Lees Journey

Bit harsh that title eh, and i am still pondering it myself to be fair, but after renewed hope and energy of getting it right this time i have come to the conclusion that this new diet will work, yes it will. And in the unlikely event that it doesn’t then well, thats just something somewhere telling me “you are who you are”.

But anyway after i finished the book i mentioned last week it has given me some new hope that i CAN do this and will this time succeed in getting the weight off for good and learning to control what i eat. I have set a date for April 1st as a new start date of the new “proper” diet, which is of course two days away, and no its not an April fools day joke either. I know its a bit of a cliché for an overweight person to say that old line “i’ll start a diet but not today”, but by setting a firm date i feel more prepared mentally myself that, this is it, the big push. It also given me a chance to take notes of what i eat usually and so i can see the dramatic comparisons from next week.

Started using the shapeup application on my ipod again this week after a silly period when i forgot the password and just never worried about using it, so its been very handy indeed to see just how many calories i do actually eat! I wont mention figures here but lets just say its way way too many, which even i didn’t realise was so many over, it all makes sense now. Doh….

Well i also purchased some new bathroom scales AND some swanky flash digital kitchen scales this week in preparation for keeping accurate measurements of food etc. So here goes for one final ever diet (famous last words?)

I have been reading a book this week (albeit a pdf book) called the “Hackers Diet” which i think is great and has given me a lot of extra tools and thoughts. Basically the Hackers Diet is a book written some time ago now by John Walker who is a famous computer programmer (Autocad etc) and obviously its about losing weight by dieting.

Now i know what your thinking…..”Now Lees looking at doing some mad fad diet” like all the other odd diets. Well rest assured the Hackers Diet is actually just a book explaining what we already know ie: ‘Count calories and eat less than you need to lose weight’. But its the way John explains it that works with me, the title gives it away a little. Its written with the Computer Geek or Engineering type person in mind and it likes the human body to objects like thermostats etc so that techy people can really get to grips with certain concepts. And what really is interesting is he uses “trend analysis” formulas to record daily weight and calories burnt so you can actually get a idea of how your doing in comparison to the amount of calories you burned that particular day, now it wont replace the Shapeupclub application and site which is still the best tool for the job, but it could have a use.

So essentially the book recommends exact the same method of dieting as here at Shapeupclub so its all good, i just love the way he explains metabolisms etc in techy talk i can grasp, and its given me a great incite into how things work. Far better than i did have. The book also recommends the “5BX” exercise plan which is a small quick program of sit-ups etc each day, so i may give that a go too.

I highly recommend the book as a read, even if you only read the “engineering” section of the book as it explains how we are “overweight” in the first place rather well.. As its an online book its totally free as well so no harm taking a look. Hope the admins dont mind me adding a link,
The Hackers Diet

What can i say, really sorry i havent been online for some time now. To cut a very long story short, for reasons i wont go into, i dont have internet access at home currently and havent for some time, and yes every time i have been near an internet cafe or work computer i have forgot to do the Blog. No excuses, i should ahve been here and havent…sorry

Anyway diet wise, hmm thats not been too good either, well i have lost a couple of kilos since Christmas but to be fair thats by more luck than effort. I am still 100% off caffeine and all soft drinks now, so i am still chuffed to be there.

Many of you be pleased to hear i have given up the “shakes” etc, and planning the proper way of calorie counting, been studying a couple of books this week on calories etc. SO, i know its an old cliche (especially for plump folks like me) BUT i am going to start afresh this weekend with the Shapeup App and try for the first time ever to diet the *proper* way, by simply eating less calories than i need. Dumb sounding i know, but like many i tried all the fad diets, shakes etc etc.. Maybe its time i tried things the proper way.

Anyway, i am back, going to set an alarm schedule to recall to do the blog from now on..