Fighting The Flab

November 2009 WKC World Championship England Team Picture... lol, its a bit late but better than never! Some amazing peeps in this team, I wish them all well in the future. Looking forward to seeing some of them at the upcoming competitions. :o)

Hello people, sorry once again for the delay in my postings... I know I am terrible...

Anyhow, a brief overview of what has happened...

After the fight in October I trained immensley hard for the world championships in Ireland.. I enjoyed the trip, I lost in the quater finals by 1 point, which is not so bad for my first year competing. I made a lot of friends on the trip and would like to shout out to all of the peeps on the England team, with a special thanks to Kenn Forrest (now WKC world Champion) who is just the nicest bloke alive! I hope you are well.

On top of that work has been keeping me busy, along with an injured muscle in my back which keeps going into spasm and causing immense discomfort. It has kept me out of the gym and the dojo, I am hoping to return to it this week. With all this my weight has crept up to 21 stone 12 lbs, the heaviest I have been for a while, I know I will drop it again, and I will have to start soon, I want to compete in the WAKO and WKC opens in February I think. So weight has to go again and the exercise has to start again lol.

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Say hi folks and let me know your alive...

Ok, so it isnt yet, but it is a red letter day of sorts, this is my debut full contact kickboxing ring fight, which is being held in Newark!!!

I am so looking forward to it, with a little bit of nerves. Whichever way it goes, it will be an experiance, and then off to Dublin on 30th to compete in the WKC World Championships, I am looking forward to it so much!!!

I will be back over the next few days updating info...

Hope everybody is well and let me know if you want tickets (its about a 2hour drive from Essex and about the same from manchester)

So no excuses people!!!

Hello folks, sorry I have not been around much recently I will trya nd rectify that. I am still training hard with Stephen Primrose of Lions Pride and also doing some Cardio work out at Evade. Many thanks too everybody at both dojo's that have helped me get ready building up to the world championships next month.

This weekend I took part in the MAI open and got a bronze model



The fight was ok, I did ok and enjoyed myself. My coach was happy as well (which is the main thing as I dont get beasted)

Once again thanks to al the help preparing... Dublin on the 30th October to take part in the 1st WKC World Championships.

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...

Yay... well it feels like it over the last 2 days... lets hope it lasts.

Have paid my deposit for the World Championships now, I am excited about it, we leave on the 30th October... I am a bit annoyed about the fact we have to pay (and its not cheap) to represent our own country in an international competition. We also have to pay for our training (even with the England coach's) our board, our equipment, even our countries uniform (tracksuit etc). All in all a poor show really...

Still... Im still going :o)

Anyone with any ideas for raising funds or sponsorship please get in touch!!!

Hope your all well.

Wahooo...... today (9th March) is my birthday... so I should be happy, joyous, excited... generally in a good place...

And I am in some ways, and I am not in others...

Looking back over this year, it has been an exciting time, I have had high highs, and low lows... but I guess the same could be said of every other year. Still... it could be worse.

This year I have:

got engaged to my best friend,
made the England Kickboxing team,
came third in the English open,
Held my weight steadyish,

so all in all a good year...

I smile looking back, and wait in trepidation looking forward. This year is a huge year in my life, if all goes well I will compete in the World Championships for my country, get married to my best friend, move house and sort out my finances... so a lot to look forward too. :o)

I cant wait....

I just want to take this moment to remember the people that I have lost this year, friends and family, you will always remain in my thoughts and my heart.