My journey out of obesity

I has my MRI last friday my word its tight in those things, so now I'm just waiting to hear when my apointment with the specialist is so I can actually find out whats going on in there.
I've knocked up this diet for the moment just to try and keep the weight down while I'm not being massively active.
Its not massively stirct but that should mean theres more chance of me sticking to it, then hopefully il tighten up it when I know I can go back to training properly again.
 
The Craig said:
Looks all good stuff, personally I'd cut the milk because I feel it doesn't help my hunger at all, and also possibly cut the carbs at dinner and have some lean meat eg. chicken and then some cottage cheese or similar at night.

Edit: If you're not training then probably wont need as much protein (although I find it keeps me fuller for longer).
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Im using milk purely for a taste thing :) I've tried to avoid things like cottage cheese and quark because they dont seem to agree with my stomach nothing massive but a bit of bloating and generally churning.
I might drop the carbs at dinner slightly and up the veg but I dont fancy ommiting them completely as I just feel better with at least a small serving.
I'm also planning on throwing a tsp of Psyllium husks into some water once or twice a day just to keep a nice full feeling and stop me snacking on crap.
 
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Well I hit the gym with some weights for the first time since I dislocated it and it felt good little bit niggly before I'd warmed up but no pain or anything during and I don't seem to have lost too much/any strength.
I concentrated more on volume today with lower weights but did throw the odd higher one in to see how it went and it seems all good, if it doesnt give me any trouble before I see the specialist I might wait and see what he has to say and unless he thinks theres a definate need for surgery il probably turn it down and work on strengthning the surrounding muscles which did seem to be working as it hadnt given me any bother since I started at the gym properly.
 
Just thought id sitck some comparison photos up to show you dont have to loose a massive amount of body weight to change the way you look, its all about the body fat %.
Theres under a stone in weight difference between the Jan09 photos and the Nov10 ones.

 
Well I've been back in the gym a few times over the last couple of weeks and my shoulder seems to be holding up fine with little to no strength loss in any exercise, which is good :D
I've also switched to a low carb diet just to stoke up some fat loss to get rid of the extra baggage I've gained over the last few months, first week in and feeling good going to go for 12days before a carb up which will come in the form of a night out for my mates birthday/being accepted into sandhurst celebrations. Lets just hope I stay strong and can get straight back to low carb even with a killer hangover :o
My house mate has just started on the lighter life diet as well which means theres no carbs in the house to tempt me, although its very strange seeing a massive doorman drinking something I'd normally rightly or wrongly associate with obese women, but he wanted to try it and it fits in with his hectic lifestyle well so I'm being as supportive as possible along with talking him through the finer points of ketosis and low carbing in general. Apparently the lighter life people put ketosis down to being in a low kcal state rather than anything to do with carbs, so whether my house mate just wasn't listening or they really don't know what their talking about I don't know.
 
I've just been reminded how awesome a cheat meal is after being strick all week, had a massive day on at work today so only managed a double scoop protein shake this morning and some tuna and salad.
But I was out walking the dog tonight and felt I deserved some chips so after a small bag and some grilled chicken breast with jerk seasoning I'm feeling dam good.
Also doing some massive volume on legs the day before you need to be on your feet for 10.5 hours is a silly silly idea
 
Back in the gym again tonight, tried some dead lifts for the first time since my shoulder went as I wasn't sure how it would handle having all that weight hanging off it but it was absolutely fine.
Still no word from the hospital on a specialists appointment.
I'm actually enjoying going really low carb at the moment its really stripped the water off me at least so my face is looking much leaner and also I always find that the first place for me to loose fat when I'm low carbing is my love handles which have come in nicely.
On a slightly different note my house mate really underestimated just how hard doing the lighter life diet would be and is taking a fair bit of friendly abuse from me :D
 
The Craig said:
Nice one, keep up the good work :p. Considering going low carb/calories myself when I want to cut (prob ~jan), lets hope my insatiable hunger permits :p. I tend to store it all in my love handles :eek:.
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The hungers not too bad after a day or 2, you would be surprised just how little you can eat and still not feel massively hungry.
Anyway little update to get me away from dissertation writing, shoulders been fine in the gym recently but I was mucking about with a mate last Friday and he slammed me into a wall shoulder didn't like it so its been a bit niggly this last week but on the bright side I do have an appointment at the hospital bright and early Friday so we shall see what the specialist has to say :D
 
Just back from the hospital and they basically told me nothing new and that the mri scan they had me in for is useless 70% of the time, so instead of trying to do any more their going to get me in and open me up before they decide what their actually going to do.
Just got to wait for a date for that now
 
