Blonde will make thin ....Here we go again !

[vegaslover]

Starting weight:        16st  4lb
9th   Jan 2014   :      15st  11lb
16th Jan 2014   :      15st   8lb
23th  Jan 2014  :      15st 7lb
30th Jan 2014   :      15st 7lb
 6th Feb 2014   :      15st 8lb
13th Feb 2014  :       15st 9lb
20th Feb 2014 :        15st 12lb
27th Feb 2014 :        16st   0lb
 6th  Mar 2014 :        16st   2lb

Total loss          :          2lb

Just updated all this, been ridic busy at work and around the house (really should post in the man up thread)!

Obv done sod all on the eating or exercise front. Mrs has just signed up to slimming world so probs best I get back on it. Looking to go to Vegas in 11 weeks so gonna aim at 14st

[leethefish]

Starting weight 17 stone 10lb

Week 1 17s 5lb 5lb loss

Week 2 17st 3 lb 2lb loss

Week 3 17st 1lb  2lb loss

Week 4 16 st 10lb 5 lb loss

Week 5 16 st  11lb    1 lb gain

Week 6 16 st  9lb 2lb loss

Week 7 16 st  8lb 1 lb loss

week 8 16st 5lb 3lb loss

week 9 16 stone 3lb  2lb loss


really happy with 2lb loss as i slipped for a few days !

playing badminton tonight

[vegaslover]

Congrats Lee, still bossing it

[Ant040689]

Congrats Lee, still bossing it

[vegaslover]

Starting weight:        16st  4lb
9th   Jan 2014   :      15st  11lb
16th Jan 2014   :      15st   8lb
23th  Jan 2014  :      15st 7lb
30th Jan 2014   :      15st 7lb
 6th Feb 2014   :      15st 8lb
13th Feb 2014  :       15st 9lb
20th Feb 2014 :        15st 12lb
27th Feb 2014 :        16st   0lb
 6th  Mar 2014 :        16st   2lb
13th Mar 2014:         16st   1lb

Total loss          :          3lb

[Ant040689]

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
                               March 10th: 18st 13lbs
                               March 17th: 18st 9lbs

Weekly loss of 4 lbs. Total loss 2st 10lbs. Target weight around 15-14st. Weight loss still to go is around 4st. Total weight loss target is around 7st.

Good week. Eliminated oils and feel better for it. Need to get slightly more disciplined on the sugar intake, as i have had some fruit juice and some jelly tots. I now have to start educating myself on how to cook brilliant vegan dishes with no oil and salt added. I have been putting it off as I am thinking it is going to be annoyingly hard to get going with the complexity in the dishes, but to be honest it is probably because I do not do much cooking at all really and am not a very confident cook. Going to dispel that rubbish mentality and just dive in and follow the set instructions and see what happens, rather than stick within the confines of the very arbitrary diet I do have, which is still healthy, but altogether starting to get boring.

On the structuring my sloth front, it still isn't the best, but I guess I am thinking that I shouldn't try and change too many things too quickly and give myself time to adjust to the diet and everything else. Really I should be bashing out more exercise than I do but it is limited to two days a week really. I will need to overcome the avoidance I do have of running. Also as I will need to run a little to get warmed up to continue on with the dumbell weights i could be doing but am putting off too.

My weight now is definitely light enough for me to run long periods, without too much pain on the joints, so i just need to go ahead and do it, and also make sure i have more food available to make up for the burning of more calories.

The optimum structure isn't in place fully, but I have decided to take things in a much more relaxed way and stop giving myself a hard time. What I am doing is already incredible, so I should add to it and not put myself down. Eventually I will be flying, but I am going to take down the bad habits slowly and one by one so as not to over complicate.

What i need to overcome now is: Develop more knowledge on tastier dishes and learn the widest breadth of dishes I can fathom to promote variety.
                                                    Calorie count (adjust for exercise days, and make sure I am never under eating, over eating is nigh on impossible on this as your body tells you when you are full, and you stop naturally, so basically, keep on making sure i am full, and never feel a lack of energy from under-eating.)
                                                    Count the nutrition stats of everything I eat, and make sure it goes above the RDA of everything needed, eg. potassium, calcium, B-12 etc.
                                                    Exercise an hour and a half a day, with a good warm up and warm down, with lots of flexibility stretches.
                                                    Settle on a daily plan for each week, inclusive of potential variables, that include random nights out. If i get this down on paper, I will probably stick to it more than just to continue on in an unstructured fashion (huge stumbling block for me, and my erratic sleeping pattern must be addressed.) Also make allowances for the first written structure to be a little wrong, but work out the best through trial and error.
                                                    Learn how to better meditate.

Some niggly things in the above list that i have put off but need to get going with, there are probably more things I can't recall just now, to do as well.

I think I will probably chuck in 3 days of an hour and a half of exercise this week, along with the two bits of goalkeeping i do on the Monday and the Sunday. Hopefully this is the week I trudge through the stumbling blocks, develop a plan and stick to it. However knowledge of vegan dishes is an ongoing learning process, so if i just get a start this week i would be happy.

