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So far so good. Day 1 was great and I’m still full of enthusiasm (it is indeed very early days!). I started my day by drinking a CHOCshot first thing and then 2-3 during the day, before a meal or when I feel the need for something sweet (which is most of the time). So far I’m happy to report that I managed to avoid eating the chocolate biscuits my daughters had and a rogue sausage roll that was lying about (only healthy food for me thank you!) .

I also managed to fit in Sam’s (Miss Fit) excercise plan for the day, which really made me feel great:

Tuesday

Walk 5-10 minutes to warmup then do 3 sets of 10 of the following exercises:

squats

crunches

tricep dips

lunges

I actually managed to do most of them and did walk for 30 mins, so am pretty pleased with myself.

Now for the food intake. The lovely Tina from Diet Freedom asked me to write down all the food I love. It was pretty easy to be honest, any and all carbs are what I love. There’s a saying in Spanish that if you want to lose weight you need to reduce/remove all foods beginning with P – pasta, pizza, patatas (potatoes), pan (bread)… but thankfully Tina’s advice wasn’t extreme at all.

After reading my list of favourite foods, here is what Tina said:

 ‘I think from what you have told me the first thing you need to do is recognise that your issue is eating too many highly processed, high energy carbs and then not using all that energy which has nowhere else to go so it’s laid down as fat for future energy use.  Great in a famine but not in our land of plenty!

 These foods have a high GL (glycaemic load) which means they will cause your blood sugars to rise and peak and then suddenly drop again and each time your blood sugar crashes back down an hour or so after eating these types of foods you will crave more of the same as your body struggles to bring your blood sugar levels back up to normal so you are in a vicious circle of eating high GL foods and then feeling hungry and craving more of the same.  You need to aim to keep your blood sugar levels stable by choosing slower acting carbs that provide sustained energy throughout the day.

 You can eat carbs such as bread and pasta but choose the lower GL ones that are not so highly processed.  Pumpernickel or Burgen soya and linseed bread, chickpea pasta are good choices.

 Including choc shots is perfect as they are nutritious, low GL and healthy, the Sweet Freedom adds sweetness and is low GL so ideal in place of sugar. We used to recommend a few pieces of dark chocolate a day to our members but of course it has sugar in so we are now recommending your choc kits instead (they are ideal to make up the chocolates and keep in the freezer so you aren’t tempted to overeat them). I make them up in small tin foils and add different nuts, my favourite ones are adding slivered almonds to the mix, delicious and very filling, they actually ‘taste’ good for you.  I never buy normal chocolate now, it takes me about 3 minutes to make a batch, I was amazed at how easy it is to make your own healthy chocolate to be honest!’

Tina co-founder www.dietfreedom.co.uk

So now that I have all this great advice and support I feel a bit more confident about my chances of success. I’m actually looking forward to Day 3 now and to finally fitting into those size 14 jeans soon!

Onwards and upwards Chicks!

CHOC Chick x

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