I've been lurking and reading for a while and breaking myself in, slowly, to this new WOE....it's really quite inspiring to have these forums to read and learn from but now I feel that I really ought to get started properly!
Guys-if you could see how much money I have spent on diet books and products over the last 20 or so years......well I reckon it would have paid my mortgage by now. And, no prizes for guessing- I'm heavier than I have ever been. Now, I'm not obese, and that is mainly due to the fact that I do exercise, but despite THAT I had my health assessment done last week and:
The good news: resting HR 55 (way to go!)
BP 94/58...hmm..good but on the low side; need to watch that I think
The OK (ish) news from a health perspective: weight 159 lbs and BMI 24.8....so JUST within the healthy range (only just though!!)
Bad news:
1) the weight is accumulating around my middle, which I know is very bad healthwise and catastrophic from an aesthetic perspective!! Yikes.
2) My fat is 36%. That is too high.
I have been trying to go without snacks since last week and have largely succeeded, but I can't put my hand on my heart and say that I have been 100 % doing no S as per the rules. My biggest issue is mindless nibbling, especially when cooking- before I know it something has just fallen in to my mouth- I reckon there must be hundreds of calories that I haven't even enjoyed eating going in there! Does anyone else struggle with this and do you have any tips? I would be very grateful!
Today my day looked like this:
Breakfast: small bowl of wholewheat cereal with skim milk and a toasted crumpet with jam.
Lunch (at a pub) was a ham and tomato panini, no mayo, with a side salad and a few chips
Dinner was a large greek salad with olive bread.
However I did eat a few extra olives and I also had a low-calorie chocolate drink....those artificial flavourings aren't good are they? Does anyone allow them or are they off menu?
And I did a three mile run- very short for me but it's that TOTM and I really do struggle so I don't fight it.
My goal is to get to 30% fat first of all, a BMI of 23 and a weight (I am more concerned about the other two first though!) of 147 pounds.
I want to share that I did something very cathartic today
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I went through all my bookshelves and removed ANYTHING to do with diets. OMG there were loads of the things....but they are now in a sealed box and they are going to the charity shop in the morning. I don't want these misery tomes in my life ANY MORE!!!
Feels a lot better already
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Looking forward to getting to know everyone on the forums. I hope I don't have too many stupid questions but if I do, maybe someone will answer them anyway. I have been really spurred on to do something about yo yo ing and basing my life around food so, her we go......!
Dolly