If you've read any of my previous posts you'll know that when it comes to weight loss, the exercise side of things is where I excel while dieting I don't just fall off of the wagon.. I fly off, roll down a hill and land in a volcano.. But as I always say, there is hope! I've decided rather than moaning about how I can never diet for more than a few weeks, I'll persevere and do it anyway.. you never know!
But where does an uncontrollable eater start? In the past my diets, although successful were short lived, they were incredibly hard and truth be told I was constantly hungry, but what is hunger exactly? Our body telling us eat now or you'll die before you make it to the fridge? or is it just our bodies response to running on its own fuel? Regardless, health is my main focus, we know what kinds of foods we need and how much is too much, when it comes to dieting I am all about balance, not starvation.
Funny Story.. Alright so not "haha" funny, but I find it a little interesting. So for about 6 months last year I hovered on 80 kgs, I was working out as always, and had even cut my calories down further (to around 800 per day, very hard!), but there was no weight loss, not even a gram, this led to me giving up and over eating again because it seemed like there was no point, but then I decided no, I'd already lost 20 kgs, I could do that again, I just had to do something different, completely different. From my bouts of lone dieting I had a reasonable understanding of portion sizes for snacks, which ones were filling, which ones were light, etc. Remember: Trial and Error, we're all unique and what works for me might not work for you, so we all have to do our own experiments.
Celebrity Slim was the answer for me. This is a meal replacement Program whereby you replace two meals per day with a Shake, Soup or Bar from the Celebrity Slim product range, then eat 2-3 allowable snacks per day and one balanced meal. The product range is very extensive as well, there are lot of convenient pre-packaged snacks you can purchase as well as other little things to help you along the way.
I did this for around 2 months and lost about 8 kgs, but as I said before, I was hungry, incredibly hungry, and not cheating was insanely difficult as well, but what diet isn't? By the time I'd gotten down to 72 kgs I started thinking, wow this is hard, and I'm pretty close so maybe I can go it alone now...
Well that was 3 months ago, and I only just lost those last 2 kgs, so clearly going it alone doesn't work out so well, especially for me, in my brain this always ends up meaning your technically free to eat anything.. a la the cookie disaster (see previous posts). Reward systems work for some people, the idea is that you diet exceptionally well all week then reward yourself with a treat, but that can't be the answer for everyone, especially not impulsive eaters like me who once they have the treat, they can't stop, for me it has to be all or nothing!
Celebrity Slim has served me well in the past, and I believe it will again. I know I'm capable of maintaining my weight, I've been doing it for weeks! So I just need a little help losing it.
According to The Maltz Principal, it takes 21 days to make a certain behavior a habit. This could be applied to making regular trips to the gym, remembering to take medications, and even dieting! The idea is that basically by Day 21, only eating what is allowed on the program will become a natural fallback rather than something that must be consciously enforced. So this is what I will do, afterall dreaming and hoping is only a small part of the journey, planning and taking action makes up the rest!
And Day 1, starts today! I'll tell all about it tomorrow so don't forget to tune in!!
But where does an uncontrollable eater start? In the past my diets, although successful were short lived, they were incredibly hard and truth be told I was constantly hungry, but what is hunger exactly? Our body telling us eat now or you'll die before you make it to the fridge? or is it just our bodies response to running on its own fuel? Regardless, health is my main focus, we know what kinds of foods we need and how much is too much, when it comes to dieting I am all about balance, not starvation.
Funny Story.. Alright so not "haha" funny, but I find it a little interesting. So for about 6 months last year I hovered on 80 kgs, I was working out as always, and had even cut my calories down further (to around 800 per day, very hard!), but there was no weight loss, not even a gram, this led to me giving up and over eating again because it seemed like there was no point, but then I decided no, I'd already lost 20 kgs, I could do that again, I just had to do something different, completely different. From my bouts of lone dieting I had a reasonable understanding of portion sizes for snacks, which ones were filling, which ones were light, etc. Remember: Trial and Error, we're all unique and what works for me might not work for you, so we all have to do our own experiments.
Celebrity Slim was the answer for me. This is a meal replacement Program whereby you replace two meals per day with a Shake, Soup or Bar from the Celebrity Slim product range, then eat 2-3 allowable snacks per day and one balanced meal. The product range is very extensive as well, there are lot of convenient pre-packaged snacks you can purchase as well as other little things to help you along the way.
I did this for around 2 months and lost about 8 kgs, but as I said before, I was hungry, incredibly hungry, and not cheating was insanely difficult as well, but what diet isn't? By the time I'd gotten down to 72 kgs I started thinking, wow this is hard, and I'm pretty close so maybe I can go it alone now...
Well that was 3 months ago, and I only just lost those last 2 kgs, so clearly going it alone doesn't work out so well, especially for me, in my brain this always ends up meaning your technically free to eat anything.. a la the cookie disaster (see previous posts). Reward systems work for some people, the idea is that you diet exceptionally well all week then reward yourself with a treat, but that can't be the answer for everyone, especially not impulsive eaters like me who once they have the treat, they can't stop, for me it has to be all or nothing!
Celebrity Slim has served me well in the past, and I believe it will again. I know I'm capable of maintaining my weight, I've been doing it for weeks! So I just need a little help losing it.
According to The Maltz Principal, it takes 21 days to make a certain behavior a habit. This could be applied to making regular trips to the gym, remembering to take medications, and even dieting! The idea is that basically by Day 21, only eating what is allowed on the program will become a natural fallback rather than something that must be consciously enforced. So this is what I will do, afterall dreaming and hoping is only a small part of the journey, planning and taking action makes up the rest!
And Day 1, starts today! I'll tell all about it tomorrow so don't forget to tune in!!
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