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ANOTHER SINLESS DAY, INSTEAD THE REALITY OF MY WEIGHT LOSS.
Ok, so I'm back on the wagon and doing well.
I've decided to stop doing the exercise as my weight is really starting to concern me.
I weighed myself today and I've lost almost a stone in eight days, this is really bad, I feel like I’m doing a race to size 0, not a healthy eating plan.
I’ve started trying to eat high protein foods to boost my immune system and get some extra energy. I spoke to my friend who is a nurse, and on her advice I’m on iron supplements to help my immune system.
Either I am really weak or shouldn't I be getting healthier, not taking iron supplements.
The more and more I do this experiment; the more I think that government doesn't know what’s best for me. Is this healthy regime just for fat people?
Are they just targeting people at risk or should everyone be able to stick to this diet, because in reality... this is a diet.
SIN FREE DAY
Well lets just say last night was not one of my finer moments.
One half of cider turned into many pints and a drag on a cigarette.. well you know.
I ended up having 3 1/2 pints of cider and 5 cigarettes. BAD.
I woke up this morning feeling rough, smelly and really dirty.
The affects of a wild night after a week of abstinence makes you feel about 90 years old.
In the haze between drunk and sober I did manage to have a thought... is the union any better drunk?
As I realised this morning drink seems to fill in time, when I was sober a night out felt like an eternity.
Drink makes you lose time, minutes fly by when you have a drink to occupy you. I still felt un confident, tired and bored, i just became more enthusiastic.
The really interesting thing was the affect on my body. Because I am now free of toxins my body rejected the alcohol and gave me the affect of a diuretic ... I went to the loo a lot!
I couldn't get up this morning, my body is so used to routine I felt like my systems were crashing. So i took my own advice and did the alchohol calculator, I managed to drink triple my guide line amount in one day. The worrying thing is that was an easy night, I penned down how much I would usually drink and
3 snake bites
1 cider
2 small wines =15 1/2 units!!!
Thats more than my guideline amount for a week. try it yourself, its scary.
SIN OF THE DAY: 1 SLICE OF PIZZA
I saw my GP this afternoon.
do you know what his response was..... eat bigger portions!
apparently I am still at a healthy weight and my skin is better, I was practically called a hypochondriac . Just as well I'm not forming an eating disorder, with my healthy eating obsession and rapid weight loss. Shame he didn't even ask me!
I'm sorry this is such as short post but I am pushing myself further into temptations, a Monday night out at the union. I shall update you tomorrow. Wish me luck
Today is officially the first week of my experiment.
On the whole the first week is painful. It is definitely a learning curve; I can see the affects that this week has had on me.
The water is definitely a good thing, as much as I bitched and whined my skin is full and healthy and I do feel like I am in better shape for it.
Because I don't drive I have found the exercise an easy chore, walking to and from university in itself is a half and hour walk, although I am getting big scary walker calves I would advise anyone to ditch the car, it's as dirty as smoking.
On that note smoking is still my greatest aphrodisiac, I thought the cravings would have vanished by now but I still long for that silky feeling of release from a puff on a cigarette.
(All retired smokers will know my pain) stay strong!
The lack of alcohol has really opened my eyes to how much of an ass I must look drunk, as self conscious and bored as I have been on my nights out I do feel better without that Sunday morning hangover. Drink definitely isn't sexy.
Food is the biggest problem with this experiment; I’m dropping weight like crazy. Since I have been having three square meals a day I do feel that I have to snack less and feel more satisfied. But even though I’m sinning everyday my weight loss is a serious problem that I will have to address my GP with.
SIN OF THE DAY: 1 PACKET OF HARIBOI believe the placebo affect has kicked in.
Every piece of fruit seems to be equal to a little piece of happiness at the moment, I don’t know if I'm suffering from multiple personality disorder or fruit actually makes you happy.
I'm blaming the sugar.
Since I’ve been on this experiment I’ve been bouncing off the walls, my sugar levels are really high and I seem to be full of energy.
This leaves me curious as to whether my mind is telling me I should feel better, therefore my body responds. The clue I’m shattered at the end of the day, surely if my body had all this extra energy to burn off I would find it hard to sleep?
The affects on my body are real enough, as I have said before I have never counted a calorie or been on a diet, now I realise why.
My weight seems to be slipping off (BITCH i hear you whisper) at an extraordinary rate even my close friends have seen the difference, this is making me wonder whether this healthy living routine is meant for everyone.
Am I actually endangering my body by starving myself from saturated fat and carbs? It would make sense that my weight loss would affect my energy levels, leaving me tired.
I'm starting to think I’m not actually getting healthier, but that this whole experiment could be detrimental to my health.
SIN OF THE DAY: 1 PACKET OF Mc COY CRISPS
Let me apologise for not posting yesterday, I had no Internet connection.
I decided to push myself a little further yesterday and drag my behind to a night out at the union.
'Not much of a challenge' I hear you say, well seeing as I have never seen the union without staggering, having a snakebite in one hand and a poorly rolled cigarette in the other, I would say it was a personal triumph that I returned home sober not shit faced!
But as the night progressed, and my friends became more inebriated I realised how alcohol can change everything, from atmosphere to choice of friends.
We all have them, we all know someone who is one, a drunken acquaintance, that person you shout at from the other side of the dance floor, have a dance and a giggle with then ignore the next day. Well as I found last night I have many, alleged friends, who I once found amazing... sober are the biggest losers on the planet.
In that respect alcohol does change things, to be honest I became too self-conscious to dance and was rather embarrassed by my friends dance technique to say the least!
I was bored, tired and rather unimpressed with my drunken friends. The most eloquent and highly intellectual people I know turned into blathering idiots, as much as I appreciate I have done the same on many occasions, being told that you are loved more than 7 times starts to be annoying.
The union changed from being like that bar 'Cheers' where everyone knows your name, to a drunken infested hole where everyone knows your name, then forgets it ten minuets later.
SIN OF THE DAY: 1 STARBUCKS MANGO SMOOTHIEFeeling better today,
I think the cravings are dying down.
There is one big problem though... calorie counting.
I have never ever counted a calorie, but it is surprising in our ' size zero' society that calories aren't on everything yet.
I decided that if I am to live this lifestyle for a month I should try to live as normal of a life as possible. With that thought I rushed out of class, and before I knew it I was ordering a mango ice smoothie and a granola cake from Starbucks.
When I awoke from this sudden laps in concentration I realised that I didn’t know how many calories were in my cake, so I asked (and looked like a prat) it took them over 20 minutes to find the nutritional information.
Surprising, as one of the biggest chains in the world, rivalling Mc Donald’s, they were un prepared to give me relevant nutritional information. Now some of you out there will be feeling a little de-javu, and you would be correct too, because it was Morgan Spurlock's famous 'Super size me' documentary in 2004 where he found himself in the same situation under the 'golden gates' of Mc Donald’s.
With all of its critical acclaim three years ago, one would assume that corporations would take heed from this very embarrassing situation. But no, they are still un prepared; I give the poor cashier kudos for finding the information, and my local Starbucks chain for actually having the breakdown of ingredients and calories.
And I know your all wondering.... it was 470 calories!
ANOTHER SINLESS DAY, INSTEAD THE REALITY OF MY WEIGHT LOSS.
