Just Gain and Pain, doh!

So today is the official start of my second attempt to reach my goal weight. It was a year today since I last wrote in my blog? (Minus yesterdays post of course) and wow its fascinating to see the difference in my statistics even though they are not positive. Unfortunately if you scroll down to my Weight/Body measurements you can see my current status.

Now if you compare this year’s statistics to last year’s post (20/08/2008) you will see a marginal difference. Basically I have gained about 7.7kg (1st 3lb | 17lbs) which works out roughly 2inches of flab (added) around certain areas of my body like my chest, belly and hips.... Ecck!

However, what’s also intriguing for me is, when you hear about stories of people saying as soon as you stop doing Atkins (Low Carb) all the weight you lose comes flooding back and you gain even more weight. A year has passed (And I don’t consider this a short period of time) and I haven't ballooned to extreme proportions even after over-eating many many times during this year, so I find this an interesting stat. Of course some of you out there may have differing results – If you do, I would like to hear about it!

On a side note: I want to apologise too, that I haven't posted this week’s camera shot, unfortunately I won't be able partake in pictorial shots of myself for a while (Possible a few weeks) until I get a digital camera, but I am working on a solution ;) However, am sure for the people who don't like to see my weekly half naked shots they don't mind missing this, hehehe!

Another note: My Atkins progress so far in relation to my eating habits is going well.

So until next week, to all my visitors, be healthy, well and keep eating low carb....ok! I hope to hear more success from you. Till next week take care.

My Body Measurements

Date	Age	Weight
19/08/09	29	14st 1.8lbs | 89.7 kg | 197.8lbs
Measurements	Inches	CM
Chest	37.5	95.25
Waist	39	99.06
Hips	42	106.68
Upper Arm	13.5	34.29
Thighs	26.5	67.31

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)

Day 99. Water Retention & Results Day 14.

Woowho another week of weight loss, down .5 kg (Which brings me to 86 kg | 13.6 Stones | 189.6 lbs in weight), some would say am on a roll but without the bun :o) bum bum….I know, I know bad pun intended.

Actually I wanted to talk about water retention today. Mid week I actually lost a whole kilogram, it was rather bizarre. I weighed myself Sunday morning and found myself to be 85 kg, I then went to volleyball practice and since then I found my weight up to 86 kg for the rest of the week, but this is where something weird happened.

After today’s body measurements I could hardly believe my eyes. In fact it prompted me to re-measure myself several times, just to make sure…. and to my astonishment I found major losses in inches around my waist, hip and thighs. Tallying up my weight loss being only 0.5kg loss in comparison to last week results, you would think, how can I lose so many inches in these areas? So I’ve kind of come to the conclusion it has to do with water retention this week not truly reflecting my real weight.

I’ve lost .75 inches in my Hip area, 1 inch in my thigh area and 1.5 inches in my waist, incredible don’t you think?!?! I guess not, after all I am doing the low carb lifestyle ;o) hehehe!

That’s all I really wanted to report for today. I hope you all are equally having the same success.

Ps. I also had a buzzcut, arrrrr much better ;o)

Pss. Plus I had my first McDonalds Toffee & Oreo Mc Flurry.. oh my gosh.. tastes so good!

Day 95. Update & My Progress

Hey blog-followers, today I want to show you my progress thus far, but not via stats but actual photos. Am just under half way now on my weightloss plan, and when I look back 13 weeks from now, its amazing to see the differences in my body shape to date.

Although this is extremely embarrassing to show, I've come to the conclusion, what the hell. I do look hideous in these photographs too... but my point is, you can see I have lost weight :o) I mainly took these pictures first thing every morning, hence if your wondering why I look half asleep, or have bed face, then there you go...hahaha!

You maybe able to spot the difference ;o) hehehe!

and I don't think I need to say that the picture on the Left was taken at Day One of Atkins, and the one on the Right is the picture of me to date do I ;o)

Anyways, I highly recommend anybody on a weightloss journey to take self pictures like this. One because you can see what you've achieved and Two, because it can spur/inspire you in times of need :o) Just thirteen weeks from now you can achieve the same or even better results, its not an aweful lot of time in the great scheme of things.

I've now uploaded pictures of me for every weigh-in date so far. So feel free to retroflect on my past Atkins ordeal.

Here's to our future successes.