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some of you know me personally and some just via blonde some not at all so i will tell you a bit about myself and why i am doing this...

i left the army 14 ish years ago weighing approx 13 stone and very fit ....

up until last week i have not trained at all since leaving the army .... i gave up smoking a year ago and now weigh 17.5 stone.

i said at the beginning of the year i wanted to lose weight and would be happy at 15 stone, but lack motivation

i now have said motivation .....

i have decided along with some friends and my nephew to do the yorkshire 3 peaks challenge on June the 11Th this year reasons for my motivation are as follows

1,I always feel guilty that i dont do anything for charity and its about time i did.
2,the charity LOROS is an amazing charity that looked after my gran for the final days of her life.
3,the weight thing i now have to train to complete this challenge and will have to work very hard.

i would like help and sponsorship please ...please post here  if your willing to sponsor me

many many thanks in advance

up to now SPONSORSHIP PLEDGED

£20 by pm...... no added requirements
£10 to complete in ten hours.... by pm
£10 to lose 2.5 stone before the date of event....by pm    paid just giving

£10 to complete in ten hours....
£10 lose 2.5 stone before the date of event ....   outrageous76

£10 complete in ten hours
£10 to lose 2.5 stone .........GreekStein

£50 to complete in ten hours
£50 to lose 2.5 stone ........skolsuper   paid just giving

£20 mondatoo (no added requirements) paid just giving

£5 per peak...£15
£5 if i wear a woman's hat at the top of third peak!!!!
and have a photo to prove it Andy (gala) paid cash

sponsorship already received (by blonde) no added requirements thanks guys!!!
£20 kinboshi  paid (just giving)
£10 craigbetts paid (just giving)
£20 evil pie........ as long as i don't drink any alcohol between now and walk  (paid  cash thanks mate)          

sponsorship received from my table whilst playing day 1a of the dtd Monte Carlo
£10 Frazer Bellamy                                      
£20 John Conroy
£10 Paul zimbler
£10 Steve Okeeffe
£10 Basharat Mahmood
£10 Nick Hicks
£10 Jeff Sharpe                         all paid cash

I have now a just giving page please pledge here

http://www.justgiving.com/lee-williamson

30 views and no sponsors cmon... all its a good cause a pound will do

Please dont take this the wrong way - but it is the Yorkshire 3 peaks!

If I remember rightly - there is a 12 hour target for the 3 peaks

So ill go for £10 if you do it in less than 10 hours

and ill give you another £10 if you lose 2.5 stone between now and the event

i apreciate its only the yorkshire 3 peaks but i think its still tough going for a fatty like me who does not train AT ALL

thanks for the kind donations i will have to do my best at the time and the weight !!

Set up a sponsorship page at a site like Just Giving or similar - will probably help.

i think one of the lads is doing this as well thanks.

£10 if you do it under 10hrs and £10 if you lose 2.5 stone by the time you do it.

Gl

I'd sponsor you if your could spell sponsorship

Unlucky

i love the rub about spelling

lol damn. I re read that message too

FAIL

whats the 3peaks?

this seems to be what people are saying and to be honest thats great ...but we are doing it as a group and the time as far as i am aware is 12  hours ill try .......

made a mistake on the spelling george i am so sorry SPONSORSHIP OK now get your wallet out

here is a link hope this helps and .....a donation please

http://www.go4awalk.com/walk-ideas-and-collections/the-yorkshire-three-peaks/yorkshire-three-peaks-the-walk.php

training this week has been very slow due to work commitments ...however have managed a 3.5m tab and 2 mile quick walk ...aim next week is to double and go for 7 miles tab and 4 mile walk.

Good luck with this lee. I will pledge £100, £50 for completing each of your two goals (10hrs, 2.5 stone) to help with your motivation :)

expect before & after pics ITT too

wow thanks James gonna have to work really hard now

one of the lads who is doing the walk with us is sorting this out will let you know when it is.

on the walk or you wanna see my fat tum right now ? ...lol

No need for nakedness, just to see the shape change

Or which blondes can confirm you are 17st?

I'll sponsor you, on a quid pro quo basis.

Have a look at my sig ;)

conformation could poss be done tonight by George i am so tight and not loose this evening  would this
be ok?

is this easy to set up the page ?
one of lads was doing something i might just do this if its easy and ill sponsor you £20 no probs mate

I think it's easy to set up a justgiving page, mine is through CRUK so is a little different.

Thanks for the sponsorship, I will return the favour.

:)up

 training this week:

 went on 5 mile walk on Friday

Monday i had the afternoon off work so me and my nephew who is also doing the challenge went for a ten mile walk ........we ended up doing 13 ..lol

i really struggled with the last couple of miles !!!

on my walk on monday

Have you set up a sponsorship page yet?  Hurry up :)up

Reminds me of this:

yes its on my signature same as you ....

lol your a funny guy George sponsor me ffs

nice work

gl with all this

thanks i am finding it hard after all these years!! but it will be worth it loros is an amazing charity

ali is still laughing at this .....you tw@t

is it dipsy??

Nice one.

today myself my nephew and autobetkev went for a walk we covered 10 miles
a couple of photos

The weight is OK at the min i now weigh in at just over 17 stone
2 stone to lose in 9 weeks!!
Kev told me today he thinks this is going to be harder than the three peak challenge he done last year as that was over 3 days
this is all in one go 12 hours ....tough going to break the ten hours !!!

lolz, he did the 3 peaks in 3 days? that's one of the laziest things ever, it's a 24 hour challenge

i will check this with him i thought they done it over 3 days i must be wrong ill check and post !!

he told me yesterday it was tough even at that and they wanted to do charity work and did not think they could do it in 24 hours

played golf Friday for the first time in 2 years i used to find it hard to carry my fat ass around 18 holes and got a buggy whenever i could.....

I found it loads easier after all the training i have been doing
and shot 93 beat autobetkev by 6 shots weeeeee

Hey Lee. Last Thursday Mrs Red asked me to pick up a prescription from the chemist. It was a beautiful day and I had nothing else to do, so I decided to walk (It's 9 miles there and back)

Since I've been doing my weight loss thing I've been jogging 3 miles every other day, so I though walking 9 miles would be easy peasy. WRONG!!! It made my legs ache like buggery.

I've researched it since and apparently, you use different muscles for walking and jogging, so I'm going to incorporate some long (ish) distance walks into my regimen.

So that brings me to my question. How far will you have to walk to do the three peaks?

23.5 miles
most of my training has been walking
however if i go on my own i like to run/walk and try to run part or all the way up hills
i have been told ...whether true or not that a 45 min walk is as good as  for exercise a 30 min run

Yes. Apparently 1 mile burns 100 calories whether you walk or run. Walking is easier on the joints, running is better for cardio.

Interval training ftw.

PS- I think 10 hours is way too ambitious.

i also think 10 hours is very ambitious but outragous i think it was at the beginning of this thread said......
Please dont take this the wrong way - but it is the Yorkshire 3 peaks!

If I remember rightly - there is a 12 hour target for the 3 peaks

So ill go for £10 if you do it in less than 10 hours

and ill give you another £10 if you lose 2.5 stone between now and the event

i have only ever said i will do my best at ten hours ...just to try and get extra sponsorship

and i will try but we are going as a group of 7 and i will only be as fast as our slowest man!!
would not rush off in front in case someone got injured etc.

in addition to this i haven't trained at all in almost 14 years
so the weight is a problem as well!...
up to now i am weighing in at 17 stone so also still need to lose 2 stone !!

Hello

Is Loros the Leicester based Charity?

Regards

M

yes and an amazing charity it is too

was thinking about this the other day and reckon it may actually be harder to do it over 3 days as by the 3rd you'll really be suffering from the first 2. best to do the lot in one go maybe

you could be right however the time it takes to drive between the three would be long enough to seize up i would think!!

weight update ....
as of this morning i gave broke the 17 stone mark weighing in at 16 stone 11

this i am over the moon at i still think its going to be a big struggle to get to 15 stone but i am trying so so hard!!!

finally met a couple of blondes yesterday at dtd was good to put names to faces .....outrageous really nice fella and evilpie
also shared a table with redbull for most of the day.

managed to get £80.00 in sponsorship from my table which was cool thanks loads guys ...will pay it all in via  just giving and post names of my sponsors at top.

i hope he wont mind me posting this but Jeff Sharpe was sitting two to my left got upset apparently his mum passed away 3 weeks ago under the care of loros and agreed such an amazing charity that looks after the patient and family's every need.

training this week has been slow only managed a 5 ish mile walk but the weight is now 16 stone 8

getting there slow but sure

weight loss is coming on!

