Well, I certainly didn't expect things to get moving quite as quickly as that.
One week into the diet and I have said goodbye to a massive 5lbs. I'm not going to get ahead of myself though. My goal is to lose 41lbs and there is a very long way to go. However, if I had been offered a loss of 5lbs over a fortnight I would have snapped your hands off, so to be there in 7 days is incredible.
This level of weight loss is unsustainable and will prove to be the exception rather than the rule. A new year diet offers the opportunity to shed a few easy lbs. In my case the early January detox has seen my body dispose of the Christmas excess. Think peanuts, think Quality Street, think turkey and stuffing sandwiches to the power of 10!
To achieve this 5lb loss, I have not starved myself. On the contrary I have had three meals a day, every day, and not shirked on portion size. However, where I may have had pie with chips and thrown in a slice of bread for good measure, I have subbed the chips and bread for some vegetables. Where I made more vegetable chilli than I really needed to consume in one go, I set aside a portion and added some fresh rocket for my lunch the following day.
While I have not gone wanting at meal times, the thing that has made a difference has been a strict curb on snacking. There has been no elevenses. Chocolate and crisps have been cast aside. I've not removed bread from my diet but it is only allowed for my lunch; there are no more sneaky slices of toast when I get home from work or as an accompaniment to my breakfast cereal. January is traditionally a dry month for me, and needless to say the removal of alcohol has been a good thing too.
How long I can stick to a regimented three meals a day remains to be seen. It has to be said that seeing the lbs fall off in week one is a great motivator to keep things going, and while I have no expectations that next week's weigh in will produce such a dramatic outcome, having found a formula that works for me I would be mad to change it.
Just as a slight note harking back to what I wrote about yesterday about over-using scales, I myself ignored my own advice and sneaked a couple of looks yesterday. And at different times of the day my weight dipped below 18st. I'm not going to get hung up on this. A 5lb loss is more than enough for one week, and I've every confidence that I'll be looking at the scales next week with the 18 replaced by a 17.
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