Week 2: -1,6kg

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Stats at beginning, 2 weeks ago:

weight: 71,6kg

waist: 87.5cm

belly: 107cm

hips: 108cm

stats a week ago:

weight: 70,8kg

stats today (end of week 2):

weight: 69,2kg (-2,4kg)

waist: 86,5cm (-1)

belly: 106cm (-1)

hips: 107cm (-1)

I`m happy!!!

What did I find difficult? What helped? What motivated me?

The same thing - my period. It gave me cravings which I rode out and did not give into. It caused my weight to stagnate which was good and bad. Although the number on the scales did not shift I was curious about what I would weigh at the end of it.

Week 1: - 0.8kg

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It`s Saturday morning which means that the first week of my new programme has ended.

I have lost a little weight (although not too much to make me suspicious!), I was surprisingly full and my sweet cravings were zero. The other day, there were biscuits in the office, which I did not even want, leave alone take! I`m happy and determined to continue.

And this is my plan:

  • Breakfast: something carby which will sustain me until lunch time. I had muesli with seeds and soy milk on most days and fruit and probiotic yoghurt on one day.
  • snack: not required!!!
  • Lunch: whaever is on offer, maintaining a good mix between healthy carbs, proteins and healthy fats. Lunches I had included bean salad and lentil soup or just large amounts of fruit (okay, no proteins and fats here!). One day, we spontaneously went to the pub with colleagues, and I had a baked potato with beans and cheese.
  • snack: not required
  • Evening: as little carbs as possible, although I am learning with the help of www.fitday.com that some things (tomatoes in this instance) may look innocent but are indeed very carby. Things I had included fish with salad or veg or salad with feta
  • Excercise: running, fitball and dumbbells, but not every day.

What did I find difficult? Nothing, really. I was so satisfied and so did not feel deprived. I always feel like this at the beginning of a new diet program, so long may it continue.

What helped? seeing the foods I had as a treat, having Monday off so that I can cook a lot of nice, homemade things in advance. Pre-planning is important to avoid temptation.

What motivated me? My colleague. She is so slim and had the most gorgeous dress posted to the office:

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I held it and felt it, and it was so unforgiving, and yet, so sexy… To be able to wear something like that, to confidently stroll into a room in this dress and a pair of killer heels, immaculately made up and, oh,so slender… That motivated me. I imagined being her while I was working out…

my diet history - childhood

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I`ve been an average weight child, who was neither as skinny as my friend Jasmine nor as chubby as Pauline. Although I was aware that there were differences, it never was an issue for me or my friends.

I remember the first time I felt conscious about my weight.

We were already living in our new home, so I must have been at least 6. My dad commented about my sister`s rounded tummy. I felt terrible for her and, at the same time, was so glad that my own belly was flat. I thought to myself that I`d be determined to keep it that way so that I should never hear such an impolite, humiliating remark.

But genes were against me. All women in my mum`s family have a belly. (No, really. Even my 50kg-aunt did.) Soon, so did I. I was not aware of getting it, but one day, it was there. I never thought about it. The change went unnoticed, until, one day, I was playing with my dad, when he suddenly stopped and felt my belly. “What`s that?” he asked. “Is that a belly? Oh, it is, indeed!”

The humiliation… The despair… I had allowed it to happen after all. Then again, it was not important enough to do something about it. The comment hurt and must have affected me enough for me to remember it to the day. But it made no difference to my eating and moving habits.

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In secondary school, we used to compare height and weight. Being tall and heavy was good. I envied Danielle who already weighed 50kg, aged 12 or so. Being tall and heavy meant growing up, and grown ups, we wanted to be. I celebrated every kg I gained although I was not trying.

I still cannot tell when it dawned to me that I had gained to much and had actually become chubby. While my height stagnated, my weight did not. Was it comparing unfavourably in looks and numbers, was it having to get larger clothes or has someone said something? I truely cannot remember, but by the time I was 13, I was and felt chubby. But still, I prefered crisps and sweets to doing something about it.

Intuitive Eating Diet

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Having tried and failed just about every diet going, I remember my first ever diet. I was 16 and knew nothing about nutrition. I was not messed up by previous diets. I did not even include excercise, and yet, the diet worked. What was I doing? I did things instinctively, without any “scientific” reasoning which we are sold left, right and centre these days.

I skipped meals, resisted sweets, had one roll instead of two, held the potatoes, cut the fat, said no to seconds, upped the fruit. I still ate meat, sauce, small amounts of sweets, orange juice and other things considered as fattening. I then developed an interest in calories, learnt and counted them. I`d still chose meat over potatoes (possibly cultural, I would not have got away with not having the meat at my parents` German table!), having fat, not carbs, and then gradually cut fat as well.

It worked. I lost loads and achieved my dream weight. Of course, I put it back on (otherwise, I would not have a slimming blog!) but never did a subsequent diet work as well.

I guess I was becoming too - educated. Too much emphasis about low fat, then low carb, low this and high that. I wonder whether all that educationis a good thing. I claim to know quite a bit about nutrition and feel that, for that very reason, I no longer seem to be able to eat intuitively…

I`ve got a plan

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I`ve got an amount of weight to lose wich some may describe as loads and others as not worthy bothering about. To me, it`s a huge task which I have been failing at for years: We are talking about 17kg (2 1/2st) at least.

Having read just about every diet going, I can get excited about one very easily, only to try and fail and then move on to something else.

At the moment, low carb makes sense (again). I definitely eat too many carbs. My pasta portions are huge, and I know it full well. On the other hand, I`m so aware that the body needs carbs, and therefore have decided to restrict them just at night.

I cannot do without my muesli or roll in the morning so that`s what I`ll continue to have. Lunch will be a good mix of carbs and protein, but at night, I want to keep carbs low, possibly having a protein and veg or a protein and salad.

The carbs I`ll have will be low GI/GL.

Sounds good to me at the moment - until I fail again! But I`m not thinking about that. I deliberately chose a positive title for this blog and want to maintain positive language. The subconscience, you know…

Diet Blog

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Love thie idea of starting a new diet blog. I had one before, and I still have. But I`m feeling tired of it.

It`s always been the same:

1. I start a diet blog and proclaim that this is the last one - last blog and last diet, that is!

2. The diet plan and the blog are both well maintained.

3. The diet blibs.

4. I cannot bring myself to lie in the blog. I moan about it in the blog. At best, I cease writing it.

5. The blog is now tainted. I lose interest. I close it down.

6. When I`m finally ready to start a new diet I will start a new blog to match.

(start at 2 again)