Mark's got too fat blog

I am switching posts here over to my main word press blog - which is Mark Crostons Blog.

There is a category for Weight loss already set up if you want to skip the random other posts.

I am just kicking into a 12 week weight loss phase before I go to Thailand.....

Posted by Mark at 2:43 am | 1 comments

Results for week 19:
Week | Weight | Loss | Total loss
Week 00 - 167 lb
Week 01 - 167 lb (-0 lb)
Week 02 - 163 lb (-4 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 03 - 163 lb (-0 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 04 - 161 lb (-2 lb) (-6 lb)
Week 05 - 162 lb (+1 lb) (-5 lb)
Week 06 - 159 lb (-3 lb) (-8 lb)
Week 07 - 158 lb (-1 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 08 - HOLIDAY
Week 09 - 160 lb (+2 lb) (-7 lb)
Week 10 - 158 lb (-2 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 11 - 157 lb (-1 lb) (-10 lb)
Week 12 - 16 - No Weigh ins
Week 17 - 153 lb (-4 lb) (-14 lb)
Week 18 - 153 lb (-0 lb) (-14 lb)
Week 19 - 153 lb (-0 lb) (-14 lb)

Maintained again. Not been feeling too well, so held off on the gym and increased my calorie intake.

The big news is that I fly out of the UK on November 2nd 2006, to spend a year in New Zealand, and possibly Austrailia after that. As you can imagine, that puts weight loss on a back burner, as I want to enjoy myself and be flexible. I will simply aim to maintain, but will have to judge it off my waist, as scales might be hard to find for a while.

I will be posting here still, but it might drop off in volume, while my main blog should see the bulk of the travel posts.

Posted by Mark at 11:05 am | 9 comments

Results for week 18:
Week | Weight | Loss | Total loss
Week 00 - 167 lb
Week 01 - 167 lb (-0 lb)
Week 02 - 163 lb (-4 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 03 - 163 lb (-0 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 04 - 161 lb (-2 lb) (-6 lb)
Week 05 - 162 lb (+1 lb) (-5 lb)
Week 06 - 159 lb (-3 lb) (-8 lb)
Week 07 - 158 lb (-1 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 08 - HOLIDAY
Week 09 - 160 lb (+2 lb) (-7 lb)
Week 10 - 158 lb (-2 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 11 - 157 lb (-1 lb) (-10 lb)
Week 12 - 16 - No Weigh ins
Week 17 - 153 lb (-4 lb) (-14 lb)
Week 18 - 153 lb (-0 lb) (-14 lb)

Stayed the same this week - I spent the whole weekend at my cousins wedding, so that involed a meal, some beer, no gym etc. Pretty happy that I maintained and I had an enjoyable time. Anyway, Congratulations to Steve and Kirsty Hammond!

Hello to you if you have found this blog via MSN's 30 top Blogs List - I am pretty flattered to be mentioned there next to people like Random Acts of Reality.

A quick summary then if you are new -
I started August 2005 at 231 lb - 16 Stone 7 lb
I am now (October 2006) at 153 lb - 10 Stone 13 lb
Thats 78 lb or 5 and 1/2 stone gone :-)

Posted by Mark at 4:06 pm | 2 comments

Results for week 16:
Week | Weight | Loss | Total loss
Week 00 - 167 lb
Week 01 - 167 lb (-0 lb)
Week 02 - 163 lb (-4 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 03 - 163 lb (-0 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 04 - 161 lb (-2 lb) (-6 lb)
Week 05 - 162 lb (+1 lb) (-5 lb)
Week 06 - 159 lb (-3 lb) (-8 lb)
Week 07 - 158 lb (-1 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 08 - HOLIDAY
Week 09 - 160 lb (+2 lb) (-7 lb)
Week 10 - 158 lb (-2 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 11 - 157 lb (-1 lb) (-10 lb)
Week 12 - 15 - No Weigh ins
Week 16 - 153 lb (-4 lb) (-14 lb)

I'm back! Sorry for the long gap between posts. I stopped going to the gym for a few weeks and didnt follow my diet to the letter. Its only in the last week or so I have been exercising and trying to eat clean - but I did go out on Saturday night to celebrate. Since stopping drinking, I have become a bit of a lightweight (in more ways than one) and dont end up drinking much anyway - 4 pints would be a good amount these days.