I've been having a think over the last few days and I seen over on MT that they've got another shape up comp starting up on the 3rd Jan.
I've decided I'm going to enter as its a good time after Christmas to knuckle down again and who knows if I by some miracle win its got some nice prizes usually.
Plus it means hopefully I'll be in good shape to show you all up at Body power :p
 
The Craig said:
MT shape up comp is just a fat loss/muscle gain competition on the forums with who can improve their physique the most in ~12 weeks gets a couple prizes. Good luck on doing it. I'm considering doing it to, but if you've seen the results last time I doubt I'll win :p
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some of the results are awesome and I know theres a very slim chance in me winning but its all fun and games :D
 
Well my chicken arrived the other day and from the few bits I've had so far its dam good stuff, hardly shrinks, is nice and juicy and generally tastes better than the stuff you can pick up in the supermarket for the same price.
It worked out at £4.95/kg which is cheaper than even the Asda smart price rubbish.

Any way it feels like the nice dose of the cold/flu that I've been harboring since new years day is finally moving on so I'm hoping to get to the gym tomorrow maybe Monday if I feel I could do with an extra days rest plus were rearranging the house tomorrow.
On to my diet that I plan on using for the shape up I'm going to be going pretty low carb with just some oats in the morning and a small serving of rice in the afternoon on none training days, with extra carbs placed around my workout on training days.

Along with some multivits,fish oils when I pick some up,creatine gluconate and some warrior rage pre workout if I feel the need.
With my training I'm going to be trying much higher rep ranges that what I'm used to working in the 3-4x10-12 sort of range where as I've usually stuck to the 3x8 so its going to be a bit of a shock to the system but should give me a good all round work out.


My measurements at the moment are:
Neck - 16.25"
Chest - 46.5"
Upper arm - 15.75"
Stomach - 38.5"
Thigh - 25"
Calf - 15.5"

Weight - 16st10lbs/106kg

I'm seriously unhappy with my weight at the moment but I'd say I'm carrying a good bit of watery horribleness from the junk I've been eating recently, although my measurements arnt massively different from the beginning of the thread where I was almost 10kg lighter
 
The Craig said:
Good luck with the dieting. I've started cutting but forgot to put in for the shape-up, doubt I would've won anyways.
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cheers :) yea I doubt I've got a chance considering there 49 guys put in and some who always seem to place pretty highly but you never know, plus I've now got a holiday at the end of April to aim for as well :D
 
Well it looks like I was right I was carrying some serious bloat, even with the water retention that the creatine will have brought in I'm down to 16st dead this morning. Thats 10lbs in 3 days, gotta love that water weight.
 
Well I'm one week and a couple of workouts in and feeling good. Although pizza hut are trying to sabotage me for the first time ever they've started texting me 50% off codes :(

These are my measurements as of this morning

Neck - 16" -0.25"
chest - 44.5" -2"
stomach - 37.5" -1"
thigh - 24.5" -0.5"
calf - 16" +0.5"
upper arm - 15.75" No change

Weight - 15st13lbs -11lbs

I'm happy everythings moving in the right direction. I've just been doing my 3 day split with 10 mins of cardio at the end just to ease myself back in but I'll be looking at increasing the cardio within the next few weeks.
 
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Jesus just done my first leg workout using my new routine and I came close to death, 4x14 squats with 3x12 on both leg ext and leg curl.
I nearly rolled down the stairs on my way out of the gym and down a hill on my way home, I'm looking forward to the DOMS in a sick sorta way.

Edit: the DOMS arrived as scheduled this morning and all I can say is thank god for the handrail on the stairs
 
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Neck - 16" No change
chest - 43.5" -1"
stomach - 37.5" No change
thigh - 24.5" No change
calf - 16" No change
upper arm - 16" +0.25"

Weight - 15st8lbs -5lbs

No major changes in size this week but still down a few lbs, the strength is going up in the gym over last week and the higher rep ranges arnt making me feel like I want to die quite as much.
I ordered some new bike kit the other day so just waiting for that to turn up today hopefully and I'll be adding in a nice bit of morning cardio to my routine.
The diets going nicely don't feel hungry, haven't had alcohol in around 2 weeks which always makes me feel much fresher.
I picked up a set of digital scales the other day as I have been using an old analogue set which were a bugger to see, the new ones happen to have the fat and water % read out as well which we all know is good for a laugh apparently I'm only a touch off 50% fat. Now I know I'm a bit of a chubbster but I'm not quite in pork scratching territory yet :D
 
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