08/01/2007 05:19:08

A lot of women where i work are doing the slimming world / weight watchers thing, but being in a group and everybody talking about green days and red days is not for me. I have done loads of faddy diets in the past, but this time around i am doing what my husband did: Cereal in the morning, afternoon time loads (and i mean LOADS) of fruit with yoghurt on top, then in the evening sticking to a baked potato diet. (this comes in many varieties.. Chicken and baked potato, beans and baked potato, baked potato and salad with grilled bacon.. Everything is baked potato based!! Its a bit bland, but my god, its working. Basically, my hubby is counting my calories to equal 1,500 a day. We have cut out wine :( and there are no chocolate, biscuits, crisps or chips allowed in the house. although we are having as much fruit and yoghurt as we can manage. I am drinking a lot of barley water and using the exercise bike 4 times a week to do a 25-30 minute cycle. It really is quite "samey" having the same sorts of food every day, but you can variate the toppings on your baked potato.. as long as your total daily intake does not exceed 1,500 cals. I invested in one of those forman grill things and cook lots of chicken on it. its been a godsend i have to say.

This is all a bit drastic food wise, because i am a total foodie and love to cook and eat. I did do a proper roast lamb dinner on Sunday, because i do believe in taking the odd day "off" and it was a wonderful treat, but whenever i get sick of seeing a baked potato or can't be bothered to cycle, i just think "BABY!!!!"  and it does help somewhat!

07/30/2007 14:50:57

Well, Its coming off slowly.. Since i started, it has regulated my cycles somewhat.. I dont really want to weigh much because it depresses me! I started about 8 weeks ago and have lost roughly 11lb. My husband is putting me through a bit of a punishing exercise schedule though. He sounds similar to yours. He has lost 7and a half stone. (about 105lb) It seemed a lot easier for him.. All i have to do is look at a mars bar and i put on!

07/29/2007 20:38:06

Hehe, yeah I changed my pic, but for some reason it is not showing the new one on my computer. Good to hear it is going well with you. I am here just hanging in still trying to figure out what is going on with my body. Arghhh and it is back to work already tomorrow. But it is a long weekend next week for us, so I am looking forward to that.

07/27/2007 21:16:57

Hi Kris, how is it going?

07/27/2007 07:53:24

Hey! Thankyou for the lovely comment! Your trying to lose weight too? How is it going?

07/26/2007 11:40:59

The weekend was good. I had 4 days off.  I needed them!  We did a lot actually, went house shopping, saw Transformers and ran a lot of errands.  Sunday I kept to myself all day & did nothing, which was nice.  How have you been?

07/22/2007 01:01:32

HI Kris, how are you doing? I hope you have a nice weekend!

07/21/2007 14:03:10

Hi! Have a good weekend!

07/15/2007 22:15:45

Thanks for researchign the Met. for me!  The only info I can really gather on it is about Diabetes.

07/15/2007 15:53:15

07/15/2007 11:00:59

Hi Kris nice to meet you, sorry about your lost. I hope you get your bfp soon.