At last the 17 stone guy is here

It took long enough but here I am, the all new 17 stone guy, well 17 stone 13.5lb but hey, it was one of my targets and I am happy that I got here, 105.5lb lost so far, in theory only 40.5lb left to my final target of 15 stone.

One thing that will change more now is that as I work out more in the gym I am going to be increasing muscle mass as well as losing fat mass so the weight loss might not seem so apparent in straight forward numbers.  Therefore I might need to start recording other information, maybe fat and muscle weight or inches around various body parts (not that one, grrrr).

Well I am off now, will see you all some time,  There is another post that needs writing but for now I am not prepared to face that post.

G

that annoying 1lb

Tuesday I weighed in at 18stone and 1.0lb in the morning and have not been able to shift that last lb of weight so that I can start saying that I am the 17 stone guy.  So today I have decided to change tactics on my body, confuse it even.  So I am eating regular meals, small but often, make sure that the body has enough to quietly burn throughout the day.

One of the things I noticed is that when my son is with me on the weekends I tend to eat breakfast, and also when I go to my mother’s house on Sundays I eat a little bit more, especially the odd slice of cake.  Yet come Monday at high noon or possibly Tuesday I always weigh at my lowest for the week.  Then it seems to plateau and maybe even rise a little (especially on the weekend), yet come the following week same thing, more loss overall.

If I can figure out what this is, then I could possibly replicate it more often.

One diet plan I read suggested that a pattern of 3 days on lowish rations, 1 day on good rations, 2 days on lowish and then 1 day again on good rations will bluff the body into constantly losing weight and not plateauing out.  Maybe this is what I need to do for myself.

I am however confident that I will be below 18 stone by this time next week.

The other thing however is that as I train, my body to fat ratio is going to change, and in all truth I should really be working this out instead of how much overall weight I lose, in other words concentrate on fat loss.

A painful weekend

I will not go into the details here on my blog, but the last few days have been awkward and painful and something that I wish I never had to go through.

I have had long talks, sleepless nights (and when I did sleep, uncomfortable) and days of straight forward avoidance.

Unfortunately things will probably get worst before they get better and for now I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel

G (coping, just)

Photos as promised

Its amazing what plastic surgery can do

Before

Now

G

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Weight Loss, Milestone achieved, onto the next

101.6lb lost to date….Yes it means that I broke through the 100lb barrier.  It took a long time to happen but wow, it was worth it.

So I would like to take this opportunity to make some of those comparisons of the then and now type.

I had a suit ages ago, from Acton team for Jobs.  I grew out of it (as in got bigger),  I grew major league out of it.  However a 6 months ago I found out I could fit back into it.  Now its too big for me.  Sort of nice, but it means I got to go and buy another one.

Muscles, I always knew I had them, after all you cannot be 25 stone and still walk around unless you got muscles, but now I can feel them, all over, my back, my arms, my stomach, my shoulders, my legs, everywhere.

Same for bones, I can feel them everywhere.

Eyes,  With a big cute round face, my eyes became slits, with heavy eyelids and deep sockets.  Now my eyes feel and seem more open and my eyes look more of a feature on my face.

Neck, I used to have a double (well triple) chin, with tires of fat going around my neck, ow my problem is fast becoming the opposite.   With the loss of weight I have slightly saggy skin under my neck more like a turkey ( a problem for later)

Viens, I have them too

Now to upload some photos on this thing, be back later

G

Gym madness and weight update

I am aching all over……

I started back in the gym last week and went there like 4 times (would of been 5 but my car broke).  This week I am hoping to do the same, 4-5 times.

I asked one of the trainers (Mike) to work out a 3 day programme for me so that I can get some definition and tone to my body as I lose the weight.  So today he really worked on some things for me, end result, I am aching all over.

Odd though, I feel like I earned the aches and pains and the jelly legs.  I stagger around, proud of what I have done.  And tomorrow I will do it all again.

I had my blood pressure taken too while I was there and that looks good, considering 18 months ago I had high blood pressure.  It was 142/82 so getting definitely within normal parameters (Hi Marjelle).

Something to look forward to, I am like a fraction below 1lb away from hitting the 100lb weight loss, so sometime tomorrow or maybe the day after I will break through that and then its only 47lb to go to 15 stone.

I did say that I wanted to get to 17.5 stone or less by the end of this year and I have already lost 6.5lb of that so a third of the way there nearly in one week.

(You never know I might even get below 17 stone)

So here’s is a happy aching G, saying Hello to everyone out there, and hello to all my faithful friends who watch from a distance…..

G

Weight Loss, Yeaaaaa

OK , I am sooo focused I am like a laser beam.  I lost 6lb this last week, that gets rid of my gain of the last 7 weeks and some

Happy G