Well Good morning everybody. Let us start firstly with the weekly readings.
Weight - 126.1 kg - down 12.5 Kg since start and exactly 50% towards first target
BMI - 40.7 - down 3.4 since start or a 7.8% reduction
Body Fat - 58.1% - down 12% since start
Body water - 30.0% - 24% increase (improvement)
And as a graph
Two major milestones this week, firstly reaching the 50% target in 5 weeks and secondly in the stones/pounds scale my weight beginning with a 1 - the first time for a very long time. However this is the point where the graph flattens out as it is definitely getting harder to shift weight now so I think the most I can expect is 1 kg a week from now on. One thing that my sister-in-law pointed out is that muscle is heaver than fat so the BMI reading against target needs to be taken in conjunction with body fat %. The thing about BMI is it purely uses two parameters weight & height which on their own are not meaningful measurements. For example Dan Cole, the England rugby prop [please note that I used an England rugby player for this comparison even though my rugby allegiance is to Wales; this is because after Saturday's performance I would have called them many names] is shown as obese when you enter his weight and height (BMI 33) - do you want to be the Doctor who tells him this?!
It is also funny how your body can have very different readings two days in a row. Yesterday my BMI was 0.6 lower than this morning's reading and I was on a pure protein day yesterday and did over two hours exercise and my reading was higher this morning! This is the thing about diets and also why so many people give up quickly if they do not see quick results. It has to be a long term project and designed so that the weight does not pile-on as soon as you come off the diet.
However a diet does not need to be boring & as long as you are prepared to accept that there will be certain foods that will never be good for you then you can still enjoy your meals. On Saturday night I had a traditional British roast and apart from not having potatoes it was the same - remember unlimited protein; it even looks good as well.
One of the hardest challenges for me is during long car journeys and eating appropriately. My trip from Worcester to Bonn on Wednesday was 9 hours and I had prepared my chicken & ham for lunch but the body needs something else to keep alert. In the end I had 2 cans of Red Bull zero which I do not think is the best substitute. This week I have the same when I will be driving 2664 km from Thursday morning to Saturday afternoon. Not only will I be driving 900 km per day approximately but I will try & have to take as much of my food as I can for the 3 days. Even more so there will be little time for exercise & I will be staying in hotels!
I did feel smug on Friday when I visited our offices in Maastricht as our host said we have a very nice canteen here. I had my lunch box of cottage cheese & chicken and as I watched my colleagues eating chips & bread rolls & thick sauces I did not mind...non, je ne regrette rien :-)
This weekend was a stay in Germany one and I did my visit to the leisure centre on Saturday morning. I went into the pool and pulled on my swimming goggles - I suddenly realized my eyes were not covered properly. I had only bought with me my running headlight instead of my goggles - people must have thought that I was very strange wearing a headlight in the pool!
Anyway I swam 20 lengths and it was time for the pool fitness to start. A nice couple of exercises with some classical marching songs being played over the speakers. Then the next song came on and it was......The Smurfs!!!
Not only this but as part of the exercise routine we had to hold a finger on top of our head and turn around. All I can say is that I really hope that they did not have a video camera recording as this would have been classic YouTube content! A couple of songs later was "Always look on the bright side of life" and we skipped up & down the pool whistling away - Ministry of Silly walks, here we come.
Saturday afternoon was the first time that I used my spin-bike properly and OMG my butt was so sore after 20 minutes & this is even with a silicon saddle. However 8 km cycled & had a Bond movie playing.
On Sunday I was very disappointed when I got to the pool to read that it was closed for the day for essential maintenance, beneath the notice it said "Thank you for your understanding" - SORRY I did not give you my understanding. So I decided to go out for my run as it was a sunny day, although cold. This is the first time that I have done the trip in daylight & it was so much more pleasant being able to enjoy the scenery. Looking forward to when the longer evenings return so I can do this in light after work.
Anyway after the embarrassment of my first selfie wearing my swimming hat & goggles, I thought that I would share another one (Oh no I hear my wife saying :-) ) - this is one to show that I have finally met a part of my body that I have not seen for a long time :-) ........ my chin!
