Weight to loose: 41lbs
Fat percentage to loose: 12.6%
So the Diet started today, I’m on the G.I. Plan for anyone who’s interested. I’ve tried this for a short period of time before and was very impressed with the diet of food and also the results I had within a couple of weeks without really feeling like I had put much effort in (besides the gym!). I know it sounds like a typical diet cliche but the G.I. Plan diet is fairly easy to adapt to and follow, and you can and do eat more than you’re probably used to, it’s just the healthier foods that you tend to eat more of without noticing.
I’m not counting my points excessively. I know roughly what most foods contain, points wise, so I’m just doing a rough estimate. My evening meal tends to suffer however as I have what I want during the day and then plan my evening meal around the remaining points. This however is only when I go out to work, when I’m working at home I can plan the day and eat more satisfyingly. However I can create low point meals quite easily so I’m happy anyhow. Afterall, nothing is going to be as great as a nice cheese feast pizza and tub of belgian chocolate icecream! Yes I’m sorry but I think of these foods and I WANT these foods, but I also know that I’ll never lose weight if I continue to eat the way I do. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t really put much weight on and just tend to fluctuate between a lower and higher limit, however the way I look at it is I’ll lose the weight now and when I’m at my preferred weight I can have a pizza if I feel like it. Afterall when you can’t have something you want it, but when you can have it you’re not so fussed on it. But I can assure you now, there is no way that I’ll be one of those people saying “after being on this diet for a couple of weeks I didn’t even crave chocolate biscuits / muffins / icecream / pizza, all I wanted was a nice salad and a glass of water”. Okay I can tell you now, that is not going to happen!!!. I know the minute I walk into any supermarket or bakery and can smell freshly baked cookies, muffins, sausage rolls, I will be craving them urgently. I just need to have the willpower to stay away from them for a while. How to get willpower? A good diet that works, doesn’t leave you starving and lets you still sneak a nice snack or meal when you want or need it.
So here are my statistics for the day. I was happy with my start especially considering I had to go into work today (and again for the next two days). I managed to ignore the sweets and chocolates being passed around too. Actually when it comes to them I am more happy with a fruit smoothie or an apple!
Breakfast: Milky coffee, 2 sugars. Sugar free Alpen, milk, a little fruit sugar. – 5 pts
Lunch: Salad bowl (tomatoes, cucumber, pasta, coleslaw, 2 new potatoes), small white roll and butter, Strawberry and Banana smoothie (1/2 l) – 7pts
Snack: Coxes Apple – 1pt
Dinner: Pasta, veg, tuna in springwater, tomato sauce – 4pts
Water: 1.5l
Milk: 200ml
Exercise: 20 mins walk to work, 45 mins walking around town at lunch, 20 mins walk home.
