Week 17 Weigh In.

Yippee, check me out... 1.5 kg loss in comparison to last week ;o) Am now 83.5kg (184.1 lbs or 13.2 Stone). Currently am averaging 1.02kg loss per week that is over the past 17 weeks. Am literally shrinking and it feels great, plus it's up lifting and even more motivating because I'm actually getting closer to achieving my goal. 7.5kg left to lose, which at this rate could predict a further 7.5 weeks to go, but don't let me get ahead of myself here. A lot can happen in this time...

I've also started to implement an 8 minute abs workout on a daily basis to work on shaping a 6 pack ;o) Now that all university sporting activities have stopped (Except for Volleyball on Wednesdays), I've also taken up more walking exercise too. When the weather is good, I tend to walk 2 hours or so, I have this really nice scenic route I enjoy pacing around whilst listening to the radio.

Oh that’s another thing.... I need to start thinking about moving to stage 3 of the Atkins plan, the "Pre-Maintenance Phase". So I might have to make a small trade off soon; change my diet by adding more carbs for a slower weight loss rate.

For those of you who want to know more about this stage go here: Pre-Maintenance Stage.

Ok that’s it for now, but before I go some last minute info how uni life is going, I passed all my modules except one (So only one resit to do, but luckily this is in the form of an assignment so phew). Have also found and started a valid project/dissertation (which is keeping me very busy at the moment) but the bonus here is, I will be getting paid £230 per week to do it, yeeha!

K take care all you low carbers, and good luck with your weight loss results this week, I am keeping my eye on you… especially you Roy and Scotty ;o)

Something For You To Think About!

How the Food Industry is Deceiving You Part 01



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How the Food Industry is Deceiving You Part 05

Day 113. New Changes and Results Week 16.

Hey folks, sorry for such a delayed post. Am becoming a very lazy lame blogger at the moment. Lots of things are happening or happened since the previous post.

Week 16 Results are nearly identical to last week, but there is a twist. The reasons is: if you can remember me posting about me going to a Volleyball Tournament in Nottingham, well during this period, I kind of slipped off the low carb bandwagon. The tournament took place over the weekend, and whilst at the venue I tended to eat/drink loads of high carb crap. To be honest, I didn't have much choice for two reasons, one they didn't supply low carb foods, and two I didn't really prepare for this by taking my own food. But what was the actual outcome of such Atkins treachery?

Well see below:

That’s correct, no weight loss or weight gain, I stayed exactly the same. In my measurements I had a slightly smaller difference in my arm girth. Outstanding, nearly half a week of eating high carb junk foods and no weight gain. I might add, after the weekend, I was so close to my weekly weigh in (as in Wednesday) I decided to carry on with my bad habits (Sort of take a break from low carb) eating high carb till the end of the weigh day week.

Seriously I was surprised with my results, I thought I would be at least 2kg heavier than at the start of the week. To list a few of the high carb junk foods I ate was: Pepperoni Pizza x 2, Hot Dog & Chips, Fried Egg Rolls, Big Mac Meal (Large), Cantonese Style Black Bean Sauce with Peppers and Egg Fried Rice, Oreo McFlurries, German Homemade Chocolate cake with Nutella spread on top etc... and yes... no weight gain from all this.

You will be pleased to hear though, am back on track with low carbing now. But madness the way I didn't gain any weight (Probably increased my LDL cholesterol though). I guess I exercised a lot or maybe the food hasn't caught up with me yet to actually make any negative impact. Who knows, lets see what next weeks results reveal.

Because of all the work I have set at the minute, plus that summer has finally arrived in the UK and I have started to exercise more at the minute, I've decided to change my blog format a little due to lack of time.

From now on, and I hope you readers don't mind, I am going to do just weekly updates of my progress (with the exception of some posts when I find interesting things which I feel need to be shared with you guys). I am also going to stop uploading my daily food diaries, because this is very time consuming to fill out each day and produce online.

I hope you guys and gals don’t mind and I would be glad to hear some of your views and thoughts. I hope you peeps are equally or better succeeding with your weight loss journeys. Till next Wednesday, be cool, lose weight and have fun :oD

Day 106. Missing in Action and Results Week 15.

Hello all, sorry I have been away and unable to update my blog. This is just to let you all know a mixture of sunshine, playing sports, working on my PGCE application, University Project/Dissertation etc has been keeping me far too busy and away from my blogging.

I will be away from Friday too, because I'm going to Nottingham for a Volleyball tournament yeeha! and coming back Sunday. So wish me luck... :oD Nevertheless, I will try to back post when I have time.

BTW its results day today...! and boy what a bad week I had sticking to the Atkins program. But regardless of indulging in sugary treats and eating plenty of nuts, has my weight loss stalled? Or worse have I put on weight... well look below to find out!

That’s right another 1 kg loss. Amazing huh... I put it down to all the exercise I was doing, and of course sticking mostly to low carb foods (near enough all week). You see you can have the odd treat now and then and still lose... but be aware! WORD OF CAUTION: you need to do plenty of exercise to counteract!!! If your metabolic resistant, it’s probably not a good idea to indulge either.

Anyhow here is my Week 15 Picture; can you tell any difference???

Oh and look at the dirty lense on my friends camera... I Think I need to clean it for next week. Ciao :oP

Day 103. Talk & Walk

What a busy day I've had, especially as far as exercise goes.

There's a couple of things I would like to mention... I've been a bad bad Atkineer this week, not only have I diverted from the Atkins plan once but an additional two other times this week. The McDonalds Toffee Oreo McFlurry has just gotten the better of me too many times (On Wednesday, Friday and today). But I haven't taken these devilish treats lying down, oh no... To counteract or counter balance this effect I have been out there working it.

Let me give u a little low down of my activities of the day. First off, I walked to the library for alittle studying/internet browsing/e-mail catching up etc (It takes 45min there and back to walk + I carry my heavy laptop on my back adding additional intensity). Come 13:45, I then partial run walk home to gear up for volleyball training.

Running a little late I only get 1 hour 45 minutes of vb training in, but believe me that’s enough to get a sweat on :oS

Afterwards, I get home and do another workout, the 8 minute Abs workout. Oh btw this is the start of my Abs training, am determined to get a 6 pack so lets see if this video training works out ;o) hehehe! I plan to try and do it every day now, after all "its only 8 Minutes long, everyday "as the guy says on the video.

So muscles pumping and sweat pouring I decide to take a rest, shower up, and make dinner. Oh but It don't stop there neither...

No, No, no, its back out for a nice walk in the sun, whilst playing around with my friends Nikon SLR camera in South Stack Wildlife Area on Anglesey. But this is kinda of where I went wrong with my diet... on my travels I come across McDonalds, and the oh so tasty memories of the Toffee Orio McFlurry came flooding back. So yep I enjoyed yet another one of these Sweet and tasty deserts.

However, determined not to let this high carbohydrate product get the better of my weight loss this week, once home, I endured another very long walk, but this is the cool bit. I killed three birds with one stone (This is a metaphor not literally me killing birds). I found out, my mobile provider gives me free calls to any other Orange customer between the hours of 19:00 til 23:59, so on my walk, I flipped out my phone and jibba jabbered to my parents whilst walking. Check out how modern I am exercising on the move whilst chatting ;o)

So yep, that was my exhausting day, just to burn off those excess carbs ;o)