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Have a great week campers.
Weight - 126.1 kg - down 12.5 Kg since start and exactly 50% towards first target
BMI - 40.7 - down 3.4 since start or a 7.8% reduction
Body Fat - 58.1% - down 12% since start
Body water - 30.0% - 24% increase (improvement)
And as a graph
Two major milestones this week, firstly reaching the 50% target in 5 weeks and secondly in the stones/pounds scale my weight beginning with a 1 - the first time for a very long time. However this is the point where the graph flattens out as it is definitely getting harder to shift weight now so I think the most I can expect is 1 kg a week from now on. One thing that my sister-in-law pointed out is that muscle is heaver than fat so the BMI reading against target needs to be taken in conjunction with body fat %. The thing about BMI is it purely uses two parameters weight & height which on their own are not meaningful measurements. For example Dan Cole, the England rugby prop [please note that I used an England rugby player for this comparison even though my rugby allegiance is to Wales; this is because after Saturday's performance I would have called them many names] is shown as obese when you enter his weight and height (BMI 33) - do you want to be the Doctor who tells him this?!
It is also funny how your body can have very different readings two days in a row. Yesterday my BMI was 0.6 lower than this morning's reading and I was on a pure protein day yesterday and did over two hours exercise and my reading was higher this morning! This is the thing about diets and also why so many people give up quickly if they do not see quick results. It has to be a long term project and designed so that the weight does not pile-on as soon as you come off the diet.
However a diet does not need to be boring & as long as you are prepared to accept that there will be certain foods that will never be good for you then you can still enjoy your meals. On Saturday night I had a traditional British roast and apart from not having potatoes it was the same - remember unlimited protein; it even looks good as well.
One of the hardest challenges for me is during long car journeys and eating appropriately. My trip from Worcester to Bonn on Wednesday was 9 hours and I had prepared my chicken & ham for lunch but the body needs something else to keep alert. In the end I had 2 cans of Red Bull zero which I do not think is the best substitute. This week I have the same when I will be driving 2664 km from Thursday morning to Saturday afternoon. Not only will I be driving 900 km per day approximately but I will try & have to take as much of my food as I can for the 3 days. Even more so there will be little time for exercise & I will be staying in hotels!
I did feel smug on Friday when I visited our offices in Maastricht as our host said we have a very nice canteen here. I had my lunch box of cottage cheese & chicken and as I watched my colleagues eating chips & bread rolls & thick sauces I did not mind...non, je ne regrette rien :-)
This weekend was a stay in Germany one and I did my visit to the leisure centre on Saturday morning. I went into the pool and pulled on my swimming goggles - I suddenly realized my eyes were not covered properly. I had only bought with me my running headlight instead of my goggles - people must have thought that I was very strange wearing a headlight in the pool!
Not only this but as part of the exercise routine we had to hold a finger on top of our head and turn around. All I can say is that I really hope that they did not have a video camera recording as this would have been classic YouTube content! A couple of songs later was "Always look on the bright side of life" and we skipped up & down the pool whistling away - Ministry of Silly walks, here we come.
Saturday afternoon was the first time that I used my spin-bike properly and OMG my butt was so sore after 20 minutes & this is even with a silicon saddle. However 8 km cycled & had a Bond movie playing.
On Sunday I was very disappointed when I got to the pool to read that it was closed for the day for essential maintenance, beneath the notice it said "Thank you for your understanding" - SORRY I did not give you my understanding. So I decided to go out for my run as it was a sunny day, although cold. This is the first time that I have done the trip in daylight & it was so much more pleasant being able to enjoy the scenery. Looking forward to when the longer evenings return so I can do this in light after work.
Anyway after the embarrassment of my first selfie wearing my swimming hat & goggles, I thought that I would share another one (Oh no I hear my wife saying :-) ) - this is one to show that I have finally met a part of my body that I have not seen for a long time :-) ........ my chin!
Have a great week campers.
David...great effort, keep going! Looking thinner but also looking younger!
ReplyDeleteWell done!