2 meat starters, a meat main, a salad side and cheese for afters. Stuffed my face and I’m losing weight. Marvellous.
And the different exercises every day is keeping it fresh….
But gota get the heavy weights in as much as possible….
And it cannot be done without the snoozle team cheering me on…
It’s all about the flame grilled…..
Nom. Win.
So the dreaded week 2 is over!
I always find week 2 the hardest, keeping the numbers going in the right direction after such a good start week.
Usually motivation drops slightly and hunger takes hold.
But I have experienced a good week in numbers but a difficult week for other reasons. I keep hearing that rejecting junk food is like a drug withdrawal and the side effects can be similar, with losing carbs almost completely this may be full on. Half way through the week i was quite moody during the day, work was difficult anyway but there was a lot of anger building. Then I’d get over that with the evening work out but then depression after my evening meal would take hold.
This lasted a couple of days from Wednesday till Friday. Then all seemed fine and i started feel much much better, i think my body is getting used to the lack of carbs and using fat for energy most of the time. I am still quite tired but that’s expected as my calories are still very low, but i feel positive in this last day of the week and ready for week number 3!
EXERCISE
Week 1 exercise schedule in brief:
FOOD and Nutrition
Week 1 food schedule in brief:
Continuing my low carb diet the same as week 1. Leafy salad and meat and/or eggs after 3 protein shakes during the day. Targeting around 1500Kcal. This should give me between 1000-1500Kcal deficit per day. This should target a fat weight loss of 1-1.5kg per week.
Kcal per day:
The lower range was sticking to the plan and the higher range days added in a number of pieces of meat (bbq)
Average food makeup per day:
Food timings:
RESULTS
Over the 7 days here are my stats:
Week two was on the upper range of my target fat loss with 1.5kg. This is what I would like to keep up every week. I am very happy with that result considering how difficult the mid week was mentally.
Week three is going to be slightly different. I am away with work for two nights so i am going to do two hotel gym sessions on the treadmill sandwiched in between two home weights sessions. I would hope to do the gauntlet training session at H3 on Friday again like this week. It was 2 hours of hard work. the twelve days of xmas style workout routine. although keeping count was the bit i failed on!
Yay! new bumper plates have arrived. This completes my weights set.
I am learning the power snatch technique at the moment and so these and the power cleans require a low starting weight. They also need the bar to be at a good starting height which these plates will provide.
I have bumper plates at 15kg and 25kg but it is going to take a while to build up to that kind of weight for either of these moves.
These will also be good for the the bear complex which is a person favourite exercise of mine.
Looking forward to trying them out tomorrow, pity it is not a weights day today.
Thee are from ebay and cost about £30 for the pair, not a bad price.
Purchase win 🙂
INTRODUCTION
Ok, so my health kicks have not really worked this year and i have not completed a proper one in some some. So, I have a surfing trip booked in the first week of November which gives me 2 months to get in shape.
Started on 1st September and completed week 1.
EXERCISE
Week 1 exercise schedule in brief:
FOOD and Nutrition
Week 1 food schedule in brief:
3 of my most recent protein shakes (See previous post in diet section) per day with a non carb meal in the evening. The evening meal is generally consisting of a leafy salad with a bit of branston pickle and home made dressing (Olive oil, various mustards and hot sauces), meat (Usually one piece) and a few fried eggs. I add 50g of mature cheddar which goes on everything for taste.
Kcal per day:
The lower range was sticking to the plan and the higher range days added in a number of pieces of meat (meal out and a bbq)
Average food makeup per day:
Food timings:
RESULTS
Over the 7 days here are my stats:
Not a bad start but the first week always throws up some good numbers. Week 2 should be more representative.
I am aiming for a kg a week fat loss. With this low carb diet I am feeling very low on energy but I am hoping this will improve as my body gets used to using fat as energy instead of carbs.
I am very happy with the low level of sugar i am consuming. I am not monitoring sodium levels completely but the rough estimates i have looked at put me well under the RDA even with meat, eggs and cheese in my main meal.
I drink at least 2-4L of soda water a day depending on exercise. this does have a higher sodium level than flat water but the amounts are negligible.
All my muscles hurt and i have been shown what little abs i have (my worst and most hated exercise) but i am enjoying the diet of meat, fried eggs and cheese. Lets see how week 2 goes……
agitated seabass 