Progress on the Dara O'Briain diet

[davidn]

I've tried to be better about my eating habits during this week, because the fact is I eat slightly too much - I noticed I was hovering around 180 pounds, and decided to do a little to cut that down, not for the sake of my appearance (because no diet will prevent me from looking like a boiled potato that someone has amusingly stuck eyes on to) but just to protect my health. To that end, I decided to bear the edicts of the Dara O'Briain diet in mind - here's how it's going.

1. Eat less food

I think I've been pretty successful at this over the last week. You have to accept that you'll be slightly hungry for a while as you get adjusted to eating less than you now think you need. Not desperately hungry - if that happens you're going badly wrong, and you must never feel guilty about eating - but just being conscious of your portion sizes and how much you eat over a day. My main problem is sweet things, not helped by a vast supply of British biscuits brought over by my parents recently. Rather than filling up on those, I've turned to having yoghurt parfait as a dessert due to its healthiness, served in a wine glass due to my being a huge wanker.

2. Do a bit of walking, you fat bastard

Less good on this front! I haven't been totally idle, because I've been making use of the ping-pong table at work (where we play it as a brutal sport with a chance of accidental death from returns smashed at head-height) and I really did do a bit of walking on Tuesday to pick up some necessities rather than taking the car. I started the couch-to-5K plan again on Sunday, but that's the only time I've been to the gym this week, mostly due to having some ten to twelve hour days at work. I take Friday off if I've already worked forty hours by then, though, and so I still have time to do the three-times-a-week promise.

Comments

[crassadon.livejournal.com]

There's another way to have them. .? X3



. . . .Also, what is a parfait! :o

[budgiebin.livejournal.com]

A parfait is a layered dessert/snack! Yogurt, then fruit, granola, chocolate, and so forth.

[crassadon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, whatever. As if that exists. . :P

[premchaia_pre4]

Oh my. We just need some banana and kiwifruit and plums in there and it could be rainbow dash recipes.

[lupineangel.livejournal.com]

That actually looks really nice. :)

Wine-glass or not. ;) :P

D.F.

[budgiebin.livejournal.com]

Have you considered using something like myfitnesspal to track your intake and exercise? Also, how about the 200 situp/pushup/other challenges?

[premchaia_pre4]

I've been gradually attempting something like this myself. I can't say the persistent 41 °C has been particularly great for the “doing a bit of walking” part, though! I ought to check out the nearby exercise centers…

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

I'm someone who's of a pretty different body type, obviously, but a useful rule of thumb is this: if you're hungry, drink water.

Generally drinking more and more water's good for you and does vaguely decrease hunger. If you just actively drink more water, you will probably drop a little weight with no problem.

(Somehow, given past fluctuations, I've managed to spend the last three or so years pretty consistently around 63-ish kgs, which is just under 140 pounds.)