Day 3 - Food intake:
Apart from the Christmas excesses I would consider myself a healthy eater. Plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables make up at least half my normal 'diet'. I usually favour protein over carbohydrate - as I know protein is meant to be better for weight loss - and for building muscle and staving off hunger pangs.
So - plenty of lean meat - mainly chicken thighs, tinned fish (sardines and mackerel in brine), sometimes a good steak, extra lean minced beef, pork chops - I don't eat lamb very often.
Carbohydrate wise for the past few months (since October) I have avoided potatoes, rice and pasta and if I have had them - kept them to a bare minimum.
Despite it being one of my most favourite foods, I tend to avoid eating bread on a regular basis as I have often cited this as a cause for my weight gain or bloating. This week I am allowing myself the occasional sandwich made from two slices of Hovis Nimble (48 cal a slice). I really like Cornthins and Ryvita and tend to eat these instead of bread.
I eat one Activia fat free yoghurt a day, fat free cottage cheese, and plain low fat yoghurt.
I drink tea and coffee without sugar or sweetener. I usually drink around half a pint/300ml purple top (1% fat milk). I drink no sugar added squash sometimes - I take Berocca (liquid sugar free vitamin supplement probably twice a week).
I avoid puddings, cakes, biscuits - high sugar fizzy drinks and all that stuff.
Alcohol wise I don't drink during the week - at the weekend I will have a gin and low calorie tonic or one or two glasses or wine. I have gone off red wine for some reason - so alcohol intake is pretty minimal.
That's pretty much it on the food.
Exercise wise - I'm a work from home mother of two - I am a freelance copywriter so sit down a lot. I get very little exercise apart from 5 minutes of stretch exercises in the morning when I get up and before I go to bed. The most exercise I do is rushing round the house tidying up, doing the ironing, and walking the children to Sunday school once a week.
The rest of the time I'm sitting at my desk - my fingers get the most exercise using the keyboard!
The interesting claim for me regarding Meratol is that it can help me lose an extra 300 calories or so - just by sitting at my desk.
Look out for my next blog coming shortly about the reasons why I want to lose weight in 2011!
Apart from the Christmas excesses I would consider myself a healthy eater. Plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables make up at least half my normal 'diet'. I usually favour protein over carbohydrate - as I know protein is meant to be better for weight loss - and for building muscle and staving off hunger pangs.
So - plenty of lean meat - mainly chicken thighs, tinned fish (sardines and mackerel in brine), sometimes a good steak, extra lean minced beef, pork chops - I don't eat lamb very often.
Carbohydrate wise for the past few months (since October) I have avoided potatoes, rice and pasta and if I have had them - kept them to a bare minimum.
Despite it being one of my most favourite foods, I tend to avoid eating bread on a regular basis as I have often cited this as a cause for my weight gain or bloating. This week I am allowing myself the occasional sandwich made from two slices of Hovis Nimble (48 cal a slice). I really like Cornthins and Ryvita and tend to eat these instead of bread.
I eat one Activia fat free yoghurt a day, fat free cottage cheese, and plain low fat yoghurt.
I drink tea and coffee without sugar or sweetener. I usually drink around half a pint/300ml purple top (1% fat milk). I drink no sugar added squash sometimes - I take Berocca (liquid sugar free vitamin supplement probably twice a week).
I avoid puddings, cakes, biscuits - high sugar fizzy drinks and all that stuff.
Alcohol wise I don't drink during the week - at the weekend I will have a gin and low calorie tonic or one or two glasses or wine. I have gone off red wine for some reason - so alcohol intake is pretty minimal.
That's pretty much it on the food.
Exercise wise - I'm a work from home mother of two - I am a freelance copywriter so sit down a lot. I get very little exercise apart from 5 minutes of stretch exercises in the morning when I get up and before I go to bed. The most exercise I do is rushing round the house tidying up, doing the ironing, and walking the children to Sunday school once a week.
The rest of the time I'm sitting at my desk - my fingers get the most exercise using the keyboard!
The interesting claim for me regarding Meratol is that it can help me lose an extra 300 calories or so - just by sitting at my desk.
Look out for my next blog coming shortly about the reasons why I want to lose weight in 2011!
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