While living in Leicester and working at the university, I often attempted to do some small things to work on my weight, and ultimately none of them worked, but they were a good foundation for what later has begun to work, giving me an understanding of how many body works.
The Stomach Shrinking
There were times when I felt that shrinking my stomach may help me in restricting what I ate, something simpler than a gastric band, and all I really did was limit my eating to a single chicken roll per day (no breakfast/dinner). While the shrinking worked, and after a period it meant I had a much smaller appetite but it never lasted, and let's be fair, killing your appetite won't help if you're eating the wrong food.
The Salad Obsession
I went through a week of eating solely home-made salad, limited to Lettuce, Tomato, and Cucumber. Again, a fad which was never going to last, especially when you don't use dressing and you think salad is boring!
The Distant Gym
When my time in Leicester was coming to an end (not that I knew at the time), I felt there was a need for me to do something more towards losing weight, so I decided to sign up to a Gym for the first time in my life (Yes, at 20!), the obvious mistake here was that it was the complete other end of town, making it an extremely awkward triangle between home, work, and the gym. I'd spend 20 minutes in the gym on my way home from work, which made my walk home take ~1h 40. Annoying, and ultimately unsustainable. As it happens, a month after registering for the gym, I ended up moving back to Wales from Leicester and was lumped with an 11month Gym membership I couldn't cancel.
While these things may not have been the most sensible, they taught me some valuable lessons and have formed part of the significant changes I've made over the last 4 to 5 years.
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