The diet that worked for me
I have had a lot of issues and problems with my weight. It has
had a major effect on my life, it knocked my confidence and I
had an all round low self-esteem.
A couple of years ago I decided to do something about it, to try
to lose some of my excess fat. I had heard of many different
types of diet most of which I felt were not suitable for me and
even sounded disgusting.
I decided on self-help, doing it my way. I knew that exercise
would need to be a factor, however was not willing to join a
gym. Gyms seem full of people who are already thin! I started to
walk a lot more instead of driving everywhere, and started to
play tennis again, even though I must admit am pretty rubbish
it. I am not exactly the most athletic person and this basically
was all the exercise I did.
The main reason I was overweight was because of my poor diet. I
like to eat the types of food you are told not to. I love
pizzas, a curry, chips, peanuts and especially alcohol. Most
people I knew would tell me to cut out all of these from my diet
completely- get real! Sorry, that's not possible, I enjoy them
too much.
I thought about what to do and decided that I would start to
write down everything I ate. I would eat a healthy breakfast and
then would try not to eat until lunch. I am somebody who loves
to snack, eating crisps and chocolate especially. I knew that to
not eat anything until lunch would be difficult but I had a
plan. Whenever I felt hungry or a desire for food I would eat a
polo mint or if at home would clean my teeth. Sounds crazy but
it worked for me! I would also not eat between lunch and my
evening meal. The evening meal would be my biggest meal of the
day and would include anything I wanted including chips. On the
weekend I would always treat myself to a takeaway and would
allow myself some alcohol.
This type of diet needs a lot of discipline and character,
however you do not have to do that much exercise or cut any type
of food from your diet.
Good luck.
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