Hello again peoples.
Today's update is a bit of a milestone. By way of a fortunate accident, I discovered that today is exactly two months since my membership at the gym began. According to their records, I started attending on 18/02/11. So two months, or 8 1/2 weeks of attending the ym 4 days a week.
And my progress to date? Well, Saturday and today came in at the same figure (somehow): 122.4kg!
This is a bizarre feeling for me. Actually getting steady loss is awesome. The down side is that all my clothes are starting to look like parachutes on me, and I haven't had a chance to go clothes shopping yet. I've decided that I'm going to raid the op-shops (by raid I mean shop at, not steal from). That way if I end up dropping another size or two I haven't spent a fortune on clothes that are now too big.
To give you an idea of the scale of the amount of weight I've lost, when I left Townsville I had only one belt. I'm not sure what size it was exactly, but it would have been around the 130cm mark I reckon. I was consistently using the second last to last hole (in inner-most two holes) when dressing. That belt is now so large on me that I can remove it without undoing it... on the inner-most hole! I have had to buy a new belt, which when I got it I used the outermost hole. Now I am using the third hole consistently. Assuming that each hole is around 1inch from the nearest, that means I have lost no less that 5 inches (12.5cm) or so from my waistline. In two months! That makes me very happy.
But I don't intend to stop here/ I still have a long way to go before I get clost to my target. So happy hunting until then folks.
(PS: total loss since my "official" starting weight is 11.6kg)
Monday, April 18, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
SuperNova Results (Belated)
Sorry I'm late with this post. I've been caught up with life, which is unusual for me because normally I don't have one. Or at least, not one worth talking about. But the last week has been fairly full on.
Saturday's results were the first high point. Weigh-in was 123.7kg. This made me tentatively happy since getting below 124kg means I have lost a minimum of 10kg since starting at the gym. Monday's result of 123.9kg confirms that 10 kilo mark has been hit. So happy me! On a down note, my weight has been the same since (it's now Thursday) which is a little worrying.
Diet has been a bit up and down over the past week, due to external factors. I went to Supernova on Saturday (a big pop culture expo - lots of geek stuff), and had a turkish bread for lunch. Lots of carbs. Sunday I had yum cha for lunch (my grandfather's 78th birthday). That is a very dangerous way of eating. Tiny portions, but it just keeps coming. Very bad. And because of work committments and visiting friends/relatives pretty much every day since then I've eaten out for lunch and dinner. Not really bad food, just probably too much in terms of quantity. So I've been naughty. Hopefully now that things are settling down for this weekend I can get back on track.
So yeah, I'm happy to have finally hit the 10kg loss mark. Only 24kg to go before I hit my first medium-term goal of 100kg. I'm also starting to notice a small amount of muscle definition, mostly on my legs, which is also good. On the flip side, I am paying the price of my dietary indiscretions... Mostly happy days.
Until next time folks, stay froody!
Saturday's results were the first high point. Weigh-in was 123.7kg. This made me tentatively happy since getting below 124kg means I have lost a minimum of 10kg since starting at the gym. Monday's result of 123.9kg confirms that 10 kilo mark has been hit. So happy me! On a down note, my weight has been the same since (it's now Thursday) which is a little worrying.
Diet has been a bit up and down over the past week, due to external factors. I went to Supernova on Saturday (a big pop culture expo - lots of geek stuff), and had a turkish bread for lunch. Lots of carbs. Sunday I had yum cha for lunch (my grandfather's 78th birthday). That is a very dangerous way of eating. Tiny portions, but it just keeps coming. Very bad. And because of work committments and visiting friends/relatives pretty much every day since then I've eaten out for lunch and dinner. Not really bad food, just probably too much in terms of quantity. So I've been naughty. Hopefully now that things are settling down for this weekend I can get back on track.
So yeah, I'm happy to have finally hit the 10kg loss mark. Only 24kg to go before I hit my first medium-term goal of 100kg. I'm also starting to notice a small amount of muscle definition, mostly on my legs, which is also good. On the flip side, I am paying the price of my dietary indiscretions... Mostly happy days.
Until next time folks, stay froody!
