I went out and invested in some body fat monitor scales today. Mine tried to tell me I weighed everything between 20st and 19st10lbs so I decided it was time for an upgrade! These new fangled ones do my weight (with points of lbs and everything), body fat and water. As you can guess my body fat is scary to say the least. 71.5% scary, it's supposed to be 30% max! Also interestingly my water levels are way down so I obviously need to drink lots more than I do! They measure it by sending a tiny electric impulse through your body. Apparently fat and water react differently to the impulse and so it can read it.
So i'm weighing in at 19.13.4 ( a whole extra digit)
Fat is 71.5%
Water is 34.1%
It'll be good to keep track of it and see how much fat i'm dropping. Also if I don't lose weight but do lose fat then i'll know i'm building muscle tone. Same if my weight goes up but so does my water I won't be quite so gutted!
All in all it's good fun!
TTFN
xxx
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Friday, 11 December 2009
10 days in...
I'm counting this leg of my weight loss journey from 30/11/2009 as that's when I saw the doc and started taking the tablets. So far so good. In 10 days i have lost 10 lbs. Not too shabby huh?
I'm not really sure what it is, i think i'm subconsciously making slightly more healthy decisions, although i have eaten out 3 times and had 2 takeaways in those 10 days! That's normally a recipe for disaster!
I'm stopping eating when i'm full (well within a few mouthfuls anyway), choosing things that are slightly lower in fat, i'm eating a low fat cereal with skimmed milk for breakfast everyday and have replaced the full fat margarine and mayonnaise in my fridge with the extra light versions. The great thing is i'm not feeling hungry all the time.
If i want to eat i'm having a small bowl of rice krispies or tinned fruit on a meringue nest instead of chips, crisps or chocolate. Still high in calories but with a none existent fat content. So no tablet needed. Some days i'm actually only taking one tablet because my other meals have such low fat content.
Roll on my first stone gone! :)
TTFN
xxx
I'm not really sure what it is, i think i'm subconsciously making slightly more healthy decisions, although i have eaten out 3 times and had 2 takeaways in those 10 days! That's normally a recipe for disaster!
I'm stopping eating when i'm full (well within a few mouthfuls anyway), choosing things that are slightly lower in fat, i'm eating a low fat cereal with skimmed milk for breakfast everyday and have replaced the full fat margarine and mayonnaise in my fridge with the extra light versions. The great thing is i'm not feeling hungry all the time.
If i want to eat i'm having a small bowl of rice krispies or tinned fruit on a meringue nest instead of chips, crisps or chocolate. Still high in calories but with a none existent fat content. So no tablet needed. Some days i'm actually only taking one tablet because my other meals have such low fat content.
Roll on my first stone gone! :)
TTFN
xxx
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Doctors and Hypnotherapists
Well, it's been a while again. I thought about blogging several times last week but I kept putting it off because there were some things in the pipeline and it seemed silly to blog before them, when I had nothing to say!
On Monday I went to see my doctor to ask about help with weight loss. I didn't get the help I wanted but she has put me on to some tablets that are supposed to help. They absorb 30% of the fat that you eat and release an enzyme that helps to break down fat cells. As you can imagine there are some nasty side effects if you eat too much fat... It has to go somewhere...
Luckily I've been good so far and haven't had any side effects at all. That may be because I instantly put myself on a low fat diet though. I think, personally, this is why it works! Lol.
I also saw a Hypnotherapist this week. Despite not being entirely sure I believed it could work. Stage 1 of possibly 3 sessions depending on how it all goes! It was an interesting experience. I was totally aware of everything going on but am honestly not sure I could have opened my eyes until Annabel told me too, even if the building caught fire!
The point of this session was to try and identify the reason I overeat and why food has such a strong hold on me. Why I see it as my supporting crutch!
The results were both predictable and interesting. There were 2 strong ideas. One was being bullied and looking for control and the other was an incident in my childhood that meant I ate secretly. An incident I had no real memory off until Wednesday. Annabel also "implanted" some ideas to help me cut my ties with food. So far, so good but it'll be a while before we can tell if it's coincidence. I feel more in control now I have an idea why I do what I do.
If I do decide to go back the next step would be putting a type of portion control in my subconcious so I feel I have to have smaller meals. Or there is aversion but that can be tricky. I can't wait to see if it's long term or not... Watch this space!
TTFN
xxx
On Monday I went to see my doctor to ask about help with weight loss. I didn't get the help I wanted but she has put me on to some tablets that are supposed to help. They absorb 30% of the fat that you eat and release an enzyme that helps to break down fat cells. As you can imagine there are some nasty side effects if you eat too much fat... It has to go somewhere...
Luckily I've been good so far and haven't had any side effects at all. That may be because I instantly put myself on a low fat diet though. I think, personally, this is why it works! Lol.
I also saw a Hypnotherapist this week. Despite not being entirely sure I believed it could work. Stage 1 of possibly 3 sessions depending on how it all goes! It was an interesting experience. I was totally aware of everything going on but am honestly not sure I could have opened my eyes until Annabel told me too, even if the building caught fire!
The point of this session was to try and identify the reason I overeat and why food has such a strong hold on me. Why I see it as my supporting crutch!
The results were both predictable and interesting. There were 2 strong ideas. One was being bullied and looking for control and the other was an incident in my childhood that meant I ate secretly. An incident I had no real memory off until Wednesday. Annabel also "implanted" some ideas to help me cut my ties with food. So far, so good but it'll be a while before we can tell if it's coincidence. I feel more in control now I have an idea why I do what I do.
If I do decide to go back the next step would be putting a type of portion control in my subconcious so I feel I have to have smaller meals. Or there is aversion but that can be tricky. I can't wait to see if it's long term or not... Watch this space!
TTFN
xxx
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