London for 2 days tomorrow though, always a challenge but have purposefully made no plans to see anyone after work!
Picture below of where I do my pull ups in the homestead, clinging on for dear life.
Onwards...
Monday, 4 March 2013
Day 50
A pretty hedonistic weekend of bevvie and food as expected. Hugely encouraging photo today though, pleased with how things are developing around the midriff and just the encouragement needed to push on this week pre-India.
London for 2 days tomorrow though, always a challenge but have purposefully made no plans to see anyone after work!
Picture below of where I do my pull ups in the homestead, clinging on for dear life.
Onwards...
London for 2 days tomorrow though, always a challenge but have purposefully made no plans to see anyone after work!
Picture below of where I do my pull ups in the homestead, clinging on for dear life.
Onwards...
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Day 45
I soldier on.
Main change from last year is I've relaxed the rules at the weekend of late, keeping up appearances and the like. Same again this Saturday I think.
Pictures still going up, pleased with progress. Weighed in at 12st 4lbs this morning so very nearly lost a stone as we pass the halfway mark.
I go to India with work a week on Saturday, haven't decided how I'm going to approach that hurdle yet...
ONWARDS!
Main change from last year is I've relaxed the rules at the weekend of late, keeping up appearances and the like. Same again this Saturday I think.
Pictures still going up, pleased with progress. Weighed in at 12st 4lbs this morning so very nearly lost a stone as we pass the halfway mark.
I go to India with work a week on Saturday, haven't decided how I'm going to approach that hurdle yet...
ONWARDS!
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Day 31
Going strong folks. Smashing the exercises, smashing the diet, sleeping well, no cravings for bad food, never hungry.
Pleased with the latest photo. Weighed in 12st 7lbs this evening so all heading in the right direction.
Got a party to go to in Aberdeen this weekend that I'm going to let my guard down for, will just aim to steer clear of beer.
That's it folks. Mastering my own FIYL destiny at the moment. Hope everyone else is too.
Pleased with the latest photo. Weighed in 12st 7lbs this evening so all heading in the right direction.
Got a party to go to in Aberdeen this weekend that I'm going to let my guard down for, will just aim to steer clear of beer.
That's it folks. Mastering my own FIYL destiny at the moment. Hope everyone else is too.
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Day 23
Squeezing out a few extras pre-bed...
Up early in the morn, on the 05:40 to Manchester and not back til after 8. Egg wraps made for the train. Hopefully will have enough left in the tank to bash out my sets when I get home. Those are the awkward sets that'll really make the difference when all's told!
TBC
Up early in the morn, on the 05:40 to Manchester and not back til after 8. Egg wraps made for the train. Hopefully will have enough left in the tank to bash out my sets when I get home. Those are the awkward sets that'll really make the difference when all's told!
TBC
Monday, 4 February 2013
Day 22
Photo posted.
I weighed in at 12st 10lbs this evening. This thing isn't about weight loss but I suppose it gives me a marker that my body changed shape to the tune of 3lbs after 1week and a further 3lbs in the next 2 weeks. I'm feeling stronger so that's great, managing to squeeze out a few pull ups and get through the ab work with good form. Long way to go but I may need a new rope before too long judging by the picture below!
Feeling pretty whacked this evening as I stayed up a bit too long watching the Super Bowl last night, quite the game even though I only lasted til the lights went out. I expect I woke feeling a damn sight better off than Reeyaz judging from the snaps on facey though! Kev was always pretty good at avoiding being incriminated by photographic evidence, despite being the ringleader 9 times out of 10. I expect last night was no different!
Well played everyone.
I weighed in at 12st 10lbs this evening. This thing isn't about weight loss but I suppose it gives me a marker that my body changed shape to the tune of 3lbs after 1week and a further 3lbs in the next 2 weeks. I'm feeling stronger so that's great, managing to squeeze out a few pull ups and get through the ab work with good form. Long way to go but I may need a new rope before too long judging by the picture below!
Feeling pretty whacked this evening as I stayed up a bit too long watching the Super Bowl last night, quite the game even though I only lasted til the lights went out. I expect I woke feeling a damn sight better off than Reeyaz judging from the snaps on facey though! Kev was always pretty good at avoiding being incriminated by photographic evidence, despite being the ringleader 9 times out of 10. I expect last night was no different!
Well played everyone.
Week 3 recap
Somewhat belated but here's a recap on week 3...
Had a night out on day 13 which was great but after a few vodka and sodas I eventually caved in and had a couple of beers, followed by a couple more, etc etc.. So that got week 3 off to a difficult start!
