Soldato
So this one is a little late as I started at the end of September. Split up with my long term girlfriend, and at the age of 36, decided I really needed to change.
At 5ft 10, I was weighing in at just over 14.5 stone, I took the drastic step of doing a water fast, as the breakup effected my appetite I was surprised how easy this was. I lasted 10 days, with another 5-7 days slowly building my intake back up (few days of juice, then fruit, then salad ext)
This has a huge impact on my weight, dropping me down to around 12 stone. And of course after this my appetite was greatly reduced as well as my portion size. Next followed a more strict diet than I have followed before, first thing was the eating of breakfast, something I haven't done since I was a child, this is usually porridge with a mix of skimmed milk and water, then just simple clean food for lunch / supper. Also all alcohol was cut out (was maybe drinking 5 nights a week beforehand)
After a couple of weeks of upping my food portions I leveled out at around 11.5 stone. (Start of November) Next step was to hit the gym.
I made the decision to solely concentrate on cardio, while I'm aware of the benefits of weight training for fat loss, i wanted to increase my general fitness as a starting point. So 4-5 nights a week after work, I would be on the treadmill and bike.
It was a struggle at first, but now I'm really enjoying it. I'm currently doing a 5 mile run (I set the treadmill to about 12kph) then I hit the bike on a rolling hills setting for 30mins.
I'm now down to 11 stone dead, I've lost 4 inches off my waist, and 6 inches off my chest (I had the old man boobs!) I've started back playing squash and also enjoying lightsaber academy.
My next step is to hit the free weights, I followed GordyR's sticky many years ago and saw good gains, (I could not close grip bench the Olympic bar when I started!!!!) This will be what I'll probably return to.
I don't have a picture of me at my heaviest, but this was me just after the fast, and me now.
I look forward to posting future gains.
At 5ft 10, I was weighing in at just over 14.5 stone, I took the drastic step of doing a water fast, as the breakup effected my appetite I was surprised how easy this was. I lasted 10 days, with another 5-7 days slowly building my intake back up (few days of juice, then fruit, then salad ext)
This has a huge impact on my weight, dropping me down to around 12 stone. And of course after this my appetite was greatly reduced as well as my portion size. Next followed a more strict diet than I have followed before, first thing was the eating of breakfast, something I haven't done since I was a child, this is usually porridge with a mix of skimmed milk and water, then just simple clean food for lunch / supper. Also all alcohol was cut out (was maybe drinking 5 nights a week beforehand)
After a couple of weeks of upping my food portions I leveled out at around 11.5 stone. (Start of November) Next step was to hit the gym.
I made the decision to solely concentrate on cardio, while I'm aware of the benefits of weight training for fat loss, i wanted to increase my general fitness as a starting point. So 4-5 nights a week after work, I would be on the treadmill and bike.
It was a struggle at first, but now I'm really enjoying it. I'm currently doing a 5 mile run (I set the treadmill to about 12kph) then I hit the bike on a rolling hills setting for 30mins.
I'm now down to 11 stone dead, I've lost 4 inches off my waist, and 6 inches off my chest (I had the old man boobs!) I've started back playing squash and also enjoying lightsaber academy.
My next step is to hit the free weights, I followed GordyR's sticky many years ago and saw good gains, (I could not close grip bench the Olympic bar when I started!!!!) This will be what I'll probably return to.
I don't have a picture of me at my heaviest, but this was me just after the fast, and me now.
I look forward to posting future gains.
