Yes, I know; vitamins supplements are really intended for those who don’t follow a proper diet, and I’m pretty sure that I get my fill of all the nutrients, minerals and vitamins I need. Having said that, we always try to take our vitamins, Arthur gets kiddie ones and we take the occassional multi vitamins just to keep us topped up. I know that I could probably buy the best multivitamin for men if I wanted to, but I don’t really feel like I need anything like that. I do occasionally take an iron supplement too, especially since there was a time I went to give blood and was turned away because of a low haemoglobin count.

What vitamins do you take?

Well, I haven’t really got into my diet 100%. I’m sort of winding down, which is sort of working, as I’m eating less garbage and starting to work on the healthy foods. For example, I could be having a chocolate pudding at the moment, instead I have a pile of frozen fruit with low fat yoghurt at my side. It kills the craving for sweet stuff and feels like you’re eating ice cream. I know you can get safe weight loss pills and all, but I’m going down the low calorie route instead. I think there’s more value in teaching myself how to eat properly, rather than use a technique that gives me short term results.

Still need to get into the right mindset though …

Anyway, off to eat my noodles

I’m doing the calorie counting thing again, as that seems to be the best way to keep the weight off. It’s also the healthiest way to do it. There’s lots of information about the side effects of diet pills, so I’m happy to go down what I consider the REAL way to lose weight.

Wish me luck!

So it’s time to get back to 1500 calories a day. It will take some time to shave off the weight, but I know I can do it, just as I did before Christmas came along. I’ll need to find some time to go to the gym and spend some time on some fitness equipment, but I’ll figure out how to do that next week. Too much to do at the moment

I’m glad I’ve managed to find some way to spend some time at the gym, the twins are 6 weeks old now and it was time I managed to sort something out.

photo credit: avlxyz

Well, this week hasn’t been too bad, but I don’t think I’ve managed to lose any weight. My social life has just been a bit too hectic and I’ve been eating out lots (including a trip to the Chinese last night). I knew I’d be having a big meal, so I skipped breakfast, had a fruit for lunch and walked 2 miles to get to the restaurant, but I’m pretty sure I ate more than twice my daily allowance (and that’s just a conservative estimate)

I’m doing this on calorie counting alone. I’m not sure if appetite suppressants would work on me anyway, as my “hunger” is really in my head, not in my stomach; and I’m perfectly capable of eating if I don’t feel hungry. So, after a week of effort, I’m hoping the net effect is that my weight is the same as last week. I’ll give myself a weighing tomorrow and we’ll see.

Anyway, I’m going to try and weight myself once a week; after all, I don’t really want to be obsessing about what I’m doing. I’m using FatSecret to keep track of what I’m doing; and I might just publish something onto this blog if I can pick out some of the graphical bits.

I’ll keep you posted.

Well, today has been much much better than yesterday. I’m still under my 1500 calorie quota, which means I can even afford a biscuit if I want it. It’s quite a simple diet really, no phenocal or any other drugs. The trick is to sum up all the calories you eat and stay within a boundary that means that you eventually lose some weight. It worked well for me the other time; so I’m sure it will work for me again.

Here’s the bottom line; the average calorific intake for a male is supposed to be around 2400 calories; it’s more in my case, because I’m carrying a substantial bit of weight around. Now, if I keep myself at a deficit, the body has to turn on its own resources (read fat) and use them up to make up the difference. So .. the question is, how long can I keep it up?

So, I’ve started counting calories again. I mainly manage to keep my weight stable without trying too hard, but over summer I’ve put on a couple of kilos every time I went on holiday. With three different holidays you can guess the damage .. and unless I stay on the straight and narrow, I’m not going to drop back down to the weight I was at the start of summer.

It’s not too far to go, but i’m not going to be taking any drugs or funny stuff like a colon cleanser or anything like that. So, today I started counting and will be aiming at 1500 calories a day. I sort of blew that with spaghetti bolognese for dinner .. but it wasn’t that bad on the whole (quite yummy actually)