diet

hey
bit random for accountancy forum but it's my colleagues wedding in 3months and after sitting at a desk all day everyday i've podged out a bit. need to loose some weight so can pull off a dress that makes me feel confident. have any of you tried a diet and how did it go?
bit random for accountancy forum but it's my colleagues wedding in 3months and after sitting at a desk all day everyday i've podged out a bit. need to loose some weight so can pull off a dress that makes me feel confident. have any of you tried a diet and how did it go?
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Primble,
I'm on the smaller plate diet at the moment and it's working really well most days.
I bought a couple of plates that I really liked which were much smaller than the ones we usually use, instead of piling food onto a big plate and eating it all I just pile my meals onto a small plate and eat half as much.
There is no additional cost (other than choosing some nice plates to make it a little bit special), you don't need to weigh anything, buy extraordinary ingredients, cook different things for different family members or even buy a diet recipe book. It's totally idiot proof.
Nothing to lose by trying, other than some weight. I've lost a stone so far.
The hardest part is not eating the things I buy to go in small peeps lunch boxes, and the 'home from work hungry binge'!!! Hopefully I'm not the only one who does that otherwise I've really put myself to shame
Anna x
A few little tips:
Not eating after 8-8.30pm
Try to vary the items on your plate...not too many carbohydrates
For lunch in work try them Heinz Big Soups
If you have access to a treadmill, dont worry about running, try putting the gradient (angle) of the machine up high and try some walking uphill...this really helped with my waist line.
When eating, try to feel when your full. Dont eat past this, where you start getting uncomfortable.
Whatever you eat, throw half away (or like anniem said buy smaller plates) LoL !!!!
GOOD LUCK
And do more exercise, getting an ipod will help with walking or jogging.
And if you can get to a gym, a routine with weights in it, will help!
I'm dieting for my own wedding!
Has anyone done the special K kickstart diet? The 2 bowls of cereal a day one? I tried it ages ago and just found I was starving all the time but if it works I'll try it again.
The best way I lost weight was severe stress. However, I don't recommend it
The other best way I lost weight was unintentional - I cut out wheat from my diet as well as sugar, at the same time as increasing my exercise. I dropped a stone in a matter of months.
I don't bother about my fat intake - sugar and wheat are what do it for me.
Whatever you choose, good luck!
i changed my habbits completely and did exercise
I would suggest Aerobics (i have a Jane Fonda dvd and it works out your whole body) but i did alternate this with cycling and running and some swimming
I also ate two pieces of fruit every other day instead of a proper meal for dinner and the days i didnt eat fruit i had salad for lunch.
Try to eat loads of fish , salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring , plaice, sole all steamed or baked in the oven with olive oil and lemon (very good to clean toxins in your body)
Drink 1.5litres of water at least a day, if possible set a goal in your office environment : i am sure you have vending machines , go to get one glass of water every hour (9am, 10am, etc) if you work 8 hours a day that means you're drinking nearly 2L of water without realising and also getting up from your chair to get the water.
KEEP COMING TO THE FORUMS for motivation and support
i attended slimming world for a while to get the motivation started and it does work, it is common sense, cut down on dairy, increase fruits and vegetables and water. they also do not say diet, they say healthy eating and mentally i do think this works wonders, because as soon as i say the work diet, i am hungry and i feel like i am doing without.
i make sure my fruit bowl is stacked high for those study munchies and i also buy the bags of mixed nuts and fruit - yum.
you might think i am a health freak and a waif from reading this, but i am a "healthy" 12 and a half stone. i enjoy walking with my kids and i can ski from the top of a mountain to the bottom without getting out of breath and that is about all i do.
I think positive thinking helps too
(sorry for the big post)
Tracy
It also is very unhealthy and is linked to a lot of diseases, but as far as I know, only indirect so far, because the food industry makes too much money with it.
i seem to get my hungriest at work so will find a good replacement. I like the fish idea too.
I do snack in the mornings at 10am either a piece of fruit or carrots!
I did the special k kickstart and i stuck to it really well and after all that starving didnt lose that much weight at all.
If I eat two a day I will only have eaten 1000 calories and that is less than the 1200 calories a day you are meant to eat when on a diet so you never know it might work! lol
i like it! where can i get such a thing?
Same goes for Anniem's suggestion really, so you both could be potentially inventing a new diet that is going to make you rich!