There’s been no weigh in for a while. I’ve not been well for the past week or so (almost 14 days, actually) and so I’ve not really been sticking to the diet or going to the gym at all. This, actually, isn’t making me feel any better about myself.
What to do?
I’m still not 100% well, so I don’t want to go to the gym and not do anything useful (work hard, or go home) but on the other hand I know I will not lose weight (or rather girth) without going to the gym.
So, other than perhaps going to see the doctor to see if there’s anything she can recommend, I’m not sure what I’m doing.
I’ll post again when I either get back on track, or get some answers as to why I’ve had a cold for so long!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Monday, March 08, 2010
Weigh In (~)
I’ll summarise my weigh in from yesterday simply: no change since last weigh in.
While in itself that’s not a bad thing (better than an increase!) it’s not the progress I’m interested in.
I’ve been keeping track of whether I’m eating “clean” and I’m hitting about 75-80% clean, which isn’t enough! I had some success last year with the “Slim Fast” plan. Before you groan and list the reasons it’s bad, I know.
Restricting the calories that I consume by making a shake is a simple way to keep the calories down without having to count calories as such. But the Slim Fast shakes have a large amount of sugar in them. I don’t want to get my carbs from sugar, so I’m going to create my own meal replacement shake. At the moment it’s going to look a lot like my self-designed post-workout shake.
Post Workout I have a shake consisting of: 500ml semi-skimmed milk, ~55g protein powder, cocoa powder, green tea extract and guarana. The main difference that I plan to have with the meal replacement is to make them high fibre. To this end I intend to include some oats, and reduce the protein. I hope that it will be palatable!
I’m still going to have my 90% target, so I’ll keep recording what I’ve eaten (or in the case of MRS drunk) and allow myself 10% off plan. That should make it easier too. The other key thing I need to do is watch my snacks. I’m hoping to stick to fruit; I think snacks are one area that I fail in.
I’ll let you know how it works out for me. I really just need to kick start the weight loss, I don’t intend for the shakes to be a lifestyle.
While in itself that’s not a bad thing (better than an increase!) it’s not the progress I’m interested in.
I’ve been keeping track of whether I’m eating “clean” and I’m hitting about 75-80% clean, which isn’t enough! I had some success last year with the “Slim Fast” plan. Before you groan and list the reasons it’s bad, I know.
Restricting the calories that I consume by making a shake is a simple way to keep the calories down without having to count calories as such. But the Slim Fast shakes have a large amount of sugar in them. I don’t want to get my carbs from sugar, so I’m going to create my own meal replacement shake. At the moment it’s going to look a lot like my self-designed post-workout shake.
Post Workout I have a shake consisting of: 500ml semi-skimmed milk, ~55g protein powder, cocoa powder, green tea extract and guarana. The main difference that I plan to have with the meal replacement is to make them high fibre. To this end I intend to include some oats, and reduce the protein. I hope that it will be palatable!
I’m still going to have my 90% target, so I’ll keep recording what I’ve eaten (or in the case of MRS drunk) and allow myself 10% off plan. That should make it easier too. The other key thing I need to do is watch my snacks. I’m hoping to stick to fruit; I think snacks are one area that I fail in.
I’ll let you know how it works out for me. I really just need to kick start the weight loss, I don’t intend for the shakes to be a lifestyle.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Late Weigh In
I meant to post this when I got weighed and measured, but didn't.
Frankly, I'm a bit demoralised, nothing seems to be going in the right direction.
Weight: 12st 6lb (up 2lb)
Body Fat: 26.2% (up 0.3%)
Bust: 38” (~)
Chest: 32” (~)
Waist: 29.5” / 34” (down 0.5" / up 0.5”)
Hips: 44” (~)
Thighs (L/R): 26” / 26” (down 1” each leg!)
Biceps (L/R): 11.5” / 11.5” (~)
Though I don't really think that my thigh measurements are changing that much, I confess I suspect that there's some wonky measuring going on in places! I'm getting my fiancé to measure me, because I know I'll pull the tape tight, or cheat somehow (silly I know) so I'm hoping to average out the measurements over a couple of weeks.
Still, I think I'm not following the diet as strictly as I could be, and also we're not going to the gym anywhere near often enough. We went once last week.
We plan to go three times this week, but things don't always go to plan.
I'm sticking with it, but due to the slowdown last week I may give this phase an extra week before I move on.
Frankly, I'm a bit demoralised, nothing seems to be going in the right direction.
Weight: 12st 6lb (up 2lb)
Body Fat: 26.2% (up 0.3%)
Bust: 38” (~)
Chest: 32” (~)
Waist: 29.5” / 34” (down 0.5" / up 0.5”)
Hips: 44” (~)
Thighs (L/R): 26” / 26” (down 1” each leg!)
Biceps (L/R): 11.5” / 11.5” (~)
Though I don't really think that my thigh measurements are changing that much, I confess I suspect that there's some wonky measuring going on in places! I'm getting my fiancé to measure me, because I know I'll pull the tape tight, or cheat somehow (silly I know) so I'm hoping to average out the measurements over a couple of weeks.
Still, I think I'm not following the diet as strictly as I could be, and also we're not going to the gym anywhere near often enough. We went once last week.
We plan to go three times this week, but things don't always go to plan.
I'm sticking with it, but due to the slowdown last week I may give this phase an extra week before I move on.
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