Hello all!

Hello everyone, been a lurker on here for a while but decided to post up to put my plan in action!.

A month and a half ago I was 90kg, at 5'9" it wasn't a huge problem but time to do something about it.. I decided to just change the way I ate and drank slightly and see how it went (have gone on crash diets before but that worked short time only..). I never really believed alchohol could pile the pounds on but it does.

Old avarage day..

Breakfast, 2 slices of buttered toast, cup of tea milk and 2 sugars..

Morning snacks, 3 to 5 packets of Hula Hoops (6g fat per packet!).

Lunch, normally involving chips..

Tea, varied healthy meal with wife and children.

Beer, between 4 and 8 pints, possible bottle of wine in there as well..

New day,

Breakfast, cup of tea milk and two sugars (not a big breakfast eater really).

Morning snack, about 11am I'll have an apple.

Lunch, either half of last nights tea, a chicken wrap or 2 toasted ham pita breads.

Afternoon snack, apple.

Tea, same as before, maybe save half for dinner at work the next day if enough..

Beer, 2 pints maximum (find Guinness is great as it's a drink you can take time over!).

Results..

I've managed to lose 4kg in a month and a half on a "diet" that's easy to live with, no real calorie counting as such just some cutting down!, beer and hula hoops were my 2 main vices it seams.

My ideal weight should be around 76kg it seems but if I can hit 80kg and stick to it I'll be happy.

Just posting this up for people to read and think about, you don't have to go mad if you have a plan and patience you will get there in the end!.