I did try an walk the Cumbrian Way in 3 days at the beginning of September - we did day 1, 26 miles and camped, but one of our party knackered their feet, and then after a very late start on day 2, we got serious rain and my waterproof gave up - so we decided that walking an 8 mile high level section while I was soaked and someone was limping a bit was just dangerous. Will try again!

I have a wedding to go to this weekend for my cousin - so I may have to partake of a few beers again, and of course there will be a good meal. On the plus side, it will be good seeing all the family again, some of whom may not even recognise me! I saw an old friend who has not seen me for a year, and he actually had to ask me who I was :-) (I have lost a full third of my original weight!). I had to buy a new suit for this - I have gone from 44" chest to 36", and 38" pants to 30". The 36" jacket is a little bit too big, but nowhere cheap in the UK goes below 36" jackets. I dont think theres many short people who are healthy left in this here country!

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Posted by Mark at 9:14 am | 1 comments

Well, its been over a year now since I started my weight loss mission. I want to do a long illustrated post about that, but my net access is down at home (fried router?) so that will have to wait.

Results for week 11:
Week | Weight | Loss | Total loss
Week 00 - 167 lb
Week 01 - 167 lb (-0 lb)
Week 02 - 163 lb (-4 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 03 - 163 lb (-0 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 04 - 161 lb (-2 lb) (-6 lb)
Week 05 - 162 lb (+1 lb) (-5 lb)
Week 06 - 159 lb (-3 lb) (-8 lb)
Week 07 - 158 lb (-1 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 08 - HOLIDAY
Week 09 - 160 lb (+2 lb) (-7 lb)
Week 10 - 158 lb (-2 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 11 - 157 lb (-1 lb) (-10 lb)

1 lb is OK, as I went out on Saturday night and drank a bit too much. In order to get this whole thing over and done with, I am going back to a strict no drinking policy after the weekend - where I already have commitments which are going to involve time in pubs / clubs.

I have moved onto the Body For Life program as of last week - so new workouts 3 times a week, and 3 HIIT cardio sessions as well. In practice this means:

Monday - Weights
Tuesday - HIIT Cardio (20 mins)
Wednesday - Weights
Thursday - HIIT Cardio (20 mins)
Friday - Weights
Saturday - Should be HIIT Cardio (20 mins)
Sunday - Rest

In practice, I will usually go out on a long ride (25 - 50 miles) on either Saturday or Sunday, or a long hike etc etc.
The weight training is a upper body / lower body split, so 2 routines to alternate, and having both workouts now, its certainly having an effect. My muscles are not used to this kind of volume, so it hurts for a few days :-).

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Posted by Mark at 9:22 am | 0 comments

As promised:

Shows:
August 28th 2005, 231 lbs
August 9th 2006, 158 lbs

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Posted by Mark at 3:35 pm | 7 comments

Week | Weight | Loss | Total loss
Week 00 - 167 lb
Week 01 - 167 lb (-0 lb)
Week 02 - 163 lb (-4 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 03 - 163 lb (-0 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 04 - 161 lb (-2 lb) (-6 lb)
Week 05 - 162 lb (+1 lb) (-5 lb)
Week 06 - 159 lb (-3 lb) (-8 lb)
Week 07 - 158 lb (-1 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 08 - HOLIDAY
Week 09 - 160 lb (+2 lb) (-7 lb)
Week 10 - 158 lb (-2 lb) (-9 lb)

Back to where I was before my Holiday. Eaten fairly clean this week, and have managed to get some more options for food in work - I have a George Foreman grill and my camping gas stove now, so most meats and pasta etc are now options for lunch.

I rode 43 miles on Sunday in around 3 hours - the forst time I have done distance like that in nearly a decade. Last night I rode 16 miles at an average speed of 15 miles per hour - which was good considering I left my off road tyres on the bike. Slicks are going on before I do another big ride.

I said on the diet forum that I would provide a before and after picture with this post, but that needs to wait till tonight when I have my camera.

Its really really close (3 days) to a year since I started this quest to lose weight - I had hoped to be finished by now, but I have not followed the plans I set the the required level of strictness. I really want to be strict with myself for the next 8 weeks - 2lb per week would mean that I was done in time for my cousins wedding.

11/08/2005 - 231 lb
08/08/2006 - 158 lb
Loss of 73 lb
Average of 1.4 lb per week

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Posted by Mark at 10:51 am | 2 comments