I think I could be best described as a diet junky!! I know the basis of most diets as I have tried them all ... for the word tried read "I've read the details and pretended to diet for 1-2 days and claimed to diet for weeks".
I finally decided that enough was enough and I have to lose some weight to make FLM training easier. So, seeing as Rosemary Conley is the patron of my charity, I decided to go back to basics. I've been counting calories!
My aim has been to keep between 1200 and 1400 calories although I think a few days have been less. I've been writing things down and improving my mental arithmetic too by adding the figures up! So far I've lost 5lb without being hungry all the time and still having treats and wine! Just shows how much extra I ate without thinking!
Anyway today someone reminded me of a site I had seen before but forgotten. FitDay is an online diary as such where you can record all you eat and it will keep a track of the calories etc. It has the added advantage of being free!
A similar site with a wealth of information is Weight Lose Resources but this has to be paid for!
So I'm going to use Fitday as well as my paper for now, fitday has the advantage of also calculating calories used (roughly of course!) but paper is always there! I'll see how it goes! But I thought I would share the link with you anyway as someone may be interested in it!!
I finally decided that enough was enough and I have to lose some weight to make FLM training easier. So, seeing as Rosemary Conley is the patron of my charity, I decided to go back to basics. I've been counting calories!
My aim has been to keep between 1200 and 1400 calories although I think a few days have been less. I've been writing things down and improving my mental arithmetic too by adding the figures up! So far I've lost 5lb without being hungry all the time and still having treats and wine! Just shows how much extra I ate without thinking!
Anyway today someone reminded me of a site I had seen before but forgotten. FitDay is an online diary as such where you can record all you eat and it will keep a track of the calories etc. It has the added advantage of being free!
A similar site with a wealth of information is Weight Lose Resources but this has to be paid for!
So I'm going to use Fitday as well as my paper for now, fitday has the advantage of also calculating calories used (roughly of course!) but paper is always there! I'll see how it goes! But I thought I would share the link with you anyway as someone may be interested in it!!
Comments
just make sure you don't eat too little - you know the perils of the starvation mode!
by the way, I had to start a blog, so I could comment on yours!
so its at beanz52.blogspot.com