So today I began my Slim Fast diet and it hasn’t all been plain sailing. This is my food diary and a list of all the food I’ve eaten today:
1 Vanilla flavoured Slim Fast Shake made with semi skimmed milk and an apple (I’m going to count the apple as 1 of my snacks).
A low Fat Sandwich on brown bread – 325 calories in total. This is not on the Slim Fast plan I know! The Slim Fast diet plan requires me to have an evening meal of no more than 600 calories, but if I’ve had 325 calories for lunch, that surely meant I could use the remaining 175 calories for dinner, right?
A single serving of poached salmon served with a small portion of plain boiled noodles and a large salad – no dressing.
A handful of olives and a packet of Slim Fast pretzels.
2 mugs of green tea, 2 pints of water and an Americano with a splash of milk.
Anyone who has done the Slim Fast diet before will immediately pick up on the fact that today, well, I haven’t exactly followed it correctly, have I?! To be honest I’m not really one for dieting but, as already explained, I have a big event coming up in less than 2 weeks and I need to lose weight fast!
Although today my Slim Fast diet may not have gone according to plan I have learnt one thing – dieting is so antisocial! I’ve been shopping today with friends and when they wanted to stop for lunch my heart filled with dread, I didn’t have my Slim Fast shake with me! We sat down in the restaurant and whilst they ordered hearty, creamy, delicious pasta dishes, with garlic bread may I add! I had no choice other than to order a 325 calorie sandwich, hold the mayo, hold the butter. Great. In hindsight I should have been far more organised and carried a Slim Fast shake with me, but then again whipping out my Slim Fast meal replacement in a plush, swanky restaurant is hardly the time or the place is it?!
Well so far I’ve not really stuck to the plan! However, I have eaten an exceptionally small amount of low fat food today and to be honest I’m feeling pretty hungry. After the breakfast shake I was feeling good, I’d had 1 Slim Fast shake and an apple and thought it would be pretty easy to follow. But as the days progressed I’ve felt quite ratty and restricted in my food choices. Whilst everyone has been eating their big bowls of creamy salmon pasta for dinner and been enjoying a glass of red, I’m eating plain salmon, plain noodles and a thrilling salad. This is highly frustrating and my mouth is watering at the thought of a large glass of Merlot although I dread to think how many calories there are in a glass of wine.
Despite my negativity so far, there have been positives to take from today. I struck up a conversation with 2 women who have previously followed the Slim Fast diet and they lost weight fast. They stuck to the 2 Slim Fast shakes, 3 Slim Fast snacks and 1 meal of 600 calories a day and the weight loss was impressive, one of the women lost 10lbs in 2 weeks and the other lost just over 8lbs. If I can achieve similar results to this I will be more than happy. However, over the next couple of days at least, I feel I have a great deal to get used to on the Slim Fast plan!
My aim for tomorrow? Stick to the Slim Fast diet plan correctly and I’ll let you know how I get on.
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