My one month challenge - week 1 and 2 - lost 4 pounds
My One Month Challenge
I've set myself a challenge to see how much pounds I can lose safely in one month. This week I will show you how I've lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks, so that you can do the same...
I've got a big outdoor pool party on the 1st of October and I need to shape up fast. I've decided to put all my efforts in to losing weight for the occasion, I want to see how much I can lose in a month the safe way.
So far I've lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks!
What It Takes
What does it take to lose that amount of weight in 2 weeks?
You have to be disciplined with yourself ,you have to desire weight loss, plus you've got to be motivated.
Your diet is also very important. It makes up to 80% of what you look like.
My Diet This Past 2 Weeks
Here's my menu of what I ate this past 2 weeks:
Breakfasts I ate
- Oats with raisins and 100ml fruit juice (homemade)
- or High fiber bran cereal with 1 cup fat free milk, 1 tablespoon raisins, and 1 banana
- or 1 slice toast, 1 egg, tomato, onions and lots of mushrooms (use low fat cooking spray)
My favorite lunch options
- Chicken salad with lite mayo and 1 slice rye bread
- or Tuna chickpea salad with half a can chickpeas, half a can tuna and lots of veg and 1 tablespoon lite mayo or
- My favorite Saturday lunch - homemade hamburger made with extra trim mince on a wholewheat roll with a few oven baked chips
- My favorite Sunday lunch - Extra trim spaghetti bolognaise with a salad
My favorite dinner options
- Chicken stir fry with half a cup of spaghetti (use lean chicken fillets and stir fry in 1 teaspoon olive oil and lemon juice)
- or Small salmon fillet and roast veg
- or Chicken fillet, half a cup of rice and veg
- or Small rump steak and salad
- or Vegetable soup and wholewheat seed bread
- or Tomato soup and rye bread
The snacks I had
Snack option 1 - 2 Dried peaches, 1 plum, 1 cup fruit salad with 1 cup fat free yogurt, 100 ml fruit juice, 1 apple, veg crudites with 1 tablespoon fat free cottage cheese mixed with 1 teaspoon sweet chili sauce and 1 cup butternut soup
Snack option 2 - Apple, 1 mini paw-paw and fat free yogurt, 1 small bunch of grapes, 10 almonds, veg crudites with 1 tablespoon fat free cottage cheese mixed with 1 teaspoon sweet chili sauce and 1 cup butternut soup
The Results
Eating like that and exercising regularly have helped me to lose 4 pounds so far in 2 weeks. If I can do it, so can you!
Let's see how I do next week! I will email you the updates and how much I’ve done.
Wish me good luck!
Suzie Parker
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