RESULTS! Month 1
At the beginning my goal was to fit in my skinny pants and get down to a weight of 84kgs (from a weight of 88kgs)
My skinny pants fit, though not as well as I would like. I wasnt the button to hover nicely under the button hole before I do them up. It is about 1cm away at the moment.
My weight on Day 29 was 83.6 kgs. Success! 4.4 kgs!
You might want to know how my other half went. She lost 2 kgs. She was not happy with that, though I was not surprised as I stuck to the rules more adamently than she did. Still, 2kgs is not too bad and if she loses another 2kgs this month it will show.
It has not been THAT hard to keep to the rules. The hardest one to keep to is the 7:30 rule, but I am convinced it should stay as it prevents me from snacking when I am home alone at night.
So what do I do now that I know the rules might work? Change them! This is to incorporate what I have learnt over the past month and to make them a little more easy to live with on a day to day basis.
The rules are -
1) Don't eat after 7:30pm
2) 45 mins exercise 6 days / wk: I have upped this from the previous 30 mins
3) Forbidden foods limit: At this stage, I can have one forbidden item (cheese, chocolate, nuts) once per week. Not one of each.
4, 5 & 6) Energy requirements, Fat requirements, Protein requirements: These are now part of the rules which I must obey
7) Nothing in pantry > 10% fat
8) One meal / wk not counted: This replace the eat out once a fortnight rule. When applied, I will assume the day kj, fat and protein intakes is the max allowed
9) Weights 3-4 days / wk: Weight training is now required. I did it previously, but now it is a rule. I usually go 4 times a week.
10) Don't read scales: This is the best rule of all. The last time I read the scales I was 4kgs hevier than I am now. Might powerful motivation!
One last thing. I will only be blogging my results on a weekly basis. Daily recording is very time consuming. I hope that the feel of the site is not lost by me changing to this new format.
My skinny pants fit, though not as well as I would like. I wasnt the button to hover nicely under the button hole before I do them up. It is about 1cm away at the moment.
My weight on Day 29 was 83.6 kgs. Success! 4.4 kgs!
You might want to know how my other half went. She lost 2 kgs. She was not happy with that, though I was not surprised as I stuck to the rules more adamently than she did. Still, 2kgs is not too bad and if she loses another 2kgs this month it will show.
It has not been THAT hard to keep to the rules. The hardest one to keep to is the 7:30 rule, but I am convinced it should stay as it prevents me from snacking when I am home alone at night.
So what do I do now that I know the rules might work? Change them! This is to incorporate what I have learnt over the past month and to make them a little more easy to live with on a day to day basis.
The rules are -
1) Don't eat after 7:30pm
2) 45 mins exercise 6 days / wk: I have upped this from the previous 30 mins
3) Forbidden foods limit: At this stage, I can have one forbidden item (cheese, chocolate, nuts) once per week. Not one of each.
4, 5 & 6) Energy requirements, Fat requirements, Protein requirements: These are now part of the rules which I must obey
7) Nothing in pantry > 10% fat
8) One meal / wk not counted: This replace the eat out once a fortnight rule. When applied, I will assume the day kj, fat and protein intakes is the max allowed
9) Weights 3-4 days / wk: Weight training is now required. I did it previously, but now it is a rule. I usually go 4 times a week.
10) Don't read scales: This is the best rule of all. The last time I read the scales I was 4kgs hevier than I am now. Might powerful motivation!
One last thing. I will only be blogging my results on a weekly basis. Daily recording is very time consuming. I hope that the feel of the site is not lost by me changing to this new format.
posted by bloggerpaul at 9:34 AM
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