please empty your brain below
Don't join a gym I did join a gym briefly for different reasons and one thing that struck me when using the equipment was how much exercise you needed to take just to make up for, say, eating a slice of bread. Do the maths. It is far easier just to not eat the slice of bread in the first place.
Stay single I would say the most difficult thing is trying to diet when you don't have the full support of those around you. The plate of freshly cooked cakes are left out and the chocolate is left on the table. Worst of all is when you are asked in advance what you want for lunch, you are put on the spot then and there for a decision and when lunch comes you don't feel so hungry after all but you know you will get a mouthful of something else if you don't eat up and try and show your appreciation.
And well done.
There's another reason for the couple thing. When you're single a packet of biscuits disappears at the rate you eat it, and if you hold off now, there are biscuits to savour later. When there are two of you, a small scale tragedy of the commons sets in and you have to get to the biscuits before the other one does, just to maintain your share. Which means we've had to apply strict limits to the amount of biscuits coming into the house...
Look at 2 meals side by side, whether lunchtime sandwiches or evening meals in the supermarket. You might find that one sandwich has, say, 3g of sat fat and the one next to it has 10g. Always go for the lowest one that you actually fancy and you can quite easily slash your sat fat intake without actually trying very hard at all.
Your approach really is spot on. I feel really sorry for people who need to try one diet fad after another, just because thay can't tackle the real root cause.
Here's a tip though:
> I've taken to calculating a rolling seven day average, because I'm a geek with a spreadsheet
There's more than one kind of moving average, and the simple moving average is probably the least useful. Here's the relevant section from the excellent Hacker's Diet:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/
hackdiet...n1\\_2\\_4\\_0\\_4.html
dg writes: Already have.
And I'm re-wearing some five-year-old pairs.
I'm still trying to write a list of my displacement activities, but every time I sit down to start I think of something else I need to do
You speak sense (basically avoid animal fat of any kind and the pounds melt off: I lost a stone and a half in 3 months) but the weighing yourself daily is slightly obsessive, if you don't mind me saying
Also, I couldn't have done it without the support of my girlfriend, who is a reason for succeeding: I want to live longer to be with her.
I also agree with spoiling yourself occasionally: Krispy Kreme doughnuts were allowed on my birthday
About a year ago I started walking to and from work (about 30mins each way), plus eating pretty much as you've described. Similar result in terms of the waistline. Plus the added bonus of not having to deal with idiots on our public transport system. :P
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