Drop A Dress Size Diet
Over the Christmas period and into the New Year you can guarantee two adverts will appear on television.
Firstly, the half price sofa sale by DFS, (not that their adverts ever finish).
Secondly, as soon as youhave finished tucking into your turkey dinner, up pops onto our screens.
The eat cereal for two weeks diet.
This diet claims that if you eat cereal for breakfast, lunch and a balanced meal in the evening you will drop a dress size.
Does this diet really work? More importantly is it healthy for you to do and does it keep your hunger cravings at bay? In order to write about something, I believe that you need to research it properly.
So, I picked up a couple of boxes of cereal and embarked on the, 'Drop a Dress Size Diet'.
Starting off fitting into a size 14 jean.
I hoped to eventually drop to size 10 jeans.
For now though Size 12 in two weeks would be a realistic target.
Day one was not too bad at all.
Mainly because it was the first day and the diet was a novelty.
Evening meal was a very balanced and healthy meal, which was surprisingly very enjoyable.
Day one out of the way and onto day two.
Cereal for breakfast.
Which was easy, after all it was no different from any other day.
Lunch, cereal number two of the day.
In the afternoon the cravings started,which did make me wobble a bit.
I wasn't too put off though, after all it was only day two.
Onto evening tea which again was balanced and healthy.
As the week went on it did get harder.
I kept to the diet clinging onto the fact that I would get into size 10 jeans.
I didn't drink alcohol, ate two bowls of cereal a day and a meal at night.
By the end of the first week the novelty had worn off, as I was feeling very tired and with little energy.
Not a problem as I only had a week of this diet to go.
The hardest time when keeping to this diet was over the weekend.
After all weekends for most of us are when we eat and drink what we want.
Had I started to feel or look any slimmer? It felt like I had, but was this just my mind convincing me I had lost weight? The final five days and I could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
This diet had really took over my life, more so than any other as I really had to concentrate in order not to give in.
On the final day I went into my wardrobe and took out a size 12 pair of jeans.
A pair of jeans still with the label on.
I tried them on and to my surprise they did indeed fit me, and I could do them up no problem.
For the first time in years I could fit into and more importantly zip up my jeans.
At that moment in time the past two weeks had been well and truly worth it.
Or had it? After the two weeks what happens? For most people you go back to eating a normal healthy balanced diet.
For me this caused problems, as my calorie intake after the two weeks totalled more calories than 2 bowls of cereal a day.
In return this meant I put on weight.
I then did something rather stupid and went back on the drop a dress size diet.
Slightly different this time though I didn't give myself a time limit.
The wish to fit into size 10 jeans was paramount in my mind.
Looking back not the wisest of decisions I have ever made.
It was not until a friend put me straight did I put a stop to this.
I went back to a more sensible way of eating.
I did get into my size 10 jeans and kept the weight off, although it took me a bit longer to get to my ideal weight.
Even though this diet turned into a bit of a nightmare for me.
I wouldn't stop anyone else following it.
From my experience, I would just suggest to keep to a time limit and back it up with some exercise.
So when you go back to eating normally, the pounds don't pile back on.
For me this is more a quick fix diet than a long term one.
Firstly, the half price sofa sale by DFS, (not that their adverts ever finish).
Secondly, as soon as youhave finished tucking into your turkey dinner, up pops onto our screens.
The eat cereal for two weeks diet.
This diet claims that if you eat cereal for breakfast, lunch and a balanced meal in the evening you will drop a dress size.
Does this diet really work? More importantly is it healthy for you to do and does it keep your hunger cravings at bay? In order to write about something, I believe that you need to research it properly.
So, I picked up a couple of boxes of cereal and embarked on the, 'Drop a Dress Size Diet'.
Starting off fitting into a size 14 jean.
I hoped to eventually drop to size 10 jeans.
For now though Size 12 in two weeks would be a realistic target.
Day one was not too bad at all.
Mainly because it was the first day and the diet was a novelty.
Evening meal was a very balanced and healthy meal, which was surprisingly very enjoyable.
Day one out of the way and onto day two.
Cereal for breakfast.
Which was easy, after all it was no different from any other day.
Lunch, cereal number two of the day.
In the afternoon the cravings started,which did make me wobble a bit.
I wasn't too put off though, after all it was only day two.
Onto evening tea which again was balanced and healthy.
As the week went on it did get harder.
I kept to the diet clinging onto the fact that I would get into size 10 jeans.
I didn't drink alcohol, ate two bowls of cereal a day and a meal at night.
By the end of the first week the novelty had worn off, as I was feeling very tired and with little energy.
Not a problem as I only had a week of this diet to go.
The hardest time when keeping to this diet was over the weekend.
After all weekends for most of us are when we eat and drink what we want.
Had I started to feel or look any slimmer? It felt like I had, but was this just my mind convincing me I had lost weight? The final five days and I could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
This diet had really took over my life, more so than any other as I really had to concentrate in order not to give in.
On the final day I went into my wardrobe and took out a size 12 pair of jeans.
A pair of jeans still with the label on.
I tried them on and to my surprise they did indeed fit me, and I could do them up no problem.
For the first time in years I could fit into and more importantly zip up my jeans.
At that moment in time the past two weeks had been well and truly worth it.
Or had it? After the two weeks what happens? For most people you go back to eating a normal healthy balanced diet.
For me this caused problems, as my calorie intake after the two weeks totalled more calories than 2 bowls of cereal a day.
In return this meant I put on weight.
I then did something rather stupid and went back on the drop a dress size diet.
Slightly different this time though I didn't give myself a time limit.
The wish to fit into size 10 jeans was paramount in my mind.
Looking back not the wisest of decisions I have ever made.
It was not until a friend put me straight did I put a stop to this.
I went back to a more sensible way of eating.
I did get into my size 10 jeans and kept the weight off, although it took me a bit longer to get to my ideal weight.
Even though this diet turned into a bit of a nightmare for me.
I wouldn't stop anyone else following it.
From my experience, I would just suggest to keep to a time limit and back it up with some exercise.
So when you go back to eating normally, the pounds don't pile back on.
For me this is more a quick fix diet than a long term one.
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