Wednesday 26 September 2012

1.5lbs down

So that's 4.5lbs so far this calendar month.


September's last weigh in will be next Tuesday (Oct 2nd) so hopefully I will lose another lb. My big aim was for 8lbs overall, but, over time, I will be very happy with a single lb a week. so this month I am ahead :)

And yes, JUDDD is still very, very easy to do!

Friday 21 September 2012

3lbs down

And a week to go before the end of the month!

I wouldn't mind but I fell off a few times, including this week (it turns out it was my birthday) so I'm having a weekend of fun, food and wine!

5lbs to go before I get to Onederland.... sometime in October... for the first time in decades!

I do love JUDDD!

Saturday 1 September 2012

Just the one

Ah well. That's still a pound a week on average, which is after all what I worked out all those kcals for!

I am not sure why I was expecting more. I did lots of calculations to ensure I lost slowly and permanently. Now I want to see the kind of fast weight loss that I know is not sustainable!

Just greedy I suppose.

Anyhoo: September's target is purely based on DD successes as I go back to work and it might prove a little difficult until I get into the swing of it.

  • 8 - 12 DDs
  • 4 - 8lbs

Sunday 26 August 2012

Oh it has been such a long time

I'm still JUDDDering along.

Went back to work, fell off a little bit, didn't gain anything - weigh in Tuesday, so we will see what really happened.

I am enjoying this diet - is that allowed? It has had a lot of weird side affects, the return of a full button, total loss of carb cravings, increased fruit and veg consumption and an all round good feeling.

Miso soups turned out to be a good buy, odd taste, lovely smell and totally satisfying at 12kcals.

Chai teabags - who knew they could replace hot chocolate? Lovely warm, cinnamony taste... great for supper!

The 2 meals I have are doing well and fruit and miso during the day is enough - still got to drink more water though!

Onwards and downwards :)

Thursday 9 August 2012

Down Day veggie curry 250kcals

Another DD and another recipe.

I went to Morrisons and bought packs of the £1 veggies - OK the carrots were only 50p.

1 cauliflower, 5 parsnips, 5 carrots, 5 potatoes all chopped up and a pack of fine beans plus an onion, sliced, and about a third of a pot of patak's balti paste.

Fry the onion in a little bit of oil until soft, add the curry paste fry off for a couple of minutes, add the root veggies and water to cover. Simmer for 20 - 30 minutes, add the cauli, simmer fo another 10 minutes add the beans.

I turned off the heat at this point and just left it to sit. Tonight I will eat one protion and bag up at least 5 others for the freezer. I may take the sauce and thicken it up with a little cornflour, I may not!

I thought about adding a tin of chickpeas and, if I get 8 portions I may add a tin as it will still come in at less than 300kcals.

So that's 6 meals for about £1 each, or 8 meals for a bit less.

And this is dieting? It smells delicious and I know it is filling!

Food so far today is one apple and a cup of chai! I'm getting a little hungry now so may have a banana! I'm staying off the slimfast for a couple of days.

Tuesday 7 August 2012

Horizon: Eat, Fast and Live Longer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/aug/06/eat-fast-and-live-longer?newsfeed=true

Well! I think there are a couple of people at work who completely ignored the fact that I am scientifically educated and told me I was a fruit loop for believing any of the Intermittent Fasting info I had read.

Well, being childish for a moment, Na Na Na! Sometimes when I tell you I know what I am talking about it is because I actually do!

So now you know why I want to lose another 10 - 14lbs before the beginning of September - start of term and they won't have seen me for a few weeks - surprise!

I did say I was being childish. And I am not really sure which part of one particular conversation Td me off most: a young know it all male colleague who told me I was wrong, no matter what I thought I knew, cos he knew better, because he was rude or because he called my intelligence into question! I'm just not used to dealing with rude, self centred people!



So to focus: I can get lighter.... JUDDD is working for me!

It's a Down Day

Not sure what happened yesterday but I fell of the DD wagon and ate out!

Never mind. I put the figures into MFP and decided it was a Medium Day - not quite a DD but lower calories than I would normally eat. That means I haven't fallen off anything, ruined anything or failed!

Today has bee a bit odd. I have been a bit busy, cleaning the kitchen and have so far eaten:

2 peaches
Tiny tin of tuna, spring onion, olives, red pepper, mayo and a ryvita

I should also eat another 230kcals, but so far I am not hungry. I will have a Slimfast shake as supper I think.

That will be about 480kcals for the day.

I need to drink more water.

I need to buy some Miso soup, packets or buillon for thise hungry moments - it's about 12 kcals a cup!

Sunday 5 August 2012

First Cto5K

OMG!

I had Sunday breakfast: coffee, bacon, scrambled eggs and toast (really must reduce that by about a third) and an hour later went out on my first Cto5K, a whole day early... see how eager I am?

Well who knew you could be that unfit??

I'm not saying I expected to run like Mo Farrar, but I did expect to be able to jog just a little.

So I did a great brisk walk for 5 minutes, no thoughts of oh dear, this is a bit much crossed my mind, honest! I did the first jog, died a death just as the nice lady said I could walk again. So I did, possibly a little slower than I should have!

90 seconds later she said 60 seconds of running/jogging gently again, so again I did..... and died another little death at about 50 seconds. I stopped and turned at Colways Drive - must remember that!

90 seconds of really not so brisk walking and she urged me to run/jog again. I apologised and said I would be hapy to brisk walk all the way home! She continued to urge me to walk/run all the way home. I listened politely and walked, quite briskly I am happy to report.

