15kg in 15 weeks

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I thought I would write a quick blog about my new diet.... 15kg in 15 weeks!

At the age of 27 I am hoping I will now be mature enough to lose weight in a sensible manner. Throughout my life I have battled with periods of Anorexia, at my lightest I weighed about 55kg and was an English size 6 or an American 4. Some people might think that that would be the perfect size to be, but I disagree I literally had to starve myself to be that skinny. At the moment I am 85kg and 174cm tall which is the largest size I have ever been. I am utterly terrified by dieting, there seems to be this switch in my brain the just clicks and all of a sudden I can stop eating. I don't even notice when I do it until I start thinking "I bet I can go another day without food", the whole thing becomes a competitive method of me controlling my life.

Anyway I have taken it upon myself to set a diet program which I think it achievable, I decided the best way would be to base my diet upon counting calories. I have worked out that an ideal weight for me is somewhere between 62kg and 69kg so I have aimed to lose 15kg before the summer holidays.

To help me keep account of my calorie intact I downloaded an app for my IPhone called my fitness pal, and it looks a little something like this.....

 

I am happily surprised with how easy it was to record my daily calorie intake and exercise. At the moment I have set the goal of eating approx 1200 calories a day in order to achieve my target weight. My exercise expectations are 30 minutes cardiovascular 3 times a week, which is completely achievable even with my busy schedule at the moment. It is comparable to Weight Watchers where I could have 1100 calories 6 days a week and then have a blow out day of 2000. The only difference is that this doesn't come with the easy to follow recipes! but it is FREE!!

As it doesn't come with any recipes I have been sifting through the Internet for healthy recipes with the calories already counted. Here are a few of my favourite....

1. Cook Yourself Thin
2. Delish (not all healthy recipes but does have the calories on most of them!)
3. Skinny Taste

If anyone would like to join me in this diet you can add me as a friend on Myfitnesspal app, (user kate_about_town) or if you just have any questions you can leave a comment on this post and I will get back to you.

Kate
xoxo