I have finally decided i can not carry on going the way i am. I am 15 and a half stone (220lbs) at 6ft 1 and only 16years old. This gives me a BMI of 28.6 - Overweight. Now i would be fine with this if i was say.. 40. But i'm not, and i can see myself just getting bigger and bigger.
So, i have decided to cut back on all the nice foods. Nutritionists, Dietitions, can all say what they want.. eating less than the reccomended calorie intake WILL make me loose wait. There is no 2 ways about it. I currently reckon im clocking 3000calories a day (3500 to 4000 on a really bad day) And so i am going to cut back to 1500 - 2000.
So far, i am finding it HARD. I never have had breakfast and never will, so this isn't a weak point. But by lunch i am usually fairly hungry and would dig into a nice school cheeseburger/pizza slice/hotdog and get a chocolate cake for after, and maybe a can of pop to go along with it. Today i punished myself with a measley ham sandwhich, it was in a small bun too. I get home and have a small microwave curry (yeh it's unhealthy but i'm just trying to reduce calories to start off with) and an little choccie bar ( mean litle, 2 inches long..)while it was cooking, 3 hours on i was starving. Usually i would snack every hour or 2. So i had to find something nice that was low calorie, cornflakes ftw !
But yeh, counted about 1500calories so far. 250for the sandwhich, 450 for the curry (bad..) 210 for the aero, 200 for the bowl of cereal. Oh an how could i forget, i had a few scotch eggs accounting for 300calories.
I rekon i'll have a dry bowl of cornflakes again later on before i go bed. That'll be a reasonable intake for the day.
I don't like it though, i feel pretty hungry all evening. Not sure how long i can hold out
If i manage till Saturday when i go to Canada i'll treat myself by.. eating healthy foods whilst still maintaining the <2000calories approach. I guess 2000 is still quite a bit, make it 1800. Yey.
Actually i would say the hardest bit is going to be cutting out my almost compulsary evening beer.
So, i have decided to cut back on all the nice foods. Nutritionists, Dietitions, can all say what they want.. eating less than the reccomended calorie intake WILL make me loose wait. There is no 2 ways about it. I currently reckon im clocking 3000calories a day (3500 to 4000 on a really bad day) And so i am going to cut back to 1500 - 2000.
So far, i am finding it HARD. I never have had breakfast and never will, so this isn't a weak point. But by lunch i am usually fairly hungry and would dig into a nice school cheeseburger/pizza slice/hotdog and get a chocolate cake for after, and maybe a can of pop to go along with it. Today i punished myself with a measley ham sandwhich, it was in a small bun too. I get home and have a small microwave curry (yeh it's unhealthy but i'm just trying to reduce calories to start off with) and an little choccie bar ( mean litle, 2 inches long..)while it was cooking, 3 hours on i was starving. Usually i would snack every hour or 2. So i had to find something nice that was low calorie, cornflakes ftw !
But yeh, counted about 1500calories so far. 250for the sandwhich, 450 for the curry (bad..) 210 for the aero, 200 for the bowl of cereal. Oh an how could i forget, i had a few scotch eggs accounting for 300calories.
I rekon i'll have a dry bowl of cornflakes again later on before i go bed. That'll be a reasonable intake for the day.
I don't like it though, i feel pretty hungry all evening. Not sure how long i can hold out
If i manage till Saturday when i go to Canada i'll treat myself by.. eating healthy foods whilst still maintaining the <2000calories approach. I guess 2000 is still quite a bit, make it 1800. Yey.
Actually i would say the hardest bit is going to be cutting out my almost compulsary evening beer.