Fighting The Flab

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.

Hello one and all. Sorry for the break, life got a bit hectic!! As is the way of life, I guess.

Anyhow, as the title says, Im still going strong and training hard. Work is going well and everything is falling into place, slowly but surely.

I have no idea what my weight is, but people have started commenting on the fact that I am losing weight again, so I guess I am. :o)

As mentioned previously I am training hard, very hard. Stephen Primrose is pushing me hard and we had a great training session on Sunday with Tawatchai Budsadee. A great time spent with an amazingly experianced fighter. Many thanks for your time and comments!!!

The Diet Plate is working for me again, and I am begining to get used to using it all the time once more.

I think I will weigh myself next Monday, just to see how I am going, I want to get to 115 kilos or 18 stone 1 lb or 253 lbs, although not near this yet, I dont imagine it will take me too long with the Diet and the training. I am looking forward to yet again buying a new wardrobe!!

This morning was warm, actually no, it was damn hot. Woke up hot and bothered, had a shower, still hot and bothered, wearing shorts again today (once again, apologies for the legs, but they really are not my fault) and a t-shirt. Just glad we have no official visitors in the office today and I dont have to wear a suit.

Took the car today as I have to drive to Macclesfield tonight to train after work. Im looking forward to it, I know its going to hurt and burn, but that does not worry me half as much as not being ready for November. Stephen will make sure I am ready for whatever comes. Im glad I took the car, I just remembered why I insisted on buying a car with air conditioning (sorry planet).

Food wise, Im having some up and down days, I need to get a handle on that. I will, just takes a bit of will power and refocusing, but I will get there. It doesnt help that the rest of the house is full of chocoholics so there is always plenty of the stuff laying around tempting me, and yet again last night I failed :o( I dont know why I did this time, I just fancied it. Normally its for comfort, but this time I was calm and resonable and not angry, yet I still reached for it. I guess you cant be perfect all the time huh? My main meals are still under control by using The Diet Plate. Last night I had a jacket potatoe, with cheese (low fat) and some tuna. It was yummy :o)

I have started reading again, sounds like a strange statement, but I used to devour books, hungry for the escapism or the knowledge they contained, but over the past couple of years I have just not been able to sit down with a good book and get into it. I decided last night I was going to re-read one of my favourite books. Dan Millman's "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" which is a book which has helped me massively in my past. I was surprised at how easy I found picking it up and getting into it. I enjoyed it very much.

So today, no cycling (my bottom will be happy about that) but a serious training session tonight at Lions Pride (my legs wont be happy about that!) All in all, not a bad day.

I hope you are all well and life is giving you enough.

Stay safe.

Hello one and all... I hope you are well.

Today is Friday, which is no bad thing, I can do with a break of the weekend, although I get this strange feeling I am not going to get one...

I trained last night at Lions Pride with Stephen Primrose . It was a hard session for me, with 9 mins running for warm up and then 10 rounds of skipping!! Stephen gave me encouragement (erm, Im not sure thats the right word for it however, but it got me through to the 10th round) from the sides and I worked through the time trying to listen to everything that Stephen was telling em to do. I think I did ok, I couldnt have trained much harder or pushed any further as when finishing I was light headed and nauseus and fighting not to pass out. Which I guess is when you know you pushed hard. Shower and home. Sleep, shower, cycle to work. I enjoyed the cycle, the weather today is great and I am hoping I will get a chance to cycle tonight after training, well if it stays nice anyway.

As far as food goes, I am eating little and burning weight off. The Diet Plate makes my portion control so easy!! Loving the burn, loving the feeling, loving the result!!!

Hello, back again sooner than I thought... :o) So, yesterday, left work, cycled home (up a very steep hill, which left me gasping and my legs burning) jumped into my car and headed off to Lions Pride for what turned out to be a very intense training session.

Shadow Boxing warm up (3 rounds)
Core exercises, using Medicine Ball (3 rounds)
Basics and combination drills (12 rounds)

Stretching (yes lots of these... and man did I need it)

Shower, home....

Worked hard and enjoyed the session, got a bit frustrated with myself on a few occasions as I could not seem to get certain moves right, I guess they will come with more training :o)

Anyhow... awoke this morning, bit stiff, hot bath, and back on the bike... another couple of miles before work, its not far, but it is a start. This evening from work I am meeting Phil Booth (Chairman of EETEP) and we are heading out to clock some miles up. I forgot how painfull cycling can be on the rump when you are not used to it...

Food wise, obviously the trusted Diet Plate is getting another bashing, and I havent weighed myself this week deliberately as I want to use my size and feeling more than my weight as a judgement. I will however weigh myself every couple of weeks to keep some form of record.

Hope it stops raining before tonight...

Be Well

Hello once again people... today is Day 7 of the diet and fitness regime, or is it? OK, so it was a bank holiday over here in the UK (which means a long weekend) and the weather was nice for a change, which never happens, so the weekend was spent eating the wrong foods and drinking far too much, not overly bad, but more than I normally would.

I trained Thursday night at Lions Pride but didn't make Friday due to some timing issues. Saturday I didn't do a lot, although I seemed to be running around all over the place. Sunday I packed and emptied my flat (several hours of running up and down 3 flights of stairs with heavy boxes!!!) and then Monday I cleaned my flat (several hours of rubbing, dusting, polishing and hoovering!! How are housewives over weight?)

So I didn't train much over the weekend, apart from the packing and cleaning. I also snacked a fair amount as I didn't have time to cook (the oldest excuse in the book!!!). I spent some time Saturday evening with Stephen Primrose, my coach and friend and looked at the training that I am doing and the amount of time till the World Championships and I had to agree to step it up again, and be more commited and focused on what it is I wish to attain.

So Tuesday, Day 7 (or is it day 1) This morning I rode my bike for the first time in ages, I did a few miles around the town before heading into work, I now have a sore bum!

This evening I am cycling home, jumping into my car then heading over to Lions Pride to get beasted by Stephen. Tomorrow morning I will ride to work, then tomorrow evening I am out riding with a friend Phil, the guy who runs EETEP as we are trying to get used to riding before July 12Th and Manchester to Blackpool bike ride. Thursday will see me riding, swimming and training again.

I hope to update you some more before Friday anyway, so I hope this finds you all well and smiling.

Stay safe and well.

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...