Cantona
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I'm 22. My goal is to become the ideal weight of around 12 stone. My current weight is 19 stone 7lbs.
I started eating healthily about a month ago, I heard in various mediums that a gradual change is better than completely cutting food out. And now I don't ever crave the crisps and chocolate that I haven't eaten for months. I've also completely cut out alcohol to drink, although I do use wine in cooking.
When I first started out I didn't weigh myself. I just wanted to get on with it and perhaps get a nice surprise after a few weeks. When I did get on the scales I had nothing to compare to, so didn't feel great. When I first weighed myself on October 24th 2009 I weighed 20 stone 7lbs.
Two weeks later I had lost a stone, but I seem to have stalled all this week and not even lost 1lbs, which is annoying.
My basic regime is to go for an hours walk 3 times a day. I'm currently unemployed, so have the time to do this. But when I do finally get a job, I will try and go to the gym everyday after work.
I start the day at 7:10. Don't ask me why I chose this time. I like to go for walks when people aren't about. Although two of the walks are in the middle of the day, people tend to be at work.
When I first started out, I would eat the cereal: Fruit and Fibre for breakfast. But after watching a programme about cereals on TV, I looked at the side of the packet and to my horror it contained more fat, sugar, salt than other cereals that are sort of concieved to be "unhealthy". So I changed to porridge. Using quaker oats and some water with a chopped up banana. It's not the tastiest, certainly without the banana, but it's edible and I haven't got bored after a couple of weeks.
So after breakfast I go for my second walk around 11am.
For lunch I have started making butternut squash soup. This is basically an onion and a garlic clove softened in some olive oil then a whole butternut squash added with vegetable stock of the same volume. Then simmer for 25 mins. Depending on the size of your squash and the amount of stock, you can get 4 to 6 meals out of it.
After lunch I go for my third walk of the day. I find that listening to podcasts and audiobooks on my ipod is much better than music, as it keeps you entertained (especially as I walk along the same route every time).
For dinner I have something homecooked. Although I still live at home with my family, I do most of the cooking. I have found it to become a real passion. So I have started making everything from scratch, so I know what is going in my food. And you can surprise yourself with how nice it tastes compared to ready made stuff.
The only drinks I have are water. I completely stopped drinking alcohol. The water isn't really a concious effort, as it was all I drank before anyway. I don't really like tea or coffee, so I never had to cut these out.
For snacks I have an apple, banana, grapes, oranges, pineapple (or any fruit) depending on mood.
Because I lost a stone in two weeks, I have decided that this is working, but as I said it stalled.
I'll update this every few days, because apart from the evening meal, not much changes. Haha.
So here we go. Starting at: 19 stones 7lbs.
I started eating healthily about a month ago, I heard in various mediums that a gradual change is better than completely cutting food out. And now I don't ever crave the crisps and chocolate that I haven't eaten for months. I've also completely cut out alcohol to drink, although I do use wine in cooking.
When I first started out I didn't weigh myself. I just wanted to get on with it and perhaps get a nice surprise after a few weeks. When I did get on the scales I had nothing to compare to, so didn't feel great. When I first weighed myself on October 24th 2009 I weighed 20 stone 7lbs.
Two weeks later I had lost a stone, but I seem to have stalled all this week and not even lost 1lbs, which is annoying.
My basic regime is to go for an hours walk 3 times a day. I'm currently unemployed, so have the time to do this. But when I do finally get a job, I will try and go to the gym everyday after work.
I start the day at 7:10. Don't ask me why I chose this time. I like to go for walks when people aren't about. Although two of the walks are in the middle of the day, people tend to be at work.
When I first started out, I would eat the cereal: Fruit and Fibre for breakfast. But after watching a programme about cereals on TV, I looked at the side of the packet and to my horror it contained more fat, sugar, salt than other cereals that are sort of concieved to be "unhealthy". So I changed to porridge. Using quaker oats and some water with a chopped up banana. It's not the tastiest, certainly without the banana, but it's edible and I haven't got bored after a couple of weeks.
So after breakfast I go for my second walk around 11am.
For lunch I have started making butternut squash soup. This is basically an onion and a garlic clove softened in some olive oil then a whole butternut squash added with vegetable stock of the same volume. Then simmer for 25 mins. Depending on the size of your squash and the amount of stock, you can get 4 to 6 meals out of it.
After lunch I go for my third walk of the day. I find that listening to podcasts and audiobooks on my ipod is much better than music, as it keeps you entertained (especially as I walk along the same route every time).
For dinner I have something homecooked. Although I still live at home with my family, I do most of the cooking. I have found it to become a real passion. So I have started making everything from scratch, so I know what is going in my food. And you can surprise yourself with how nice it tastes compared to ready made stuff.
The only drinks I have are water. I completely stopped drinking alcohol. The water isn't really a concious effort, as it was all I drank before anyway. I don't really like tea or coffee, so I never had to cut these out.
For snacks I have an apple, banana, grapes, oranges, pineapple (or any fruit) depending on mood.
Because I lost a stone in two weeks, I have decided that this is working, but as I said it stalled.
I'll update this every few days, because apart from the evening meal, not much changes. Haha.
So here we go. Starting at: 19 stones 7lbs.
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