I decided a few weeks ago that I would like to lose a little weight. About 15 pounds.
Now I'm not fat - not really squidgy fat, just a bit over cuddly - so I decided on a gradual weight reduction over several months. Slow and steady wins the race!
So I worked out my calorie burning metabolism at around 3000 cals a day. I'm active, not a couch potato! To lose 1 pound a week, a person needs to eat 500 cals a day less than his body requires. Eat 500 cals a day more than you need then you put on an extra 1 pound in weight every week.
That means I need to stay below 2500 to lose weight.
Hmm. I'm not giving up my beer!
OK, 3 pints of beer a day is around 480 cals. That leaves 2020 for food.
First, no early morning biscuit saves 70 cals.
Forget the 3 glasses of wine at dinner time, that's another 300 or so. No spuds = about 400 a day. Couple that with low-fat everything else saves about another 300.
So now I've reduced my intake by around 1100 cals daily, I was eating 600 too many, now I'm hitting the mark and consuming 500 less than my body requires. If I go any lower I know my metabolism will panic and slow down to conserve against starvation, which will prevent me from losing any more weight.
OK, the balance is right, but I am getting hunger pangs at lunch time! Bunny food just will not do!
So now I load up on FAT-BURNER SOUP!
You know what? It works. Almost 3 weeks gone by and I'm 7 pounds lighter than when I started.
Yippee!
Englishman.