Starting weight - January 9th: 21st 5lbs
January 22nd: 20st 8lbs
January 27th: 20st 3lbs
February 3rd: 20st 1lbs
February 10th: 19st 13lbs
February 17th: 19st 9lbs
February 24th: 19st 7lbs
March 2nd: 19st 1 lbs
Predicted a 5 lbs loss, got 6lbs, not bad.This is coming in a day early as i will be too busy to post tomorrow.
Last two days involved heavy running and recovery for an hour each day. For the last three days I have been a gluten free vegan, also staving from added oils, nuts and from having too much fruit juice. Instead my main source of calories comes from eating the same meal three-four times a day.
Brown rice + Lentils + assortment of different veggies. Get the protein i need in with the amount i eat, with the lentils a big winner here. A lot of that is really low in fat too. Do not add any sauces to it or anything. Pretty militant. I then top up during the day with bananas and apples as snacks. Will be working more on my fruit game as i become more knowledgeable, probably adding more dates as they are good value for added calories and nutrients.
Not touching gluten because through testing recently i have found i may have a wheat intolerance. I bloat easily on it, feel lethargic, feel less capable to exercise, become less energetic. On the diet I am on currently without it, I feel as light as a feather all of the time, feel boosted energy wise, always feel full, when I run i have no indigestion and my cardio system seems to be loving this diet as things have never ran so smoothly in a long time. Perhaps, with my diet so good atm, I am only making my body work hard when I run, rather than also in trying to digest food it finds hard to do it to, so there is less strain here.
If there is a worry about me not being able to stick to a bland diet, I find it fine. I love how it is making me feel and perform, and the results are outrageous, especially as i do not feel any strain and what i am doing feels blissfully natural.
What feels even better here is the fact i have made these losses without going too hard all at once, combining diet+hard exercise, and am only really two days into that. I am now going to run every day for an hour at least (body/legs permitting, may need an occasional rest day) and maintain the diet and hope to keep up a rate of around 4-5 lbs loss a week until i get to my target weight.
I have amended the target weight to 14st 7lbs rather than around 16st 7lbs, with thoughts on playing in central midfield for once in my life as Goalkeeping may be a little restricting. But I will decide on what position is best for me, when i reevaluate how tasty i am in central midfield as a slim person.
The playing football target, with complete ease in mobility, is what is really pushing me on here. I hope that all in all I will attain a 7 stone loss in this year, and be primed, hopefully for some pre season training somewhere, but that is a big ask, and i may just look to trial for a team completely ready by Christmas time instead.
Could not have imagined I would be so optimistic about this when I started miserably in January, but now things are really starting to click.
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