Friday 29 January 2016

Three weeks into podding

Well I started with the Gold Package on Slimpod three weeks ago. Three weeks of listening to an eight minute programme on my mp3 player every night of the week. Three weeks of sharing the highs and lows with fellow podders on Facebook, and three weeks of inspirational e-mails and encouragement from the founder of the programme.




So what difference have I noticed in three weeks?

Firstly having giving myself a kick up the b*m over my laziness in an evening I have been doing forty five minutes to an hour of aerobic and weigh training using the hundreds of videos on good old youtube. Have found five that at the moment I am rotating round so as not to get bored. I have been doing this four days a week, taking the one day a week off, an the other two days I do a very physical job so have no need to exercise at the weekends. I have also started getting up in an evening and say walking upstairs and back rather than sitting for four or more hours on the laptop.

I have cut down the portions I put on my plate, and am only trying to eat when I am actually hungry rather than sitting picking. I also now leave on my plate what I don't actual want rather than finishing it for the sake of finishing it. I am not depriving myself and I am not going hungry, just making more healthy choices in general.

I have stopped bringing junk food into the house, you will now find rice cakes and multi seed crisp breads in the snack box. I am still buying a few biscuits for hubby to eat but I have never really been a biscuit person so am not bothered. I have also started taking food out with me during the week so rather than having say crisps for lunch it is now pasta, veg and tuna, or flavoured cous cous.

I have only had one 500ml bottle of fizzy juice, I was desperately thirsty and it was in the car. Did not particularly enjoy it. I have changed totally to sparkling water, I still like to have the fizz but don't want everything else that is in the juice. Cannot say as I am missing in particularly.

So what changes have  I noted?

Firstly I have lost 1.9 kilos ( or just over 4 lb in my language), not a lot by some peoples standards,  but it is over a pound a week and I am happy with that. I am not expecting this to be instant fix, years of being over weight is not going away quickly. If I can maintain a pound a week it is nearly four stone in a year, I would be quite happy to lose that amount.

I measured myself before I started on the programme and have lost a total four inches, so again it is going in the right direction. I have lost an inch of my bust, half inch off my waist, two off my bicep, one of my hips and my thigh for some strange reason is up by a half inch.

I have been noting three positives a day for the three weeks, and if I can maintain smaller portions of healthier foods couple with the exercise then I am sure it will all keep going in the right direction.

What changes have my fellow podders found?

Disclaimer I have not paid for my Gold Package, but this post reflects my honest findings.


18 comments:

  1. Your are doing really well slow and steady will help the weight stay off

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    1. thats what I am hoping for, hare and the tortoise

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  2. The thigh is probably extra muscle from all that exercise :) You're off to a great start

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  3. Well done on your weight loss so far - I use the original slimpod, wonder what the difference is

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    1. I dont suppose there is much difference if the original worked

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  4. Well done on your weight loss so far, portion control really does help! Sounds like an interesting weight loss plan

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    1. yes if I eat 100 calories less every meal for a year it has to make some difference ( I hope...lol)

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  5. How fantastic that your losing inches and weight. I think I need to cut my portion sizes down and swap junk food for healthier options. Well done x

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    1. Yes my problem is I eat healthy, just too much healthy at any one meal, though that is changing slowly

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  6. Well done on your loss so far that's great! This sounds really interesting, I ma going to have to look in to it!

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    1. Thank you, 1lb a week will do me, over a year it is nearly 4 stone and at that I would be over the moon

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  7. You are doing brilliantly! Well done! I need to cut down on fizzy drinks. I drink far too much coke.

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    1. I sis not drink huge amounts but too much, try fizzy water instead it is working for me.

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  8. Well done, you are doing great. Slimpod sounds really interesting

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  9. Oh well done! You are doing so well. I switched to sparkling water too - to get the fizz but goodness of water. Kaz x

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  10. I've never heard of slimpod. Well done on your weight loss so far. I think slowly but surely is the best way of keeping it off x

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