Cant believe you havent maxed out the walking in this beautiful weather! You might regret that when you are walking in the rain next week   ;)

glgl

Lee, I'm getting a silly notion that I want to come with you....

I could be the official photographer......

lol there is seven of us doing the walk..
i was a late edition to the walking gang you would be more than welcome as far as i am concerned!!

although that's not my call

hotel is booked but if your serious i will make inquiries for you.

i have spent allot of time with the kids and played a fair bit of poker
back to long walks this week going to make time!!

Sorry Lee, didn't know there were so many. Don't want to put you on the spot or anything, and so for that reason, I'm out.  ;)

I will do it with you if want to take pics of me ?

25 miles... No offence Mond, but lol.

I could definitely do it. Only have to walk yeah, no running ?

Of course......

I'm serious, I will do it with you, would be fun.

Mond, it's 25 miles, with big hills......

And.....

Lets gogogogogo

Sorry to derail the thread a bit, put me down for £20.

I would seriously do it though Tom, if you want to. I watched the channel 4 program of Katie and her beautiful friends and it made me want to do something to raise money for her charity, so inspirational, I'll save that post for another time, this could be it.

Of course there are seven of them. Lee can't carry all his creme eggs by himself  ;)

ty ty ty

nail on the head !!....lol

this week

i have played a hour squash with my nephew beat him 4-1 and he is 21 wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
....but picked up slight injury on my knee which is frustrating
but went to bradgate park today just to see if the knee held out and done 3 miles of hill work and found it ok ....so all is well

OK ...finding the training hard now and my head is dropping a bit time is getting to be an issue!!!

(making the time to train with work and family etc)
 weight loss is slow.
 today i weigh...16 stone 10 ...not good enough

training this week i have found hard to motivate myself

but...
 took the kids swimming Thursday night and swam 16 lengths whilst they played !
Friday played squash for 45 Min's
today went for 5ish mile walk up bradgate park

feeling a little worse for wear
gl all who play the deepstack today especially the bedster if he decides to play

Good stuff Lee, keep it up.

Is all this exercise and stuff much more than you otherwise would have done without the challenge?

guy i know this is gonna make me sound really bad but.......
i done NO exercise before this challenge and i mean nowt    nothing    zilch    f,all.....lol
so yes its more dude

not found the time to train this week !!!!
but weight stands at 16 stone 5
its not gonna happen the 15 stone weight but i feel loads better for trying !!

as suggested by Matt   Evilpie
hope this helps

my diet yesterday

breakfast
0715  medium bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes semi skimmed milk a sprinkle of sugar .......i can fell my first bollocking coming ! lol
cup of tea two sugars

0800  cup of coffee 2 sugars

1200 two cobs one with cheese one ham and mustard one packet of french fries (walkers 84 calories) a Muller fruit corner glass of water

1500 ice cream wafer ...snack, glass of water

1730 mince mash potato and carrots glass of diet coke

2000 ice cream wafer pack of french fries.
glass of water

I'm baffled. why on earth would you put sugar on a sweet cereal?

Lol. You know it yourself sugar on CNCs is just mad! I am a sugar junkie myself but that is taking the biscuit... the sugar coated with extra sugar biscuit.

Keep it up the diet though fella. I'm trying to get back into it, but its hard when my missus is away and i have to cook/dial for myself.

today diet

0715 bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes semi skimmed milk sprinkle of sugar
cup of tea 2 sugars

0800 cup of coffee 2 sugars

1200 two rounds of brown bread tuna with a very small amount of salad creme a packet of french fries

1500 one Maryland cookie

i know guys i know !!!!
tomorrow no sugar at least i am trying to be honest for my   new diet coach !!

fuck me only a couple of months ago i would of had a bacon sarnie and half a pack of chocolate biscuits with my morning tea .........gimme a break lol

If you compare this to what I ate yesterday you'll probably see that I consumed a similar amount of food. Mine though was all more protein based rather than carbs and was also considerably less fat.

Firstly your breakfast.

The easiest way to improve this is obviously to cut out the extra sugar and use skimmed milk.

Although skimmed milk sucks as first you soon get used to it and then it's lovely.

A great alternative would be weetabix if you like them with skimmed milk and honey to sweeten instead of sugar.

Cup of coffee + 2 sugars. Meh. Best to get rid and just drink water but it ain't gonna kill ya.

1200 meal is so wrong. Cobs are pure shite if you want to lose weight. I'm going to guess at processed ham as well? Can you have chicken in a pitta pocket? So much better and also tasty. Obviously skip the crisps and the muller. You don't need them, they're purely there because you like the taste. It won't take long before you can happily do without.

1500. Ice cream wafers are not a good thing :) If you need a snack have a banana. Glass of water is good.

1730. Doesn't look too bad. Prefer to see lean / extra lean mince. Mash probably cooked with milk and butter which isn't ideal. How's the gravy cooked? Is it thetasty way where you use all the fat that dripped out of the mince? Overall though not too bad and if you eat very good all day I wouldn't mind this main meal staying the same.

Change the diet coke for water.

2000. No comment :D. Different supper required please. Maybe a bowl of cereal with skimmed milk.

Lol at the maryland cookie. I fuckin love them things but they've got to go as you know.

1200 meal isn't too bad. Prefer to get it on a pitta or even better on it's own. The bread isn't necessary. Don't mind a bit of salad cream to make it bearable.

Obviously lose the french fries.

we are having dinner late tonight as one of the kids is at a sports event with the school
so 1745 a pint of semi skimmed milk to keep me going
....however tonight's meal is chicken and vegetable pie with boiled Potts and peas
at about 2000 so will be no snack at least

two chocolate biscuits for pudding!!

my best day food wise....so far 9 pm i love something to eat .....

0730 crunchy nut cornflakes no sugar!  semi skimmed milk
cup of tea one sugar
between 8 am and 1230 2 pints of water

1230 170g chicken breast with salad creme
banana
1730 170q chicken breast boiled potatoes gravy
banana

to add to this i have been down to shops and bought skimmed milk for tomorrow....

Matt
 the points in bold wtf is pitta pocket
is honey really that much better than sugar? i have bought some on your instruction ...lol

caloriewise don't think there's a lot to call between the same amount of sugar and honey but you'll probably use less honey plus sugar contains absolutely nothing of any benefit to the body, honey contains lots of goodness

Gatso's spot on. Not much difference nutritionally but honey is much sweeter so you'll need less to satify your sweet tooth.

These are pittas:

(http://www.andovercharcoalgrill.co.uk/Images/pitta%20bread.jpg)

If you toast them they open up to form a pocket:

(http://www.fromthelarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nics-pita-bread.jpg)

In to this pocket you are free to insert fillings of your choice:

(http://www.picturescolourlibrary.co.uk/largethumbs/2694925.jpg)

(http://blogs.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/girlsbehavingstylishly/doner%2520kebab.gif)

So why did you do it?

The filling of my choice......


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i always have ....but no more

to add to this kids and mrs had sausage and chips i was a good boy

today's food.......

0730.. 3 weetobix skimmed milk and two small t spoons of honey
cup of t one sugar
10.00 pint of water

1100 cup of tea one sugar

1230 170g chicken breast salad creme
banana
cup of tea one sugar

1500.. went to shop bought small can of boost  and a mars bar did not eat mars bar (small victory)

 1730 .....not sure if this is a bollocking coming my way..... small pizza and half small portion of chips with mayonnaise MY ONE TREAT A WEEK FRIDAY TAKEAWAY
please be gentle Matt Ive really put some effort in since you agreed to help.......

someone e mailed me out of the blue and suggested i try garcinia tablets my Mrs been taking then for a couple of days and says she was not hungry today gonna try these as well with your permission Matt ?

pitta bread ..i thought that was worse for me than brown bread?
especially the last pic lol.....

Great stuff Lee. Well done!!

Obviously the pizza and chips isn't great but you've got to start somewhere and you have.

As for the pittas you really want 100% wholewheat or at least wholemeal pittas.

Some bread is as good as pittas but you really have to check the labels. Wholemeal pittas are easier because you'll usually be on the right side of reasonable.

Good luck for the weekend and next week. Hope you can stick it out until next friday's treat day.

Fwiw I always used to have a treat day as well. That day was Saturday when I could eat and drink whatever I wanted. I only put this treat day in once I'd reached my target though not while I was cutting fat.

I'd never heard about garcinia. A quick google and they look like they're just an appetite suppressant extracted from a plant. Can't see them hurting one bit mate. Go for it and let us know what you think.

