Monday, May 31, 2004
Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less.
Alas, alas, (sound effects: wailing and gnashing of teeth) I failed to lose any weight this week. I've decided to blame weightwatchers because I found that nothing I eat is listed in the little book (about the points value of various foods) they give you when you join. Also, of course, I haven't got a scales to weigh out the miserly portions. There's a nationwide shortage of weightwatchers scales apparently. I'll have to make do with a cheap set from Woolies then.
And another thing, I was definitely wearing heavier (thermal)underwear this week, it being so cold an'all.
So if any sneak (who was out with me at that lovely Greek restaurant on Saturday) tries to tell you that I ate huge amounts of mezze, I hope that you will trust me and explain about the book, the scales and the underwear.
By way of penance I have purchased the definitive volume of points values, plan to buy a set of kitchen scales tomorrow and promise not to discuss the state of my underwear in public again.
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Alas, alas, (sound effects: wailing and gnashing of teeth) I failed to lose any weight this week. I've decided to blame weightwatchers because I found that nothing I eat is listed in the little book (about the points value of various foods) they give you when you join. Also, of course, I haven't got a scales to weigh out the miserly portions. There's a nationwide shortage of weightwatchers scales apparently. I'll have to make do with a cheap set from Woolies then.
And another thing, I was definitely wearing heavier (thermal)underwear this week, it being so cold an'all.
So if any sneak (who was out with me at that lovely Greek restaurant on Saturday) tries to tell you that I ate huge amounts of mezze, I hope that you will trust me and explain about the book, the scales and the underwear.
By way of penance I have purchased the definitive volume of points values, plan to buy a set of kitchen scales tomorrow and promise not to discuss the state of my underwear in public again.
Monday, May 24, 2004
Thought for the Day: Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces. Judith Viorst
I met up with one of my flabby friends yesterday. She asked me, "So how long have you been on a diet? I mean, apart from your whole life."
"Two weeks" I replied, "Shall we get a coffee?"
"Certainly not, we need something decadent: cake? ice-cream?"
Well, that's the magic word, isn't it? Ice-cream. So off we waddled to Baskin and Robbins where in deference to the diet I had only the smallest possible scoop of something that tasted sinful and claimed to be low fat.
At the weigh-in this morning I tipped the scales at 81.2 kg. A downward trend but not enough to get excited about. So, this morning I decided to bite the bullet (low fat, of course)and join weight watchers. I discovered last night whilst surfing the net that my nearest group is just round the corner and meets at a time I am usually free so I had no excuse. Rita, who is as skinny as a stick, signed me up and gave me 'my passport to success.' She says I can eat as many vegetables as I like. Oh joy.
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I met up with one of my flabby friends yesterday. She asked me, "So how long have you been on a diet? I mean, apart from your whole life."
"Two weeks" I replied, "Shall we get a coffee?"
"Certainly not, we need something decadent: cake? ice-cream?"
Well, that's the magic word, isn't it? Ice-cream. So off we waddled to Baskin and Robbins where in deference to the diet I had only the smallest possible scoop of something that tasted sinful and claimed to be low fat.
At the weigh-in this morning I tipped the scales at 81.2 kg. A downward trend but not enough to get excited about. So, this morning I decided to bite the bullet (low fat, of course)and join weight watchers. I discovered last night whilst surfing the net that my nearest group is just round the corner and meets at a time I am usually free so I had no excuse. Rita, who is as skinny as a stick, signed me up and gave me 'my passport to success.' She says I can eat as many vegetables as I like. Oh joy.
Monday, May 17, 2004
Thoughts for the day:
I am a serious chocoholic. For the serious chocoholic, chocolate is better than sex. If you believe that, you REALLY need to meet that special someone who can change your mind. If you HAVE met that special someone and still believe that, I REALLY NEED to know where you get your chocolate!!!
Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.
I've been good all week. Really I have. Yes, I went out to a restaurant but I ordered a salad. Yes, I went to a friend's place for dinner but I only had one helping of dessert. Hey, it was apple crumble, do you think I am made of stone? And what is my reward for this saintly behaviour? I have GAINED 200 grammes! (That's about 7oz)Bah!
Last week I actually weighed in at 81.6 kilos. Which I recorded as 82 kg for the sake of convenience. This week I weighed in at 81.8 kg. Oh well, I'll just have to try harder next week, won't I?
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I am a serious chocoholic. For the serious chocoholic, chocolate is better than sex. If you believe that, you REALLY need to meet that special someone who can change your mind. If you HAVE met that special someone and still believe that, I REALLY NEED to know where you get your chocolate!!!
Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.
I've been good all week. Really I have. Yes, I went out to a restaurant but I ordered a salad. Yes, I went to a friend's place for dinner but I only had one helping of dessert. Hey, it was apple crumble, do you think I am made of stone? And what is my reward for this saintly behaviour? I have GAINED 200 grammes! (That's about 7oz)Bah!
Last week I actually weighed in at 81.6 kilos. Which I recorded as 82 kg for the sake of convenience. This week I weighed in at 81.8 kg. Oh well, I'll just have to try harder next week, won't I?
Monday, May 10, 2004
Well, polish my halo, I have lost weight. At this morning's weigh-in I was down from last week's 84 kilos to 82 kilos. Of course, I realise that the first week on the diet is the easiest in many respects: your will power is still strong and some weight loss is certain even if it is all water and not fat. It's going to be a long haul but at least I've made a satisfactory start. I bought my first diet mag today. Another traditional milestone in the veteran dieter's progess...
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Monday, May 03, 2004
The pre-diet binge was great fun: a whopper (Hungry Jack's largest burger) with fries then over to Baskin and Robbins for two scoops of premium ice-cream. Chocolate fudge and coconut, since you ask. The memory of this will have to last for the next six months, I suppose.
Onto the path of righteousness today, though.
I weighed in at 84 kilos (that's about 13 stone, I think) this morning. Which would be absolutely fine if I was seven foot six. At a mere five foot three (or 1.60m) however, I'm heading for the plump side of obese. Let's see if I can at least stop the upward trend for a while. The height and weight charts reckon I should be about 55 kilos so I have a few to lose. I'll post every Monday and let you know how I'm doing.
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Onto the path of righteousness today, though.
I weighed in at 84 kilos (that's about 13 stone, I think) this morning. Which would be absolutely fine if I was seven foot six. At a mere five foot three (or 1.60m) however, I'm heading for the plump side of obese. Let's see if I can at least stop the upward trend for a while. The height and weight charts reckon I should be about 55 kilos so I have a few to lose. I'll post every Monday and let you know how I'm doing.
