Lick The Lard

Days 10-11 report

Alan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:43:45 +0000

It’s funny the way losing weight works. On days when I think I’ve done “really well”, my weight wont budge. On days when I think I’ve done badly and I’m bound to gain, sometimes the opposite happens and my weight falls.

And so describes the last two days. Yesterday my weight was constant again - the same for four days running. Last night, day 11, I ended up going out to a British bar and drinking and eating myself silly. I walked the hour home after but I still expected to be up this morning. Not so - down to 80.4kg, the big shift that I predicted follows a flat period. I just hope tomorrow doesn’t return me back to the 81’s!

Days 8-9 report

Alan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:26:23 +0000

I’ve been pretty much flat the last two days, weighing in at 81.2kg again this morning. That’s both good and bad - good that I’m not going up, bad that I’m not going down. I reckon that the next few days will see a jump in either direction - either dropping another kilo or going back up another kilo - since that’s generally what happens when I’m flat. Weight doesn’t seem to come off or go on 0.2kg at a time with me, it tends to be flat and then jumps.

Foodwise, I’ve been doing relatively well. I’m into a pattern now at lunchtime of picking up a hot meal, around 300kcal, and a piece of fruit, and eating them with some tomato juice and decaf. It’s enough to keep me going all day, and getting calories from fruit is good for giving the body energy to fight fat.

In the evenings, I’m walking home from work every night for exercise - that’s about an hour. While I’d love to be a gym person and have a perfect bod, I’m not. Walking is something I love and so it’s easy to do it without feeling that I’m scheduling “exercise”. It would take me 30 minutes to get home anyway, so walking the way not only keeps me fit but adds only 30 minutes.

Days 5-7 report

Alan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:01:28 +0000

A good weekend - I weighed in this morning at 81.2kg, which is almost a kilo down on last week. Unfortunately I tend to have a habit of doing well at weekends and then shooting back up as the week starts. I’m not entirely sure why that should be, but I need it to not happen today!

Day 4 report

Alan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:08:36 +0000

After day 4 my weight is 0.1kg higher than day 1! But while I’ve not lost weight, I believe I’ve prevented myself from gaining. My man boobs may not be reduced, but at least they are not enlarging like they were before.

Day 3 report

Alan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:03:25 +0000

Yesterday’s food:

Daytime:
Tomato juice : 112 kcal
Curry soba : 356 kcal

Today’s weight: 82.3kg

Evening:
6 course “chef’s sampler” meal and wine. Not the best diet wise - but it was my birthday meal, and a big improvement on last year when I scoffed more than half a birthday sized fresh cream cake!

Day 2 report

Alan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:46:08 +0000

Yesterday’s food:

Daytime:
Fruit and vegetable juice, salad, noodles. Total 534kcal.

Evening:
Various Korean dishes and alcohol.

Today’s weight: 82.1kg

Eating out and meeting friends is always a challenge when I’m trying to lose weight - what do I eat and drink and where do I go, without forcing my friends to live the “diet” also?

Last night’s choice was Korean. Taste was excellent (surprising for a Korean restaurant in Japan) but I can’t say that it will have contributed positively to my fat shedding plans. What definitely wont have contributed positively would be the alcohol induced “I need something to eat” late night snack when I got home. Can’t believe I did that - my stomach was still full this morning.

I have two other big meals out this week, one today and one tomorrow. Despite last night and the upcoming evenings being less than optimal, I still have the goal firmly in mind and I’m moving towards it with focus on empowering lunches.

Day 1 report

Alan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:47:15 +0000

Yesterday’s food:

Daytime:
Kimchi, tuna and egg salad with dressing, Japanese vegetables: 303kcal
Vegetable juice: 279kcal

Evening:
Oven cooked salmon with vegetables and vegetable. Home cooked so I didn’t count calories, but minimal use of fats.

Today’s weight: 81.8kg

Restart

Alan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:16:27 +0000

Enough is enough. From March until May this year I managed to get down to my ideal weight. But then disaster struck. I got ill - and with illness came less focus of maintaining weight and more focus on just… surviving.

Now it’s November, and I’m 82.3kg, which is about 7kg above the weight I want to be. I have to restart getting back to my ideal weight now, not least because I need to lose these man boobs before I go to Thailand on December 5th.

Weight today, November 10th: 82.3kg.

By Dec 5th I want to be around 77kg.

Ultimate goal: 74kg.

This blog is going to be my personal record, something to ensure that I am publically making the effort. It’s not advice. It’s possibly not even exciting. But it will lead to success.