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More Good Weight Loss News

Well guys I’m to weeks into my new regime and it’s working well.

My stats show a 2kg lossin weight, that 5lbs in imperial measurements.
The other great news is the los of 3/4″ off my waist. 2 cm is a good amount
of width to loose.

The other crucial fact is a reduction in body fat of 1.2% – now that’s not bad!
In fact for me that’s the most pleasing measurement change, because I can feel
that it’s doing me good.

One of the worrying aspects of getting that ‘muffin top’ roll of blubber around my
belly is the effects on my long term health. Afterall as I stated before probably the
main reason for going on a weight loss mission was to improve the inner health of
my body – and hopefully it will last longer.

The other benefit is to my ego or my vanity. To be honest I’m sick of looking like a
fat slob – well almost. The thing is I can see that if I don’t take action sooner rather
than later it wouldn’t be too long before I was heavily and dangerously overweight.

Strange as it may seem that small shift n my waist measurement has meant that I
feel a difference in my trousers  now that is motivation enough my friend to get up
tomorrow at 6.30am and be by the London Dock’s for a workout session come rain
or shine. I wish you could join me!!

Lets get fit for life!!

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Weight Loss Mission & Injuries

Well it ghad to happen sooner or later – I’ve got an injury – surprise surprise!

It’s a pain in the ass but when I think about it rationally it had to happen , or
more importantly I was an injury waiting to happen.

Some of may want to ask me the question, what was a 48 year old man doing
sprinting up and down the side of the London docks at 7.30am in the morning.
I agree, I agree but suddenly I was overcome with this vision that I was Usain Bolt
whilst I was chugging up and down at a snails pace.

When I think about it, I’m a couple of stone overweight and all of a sudden this
fairly overweight guy starts putting his body through intensive physical activity
that it hasn’t done for a few years and of course it breaks down – oh what a surprise
I hear you say.

And what can I say apart from – you’re right! – and you are.

But this brings into question the intensity of exercise we do as a fairly unfit person
when we’re on a mission to get fit. What we have to realise, especially if we haven’t
been exercising for a few years is that fact that our bodies may not be ready for the
mind set we have.

Once we begin our mission with the correct mind set – that is I’m going to get fit, I’m
going to lose weight and I’m going to do it quickly. With this attitude it’s all too easy
to race gung-ho into exercise when the body just isn’t ready for it.

The moral of the story for like minded individuals is o ease gently into exercise and
not to push the body too hard initially, gently increase the intensity of the exercise
regime as and when the body can accommodate it.

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Weight Loss In The Rain – And Loving It.

Heavy rain this morning meant my workout in the park was damp and cold. But like a trooper I struggled through it, braving the discomfort of the rain and wind. But hey, if you’re on a mission you’re on a mission. And that’s me.

My mission plan has always been to alter my diet by sticking to a fairly harsh diet for a few weeks, combining this approach with an increase in the intensity and regularity of my exercise regime.

Sometimes it’s hard to motivate yourself to get out of bed and do the exercise. This morning was one of those days but I leapt out of bed ready to take on the challenges of the day ahead. Namely do my exercise, watch what I eat and overcome the boredom threshold and the reulting snacking late on a night.

I have to say that today was a great day, I felt invigorated whilst working out in the rain at the park, I’ve not craved too much for sugary things, I’ve eaten well especially this evening eating grilled fish and a beautiful salad.
I feel an urge to meaure myself and see if I’ve lost any inches or weight but I am not going to do that until Sunday, two weeks in.

I’ll keep you posted guys.

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My Weight Loss Journey – Magic Results

So I’m one week in and already I’ve got results – which is a lovely surprise to me. I’ve lost a kilo – yes a whole 2.2lbs.

My mission on this weight loss journey was to loose weight on a fairly rapid basis by using a strict diet plan. Then once the bulk of the weight was off my intention was to cut back on the strictness of the diet.

The object then was to moderate my lifestyle to keep the weight off. Well that’s the plan and it seems to be working.

I thought I’d jot down the basics of what my diet is and that way you guys can better understand my journey. So here it is:

My Weight Loss JourneyFor the first two weeks,

1)     No processed food – the idea behind this diet is to eat ‘clean.’

2)     So, no bread, pasta, rice. Avoid all ‘simple’ carbohydrates that can be broken down into sugar too quickly. If your sugar levels (blood glucose) levels are constantly spiking throughout the day, your body will release insulin to control this. High insulin brings about a release of the hormone cortisol, a stress hormone. (This is the chemical that is released into your body to wake you up in the morning.) Normally the levels should then drop during the day, but if you have constantly high doses pumped into your system, the body is put into a ‘stressed state’ – a primal state ‘fight or flight’ state which encourages it to hoard all calories as fat.

Well these are the first two main points of the diet regime, some of you may say it sounds like the South Beach Diet and I have to admit that it does to a certain extent particularly in the area of balancing the sugar levels to stop the craving for sugar. That up and down feeling that the body gets into with the spiking of the bodies blood sugar levels.

I have noticed that especially over the first few days I did feel a desperate need to have some sugar. I suppose we don’t really realise during our daily lives how much sugar we intake and what the effects of sugar are on the body.

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Weight Loss Diary Day One

Being the sort of bloke who loves his food I find it incredibly difficult to ration myself to one potato or a sliver of cake.
I always have to fight the twin demons of my own weakness and mild greed getting the better of me.

I tend to easily loose my concentration – well that’s what I call it.

So what I thought I’d do with this site was to make a bold statement to the world and to my friends. I thought I’d follow one
of the principles of  basic psychology and that was to make a statement, write it down and let everybody know about it,
especially the people whom like and respect. Then if I find myself weakening or find that the task is too difficult I can always
remind myself of the promises I have made to the people I like and respect.

I’m hoping that the thought of telling my closest friends and family that I am on a weight loss mission will spur me on and
keep me focused on the real issue and the real target – which to me is weight loss – but not simply so that my jeans will fit me
better. This is one of the main reasons obviously, but at my age ( approaching 50 ) I think it’s important to be aware of the health
issues that being over weight causes.

So in the spirit of writing things down I thought I’d jot down my goal and some unpleasant but vital statistics.

My goal is to loose 1 & half stone or 21lbs. It kind of rounds up to 10kg more or less. It may seem like a lot of weight to loose and it
is but I am a big guy as you can see below. My other main goal to coincide with my health issues is to reduce my body fat % down to 20%.

Weight   17st 5lbs      or 110kg
Waist      44 & 3/4″   or 114.5cm
Neck       18 & 3/4″   or 48.5cm
Chest      46 & 1/2″   or 118.5cm
Bicep      16 & 1/2″    or 42.3cm
Thigh      26″              or 66cm

Body Fat 27.9% = 30.7kg

Guys please leave your comments whether they are in aid of my motivation or ideas for exercise.

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