GOLDILOCKS HERE: ANY ONE STILL READING?????

If anyone is still out there and interested, I asked 4 weeks ago for ideas for a quick fix. I got none so I decided to go with the "starve yourself diet" You eat the minimum you can get by with some days were better than others (Mums weekend down was a disaster) and I walked for 80 mins every morning rain or hail. It was cheap, no special foods and no gym membership and apart from being really cranky and a few dizzy spells I am delighted to report that it worked. I have lost exactly ONE STONE since my last blog. RESULT!!!!!

Here is a list of what an average day was

Walk 8.30- 9.40

Shower and Breakfast  2 weetabix

10.15 leave for work

Finish work 1.50pm eat apple and can of diet coke on way to school collection

Home 2.30 make dinner for kids (hardest part of the day!!!!!)

3.00 eat my dinner. Alternated every second day between salad (lettuce tomato croutons and     3 slices of salami or some tesco light prawns in marie rose  or half small advocado and small piece of chicken) and on the alternate day weightwatchers chicken curry 4 points.

6.00 cup of hotcup light vegetable soup or tesco light crisp breads x 3 with thin spread of cream cheese, cup of tea no sugar.

9.00 snack of 1 or 2 long celery sticks with a small piece of low fat hummus to dip in for flavour.

At the weekend 1 glass of wine on a friday night.

In weightwatchers terms I would have been on approx 10 points every day with lots of bonus points for walks so you can see how the weight would fall off!!!. I had nights out but I was very good on these I would drive so that I wouldn't drink too much and I would eat very little during the day if I was having a meal out I had 3 meals out during this time all of which i enjoyed having a starter, main course and dessert on all occasions so I didn't feel deprived too much...

This is not a healthy diet and if analysed I am sure I would be told that I was lacking vitamins and iron and lots of other things needed for a healthy body but as a short term effort it works.

I am now working on maintaining this so will let you know as the weeks go by how that goes.....