My Diet Blog

Day 7: Weigh In

Chris Rose — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:20:47 +0000

11 pounds lost! I am really pleased, thats great for a weeks work!

Day 6: Easy-peasey, still

Chris Rose — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:54:50 +0000

No news is good news, right? Nothing to report today. Easy day; no problems. Looking forward to getting weighed tomorrow.

Day 5: Easy-peasey

Chris Rose — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:50:07 +0000

I went to see my Cambridge Counsellor this evening and she changed all the nasty soups for nice Strawberry and Bananna shakes. Didn’t get weighed, I wan’t to wait for Monday after seven days.

This evening we had friends over for dinner. I sat at the table and drank a shake while others ate lovely food. It was no problem. I have no physical hunger and the cravings are getting weaker. The only thing driving me to eat “proper” food right now is habit I think.

Looking forward to finding out how much I have lost on Monday.

Day 4: Routine

Chris Rose — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:58:30 +0000

The day didn’t start great, woke up at 3:55am busting for the loo. Drinking so much water means I am on the toilet all too often. I’ve worked out that my bladder must be 500ml. On the Cambridge Diet, does it matter if I drink the water in one go, or if I drink it bit by bit during the day?

Work was OK today, I got a lot done. Had more energy than usual. I did not want to drink a tetrapak shake infront of people so I drank water until people had finished. When they left I drank the tetrapak. I am not sure why. Maybe embarrasment; maybe I don’t want to listen to people go “is that it?!”. A few people asked me how it was going as soon as I walked through the door this morning, I hoped people would forget and not make a thing of it! Lack of self confidence makes me feel a berk for trying to loose weight.

Failed to drink any soups today. Had a shake this evening instead. I don’t know why I can’t have any soups, the smell of them makes me gag. I was fine until after a “Spicy Tomato Soup” yesterday. Maybe if I get some other flavours, it will pass? Either way I am going to ask my CDC to change the soups I do have at the moment for some banana / strawberry shakes as I don’t have any problem with those.

Long day tomorrow.

Day 3: Easier

Chris Rose — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:33:26 +0000

Today I feel like I can do this for the full term. Yesterday was pretty tough, craving food all the time. Whenever I got hungry today I had half a liter of water and the craving went away. That also made it easier to drink the days quota of h2o.

Today has been a physical day of work (wallpapering all day) and I don’t feel tired at all, which is good. My eyes are whiter than usual. Eating Cambridge diet food is healtier than what I ate before (no surprise).

Can not eat the fourth food pack today (soup), I am not sure why. Just can’t stomache it. I think next week I may not get any soups at all, only shakes.

Day 2: Hard :(

Chris Rose — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:12:22 +0000

Today was tough. The temptation to give in to food is strong. My sister cooked garlic bread this evening and it smelt amazing. I am not physically hungry (only three food packs consumed today), I just want to eat food so badly. The only thing keeping me going is that… I know if I cheat I will be back on the diet and in the same situation in a few days time, so why bother? I hope I crave food less tomorrow.

Today was also the first day on the diet at Trumpers and I had expected it to be difficult. My aunty was not overly impressed when I talked to her about it Cambridge yesterday and I didn’t think people at work would have been either. Turns out I was wrong, which is great. I need to buy a small blender for work.

I have consumed five liters of water today. I am pissing like a race horse. Its doing me good though, I feel pretty good.

A few people said I would probably get headaches on day 2. I think I may have slept through them, as I had a headache starting when I went to bed last night and a twinge this morning, but nothing since. I will be glad when the first week is over.

Day 1: Hungry

Chris Rose — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:32 +0000

Feeling pretty damned hungry right now. I have one more soup to have today. I need to drink another… four liters of water.

Day 1: Genesis

Chris Rose — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:53:00 +0000

Just had my first banana milk shake. It was quite nice, which I didn’t expect :). Three more food packs to consume today and 6 liters of water.

I am hungry, which I am not normally at this time of day. It seems my body knows what is coming :-)

Off to work today, going to put up a picture rail and wallpaper a room.

Things I Will Miss

Chris Rose — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:12:14 +0000

I will miss:

Pizza
Kebabs
Coke
Not caring about what I am eating

I will not miss:

The unhealthy feeling of being overweight
Having to arrange three meals per day
Being overweight
Finding it hard to get clothes that fit properly, if at all
Constant lethargy
Being ashamed of my body
Sweating, a lot
Leg chafing

That is quite compelling, really.

Targets

Chris Rose — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:57:20 +0000

I weigh 258lbs. I am about 6ft tall. That puts my BMI at a round (!) 35. It is usually labeled “obese” on graphs and is almost certainly printed in red for INSTANT DEATH.

I don’t know what I should actually weigh. I don’t really care what I weigh, to be honest, I just want to be slim and healthy. I feel I need a weight to aim for though. Something to work with.

For my height, the perfect BMI means I should weigh 165lbs. That is a whopping 93lbs less than I weigh now. I am much more overweight than I thought. I am not a small chap but I don’t look as heavy as I weigh. Maybe I am really tiny under all this excess weight :)

6 stone 9 pounds to loose, a lot. 11 stone 11 pounds is my target weight then I guess. It doesn’t seem enough.