CMinOZ

Hey Abbs

Good luck with your goals, I am a "Desk Jockey" to and used to find eating on the run much easier but also ended up with a fair bit of excess baggage. Those that have read my log on this site know that I am not a big fan of cardio as IMO it is just time that you wont get back.

I started this time last year at 113kg and very quickly dieted down to around the 100kg mark, I used a cyclic ketogenic diet, which works pretty well while sparing muscle. The problem with you slim fast shakes and such coupled with cardio is that very quickly your body will start to use muscle for energy which no matter what your goals (unless you like the EMO look) is not good. My diet was:

Breakfast - 4 eggs - Poached or scrambled and a cup of coffee with two table spoons of cream (not milk)

Mid morn - Whey protein shake (low carb) with 2 tablespoons of cream

Lunch - 250g Chicken (I cooked at home and took this to work) with 25g of Salted Macadamia Nuts (You could use Cashews)

Mid afternoon - Same as Mid-morning

Dinner - Same as Lunch but with cup of coffee with 2 tablespoons of cream

This is a bit different to Atkins diets and such in that you avoid cheese and fatty meats and also reduce your blood sugar levels below that "get in my way and I'll kill you" phase. Cycle the diet like this 10 days on and then 4 days with some carbs (add 2 slices of bread at breakfast and replace macadamias with almonds, and remove cream).

I lost just over 3 stone.

Whatever you choose to do good luck.

CMinOZ