2013 was a milestone year for me, turning 60, married 30 years, being the largest size ever, tipped into Morbidly Obese, health issues etc. - thus i decided to take Long Service Leave and address the many issues that plagued my life.
I went to a Weight Loss Retreat for 2 weeks, it was very expensive so even though i thought a longer stay would be better i only budgeted for 2 weeks as i also wanted to take a Mediterranean Holiday later in the year with my husband.
Anyway this worked really well, with the strict Calorie Restricted Diet imposed by the program as well as 4-5 hours of physical training per day in addition to 2 hour lectures on nutrition, meal planning, goal setting etc.
All trainers and lecturers insisted that we, the participants, adhere to eating 3 meals and 2 snacks per day. Basically we were to eat every 3-4 hours, all meals had to have protein and carbohydrate. A snack would typically be a piece of fruit and a teaspoon of seeds & nuts, or 2 grainy crackers with nut spread, or celery/carrot sticks with humous. Evening meals were generally Fish, with steamed vegetables. No bread, potato, oils, fats, salt, no coffee, regular tea etc.
I became somewhat fitter and lost 5.7 kgs in 2 weeks. I was the "Biggest Loser"
And no, I wasn't the biggest person in the program - (nearly tho) but i was the oldest.
When i returned home i continued the dietary regime i had learned; and only a fraction of the physical stuff; I continued to lose weight steadily; in fact i lost 12 kgs in 8 weeks, and dropped back into "Obese" category.
Then I saw Mr. M. interviewed on TV, bought the book, found this site and now trying hard to adjust to the 5:2
The biggest challenge is to eat "normally" but "healthily" - staying under the TDEE (which i have now learnt from this site) I still count my calories and i'm just creeping around 1300 very occasionally I'm eating to 1500.
I think i'm losing weight, i do record everything, but the weight goes up a bit, (1.3kg) if i eat out or have a couple of wines, then it goes down a bit - little chunks of 0.4, 0.3. 0.5 kg.
I'm going to commit to doing monthly weigh-ins here and hopefully this will be a better indication of weight loss.
Thanks for reading.
I went to a Weight Loss Retreat for 2 weeks, it was very expensive so even though i thought a longer stay would be better i only budgeted for 2 weeks as i also wanted to take a Mediterranean Holiday later in the year with my husband.
Anyway this worked really well, with the strict Calorie Restricted Diet imposed by the program as well as 4-5 hours of physical training per day in addition to 2 hour lectures on nutrition, meal planning, goal setting etc.
All trainers and lecturers insisted that we, the participants, adhere to eating 3 meals and 2 snacks per day. Basically we were to eat every 3-4 hours, all meals had to have protein and carbohydrate. A snack would typically be a piece of fruit and a teaspoon of seeds & nuts, or 2 grainy crackers with nut spread, or celery/carrot sticks with humous. Evening meals were generally Fish, with steamed vegetables. No bread, potato, oils, fats, salt, no coffee, regular tea etc.
I became somewhat fitter and lost 5.7 kgs in 2 weeks. I was the "Biggest Loser"
And no, I wasn't the biggest person in the program - (nearly tho) but i was the oldest.
When i returned home i continued the dietary regime i had learned; and only a fraction of the physical stuff; I continued to lose weight steadily; in fact i lost 12 kgs in 8 weeks, and dropped back into "Obese" category.
Then I saw Mr. M. interviewed on TV, bought the book, found this site and now trying hard to adjust to the 5:2
The biggest challenge is to eat "normally" but "healthily" - staying under the TDEE (which i have now learnt from this site) I still count my calories and i'm just creeping around 1300 very occasionally I'm eating to 1500.
I think i'm losing weight, i do record everything, but the weight goes up a bit, (1.3kg) if i eat out or have a couple of wines, then it goes down a bit - little chunks of 0.4, 0.3. 0.5 kg.
I'm going to commit to doing monthly weigh-ins here and hopefully this will be a better indication of weight loss.
Thanks for reading.
