Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Checking in, where to go now?

My posting has become really slow recently - sorry to anybody who was a regular reader :-(.

I am in a slighty strange situation - my weight has gone down to a level which is close to normal (I carry a bit of muscle, so the bmi index doesnt work that well), and I can now do the things I enjoy. The last 2 weeeknds have involved riding 20+ miles off road on Saturday and then big meals and plenty of beer afterwards. I miss the gym quite often during the week, and often avoid going on fridays so that my muscles are fresh for a ride on Saturday.

Diet wise I do OK - I eat sweets occaisionally now and tend to snack outside of my allotted 6 meals a day which doesnt help.

I am still a little fat though - small man boobs, love handles etc, but not to the extent that it makes me look too bad. However, I do want to get rid of this and get lean, but my current habits and diet are not working that well. I dont want to settle for "pretty OK" though - I set the goal of a 6 pack (say 10% body fat) and that is when I acheive sucess.

Recently my weight has been tending to drop less than a pound a week, so I am not wrecking the good work I did, but neither am I getting closer to my Goal any faster. I need to drop 10-15lb. Thus I will now eat clean and exercise for the next 8 weeks, and I will cut the drink out again as well. Luckily I usually go to the pub with a guy who has just started a cycle of muscle building, so he is off the beer for the next 8 weeks. All I need to add to that is the gym 2 - 3 times a week depending on what my weekend plans are. My half marathon plans are all but dead - major shin splints have kept me from running, and now affect my walking and cycling, but thay are getting better. Once I have strengthened those muscles I will return to running and set myself up for a challenge later. I have decided I prefer cycling off road anyway!

Posted by Mark at 10:17 am

4 Comments:

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Posted by Anonymous Anonymous on 6:56 pm  
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Posted by Anonymous Anonymous on 8:41 pm  
Mark- just wanted to say congratulations on your hard work- I have aon my own weight loss journey as well.
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I don't Mary has read this blog. Keep at it Mark, your an inspiration.
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