Just a quick update as to how things are going.
Week 1
My biggest fight this week was food. I know some wont understand this and some will. I had 2 nights where i really really wanted something anything to snack on.....so i did a bottle of water and a piece of mint gum.
I'm not really a water drinker either so that another hurdle I'm beginning to get over. So far each day I'm drinking 3-4 bottles along with 1 or 2 glasses of diluted juice.
Food hmmm yeah foood
Each meal had been planned time wise more than contents wise i have to admit.
So I'm not going to bore you with the exact details of what I've ate down the last micro, but i will give you an idea of what I'm taking in, in case your interested ;)
So breakfast:
Porridge (again something that's new to me, but i love the oat so simple with syrup one, they are yummy)
Bottle of water/glass of water or juice
Lunch:
*Normally sandwich
or
*baked pot
or
*chicken and brown rice
*****WATER*****
(i tend to make lunch my main meal, giving me the afternoon and evening to burn any carbs. )
Little tip i found and quite like - if you have a meal with your partner and they have a full plate - have yours on a side plate, trick of the mind. Your eyes still see a full plate, only its less than half the size!!
Evening meal:
I'm going for the most weight loss i can achieve so its never carbs of any kind.
I'll have a weight loss shake (with soya milk)
A cuppa soup
Or chicken with green beans / peas /any veg you want (except potato)
**WATER WATER***
Another tip...
Before eating any meal, have a glass of water, this will mean that there is something already in your tummy so you will find that you wont eat as much, as you will fill up quicker.
Also chewing gum between meals (low fat mint if poss) helps with hunger pangs and snacking.
Lets face it, water has so many benefits not only for weight loss, but skin and overall well being, drink it up!!
Snacks -
okay by snacks i mean fruit, munch your heart out on as much fruit and veg as you want throughout the day, but i found that eating after 8pm would mean its not getting digested, so i tend to eat nothing after 6pm - 7pm latest.
Exercise!!!
hell yeah!!
I only go for 1hr per day, which might not sound like alot, but when you add in cleaning the house and running around after 2 small kids all day.
Plus i do evening exercise also, not every night but most nights i like to do something.
Okay so I'm working on H.I.T (High Intensity Training) - sounds hard and it is but give it a go please...
My partner introduced me to this, and at first i wasn't sure but now i do it everyday.
I do the bike mostly - so i do 2 mins of a warm up getting everything going, and i do 30 sec bursts of all out fast as i can go (yes you will get looks if its a gym like mine, but i dont care i have my ipod in and I'm here to lose weight not to impress people)
So 30 secs of all out pedal to the meeettttaaaal aaaaaaaahhhhhhh and ease of DONT STOP, ease off back to normal pace for another 2 mins and go again YEEEHHHAAAA.
Tip time: my biggest problem area is my flabby tummy, 3 c-sections have taken there toll. So i like to wear a sweat/sauna band around my mid. You get them on ebay for £3-4 and they just intensify the heat to the mid section whilst you work out.
beware however it is completely rank when you take it off as your tummy is soaked in sweat ewwww.
Lets try and sum this first week up:
A little tough at nights still, but getting alot better (i think my tummy must be shrinking so I'm not feeling the hunger as much)
Exercise can and should be fun - best evening exercise my xbox kinect and dance games (my fav right now is the black eyed peas :))
If you don't have a computer, do anything skipping, step up on the door step, put the music on and jive around like a nutter at a rave for 30 mins, just get the body moving and sweating (i always sweat its gross but means I'm working my body)
the all important WEIGH IN
at the end of week 1 im happy with my progress
21/6/2012....... 11st 8 / 74kg = 6lb loss or 2kg loss
GOAL WEIGHT - 60 kg
as always any comments are more than welcome, thanks for reading
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