i'm fat.
plain and simple.
now, i need to do something about it, so i have a plan.

every day from now til i reach my goal, i will be aiming to lose 1lb.
i know, realistically, it's not going to be possible every day, but it'll be my target.
at the moment, my BMR is high enough that if i continue to eat just 1000calories per day, i'll be losing another 1000calories just by living.

that, plus work (1000calories burnt daily, at least) gets me to 2000cals lost per day.
and swimming (1500cals per 90 minutes) gets me to 3500cals = 1lb.
or, if i'm not working, 150 minutes in the pool.

i'll start my days with a high fibre breakfast of wheetabix, shreaded wheat or porridge, and ensure it's a portion size that doesn't go over my 200calorie breakfast limit.
i will down a litre of water after breakfast too.

for lunch, i'll usually have soup. portion control is important so i'll be having 1/2 a tin of soup (or 200g of homemade soup) and 1 slice of bread or a roll - plain. this should fit within my 300calorie lunch limit.
i will down a litre of water after lunch as well.

for dinner, i'll have a small portion of whatever mum or i make, and it'll have to be healthy because i'm not eating crap anymore. this will have to be 500calories or less.
and after that, i'll down a litre of water.

Hi there just thought i would give you a couple of tips reguarding your weight loss

1. your eating the wrong way round! In simple term ur metabolic rate is at its peak in the morning so you should consume your highest amount of kcal because during the day your metabolic rate will lower as you start to decrease activity! so if your wanting to go for a 1000kcal a day you should have higest amount of kcal in the morning then lunch and then least at dinner

2 if you do to much cardiovascular exercise (pretty much anything over an 45-60 minutes) your body will start to break down muscle tissue which you dont want as this is what governs how many kcal your body burns.

3. You need to be doing resistance training of some discripsion as this will help to increase lean tissue, which will then in turn increase the amount of kcal you burn and then the real kicker burn and decrease the amount of body fat you have

hope this helps

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