Doing Atkins in Spain
Anyone who knows me knows that I love eating! Problem is I love eating ALL the wrong stuff; chocolates, crips, biscuits, cakes...you get the picture. I don't really care for "proper" food, I could happily survive the rest of my life on Walkers salt and vinegar and Cadbury's Finger biscuits.
Obviously I'd probably have quite a short life on that diet.
But, over the past year I have very much over done it with too much of the above named "junk" (although I loathe to call it that!)
Having 2 kids and a gorgious partner I really felt it was time to kill the bad habits and get healthy and slim again. I jumped on the scales just over two weeks ago and nearly died of shock....99.5 kilos...ouch! That's 15 st 8 lb if you're trying to convert. So it was time to do the only diet that works for me....Atkins.
I know, lots of people think it's a "dangerous" diet but I first did it 4 years ago and after 6 weeks had reached my target weight and had never felt better. It works for me although I know for some it doesn't.
Anyway, two and a bit weeks since I started I am now down to a stonking 93.1 kilos. Pretty good huh? I want to lose at least another 10 kilos but I think the last few kilos will be quite stubborn.
Now, doing the Atkins diet in Spain is far from easy. You don't get any of the low-carb products like you do in the UK which makes the diet much easier and much more varied in what you can eat. The novely of lunchtime fry-ups soon wears off.
There are no low-carb cooking sauces here, no low-carb anything really! It's tough to know what to eat day in day out.
But a visit to a good fish restuarnt (such as Romeo's in Castillo) or the ultimate steak restaurant Estribo, soon makes the diet all the more easier. This diet is certainly not for those who count pennies, it is an expensive diet to maintain!
Still, the weight's coming off, I feel much better and looking forward to losing the next 10 kilos.
Note: Can you believe that I starting writing this post over two hours ago? So many people have either called me or popped in that it's nearly 11 O'clock and still no work.
Come on fatty...back to work!
Obviously I'd probably have quite a short life on that diet.
But, over the past year I have very much over done it with too much of the above named "junk" (although I loathe to call it that!)
Having 2 kids and a gorgious partner I really felt it was time to kill the bad habits and get healthy and slim again. I jumped on the scales just over two weeks ago and nearly died of shock....99.5 kilos...ouch! That's 15 st 8 lb if you're trying to convert. So it was time to do the only diet that works for me....Atkins.
I know, lots of people think it's a "dangerous" diet but I first did it 4 years ago and after 6 weeks had reached my target weight and had never felt better. It works for me although I know for some it doesn't.
Anyway, two and a bit weeks since I started I am now down to a stonking 93.1 kilos. Pretty good huh? I want to lose at least another 10 kilos but I think the last few kilos will be quite stubborn.
Now, doing the Atkins diet in Spain is far from easy. You don't get any of the low-carb products like you do in the UK which makes the diet much easier and much more varied in what you can eat. The novely of lunchtime fry-ups soon wears off.
There are no low-carb cooking sauces here, no low-carb anything really! It's tough to know what to eat day in day out.
But a visit to a good fish restuarnt (such as Romeo's in Castillo) or the ultimate steak restaurant Estribo, soon makes the diet all the more easier. This diet is certainly not for those who count pennies, it is an expensive diet to maintain!
Still, the weight's coming off, I feel much better and looking forward to losing the next 10 kilos.
Note: Can you believe that I starting writing this post over two hours ago? So many people have either called me or popped in that it's nearly 11 O'clock and still no work.
Come on fatty...back to work!
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posted by Eye on Spain at 8:44 AM
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