Lose weight the fun way.

Posted on February 3, 2016

Well - our daughter Jess persuaded me to start the dietbet challenge so I signed up at the end of January. Let's see if I can keep a blog. I've decided to be brutally honest about what I eat so you can see how well you are doing in comparison to me - I'm incorrigible! Totally new to this so I expect to make loads of mistakes. How have I done so far? Well, the start of the bet was spent in Edinburgh for Mrs A's 50th Birthday celebrations - 1 night at the award winning Witchery hotel and restaurant! Not a good start dietwise but wonderful food! Back now to earth with a bump. Day one for me was

Tuesday 2nd Feb 2016:

Exercise: Had a walk with Mrs A round the park, not for long but enough to get the circulation going.
What I ate:
Breakfast: 2 x sausages & 2 eggs (scrambled), orange juice.
Dinner: Dough balls and pizza at Pizza Express, mineral water
Tea: nothing - still full up from dinner.
Supper: Bowl of cornflakes then Mrs A led me astray! She opened the pate iin the fridge and I had 4 x hovis digestives with butter & pate (I was starving though). Bad end to the day.

Wednesday 3rd Feb 2016

BAck to work - UUGGHH!

Exercise : none really. Short walk from car park to work and same walk at lunchtime - ate dinner in car to escape the stress of the office!

Breakfast: Bowl of cornflakes.
Dinner: Spam, chesse & lettuce sandwich. Bag of low fat crisps. Piece of home ade flapjack for pudding.
Afternoon snack: Mug of chocomilk from the vending machine.
Tea: Got in and nibbled a few coarted nuts (bad). Little piece of battered fish that my eldest daughter had left. Had low fat turkey chilli with rice and a sprinkling of cheddar cheese. Piece of flapjack for pudding.

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Mr A

02/15/2016 1:27PM

Went on a walk with Mrs A tonight. About 3 miles in all to Tesco's and back. Weighed myself tonight and have lost a little since the challenge began (!)

LilyN

02/03/2016 5:08PM

Good for you in being honest and making getting healthier a family thing. I also started by just writing down everything that I ate, though I also calculated how many calories were in everything. Maybe that's something that you and your daughter can start doing together. Food journaling got me to stop and think about portion sizes and whether I truly wanted to eat something since I'd need to write it down. I noticed patterns after a while, like I'd be super hungry by 9:00 AM if I only had a bowl of cereal for breakfast. Once I changed to a more protein & veggie heavy breakfast, I've been better balanced through the whole day.

Natalie M.

02/03/2016 2:40PM

Hmmm, if you really want feedback I'd ditch the cornflakes. And pizza. And low fat crisps. And battered fish (the fish part is ok). I'm not sure what a flapjack is, but I'm guessing it's made of carbs, carbs, and sugar. My idea of the perfect meal plate is a quarter protein (meat or yoghurt, less if cheese or nuts), half vegetables, and if you're eating carbs then a quarter starch like rice or potato. With a bit of fat for flavour and cooking. Even for breakfast.

Jess

02/03/2016 1:14PM

Come on Dad! Remember that whoever out of us three loses the most percentage wins! I'm thinking the loser must do a forfeit of sorts!