I No Longer Count Calories

To count or not to count calories is a common question among dieters. As many people i used to count calories and i even had a food diary where i wrote down everything i ate. I no longer count calories. There are many reasons that made me chose not to. For example i was always counting and looking for low calorie meals, and since i was doing this i was thinking of food all the time, and thinking of food made me hungry. Another reason is knowing that walking in the treadmill for an hour would help me lose about 340 calories and then eating just an apple would gain me 100 calories back was frustrating. We all know that eating a grill chicken instead of 4 slices of pizza is a much healthier option. Drinking water or tea over soda will help us save lots of calories. Changing my eating habits little by little instead from one day to another. I do think that eating or thinking of food all the time is an addiction, and trying to change your eating habits or your calorie intake from one day to another will most likely get you not to succeed. If you had been able to highly decrease your calories intake from one day to another ( i am sincerely happy for you ) but didn't you suffer a lot? Another reason was cheating myself. Counting calories for me was like trying to save money on the drink to afford the meal. What i mean by this is that i would try to consume low calories in breakfast and lunch so i can pig out at night while watching TV. This are some of the reasons that made me not to count calories but instead  just to make the right decisions and knowing the consequences of not making them.

Slim Fast

Slim Fast

My Personal Review

According to Slim Fast the 3 2 1 can is a simple daily plan to help you get results and Lose Weight. Their plan consist of:

3 Nourishing snacks a day ( Fruit Veggies or a slim-fast 100 calorie snack bar ),

2 Slim-Fast 180-200 calorie shakes or meals bar

1 Sensible 500 calorie meal

First of all i did some research on their website and i found a weekly meal plan. It seemed pretty easy to me so i printed out and went ahead to buy the things i needed to start my new diet !!

My slim fast weekly meal plan shows my first day like this:

Breakfast: Slim Fast Shake

Snack: Half Banana

Lunch: Slim Fast Shake

Snack: Medium Size Apple

Dinner: Asian Beef Salad

Snack: Slim Fast Snack Bar

Day 1:

9:00 am   - Vanilla slim fast shake   =D

10:00 am - I was ready for my snack  :S

12:00 Noon - Another Shake ???  I was starviiiing !! i drank water and more water

12:30 - I was weak and dizzy

1:00pm - Slim Fast Shake

1:30 pm - An apple? hell no, i want MEAT

2:00 pm- My Diet Was Over

by the end of the day i was really sad and depress and once again i had failed another diet, but going from 2200 calories daily to 1200 calories it wouldn't work unless my stomach was much smaller. I think slim fast is a good diet plan but reducing 1000 calories  from one day to another is really hard.

My Progress

This picture was back in 2007 when i was 115 pounds.

This picture is from October 2009 at 155 pounds

Current Weight 146

Next Picture at 145