Plan Of Action

So I have been very quiet the last few weeks, but it doesn't mean that I lost sight of my goal in any way. Have been doing some serious research into weight loss programmes, tips, tricks and myths. Most important of all, I took this month to make a full log of what I eat, when I eat and the how much I eat.

A woman my age and height should try to eat no more than 2000 cal a day.....surprise surprise!!! I was doing DOUBLE that. And it was easy. A choccie here, a slice of bread there and before I knew it I was eating twice as much as I am supposed to. If I calculate correctly, I need to consume about 1400 cal a day to ensure that I lose 1kg a week. So starting on Saturday, I am now finally on track. Also watched an awesome show on BBC last night about dieting, to be discussed below.

I have sat myself down and jotted what I think ym problems are when it comes to food, and this is what I have found.

Problem: Portion size: My eyes are way too big for my stomach. I always make too much food, and I always go back for seconds, and both my first and second helping is humungous. I need to learn to halve my current portions and cook enough for just one helping. Even when you eat really healthy you will not lose weight if you don't control your portion size. I need to teach my brain to teach my stomach that I DON'T need to eat two hamburger when I am already having chips. Solution: From now I will be dishing my food in a side plate. On the BBC show they have scientifically proven thjat eating from a side plate as opposed to a dinenr plate,. could reduce your consumption to up to 20%!!!!! I need to reduce mine by at least 50% so let's see how the side plate dishing works out.

Problem: Eye-Jaw co-ordination: This is a big one and probably the hardest one to fix. I CANNOT watch TV or read without munching on a chocolate or a packet of crisps. My most content moments come from reading late at night and eating Messaris Cheese and chive flavour chips.Solution: I need to replace the chips with something healthier, maybe carrot sticks and cucumber?Pineapple and apple pieces?

There are a couple of more issues, to be discussed later, but these are the main key issues I am struggling with.

The BBC Programme was called "10 Things You Need To Know About losing Weight. I can't remember all the points, but I will be blogging more often from now, and will discuss each point .

CALCIUM: Studies have shown that the calcium in milk and diary "entraps" some of the food in the bowel into molecules, making it impossible to aborb via the small intestine. This excess of fat is then excreted via faeces. They did an experiment where they had a man eat a certain amount of food with calories and calcium one week, and the next week he ate the exact same amount of calories but lessened his calcium. A test was done on his faces and it was found that the fat content excreted was twice that of the week when he didn't ingest as much calcium. It came to the result that in total, if he continued on the high calcium way of eating, he would excrete a total of 2 kg's of fat annually!!!

Went and made a graph of my weight increase for the past decade and was a little bit worried. So what I need to do know is look at where it has increased sharply and rack my brain to see if there is anything that could have triggered the weight loss

POA for this week is weighing at the pharmacy this afternoon. I don't think I have lost any weight as I was only concernced with logging my current eating habits. Back on the healthy eating track since Saturday, but seriously struggling with drinking water at this stage...