Day one tomorrow. Eating low carb and exercising 20 minutes daily. I'm so tired of fighting the same fight over and over and over. Need to lose 80 pounds in six months. Thought writing a blog about my experience and getting support from other dieters might help. Does anyone else have this much to lose? I will welcome any tips or support. Thanks.
Thank you so much for taking the time to email me. I have chosen the low carb lifestyle and am satisfied so far. I feel better already. Great tips! I will definitely remember all of them. How much weight do you have to lose and how much have you lost already? Tammy
80 pounds is a lot to lose in such a short space of time! That's like 4 pounds a week! Good luck with it! Tips (probably obvious but i'm gonna say them anyway!)
Set a cut-off point at night when u won't eat anymore, at night the weight just piiiiiiiles on.
Try to make your meals interesting and appealing rather than just sticking a microwave meal in, make a really colourful stir fry or something, bright coloured foods are really good for fighting illness too by the way!
Have you tried the gym? I know you might not feel confident enough to go, but there are smaller gyms in leisure centres and things that are less intimidating than the big corporate ones! The gym really does help more than say walking every day, because the mix of cardio and weights makes you lose weight, but you actually can see it in the mirror because the weights are toning you as you go along... you hear about all these people who lose a lot of weight and have disgusting excess skin afterwards, but if you tone from the beginning you'll look trim without having to have your skin cut off! lol!
Cutting your calorie intake to 1500 a day (2000 is the daily guideline for women, 2500 for men) might not seem like much but it really really helps you stay on track, and writing things down helps you keep check on yourself.
For snacks, buy the low fat versions like weight watchers or go ahead, and watch out for crisps, even the low fat ones are full of fat, try not to eat anything that has more than 5g of fat per 100g in it. Calories arent the only thing that matters!
MOST importantly, feel good about yourself!! Don't treat it as a chore.. i know that when im saying "oh i cant have that because im on this crappy diet" those are the weeks when i dont lose weight. Dont let your diet become an enemy, because the minute you start tothink like then is the moment your on a downhill back to square one. Feel good about your diet, think about it as a makeover thats takes a few months to work at! It's quite exciting really if you keep in mind the end result after all the work! Also, don't stop yourself buying nice clothes while your dieting with the excuse of "i dont want to buy anything now because ill be a size smaller in a month", because then you will start to get resentful, and impatient for the weight to come off. Buy the clothes, then in a month you will just look thinner in them! Items 2 sizes 2 big are still wearable, just stick a waist belt on or something! I think dressing for your shape is really important, if you want any tips on dressing well i would be glad to help.
Following from that if you want any more tips or help, I'd be more than happy! xxxx
2/7/08 Journey to better health
