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My blood pressure had crept up as had my weight over a period of about 3 to 4 years. I was getting body 'warning signals' to do something about it. Nothing major but enough to make me have a good long think.
I started out trying to just be sensible and joined a gym. This worked a bit but I wasn't seeing the results I wanted to quickly enough. So I decided to go for it and do something radical.
The program will phase me back on to 'normal' food bit by bit. In about 3 to 4 weeks I expect to be able to start eating small quantities of chicken and white fish, the range of veg will broaden as well. This is so that the body gradually gets used to food again and doesn't go into compensation mode if I were to just start eating normally again straightaway.
When I started my metabolic rate was measured, I was burning around 3000 calories / day. By the time I'm down to my target weight it will be measured again, I expect it to be around 2600. As long as I continue to eat sensibly (not over this amount) and exercise there's no reason why I should put weight back on again.
I read somewhere that you need to consume an extra 3500 calories to put on a pound. This can be done in one hit or incrementally.