Holiday Target Achieved!
I'm very pleased to say that, after continuing with my reduced fruit intake, I have managed to achieve my target of under 16 1/2 stones in time for my holiday (which starts on Friday). At my weigh-in this morning I have lost 1.4lbs, bringing my current weight to 16st 6.4lbs! My aim for the holiday is to try and enjoy myself, without worrying too much about what I am eating and drinking, but to come back and still be below 17stones. I'm hoping that, as I expect to be fairly active throughout the holiday, I should be able to get away without any extra indulgences causing too much damage.
This week I tried a new recipe - The Hairy Dieters Skinny Lasagne. In case you're not aware of it, the Hairy Bikers have realised that all of the hearty food that they have been eating over the years has taken it's toll and they are now well and truely fat! In truth, neither of them are as fat as I was when I started, but they are pretty big. To try and do something about this, they have embarked on a diet, but they are customising many of their favourite dishes so that they taste as good, but are significantly healthier. The first of these was Lasagne, where they made a reduced calory sauce and replaced the pasta with leeks. I made this for Sunday lunch this week and it was a great success! I've got a portion left over which I shall be having for dinner this evening and I shall definitely be making it again. You can find the recipe here, but be warned it is a bit time consuming to prepare.
My exercising this week was a bit more regular - I managed to use the crosstrainer twice and I did my kettlebell exercises twice. I'll get one more crosstrainer session and one more kettlebell session in before I leave for my holiday (Mrs TBI has told me not to exercise on Friday morning as she doesn't want my sweaty exercise cloths lying around for 2 weeks before they get a chance to be washed!). I shall be taking my kettlebell with me as it doesn't take up much space in the car, but I will miss the crosstrainer (I hope I don't struggle to get back on it when I return).
So the next couple of weeks will be taken up with a couple of 9-hole rounds of golf, at least one theme park visit, swimming in the pool, body boarding in the sea, surfing lessons and whatever else Mrs TBI and Master TBI decide they want to do. This is very active compared to my normal, office bound, life! Hopefully we will also be able to enjoy some good food and wine, but not too much!
I'll report back again after my holiday!
Bon Voyage!
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Weigh-in - week 58
Well, for those of you who have been wondering about my experiment with a reduced fruit intake, I can tell you that the experiment appears to have been a success! I have lost 2.2lbs this week, which brings my weight down to 16st 7.8lbs with another week to go before my holiday. I intend to continue with the reduced fruit intake as it does seem to have made a difference for me.
I treated myself to a fish n chip dinner from the chip shop on Saturday evening and I think it was a mistake, as I spent quite a lot of Saturday evening in the smallest room in the house. I think it will be a while before I do that again, I'll stick to the oven baked fish & chips for now. We also had a barbeque on Sunday afternoon, with good friends and lots of food and beer, so to lose 2.2lbs is a pretty good result after that.
I've been very good at sticking with the crosstrainer, in fact I matched my personal best on Saturday morning. I've not been so good with the kettlebell workout on the alternate days. I really do intend to get back to using the kettlebell, in fact I plan on taking it on holiday with me as I won't have access to a crosstrainer where we're going. I'm also planning on taking my golf clubs, or a subset of them, as our holiday cottage is next to a golf course and I hope to get at least to rounds (of 9 holes) with my son. This will be in addition to the surfing lessons that ThinBlokeInside Minor & I will be having. There is also a big theme park nearby, so that will involve lots of walking too. All in all I expect to be doing quite a lot of exercise while we are on holiday, so hopefully I won't put on too much weight even though I'm not planning on being too strict with the weightwatchers plan.
I'll be back again next week to let you know if I've achieved my target of being under 16st 7lbs for my holiday (unfortunately the target that I set myself at the beginning of the year was under 15st 7lbs, but I missed that due to spending too much time hanging around on plateaus (maybe I should have reduced my fruit intake sooner).
Bye for now.
I treated myself to a fish n chip dinner from the chip shop on Saturday evening and I think it was a mistake, as I spent quite a lot of Saturday evening in the smallest room in the house. I think it will be a while before I do that again, I'll stick to the oven baked fish & chips for now. We also had a barbeque on Sunday afternoon, with good friends and lots of food and beer, so to lose 2.2lbs is a pretty good result after that.
I've been very good at sticking with the crosstrainer, in fact I matched my personal best on Saturday morning. I've not been so good with the kettlebell workout on the alternate days. I really do intend to get back to using the kettlebell, in fact I plan on taking it on holiday with me as I won't have access to a crosstrainer where we're going. I'm also planning on taking my golf clubs, or a subset of them, as our holiday cottage is next to a golf course and I hope to get at least to rounds (of 9 holes) with my son. This will be in addition to the surfing lessons that ThinBlokeInside Minor & I will be having. There is also a big theme park nearby, so that will involve lots of walking too. All in all I expect to be doing quite a lot of exercise while we are on holiday, so hopefully I won't put on too much weight even though I'm not planning on being too strict with the weightwatchers plan.
