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Yippee! I weighed myself this morning and seem to have lost my first kilo of the year. I’ve been meaning to start working on my diet since Xmas, but my weight change was going the wrong way and I had to change that first. I hope this kilos just isn’t water loss, but it’s a [...]

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 [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife It looks like I’ve managed to lose a kilo this week, which is not bad going I guess. It feels really hard, all that effort for just 1 kilo, but if I manage to keep it up, week after week, it will all build up. There’s 13-14 weeks till [...]

Image via Wikipedia 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 [...]

I’ve switched to FatSecret to keep track of my diet. The main reason is that they have an app for my Android phone. When I buy something from a shop, I can just scan the barcode and it appears on my food diary (assuming it’s a product if knows about), which I thought was really [...]

I know I’m running the risk of sounding like a broken record, but I’ve decided to start calorie counting again. When I’m not doing it, I start eating rubbish and that’s what causes me to lose control of my weight. It’s not that I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, I guess it’s a problem [...]

Image via Wikipedia Right, we’ve been on holiday twice since I last blogged about my diet; and not counting calories has meant that my weight has crept up a bit. Actually, it crept up in our first trip when I put on 3 kilos. I was more careful in our second trip (to Malta) and [...]