Y'know how on my last post I was busy saying I aim to lose 3 pounds a week for the next five weeks? And then I'd reach my target of over 3 stone on the shakes, and continue to lose another stone after. Well I was on a really great mind-set all week about this and thinking really positive. I used to think three pounds was so little considering the much you are detoxing, but with any diet you lose more at the start then maybe a pound every week or so. As long as your losing it's all good so I stayed positive and went to this week’s weigh in and lost *drum roll please* 4 1/2 POUNDS! So so pleased. Even my pharmacist was delighted. Before I got weighed she gave me my first ever compliment. I have always said how she is one of those firm but fair ladies, tough love and all that jazz. Well I took off my coat to get weighed and she said "Well you are just looking better and better!" I nearly cried. I felt like I was in a Disney film where there's this tough coach and you feel sad then at the end you realise she's really lovely and wanted the best for you, like Nanny Mc Phee! Nanny Mc Pharmacist. It hasn't been that dramatic, I just would've thought we would be BFF by now. I think we're getting closer. After she gave me my results and shakes she was warning me how I'll need to keep up with it after the shakes, to not just go back to normal food and expect to stay the same. Now she was doing so well. . . . . . . .
I'm only joking; I know where she is coming from. But as I said to her I wouldn't work so hard on something to just spoil it for myself. It's no leisurely stroll in the park the shakes business and it's too expensive to do this for 12 weeks and for me then to just go back to my ex Mc Donalds. I've been talking about this with one of the ladies at work. She has actually been to seen a Nutritionist in the past and paid big dollar for a consultation and was kind enough to send me some of the tips. One of the tips she mentioned, which I never applied with diets was “Don’t treat this like a diet. If you eat something unhealthy you haven’t failed or been ‘bad’. Just try and think of eating a 80/20 balance in your diet. If you eat well most of the time, an occasional indulgence is ok.” This is a good idea for me as when you make something forbidden, you only want it more don’t you? And to say you are on a diet all the time is exhausting and boring. But if I apply my new healthy mind-set to the meals I eat during the week, well the weekend could be my 20 if I’m going to a birthday meal or fancy a glass of thee good auld vino. . And I won’t have to feel bad or guilty, because it’s balanced. She mentioned ““Stop when you are satisfied. By eating slowly and off a plate, you should get better signals of when you are full. You might also find that by taking your time you do not need to eat as much to feel satisfied by a meal or snack.” AKA Rachel, don’t be a horse! I’ve done it in the past, wolfed something down before you could say “Milkshake”. Maybe taking time to enjoy a meal will be helpful, and not chewing for 12 weeks maybe I will have no option! She gave me a lot of advice what food to be eating, how every meal should include a high proportion of vegetables/salads/soups, a small piece of protein and a small portion of carbohydrate food. But she mentioned to think differently of what carbs I’m eating. I used to eat a lot of white pasta, white rice, and me being Irish I fitted the stereotype of spuds spuds spuds. If I didn’t have some form of potatoes in a few days I would crave it. We did go through a famine, give us a break. As I said I’ve been stocking up on some groceries every week and this week I did buy brown pasta and brown rice. I think I’m going to be one of those annoying people who check the back of things of everything they buy. The other tips revolved around hydration and exercise. This diet has taught me the importance of water and these days you don’t see me without my water bottle so that one is covered. I’ve been scouting out the local swimming pools here and trying to get a good membership deal. I love swimming as it uses every muscle but it’s such a good head clearer.
This week is another birthday! Was everyone born in Feb? It’s one of my really close friends who love a choc treat so I decided to make some brownies. I got the measuring really mixed up, it has been a while. So god knows what they tasted like. Again I had to rely on my trusty flatmates, who have started calling me a “feeder”. Getting sick pleasure out of fattening other people up, hmm :) The good thing about brownies is the smell fills the house so I loved it! I don’t know the science in this enjoying the smell business, but it works! The brownies presentation didn’t turn out great; I put white choc buttons in for flavour. And it just made them look burnt. Oh well, everyone likes a trier! These can be in her 20% of her balanced week. It’s a birthday; you’re allowed to be naughty on your birthday!
I'm only joking; I know where she is coming from. But as I said to her I wouldn't work so hard on something to just spoil it for myself. It's no leisurely stroll in the park the shakes business and it's too expensive to do this for 12 weeks and for me then to just go back to my ex Mc Donalds. I've been talking about this with one of the ladies at work. She has actually been to seen a Nutritionist in the past and paid big dollar for a consultation and was kind enough to send me some of the tips. One of the tips she mentioned, which I never applied with diets was “Don’t treat this like a diet. If you eat something unhealthy you haven’t failed or been ‘bad’. Just try and think of eating a 80/20 balance in your diet. If you eat well most of the time, an occasional indulgence is ok.” This is a good idea for me as when you make something forbidden, you only want it more don’t you? And to say you are on a diet all the time is exhausting and boring. But if I apply my new healthy mind-set to the meals I eat during the week, well the weekend could be my 20 if I’m going to a birthday meal or fancy a glass of thee good auld vino. . And I won’t have to feel bad or guilty, because it’s balanced. She mentioned ““Stop when you are satisfied. By eating slowly and off a plate, you should get better signals of when you are full. You might also find that by taking your time you do not need to eat as much to feel satisfied by a meal or snack.” AKA Rachel, don’t be a horse! I’ve done it in the past, wolfed something down before you could say “Milkshake”. Maybe taking time to enjoy a meal will be helpful, and not chewing for 12 weeks maybe I will have no option! She gave me a lot of advice what food to be eating, how every meal should include a high proportion of vegetables/salads/soups, a small piece of protein and a small portion of carbohydrate food. But she mentioned to think differently of what carbs I’m eating. I used to eat a lot of white pasta, white rice, and me being Irish I fitted the stereotype of spuds spuds spuds. If I didn’t have some form of potatoes in a few days I would crave it. We did go through a famine, give us a break. As I said I’ve been stocking up on some groceries every week and this week I did buy brown pasta and brown rice. I think I’m going to be one of those annoying people who check the back of things of everything they buy. The other tips revolved around hydration and exercise. This diet has taught me the importance of water and these days you don’t see me without my water bottle so that one is covered. I’ve been scouting out the local swimming pools here and trying to get a good membership deal. I love swimming as it uses every muscle but it’s such a good head clearer.
This week is another birthday! Was everyone born in Feb? It’s one of my really close friends who love a choc treat so I decided to make some brownies. I got the measuring really mixed up, it has been a while. So god knows what they tasted like. Again I had to rely on my trusty flatmates, who have started calling me a “feeder”. Getting sick pleasure out of fattening other people up, hmm :) The good thing about brownies is the smell fills the house so I loved it! I don’t know the science in this enjoying the smell business, but it works! The brownies presentation didn’t turn out great; I put white choc buttons in for flavour. And it just made them look burnt. Oh well, everyone likes a trier! These can be in her 20% of her balanced week. It’s a birthday; you’re allowed to be naughty on your birthday!
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