Monday, April 4, 2011
April Fool
So this week's weigh-in is a bit of a mixed bag. On the plus side, I haven't gained any weight despite a bit of naughtiness over the weekend (but honey-coated macadamias are just so yummy!). On the down side, my weight was the same today as it was on Saturday. I'm not sure what that means overall, but it was a little disappointing, considering the magnitude of the losses so far.
So what was the magic number? 124.9kg. Both 9am Saturday (before any food), and 4pm Monday (after a day's worth of food and drink. I don't know if that means my weight has plateaued, or if I've started adding muscle (I'm skeptical) or if there's another factor. Probably I've just hit a natural plateau which I need to break through. Or my body has adjusted to the exercises I'm doing and isn't being pushed as hard as it needs to be.
Regardless, I'm not going to let it get me down. It's just one week, and I've still managed to lose some weight. So I guess it's not really a bad week. I'm not even sure I have a word to describe it.
The other thing that has me bugged at the moment is my PT's food plan. For months (years actually) I've been a 2.5 square meal man. I say 2.5 because I don't usually eat breakfast, but I have at least two main meals a day. The rest is either a morning tea, or a supper or a midnight snack or a combination thereof. It's probably more complicated than that, but you get the idea. Since the move I've managed to get my food routine back under control most days. Now my PT wants me to change that again. He wants me to get into the "6 small meals a day" routine, with the right mix of protien, carbs and such at the "right" times. Now, I know that it's the accepted wisdom of the fitness/nutritional industries to do this, and I understand (some) of the reasoning. But to me it seems like more effort, fiddling around with extra food preparation and stuff, all to counter something that I've deliberately cultivated the self-control to combat; that is, hunger.
What also worries me is that at the moment I'm pretty confident that my daily calorie consumption is probably well below the recommented 2000cal/day. Eating more often (even small quantities) means that it will upset the delicate balance I've managed to achieve, and I don't know if it will be for better or for worse. Plus, it tends to make be feel uncomfortably full some days. Maybe I'm just being stubborn, as I usually am when someone wants me to change something I'm not ready to do. I guess the best things\ I can do is give it a shot for a little while, see if there is any merit in it. After that I'll make a decision.
PS: Thanks for all the positive feedback guys! It's appreciated.
So what was the magic number? 124.9kg. Both 9am Saturday (before any food), and 4pm Monday (after a day's worth of food and drink. I don't know if that means my weight has plateaued, or if I've started adding muscle (I'm skeptical) or if there's another factor. Probably I've just hit a natural plateau which I need to break through. Or my body has adjusted to the exercises I'm doing and isn't being pushed as hard as it needs to be.
Regardless, I'm not going to let it get me down. It's just one week, and I've still managed to lose some weight. So I guess it's not really a bad week. I'm not even sure I have a word to describe it.
The other thing that has me bugged at the moment is my PT's food plan. For months (years actually) I've been a 2.5 square meal man. I say 2.5 because I don't usually eat breakfast, but I have at least two main meals a day. The rest is either a morning tea, or a supper or a midnight snack or a combination thereof. It's probably more complicated than that, but you get the idea. Since the move I've managed to get my food routine back under control most days. Now my PT wants me to change that again. He wants me to get into the "6 small meals a day" routine, with the right mix of protien, carbs and such at the "right" times. Now, I know that it's the accepted wisdom of the fitness/nutritional industries to do this, and I understand (some) of the reasoning. But to me it seems like more effort, fiddling around with extra food preparation and stuff, all to counter something that I've deliberately cultivated the self-control to combat; that is, hunger.
What also worries me is that at the moment I'm pretty confident that my daily calorie consumption is probably well below the recommented 2000cal/day. Eating more often (even small quantities) means that it will upset the delicate balance I've managed to achieve, and I don't know if it will be for better or for worse. Plus, it tends to make be feel uncomfortably full some days. Maybe I'm just being stubborn, as I usually am when someone wants me to change something I'm not ready to do. I guess the best things\ I can do is give it a shot for a little while, see if there is any merit in it. After that I'll make a decision.
PS: Thanks for all the positive feedback guys! It's appreciated.
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