Fighting The Flab

Those that have followed this blog, know that I go on and off, hot and cold, especially where diet is concerned. I spent a long time loseing weight (seems like my whole life) and I lost a significant amount over the last 3 years (more than most of you weigh I bet!!!).

So where are we at? I started this 'new life' back at the start of 2007. Then I weighed a massive 36 and a half stone (511 lbs). Using several different diet techniques over relatively short periods of time untill I found The Diet Plate, which I then stuck to rigidly, I dropped weight down to 19 stone 9 lbs (275 lbs) a loss of 16 stone 12 lbs (236 lbs)!!!! I hit that weight and decided I had reached a place where I was comfortable so would lay of the diet for a while. I have put weight back on over the period of a year, and at times have started dieting again for a few weeks here and there. I went back up to 23 stone (322 lbs) about 5 weeks ago and decided enough was enough, putting aside excuses like lifestyle, being busy, not enough time to shop properly and prepare food (yes I am as guilty as anyone for those) I decided to dust the plate off and start again. Today I weighed in at 21 stone 10 lbs (304 lbs) a loss of 18 lbs in 5 weeks, so thats ok. :o)

I am also involved with a charity called EETEP and have agreed to do the Manchester to Blackpool bike ride with them on July 12th (watch this space for sponsorship details!!!) which is a 60 mile ride through what I can only imagine to be quite hilly country... so I guess it is time to get the bike out and put the car away for a while. :o) (That will help with the environment as well :o) and the savings on fuel too...).

On top of that most of you will be aware that I qualified for the England Kick Boxing Team this year and on October the 30th the team and I are off to Ireland to take part in the World Championships!!! I have neglected my training recently due to several personal issues which have needed addressing, now things are addressed (not sure if that is gramatically correct) it is time to train hard. I have to step my training up from twice a week to at least 4 days in the dojo with Stephen Primrose and hopefully 2 days spent riding a few miles. This will up my calorie burn as well as using The Diet Plate to bring my calorie intake down, and yet keep the correct balance of food groups so I dont starve my muscles of much needed vitamins and minerals to help them recover.

Starting Wednesday 20th May, I will try and blog at least every other day. This helps me stay focussed more than anything else, as well as giving me a place to vent frustrations!!

I hope you are all well...