Weight loss diary

233, it's a little frustrating that I'm back to where I was 6 weeks ago but on the bright side I'm back to my lowest weight and I think I've gained a fair bit of lean mass - my t-shirt sleeves are getting quite tight!

I don't think I'll reach my goal of doing an unassisted pull-up this year but it's going to be a close one.
 
231 for the week, flirting with 230 so I'm quite happy with that!

Another 3 pounds and I'll be at the 7 stone weight loss mark (16st 4lb) and then just 2 more pounds to the 100 mark... then a few more to 100kg.
 
231 again when rounding, I think I'm going to have to measure absolutely everything that I'm eating again and then reassessing my calorie intake wrt my calculated deficit.

My new cycle is going well, I've decided to do full body 3 times a week and then a cardio day with upper body (mostly back for pull-ups).
 
Well done. I've gone from 17st4 (242lbs) to 13st10 (192lbs) since March (3st8 / 50lbs down). Want to get to 12st7 by Xmas, so 17lbs to go in the next 10 weeks.
 
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I've taken the last week and half to check what I'm doing and I've been consistently underestimating how much I'm eating.

I've started weighing porridge oats and rice etc. instead of using measuring cups, weighing fruit rather than going with myfitnesspal's suggested quantities.

I've not reduced what I've eaten so I've not lost anything, the next step is to cut 500 calories and see if the scale starts to drop again.
 
Well Halloween was not good for the diet this year, we bought far more than we needed (to be fair we had far fewer kids knocking on our door than previous years), and I've eaten too many chocolate and sweets.

I'm back up to about 235 which is frustrating, but it's proven to me that the bad habits are still there and that I'll fall back into old ways of I'm not mindful.

On the positive side my strength and cardio workouts on the weekend were probably the best I've had - Sundays I usually struggle with legs at the end of a full body day, but I managed to add more reps and sets to pretty much every exercise.
 
Thanks Bainbridge, taking a step back I'm definitely happy with the progress I've made.

231 this week, I've been eating and exercising well - I'm on another deload week so I decided to increase my cardio work a little. I managed to do 5k in 29:10 on the treadmill, now I just need to do that outdoors!
 
Over the weekend I accidentally did my first 10k. I was aiming for a long, slow jog as suggested by my Garmin watch; I finished up at the park and decided to leave it running as I jogged home and hit 10k in 80 minutes!
 
230, I've gotten back into the swing of it - snacks (which I'd reasoned as being healthy) had crept into my diet but it's been much easier sticking to 2 large meals a day with a bit of fruit and low fat natural yogurt if I want a dessert.

I took another minute off my 5k time, but I'm continuing to run for the full 30 minutes - then it's straight onto an upper body workout.
 
229, food-wise I've done well - last weekend I went to the cinema and out for a meal but I didn't overindulge. I couldn't track calories but it worked out ok.
 
228 and 16 stone 4 pounds - 7 stone lost in total!

I've also brought my 5k time on the treadmill to under 25 minutes. I'm still about 18kg away from doing an unassisted pull-up but that's slowly improving too, along with my deadlift.

The only thing I'm dissatisfied with training-wise is my bench press which is easily my weakest. I was up to 24kg dumbbells when I injured myself, I'm back up to 16kg but any heavier and I start to get a pain in the outside of my upper arm.
 
No change this week, but I have had various meals out etc. so I'm fairly happy with that.

I had a go at using a barbell for my bench press which felt much better, I guess because I don't have to stabilise it as much? After some warm-up sets I managed several sets of 55kg for 3 reps without any pain.
 
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