Day 1

Apparently weight loss is 70% what you eat and 30% exercise (correct me if I'm wrong). So with that bit of advice, we know that we have to eat right to achieve our goals. Over the years we have tried the following eating programmes with some success:

• Jenny Craigs - lost 26 kg's (Dar) 15 kg's (Ta)
• Body for Life - can't remember the amount
• Protein type diet (lost 7 kg's)

Obviously, we have not been able to maintain our weight loss once we have come off these diets. Of course this will be our battle this time too. In order to combat this we intend to make our new eating regime a permanent lifestyle change.

We are looking to incorporate elements of various eating programmes that we have encountered. One that we are very keen to try is the Fast Diet as promoted by Dr Michael Mosley. In a nutshell, you eat normally for five days a week and then you cut your calories to 500 for women and 600 for men on the other two days. 

The good thing about this diet is that you don't truly fast. You do get to eat. So this morning we had porridge with blueberries. We had a little skim milk but no brown sugar (that will take a bit of getting use to).  Late afternoon we had a small apple. This evening we had a plate of chowmein that was made using only one chicken breast between us and lots of veges. It was quite delicious as we added corriander, garlic, ginger and soy sauce. I will post up this recipe later.

To be honest, I was really starving today, and I found that I needed to take some  naps to sleep it off and not be tempted to eat. No doubt my hunger was heightened because we started our weight training regime too. We are following the program that is set out in the Body For Life book. Today we worked our upper body and really enjoyed pushing our bodies again. In the evening we went for a thirty minute slow walk.

Summary:

Exercise 

• Weights using the Body For Life program. 5 upper body exercises
• Walk - thirty minutes

Food

• Fast Diet plan
• Porridge and blueberries. A little skim milk and no brown sugar.
• 1 small apple
• Chowmein - 1 chicken breast, veges and herbs.

Weight

• Dar - 123.1 kg's
• Ta - 112 kg's

Yours in Pain

Dar