My “Diet” = My 4 Commandments

For weight loss we all know that we must burn more calories than we consume.  It’s the principle foundation for losing weight!  If you’re not doing this, you’re not going to lose weight.
 
I have been on many diets through my life, my 1st one when I was only 15 years old.  I’ve yo-yo dieted for all my adult life!  Each and every time I “dieted”, I slowly but surely went back to the same old routine and put weight back on.  The heaviest I’ve ever been was 180lbs after the birth of my second child.  I’ve done Weight Watchers, Scottish Slimmers, Slimming World, you name it, I’ve tried it. 
 
By December last year my weight had crept back up to almost 11 stone, I was sick of it, not being in control and letting food control me, and how it affected my happiness. I was fast approaching my 30th birthday and wanted to feel and look my best for my 30th (which was July 22nd this year woohoo! :-) I decided enough was enough with “diets” and knew I was going to have to break old habits for life and stick with the new ones I was going to form.   This time I decided I was going to go for it, on my OWN!  I had heavily researched “diets” on the net, and nutrition and exercise.  I knew what needed to be done to achieve my goals.  I can summarise this as being:
 
Eat less
Do more
Follow the 80/20 rule
Try to eat as “clean” as I could and drink at least 8 glasses of water per day
 
If I followed the above 4 commandments I knew I could succeed.  I also understand that once I reach my goal weight, that all of the above is still going to stay true, except I get to eat a little more “clean” food J
 
I don’t want to bore you so I’m going to stop here.  Come back tomorrow where I’ll be letting you know what I eat,  my exercise programme and what I do if I hit a weight loss stall.  
 
Weight loss so far: 31lbs!
 
Thanks for reading, Betty xx