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Starting Monday, I am actually going to do something about my chubbiness. I am 5' 9" and wear a size 18/19 (I stay away from scales because I find them too depressing ... plus, I really don't know what a good weight to shoot for is), I want to get down to a size 13/14 (the size I was when WD and I first moved over here). Curvy, but still slender ... I look at pictures of me back then, and I have decided that that is how I look best.
So, I am going with the South Beach diet ... mainly because I believe that you shouldn't have to spend your whole life denying yourself the sweet things (and I can't give up carbs forever ... I love bread too much). The first two weeks are going to be a sort of 'clean out' regimine, where the foods I eat are going to be breaking down the insulin resistance that occurs when you eat too much crap.
This means two weeks of no carbs, low fat, high fibre and high protien. A lot like Atkins, actually, but only for two weeks (which makes sense, I have heard from a number of sources that the reason people lose so much weight in the first couple of weeks of a diet is because that is how long it takes for your body to get used to the change in eating habits). The pluses are that I am really looking forward to lots of green veggies ... the cons are that I can't have any fruit for two weeks (sugar).
The little starter magazine has 35 recipies in it for helping you to get started ... there are a bunch of things that look *really* yummy, but I think that I am going to be making a lot of BLT salads for when I don't feel like cooking. We have our new BBQ now as well, so that means that we can do beef/chicken/pork skewers (or even prawns ... but WD doesn't like seafood, so maybe not) ... and I can use whatever seasonings I like so long as they don't have added sugar in them (which should be easy enough for me ... I like to make my own seasoning mixes anyway).
Wish me luck!
--Phae
So, I am going with the South Beach diet ... mainly because I believe that you shouldn't have to spend your whole life denying yourself the sweet things (and I can't give up carbs forever ... I love bread too much). The first two weeks are going to be a sort of 'clean out' regimine, where the foods I eat are going to be breaking down the insulin resistance that occurs when you eat too much crap.
This means two weeks of no carbs, low fat, high fibre and high protien. A lot like Atkins, actually, but only for two weeks (which makes sense, I have heard from a number of sources that the reason people lose so much weight in the first couple of weeks of a diet is because that is how long it takes for your body to get used to the change in eating habits). The pluses are that I am really looking forward to lots of green veggies ... the cons are that I can't have any fruit for two weeks (sugar).
The little starter magazine has 35 recipies in it for helping you to get started ... there are a bunch of things that look *really* yummy, but I think that I am going to be making a lot of BLT salads for when I don't feel like cooking. We have our new BBQ now as well, so that means that we can do beef/chicken/pork skewers (or even prawns ... but WD doesn't like seafood, so maybe not) ... and I can use whatever seasonings I like so long as they don't have added sugar in them (which should be easy enough for me ... I like to make my own seasoning mixes anyway).
Wish me luck!
--Phae
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