This post is about becoming accountable in my real food weight loss journey.
Recently I touched on the subject and in the past I’ve gone into a lot of detail about my past weight struggles but today I’m going to talk about what I’m actually DOING to be accountable to you.
It’s been over 18 months since I stepped on the dreaded scales and in the new year I decided that that habit would stop and that I’d face the figure and go from there.
I wasn’t overjoyed with the number I saw. BUT, I’m not going to let is get to me and become obsessed over the number on the scale. I am, however, going to take action to slowly but surely work to shift that number in a downwards direction.
In addition to weighing myself, I also decided to go for a series of blood tests to assess my health at this moment – they tested everything from blood sugar levels to cholesterol to thyroid levels and everything in between. To my delight, despite being far from my “ideal weight”, my health is good.
My results all came back in the healthy, normal ranges and it’s re-affirmed my decision to stick to real food and not be drastic in my weight loss journey.
I came to the conclusion that the best way forward was to make an appointment with a Dietitian to discuss my journey, where I want to be and get some tips to get there – completely healthily without any fads and most importantly in a way that supports my beliefs in real food. Thankfully I have found a wonderful Dietitian who I’m working with to do just that.
We’ve looked at my diet as a whole and today is day 1 of my renewed way of eating. The only major change is going to be my carb intake. Now I’m not going to be going no carb or low carb but instead significantly lowering my carb intake from where it has been lately. I’ve been living on WAY too much carbs and on discussing it with my Dietitian it’s helped me address that as my main problem area.
In particular I’ve been having too much of one type of carbs – wheat/bread. I regularly tend to have 2 pieces of toast for breakfast, followed by a sandwich for lunch followed by noodles or pasta for dinner. When I type it out I can easily see just HOW MUCH of the same type of carbs I’ve been having so I’ll be mixing it up and having a wider variety of carbs. (Expect recipes and meal ideas soon!)
Addressing my carb intake DOES NOT mean I’m going to become obsessed with carb intake. It means I’m going to healthily lower my intake while increasing my intake of vegetables. (Which has also been severely lacking as I mentioned in my new year resolution post a few weeks back.)
I’m not going to be discussing exact carb levels that I’ll be eating as the figure is one that my Dietitian has assigned to ME. By sharing that figure I don’t want you to think that the same number would apply to you. Everyone is different and what may work for me may not work for you.
I will say that my diet will include REAL FOOD – full fat dairy, eggs, meat/chicken/fish, fruit, vegetables and a healthy intake of a variety of different carbohydrates – including bread.
It all comes back to the magic of moderation and I’ve written this post to be accountable to YOU that I’ll be on this real food weight loss journey and you can expect regular updates from me about how I’m going. I hope you’ll join me on this journey.
