I’ve just finished the third week of my gout food diet, and I’m very happy. There is still a long, long way to go, but the first three weeks have followed my plan almost exactly.
If you are new to the GoutPal diet it is very simple. A small improvement every few days means that there is no extra stress on your body from sudden excess weight loss. It really doesn’t feel as if you are dieting. Deliberately very simple, as long as you understand the need to balance (and improve) diet, exercise and metabolism, the GoutPal diet is focused on slowly losing weight where you need to, and improving the health of your diet.
You can read more about it on my gout diet pages. It is not a traditional diet where I start by telling you what to eat. It is more about improving diet and lifestyle so that the way you live helps your gout. If you have trouble adapting to this type of diet plan, just send me some details about your height, weight, activity levels, what you like to eat and when you eat it. I’ll offer some suggestions that will help your gout.
I’ve noticed this week, that my efforts to eat smaller portions are paying off. The idea is very simple – serve a smaller portion, promising yourself more later if you need it. It’s much easier to avoid overeating if you have to serve yourself more, rather than going to the kitchen for another helping – just don’t leave the serving dishes (or takeaway containers) near where you eat.
To help improve my alkalinity, I’ve deliberately concentrated on eating more vegetables. A typical example is a delicious gammon steak, which is something I love, when it’s well produced. This week, I had half a steak instead of a full one, liberally accompanied by cauliflower cheese, carrots and peas.
As I’ve said before, this is probably the most boring diet in the world. Not boring to do as I eat more or less what I like, just not much happening to write about. I have found that writing about my progress does help keep me focused. If you think writing about it will help you, why not give us a weekly update about your gout food diet on the gout forum?
I mentioned at the beginning that my diet is going almost to plan. The plan is to lose 1 pound per week. I lost 2 again this week, bringing the 3 week total to 5 pounds. Imagine how good it would feel to discard a 5 pound weight after carrying it everywhere for three weeks. Much less strain on the old knees, so I’ve found walking a little bit further, a little bit faster, has been no effort.
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Losing weight gradually is a good option worth trying in the normal course.