23 Apr 12 Still Making An Effort.
I see, hear and read about so many people who go on a diet to lose weight and fail. They try all sorts of things, but fail each time. My theory is that many folks fail not because they set their goal too high (well OK, low in the case of weight), but, like the story of tortoise and the hare, they go hammer and tongs at it for a short time, don’t get quick results, and get disillusioned and quit.
So, I’m not going to go down that road. I’m just going to keep making an effort to follow that Daily Telegraph diet – ‘Eat Less, Move More’.
I’m doing fairly well on the first part. I’ve stopped eating the blueberry muffins at the airport coffee shop, and am even more resolved not to buy them in future, when I found out that they’re a whopping 500 calories each!
I’ve not had a Full English Breakfast all last week, or even over the weekend. Nope, I’ve eaten scrambled egg or oatmeal instead.
Dinner time, I’ve been good and eaten more salad, and cut out the potatoes.
Less red meat, more fish.
Now, it can’t be all work and no play, so Saturday evening, with two days off work ahead of me, was spent in the local pub, where I had ham, egg and chips, and a few glasses of beer. Should I feel guilty about that? I don’t think so, because as long as I’m sensible for the rest of the week, a day off the new regime doesn’t hurt in my view. I’m not suddenly going to regain any weight lost with one evening at the pub.
On Sunday, we had a traditional roast, but not a great deal else to eat all day, so although I find it better to eat two or three smaller meals than one large one (and I know that’s recommended by doctors and nutritionists alike), I found I was full for the rest of the day.
It’s the ‘move more’ bit I have trouble with.
I’m not really a couch potato armed with a remote. I practically never watch TV. However, I do spend way too much time online, reading, and working in Lightroom. Right now, I’ve a backlog of photos to catalog and process, and then I really must get out and do more photo-walking instead of processing!
Not having a car helps to a point, as I have to walk on those short trips, such as to the local stores. Going further afield, I at least have to walk to the bus stop!
Talking of walking reminds me that I have to do that now – walk to the local stores.
More to follow.
Tags: blueberry muffins, coffee shop, couch potato, daily telegraph, diet to lose weight, dinner time, full english breakfast, hammer and tongs, local pub, nutritionists, red meat, rest of the week, tortoise and the hare
29 Dec 10 New Year Yard
I don’t much care for New Year Resolutions. It’s just an arbitrary date, and often resolutions are made after a booze-filled New Year’s Eve party; or it’s almost the reverse, one has waited until New Year’s Eve to start something that could well have been commenced weeks or months before.
Still, this coming year for me is certainly a time to be looking forward, and a break with the immediate past. 2010, was, in many ways, my ‘annis horriblis’ and I have no wish to repeat it in 2011.
A new job is on the immediate horizon, and of course being in a new location helps that break with 2010.
One thing I am going to concentrate on is trying to lead a more healthy lifestyle. Although my work has largely been sedentary, and although I’m not a couch potato with remote in hand, I do tend to spend too much time in front of the computer, sitting on my butt.
One thing I am going to do, is dig up this back yard, and start growing something to eat in it. I’m intending to post some photographs here at The Eye, as I go along, so you can see what progress I’m making.
This also means there will be a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables, so I’ll have no excuse at not eating more of them!
Tags: back yard, booze, couch potato, excuse, fresh fruit and vegetables, healthy lifestyle, horizon, new job, new location, new year, new year resolutions