I'll be back again next week to let you know if I've achieved my target of being under 16st 7lbs for my holiday (unfortunately the target that I set myself at the beginning of the year was under 15st 7lbs, but I missed that due to spending too much time hanging around on plateaus (maybe I should have reduced my fruit intake sooner).
Bye for now.
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Weigh-in - week 57
OK, so I could have been wrong about falling off the edge of the plateau - this week I've gained 0.4lbs! It could have been worse I suppose, but I am a little disappointed with that result - only 2 weeks left now 'till we go on our surfing holiday and I REALLY want to be under 16st 7lbs for the start of it.
I have been reading some of the posts in the various WeightWatchers forums and have decided that my difficulties may be due to eating too much fruit. This is my normail daily fruit intake:
Breakfast: 2 pears, 1 orange, 1 banana
Lunch: 3 tangerines/clementines/satsumas, 1 orange, 1 banana
giving me a total of 7 portions of fruit per day.
I've decided to cut it down to 1 pear and an orange at breakfast time and 3 tangerines/clementine/satsumas and a banana at lunch time to see if that helps. This will also please Mrs ThinBlokeInside as she's always complaining that we're spending a fortune on fruit!
My exercising is still not fully on track as I am still tending to miss out the kettlebell sessions, which is surprising because I think these are the important ones for me to complete in the run up to our holiday - I MUST Try Harder!
Well, I'll be back next week to share the results of my reduced fruit intake experiment, see you then!
I have been reading some of the posts in the various WeightWatchers forums and have decided that my difficulties may be due to eating too much fruit. This is my normail daily fruit intake:
Breakfast: 2 pears, 1 orange, 1 banana
Lunch: 3 tangerines/clementines/satsumas, 1 orange, 1 banana
giving me a total of 7 portions of fruit per day.
I've decided to cut it down to 1 pear and an orange at breakfast time and 3 tangerines/clementine/satsumas and a banana at lunch time to see if that helps. This will also please Mrs ThinBlokeInside as she's always complaining that we're spending a fortune on fruit!
My exercising is still not fully on track as I am still tending to miss out the kettlebell sessions, which is surprising because I think these are the important ones for me to complete in the run up to our holiday - I MUST Try Harder!
Well, I'll be back next week to share the results of my reduced fruit intake experiment, see you then!
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Weigh-in - Week 56
Well it looks like I might have finally tilted over the edge of the plateau that I've been stuck on. After a weekend where the tracking went a little haywire due to a bad start on Friday night (too many beers and a Saturday morning hangover :-( ), I managed to lose 1.4lb resulting in my current weigh-in weight of 16st 9.6lbs! I've not had a gain in weight for 4 consecutive weigh-ins now, so I think I must be over it - here's hoping!
I've re-evaluated my short term goals and have decided that my goal for the start of my Holiday (in just over 3 weeks) is to be below 16st 7lbs and to come back from the holiday at no more than 7lbs above the holiday start weight. Hopefully I'll gain less as I'm planning to be relatively active (surfing & golf plus whatever other activities She Who Must Be Obeyed decides on us doing) and I'll at least be sticking to my WW breakfast even if I eat and drink a little badly at other times.
I've still not managed to get back into the swing of things with the Kettlebell exercises, but I have been pretty good at keeping up with the Crosstrainer (apart from missing out a session on Saturday morning!). It's getting quite close to my holiday (did I mention that?), so I really must get back on track with the full exercise regime if I am to stand any chance at all of successfully learning to surf!
That's all for this week, I'll report back next wee with, hopefully, more good news on the weight loss front! Bye for now!
I've re-evaluated my short term goals and have decided that my goal for the start of my Holiday (in just over 3 weeks) is to be below 16st 7lbs and to come back from the holiday at no more than 7lbs above the holiday start weight. Hopefully I'll gain less as I'm planning to be relatively active (surfing & golf plus whatever other activities She Who Must Be Obeyed decides on us doing) and I'll at least be sticking to my WW breakfast even if I eat and drink a little badly at other times.
I've still not managed to get back into the swing of things with the Kettlebell exercises, but I have been pretty good at keeping up with the Crosstrainer (apart from missing out a session on Saturday morning!). It's getting quite close to my holiday (did I mention that?), so I really must get back on track with the full exercise regime if I am to stand any chance at all of successfully learning to surf!
That's all for this week, I'll report back next wee with, hopefully, more good news on the weight loss front! Bye for now!
Friday, 20 July 2012
Weigh-in - Week 55
This week I've Stayed The Same. I suppose it makes a change as for the last few weeks I've always followed a loss with a gain, so hopefully next week will be another loss.
It's getting quite important to me now to have a few good losses between now and mid-August as this will be when I have to show myself in public in my new wetsuit, which arrived last Friday. I have to say it is a little (very) snug, but then they are meant to be that way. The reason for the wetsuit is that my son & I and some friends are going to learn to surf and, with the weather we've had so far this year, I expect the water to be very cold!
