Breaking the chain

A month in - changes I've made

OVER the last four weeks, I've tried to take small steps to improve my diet and health. I have aimed to:

Reduce the amount of fast food/takeaways I buy - I haven't had any. I had one pub meal of chicken curry and chips and this upset my tummy really badly and very quickly - won't be doing that again in a hurry!

Drink more water

Eat more fish

Have five servings of fruit/veg a day

Take more exercise

Food diary - week 4 - 4lbs lost

Another good week and am feeling full of energy.

Food diary - week 3 - stayed the same

I'M disappointed that I haven't lost any weight this week, but delighted that I have continued to eat a lot more healthily and exercise.

I've had a really good week and feel really well, I think I feel as though I have lost weight - so I hope it shows up next week. There are bound to be weeks in a month where my weight goes up and down all by itself, so I think this must be one of them! As I've already lost a stone in two weeks, I can hardly be too bothered - this is a marathon not a sprint.

Also, in the past a week when the scales showed I hadn't lost any weight would have sent me straight to the biscuit tin, so am made up not to be feeling 'deprived'.

Food diary - week two - 6lbs lost

THIS is another good one. Amazing what you can achieve when gripped by fear!

Food diary - week one - 8lbs lost

I HAVE been advised many times to keep track of what I'm eating - at Weight Watchers, I lost four stone 10 years ago and the Tracker, where you record everything that passes your lips, was an essential part of that. Since then, personal trainers and a nutritionist have also said I should keep a record - the difference being, the personal trainer wanted to lecture me about what the 'right' and 'wrong' foods were and the nutritionist wanted me to understand more about what I ate and why.

I prefer the nutritionist's approach of course. Anyway, scintillating as it is, here's my first week's food diary - it's the sort of list that I would feel pretty smug about putting in front of any personal trainer. It's an honest account and at this stage I have to say I hope I can continue in the same vein. It's easy to say 'why wouldn't I?' but do you know what, if it was that easy, I'd be eight stone six.