me. It's quite plain at the moment so any ideas would be great.
What can't I eat? All carbs such as bread, pasta, rice, noodles, potatoes :wave_cry:
All sugar including that found in yoghurts, 'fake' sweetner (such as diet coke) and anything else sugary. I even have to watch my fruit intake because its high in sugar.
All 'bold' things and pretty much anything processed - no treats, snacks, sauces etc.
More importantly, what CAN I eat? Protein and lots of it. Chicken, fish, meat, eggs in unlimited supply. Vegetables. Most veg is OK (not carrots, parsnips and sweetcorn though as they are high in sugar, grr) but mainly gren veg which is the best. Fruit. Again most fruit is fine (not melon or grapes) but I shouldn't over-do it and should keep it to morning and afternoon and one or two pieces to snack on but not OTT as they are high in sugar too.
Greek Yoghurt and Natural Yoghurt - full fat versions even. How exciting!
Nuts (not salted or roasted) seeds
I can cook with olive oil which is also exciting, oh and I can eat Avocado but not over-do it once again.
So at the moment... that's about it
That's all I am certain about at the moment. How plain
I am trying to be upbeat and positive about it because it's so severe and different that it just HAS to work, but I am so not used to seeing my food as plain. I never till now realised how much I rely on carbs, sauces and cheese!
I can have cheese but not a whole lot because it's so processed and doesn't add much to our bodies nutritionally. I can have pesto and hot sauce. At least that's something! I can have milk too so at least a cup of tea isn't off limits!
I am stuggling to find exciting meal ideas that I will enjoy while also being 100% true to the plan. Today I had chicken salad with boiled eggs and lots of other salady things and it was lovely but I'd be bored with it every day. Then the other part of me thinks 'you probably will be bored, but that's the way it is so don't complain'. Slimming World was not working for me (or more so I was not working it) so I need something more severe. It's still very healthy!
So this not being excited about food stuff sucks. Can anyone help? I can have tins of chopped tomatoes, and I think I can have beans and stuff too! I've asked about stocks and curry pastes so I am waiting to hear about that. I was thinking I could make a thai green curry just without the rice.
I will get bored really easily if I am eating the same thing over and over again so I hope I can come up with some interesting ideas. I need to find out a bit more too though so hopefully that will happen soon. I find I am coming up with lots of 'I wonder can I have that?' so I should probably make a list and ask as I think of it.
I had my 'legs' workout last night and it was a killer! I am in bits today but that just shows it works, right?
Tonight I'll be doing something different so atleast the legs won't be aggravated.
I just cannot wait to finish this work out tonight, have a shower, put on my PJs and curl up in front of the tv with a mug of tea and cuddles from my man. It's the simple things - maybe this is an eye-opener that I need to find more joy in things that are not food.
Tracey x
