Tuesday, 27 September 2011

So whats different this time?

I know to loose weight you 'simply' eat less and exercise more.  However its just not that 'simple'.  Some health practitioners say you need to follow the healthy eating chart, other professionals say it is out of date and we should eat a lot less carbs and more protein. There are so many diets and eating plans to try, for all different budgets.  There are pills and surgeries available.  There are gyms round every corner.  The health club market is worth £3.5billions and it is a failing - not in producing profit but in producing healthy people, with over 50% of people paying and not attending.    This figure does not include profits from slimming clubs or health food related items.  Obesity in the UK is rising year on year.  The annual expenditure, to get us to 'simply' eat less and be exercising more, means there's a lot more to it than it simply first appears.

In the past to loose weight i have counted calories, fat grams, done slimming world, special K and South beach diet.  I have lost weight with all of them.  I think if you follow a diet wholeheartedly then you will loose weight.  However, if the diet really worked I would not have had to re-do or try another one as I should already be at my ideal weight.  The key, from my experience, is not necessarily how you loose the weight but maintaining it.  Learning to eat for your new weight and not returning to old eating habits.

As I have quite a lot of weight to loose I have chosen to follow a fast diet plan, from past experience I find as the weeks go on with dieting, my will power fades.  Therefore I have opted for a more drastic approach to weight loss.  I am not happy dieting so the quicker I get results the better.  As I want fast results, I'm opting to go for the Cambridge weight plan.  I will be replacing all my meals with shakes/soups.  I want a total break from eating. A chance to clear my system and start again properly.  Following the plan correctly means I will be introducing food slowly and learning along the way the correct amount of food I need to maintain my weight.  I know that this approach will flag up concerns or worries, I can understand that.  However if you check it out, it is healthy and safe.  It is by no means easy.  Also when you have tried so many things and failed, when you are faced with a high number of stones to loose perhaps you would feel differently...

That will tackle the physical side of dealing with my food now the other side is more complicated... Unlocking why I eat the way I do.  I'm at the point where I have had enough, I'm fed up with being a slave to food and being a slave to 'how I look'.  I don't feel I will be missing out on anything, as I already have had my fill at eating everything.  In fact, eating what I fancied just leads me to eating more of what I fancy and there is no freedom in that. I think that freedom means eating what i like, as well as freedom to not eat.  I will be looking to the bible and God for help.  I do not want to be returning to my old eating habits once i have reached my goal but learning to be satisfied and not needing food to attain that.  I also hope to interview other women on their eating habits both good and 'work in progress'






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