New Book

I have written another new book. This one is called 'The Chocolate Diet'. love chocolate and I would love to be able to incorporate it in to a healthy diet but it is not healthy. Therefore I used the book to explain about the nutritional content of chocolate and the best way to incorporate it into a healthy diet so that it does not do you harm. If you want to find out more about it then you can look at it on Amazon:

Determined!

I have a lot of determination to lose weight this week. I have put back on what I lost after Christmas but I am not happy with how I am looking and how much my weight is creeping up. I have a wedding to attend in September which is helping with the motivation as well.

I am hoping that this cold weather will help me to lose a bit more weight as well, but it does make me crave comfort foods - such as carbohydrates which I should not be eating. I will make some warm soup for lunch again and that might have the same effect.

Why Isnt the Weight Coming Off?

I am having trouble understanding why my husband isn't losing more weight at the moment. He is sticking to his eating plan and doing a small amount of weight work but his weight isn't coming off. I can eat more than him and lose lot more weight. I guess I do exercise a lot which probably means my metabolism is better but I am still confused and wondering whether he is cheating....

Weight Loss

Well, weight loss has been slow since Christmas. I have still found my willpower is very low and so I have been eating a lot of naughty things. I have been managing to get away with it by cutting the starchy carbs out of my main meals and exercising more. I know that I will not get away with it for long though, as my body adjusts to doing more exercise and I lose a bit more weight so need less calories to keep me going. At least the weight is going down, so that is a good start anyway.

The Biggest Loser

Programs such as the biggest loser are quite an inspiration to me. I was not surprised by the big weight losses though. Imagine being in a house where there are no temptations of 'naughty' food and there is a gym. There is nothing to do all day but exercise. It would be heaven for me, if only I had time to be exercising all day long I would shift my weight in no time.

In honesty though, I said this to my husband last night and then I remembered that I had a week off over Christmas. Did I spend the free time I had exercising? No, I spent it sitting on the sofa, watching TV, visiting friends, playing games and eating too much! Despite that, I am sure having one of those three personal trainers shouting at me, would soon encourage me to get off my bottom and do something!

Celebrity Diets

There is a very interesting story on the BBC website this morning about celebrity diets. It explains how copying a celebrity by wanting to look slim like them and following a diet that tehy are on, is not a new phenomenon.

Although this is a good way to get inspiration for losing weight, it can be a bad thing. Some people are naturally thing and some people have time to exercise a lot. Other people spend a lot of money on diets or they eat unhealthily to be thin. When you career depends on it, you will do anything to remain slim.

It is important for us to remember that health is the important thing when looking at our diet and how we look should always be a positive side effect. If looking good motivates us, then this is okay, but we need to make sure that we have a sensible diet, getting all the nutrients that we need, so that we do not make ourselves unwell.

Exercise Equipment

Many people buy exercise equipment and then do not use it. This is because they think that it will be able to help them to lose weight, but they do not think about how they will free up the time to use it. They often find it hard work and so give up.

there are great ways that you can avoid falling in to this trap. If you buy equipment from a good website and choose it carefully then you will be able to have more success. For example, Exercise Fit is a website which has lots of equipment on it. What sets it apart form other sites is that there is a lot of information about each piece of equipment and how it works. You will be able to learn a lot more about each item and work out whether you think it will suit you.

It is important to think about what you want to achieve from the new fitness regime and then work out whether the equipment will be able to help you to do this. You can buy the equipment through the links on the site as well and so the whole process is made quick and simple.

Monday News

On a Monday we always take a chance to weigh and compare how well we have done over the week. We didn't weigh last Monday so we have no basis for comparison this time. Today will really be seen as the start of a new healthy eating plan. We still have left overs to use up today though, but once DH is back at work and the children are at school, it will be easier to get back in to routine where both healthy eating and exercise will be easier.

At the moment my weight stands at 10 stone 10 and I want to get it down to 9 stone. My husband is 15 stone 10.6 pounds and he wants to get down to under 13 stone. So we have a quite a way to go but hopefully should be able to make some significant progress in the next few weeks, just by starting to exercise more again and not having an excuse to overeat.

Shock!!

I weighed myself this morning for the first time in quite a few days. I was shocked to find that my weight has gone up to 10 stone 10 pounds. I ate badly again today as we had visitors and I also did no exercise. I am determined to get back to a nice low weight again, something that is healthy. I know that I will get back to exercising once the children are back at school, but it is getting the eating back on track that could be more difficult. I have got in to the habit of eating very badly which is something that I need to break as soon as I can.

New Year, New Start

This is the time of year when many people start making new years resolutions. A majority of people decide that they want to lose weight because they have put on weight over Christmas and once all the bad food is gone, it seems like a good time to start. However, it is well worth remembering that you should try to make lifestyle changes which you will be able to stick to for the rest of your life, not just embark upon a diet which you will stick to for a short period of time, that is not healthy or sustainable. Think hard and plan for the future so that you will be able to remain thin and healthy for the rest of your life.

Monday Update

Monday is the day that my husband weighs to see how well he has done for the week. He has only lost 0.4 pounds this week, which is rather a shame as he stuck to things pretty well. I did not record my weight on Monday, but I know that I was up to 10 stone 11.6 pounds on the previous Saturday which meant Saturday to Saturday I lost 5.6 pounds as I was 10 stone 6 pounds on Saturday. That is an amazing loss and considering that I did not feel at all hungry, that was great. I am not sure that I can lose that much this week, especially as I am already half a pound heavier than that, but I will be working hard again, as I am very determined at the moment, I would love to be below 10 stone as soon as possible. It would be great to be 9 stone something again!

Sunday Update

Eating anything I wanted on Saturday was not so liberating as I hoped. I was constantly worried that I might undo all of the good that I had done over the course of the week and so I was very careful about what I ate. I also wanted to make up for the things I missed out of my diet and so made sure I had plenty of wholegrain and fruit and the only bad thing I had was some chocolate cream. It was worth it though because I only put on 0.4 of a pound which took my weight to 10 stone 6.4 pounds.

My husband put on rather more and his weight went up by 2.6 pounds. He didn't have a good week either, finding that he put on weight even when he was following the diet. I think he was getting hidden carbs in foods and he is making some changes this week, hoping to make sure he loses more weight.