Yes, I have to do it. No more slow dieting. This has already helped me lose 5 pounds lately, but now it's time to attack seriously.
On the 20th of July I will be going to the seaside and I cannot go with my 127 pounds. I am disgusted by myself. I felt bad even when I was 110 pounds so now I feel awful.
Basically I will try to be realistic. I will not be able to reach 110 pounds in less than two weeks. But I might be able to reach 114 pounds. So how will I manage to lose almost 15 pounds in such a short period without going crazy?
Obviously, I need a plan.
First, I visited this page to convert calories into pounds. I hope it is accurate.
After the conversion I found out that for 114 pounds the normal intake of food is 1300 calories. No matter what, I cannot eat more than this. Actually, I will be more dramatic and drop this 1300 calories to 1200 per day.
What I need to eat every day:
- one onion
- one or two lemons
- plenty of yogurt with 2-3% fat (if you like the one with 1% fat or fat free, be my guest)
- one-two tablets antioxidants
- go on with drinking 2-3 liters of water
Lemons and onions because they contain a lot of iodine and that increases the chance of weight loss. Yogurt contains Calcium - which does the same. Plus it gives you energy, protects your stomach from hunger and fills you up. Yes to antioxidants for energy and because they contain certain substances that can stimulate the growth hormone, essential in losing weight as an adult. What goes out of my diet: - sugar of any kind (brown sugar, fructose, honey, etc.)
- reduce fruits and completely eliminate bananas and any fruits with high fructose
- wheat of any sort (but I will keep in the starches in a small amount - rice and potatoes)
- beans and peas
- pops or natural juices of any sort because they contain conservants
- caffeine (because it stimulates appetite and has a negative impact on your hunger and the level of sugar in your blood)
- reduce oils to minimum
- meat and chicken (which I am not eating anyway): replace with white fish
- no alcohol, for it slows down metabolism
What I need to do to lose 15 pounds in two weeks: - Winsor pilates for the lower body (15 mins every evening before bed, to stimulate the hormones);
- go to bed at 11pm latest (because this is the hour when the hormones are at work) and sleep at least 8 hours per night;
- use the Cellulite Serum from The Body Shop every day twice (morning and evening);
- massage legs for 10 minutes;
- 10 minutes extra exercise for upper body and abs;
- continue walking to subway every day (twice, 30-40 minutes in total);
- if watching TV, do stepping;
- Scottish showers for 5-10 minutes;
- use the stairs, not the elevator at work.
If I follow the lines above and I eat no more than 1200-1300 calories a day then I should be losing fast. Why am I not lucky? Because my timing is wrong: my period is to come during this time and my appetite is growing. So is my frustration. So keeping it under control will be a lot harder than the diet. Plus, losing weight might not be very visible since before and during period women tend to retain a lot of water. Labels: 15_pounds, diet, two_weeks |