So there it was. Not quite a fail. I completed a third of the run/jogs, myfitnesspal reckons it was all worth a measly 152kcals! I think it might take about 3 weeks for me to complete the first week properly :(

If anyone is reading this you can get free downloads from the NHS link and there is a HUGE list of other good stuff for the iPod in iTunes store. Loads are free and, in my capacity as a sports scientist, I can confirm that most of them are really good at a  lot of different levels.

So thank you Laura, I will disappoint you again on Tuesday :)


Oh, and I most definitely do not sparkle - I radiate, tomato like!

Saturday 4 August 2012

Well, 1 whole stone

I seem to have lost a stone, down from an horrific number to one that is only slightly less scary.

So I have a new short term target: 12lbs in 4 weeks. A bit fast, 3lbs per week, but I am quite determined to get back into onderland and being this overweight I am sure my body can do it!

So JUDDD continues - that is becoming a little easier to manage, thanks to myfitnesspal, and I start the couchto5K on Monday - UPDATE: couldn't breathe, so will wait until more weight is off.

So my next few weeks will concentrate on the walking, Wii Fit and the heavy bag in between days. I may actually do some belly dancing instead of the Wii, but I haven't quite decided yet :)

So, here I go..... well 1/6th  or 16.666% of me is already gone.

Saturday 28 July 2012

Swapsies

OK. So I don't eat healthily. What can I swap?

Well, I don't take milk or sugar in my hot drinks. I already drink a lot of decaf tea, rooibus/redbush mainly.

I MUST take lunch not keep on buying it at work. The food in the refec is just laden with fat and kcals! Remember, it doesn't even taste good! So get listing lunches!

I didn't eat much in the way of crisps and chocolate - but have done for about a year, not every day, just sometimes. So I think I need some snack swaps too.

The biggest swap will be active evenings instead of sitting, watching.

So there are my first 2 swapsies:
1. Packed lunch for bought
2. Active evenings for sitting in front of the goggle box. Actually part of this could be to make the lunch! A twofer :D

Pick 2 more in September...

Thursday 26 July 2012

Treat 1: 210lbs

Make one of these. Cheap top and Tshirt pens.

Hobbycraft has sparkle fabric pens for £4.99

Target date: 5th August

Oooooooooh! Re-start needed

OK, so I am still at 212lbs, so no great hideous regain or anything.

But I do need to recommit or stay fat!

Short term goal: JUDD for 2 weeks as listed below; 2 weeks of couch-to-5k; 4lbs loss

What do I need to do before I start?

1. Check iPod has week 1 on it
2. Make meal list and then shop it
3. Put written diary by back door
4. Promise to use this and myfitnesspal properly, daily!
5. Get the tape measure out!

iPod is all OK!

Now off to make a food list. I now have a Pinterest board for collecting info, link on the right.

Wednesday 15 February 2012

One nice tea!

About 200kcals.
Chopped veg, whatever is in (cabbage, pepper, green beans)
Garlic.
Egg.

fry garlic in a little oil, add veg and stir fry until warmed through. Push to the sides of the pan and carck an egg into the middle, cover with a lid until the egg is cooked.

I added a slosh of soy, it made a nice broth to slurp!!

Some numbers

Sedentary Lifestyle
RMR 1,939 kcals
BMR 2,012 kcals

Using the higher of the two, cos I am not daft
Down Day 424 kcals (20%)
Up Day 2,000 kcals

Being sensible and hungry, I shall round that up to 500 kcals per Down Day.

So I need to find a lot of low kcal recipes.

Porridge
1/2 cup made with 50:50 milk and water plus cinnamon = 200 kcals

1 pan egg and veg = 200 kcals

So I just need a 100 kcal lunchy thing or add 100 kcals of exercise on Down Days!

Lunches could be cous cous or quinoia and veggies!
Check bean books

Saturday 11 February 2012

Alternate Day Diet

Bought the book.
Read the book.
Science seems OK.
And I have a plan.

Short term goal
  • 2 weeks ADD with Slimfast and any food
  • 2 weeks ADD, GL food and 1 mile walk on Up day
Mid term goal
  • 12 weeks ADD and Weight Loss walk plan
  • Weight Loss  of 32lbs in 16 weeks; on 1st June 2012
Long term goal
  • reach 146lbs = 71lb loss @ 1lb per week
  • Exercise 30 mins minimum every day
  • maintain both of the above
  • Date: who cares as long as I get there and stay there?

    Sunday 29 January 2012

    OK. So let's deal with the tiredness


    I am sooooooooooooooo tired nothing will shift the feeling of malaise!

    I know that I have to exercise slowly at the beginning, the anaemia sees to that, but the CFS is making even the most simple of starts impossible. Again I prevaricate and avoid! I wouldn't mind but as an ex-fitness instructor with a Masters in exercise and health I do actually know what to do! Honest!

    So, this physician is going to heal herself!!

    Exercise will be easy: walking, using a tried and trusted timetable from Nina Barough


    I will post my walks here and we shall see how that goes!

    But I also need to consider the diet and CFS. So out goes
    • Alcohol
    • 2nd cup of coffee - one a day maximum
    • all artificial stuff, quite easy as I don't eat much ready made food or sweets etc
    • white flour in bread, pasta etc
    In comes:
    • fruit and veggies
    • wholegrains
    • beans, nuts, seeds
    • Omega 3 fatty acids
    • water (OK red tea)
    • a general supplement
    • possibly the light box again!
    Actually most of that can be done by going GI again!

    So the pledge to myself is to actually do something.
    Walk and shop GL tomorrow and get on track.

    Also, find a short term target, about 8 - 12 weeks will do! THINK!!!!