8 kilos gone in one month!...

It may seem like a lot and in some ways it could be construed as too fast - 8 kilos in one month - but I have a lot to lose and therefore it goes quickly in the beginning. It will soon slow down and I will need to accept it because it is healthier to lose slowly and steadily.

This new way of life is taking a little getting used to and I still have to look up a lot on my tracker or in my low calorie/low fat counter but it gets easier as the weeks go by. Beans beans beans, whole grains and of course lots of green vegetables. Fortunately I like this kind of food.

This week I managed to do a 55 minute session of exercise which resulted in painful knees! It was possibly the step exercises. The weights part was great though. There's something called chair dancing that I found on YouTube which looks like fun and since it is a little cold for swimming, maybe this is a good thing to do. I need to lose a bit more weight before I try more step exercises!

I have added more fibre to my diet in the last week and feel that it is helping the weight loss along. More fibre serves to make me feel full more quickly. It seems that I have been doing all kinds of wrong things over the years. Dieting is one of them! When I was doing low carb I know that I didn't have enough fibre and generally speaking I didn't have enough vegetables as well, and way too much fat. Since changing my eating habits over the last month I have learnt so much and honestly feel better. Although I eat much less fat, I still cook with grapeseed oil and try to make sure I have three teaspoons of good oils a day (certainly not margarine though!) As we lose weight, our skin gets looser and the oils are necessary to retain some elasticity. (What doesn't spring back, will have to get tightened!)

Last night I had corn on the cob without butter and it was delicious. So sweet. Tonight I had steamed broccoli with only sea salt and ground black pepper and that was also very tasty. Tomorrow I am going to make a delicious marinated cabbage dish and a vegetarian chilli with red kidney beans. That should take care of quite a few fibre points!

Now to plan tomorrow's meals. Although this planning and research seems to be taking a large chunk of my day, what with looking up recipes and meal plans, it won't be long before it will come naturally and not feel like I am studying nutrition. I had become used to low carb over the years and this is all fairly new to me. I have always hated the thought of counting calories but now it is just a case of getting used to the foods needed for an ongoing healthy lifestyle. This is not a diet which starts and then stops. Those are the ones that have made me fat over the years. Lose a little put on more, lose a little, put on...etc etc etc.

No more of that. On to the next kilo:)