Day 3

Well 3 days are gone and I’m quite impressed with myself. Not so much with sticking to the "all you can eat" protein diet, but with going to the gym 3 days in a row and enjoying it. Went there today 15 minutes earlier then the other 2 day and looking forward to tomorrow’s.

Ran into my wife’s gym instructor this morning and the conversation obviously led to what I’m up to and just the mere mention of me cutting all carbs for a while made her negative. “No” she said “those weight lose programs don’t work”... I could not agree with her more... seeing that I only happened to lose 28kg 5 years ago (and kept if off for 4 years)... she’s a sweet girl and thought I'll spare her.

Exercise
Still sticking to the same low intensity training. I’m trying to keep my heart rate between 115 and 130 BPM and struggling. Not to keep it that low... to get it that high.... I'm barely making it over 110 with this low intensity walking, cycling and X-trainer and fighting the urge to crank it up a few notches, but I know that’s not a good idea... yet.

Food
Had a beauty of a rump steak last night and green salad (which is no carb). This morning’s breakfast was a few sausages and an egg. There were still some leftovers of last night’s salad, so I added a tin of tuna to it and walla – tuna salad for today’s lunch.

Body & Mind
Mentally I’ve got no dramas with the diet, but think that next week’s gym routine will be challenging. I’ve never been an early riser and going to the gym every afternoon after work... hmmmm... not so appealing either... but that’s next week’s problem.

Progress
Weight loss to date 0kg
next weigh-in: 10 September
belt notch on 1 September: 2 currently: 2

I thought I will add my belt notch as an additional measurement to give the fat loss a different perspective. Each notch is 25mm apart and I’m currently on the 2nd notch.