Use them to help cut down on the snacking though not to stop you eating your healthy meals. Don't forget you still need nutrition especially as you've got a big walk coming up soon.

wow thanks Matt
this may seem trivial to a few but if you or anyone else knew what i eat 6 months ago you all would be horrified
the help also might seem trivial to some but this is very hard for me VERY HARD so i really appreciate the help next time we at dtd your beer is on me !!

ill go shopping for this tomorrow

2100 one can of carling

I had you for a Warsteiner drinker (wobbly).

today's food

0800   3 weetobix 2  v small t spoons of honey
cup of tea one sugar

1100 cup of tea one sugar

1300 240g chicken breast 2 sticks of celery 6 slices cucumber one wholemeal pitta never eat much of pitta horrible
banana

1745 one small jacket potato one chicken breast assorted salad   do i need to list all ?
small portion of melon

Good stuff Lee.

The 1300 meal looks a bit big to me unless you're doing a lot of training. I'd cut the chicken down to about 200 and save the banana for a snack later.

You'll struggle to use more than 60g of protein at one sitting so your body has to store it somewhere. Invariably it will store it as fat.

If you don't like the pitta don't eat it. The less you eat the better.

No need to list the salad items. Eat as much of that crap as you like.

am i best to get into a routine of eating a  banana at say 1500 or 2100 (my hungry times)...or only if i feel really hungry

Only if you feel hungry mate.

You're trying to lose weight so if you don't need it don't have it.

today's food

0830  medium size bowl alpen skimmed milk ...sprinkle of very small sprinkle of sugar
cup of tea one sugar

1100 cup of tea

1300 two small wholemeal cobs with chicken breast and salad  a couple of small pieces of chicken on the side (VERY small)
pint of water
weight watchers Nil fat yogurt

1700 about 8 oz sirloin steak (cooked on BBQ) steamed new potatoes ,salad

that's good going. (potatoes are obv evil but feck it)

2000 banana

2300 two small slice of melon

Mrs fish read this for the first time today and pointed out that she provides a healthy meal 6 days week (we always have takeaway on Friday)
and it looks as if she feeds me crap all the time
so i must point out that my unhealthy eating consisted of throwing my sandwiches in the bin and going to MacDonald's during the day
and eating an easter egg (last year) per night cos they where only a pound (my only reason)
also a couple ......ok 3 packets of crisps whilst grinding online
++ god knows how many cans/bottles of coke and red bull

today's food

0715 3 weetobix skimmed milk one tea spoon of honey
cup of tea one sugar

1000 cup of tea one sugar

1200 175g chicken breast salad and salad creme

1500 cup of tea one sugar

1730 tuna/chicken breast salad new potatoes
weight watchers nil fat yogurt

total 2 litres of water

What's the fat content of your salad cream?  Seems like you might be ruining the healthy meal with a dollop of saturated fats?

Some salsa relish (that you can make yourself or buy ready-made obviously) is probably going to be a hell of a lot healthier imo.

Anyway, how's the training going?  What is that consisting of?  Are you walking everyday (or most days) and what time do you usually go out?  I run in the morning, before I start work.  If I don't, I find it too easy to let excuses stop me from running that day (work too late, too tired after the long day, too hungry so need to eat first, too late so will run tomorrow, etc.). 

Seriously good stuff Lee. That target of yours might still be attainable if you really want it.

Like Dan says you need to check the label on your salad cream. A few squirts of that stuff could really ruin your great efforts.

Have you weighed yourself at all yet? To be honest in your shoes I probably wouldn't bother. If you're being honest with what you're eating then you will have lost weight no matter what so you don't need to know.

Also as Dan says (really must stop agreeing with Dan twice in one post) we need to know about your training as well.

You've made great progress with your diet but your training is equally important if you're going to be ready for your long walk that you've got coming up.

at the min training every evening varying times just about to go now !!
i have been running the last two nights not far but walking is getting boring
plus sit ups every day and playing football with the kids.
i had one week off from training week before last not done a long walk for a while but got one planned for Thursday.
Heinz salad creme maybee not good but makes the chicken and tuna taste soooooo nice

That's because it's full of saturated fat you big fool!! ;)

I believe they do a reduced fat version. Give it a try mate if you can't bear the chicken and tuna without. Don't go using twice as much of it though because obviously that defeats the object.

Honestly mate you'd be amazed at the damage that little bit of salad cream is doing. You're putting in a great deal of effort and potentially spoiling it with the salad cream.

Do you want to hit 15st by the time of your walk? If you really do then cope with bland food for a few weeks. After you've hit 15st you can then slip a few treats back in as you will only be maintaining what you have achieved not trying to further reduce.

It only a few weeks.

i weighed myself a few days ago 16 stone 5
i ain't weighing myself now till sunday morning (day of help for heroes tourney) if i am under 16 stone i intend on having a few pints if not then i wont ........either way my treat day this week is going to be sunday!!

i am 100% being honest with what i am eating i would only be cheating myself
it may not seem a lot to most but i really don't think i could do this with out the help and encouragement i am getting from you
pre posting my diet on here i would have the odd chocolate or bag of crisps chips kebab or burger no where near like i used to be but now i am shocked with myself!!
its strange but i would be embarrassed and feel Ive let people down if i did now!!

oh yea and i will be off to tesco now for some diet salad creme .....lol

not had it for a long time but seem to remember it as being one of the few things where you can't tell the difference between the fat and thin versions

So if you do well you're going to fuck it up by drinking lager?

Lee it's only a few weeks to your walk by which time you hope to be 15st. If you're 16st on Sunday then you have a chance. Why blow it for the sake of a couple of pints?

Why not reward yourself by giving yourself a pat on the back and carrying on for a couple more weeks?

Surely you'll still have a good time if you don't drink? I'll be there on the water to offer some support.

Are you going to take your own food as well? There isn't anything on the DTD menu that would be ideal for you at the moment. If that's not practical you could eat your diet food on friday and have your Sunday treat as some DTD food.

Tell you what.

If you can go until the day of your walk without drinking any alcohol I'll stump up a score for your charity walk. (Assuming you do the walk obv.)

Doesn't matter what your weight is all I'm bothered about is the fact that you've put in the absolute maximum effort.

Maximum effort doesn't involve drinking lager.

I'm in exactly the same boat mate. I love a drink but I'm not going to have one until I go away for my birthday on the 10th June.

After your walk on the 11th you can have a few pints as a reward. How does that sound?

No alcohol for either of us for just under 3 weeks.

I'd honestly love to see you hit 15st. It'll be tough but unless you give it 100% you haven't got a chance.

Hellmans do an extra-light mayonnaise that isn't really mayonnaise according to the connoisseurs, but it's just 3% fat. Not sure what other bad shit is in it but it's going to be a damn sight better than salad cream and even the 'low' fat versions are often still 20%+ fat.

As you have been doing, check the label on anything that claims to be light or low.

If you're bored with the walking, run-walking might be the way to go. Run for a few minutes, then walk for a few. Mix in some slow running and the occasional sprint, and then walk to recover. It's good for the heart as well.

Oh and I have to agree with Matt (this is becoming a bit disconcerting), don't reward yourself with a beer until you've achieved your goal. Not only will you set yourself back with a few beers at this stage and undo the hard work you've been doing, if you wait till you finish the challenge imagine how good the beer will taste then!

i have to be honest here .........
i was thinking the same thing about drinking on sunday its just that Ive been looking forward to it since it was announced.
a few pints and laugh with like minded people supporting IMO the most amazing charity.

HOWEVER
the charity i am doing my walk for is also an amazing charity
 the effort i have put in and the help and support of friends and family could /would be in ruins so

 i will only be drinking water (and the odd cup of tea) on sunday in fact no alcohol till June 11Th you have my word matt and dan.

yes i am going to be taking my own food to eat
i think i will stick to my friday treat not sunday.

i went tesco today to look for a better dressing for my tuna and chicken!!
found one 30% less fat ...........
another 70% less fat all made by Heinz......
wait here we go.....

weight watchers from Heinz salad creme style dressing less than 5% fat

thanks for the help boshi    its really appreciated

i was/am run walking i am doing 2.5 miles per night
Thursday planning to do at least 15 miles

today's food

0730  a bowl of alpen skimmed milk very very small sprinkle of sugar

1000 cup of tea one sugar

1230 200g chicken breast small spoon  salad creme (healthy replacement tomorrow)
banana

1730 chicken breast ,mashed potato ,peas ,asparagus and gravy.
weight watchers nil fat yogurt

 ;tightend;

More good stuff Lee.

