The postman brought me a great treasure yesterday - the Harcombe diet book! I couldn't wait to start reading it. Very sad of me but I went and sat in Tesco cafe with a large mocha and some biscuits. Nothing like reading a diet book while indulging in some caffeine and chocolate.
Ive read the history behind the diet and the conditions and also the first phase of the diet. I'm really excited about starting it. Stupidly so seen as it is going to be so difficult.
What Zoe Harcombe says about calorie counting makes so much sense and explains why obesity rates are continuing to climb. It is too complicated to explain but anybody interested in knowing more about how restricting calories encourages weight gain as well as candida, food intolerance and hypoglycemia should read Zoe Harcombe's book "Stop counting calories and start losing weight".
The diet consists of 3 phases. Phase 1 is the detoxing part to cleanse the body and lasts just 5 days. This is followed by the second phase which you do for as long as you need to lose weight and the final phase is for maintenance.
Phase 1 is going to be hard, no caffeine, no chocolate, no processed food at all. I want to plan it down to every mouthful. For me to stick to it I need to allow for plenty of snacks and extra meals, anything to get me through it. Withdrawal symptoms are going to leave me feeling rubbish and ill but I need to plan for that so going to find a time in the diary that is going to work best.
In the mean time I'm indulging in cake, chocolate, bread and the laziness of just being able to grab whatever I want to eat.
I need to keep focused on weight loss and being healthy.
I WANT THIS TO WORK
No comments:
Post a Comment