I knew that I was not technically overweight according to the facts and figures that the sporting professionals had given me but I still did not like the extra weight that I was carrying around. My underarms were a drooping mess of fat and my belly was nearly as far out as my boobs were. So I decided that going to the gym alone was not sufficient enough and I wanted to find another means of losing the weight that I had struggled with for so many years. The answer was of course to modify my diet and start eating in a manner that would help me reduce a few dress sizes. This I thought was a great idea because I had always been the kind of girl that would buy clothes to small for me in an attempt to lose weight. All this accomplished was having a wardrobe full of clothes that did not fit me.

My diet meal plan was going to be simple. First I started by writing down what I was going to eat each day and then going to the market to buy as much fresh foods as possible. I liked to think that buying fresh was healthier for me even if it was not a key principle to weight loss. The next thing was to get up early about 7am each day and eat a good breakfast full of carbohydrates so that this would fuel my daily activities as well as kick off my metabolism early. After that I had fresh fruit for morning tea, salads for lunch and just a touch up of carbs for afternoon tea too. Dinner was always meat and veggies, as long as the veggies were not high in carbohydrates. Then for supper I would have a small protein shake or bar to keep me going till the next morning.