My training is still a little out of kilter - I'm back in the routine for the crosstrainer, but I just can't seem to motivate myself to get back into the kettlebell sessions. I really must try harder as I think these exercises are going to help with my surfing, particularly the press-ups and the planks.
Any way, that's it for this week, good luck with your weight loss efforts.
It's getting quite important to me now to have a few good losses between now and mid-August as this will be when I have to show myself in public in my new wetsuit, which arrived last Friday. I have to say it is a little (very) snug, but then they are meant to be that way. The reason for the wetsuit is that my son & I and some friends are going to learn to surf and, with the weather we've had so far this year, I expect the water to be very cold!
My training is still a little out of kilter - I'm back in the routine for the crosstrainer, but I just can't seem to motivate myself to get back into the kettlebell sessions. I really must try harder as I think these exercises are going to help with my surfing, particularly the press-ups and the planks.
Any way, that's it for this week, good luck with your weight loss efforts.
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Weigh-in - Week 54
Hopefully this means I have fallen of the edge of the annoying plateau that I was stuck on, but only time, and next week's weigh-in, will tell.
The last week has been a bit easier to deal with as there were no special events to cause me to overindulge in the beer & food. I even managed to get back into the normal routine on my crosstrainer (although I still haven't got back into the kettlebell routine).
On Monday of this week I was fitted with a heart monitor to wear for 24 hours, this is so that the cardiologist can, hopefully, find out why my resting heart rate is so slow (45bpm) and if there is anything I should be concerned about. I purposely elected to have it fitted on Monday morning so that I would still be wearing it when I used the crosstrainer on Tuesday morning, this was so that I could be sure that my most intense workout was included as, apart from it beating very fast, I have no idea what my heart is doing when I use the crosstrainer. I probably ought to wear a heart rate monitor when I train, just to ensure that I'm not overdoing it. I should get the results of the monitoring at the end of next week.
As you may have noticed, I am my customary day late with this posting, so I can tell you that I started off this new week's tracking with a bit of a points splurge - it was the member's tour night at my local brewery, so I ended up having 5 pints of very fine ale, which unfortunately adds up to 30 points! I'm now limited to 25 weeklies for this coming weekend, this could be tricky! I guess I'll probably end up dipping into the activity points, so I must make sure that I continue to use the crosstraner this week.
Time to set some new mini-goals, I guess:
16st 10lbs - 60lbs lost.
16st 07lbs - 9 "Silver 7's".
15st 13.9lbs - under 16st.
15st 10.5lbs - 25% of my starting weight lost.
15st 05lbs - my previous lowest adult weight (at 30 years old).
That's all for now folks, I'll be back next week,
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Weigh-in - Week 53
Well here I am at the start of year 2 of the Thin Bloke's fight to get out of this Fat Bloke's body. Unfortunately it would appear as though I am stuck on a plateau at the moment, I have trundled along at around 17st (or just under) for about a month now. Hopefully I will fall of the edge and continue on my journey soon.
The good news is that this week I lost 1lb, which brings me back down to exactly 17st, I would have liked to get back under 17st, but I'm reasonably happy with that result - as you may know, the last 2 weeks have been filled with opportunities for overeating and poor choices! I feel quite pleased that I haven't gone completely mad during this time. Luckily there are no more celebrations like that until our holiday in August, so, hopefully, I can get back on track now.
I have continued to struggle with the exercise routine, in fact, until my weigh in day on Tuesday (yes, this is a late post again), I hadn't used the cross trainer in over a week! I'm not sure why I'm having these motivational problems now but I simply must get over them and get back into the routine.
I'd still like to get down to below 16st by the start of our holiday, but I feel that it is unlikely as I would have to lose an average of 2.5lbs per week and I haven't lost at that rate for a very long time! Whatever happens, I will be fitter, thinner and healthier for this year's holiday than I was for last year's!
I'll report back next week with more news, bye for now.
The good news is that this week I lost 1lb, which brings me back down to exactly 17st, I would have liked to get back under 17st, but I'm reasonably happy with that result - as you may know, the last 2 weeks have been filled with opportunities for overeating and poor choices! I feel quite pleased that I haven't gone completely mad during this time. Luckily there are no more celebrations like that until our holiday in August, so, hopefully, I can get back on track now.
I have continued to struggle with the exercise routine, in fact, until my weigh in day on Tuesday (yes, this is a late post again), I hadn't used the cross trainer in over a week! I'm not sure why I'm having these motivational problems now but I simply must get over them and get back into the routine.
I'd still like to get down to below 16st by the start of our holiday, but I feel that it is unlikely as I would have to lose an average of 2.5lbs per week and I haven't lost at that rate for a very long time! Whatever happens, I will be fitter, thinner and healthier for this year's holiday than I was for last year's!
I'll report back next week with more news, bye for now.
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