Established 2005
Weight Loss Diary 5
By David McCarthy
Days 5 and 6.
- On day 5 I dropped bread and pastry from my diet and on day 6 it was the
turn of dairy products again. You will notice that I never drop fruit or
vegetables because these foods are not only healthy but a friend to all
weight watchers.
- Day 5 is also an exercise day so the exercises seem to be the logical
place to start. I always exercise immediately before dinner because it is
best to do so with a reasonably empty stomach. Also if you eat immediately
after exercising you are likely to eat less making this a double-edged
sword.
- Exercises consisted of 2 or 3 minutes stretching until I can get my
fingertips to the floor without straining hamstrings. 20 sit-ups (these are
done with two breaks until I am fit enough to do all 20 without rest.) 20
push ups done today in two sessions; one of nine and one of 11 - I'm getting
better because it was four sets of five two days back. Running on the spot
until my pulse rate increases by 50%. The warm down stretching exercises -
Total time take was 10-minutes.
- Breakfast consisted of (Day 5) a fruit smoothie, cornflakes with chopped
dried fruits and nuts. (Day 6) Fruit juice, two slices of toasted wholegrain
bread spread with marmalade followed by a banana and a nectarine.
- Mid morning I had a cup of lemon green tea and on day 5 ate an apple.
- Lunch (Day 5) was a green salad with pine nuts and pumpkin seeds, an
apple, a banana smoothie and a large glass of water. (You can drink as much
water as you please.) Day 6 lunch consisted of a ham and cheese wholegrain
bread sandwich with lettuce and tomatoes beside it. The bread was spread
with olive oil rather than butter or margarine. Then I had an apple with a
large glass of water.
- Mid afternoon on both days I had a cup of lemon green tea.
- Dinner on day 5 was a hamburger (1/4 pound of meat) without the roll (or
bun or whatever your local term is), French beans and broccoli cooked very
lightly in vegetable stock. I like crisp vegetables. Day 6 dinner was a
chicken and fruit salad with cashew nuts added.
Each Friday evening I will check my progress and here are the results of the
first check:
Original weight was 197 pounds. Today's weight is a fraction below 197
pounds but too little to measure.
Good news: I can feel that the pressure on my waistband is less than when I
started so something positive has been achieved. You must accept in the
early stages of any weight loss program that you start shedding fat and
increasing muscle. By volume muscle is much heavier than fat so initial
weight loss isn't always noticed. The slackening of my waistband tells me
that everything is progressing well. I must admit that I did hope to be able
to tell you that I had lost a whole pound. But don't panic, the news will be
better next week. You are what you measure not what you weigh.
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