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.