You have to be really careful with the 30% less fat claims as they can be very misleading.

A few years ago there was a new mars bar came out that was 30% less fat (or something similar).

A quick check of the wrapper and it was just a mars bar that was 30% smaller. Exactly the same percentage but yes there's no denying that it was 30% less than before.

Total fat is what you need to check and as a rough quide anything around 5% or less is fine.

Brilliant.

Can't wait for the 11th mate and the big weigh in.

If you keep up the 2.5 miles minimum per day and this diet I seriously think 15st is achievable.

Loving the commitment! 

Are the family helping at all by joining in, or are they pigging out on what they want?  Probably taunting you as well :D

lol thanks guys

i think i am going to weigh myself on sunday morning (not so i can pig out)
but it would give me a massive boost if i am under 16 stone.

the family are all helping my seven year old came on arun the other night (he was on his bike)
the kids are always saying look dad only 98 calories in this or 0.1 g of fat ...
Alison has been eating similar to me she also wants to shed a few pounds ..so its all good in the fish household!

whilst at tesco
looked at pickled beetroot and onions  (the calories and fat content)  its got fuck all in it ... can i eat shit loads of this stuff like with my chicken at lunch ?

I'd say yes...but Matt's your man for this sort of diet.

tikay eats a shit load of beetroot when he's doing his weightloss. I'd imagine you can eat loads of em but may get problems with taking in too much acid (indigestion maybe). also need to keep an eye on whether they've got added salt I suppose though a study I saw last week suggested that like most advice from the 80s and 90s the general advice on salt is a load of bollocks

Not a beetroot expert but if there's nothing in it I guess it can't be too bad.

What Gatso says sounds pretty much spot on.

Only just caught up on this thread Lee.

Going really well by the look of things.

Keep it up.

ty mr hopkin

its hard work for someone like me ....but only 3 weeks to go!!!

Link to study please!

From what I've read about salt, it's dangerous to eat excessive amounts of sodium if you're not taking in sufficient amounts of water to compensate.  Obviously above a certain amount you'd be unable to take on enough water, so the body then absorbs it and it can do damaging things.  Always interested in more studies though!

can't for the life of me remember where I read it. tried googling it a few days ago but can't find it so assume it was a paper/magazine article but no idea where

No probs, just love reading that sort of stuff. As long as it's not in the mail.

today's food

0730 crunchy nut cornflakes semi skimmed milk (id ran out of skimmed have bought some more for tomorrow)
cup of tea one sugar

1000 cup of tea one sugar

1300 200g of chicken breast 6 baby pickled onions 6 slices of beetroot 2 sticks of celery weight watchers salad creme.
banana

1700 cup of tea one sugar

1730 2 lamb chops roast potatoes asparagus carrots gravy
nil fat yogurt

No comments required.

Good stuff Lee.

no run today
my calf's are hurting and i going for a long walk tomorrow so don't want to injure myself,
gonna do a few press ups and sit ups before my shower though.

something totally different
ever had on of them months???

 I'm surprised i ain't started smoking or scoffing mars bars.....

 two weeks ago the tumble drier packed up fixed it a few times before now its dead.... new drier £200

last week my chop saw bust repair bill .....£220

sunday washing machine fucked .... might of fixed this today (i hope) if not new washing machine £200

8:30 this morning clutch went on car on the school run ...no car till tomorrow repair bill £280

NO MORE PLEASE!!!!!!

Wtf is a chop saw?

It's like an angle grinder fixed to a saw bench in such a way that you can swivel it up and down.

ok. can't see any situation where I'd want one of those let alone pay 220 quid to fix one

do you do a lot of chop sawing lee?

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6qkXa9oe-BMoos2DosH5lAa55DhBaNByOyEf7PNT5rDkfFElR)

i am trying to up load photo of it ....but it wont let me

its a dewalt dw708 its a mitre /chop saw i use it every day    i call it "THE DADDY"
 

Oh a mitre chop saw...



(http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r357/MILLIEMUNCHKIN/chopsaw001.jpg?t=1303742481)

that's the one sir
i just cant upload been trying for like 45 Min's
i have a photo of mine but its same saw ...so thanks lol

2300 glass of ribena

My washing machine packed up last week and had to be replaced. Fortunately my chopper is still in good working order.

rotflmfao - you been eavesdropping?

lol at you both

training today planned 15 mile walk........

we managed just under... 14.6 miles    however using a stepometer to calculate the distance is not very accurate we have found before that you travel slightly further than it indicates.

we are estimating nearer 17-18 miles

i really enjoyed it and had quite a few running spells.

today's food,

0730 3 weetobix one tea spoon of honey skimmed milk
cup of tea one sugar.

1000 cup of tea one sugar.

1130 (early lunch due to walk) 3 very small wholemeal cobs with tuna and salad creme beetroot and pickled onions

1430 (mid walk) small tub of melon and banana

mid walk one small bottle of boost (energy drink)

1730 small fillet of cod (no batter) small fillet of smoked haddock,peas carrots and steamed potatoes
weight watchers nil  fat yogurt

1830 cup of tea one sugar.

£348    ffs

i have decided (however boring it gets for the rest of you) to carry on posting my diet i feel if i don't i might slip and sneak in the odd bit of crap
its amazing the change since Matt asked me to post on here the difference

When I was doing my weight loss, I quickly realised that weighing myself every day and posting the weight on my diary kept me on the straight and narrow.

 

and in no time at all you were all straight and narrow.

today's food.....treat day

0715 crunchy nut cornflakes skimmed milk
cup of tea one sugar

1000 cup of tea one sugar

1230 175g of chicken breast salad creme beetroot and pickled onions
banana

1400 cup of tea

1800 ...........................Chinese takeaway
cadburs (caramel first bar of chocolate since posting diet)


i actually feel pissed off with myself ...i know it was allowed so to speak its a takeaway one day of the week with the family but i had such a good day yesterday and feel i didn't need to have it ......

Unfortunately Lee, one "Treat" day more or less undoes the benefits of the other 6 days.

i think that's harsh considering what i have eaten since this time last week and count my calorie intake

Sorry mate, I didn't say it to punish you.

It's just that when I was on my weight loss diet, a day off put me back to square one for the week, I assumed it would probably be the same for you.

Harsh doesn't come in to it. It's just my opinion. There is no reason it should matter to you. You don't have to convince me that you do or do not deserve a treat day. (You will lose more weight by not having them though).

Good luck with it anyway.

no problem and thank you for the help and advice
as i said whether or not its correct or not to have a treat day i feel pissed off for having one, because of the way i feel i wont be having another one until after my walk.

i am aching allot from yesterdays walk but i will be out for a run tomorrow morning to try and make good the Chinese ....lol
i suppose its good that i feel this way
and i do appreciate your comments and support

Tut tut Lee, and wait till Matt finds out.

What was the Chinese you had? Some are a lot worse than others. Then you had a chocolate bar to top it off?!

Matt said i could have a treat day ...........although i am scared (this ain't being sarcastic i am scared)

and i gotta go see a customer this morning then i am going to work it off 5 mile run might do it?

house special chow mien (half portion) 2 sweet and sour chicken balls egg fried rice (1/3 of portion) few chips and one spare rib.

Let's put it down as a moment of madness, but I do fear for you when you see Matt tomorrow :D

Matt's gonna go ape shit.  ;popcorn;

if this makes sense ...i looked forward to it more than i enjoyed it

Oh I know exactly what you mean. When I fall off the waggon I always regret it because it's never as good as I anticipated it would be.

just completed just over 5 mile run/walk including sit ups and press ups
a small compensation for the takeaway

(http://www.blessedsacramentparish.com/confession/absolved.gif)

??

Absolution.

Tit!!

Wow! I knew it would be bad but....

Struggling for time Tom so a one word review seemed appropriate.

Agree with you completely that one cheat day ruins a whole weeks work.

As I said on my own thread you have to be so careful with 'cheat' days because you sometimes feel that you have no choice but to eat a load of shit.

If Lee wants to f**k everything up let him, that's his choice. I'm not going to moan.

At least he's owned up to it which is something.

I'm a bit concerned that he's still planning another cheat day for after the walk. You don't have to force cheat days. If it happens it happens you take it as a cheat day and get on with it. If you focus on having a bad day it is 100% going to happen.

have i really done that bad ??
you never said i could not have  a cheat ....a treat day
i had a bar of chocolate and a chinese i still eat properly all day !!
and also said that i wished i never had done even though id been looking forward to it all week

If you're not bothered about hitting 15st by the time of your walk do what you want.

Overall you're doing really well but for the sake of 2 weeks I thought you might decide to skip your cheat day.

