Two weeks in...

Hadfield station

Not posted recently due to being back at work for the last two weeks. I commute daily from Hadfield in Derbyshire to Manchester. It's a great job teaching EFL at Kaplan College in Manchester. http://www.kaplaninternational.com/schools/uk/english-courses-manchester.aspx  

Great colleagues and of course the students make it...so many different nationalities and so enthusiastic about being in the UK and learning English.   AND huge fun to teach!  It's the best job as far as job satisfaction goes, that I've ever had. I thank God that my days of teaching stroppy teenagers in the state sector, are over. Yes the money in the secondary sector seems good in comparison, but it's not enough to compensate for all the pressure piled on the average teacher. So glad I transferred to the EFL section of education! 

Kaplan students on a trip to the Lake district 2013 some have gone home now, but I still have fond memories of them!!

Weightwise...

So far so good, lost 2lbs last week and 1b this week so just a pound to go to my first half stone...yaay!

Lots of reasons for liking IIFYM....I eat butter, yesterday I had a full fat M&S yogurt really creamy & I haven't eaten full fat anything in years!!

Wish I was this slim!!

Disadvantages: weighing and planning is quite time consuming until you begin to get the hang of it, but now I'm in a routine, so it's ok. Major, Major advantage REEFEED days!! According to my fitness coach, I have to up my carbs today to 250gs.  So I've had extra bread, extra cereal, extra rice and an M&S lemon mousse (count on us) which has 17 carbs! I can certainly count on M&S when I want to up my carbs!

Now I have to admit I'm not sure about REEFEED days, but as this food programme is a whole different way of looking at things, I'm willing to experiment. Still slightly concerned though that IIFYM comes from bodybuilders...errrm

But the best thing about this diet is having my own personal fitness coach - Luke.

I have daily texts and advice.  He checks my daily intake via myfitnesspal.com/account/login (this is a great site for finding out the contents of food and adding up carbs, fats & protein, I ignore the calories, advice from my coach)  But the best yet, he came over last Sunday and cooked a gorgeous chicken curry made with Ghee yes Ghee & double cream!...all calculated for me. Gorgeous... Now how many fitness coaches do that for you!!

He says I seem happier on this diet than all the others I've been on (and I'm an expert, I could go on Mastermind with diets as my specialist subject) 

  ...Well who wouldn't be!!!  :)