Check In #2

The weight loss continues

Check In #1

How Fat Am I?

23 Stone 2Lbs
324 Lbs
147 Kgs

How To Lose Weight – Just

Well it has been a week since I decided to start and in my last post things were not going that great, too much social drinking and eating for anything to be effective, eating take away food and eating it late in the evening and failing to take any exercise is certainly not the most auspicious start to a weight loss campaign.  I’m not an idiot and i know that some consistency in both diet and exercise is what is required.

I’m very pleased to report that the second half of the week has been much better in that respect, Saturday through to Tuesday evening has seen my eating much more consistently and taking some exercise every day.

Saturday: 12 miles (18km) bicycling = exercising for 70 minutes

Sunday: 40 mile (64km) Charity bike ride = exercising about 4 hours

Monday:  1 hour 20 minute brisk walk

Tuesday: 10 mile bike ride – fairly genteel= exercising for 50 minutes

So exercise has been good, if a little painful on the posterior,  You see up until Saturday my arse had not been in the saddle of my bike for over 2 years and really in terms of riding more than maybe 2 miles that probably extends to 5 years!!

Food has gone well, I have manged to stay within my calorie allowance (1880) every day, admittedly some days harder than others and 1 thing that has been apparent is that my Fat Intake is too high and Dietary Fibre (Fiber) intake too low.  But still a 3lb weight loss overall on the week is acceptable given the poor poor start that was made.

I still have measurements to take and organisation of my food and exercise diaries but so far – so ok!!!

Starting A Diet

Local Time: 06.25

Well after deciding to start last night I have woke up feeling almost as motivated, so it is on for real.  Any weight loss program will require a start point and this is the start point for this diet.

I am using the Wii fit Board as my scales as the impression it gives is that it is less prone to variation, traditional bathroom scales have always been very erratic on my floor no matter whether they were digital or analogue.  The wii fit board on the other hand has always looked to me to be reliable and steady.  It also gives the (dubios) advantage of  giving you a BMI measurement as well, I don’t think it is neccessarily accurate but probably close enough and will serve as a guide>

1st weigh in:

weigh time 06.25am

Result better than expected with weight being:

313 lbs  – 21 stone 5 lbs

BMI = 44.60

Ok so thats the easy bit done now i just have to do it.

I intend from today to change many things in my lifestyle including…

• Have breakfast every day

• Eat Lunch Every Day

• Make better choices for my meals &  snacks

• Drink at least 1.6litres of water every day (8 standard glasses)

• Cut down on the caffiene intake to less than 4 cups a day (health rather than diet reasons)

• Consume a maximum of 1890 calories per day

• Keep a food & exercise diary

• Try to exercise at least 45 minutes per day (can be averaged over the week)

Eating breakfast and lunch every day seems like a no brainer to lots of people but for me i often go without one or both, probably replacing them with coffee and maybe biscuits occassionally.  This would lead to overeating at almost every other time and the lack of routine also affects weight loss i believe.

Making better choices is an easy statement but if you are overweight you will know just how difficult that can be.

Water, the truth is most of us don’t drink enough and most commentators say this is crucial to weight loss

Caffiene, is purely for myself,  Personally i drink way too much of it at work and for purely health reasons i thought i would cut some out (not all)

1890 calories is a figure that according to MyFitnessPal.com suggests i need to eat to lose 2lbs per week, time will tell if this figure is correct.

Exercise 45 minutes per day, this will be difficult with my lifestyle really  I work til 6pm and as a father and husband it is not always possible to disappear for an hour or so to the Gym.  Also my travel requirements are that I’m between cars so dropping to the Gym on the way to or from work is not really possible either.  Today i have the car so i will try to get to Gym at lunchtime.

Wish me luck

Fatty