Fatboy Slimming

Well yesterday was a week in to this current push, loss for the week was 6lbs which isn't too bad really. I'm expecting it to get harder as time goes on, but then I haven't been as strict as I could have been (still gotta live!).

I keep having to remind myself that I'm not "on a diet" and I'm just making changes to my lifestyle, to be losing weight this quickly is a bonus and I really think I'll be keeping it off.

I've had a good couple of days, eating plenty but good stuff. Not expecting big losses this week, a pound or so would be good.

I really do need to up the exercise, that's the part that I'm struggling to find the motivation for.

6lbs gone so far, averaging a pound per day at the moment. It won't last and there is a good chance that some of that might go back on before any more goes but it feels quite good at the moment.

I am actually feeling much better, it could be that it's psychological and I'm feeling alright because I'm doing something about a problem that bugs me, or it could be that eating a healthier diet and more water is doing the trick. Either way, I haven't felt particularly down this week which is unusual.

.. that I should be able to get some exercise in. Clare will be working from 2pm until 10pm and Georgia has a bad cold, so things are less then ideal but I think a long walk to the library could be in order.

Haven't lost any weight for the last couple of days, but I haven't put any on either. Still 5lbs down since Monday, hoping to shift another couple this weekend.

Another reasonable day really, only reasonable this time because although I have managed to stick to eating at mealtimes only, we did have a curry for dinner that was really nice but was probably a bit too heavy in the fat department. It's no big deal but I am trying to feel a little guilty about it in the hope that it will get me out of the house tonight for a brisk walk around the estate...

A good site if you need some motivation is the one from the magazine Men's Health , plenty of good info on there and from what I have seen so far (only a little bit) the forums look quite interesting.

So, day three then!

Yesterday went well, healthy eating all day and managed to squeeze a little bit of exercise in later in the day. I only really found time for a walk with Georgia and then a few sit-ups (crunches), managed 20 without too much trouble and felt OK afterwards.

I need to try and find a bit more time for exercise, crunches and press-ups are easy to do at home, but they are not what I need to be doing particularly. What I need is something that gets the heart rate up a bit for a long ish period (walking, cycling, jogging etc). It's hard to do that during the start of the week because as soon as I get home from work Clare goes out to work so I'm babysitting Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Georgia would make a good dumbbell I suppose...

At this mornings weigh-in I was 276.9lbs, that's a drop of 5.1lbs since Monday morning*

* Yeah, I know daily weighing isn't the best way to keep track, this drop could be due to anything and may well go up a bit. I do want to plot my weight daily though, for interest more than anything else.

Hello, thanks for dropping by!

My name is Steve and I usually live here. I have decided on many occasions in the past that the time was right to start looking after myself a little better, to lose weight and to generally try to be "Fitter. Happier. More productive" (As Radiohead might put it). Well, it didn't work and I'm none of those things yet!

I'm having another go and you join me on day two (but only if you are reading this today), this time I'm feeling a whole lot more confident about the whole thing, we'll see how it goes.
I intend to document the process right here, I'm doing it for my benefit as I think, and hope, that updating my progress (or lack of) for the world to see might just spur me on when I need it.
I'm not following any particular diet, not Atkins or Southbeach here, I believe that the key is simply to eat sensibly and exercise frequently. I'm intending to take it slowly because the trouble with "going on a diet" is that it always feels temporary to me and no matter how well it goes the results don't last. What I'm aiming for here is a change in lifestyle, it's the only way that this is going to work for me.

There was a time not very many years ago when I was at my fittest, I cycled to work through choice and that was around 18 miles each day, I worked out in the gym a few times a week and played sports occasionally. At that time I weighed around 14 stone (that's about 195 lbs), that might seem a lot to you but I am a big guy even when I am in shape (big chest, big arms, big head). I think if I was to have a "target weight" (I'm not really going to) 14st would be it.
So, I used to be quite fit but life changed gradually; got myself a career, a wife and a child. I now spend my days in the car, in an office or in front of the TV. I don't exercise and I certainly don't eat healthy food. I eat too much and I'm lazy. I weigh just under 20st (280lbs ish) and have done for the last few years (at least it's been holding steady).

I'm 6ft tall and as I mentioned earlier, I'm naturally quite well built. Although I am way overweight it hasn't had too much of an effect on me, I still take the stairs instead of the lift, I can still walk for miles without getting tired out, everything works OK! I know that as I get older being a "great big fatty" will be doing me no favours though, it's time to make changes right now because just about every other aspect of my life is going rather well...

This has been rather hard to write, I don't know why really but it feels like a confession...