Mark's got too fat blog

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

Week | Weight | Loss | Total loss
Week 0 - 167 lb
Week 1 - 167 lb (-0 lb)
Week 2 - 163 lb (-4 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 3 - 163 lb (-0 lb) (-4 lb)
Week 4 - 161 lb (-2 lb) (-6 lb)
Week 5 - 162 lb (+1 lb) (-5 lb)
Week 6 - 159 lb (-3 lb) (-8 lb)
Week 7 - 158 lb (-1 lb) (-9 lb)
Week 8 - HOLIDAY
Week 9 - 160 lb (+2 lb) (-7 lb)

That could have been worse! Spent last week in Belgium, staying in Ieper and Dinault. Food was ok - lots of bread and cheese, plus whatever was easy to cook (BBQ :-)). The main thing is despite being pretty active, we drank every night (not to excess though). I love Belgian beers, and good beer is so much cheaper over there, leffe is cheap and served on draught in many places, and trappist brews are usually 2.5 - 4 euros a glass. I brought back quite a good supply of beer and a collection of glasses as souveniers. Of course, I cant really drink those beers right now, but its all good.

This week I have been back to the diet, so by Tuesday that extra pounds should have gone away.

Posted by Mark at 9:19 am | 0 comments