Confirmation and Diet Day 2

I weighed myself and believe it or not I was shocked, I weighed less than I thought. If you want to know my weight DM me and I will share it with you, im not bold enough to share it on here yet!


The Diet


As promised I am going to share my diet with you.
This may be a boring read for some of you, so I will type it in green if you want to skip lol.


The diet is designed to give you approximately 100g of carbohydrate per day. It is low in fat (although the extent to which will depend on the foods chosen) and moderate in protein. The energy value of the diet is between 800-1000 Kcal. The following sample menu shows you what a typical day`s intake may include.


Breakfast (15g carbohydrate)

• 3 tbsp / 20g of Branflakes or Fruit & fibre
• OR 4 tbsp / 15g cornflakes or rice Krispies
• OR 1 Shredded Wheat
• OR 1 and a half Weetabix
• OR 5 tbsp / 35g of All Bran
• OR 25g of rolled Oats
• OR 1 slice medium sliced toast with a scraping of margarine.

LUNCH (15-20g Carbohydrate

• 1 slice medium bread/toast
• Or 2 crispbreads
• Or half a bagel
• Or half a pitta bread

With

• 2 eggs (no more than 5 eggs per week)
• Or 50g / 1 and a half oz cheese (no more than 3 portions per week)
• Or 8 thin packet slices of ham, chicken of turkey
• Or 1 small chicken breast without skin
• Or 4 rashers of grilled back bacon
• Or 100g / 4oz (small portion meat)
• Or 2 grilled sausages
• Or 100g / 4oz fish
• Or 100g / 4oz quorn or Tofu

With plenty of vegtables AND/OR salad (low fat dressing).

Evening Meal (20g Carbohydrate)

• 2 Average old potatoes (boiled or mashed)
• Or 4 egg-sized new potatoes with skin
• Or 2 small roast potatoes
• Or 2 tbsp cooked rice (any variety)
• Or 2 tbsp cooked pasta (any variety)
• Or 40 strands of spaghetti (count when raw)

With

• 2 eggs (no more than 5 eggs per week)
• Or 50g / 1 and a half oz cheese (no more than 3 portions per week)
• Or 8 thin packet slices of ham, chicken of turkey
• Or 1 small chicken breast without skin
• Or 4 rashers of grilled back bacon
• Or 100g / 4oz (small portion meat)
• Or 2 grilled sausages
• Or 100g / 4oz fish
• Or 100g / 4oz quorn or Tofu

With plenty of vegtables AND/OR salad (low fat dressing).

Allowances throughout the day (40g carbohydrate)

• 1/3 pint /200ml of skimmed milk for drinks and cereal
• 2 portions of fruit or 150ml fruit juice
• Unlimited water, tea, coffee, low calories, squash, low calorie fizzy drinks
• One small pot (125g) low fat, low sugar yoghurt per day (diet or lite variety's) 

It is important NOT to eat less than the specified portions of carbohydrate as this can make you feel unwell. Other foods on the menu will provide you with protein and fat. The inclusion of these foods means it should not be necessary for you to take any vitamin or mineral supplement

Fruit Portions

A serving of fruit is 80

• 2 small fruit e.g. plums, apricots, satsumas
• 1 medium fruit e.g. apple, orange, banana
• 1 slice of very large fruit e.g. melon, pineapple
• 1/2 a grapefruit or avocado
• 1 cupful of berries e.g. strawberries, raspberries or grapes
• 3 heaped tbsp fruit salad (fresh or tinned in fruit juice) or stewed fruit
• 1 heaped tbsp of dried fruit e.g. raisins, sultanas

As you can see it is a very limited menu and I was used to eating alot of chocolate and sweet foods!

I have to give alcohol up for a year also.

Im feeling good though, and I visited my Mum today.

She will be having the same operation on March 8th 2011.

I also saw a very good friend and grumbled that I was hungry. They told me when you feel hunger pains you are losing weight :0)

I am confident I am going to succeed in this Diet.

2 weeks today I will have had my operation. I feel like my life is going to be transformed and am beyond excited.

My only vice is that im still smoking. Im doing my breathing exercises and believe that im in top shape lol.

I also spoke about the reason I am this size.

When I was growing up I was thin and my legs where like pins, but I had a little belly.

I was teased and bullied for years being called names such as Fat orphan, permanently pregnant and even Ethiopian ( this was during a famine so they where skinny with bloated bellies)

I think this is why I am big (I dont want to make excuses) I just thought `sod it` they call me fat so I may as well get fat.

I have tried all the diets and lost a few stone on weight watchers, but as the same as most I put it back on plus more.

This is the biggest I have ever been and will ever be. Because in a fortnight I will have had the bypass.

Anyway Im going to finish now as I need to enter my comps lol.

I will write some more in a few days.