Got a Wii? Excercise without even thinking about it!

Posted: October 15, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Advice, Exercise | Tags: , | Leave a comment

If you have a Nintendo Wii you have probably long stopped playing one of the first games that you probably got for free – Wii Sports.

If you want to do some working out without working out, fire it up with your family or friends and start playing some tennis, I promise you that an hour will pass before you realise that you are proper tired and your body has had a really good (but gentle) workout.

I think the best way to exercise is to do something that is so fun that you don’t realise you are exercising and for me Wii Sports does that in buckets!

Other games I would recommend are;

  • Wii Fit (this is a bit more of a ‘work out’ work out though, you will feel it more!
  • Zumba – You will feel like an idiot but you will get a really thorough workout.

Are there any other active games you have played?

My journey: 2nd weigh in

Posted: October 11, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: My Journey | Tags: | Leave a comment

I am live blogging from the Slimming World hall whilst waiting for image therapy to start.

I only lost 1.5 pound this week which I know is a loss but I know I can do better.

I had fish and chips in the week and a wrap for dinner tonight, which is all fine in the long term but won’t get me closer to my healthy weight.

Avoid temptation – Buy bacon with the fat cut off.

Posted: October 9, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Advice, Foods | Tags: | 3 Comments

On the Slimming World diet bacon is free on extra easy, so long as all visible fat is cut off and it is cooked appropriately.

In theory this sounds excellent, grill up as much bacon as you want and just leave the rinds – easy peasy!

But we all know the rinds are one of the more delicious parts of this already delicious meat, so my suggestion is to buy bacon with the rinds already cut off. That way it is never going to be an issue and you can never “forget” to remove them.

Got a craving for energy drinks?

Posted: October 5, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Advice, Drinks | Tags: , | Leave a comment

I have to admit one of my (many) weaknesses is energy drinks.  I work as a programmer and do the clichéd think of throwing down as much energy drink as I can whilst typing as many lines of code as I can!

I recently found out that on the Slimming World diet Diet Red Bull is free – I was pretty shocked because I figured that all the caffeine, taurine and everything-else-ine would count as at least as many Sins as Lucozade or other more sugary drinks, but no, because there is no sugar we can have as much as we like. (Of course I wouldn’t recommend packing away as much as an average programmer does!!)

A really welcomed side effect is that I didn’t get as much of a crash as I normally would with the normal Red Bull.  Brilliant!

My Journey: 1st Weigh In

Posted: October 5, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: My Journey | Tags: | Leave a comment

So last night was my first weigh in.

I lost 7lb and got my 1/2 stone award, excellent!

I am very happy, obviously.  I expected to lose a decent amount the first few weeks but to get half a stone in a week was unexpected.

As well as the weigh in, since it is now 12 weeks until Christmas we also had to write down a Christmas wish; mine was to be able to fit into an old shirt I like.  Not sure how many inches I would need to lose for that.

Everyone seems to get on in the group and the consultant is excellent, which is great and a real help.

Hopefully I can keep it up.

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