Looking forward to it all week is a bit of a worry as well. It suggests that you're eating well so that you don't have to feel guilty having a chinese rather than eating well because you want to lose weight.

They're very different reasons for dietting.

I diet because I want to have a slim waist and a big chest. I don't diet so that I have 15 pints and a kebab on Friday night.

Have a serious think about your real reasons for doing this diet. What is it that drives you to eat what you have been eating?

feel even more pissed off at myself now ....thanks

today's food

0900 2 weetobix one t spoon of honey skimmed milk
cup of tea one sugar

1100 cup of tea one sugar

1300 two small rounds of wholemeal bread sandwich with chicken breast and salad creme ,picked onions and beetroot.

1730 roughly 10oz sirloin steak and salad.

That's the idea.

Back on track now. Good stuff.

2100 banana

i went to bed yesterday pissed off and deflated

this morning however i feel OK
i am going to take my gum shield to dtd today but if Matt sees this first i might just get a left not a right!!!

I had a really bad food week last week. Mrs Red was away and I had a busy time work wise, which means no time for exercise and too much eating out. (just weak excuses really)

Anyway, I've managed to get myself 5lb above my target weight, so I'm right back on the wagon until I've shifted it.

I might make it to DTD today. If you see me, come and say hello.

 ;letsparty;

same mate be good to buy you .....a water

yesterday's food,

0900 bowl of alpen skimmed milk very small sprinkle of sugar
cup of tea one sugar

1000 cup of tea one sugar

1330 roast pork (no crackling first time ever) roast potatoes asparagus beans and carrots

1730 two small rounds of wholemeal bread sandwich with chicken breast beetroot and pickled onions.
weight watchers nil fat yogurt

2100 banana

1230 fruit salad.. melon pinapple and apple slices

two weeks to go until my walk .....

near on impossible to get to 15 stone ....but i am going to try so so hard ....you never know

no treats and Lott's of running/walking next weigh in sat before i play the deepstack

15st 12lb from what starting weight?  Sounds like you've lost a heck of a lot!

Gogogogogogo!

How do you feel compared to 2 months ago?

just over 17.5 stone when i started mate

better healthier and more to the point like I've made an effort .......instead of just giving up and saying oh well

today's food

0900 crunchy nut cornflakes skimmed milk
cup of tea one sugar

1000 cup of tea one sugar

1230 tuna and chicken breast with assorted salad
nil fat yogurt

1800 8 oz rump steak and salad with a couple new potatoes
banana

Good work Lee fella. Thinking i might follow in your vain of documenting weightloss on here with added tales of degeneracy once i get back from a stag do in Riga. I am an absurd 23 stone. (am told i look 18...) Think it can only be beneficial updating on here and taking the rubs/support.

 Keep it up.

thanks mate i recommend posting it on here and take the criticism on the chin evilpie has been an immense help to me

More good stuff Lee.

There's still a chance of hitting 15st by the 11th June.

It's going to be tough but if you keep going for walks / runs and don't have any slips with the diet it's definitely possible.

I really hope you can do it.

Just think how easy the walk's going to be if you hit your goal?

To give you an idea imagine trying the walk carrying a bag weighing almost a full stone?

Good luck for the next 2 weeks!!

I watched biggest loser UK the other day. One guy lost 31lbs in the first week. Was pretty insane.

I know what to do, its doing it thats the problem. Hardest part is changing ya mindset. Once you do that the rest falls into place.

thanks mate i give you my word i will be trying my hardest

today's food

0700 alpen skimmed milk small sprinkle of sugar
cup of tea one sugar

1000 cup of tea one sugar

1230 150g chicken breast weight watchers salad creme pickled onions and beetroot
nil fat yogurt

1500 banana

1730 loin  pork steak steamed new potatoes peas and corn on the cob
nil fat yogurt

am a bit pissed off today my right hamstring has been hurting all day at work ....done about 5.5 miles last night was ok after and when i got up ?

so dont think i ought to run tonight dont want to risk anything!!

also how many days rest should i take before next saturdays walk ?? or do i train every day ??

toadys food

0700 crunchy nut cornflakes skimmed milk
cup of tea one sugar

1200 150g chicken breast pickled onions and beetroot
banana
1700 chicken breast new potatoes asparagus and gravey

Ice ice ice mate!

Hamstrings are funny, I'd go really easy given the proximity of your walk

And go steady with that gravey.

i am in a bit of catch 22 though need to train to lose the weight .....

just do some press ups and sit ups tonight and go for couple of miles tomoz or longer rest?

Press ups and sit ups won't make you lose weight.

Just rest if you think you need it.

As long as you're not just using it as an excuse to sit on your arse then it's definitely best.

lol i am a grown man don't need to make excuses ....would just say cant be bothered tonight i just don't wanna do any damage!

today's food

0715  3 weetobix small tea spoon honey skimmed milk
cup of tea

1000 cup of tea

1300 140g chicken breast
banana

1730 8oz sirloin steak jacket potato salad
nil fat yogurt

treat day...treat day...treat day...treat day...treat day...treat day...treat day...treat day...

0630  2 weetobix Small spoon honey
cup of tea one sugar

1200 2 rounds wholemeal bread sandwich with tuna
banana
1500 apple

1730 10oz sirloin steak beetroot prawns and coleslaw
nil fat yogurt

just joking no treats for me unless apple at 1500 is a treat

weigh in tomorrow morning 0700 please please be 15 stone 8lb or less.....lol

woke up early could not get back to sleep cos its weigh in day..........

i am working hard
i really wanted to be under 15s 8lb to give myself a slim chance of 15 stone by next weekend

WooooHoooo!!

Go on Lee. well done.

Whey heyyyyy!

Great work fella! Please take this in the right way, but I wouldn't go crazy trying to hit 15st before the walk. If the walk is Saturday, I'd be tapering your food intake upwards from thursday, just slightly, to prepare for the energy use on the day. You don't want to be energyless after the first hill!

You will easily get down to 15 the following week, don't forget this was training for the walk as much as it was to loose weight. You have done a grand job so far, and you wouldn't want to suffer on the walk just to make a notional target!

thanks both

i was going to ask this question what to do towards the end of the week thanks guy

however i really want the extra sponsorship for loros and make my weight.

i would like loads of advice on this please ....not that i don't agree with you guy !!!

For once I agree with Guy.

You'll need carbs stored in your body as well as refuelling with them during the walk. Otherwise your body will have to burn fat to create the energy and it's not very efficient at that. This is what happens when marathon runners hit the wall.

If you want to carbo-load before the challenge (which is what runners do before a race like a marathon) you need to reduce the amount of protein you consume two to three days before the day, otherwise you won't be able to get enough carbohydrate on board.

Once you've done the challenge, then go back to what you were doing previously.

Great stuff Lee.

I know nothing about carb loading for this sort of thing.

Just a couple of things for discussion and hopefully a bit more input from others.

Dan is suggesting that a reduction in protein is necessary for carb loading.

This makes perfect sense but don't go mad Lee. He's not saying drop all of your protein just a bit.

What Dan is talking about is for marathon runners. Your challenge is not a marathon. It's physically demanding but it doesn't compare to a marathon in terms of energy usage.

I've just had a look at the challenge site and it's basically half hour mile targets. 23.5 miles in 12 hours.

When I do an 6 mile walk with Ronnie it takes about 2.5 hours. This includes a ciggie/cup of tea break and is a reasonably steady pace. There's a few decent hills as well although obviously not like the 3 peaks will be.

I'm pretty sure that I could do this same walk 4 times in a day and not need to worry about carb loading beforehand.

With a steady pace you can afford to be consuming carbs during your walk. You aren't going to hurt yourself like you would if you were eating during a marathon.

Perhaps you could buy a box of the flapjacks I have? They contain slow release carbs which would be ideal.

As the challenge is going to take 10 to 12 hours your body has time to process the carbs during the walk. If you have a snack every 90 minutes it could help you to not hit 'the wall' which Dan speaks about.

I really don't think you need to change too much with your diet at all in the run up.

The extra few pounds that you're not carrying for 24 miles will help more than the few extra carbs you might consume.

Marathon runners are in prime physical condition weeks before their run. They carry no fat and eat exactly the right amount to get them through their daily activities.

They carb load because for a few hours they are pushing their body to it's absolute limits and they need the extra carbs. They can't consume these carbs during their run so they need to build up a store in the preceeding days.

Lee's challenge is very different mainly because it takes a lot longer. If Lee consumes some carbs 2 hours before his walk they are going to get processed in time to be used during the walk. He can be snacking 6 hours in and they'll still get used by the end.

