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)

Day 92. Exam Stress Over... For a While & Results Day Week 13.

Wooowho... Exams are over for a while... (Well until July's re-sits, that is... :o? ) Yes, it was my last scheduled exam. How did it go...??? Well I have mixed feelings about this one. I only needed roughly 25% to actually pass this module, but it all depends how kind the Exam marker will be with my paper, fingers crossed it will be enough :oS

To celebrate some of our class got together and went to the pub to relax/chat etc, it was cool. Of course I was good by drinking loads of Diet Cokes, well kind of, actually I slipped by having my favorite drink... The Kopparberg Non Alcoholic Pear Cider. If you've never tried this, I thoroughly recommend it, its probably my favorite drink of all time. However, if your a low carber it might not be the smartest choice, but saying that I don't know how much sugar it contains, because there is no label on the bottle (Which is very naughty of the company). Here is a pic of the drink...


oh so nice :oP In fact just thinking about it now, makes me want to drink another, hehehe!


I also tried a new chocolate bar the "Sweet n Low Milk Chocolate bar". Which is 3 Net Carbs. I must say this is the most disappointing of all the bar's I tried so far. Its not really a milk chocolate taste, rather very subtle chocolate taste. The texture is rather plastic, not smooth. Of course it's eatable, but I probably won't buy it again. Better products are on the market, I would rate this bar 4 out of 10. The size is pretty small too.

Anyways the moment you've all been waiting for... Results Day Week 13. Did I lose, or did I gain...???

This week its a positive sign, another 1 kg loss, I am now 86.5 kg (13.6 Stone, 190.7 lbs) woowho! Bringing me to a total of 14.5 kg loss with 10.5 kg remaining. I just can't believe how easy it’s been to lose this weight thus far. Where other diets have failed, this one is just sooooo easy, I love it :oD and I feel fantastic. If your just about to start Atkins, don't worry soon you will be saying the same thing, and I wish you also the best of luck. Feel free to post your progress :o)

BTW I also enjoyed 2 Hours of Volleyball Training too :oD

Day 85. In Your Face & Results Day 12

Well All I can say is, In your Face Exam, In Your Face Obesity and hello summer and yeah I love Volleyball. As you can see am pretty pumped and excited. Yes, its been a class day, the sun is shining, my exam went swimmingly, I had an awesome training session (@ volleyball - Also am a little sad cause some fello players are leaving).

.... but most importantly the two week stall is over... and check these stats, ka-blam! Am well on my way to serious lossage ;o)

Oh and.... here's Johnny, yes am back! I've back dated some posts for you all to view, so you might want to peddle backwards every now and again to see what you've missed, I plan to fully update my blog over the next week.

Phew... thats said here are my Stats

BTW am not 100% finished with my exam period... so expect some slight post delays, between now and next week.

Day 68. Life on FastForward... Wooaww there Horsey!

Elo Moto :o)

Tell me where does the time go... one minute its Friday night, next minute its Sunday afternoon already...How does that happen, dammit...! Actually when I look in my Dr. Atkins Diet Planner its hard to believe am on day 68 already. Just imagining 68 more days from now feels so distant, but I bet in a blink of an eye it will soon come around... doh!

Anyways.... todays been pretty cool, chilled, studied and played abit of volleyball. Volleyball was my highlight of the day, also sad too, cause I found out that my Volleyball friend Hannah has only 18 more days left in this country - before returning back to USA :o(

On the diet front, I slipped up again... but what did it was the Battered Chicken, just one of these beauties was 18 net carbs... ouch! Very tastey though and free, so didn't mind too much... then again I might do come this weigh day, not another stall comes to mind...

Right back to my studies, tallio!

Day 61. All Cool Things Come in Three’s!

Woot woot…! BTW I have never known exactly what woot woot means, I think it’s some kind of happy chat smilie gesture but not sure… if you know, drop a comment below and tell me…anyhow… today is a cracking day. The sun is shining and the weather is sweet.

Also more cool things have happened, first up and your going to love this one, it’s about my achievements thus far. Well, I know my Atkins is going well, after all 9 weeks on am still alive and I’ve lost 12kg’s. So I decided to put myself through a test….!

You’re probably wondering how…? Well let me tell you! basically I have a fair bit of clothing I haven’t worn in a while, so just out of curiosity I thought it would be fun to try them on :o)

Long story short… my so called tight clothing turns out to be not so tight any more… its now my baggy old clothing ;o) yea! Another story, a very good friend of mine (a while back) Hi Tim btw, gave me some really cool, high quality shorts, which unfortunately to begin with where a little tight, (in fact back then I thought I would never get into them…) well it turns out… never wasn’t that long after all :oP

So you maybe wondering, what instigated me to start trying out my old clothes in the first place? Well mainly to my embarrassment, I kept finding my trousers falling down in public…hahah!

Which reminds me of another cool thing I came across the other day. A couple of posts back Hazel and Roy…. commented on my blog (Thankyou BTW), anyways since then I have been checking out their progress on their blog, and I stumbled across a real funny entry (Actually most of their posts are funny ;o).

I hope they don’t mind, I kind of borrowed Day 37 from there blog to show you… Obviously in exchange of promoting their site ;o) But you have to read this, its hilarious and sooo true :o)

So here it is…

Day 37 - Signs of progress or just delusion?

Posted On Tuesday, 8 April 2008 at 21:58 by Roy and Hazel

Hey, I'm doing alright. I've identified 10 signs of me heading in the right direction:

1. I'm losing inches - my pajama bottoms fall down by themselves - OK, yes, I wear nightwear - its been cold recently!
2. I'm getting stronger - I broke one of my shoe laces this morning
3. I'm eating better - no more indigestion tablets at bedtime
4. I'm getting lots of exercise - going to the loo because of the water I'm drinking
5. My taste buds are changing - yes, I really do prefer cauli-mash to the real deal
6. My suit trousers stay at the waistline - and don't slowly work down to hip level
7. Some one at work notices - does it matter that another person asks sincerely: "is it working?"
8. I'm almost ready to go to the gym - quickly running out of excuses!
9. My head and neck is shrinking - or does my hair need cutting??
10. I'm watching less TV - I'm too busy blogging and reading everyone else's!

So yup I hope you found it funny too. Thanks Hazel & Roy. BTW do check out their funky progress / blog… here -> Roy&HazelBlog and keep up the fantastic work :o) That goes for all you other Low Carbers reading this too *o) and feel free to update me of your progress using the comments area below. If you post your site, I will come check it out ;o) Don’t be shy now!!!

Anyhows the third and final cool thing of the day was Volleyball :o) For the first time in 5 or even 6 weeks I finally got to do some sports… but as usual it was awesome fun and I got loads of jumping and running around done.

K ciao…