Tuesday, August 17, 2010

A Quick Update

Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:146.6kg
A loss of:-12.6kg
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I just wanted to fill you in with how my latest weigh-in went. I've lost another 1.1kg!

Things are moving a bit slowly at the moment but the Doctor says that if I cut out the sweet things (every now and then I find myself with a sweet tooth that will not be satisfied!) then thing will really pick up. Unfortunately I gave in to the Magnum's (ice-creams) in my freezer. Believe me, right now I'm wishing I'd only had one... not the entire box of four. I'm feeling a tad ill actually. My Doc also says that if I can get rid of the sweets (and the McDonald's) I could reach my goal weight by Easter 2011.

I really hope she's right. Wish me luck in my war on sweets. Bye bye!

Friday, August 13, 2010

14 Days in a Row!

Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:147.7kg
A loss of:-11.5kg
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Firstly, I apologise for my 15 day absence. Things have been rather hectic with work and study of late. Heading towards the end of the year and the finish line and my Diploma are well in sight. Unfortunately that means plenty of deadlines are also on the horizon.

In regards to my last post, I believe I'm quite pleased with how my gym assessment went. I had lost 6kg (one for each week of my exercise plan) and I had also lost 5cm of my chest and waist, 3cm from my arms and 1cm from my calves. Unfortunately nothing had budged from my thighs. Despite that last fact, I am fitting into jeans that didn't fit three months ago, though they are still the same numerical size as other jeans I own that are now to large.

I've had a few pitfalls over this last fortnight with McDonald's being my main trap. Since my last post on the 28th July, I have consumed 8 'Big Mac' meals. That is medium chips, a burger containing 3 slices of bun, 2 patties, 2 slices cheese, 'special sauce', and a smattering of lettuce and of cause the gherkins that are always surgically removed and place with care into the depths of the garbage can as soon as that little red box is out of the brown paper bag.

I do believe though that I have come up with a way of combating my addiction to McDonald's. How? A challenge of course! Now I have attempted one challenge since my last one, mainly because by the time I thought of it I was already half way through. Going to the gym 14 days in a row. I have to say it was fairly easy. Now after having a one day break I'm ready to have another go. I wonder if I can pull it off twice? Now back to my McD's challenge. It's mainly based on a reward system. Now I love the taste of Big Mac's (I think it's the 'Special Sauce') but 8 in 15 days is way too many. Here's the challenge I have set myself. If I can go 14 day without McD's then I can have one medium Big Mac meal. Repeat challenge. If I don't succeed, then I'll just have to try again. My fingers are crossed.

I have to say though, that even with recent unhealthy addition to my diet I'm feeling pretty good about my weight loss. I think it's the new exercise plan my trainer has given me (because it's certainly not my diet). I get to do a few weights now, something other than push-ups, not that I have anything against push-ups. My scales told me this evening that I weigh 143.3kg. But I'm basing my correct weight loss on the numbers I get from my Doctor, hence the reason I haven't changed my stats at the top of this post to reflect what my scales told me. There are few differences to how I weigh myself to how it happens at the Doctors. Firstly there is the fact that there are two different sets of scales, also I weigh myself naked and there is no way I am planning on standing naked in front of my Doctor. The final main difference is that I weigh myself in the evening whilst my Doctors appointments are scheduled fairly early in the morning. I have a Doctors appointment in two days time so I guess I'll find out the true effect of the McDonald's and the new exercise plan then.

That all for now. Time to shut this laptop down and go to bed. Goodnight!