Was then off to London very early Tuesday morning for work. I specifically chose a hotel with a gym so I'd have space to do my exercises, in the end I was upgraded to The May Fair though so space wasn't so much of an issue! Picture below shows a reflection of me relaxing in my pants, and yes, that is JR on the TV screen. Eating FIYL compliantly in such a hotel requires a level of restraint and I was pleased I managed to keep it relatively in check. Arabic roast chicken was dispatched with a pomegranate salad (yoghurt dressing). I ate the salty skin too, damn it was good! Avoided carbs in my order but they brought a couple of pieces of pretty marvellous bread with my water, ah well!
Anyway, after a breakfast of two poached eggs on a piece of brown toast (£12, thank you) I continued on my merry way and completed the week well. On Friday I really struggled to motivate myself with the exercises but I got there. More testing times lie ahead, you can't cave on day 19!
I toasted England's victory in the rugby on Saturday with a fillet steak. I had it with a roasted pepper/tomato concoction I saw on TV. It's pictured below with Thursday's salmon. Do this one guys, it's not exactly turbo FIYL as the bad boy is roasted for an hour but its absolutely compliant and damn is it good!
So, very easy, halve a pepper, hollow him out, chop a clove of garlic into thin slices, split them between the two pepper halves, wedge 4-5 cherry toms into each half so they're snug. Pour over a generous glug of your favourite vinegar, I'm rolling with sherry at the moment but white wine, cider or balsamic would work too I expect (malt, not so much). Chuck it all in a preheated oven at 180 for 45mins until the peppers got a wee char and boom, taste sensation! A basil leaf or two left to wilt on top goes well too. Simon Hopkinson made the real thing on tv the other day, it was swimming in top drawer olive oil, he'd also skinned the tomatoes and then rested a couple of anchovies on top. I will do that when this thing is over but until then the above is a good compromise. More about Simon later I expect, suffice to say he's a big old gay chef who's got some seriously good stuff on iplayer at the moment so have a deek if you get chance.
That's us back up to speed, ready to bash on with week 4 now. Bring on the eggs...
Had a night out on day 13 which was great but after a few vodka and sodas I eventually caved in and had a couple of beers, followed by a couple more, etc etc.. So that got week 3 off to a difficult start!
Was then off to London very early Tuesday morning for work. I specifically chose a hotel with a gym so I'd have space to do my exercises, in the end I was upgraded to The May Fair though so space wasn't so much of an issue! Picture below shows a reflection of me relaxing in my pants, and yes, that is JR on the TV screen. Eating FIYL compliantly in such a hotel requires a level of restraint and I was pleased I managed to keep it relatively in check. Arabic roast chicken was dispatched with a pomegranate salad (yoghurt dressing). I ate the salty skin too, damn it was good! Avoided carbs in my order but they brought a couple of pieces of pretty marvellous bread with my water, ah well!
Anyway, after a breakfast of two poached eggs on a piece of brown toast (£12, thank you) I continued on my merry way and completed the week well. On Friday I really struggled to motivate myself with the exercises but I got there. More testing times lie ahead, you can't cave on day 19!
I toasted England's victory in the rugby on Saturday with a fillet steak. I had it with a roasted pepper/tomato concoction I saw on TV. It's pictured below with Thursday's salmon. Do this one guys, it's not exactly turbo FIYL as the bad boy is roasted for an hour but its absolutely compliant and damn is it good!
So, very easy, halve a pepper, hollow him out, chop a clove of garlic into thin slices, split them between the two pepper halves, wedge 4-5 cherry toms into each half so they're snug. Pour over a generous glug of your favourite vinegar, I'm rolling with sherry at the moment but white wine, cider or balsamic would work too I expect (malt, not so much). Chuck it all in a preheated oven at 180 for 45mins until the peppers got a wee char and boom, taste sensation! A basil leaf or two left to wilt on top goes well too. Simon Hopkinson made the real thing on tv the other day, it was swimming in top drawer olive oil, he'd also skinned the tomatoes and then rested a couple of anchovies on top. I will do that when this thing is over but until then the above is a good compromise. More about Simon later I expect, suffice to say he's a big old gay chef who's got some seriously good stuff on iplayer at the moment so have a deek if you get chance.
That's us back up to speed, ready to bash on with week 4 now. Bring on the eggs...
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Day 13
I type this while face to face with another plate of steaming breakfast egg and veg...
Lots of jobs to do today then a 30th party tonight. I'll eat before we go out for dinner (who says that?!) so I can just have something small to limit the damage. I'll steer clear of beer and wine but may have a whiskey or two to join in on the celebrations.
Those are my intentions, lets see how it pans out!
Exercises still going well.
Lots of jobs to do today then a 30th party tonight. I'll eat before we go out for dinner (who says that?!) so I can just have something small to limit the damage. I'll steer clear of beer and wine but may have a whiskey or two to join in on the celebrations.
Those are my intentions, lets see how it pans out!
Exercises still going well.
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