This question comes from Anonymous in Aberdeen:
‘Hey Big Angry Trev, I see all over the internet you showing off how you’ve been losing all this weight! Well how about ya share the secret how with the rest of us eh? Or is it all bullshit and you’ve had a bunch of airbrushed photos done like all the other celebrities – thought you were better than that man’
Well, this reads more of an accusation than a question but I guess what this person is asking is ‘How have I been losing weight?’ It’s true, I’ve been losing nearly a kilo a day recently. I didn’t even realize until my pants felt loose that I was dropping such weight and now it’s quite evident as you can see from this unaltered picture:
So how have I been doing it? Well, no real secret formula that any doctor wouldn’t recommend anyway. It’s just been a change in lifestyle. Since moving a few weeks ago I have:
- Cut out alcohol and energy drinks
- Eaten more often
- Eaten smaller portions
That’s pretty much it! But let’s take you through what I am eating in an average day:
7.30am
Cup of coffee with milk and 2 sugars
8.30am
Two slices of toast with vegemite and a glass of orange juice
12.00pm
Sandwich: 2 slices of cheese, 3 slices of ham and a healthy dollop of Dijon mustard – all on light rye bread and with a pint of water.
3.00pm
A banana, a few crackers or cruskits and a can of sugar-free coke
6.00pm
Here I can’t provide a regular photo of what I have as what I have changes nightly. What I can say is what has changed is not so much what I eat but what’s it’s made of and the portion sizes. And that is because lately my wife has been doing the majority of the cooking. Why does that make a difference? Well, let’s compare what we put in both our mashed potato recipes:
Her:
- 3 Medium Potatoes
- Skim Milk
- Margarine
Me:
- 4 Large Potatoes
- Full Cream Milk
- Cheddar Cheese
- Butter
- Salt & Pepper
- Gravy on top
So with her cooking it’s proved a lot healthier (and she has the skill of making healthy food delicious which is something I had never thought to master) and because the portions are smaller it means I am eating a lot less, since I also used to eat the leftovers on my kids plates as well.
9.00pm
Cup of soup
So as you can see, I’m not exactly starving myself. Also I’m not eating super-mega healthy either. But what I am doing is eating throughout the day which keeps my metabolism going, rather than just eating a huge lunch and dinner and nothing else. Also I’m only having a beer on a Friday night instead of 3 or 4 every night and no energy drinks whatsoever. Combine this with the smaller portion sizes and I’ve been shedding kilos like a mangy wombat does lice!
Oh, and exercise? Well, yeah, ya gotta move your arse to shrink it. But as a hobby farmer and father of two I never sat still long anyway so I don’t think that has contributed much to my weight loss. At most it may be that since I haven’t been smoking the last few weeks, I’m not sitting down for 5 minutes an hour to light one up so I’m doing 1/12th more activity per day than before.
So yeah, go lose some weight! It’s really not hard. And if you can’t seem to manage it there are always other options. If you are a guy just grow a huge beard to balance it out and give you that husky lumberjack look. If you are a gal, just have the fat liposuctioned out from where you don’t want it and then stuck into your breasts where everyone will want it – both easy fixes! Good luck y’all!
Got some weight-loss tips of your own? Would love to read them in the comments section below!