Starting A Diet

Starting A Diet

May 11

Local Time: 06.25

Well after deciding to start last night I have woke up feeling almost as motivated, so it is on for real.  Any weight loss program will require a start point and this is the start point for this diet.

 

I am using the Wii fit Board as my scales as the impression it gives is that it is less prone to variation, traditional bathroom scales have always been very erratic on my floor no matter whether they were digital or analogue.  The wii fit board on the other hand has always looked to me to be reliable and steady.  It also gives the (dubios) advantage of  giving you a BMI measurement as well, I don’t think it is neccessarily accurate but probably close enough and will serve as a guide>

 

1st weigh in:

weigh time 06.25am

Result better than expected with weight being:

313 lbs  – 21 stone 5 lbs

BMI = 44.60

Ok so thats the easy bit done now i just have to do it.

I intend from today to change many things in my lifestyle including…

• Have breakfast every day

• Eat Lunch Every Day

• Make better choices for my meals &  snacks

• Drink at least 1.6litres of water every day (8 standard glasses)

• Cut down on the caffiene intake to less than 4 cups a day (health rather than diet reasons)

• Consume a maximum of 1890 calories per day

• Keep a food & exercise diary

• Try to exercise at least 45 minutes per day (can be averaged over the week)

Eating breakfast and lunch every day seems like a no brainer to lots of people but for me i often go without one or both, probably replacing them with coffee and maybe biscuits occassionally.  This would lead to overeating at almost every other time and the lack of routine also affects weight loss i believe.

Making better choices is an easy statement but if you are overweight you will know just how difficult that can be.

Water, the truth is most of us don’t drink enough and most commentators say this is crucial to weight loss

Caffiene, is purely for myself,  Personally i drink way too much of it at work and for purely health reasons i thought i would cut some out (not all)

1890 calories is a figure that according to MyFitnessPal.com suggests i need to eat to lose 2lbs per week, time will tell if this figure is correct.

Exercise 45 minutes per day, this will be difficult with my lifestyle really  I work til 6pm and as a father and husband it is not always possible to disappear for an hour or so to the Gym.  Also my travel requirements are that I’m between cars so dropping to the Gym on the way to or from work is not really possible either.  Today i have the car so i will try to get to Gym at lunchtime.

Wish me luck

Fatty