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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 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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Hello Weight Loss World!

This is my first post and I really just wanted to say thanks for stopping by and reading.

My intention with this site is to give regular updates about my constant struggle with my weight. My weight loss journey is exactly that, my journey on the weight loss road. I’ll give you all of the gory details, the successes and the failures along the weight loss road.

Hopefully it will inform and motivate you guys to follow a similar path on your own weight loss journey. I don’t intend to preach at your nor do I want to try and bully you guys into submission – as we all rebound to this type of stimulus.

I look forward to getting to know you guts better over the next few weeks. Please feel free to leave comments and your stories as we all need constant motivation on this very difficult road.

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