I will end on the way I am currently feeling about all of this. Superb is the answer. Being lighter is obviously nice, but it is the energy levels increasing to levels I haven't experienced before, and also my concentration levels being increasingly awesome with the more i get healthier. Did not anticipate I would feel this different for the better. And what fuels me on with this diet, than with the other ones i have tried and failed with before is that i can eat as much as i want within the confines and i always will feel full, plus, as soon as your taste pallet changes away from the added crap that can be put into some foods, the vegan stuff really does taste great on its own.

Never before have i felt so confident with a diet, and a change in lifestyle, and am nigh on certain this has kick-started a permanent overhaul in my ways, and for that i feel fortunate and grateful. Absolutely loving this and hope for even more benefits to come!

Predicted weight loss for this week coming is about 6 lbs, because if i really do get around 5 hours of exercise in with what i am eating, the fat doesn't stand a chance!

A lot written there, but hey ho. Happy St.Patrick's day everyone and best of luck with your own weight loss!
                                                   
                                                   

[leethefish]

Really great interesting post ant !
Well done ...you are bossing it keep up the good work

[Ant040689]

Really great interesting post ant !
Well done ...you are bossing it keep up the good work

Cheers. Hope all is well with ure losses!

[scotty2hatty]

Ant, 90mins of exercise is quite a lot - shoot for shorter and more intense work, it'll keep you interested.

[rinswun]

Thought i'd join this thread.

I'm getting married in December and would ideally be about 13st. As of this morning, I weighed in at 15st 8lbs. I'm best man at a wedding on Easter Saturday which is pretty much exactly a month away. I'd like to be under 15st for that and think that is pretty realistic.

Went to the gym today for 45 mins of cardio, was exhausted which is a shame as I was fit up to about 5 years ago when i hurt my neck playing rugby and have been steadily piling on weight since. Need to take this seriously now otherwise it'll never happen!

[Ant040689]

Ant, 90mins of exercise is quite a lot - shoot for shorter and more intense work, it'll keep you interested.

The 90 mins exercise is a lot of recovery walking. I would say I run 40% of the time and the rest I walk to recover. I take things very easy and am pushing myself comfortably. 20 mins of that is just a stretch out at the end too, basically. So pretty casual and easy, but it should be effective. Probably will reduce the amount of time exercising when things get easier and up the intensity instead, as at the moment I am plodding along at a slow pace.

On the exercise front, an interesting move I have done before and does work well is to work out how long you want your session. Say 60 mins. Spend 30 mins running away from where you live in the most adventurous, random way possible, probably exploring new roads, or different places as you do it to keep it interesting, and then just come back home for the other 30 mins.

Normally you can go quite some distance and it puts you out of your comfort zone and forces you into having to exercise to get back home. If you were to just lap around the block where you live, you may want to give in after 20 mins as it is convenient.

I enjoy running like this, but I do like to stray away from main roads as I find it much harder to breathe with the quality of air.

[Ant040689]

Thought i'd join this thread.

I'm getting married in December and would ideally be about 13st. As of this morning, I weighed in at 15st 8lbs. I'm best man at a wedding on Easter Saturday which is pretty much exactly a month away. I'd like to be under 15st for that and think that is pretty realistic.

Went to the gym today for 45 mins of cardio, was exhausted which is a shame as I was fit up to about 5 years ago when i hurt my neck playing rugby and have been steadily piling on weight since. Need to take this seriously now otherwise it'll never happen!

Consistency I found is key. Make sure you are doing something everyday, and not sabotaging some good exercise work with overtly bad eating.

As you are a rugby man and have been fit before, it should be a doddle, once you get over the initial tough hump at the start.

Best of luck and you should murder both of your goals.

[leethefish]

Thought i'd join this thread.

I'm getting married in December and would ideally be about 13st. As of this morning, I weighed in at 15st 8lbs. I'm best man at a wedding on Easter Saturday which is pretty much exactly a month away. I'd like to be under 15st for that and think that is pretty realistic.

Went to the gym today for 45 mins of cardio, was exhausted which is a shame as I was fit up to about 5 years ago when i hurt my neck playing rugby and have been steadily piling on weight since. Need to take this seriously now otherwise it'll never happen!

Welcome to the thread &
Good luck with your goals ...

[leethefish]

About 18 months ago I was probably at my biggest .....I had to stop wearing work trousers and resort to track suit bottoms for comfort!
I am fitting a oak floor today & am on my knees all day so I thought I would try them on again (for the knee pads) .....

Not only do they fit I gotta wear a belt !

[scotty2hatty]

About 18 months ago I was probably at my biggest .....I had to stop wearing work trousers and resort to track suit bottoms for comfort!
I am fitting a oak floor today & am on my knees all day so I thought I would try them on again (for the knee pads) .....

Not only do they fit I gotta wear a belt !

Good stuff.