As simple as the plan is, I'm afraid the strategy might require a bit more effort...
The plan is divided in two parts: Eat well and Exercise.
Strategy for Part one: Eat well.
Buy fresh fruit and veg and use it!
- cook a meal every night (or at least 5 or 6 nights a week)
- try to eat dinner before 7 pm at all times
- eat 5 fruit and veg portions every day
- snack healthily(?)
- bring a homemade lunch to work
- eat breakfast at home
When shopping, avoid all aisles with crisps, snacks, sweets, chocolate, biscuits and ready meals!
Before going to the shop, think about what to eat that week for dinner, so you know what to buy to cook the meals you love to eat.
When cooking something that can be frozen, cook a large amount and fill your freezer with healthy portions for days when you don't have time to cook.
Create an a la carte menu with lots of meal choices you like to stay motivated to cook, and stop forgetting what you can actually cook.
I think that's a good start for the eating part of things. Any further suggestions are of course welcome!
Now the strategy for Part 2: Exercise
The big issues here are motivation and time. I never have enough of either of them...
- Go to the gym at the very least twice a week, but try for three times
- Do at least 1 exercise session on the weekend: cycling/walking/skating
- Perhaps start a class again once a week
Try to adopt a different mindset to gain motivation, and once you're motivated, you will find time! There! Easy!
To get motivated, think about what you're trying to achieve and what you get from exercise straight away, short term and long term. Try to stay positive! So count calories, take note of progress your making on any machines, and after a while on a particularly courageous day step on some scales...
Oh, and don't just doddle in the gym, like reading on the seated bike, but actually do a work-out!
Well, that should get me started!
On top of all this I should make sure I keep the little home tidy - tidy home, tidy mind and all that! Keep myself focused...
I just finished eating a healthy home-cooked meal with steamed brocolli and cherry tomatoes, and yoghurt with a clementine for afters... I can do it!
PS can anyone tell me how to snack healthily???? Doesn't the work snack already imply it's got to be unhealthy?
