Day 30

The good; the bad, but no ugly.

Weighed-in this morning and pretty pleased with this extra kilo I'm down. However the bad is my knee is hurting the last couple of days. I'll just take it easy on the bike for a few days and hope it gets better.

Only 70 days to go and at this rate I'll be under 90 for Xmas.

Current weight: 96kg
Weight lost to date: 4kg
Next weigh-in: 10 October

Day 26

I was woken up yesterday morning by the birds about 5.30 am. Thought I'll go to the gym and have the evening to myself. People that know me knows that is an achievement in itself. Daylight saving starts tomorrow and setting the clock forward 1 hour will keep the birds quiet for a little bit longer in the morning.

25% finished and still going strong. Left the office yesterday about 4.30pm and was in a slack as mood, hence stopped at KFC for those nice greasy pieces of chicken and coleslaw. I don't do takeaways, but that was lovely.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's gym. Got me the TV series The Magnificent Seven and there's nothing like a good western at its time. Also Saturday mornings is my shopping day, so all the weekend Yummys were bought and ready to be enjoyed.

Weight lost to date: 3kg
Current weight: 97kg
Next weigh-in: 30 September

Day 21

Yesterday was weigh-in number 2 and although I was expecting a huge drop in weight, based on how my clothes fits; it was only an extra 1kg down. So in total 3kg so far. I guess that’s not bad. 3kg in 20 days, if you consider that it’s 6 blocks for 500g butter. And the general rule of thumb is if you lose it slowly, it tends to stay off longer.

Last week I started feeling really good. That familiar steady glucose level, where I don’t feel “jucky” after lunch and just want to fall asleep. No, none of those sugar spikes no more.

This week I’ll be turning up the dials on the machines at the gym and get the pump up between 130 and 140 BPM. I also got a good variety of lunch snacks worked out, so no more boredom around food.

all and all : two thumbs up.

Weigh lost to date: 3kg
Next Weigh-in: 30 September

Day 18

Goodness, I can’t believe it ‘s the weekend already. Not that I’m complaining.

I got up Monday morning with a pain in my chest (heart) and try to ignore it for a couple of days. Yea, Yea, I can hear you all saying it must be the meat...anyway, woke up Wednesday morning with the same pain and needles-n-pins in my arms, which worried me a bit, but it ended up being a reflux and not the old pump.

So, I was home, on a weekday, clear blue skies and what is a man to do? Got out the BBQ (which I haven’t used for about 4 months), gave it a clean and got a few kgs spares from the local China-Man butcher. Well, they said it was spareribs. Lovely!!!!!

This week I increased the intensity of my training session slightly and decided to do a 1hour walking session followed by 2 days at the gym to mix-match it and overcome boredom. The iPod with a few TV series on it helps a lot fighting the boredom factor while on the spin bike for an hour.

This week was the first time in months that I had to ask the Mrs where my belt was which makes me excited about the weigh-in in 2 days and judging by my jeans it’s going to be a good one.

Weight lost to date: 2kg (start weight 100kg)
Next Weigh-in: 2 days

Day 14

Friday night around 7pm I arrived at the gym and was very surprise with how many people go to gym on a Friday.

We had friends come up from Hamilton for the weekend, but I still managed to sneak out Saturday morning for an hour for gym. Fortunately we were the hosts, so all the meals were “Atkins – friendly” except for the deserts, but I’m not really a sweet tooth (if I put my mind to it). I did have a few low-carb beers, in fact I had a couple right after returning from gym, which ended up not being such a good idea.... but that’s a story on its own

Sunday was such a nice sunny day, so we decided to take the friends out for ice cream at the beach; I substituted mine for a Starbucks cuppa. When they left around 6pm last night, I put on my runners and headed out to the ferry terminal for my hour cardio.

So all and all it was a superb weekend and being able to withstand all those “food-ie” temptations, I know I can resist the rest that will follow over the remaining 86 days.

Weight lost to date: 2kg (starting weight 100kg)
Next weigh in: 20 September

Day 10 - First Weigh-in

Weighed myself this morning and the “bloated-less-ness” ended up being more than just that. I lost 2kg over the last 10days. Okay much of it might just be water and I don’t think the next 10days will have the same result, but for now I’m happy with today’s result.

Current weight : 98kg
Weight lost to date : 2kg

Day 9

Yesterday was by far the toughest day to date. I only got away from the office around 6.30pm and reached the gym at 7.30pm. I was a bit “irritated” at the gym and couldn’t wait to get out of there; hence I when from treadmill to cycle to rowing machine and even spend some time on the stepper, but no more than 15 minutes at a time, hoping that will make the time pass quicker. I did managed to work up a good sweat though.

Got home just before 9pm and boy was I happy to see my son took initiative and finish dinner. Chicken\pork stir-fry. That hit the spot and suddenly a “bad day” was not so bad after all. I will spend some time this weekend to work out a menu for the next few weeks, 'cause patties and tuna for lunch and protein shakes for breakfast is starting to work on my nerves.

I guess this sounded like a negative post so on the upside, my jeans aren't so “snugly” anymore and I don’t have that bloated feeling in the gut no more. I don’t have high expectations for tomorrow’s weigh-in (yes, tomorrow is the first big day) and will be happy with ½ a kilo weight lose.

So watch this space to see if the last 10 days of “life style adjustment” was worth the trouble.