Let's Begin the Journey...Diet Day 1

This has gone on too long….I know that I desperately need to take control of my weight and my life.

Maybe blogging, keeping a diary AND …oh my goodness BEING ACCOUNTABLE might help me. I have been down many many different dieting roads in my time but I’m a blogging virgin so here goes.

WEIGHT         88 kilograms or 194 pounds

HEIGHT          178cm or 5 feet 10 inches

BMI                 27.8

I will be doing this anonymously for now, I’m so embarrassed and hate the way I look so please don’t judge. When I’m slimmer I may just come out and surprise you all.

So lets start this journey by saying that it’s not a Monday which I know is the traditional day to start a new regime but Friday 19^th August 2011. We are having guests for dinner and that will of course involve dessert but if I take things carefully during the day and have smaller portions with mega salad I’m hoping that no one will notice what I’m up to. Family are not ‘in the know’ either, they must be so sick of hearing me say “I’m dieting”

I’m NOT dieting this time, I know from bitter experience that it does not work for me…my plan is to eat 3 meals each day and to only snack on fruit…sounds easy!!!! Oh yes and only weigh myself once a week, drink lots of water and try to exercise at least 3 times a week…..now I do sound like a diet guru and I know I’ve heard it all before so you must have too.

Breakfast is always easy

Toast with Vegemite, this morning tried to halve the amount of butter I usually use…just enough to get the taste.

Tea with milk and a mandarin.

 

Morning busy, so don’t think about food until lunch, I prepare fish and vegetables for my Mother who generally has her main meal in the middle of the day. She eats like a bird now, a small canary. Me, I eat like a bird too, a Pelican and I am remembering the poem about that poor maligned bird…

“A wonderful bird is the Pelican, It’s beak can hold more than it’s belly can.”

Grilled cheese sandwich with strass for me and I add a cup of soup. Normally eating lunch is my cue to start to binge and spend the rest of the day picking at whatever I can lay my hands on. Maybe it’s the stodge…

Today may be different, I need to get myself organised for our visitors and prepare the meal for tonight which is interesting…. Avoiding food while focusing on a dinner! I’ll let you know what happens soon.