My first diet

Hi everyone,

I have been on my first ever diet for 3 weeks. Previously I have never bothered because I didn't think I had the discipline to keep it up and I also knew I would be disappointed if I didn't lose weight. I reached desparation though as I really wanted to buy nice clothes that fitted, and being a good engineer I extrapolated my weight gain trend forward and got a fright.

My new diet means I can't eat anything that does not occur naturally e.g. if God didn't make it, don't eat it. I can't have processed sugar, flour, cornstarch, popcorn, cornflakes, pasta, fizzy drinks etc. I can have meat, potatoes, veggies, milk, eggs (if i ate them!, brown rice, butter..etc. It work son the theory that are bodies were not designed to eat such highly processed foods and since they add no nutritional value why eat them? They just make us fat because our bodies puts the calories straight onto our hips/tummy etc. According to the book I read, we also get addicted to the flour and sugar and will go through withdrawl when we go without them (a godd reason to quit, I shouldn't let food rule my life!)

It also recommends 8-10 glasses of water a day, which effectively means I drink little else (the occasional glass of fruit juice). I don't have to weight my portions or count calories. I can eat steak with a jacket potato and butter wihtout feeling guilty. In that respect, it's realistic.
NB: cheating is not allowed. When I cheat, I will overnight gain 2-3 lb in weight because the sugar also causes my body to retain water... this would depress me so I try not to cheat at all. but my birthday is coming up so I might cheat on my birthday.. a little..

Progress:
I thought I would miss the sweet things most but I don't - I crave the bread and toast I am not allowed to eat.. I desparately wanted cheese toasted sandwiches for 2 weeks. However I wanted to be healthy more... so I resisted..

Drinking the water is a conscious effort. I sometimes forget to drink enough. Funnily enough I don't wee that much more but my stools are looser (eeeh, enough of that)

I also took up more exercise. We invested in a table tennis table and try to play each day.

And... I believe I am losing weight! I didn't weigh myself but I did look at my waistline measurement. I won't reveal what it was (too depressing) but I have lost an inch off it so far.. and I feel better. I got Gareth to have a look (objective assessment) and he says I have lost some off my tummy and also off my thighs. :-) I hope it continues..

I took me a long time before I got to this point of facing my weight/food issue but I think I am getting there. Thank God.. I know I couldn't do it alone