Any thoughts on  this?

Matt

Agree with everything, i dont think carb loading is necessary, but upping his carb intake a few days before hand wont go amiss. He is currently taking on board very little.

As for the advice you give about on the day, spot on, small carb snacks every 90 mins or so. Obv time those to work around your lunch and cuppa tea stops.

I guess the point i was making was dont really push it to get to 15st (which he could achieve this week), but then regret it on saturday with absolutely nothing to give. I have done this walk, and although walking is relatively easy - you always see a tonne a people struggling on the last climb becasue they thought it was "just a walk".

so yeah - no need to carb load, but do adjust slightly from say thursday lunch/tea time.

(lee - btw - i will obv pay my sponsorship even if you dont make 15st, i just thought from day 1 you should have something of a goal, and that by doing so would increase your sponsorship)

btw 2  - if people are insisting on 15st, perhaps weigh yourself after you have done it - you might be the right side of the line :0)

Thanks loads to all three of you its really appreciated.

i take on board what you are saying sounds like sound advice.
 some ideas of what to eat Thursday and Friday would be good i know higher carbs but best thing to eat?

bear in mind Friday we will be in a guest house somewhere in yorkshire and probably go out for a meal.

i don't like pasta ....lol.

thanks guy for saying you will still pay sponsorship ...i hope everyone else will follow suit. i would still love to make 15 stone and until Thursday diet will remain the same to give myself the best chance.

my final weigh in before the walk will now be Friday morning (if i am above 15 stone will weigh in after as well).

yesterdays food

0700 bowl of alpen skimmed milk small sprinkle of sugar
cup of tea one sugar.

1300 8 oz sirloin steak salad and prawns.

1900 two small rounds wholemeal bread with tuna
Nil fat yogurt.

2100 two bananas

0230 packet of special k mini breaks (99 calories)

two cups of tea one sugar whilst at dtd and two large bottles of water i had loads of pi55 breaks ........

Correct.

If you have a breast of chicken with some rice - just up the amount of rice you have with it.  The protein will actually help as it slows down the digestion of the carbs (lowering the GI) - so a good thing for the few days before (and on the morning of the challenge).


The body can store energy from carbs for about 2 hours of exercise (obviously depends on the level of exercise), and if you're doing more than that (and with walking it might be a longer time I don't know) you have to be taking some on board to replace the glycogen you've used up.  This is also why a half-marathon is a completely different challenge to a full marathon.  I'd imagine it's a similar thing when comparing a shorter walk to one that's taking as many hours as this challenge will.


Those flapjack bars would probably be good, or alternatively the energy bars I have for before I run (slightly more carbs and lower protein and very little fat). Whichever you have, you'll need a drink to wash them down :D


Not all marathon runners are near peak physical condition - in fact, most aren't!!   But during a marathon you do have to consume additional carbs if you want to replenish the energy stores. 

He doesn't need to change the diet dramatically, it's just slightly changing the proportions during the few days before so that slightly more the calories are from carbs than protien, rather than adding on lots of additional calories.



I haven't done anything like Lee's challenge, so don't know how it would feel after 20 miles of walking in terms of the energy demands on the body.  I'm sure he'd be able to do it with no special eating or preparation, but I'm sure he wants it to be as enjoyable and comfortable as possible.  Good socks (and maybe a spare set to change in to half-way through) are probably more important than the exact details of the diet for this week!

let's get serious now guys

just eat normally beforehand and take some sandwiches with you maybe a flapjack if you like but take a normal one from the shop. throw in some crisps, a couple of bananas and enough fluid and you'll be fine. you're not pushing your body to extremes, you're going for a walk over a few hills

Doesn't that kind of depend on the state of the body, the length of the walk and the size of the hills?

yep but I know the size of the hills and I know that lee's been training for it. there's no reason why he can't just turn up, buy some grub from the local corner shop and complete this quite happily

I sure got anywhere near the end of the post where you wrote that. got bored after about 2 lines of you talking about carbs

Hey Lee.

These are the flapjacks that I have and I think Dan has now as well. http://www.thesupplementstore.co.uk/brands/cnp_professional/chemicalnutritionflapjacks-cnp_professional_pro_flapjacks_24_bars.htm

I think Dan found them somewhere cheaper so worth waiting for him to come along and stick his nose in as he does ;).

They all deliver next day so you don't need to panic buy.

These make really easy snacks while you're out walking.

You need slow release carbs and that's what these are.

For real food you could try any of the following:

Vegetables, eg broccoli, spinach, carrots, cauliflower, salad leaves, asparagus, green beans, cabbage, celery, squash, parsnips, swede, sweetcorn, tomatoes, cucumber, onions, peppers...and so on
Fruit, eg apples, oranges, bananas, peaches, pineapple, mangos, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, melon, pomegranate...and so on
Wholegrain flour products, eg wholemeal bread, wholgrain pasta
Wild rice, brown rice
Corn tortillas
Chappatis

This is a random list nicked off t'internet and is by no means exhaustive. Have a google of slow release carbs and see if anything appeals to your taste buds.

They don't mention oatmeal here which would make a good breakfast in the run up to your walk and is one of my favourites mixed with a protein shake.

Might be worth having a sports drink with you just in case you hit a wall but don't have it unless you need it.

As I've already said you'll get far better advice from Dan on these sort of things. I can tell you what is common sense to me but Dan will have more knowledge with his marathon training. (Although it pains me to say it)

Not long to go now!!

thanks guys to all of you,

the help and advice has been really great and is very much appreciated i would not have lost as much weight if it went for Matt ..thanks mate


i know some of you might think its just a walk over a couple of hills with nothing to worry about easy peasy.....
but for me ...no its not ,
as i try to explain at the beginning of this thread i have been lazy  unhealthy and unfit doing little or no exercise for near on 15 years.
weighing seventeen and a half stone just weeks ago.

the training and dieting i have found very hard... for a Lott of you that's normall i have never been on a diet in my life and the army pretty much told me what to eat and when to run and that was a very long time ago.

5 days till final weigh in  

yesterdays food,

1200 roast chicken (breast) roast potatoes asparagus beans,carrots and gravy

1700  (approx)two wholemeal slices of bread with tuna
nil fat yogurt

1900 (approx) banana

several cups of tea and gallens of water at dtd

that's not really what I was suggesting lee though it probably sounded like it. it was a hard challenge for you at the start but you've now done the hard bit. you've hopefully dropped enough weight and done enough training that the weekend is now just a victory procession

unlike a marathon no amount of extra rice and pasta 2 days before is going to change whether you do this or not

i realise you was not being nasty or malicious i was just pointing out gatso that is may be easy for some but not for me ........

How about some Saunas to loose the last bit of weight? Congrats on so far, really well done.

good luck fella.

does this really work?
and thanks for the kind comments

thanks i hope i have done enough to get me thru

today's food

0700 3 weetabix
cup of tea one sugar

1100 cup of tea one sugar

1300 100g chicken breast coleslaw and beetroot salad

1800 Shepard's pie and carrots, peas and gravy

I'd like to be the first to congratulate Lee on finally figuring out how to spell weetabix ;)

phatomch done next to nothing, with your prep you'll breeze through it

lol. finally

lol my 11 year old told me how to spell it
if this never had spell check every work would be spelt wrong
homework always goes to mum....

ul yesterday mate. Hope my text didn't influence your exit (whoops)

Did it say "if you get some kind of raggy ace just ship it in"?

lol no mate i actually got your text as i was collecting the cash
thanks mate
disappointed but happy

today's food

0700 bowl of alpen skimmed milk small sprinkle of sugar.
cup of tea one sugar.

1230 100g chicken breast prawns and salad

1400 cup of tea one sugar

1700 8oz sirloin teak prawns and salad
nil fat yogurt.

Lee, whilst searching for anotehr clip today, I found this one,and thought you might appreciate it after your recent efforts:


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PrEuFA_WOc

thanks mate lol

yesterdays food

0700 3 weetabix
cup of tea one sugar

1200 100g chicken breast 2 rounds wholemeal bread pickled onions and beetroot
nil fat yogurt

1400 cup of tea one sugar

1730 chicken casserole potatoes and carrots and onions, asparagus

went gala so a couple of cups of tea and an offer from George to buy me some "proper food" (to which i declined)

final weigh in (pre walk)...0700 am tomorrow morning

Looking forward to the final weigh in mate.

Perhaps we could get Tighty to do a funk?

Go for a jog and then have a sauna immediately before weigh in (Don't drink anything). You can definitely shed 3/4lb that way.

