Week 1 Day 1

So today I had the joy of going to my first weigh in :-(

Height = 5ft 1inch
Weight = 11st 10lbs
BMI = 31
Waist = 36 inc

So yes I sit in the obese section of the BMI chart yippee.

Hears what the weight clinic nurse had to say.

1. Cut out all cheese
2. Max 2000 calories per day
3. Cut out alcohol
4. Switch to low fat everything
5. When working away prepare or buy low fat lunches and cart with you on train (as if I don't have enough to carry)
6. Try to eat more food first thing and reduce during the day so large breakfast, medium lunch, small tea and eat last meal before 6pm
7. Excercise 5 times a week for at least 30 mins 
8. Eat off a side plate as this is the amount of food you should eat
9. Eat slowly at a table and put knife and fork down while chewing and chew food slowly

Ok that's it with all this great advice I will lose 1-2lb's a week and I've been set a target of loosing 2stone and reducing BMI down to between 18 - 25.

Simple really................................or is it. You see before she started giving me all this great advice I explained I worked full time and travelled all over the country with my job. Live out of a suitcase most weeks and my second home is a Premier Inn. I spend up to 6 hours a day driving or on trains and when not travelling have back to back meetings making regular timed lunchbreaks difficult and often don't finish work until gone 7pm when I then have to start thinking about evening meals be it hotel or at home.

So how do you suggest I can follow halve her advice. Don't get me wrong I don't dispute the advice but I do dispute the support and understanding of the problems my job bring to my health lifestyle.

So here is my reviesed plan.

1. 1850 Caloriesper day and to help with this I will blog what I eat 
2. Cycling or swimming 3 times a week for 1 hour this will be one evening and then sat & sundays
3. Reduce cheese and alcohol intake as if I cut out and go cold turkey I will just krave and I'm depressed enough as it is.
4. Switch what I can to low fat at home (this will be difficult when eating in hotels but try to plump for low fat calorie options)
5. Purchase when traveling lowest calorie sandwiches and for every cuppa tea I have also drink half a  bottle of water.
6. Eating lots in the morning I can't do as I start work far to early but maybe I can bring this in over time
7. Eat as early as you can in the evening but don't bust a gut to eat before 6pm as this is not possible when eating with clients or working away. Nor is the slow eating idea.
8.  Get a slimmers plate for home to eat smaller portions and try to weigh out more portions.

So here goes, wish me luck and I will blog each day what I've done re food and excersise and then share the results of my weigh ins every 2 weeks. The nurse suggested a weigh in every month which I thought was rubbish so I've pushed for every 2 weeks after all I need support and to know I'm on track.