Exercise - Week 13

I am now running more and walking less on my trips around the block,

I am still hitting my daily steps goal of +10k and due to my massive stomach piling pressure on my groin muscles i am not able to run every day but never the less when i feel like i can i run.

My normal circuit takes me out of my house and i walk down to the complex gate on the way i start running at a speed hump to the gate which is about 150 steps, i take a left and down onto a backstreet and run the length of one block from the same road marking to the street sign again and then walk round the corner and run the next block from a pile of bricks to the end of the pavement, i huff and puff down to the next junction and run another block, walk up to the tree on the left and run until the second palm tree on the right, at the top of the road i run from a large plant pot to the next junction walk a bit more and start running again at the end of a small wooden fence until the driveway with the stone balls, I get back to the complex and run from the gate back to the speed hump walk a bit and run from the next speed hump to the one at the end of our cul de sac, its hard but i enjoy it for the sense of achievement.

What i have done is added more running sections, 2 more now where in the past i would walk and i have also lengthened the distance markers i run to by a few metres here and there also i reduce the time between running the sections as i get further in, i am covering 2.5km in 26.45 minutes (when i started it was 45 minutes) and i am slowly getting closer to my goal of running the Two Oceans 5km run next year with Shannons dad who incidentally was the 2nd person to complete 10 Two Oceans ultra marathons in a row (34 miles), he was there on the very first one when only about 15-20 people ran without a tv camera or sponsor in sight, nowadays 20 thousand plus run the televised main event...

I leave on business tomorrow and on a night time in the safety of my own room i will start some yoga type core strengthening techniques to try and work on the belly fat, i will of course also keep on walking and running.

Meals - Week 13

I have cut out the nuts/fruit mix as a snack, at a 180 calories per handful i have figured their are better ways to 'spend' those calories over the course of the day than this, i have replaced the nuts with all bran/bran flakes or cracked wheat bread toasted,

I have been struggling though, i am still addicted to food, but i am meticulously keeping my food diary up to date and by making sure i am topping 2100 calories per day during the working week and a little bit more on the weekends (roughly +/- 2300) i am still losing weight and fat and at the same time i can feel my muscles strengthening especially in my legs and arms.

When i say i am struggling i still walk into the kitchen mostly on an evening a stare forlornly at the biscuit tin or visualize a cheese and pickle sandwich, the smell of pizza straight out of the oven still gets to me, i still have to stop myself from ordering a dessert at a restaurant or grabbing an extra piece of bread from the basket on the table... I am missing steaming hot sausage rolls the most, nothing like buying a sausage roll and nuking it in the microwave until too hot to eat and demolishing it when the temp drops a little, however i am not craving sugar, it is a long long time since i had a coke or a chocolate bar, i can also sit and eat a meal served with chips and not even think about touching them, i am enjoying my 2 fruit a day, the high fibre items and for me it is a natural instinct now to reach for the water at any given opportunity, i have raised my water intake from 2 to 3 litres a day now and although i pee every hour my skin feels amazing.  I think the reason my cravings are not as intense is due to the fact that my diet is balanced correctly, my protein, carb and fat intake is within the recommended guidelines set out by various health authorities.

I think i will always struggle with food and by finally admitting to myself i am a food addict and treating my addiction like any other i am now in a happy place and content with the fact that i am keeping the addiction under control, taking every day one step at a time and not losing site of the end game which gets closer as every week goes by.

The Pants Project - Month 4

Month 4 already and this month i can really feel a difference in the way my clothes are fitting, i packed away my 48 inch waist jeans this week and got out the 44's i have had for 3 years and never worn, they still had the labels on, still the Cantona is no where near baggy but i am getting closer (sort of, 49 weeks to go), this month i can see a visual difference with my back, the next job is to start strengthening my core muscles to work on that belly fat...

Week 13 - Time to hit the scales

Not only did i hit my next milestone set on the last weigh i blew it away, I have now broken the first 10% of weight lost but also i am 0.9kg off losing the first 20...  So happy...  I am off on business for 22 days from tomorrow when i return i am hoping to be sub 145kg.

Weight 15/4: 152.3kg
Weight 4/5: 147.9kg
Weight lost in 3 weeks: 4.4kg
Weight lost total: 19.1kg

BMI 15/4: 47
BMI 4/5: 45.6
BMI week 13 improved by: 1.4
BMI total improved by: 5.9

BF% 15/4: 49.4%
BF% 4/5: 47.72%
BF% week 13 improved by: 1.68%
BF% total improved by: 6.25%

Weeks to go 49 out of 62