If all else  fails, lie.

this would be cool
funk for a fat man!!

today's food

0730 crunchynut cornlakes
cup of tea one sugar

1100 cup of tea one sugar

1230 two small wholemeal cobs with tuna
nil fat yogurt

1400 cup of tea (i think you got the idea by now reduced to one sugar)

1730 sirloin steak jacket potatoes coleslaw and beetroot.

12 hours 42 Min's till final weigh in (pre walk in case i am over ....then its a weigh in after.......lol)

final weigh in
disappointment ....but i was never going to lose a stone in two weeks but i worked hard and managed this !!!!!!

Great effort though Lee. Well done.

If you had got on it properly a week or so earlier you would have pissed it.

Very much this.

By next Friday you'll be 15st if you want to be.

Great effort Lee. Impressive stuff.

nice one lee. keep at it for a bit longer and you'll have made a real positive change to your life. enjoy your weekend stroll, it's gonna be one hell of a lot easier than if you'd done it a couple of months ago

;mexicanwave;

Now enjoy the walk!  Don't forget the change of socks ;)

WP mate, very impressive stuff!

Enjoy the walk, hopefully your team wont slow you down

Well done lee, impressive stuff, well done to the guys giving the advice.

Good luck for the walk.

well done, if your little toes roll over make sure you cut nails close and tape toes with zinc tape

and do this a few days before tomorrow's walk so that if you go too close and draw blood it'll heal in time

Thanks all the messages are great we at the b&b the three peaks looks massive,
Starting at about 6 am
Am looking forward to a pint  tomorrow night

Can you see all three from where you are?

That was very hard very tired will post Tom
Completed it tho

congrats

It  hurts

Thanks for everyones support without the help of a few of you kind blondes i would defiantly of not finished this especially to evilpie and boshi.

we started by getting up at 4:30
      NO Proper breakfast (i had weetobix and toast)  (the woman who owned the b&b did not want to get up at that time to cook ....i said id do it but apparently that's a big no no !!

we arrived at 05:30

Shane cattel , Chris , Stu , Luke cattel , Kev smith (auto bet Kev), me ,Luke holder (my nephew)

we set off at 05:45

this was the first hill close to the start point

top of first hill this hat had to be worn for an extra fiver in sponsorship money!! things a guys gotta do for charity!!

Come on Lee, you can do it.

up and down the first hill was really good and enjoyable for us and completed in about 2.5 hours we thought it was going to be easy !!!


the walk to the next hill was 7 miles and felt like 10 it  became apparent two of our group was struggling (Luke cattel and Chris)

so we stopped a couple of times for them and gave encouragement.

the view of the second hill.

on the way up Luke and Chris were hurting i took Chris's rucksack for a couple of miles and then we shared it between us
on the way down we also shared Luke's rucksack these two had worked and gave a lot of effort but where exhausted and Luke was struggling with his back.

me and kev at peak two

;mexicanwave;

on the way down peak two we had a bit of a disaster..
 our organiser and motivator Shane cattell was coming down some rocks and one gave way his ankle twisted really badly and he thought he tore a ligament and was limping so badly it took us at least 1.5 -2 hours extra to get him to a road where we flagged a car to take him to the bottom of the hill

we met up at the bottom of the hill and luke and chris decided they had no more to give and could not carry on.

and there was no way shane was going anywhere.

we all said we would do it together even if it took 24 hours "fuck it" but they could not carry on.

so then there was 4

OMG the view of the last peak i was shitting myself ...but i was going to do this no matter what

almost at the top of peak 3

top of peak 3

after the last photo it was 5.5 miles to the finish point me and Kev were both in a lot of pain Kev's knees were hurting really badly and my hamstring and groin
the longest walk in the world...lol
we were both very determined and was never not going to finish.

total time 13.5 hours   

i think it would of been quite achievable in 12 hours if it hadn't been for the accident and getting Shane down safely!

thanks for all the support and sponsorship i will sort out and post total raised in the next week or so.

i feel a great deal of personal pride and accomplishment in finishing this losing a total of 2 stone and 4lb in the process

Great stuff Lee.   

Lee

Great achievement mate! Really glad you completed it. I was really annoyed the other day when someone said you were just "going for a walk" but didnt want to derail your thread nor efforts. Im sure you can assure him it didnt feel like an afternoon stroll!

It was a great trip report, your efforts are appreciated! Ill ship my sponsorship during the week.

I hope you found some time to enjoy it, especially at the peaks. Shame you had some drop outs, but I personally think that you will alwayts get that in a big group of inexperienced walkers.

WPWP - really glad for you.

Are you going to keep up the diet, maybe with a little more room for treats?

thanks guy and dan,

yes i did enjoy it and would never have completed this 3 months ago!

thanks for the help, advice and support you have given me its really appreciated it certainly was not an afternoon stroll !!

i am going to still get to 15 stone and not have too many treats too often as i would like to stay at this weight.

Congrats mate.  ;topman;

Very well done Lee.

Well done mate, near enough for me, how do you want the money? Can pay on justgiving or give you cash at August deepstack maybe? (seems a very long way off when I put it like that but I'm in Vegas till 18th July)

thanks James
thru just giving is best mate please
best of luck in Vegas mate win it all

thanks for sposorship tractor very kind

Sorry Lee dude only just seen this!! Donated :)up

Well done Lee, we all did really well. In hindsight, with the fact that we did it all in one day, made it a tougher challenge than last year. I'm hurting more as well, that might be the extra year in age, but it doesn't matter.
That 5.5 mile home was disgusting. I'm sure that's what hasKilled my calf muscles!! lol

Nice work Lee, apologies for the delay I forgot about it until today! donated on Just Giving

Quality stuff Lee and Kev, great effort!! Enjoy your rest, though remember this is not the end of the journey... just the start!!

Congratulations Lee.

Well done Lee. I can say how pleased I am for you and I'm really happy to have been able to help a little bit.

This is what people pay sponsorship money for. Lot's of effort and actually putting yourself out for a good cause.

People won't mind that you didn't quite make your target. The effort was there and you didn't just want their money for nothing.

Much respect heading your way pal.

Matt

thanks
titaniumbean really appreciated

thanks for the sponsorship its really appreciated

thanks Matt

i don't think i would not have made it without all the training and weight loss
i have a lot to thank you for buddy.

going back to work today.... still very sore
also i am starting to eat better again as of today as  Ive had a few deserved days off......

i am going to try and get to the 15 stone take about 3-4 weeks i think a few more treats ...but not many!!

Stick to the healthy diet, combined with regular exercise and you'll soon make your target.

If you're anything like me, you need something to aim for to motivate you to exercise. So look for another challenge to do later in the year and train towards that.

i was thinking just this..
but i don't like keep asking for money for sponsorship all the time... so i am thinking for something for this time next year i have a couple of ideas and will think more once i have fully recovered,
my legs are still really sore ....what a wimp lol.

Legs being sore is a good thing. Enjoy it.

Your next effort doesn't have to be a charity gig, just set yourself another challenge. Plenty of walks about, just ask technolog on here as he's done a fair few and is based in Leicester.

can i pay in other sponsorship money via just giving?

so people can see there name and the money paid.

i think this would be better for all
anyone?

I did that when people gave me cash.

A few more questions Lee..

Where did you stay overnight?

Where did you park while you did the walk?

Was the route easy to follow?

Was there anywhere to refill water bottles / buy drinks?

I noticed on your photos Lee that there were loads of other people doing the walk.

Was June 11th a special organised event or is it always that busy?

It's a very busy route in the summer months

we stayed at a b&b about 15 miles away was nice 35pp pn
was OK for me and my nephew we shared a room ...the other 5 had to share same price  i run good lol....

we parked at a car park next to the  Pen-y-ghent Cafe in Horton-in-Ribblesdaleich which is the official start point.

loads and loads of people doing the same walk and you basically don't need a map just follow on they sell maps in the cafe but you really don't need one.

at the base of peak two  there is a refreshment van next to the viaduct also after peak two on the way to three another that even sells spare socks.

nowhere to fill up water bottles if you drink allot and don't want to carry allot could buy from these vans or use the streams perhaps take water purification tablets if you was going to do this.

mat,
 there was hundreds doing it mate i think at weekends its always busy march til Oct at a guess.

Thank Lee. Great info.

Where is B&B? Did they cook your brekky at 4am?

i cant rem where b&b was i did not drive ill find out for you tho mate

no she would not get up.. and i offered to but she said no only toast or cereal

Oi tubs!!

What's happening?

