Exercise - Week 11.2

I had a revelation and it is so exciting,

With a calorie deficit diet if you feel you have eaten too much or made a mistake and you know what those extra calories were you can do something instantly to redress the balance, exercise...

A couple of weeks ago i had dinner booked with an auditor in Cape Town, as it was after hours and i wanted her to meet Ryan and Ethan i asked Shannon to book a table at our local Spur, the Spur rocks for kids and parents because as soon as we sit down Ryan buggers off to the well supervised play area and we can chill and enjoy a meal in relative peace.

Luckily the Spur have their full menu nutritional guide available on the internet so in preparation for the meal out i studied the list to find a combination of sensible items which would a. be more interesting than a daft salad to eat and b. not negatively affect my daily calorie deficit, in the end i enjoyed a starter of crumbed mushrooms with garlic sauce and a main of a 200g rump with pepper sauce, a baked potato with about 8g of butter and a little sour cream with a spoonful of mashed butternut and creamed spinach on the side, i drank coffee and water and that was it, 900 calories, added to my daily total i still came in below 2200 calories for the day so on a deficit level i was ok but mentally i could not help but think that 900 calories in one go after say 6pm was not a very good thing to be doing as some nutritionists advise for weight loss to make sure your evening meal is no more than 30% of your daily calorie intake so before we went to the restaurant i made a plan.

My plan was to make sure i was wearing shorts, t-shirt, thin hoodie and my trainers to the Spur, and after the meal drink an extra glass of water because on the way home i asked Shannon to pull over with about 2.5km to go, gave her my wedding ring, chain, phone and a kiss, exited the car and ran/walked home from there, i got in about 25 minutes later checked my calorie burn for the exercise and boom i had reduced the 900 calories i was worrying about by 360, i can live with an evening meal costing me 5-600 calories, 360 calories may look a bit high for only a 25 minute workout but remember i was running/walking a body of 150kg plus up the road.

No other diet i have ever been on has ever given me this amount of instant control over the weight i am losing, i am so happy i chose to cut calories and not carbs because waiting for that strip to turn purple showing that ketosis has kicked back in can be very painful...