The NZ photo-dieter's photostream

Photo-dieter is the alias used by Jacqi B for her food photos.

Update 26th February 2010.
I am now the New Zealand photo-dieter!
Since I posted last I have packed up my home, travelled across the US (photos to follow) and moved to New Zealand. I've been here since 5th January and now have a house and a kitchen and a few extra kilos (must get used to kg not lb). So I'm dieting, and photo-dieting again. I'm also learning about the new brands and new foods in my new country.
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Update September 2009: in October I'm going travelling then moving to New Zealand. I'll be back in 2010 with new pics of new food from my new life!


In June 2007 I started to photograph everything I ate in an attempt to discover why, although I ate healthy food, I was still overweight. Week one was a revelation. Not only did I eat more sweets, cakes and biscuits than I had thought,but my healthy meals were too large.

I lost almost a stone before circumstances caused me to stop.

Time for an update as the next bit said
I'm going back to it for 2008. I'll be blogging it at Journal of a Photo-dieter.

2008 is the last year of my forties (see Countdown to Fifty) and I'm determined to be slimmer, healthier and more organised by the time I hit 50 than I am now.
We're in the middle of 2009 as I write this update and I am certainly slimmer and fitter but I have a long way to go yet. The scales say I have not lost as much as I my clothes do. This is probably because I have been exercising a lot more and have stronger muscles.

I've stopped using the gym as I got lateral epicondilitus (tennis elbow) but do about seven hours a week of pilates/yoga/somatic type exercises. I really like the way it make my muscles tone up and the calmness I feel at the end of the class. Most of my classes are Body IQU classes which are a unique to Gore, the guy who runs them. I shall miss them when I emigrate!
I also do an hour and a half of tai chi each week.

I will be emigrating to New Zealand in October 2009 and want to be slimmer and healthier for my new life.