Day 1 - 6th January 2014
The big day has finally arrived. After suffering from breathing problems in November and hardly being able to walk up a set of stairs, I decided that something finally needed to be done about my excessive weight. I have always been overweight since a young baby, as were the rest of my family, and had tried many diets in my adulthood. I did have a success 20 years ago when I lost 35kg in preparation for my wedding but I have given up ever since. I thought this time I needed another objective, like my wedding, as this seem to motivate me - no, I am not going to get married again! About 2 years ago my eldest son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and despite all the advances in medical science there is still not a cure for T1D. I decided that I would try and raise money for the charity that supports diabetic research +JDRF UK and set a target of 25kg to lose. By going public with my actual weight and raising sponsorship meant that there was no hiding from the task at hand. A very easy way of allowing people to sponsor you is through www.justgiving.com and I created my own page; then by using social media I shared the page with my friends and colleagues. By the time the big day arrived I had raised over £1000 in sponsorship and pledges if I achieved my target.
I bought myself a new set of electronic scales that in addition to weight also measured Body Mass Index (BMI) body fat % & body water %.
Day 1 readings
Weight - 138.6 Kg
BMI - 44.1
Fat % - 66.1%
Water % - 24.1%
I also decided to measure my vital statistics as it would be interesting to see how much I lose from where.
Neck - 52.8 Cms
Chest - 130.8 Cms
Tummy - 147.0 Cms
Waist - 129.5 Cms
Top arm - 40.5 Cms
Wrist - 21.8 Cms
Thigh - 72.0 Cms
I had decided to follow the Dukan diet www.dukandiet.co.uk as a number of my colleagues lost significant weight through this program. I will go into more details of the program in later days. I posted my weight on www.facebook.com so there was no hiding from my friends & colleagues and they would want to check that I had reached my target & not cheated.
Week 1 of the Dukan diet is very straightforward - all protein.
Breakfast was 2 hard boiled eggs, seasoned with salt & pepper.
Off to the office and had a lot of motivational chats with my colleagues; one problem is that I have a very sedentary job and sit at my desk most of the day.
Lunch was very low fat (2.2%) plain cottage cheese with a packet of shrimps.
I need to remember to drink lots of water as I had not been previously so managed 10 glasses during the day which obviously meant that there were a lot more visits to the bathroom! In terms of other drinks I had 2 cups of black coffee during the day and a bottle of Coca-Cola Zero. After 3 pm I started to feel hungry so I need to increase my protein intake at lunchtime as there is no restriction to the amount you have.
Stopped at the supermarket on the way home to get a few extra items that I was allowed to eat. One of the problems that I face is that I work in Germany and the range of low/no fat items on sale are a lot more limited that at UK supermarkets.
Arrived home at 18.15 and this is the most challenging time of the day for me as I normally used to open a bottle of wine and a packet of nuts. It was raining very heavily outside but I pulled on my 'running gear' & left the house. I had measured a 4 km route from my house so I did this - must remember to buy a running light as it was pitch black! Did the 4 Km in 47 minutes and arrived home very wet.
I prepared my dinner and did 15 minutes of light weight lifting.
Dinner consisted of a breast of chicken covered with lots of spices & herbs and a packet of prawns.
To keep myself occupied I signed up to an online learning course and enjoyed 90 minutes of learning about forensic science.
Last problem of the day was that normally I had drunk a fair amount of alcohol and normally fell asleep in a drunk slumber but this evening I was sober & alert - it took a long time to fall asleep,
So at the end of day 1 I felt happy but tired...here are some photos of me showing my weight problem
The big day has finally arrived. After suffering from breathing problems in November and hardly being able to walk up a set of stairs, I decided that something finally needed to be done about my excessive weight. I have always been overweight since a young baby, as were the rest of my family, and had tried many diets in my adulthood. I did have a success 20 years ago when I lost 35kg in preparation for my wedding but I have given up ever since. I thought this time I needed another objective, like my wedding, as this seem to motivate me - no, I am not going to get married again! About 2 years ago my eldest son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and despite all the advances in medical science there is still not a cure for T1D. I decided that I would try and raise money for the charity that supports diabetic research +JDRF UK and set a target of 25kg to lose. By going public with my actual weight and raising sponsorship meant that there was no hiding from the task at hand. A very easy way of allowing people to sponsor you is through www.justgiving.com and I created my own page; then by using social media I shared the page with my friends and colleagues. By the time the big day arrived I had raised over £1000 in sponsorship and pledges if I achieved my target.
I bought myself a new set of electronic scales that in addition to weight also measured Body Mass Index (BMI) body fat % & body water %.
Day 1 readings
Weight - 138.6 Kg
BMI - 44.1
Fat % - 66.1%
Water % - 24.1%
I also decided to measure my vital statistics as it would be interesting to see how much I lose from where.
Neck - 52.8 Cms
Chest - 130.8 Cms
Tummy - 147.0 Cms
Waist - 129.5 Cms
Top arm - 40.5 Cms
Wrist - 21.8 Cms
Thigh - 72.0 Cms
I had decided to follow the Dukan diet www.dukandiet.co.uk as a number of my colleagues lost significant weight through this program. I will go into more details of the program in later days. I posted my weight on www.facebook.com so there was no hiding from my friends & colleagues and they would want to check that I had reached my target & not cheated.
Week 1 of the Dukan diet is very straightforward - all protein.
Breakfast was 2 hard boiled eggs, seasoned with salt & pepper.
Off to the office and had a lot of motivational chats with my colleagues; one problem is that I have a very sedentary job and sit at my desk most of the day.
Lunch was very low fat (2.2%) plain cottage cheese with a packet of shrimps.
I need to remember to drink lots of water as I had not been previously so managed 10 glasses during the day which obviously meant that there were a lot more visits to the bathroom! In terms of other drinks I had 2 cups of black coffee during the day and a bottle of Coca-Cola Zero. After 3 pm I started to feel hungry so I need to increase my protein intake at lunchtime as there is no restriction to the amount you have.
Stopped at the supermarket on the way home to get a few extra items that I was allowed to eat. One of the problems that I face is that I work in Germany and the range of low/no fat items on sale are a lot more limited that at UK supermarkets.
Arrived home at 18.15 and this is the most challenging time of the day for me as I normally used to open a bottle of wine and a packet of nuts. It was raining very heavily outside but I pulled on my 'running gear' & left the house. I had measured a 4 km route from my house so I did this - must remember to buy a running light as it was pitch black! Did the 4 Km in 47 minutes and arrived home very wet.
I prepared my dinner and did 15 minutes of light weight lifting.
Dinner consisted of a breast of chicken covered with lots of spices & herbs and a packet of prawns.
To keep myself occupied I signed up to an online learning course and enjoyed 90 minutes of learning about forensic science.
Last problem of the day was that normally I had drunk a fair amount of alcohol and normally fell asleep in a drunk slumber but this evening I was sober & alert - it took a long time to fall asleep,
So at the end of day 1 I felt happy but tired...here are some photos of me showing my weight problem
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