You back to your old ways again?

not quite ...but i have lapsed

i have decided i cant be trusted i know this is going to be boring for you all but ...........

the days food is going to have to go back up for a while......i find it helps me might even be embarrassment whatever it stops me eating total shit.

Self discipline is very difficult mate.

If you need a bit of a nudge then there's a few here who are more than willing to provide it as long as you're putting in the effort.

Back on it as of now please.

just so you are all aware i am going to play the dtd Monte Carlo in July and by then i want to weigh the 15 stone ....that's the deadline.

i wont be as severe as before but if i post my diet i know its going to help me eat better.

so today's food.

0715 crunchy nut cornflakes.
cup of tea one sugar.

1130 ham and mustard baguette, packet of crisps , mars bar.

1730 steak ,salad,coleslaw,slice of ham,2 cheese triangles.
chocolate cake.

20.00 cup of tea.

Yikes!!!

weight as of today is

16 stone

eh?

in a week?

Scary isn't it mate.

So much effort to lose and a piece of piss to put back on.

it is only been one week that's the scary thing!

i keep saying well i earned this ....chocolate bar or whatever ...and yea i did earn a couple but now i want my 15 stone...
so boring for you guys maybe but well there it is.

that is weight at night  will weigh again first thing tomoz morning as i was before!!

Lay off the chocolate ffs.

This is all Matt's fault by the way. Terrible role-model for Lee.

Bump.

Updates please Lee. I promise not to get bored.

If you've given up just let me know and I'll stop pestering you.

Went gala with Lee last night. He ordered Cheesy chips with steak.

We then went for a kebab which he had with chilli sauce and mayo

     ;marks;

I heard he had three of each.

Mmmmmm. Sounds gorgeous.

Might treat myself to a kebab this weekend.

FFS Matt. What have I told you about treats?

U absolute twat.

NO TREATS.

sorry guys,
 i went gala Tues and worked till ten last night.

George is a lying fukka cos i don't like chili sauce.

the only reason i aint posted matt is cos i aint had time .....

please keep bugging me and pestering me matt and everyone other wise i wont stick to it!!

Tuesdays food   this ain't great!!

0700 crunchynut cornflakes
cup of tea

1300 3 rounds wholemeal bread with tuna and salad creme.
pickle onions and beetroot

1500 big handfull of malteaesers (fathers day pressie)gave the kids the rest!!

1700 home made chips chicken nuggets and peas (a rushed meal).

cadburys creme egg ice cream one big scoop.

2200 club sandwich at gala.

Wednesdays food ...OK we getting better

0700 crunch nut cornflakes
cup of tea.

1200 140g chicken breast,pickled onions and beetroot,
nil fat yogurt

1700 sirloin steak (8 oz) assorted salad new potatoes
nil fat yogurt

2230 banana

today's food.

0700 crunchy nut cornflakes
cup of tea

1300 3 rounds of wholemeal bread chicken breast and coleslaw
nil fat yogurt.

1730 jacket potato cheese and beans assorted salad,
nil fat yogurt.

Cheese in the jacket potato?

Lol at the terrible excuses

Come on Lee pull it back together

Pretty easy to chop out the cheese and creme eggs

I'm joining Lee on this diet. Today's food:

No breakfast

9.30am- pack of cheese and onion crisps (not grab a bag) and a snickers . Can of coke.

Lunch: Tuna mayo sandwich (white break no crusts), pack of prawn cocktail, Mini choc swiss roll

Tea: Domino's pizza. 5 small garlic and herb dips. Wedges. Garlic pizza bread. 3 glasses of coke.

Supper- Probably kebab meat chips and SALAD

I love you George :D

ffs lee what did u eat yesterday?!? Hard to get my day to day done when I'm left wondering how many creme eggs you've had

Bump again.

Have you given up Lee. No problem if you have just interested.

I'm betting he's 16s 5lb by now.

i haven't given up as such ...but again the motivation thing is a struggle

in the weeks leeding up to my walk i had a proper goal i really wanted to be 15 stone and more importantly i wanted to complete the challenge for my charity.

i enjoyed posting my diet... and it helped so much to the fact i don't think i would of completed it without doing it.

during the walk i pushed myself to the absolute limit  and really really suffered because of this i was limping around two weeks after !!

and something in the back of my brain keeps saying well you can eat this because its over you done it....its strange.

i really appreciate the help you have all given me especially you Matt but i think i now need a new challenge to give me the motivation.

i am still watching what i eat for e.g

i only have one sugar in my tea ....little things
i have a proper lunch .....a chicken or tuna sandwich (wholemeal bread)
a proper meal with the family
bananas for snacks

but i do have the odd chocolate bar and odd bag of crisps

one of the main things i have got out of this is that i know i can lose weight if i put in 100% effort..... i think one week i lost 5 pounds or something ..now that is massive.

i got to admit its nice to be able to have an ice cream and not have to post the fact ...lol


.....oh i almost forgot George your a tw@t

would anyone like to take bets on what i weigh???

fuck off George

It's going to be kind of difficult for us to win Lee, I suspect you have inside information.

i was thinking .....
no one else apart from me knows my weight at the min... you all assume the worst and so you should it ain't pretty.
i have weighed myself this morning and took a photo of scales
how about ..

£5 per guess i will need a min of ten guesses guesses to be made via p.m

closest to weight gets £50

any more than ten guesses and the balance goes onto my sponsorship page.

fuck off George

You mean like sponsorship for getting fatter rather than for getting thinner?  ;)

I'd guess you're heavier than you should be.  Am I right?

I think you need to enter another event - a walk, run, climb, something.  That's what I have to do to keep me motivated, otherwise it's all too easy to say "I'll do it tomorrow" or find other excuses.  When you know tomorrow is another day closer to the date of the challenge and you know you can't 'cram' it all in at the end, then you find yourself getting out of bed at a silly time to do a run, you find it easier to eat well - and the benefit of that is that you feel better too!

So, what's it gonna be?

that's gonna cost you a fiver to find out ....if no one interested i will post the weight in a couple of days anyway!
other than that spot on boshi mate.

i think to start with i need suggestion's............     its has been said that we are going to do same walk next year and really go for a fast time ...well maybee ten hours anyway!

but that's a year away! thought i might do something DEC/Jan ? ideas please all.......................pi55 off George!

Do the coast to coast bike ride I just did, very tough but enjoyable all the same

http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/

Dunno why you're hating on me so much seeing as I'm supporting you with this diet.

Well done Andrew. I might try that. Do I need to buy that book or is there an online guide?

How did you get your bikes to the coast and back from the other coast? (That part sounds like a pain in the posterior)  

There is a few different ways to do it, we had a big group so had a minibus carry our bags to the next B+B each night and then they took us back to the start on the last day with our bikes in a trailer at the back.

Guys in small groups normally just get the train back across after, of course if your a glutton for punishment you can cycle back, 2 in our group did that  :o

As regards the guide just look online, the route is pretty well marked most of the way, you just need to be aware what signs your looking for as there is more than one route and it splits at various points en-route.

i know mate but after this pik i took on Friday night you need to help yourself not me!!

Camera adds 10 pounds (there were about 8 on me)

??

For cycling the C2C:

http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/

For details of walking the C2C, either as one walk or just certain stages:

http://www.forum.walkingplaces.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=7

See your PM's Tom

Geo

my weight is not 2 bad at 15 stone 9

so I've lost a bit just by eating better ..not strict but better.

Diary blows now.

GG

thanks to everyone that got involved with this total raised to date is £681.00

there is still a couple of people that has not paid should top £700 when they do !!

i paid in £320 today on just giving from all the cash sponsors thanks to you all

 
http://www.justgiving.com/lee-williamson

oh yea and not even a fiver from Mr rupinder bedi after all the shit he has put me thru with piss takes....

a bet for George if he is man enough to take me on .........

he posts shit on my diary all the time about what would Matt say..... texts saying Matt ain't pleased with you even last night what did i have whist watching TV ...low fat yogurt or Chinese!!

so here it is George put up or shut up......

weigh in at the Monte Carlo ...dtd

then the fastest to lose 2 stone .......................for a modest prize (to charity)..or a forfit ??



http://www.justgiving.com/lee-williamson

 

lol. calling george out.

i was hoping George would bite and i could have a prop bet with him ...basically to help me stay on it!!

but we went to gala last night this is a definite no no he is such a ......nope i am happy as i am kind of guy ....lol

we stopped at kebab shop on the way home he must of asked me ten times if i want one  (i did decline) i am sure this was just so he could post it !!
 

yes one or two are starting to question his ethics :)

yes very poor angle shooting from a nice guy its not expected