A New Week, A New Me?

So, despite the name of my blog, which incidentally is my first attempt at a proper blog, the motivation for starting it is something specific... losing weight.

Today is my first day on The Fast Diet and in an attempt to track my progress and keep me motivated I thought I would blog about the experience.

I'm not massively overweight but could do with losing a few pounds and reducing my waistline and as the Fast Diet seemed to fit with my general approach to dieting, i.e. little planning or preparation needed, I thought I would give it a go.

So it is that on this wet and miserable bank holiday Monday I am now officially on the Fast Diet. For the record and for comparison my vital statistics as of the morning of 25th August:

Weight: 10 st 13.2 lbs / 153.2 pounds / 69.5 kg
Body Fat: 26.4%
BMI: 24.2
Waist: 35"
Neck: 15.5"

My plan for my fasting days is to have breakfast and dinner and roughly split it so that I have 200 calories for breakfast and the remaining 400 calories for dinner.

Breakfast this morning consisted of:

Aldi Harvet Morn Swiss Style Muesli (No Added Sugar) - 30 g / 110 calories
Milk (Semi-Skimmed) - 45 ml / 22.5 calories
Aldi Optifit Active Low Fat Yogurt Drink (Strawberry) - 100 g / 75 calories

So a total of 207.5 calories leaving me with 392.5 calories for my evening meal which will consist of a grilled chicken breast with accompaniments to be decided!

I also had a cup of black coffee, no sugar, with my breakfast which doesn't count for any calories and seeing as that is how I take my coffee anyway that is a bonus.

I'm not sure at this stage whether being at home on a fast day will be a blessing or a curse but time will tell on that one.

Anyway, that will do for now for my first of hopefully many more regular posts detailing my progress and maybe any other random stuff I feel like blogging about.