New Diet Site

Sorry for my lack of posting to this site. I have created a new site on following a Japanese diet.

Please check it out here:

Following a healthy Japanese diet

I wish everyone well with their diet success!

Benefitting from successful ideas

I don't want to keep talking about the Million Dollar Home Page, but reading a couple of blogs today, I realized how people can benefit from their own business or website from a successful idea.

Yaro bought some advertising and came to conclusion that he received little traffic from the experiment but there were plenty of people who picked up on his article (including Problogger) which I am sure create a lot of new traffic in itself.

Nev also tried putting pixel advertising on his website and has so far made over a 1000 dollars. Not only is there the money, but over 90 people have left comments.

Directly copying a successful idea, but doing something related to a successful idea, definitely is worth trying.

Down a Couple of Kilos

I can't really say what it has been but I have dropped a couple of kilos in the last couple of weeks. I have almost cut out bread, rice and have harldy eaten pasta in the last few weeks.

I still enjoy having the occasional beer but try to drink other alcohol such as wine instead. I have never had a problem much with sweets or deserts so I don't feel like eating like this.

Sorry for my lack of updates, but trying to loose weight and typing on a computer don't work so well together.

South Beach Diet Day 3

I had my first lapse with only 3 days into the diet. My girlfriend came over for dinner last night and she brought over a bottle of red wine. I made chicken with a tomato sauce and lots of brocolli. I am going on holidays from next week so, I might lapse into phase 2 before I have even complete phase 1. At least when I am holiday I will be able to do a bit more exercise than usual.

I am getting use to the diet a little more now, and don't even think of eating bread or rice. I know I will be able to ease them back into my diet a little later, but in some ways it is easier to think that I will almost never eat these foods again.

One of the most important things about the diet is eating foods that have a low Glycemic Index. There is a lot of good information here about the Glycemic Index.

Basically the lower the index, the lower the food releases sugar into the blood. Eating foods with a low index will give you a feeling of fullness longer.

Day 2

I can't believe I am only on day 2 of this diet. Breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 strips of beacon. Lunch - salad, afternoon - yoghurt, dinner - chicken and some green beans.

I have been shopping and bought some cucumbers, eggs, yoghurt and some vegetable juice. I don't like vegetable juice much, but I thought I might be able to get used to it.

I can't cut back on the coffee as yet. I need to find some de-caf, but I am not even sure they sell it here in Japan.

South Beach Diet

I just bought my copy of The South Beach Diet. It is a very interesting read. It really seems to make sense, so I thought I would give it a try.

For the first two weeks, basically you can't eat:

- pasta
- bread
- rice
- alchohol
- fruit

You can basically eat as much meat, fish and vegetables as you like. Other things like low fat cheese, tea/coffee and yoghurt are also acceptable.

The thing I like is that you don't have to worry too much about portion sizes and so forth.

He also says that exercise isn't necessary, but of course it is recommended. I plan on keeping up going to the gym and riding my bike.

Anyone else tried this?

Slimming drug - Rimonabant

I would probably not take it myself but a new drug "Rimonabant" has been developed to combat the western world's obesity problem, as reported in the Times on Line.

"The new trial, carried out using more than 1,500 people who were overweight or obese, achieved actual weight losses averaging 6.6 kg (14.5 lbs), compared with 1.8 kg (4 lbs) for those taking a placebo. Both groups were on diets that aimed to provide them with 600 calories a day less than the minimum required to maintain bodyweight."

The article admits that there wasn't enough follow up to see if the participants in the survey were able to maintain the weight loss. Something which is a problem and probably the most important thing to dieting, nutrition and weight-loss.