Still on it, just differently.

I got down to 13st 8lbs, which was amazing.  I've been consistently err... cheating on the diet.  Essentially, I moved up a couple of steps to the 1200 plan which basically killed it for me.  I found it all too much.  Over the last couple of months, I've stabilised at around 14 stone 2lbs.

That's not a bad result, all things considered.  Not good enough though.

I've also been going down the gym, only once a week, and i've missed a few sessions due to work/baby/life commitments, but I'm seeing results in terms of muscle growth.

The wife and I have decided to re-double our efforts and we're back down to the 810 plan.  I'm hoping to get down to 12 stone dead.

I'll keep you posted.

A month since my last post

And basically fuck-all has happened.

I'm down to 13st, and am stuck there. I'm eating like a pig and am cheating on my diet every day as I'm absolutely crazy for carbs. I just can't help myself.

On the plus side, my gym antics mean I'm starting to see muscle growth which means I must in theory be losing some body fat if I still weigh the same each week.

So even if I continue this way, my body should be looking better in three months time. Of course, I'm desperate to knock the cheats on the head but I can't seem to stop myself.

Must. Do. Better.

Omg! Eating like a pig on the 1000 plan.

I've only been on this plan for just over two days and instead if satisfying me more, it's actually making me hungry!

I've cheated and eaten 3 pepperami's yesterday, thankfully no carbs and only 100 calories each. I also added about 50g of ham to my lunchtime salad which is supposed to be plain. To make up for this, I didn't have chicken with my dinner. According to an app on my phone, I consumed around 1600 calories yesterday. I also did some exercise which might have helped a bit.

Thankfully, I should be able to get a grip on this and still lose a little weight this week. I still ate less than the maintenance amount of calories so should be ok.

My CDC wants me to stop losing weight anyway so I guess I'm helping her!

Day 94 result, and the start of my food rehab

4lbs off!

I'm now 13st 10lbs and am officially on the road to foodie recovery! My CDC has now moved me up to stage 3 which is 1000 calories. I have eaten so much food today it's unreal!

I also cheated a little as it's Easter. I ate a cadbury's creme egg. I figured what the hell, if I'm going to be eating 1000 calories and exercising too then why not? A normal, thin person wouldn't worry about it and nor should I.

So far, it seems as though what I'm choosing to eat has improved so maybe my brain is being rewired as part of this process.

Weigh in tonight. Will I be in the 13's?

I have no idea, I certainly hope so!  I'll let you know!

:-)

Gym and excercise in general

I've reached the point where losing fat isn't enough any more.  Although I'm extremely happy to be where I am in terms of my body shape, I know that being slimmer isn't the end of the journey.

I have good solid legs from carting too much fat around for years, but my upper body strength is almost non-existant.  For some reason, I thought that once I'd lost the fat, I'd have a good body with some muscle definition, however there's none.

This means I must excercise!

Because I have a baby, I have no idea how many times a week I can get out to the gym, therefore I run the risk of losing out financially if I go to a posh gym and pay the ~£60 monthly fee.  I need a gym where you can just turn up, pay a fiver and think no more of it.

Now, this rules out all the "corporate" gym chains like Virgin Gym, Fitness First etc.  Luckily enough, there's two council run gyms in my town.  One is tiny and only has about 10 machines but has the benefit of being 5 minutes from my house. The other is a bigger "flagship" gym in the sports centre across town which has more kit, but is further away, and costs more per session.

I had my induction at the local gym with a lady who was in her 50's but was as fit as a fiddle. She ran me through all the machines and knackered me out quite sufficiently. She was totally lovely and put me at ease as I was actually pretty nervous.

I now know what I'm doing and will be hitting the gym regularly. 

In order to build muscle, you have to lift heavy weights.  It's no good running miles and miles on a treadmill. That will keep you slim certainly, but you could actually lose muscle doing that.

Also, bigger muscles burn more calories so it's a win-win situation really.

I'll keep you posted with photo's and logs still.  This blog will continue to include my weigh-ins, cambridge diet plans too. I'm just expanding it a little.

This will take a while, be very hard work, but should also be well worth it.

Day 84: Weigh-in result

14 Stone dead!

That's a total of four stone, two pounds off since the fifth of January this year. That'll do me nicely.

My CDC also told me that this will be my last week on step 2, the 810 plan. Because apparently my BMI is now 25 ie NORMAL woohoo!

The next step for me will be to move up to step 3: 1000 calories. This mean that I eat the following:

Breakfast:
Something like shredded wheat
1/2 pint skimmed milk
1 Cambridge diet food pack

Lunch:
Green Leaf salad

Mid afternoon:
Cambridge diet shake

Dinner:
Same sort of dinner as per the 810 plan but with carbs! That's right, CARBS!!!! Home-made oven chips for me, jacket spuds with cottage cheese etc! Mmm delicious!

This actually sounds suspiciously like a regular diet to me :-)