There are still conflicting views on what is the best diet to go on. The Golden Rules that Paul McKenna teaches make absolute sense. The eating what you want, when you want but being aware of when you have had enough… but sometimes you are just too hungry to eat consciously. But that’s a failing of the diet plan you really have to learn your body’s messages.

Then there’s the whole community, Weight Watches approach which makes perfect sense to follow a diet plan, count points so that you can eat what you like, within reason and be part of a group where you are supported and encouraged.

The only diet that actually works for me is the Atkins Diet, so that’s what I’m back on. But it’s the weekends where I always struggle and then fact the Monday / Tuesday trying to get back into ketosis (the fat burning state). Anyway I have a goal for the next 10 days and that’s to fit back into my dinner suit for a black tie do.

I know that most people have a distorted idea of what is an ideal weight, not surprising when you consider that we are surrounded by images of glamorous looking people on the fronts of glossy magazines, most of whom are in fact underweight! The medical fraternity however, use a more accurate method BMI.

BMI uses a mathematical formula that takes into accounts both a person’s height and weight. BMI equals a person’s weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. (BMI=kg/m²). For ease we have already done the calculations for you and have converted this into a more familiar imperial weight and measure. To use the table, find the appropriate height in the left-hand column. Move across the row to the given weight. The number at the top of the column is the BMI for that height and weight.

Ideally a person should fall into the 18.5 to 25 category, but it must be emphasised that this will vary, for instance an athlete will have a greater BMI.

Remember that weight is also related to build, and you should make allowances if you are stocky or of heavy build. Your BMI will vary slightly according to gender.

For the sake of your health, if you fall into the overweight, obese or extremely obese category, you should consult your health professional. However, increasingly people are turning to online professional medical advisors for advice on weight loss, diet plans, and weight loss medication. Your health will be at risk if you do not reduce your weight to the recommended level.

Sanofi are still confident that Acomplia / Zimulti will get the approval that is needed and is in the meantime collecting data from European patienst currently taking Acomplia to pass on to the FDA. This information from patients who have been taking Acomplia since June in the UK will help identify what side effects are to be expected in the US. It seems that for some reason the FDA are very cautious of approving Acomplia / Zimulti which has not helped the share price on Sanofi-Aventis.

]]> http://www.diet-trials.co.uk/2006/10/13/will-acomplia-zimulti-get-approval-in-the-us/feed/ 0 http://www.diet-trials.co.uk/2006/07/26/do-water-tablets-help-weight-loss/ http://www.diet-trials.co.uk/2006/07/26/do-water-tablets-help-weight-loss/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:40:58 +0000 diettrials http://www.diet-trials.co.uk/2006/07/26/do-water-tablets-help-weight-loss/ This is something that I am trying at the moment.

I have for the past few weeks been back on the Atkins diet in a vain attempt to slim down a bit for when I go away at the weekend. I must say that I have tried to be strict with what I am eating but sometimes it’s hard to cope.

For instance what do you do if you are out visiting a stately home (like you do with your family on a weekend) and it gets to lunchtime. The only food available to eat in the cafe/restaurant is the typical snack food such as sandwiches, crisps, cakes etc. So the other weekend I slipped up. Yes, I should have taken some food with me but I’m not that organised. I have also been having the odd glass of white wine in the evening as it’s been so hot, which probably isn’t helping. I am though in ketosis so it must be working.
So anyway it was suggested to me that some of my excess weight may be caused by water retention. This does occur in the female side of my family, so maybe it happens to me as well. So yesterday I started taking water tablets, cautiously at first as I was slightly apprehensive. Anyway yesterday I needed to go to the toilet a few more times than normal and lost 4lbs. maybe then I do need to get rid of my excess water?

The trip to the gym on Friday may be a difficult one after the England vs Trinidad & Tobago, especially if we win. We are closing work early so that we can all go up to the pub to watch the match… Come on England!

On Monday I was 17 stone 8 pounds, and this morning I am 17 stone 2 pounds. So not bad to lose 6 pounds in 3 days. This is all down to just eating scrambled egg for breakfast, a salad for lunch and a low carb meal in the evening. I haven’t found either that I am hungry between meals which is good as that always gets me. I plan to stick to this for a few weeks now.

The lowest I have been this year is 17 stone 1 pound which was a few weeks ago. I was so close to getting below the 17 stone mark and being 16 stone something. My target weight is still 15 stone, and I started the year at being 18 stone. We are nearly 4 months into the year and I am happy with my achievements. I am not too happy about the yo-yo dieting that I have been doing but I am having to fit the dieting in with work, travelling around the world, socialising and family life.

On Saturday I did have a blow out though when the company went on a night out to a local village. They were holding a horse racing night in support of the local cricket club. It was the sort of fun night where lots of beer is drunk and you bet on wooden horses who move across a board on the turn of a card. A bit difficult to explain but I did well out of the evening backing 6 winners out of the eight races and when the company bought a racehorse in the last race it romped home in first. The downside of the evening was that the Atkins diet was blown out of the window, with lots of beer drunk, crisps and the traditional pie and pea supper. (for those not familiar its a pork pie with mushy peas – delicious!)

So since I had slightly fallen off the wagon on Saturday and on Sunday I felt a little worse for wear, as the evening carried on into the early hours with an Xbox contest with the guys from work at my house, I decided to have a day off the Atkins diet. The highlights of the day were bread, mashed potato and chocolate pudding and custard…yum! Yesterday (Monday) was a day more in control of my food…normal breakfast, sensible lunch and no evening meal as I was doing my radio show and didn’t feel particularly hungry. I think because I have done the Paul McKenna diet for a while now, and I am used to the Atkins diet I am now sort of combining the two, which seems to be working, as when I got on the scales this morning I was down to 17 stone 1 pound. That last one pound is all important as I haven’t been below 17 stone for over a year now I think. I certainly haven’t been this weight for a long time and my favourite jeans that have been comfortable on me for ages and now starting to slip off me.

I am now totally against dieting in the form of stopping certain food groups, whether it is stopping fatty foods or cutting out carbs… I think we all know now that this only works for a certain period and the weight loss isn’t permenant. I have to get my mind set as it is in a naturally thin person and treat food in a way so that my body gets what it needs and not what I think it might need. For instance the jam doughnuts I ate at work the other day… I wasn’t hungry when I ate them, I’d only just had my lunch, but I must have had a craving to eat them. I should have stopped myself, either by a tapping or spinning technique, or just asked myself whether I was actually hungry.

I am going away for the weekend, next weekend, with my wife to meet up with a group of search engine guys like myself, so I could do with really focusing myself this week to shed a few more pounds. Then while I’m away I will have to remember the Golden Rules. As this week is nearing an end, I am definately going to make sure that this weekend is planned to involve good, healthy proper meals and some extra exercise.

Paul Mckenna told us all then to tap about 10 times at various points of our bodies while thinking about the desired food, starting with above the eye…tap, tap, tap. Moving down below the eye and onto the collar bone…tap, tap, tap. Then under your arm, on the side of your hand, and finally on the back of your hand…tap, tap, tap… All the while thinking about the food you crave. Then you have to roll your eyes clockwise and then anti clockwise, then look down to the right then to the left, then back to tap above your eye… ( I think that was how it went, but it was all very fast) Anyway after a few more taps… I no longer wanted any chocolate! MAGIC!

It was either me starting to change my body’s algorithm or just by concentrating on tapping it distracted me from what I actually wanted.