Category: Weight Loss

I’ve tried Lite’n’Easy… sure it works, it’s expensive, and it gets tiresome when the meals are all the same after a while. I tried the starch diet and that works too… but in a household you have to be able to share the foods you eat and David wasn’t really into just starches so that… Continue reading Diets can be freaking tasty

My scale is so quick to say “Congratulations, you’ve reached a new low weight!” When I’m doing well. But when I’m going off the rails I also need it to say “Hey fat boy, what have you been eating lately!” So it whips be back on track.

For those who want to know… yes the move away from pure potatoes to incorporating other grains and beans has had an effect on the intestinal instrumentation.  But I’m assured it is a temporary thing and eventually the gut and intestine work it out. It’s about the gut sorting out it’s biome to deal with… Continue reading Beans, beans, the magical fruit…

So my potato diet, or starch-based diet, is kicking itself up in the new year. For those playing along at home, I tried just potatoes towards the end of last year, it was fantastic, I shouldn’t have stopped, but I did. I successfully at nothing but potatoes for three weeks straight. Didn’t crave anything else… Continue reading Potatoes for Days

I think there is always a danger in weighing in daily, especially if you have a blow out day like I did this weekend past. Those days when you move up a little threaten to kill your enthusiasm and make you wonder why the he’ll you’re doing all that you are. Why you’re giving up… Continue reading Still going down, thankfully.

I started this week poorly having not had a good week last week I was at 145.3 last Monday, told you I was bad. I didn’t have good enough will power, was snacking and all round not eating well. This week was better. This morning I weighed in at 141.9 the week’s loss comes to… Continue reading Down, Down and Down

Well not in a depressive way, in a weight way. After yo-yoing for the last couple of weeks I’m a little more dedicated to my diet this week and have lost 1.4kg in the last couple of days. I still think the biggest problem is carbs. I’m pretty sedentary so I don’t need as many… Continue reading A Little Bit Down