I am not a vegetarian. I was a vegetarian briefly back in 1991 when I was sharing a house with a few vegetarians and my girlfriend at the time was vegetarian. I like meat. I love eating pretty much every type of meat imaginable, so the idea of me becoming vegetarian or vegan just wouldn’t [...]
I work in IT. A lot of my friends work in IT. So statistically speaking we’re probably all leading pretty sedentary lifestyles tied to our desks. I’m not sure about the stats on waist girth etc., but a lot of us are probably heavier than we should be (of course some people I know are [...]
I hadn’t weighed myself for the last few days and I also haven’t been eating as much in the evening as before. So I got a really nice surprise when I weighed myself this morning. A massive 3kg drop! Woohoo! Now of course I do know that this could be something very very temporary, but [...]
Last week I was in Florida for a work related event. I had been worried about eating while “on the road” and unfortunately my fears were more than justified. I weighed in this morning and I’ve gained over 1kg, which is NOT good. Whether that is due to alcohol or food, or simply [...]
I generally don’t eat between meals. The emphasis firmly on “generally”. Of course I eat between meals some of the time. Before going on this diet (3 weeks today!) I would grab a bar of something between meals or maybe have biscuits with a coffee while watching TV. Not very healthy! My diet plan, however, [...]
Food is odd. You put a cup of rice into water and it magically expands into this wonderful food that can feed several people. Great, isn’t it? Problem is that you probably don’t really notice how much of this wonderful food stuff you’re actually eating. Until I started religiously following this diet (probably about the [...]
I’ve always known that fruit was good for me and that I should eat a certain amount per day. While living in Spain and Italy I was able to eat fresh fruit quite regularly, though I never consciously checked how many items of fruit I was eating per day. As part of my diet, however, [...]
