Dietness
So I started the Ali diet last Thurs. I am not taking the pills yet, because I wanted to be sure I could manage my fat intake before starting a pill that would make me uh... sick if I ate too much fat. So far it has been phenomenally easy. Like insanely easy. Yes I'm a bit bored with salad and sometimes feel a bit unsatisfied even though I am "full", but overall this is something I can totally keep up with.
My biggest problem is that I am not eating enough fat at each meal. According to their program for my height, weight, age etc I should be aiming for 1800 calories a day with 19 grams of fat per meal. I am eating fruits and veggies and low fat everything and limited meat and cheese and I am full all the time but I am getting most of my fat at the end of the day. I am supposed to be spreading it out evenly over the day so I won't get sick.
(I really did start on Thurs just can't find the paper)
Fri I had 1110 calories with 38.5 fat grams
Sat 1602 w/ 54
Sun (the day my father in law made sausage burgers) 1807 w/ 64
Mon 1658 w/ 49
I am quite proud of myself. Not just for sticking to the diet, but because looking at Sat hasn't made me think "Hey if I can do only 1110 calories I could totally do 1000, or maybe 800, even 500." Which was always a problem in the past when I tried counting calories. (Anorexia is not a safe disease for fat people. Everyone assumes you must be eating something sometime {probably when you are alone in your room with your stretchy pants on} until you pass out in the gym.) But it is not a problem now. I am eating regularly and totally fitting in 5 a day of fruits and veggies if not more.
A few weeks ago I weighed on Granny's scale. I am currently 14lbs less on my new scale. It is yet to be seen whether the discrepancy is in the scale, because I was bloated the last time I used Granny's, or actual weight loss. I really do believe that some of it has resulted from the working out of late. The diet can only help.
My biggest problem is that I am not eating enough fat at each meal. According to their program for my height, weight, age etc I should be aiming for 1800 calories a day with 19 grams of fat per meal. I am eating fruits and veggies and low fat everything and limited meat and cheese and I am full all the time but I am getting most of my fat at the end of the day. I am supposed to be spreading it out evenly over the day so I won't get sick.
(I really did start on Thurs just can't find the paper)
Fri I had 1110 calories with 38.5 fat grams
Sat 1602 w/ 54
Sun (the day my father in law made sausage burgers) 1807 w/ 64
Mon 1658 w/ 49
I am quite proud of myself. Not just for sticking to the diet, but because looking at Sat hasn't made me think "Hey if I can do only 1110 calories I could totally do 1000, or maybe 800, even 500." Which was always a problem in the past when I tried counting calories. (Anorexia is not a safe disease for fat people. Everyone assumes you must be eating something sometime {probably when you are alone in your room with your stretchy pants on} until you pass out in the gym.) But it is not a problem now. I am eating regularly and totally fitting in 5 a day of fruits and veggies if not more.
A few weeks ago I weighed on Granny's scale. I am currently 14lbs less on my new scale. It is yet to be seen whether the discrepancy is in the scale, because I was bloated the last time I used Granny's, or actual weight loss. I really do believe that some of it has resulted from the working out of late. The diet can only help.