Archive for February, 2008

4th Weigh-In, 4 Weeks In

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

This week felt like the first week that I’d really lost some weight, I was hoping for a 3 pound loss, here’s how I got on:-
Body Weight: 12 stone 9 pounds (A loss of 2 pounds)
BMI: 28.6 (A loss of 0.3)
As I mentioned previously I’m no longer recorded my percentage body fat (at least until [...]

Label Watching

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Now that I’m starting to get into this whole healthy eating thing I find myself looking at labels more and more.  I tend to ignore the fat figure and instead concentrate on the number of calories but there is one thing that is beginning to bug me.  Who exactly are the “recommended portions” recommended for?  [...]

Changing Tastes, Sugar And Salt

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

My daughter has always put sugar on her breakfast cereal, it’s something that I’ve been trying to get her to stop doing for years.  I did it as a kid as well so I know that once you stop for a week or 2 you’ll not go back.  I’ve worn her down to the point [...]

New Months Resolution

Friday, February 1st, 2008

I’ve been really good this week, for the first time I actually feel like I’ve lost weight.  This is mainly down to my finally getting a grip of food portion size and eating less at night, I’m exercising the same but eating what I think would be considerably less.  I’ve got it in my head that [...]