A whole lot to lose !

Over the past couple of years I’ve been putting on a few pounds/kilos and have made the call to get rid of the whole lot of it !
I’m just over 6 foot, I’ve always been in and around 82kg (13st) and maybe up as far as 90kg (14st) and reasonably fit.
Health scares and other things in the past few years coupled to less than ideal dietary habits has seen me less active and unfortunately weight piles on and the fitness level diminishes although walking and everyday tasks are not a problem...... yet !
So decision made, the weight goes and the diet improves........
High protein and low carbs are going to be the norm, junk food goes and regular exercise is introduced.

So roll forward to 1st July (today) and the regime begins, on scales tonight and scales say 103.5kgs (16st-4lbs) target weight is 82kgs, just shy of 13 stone... so I’ve 21.5kgs/3st-5lbs to loose and I’m giving myself a timeframe of 20 weeks as a realistic target.
I’ve done 5km tonight which I found OK’ish, but took me 51 mins.

1. Diet improves, water intake min 3 litres daily, low carb, higher protein intake/2200 Calories target.
2. 5km walk daily upping to 10km as fitness improves, target time is 40mins/5k
3. Weigh in each Monday before the evening 5k walk
4. Alcohol intake diminishes, although I’m not a big drinker anyway.

I’m using a bit of technology here, wearing a fitness tracker and an app called “map my walk”, see HERE, to track my progress and I may post up a weekly update on this thread.

Anyone else on the treadmill to loose a bit of weight?..... let us know.

Yes, regular updates focuses the mind, by October I want to have at least 50% of the weight shed.


Not yet John, but you’ve got the general gist of it

Week 2.

Weight at start 103.5 kgs
Target weight 82 kgs

Weight now 99.2 kgs

Weight loss this week 2.4 kgs
Total weight loss is 4.3 kgs

Total weight to loose to target 17.2 kgs

Another good week, loss is little bit more than expected.... walked more this week, 44.6 kms total.
Not really missing meat if I’m honest, and had 2 pints on Saturday night.

Going well, feeling better.

Week 3.

Weight at start 103.5 kgs
Target weight 82 kgs

Weight now 97.0 kgs

Weight loss this week 2.2 kgs
Total weight loss is 6.5 kgs

Total weight to loose to target 15 kgs

Good week, loss about right... aiming for 2 kgs/week for first month and then about 1.5 kgs/week to target.
Going well.

No reports for a few weeks,
All going good, passed half my weight loss goal.

Week 6.

Weight at start 103.5 kgs
Target weight 82 kgs

Weight now 91.5 kgs

Weight loss this past 3 weeks 5.5 kgs
Total weight loss is 12 kgs

So, another 9.5 kgs sees me at the target weight, if time permits my walk is now 10km (5k early morning & 5k in the evening).
Still very little meat, in fact only once in 6 weeks. No bread/biscuits cakes. Loving fish.

Still going good, all on target.

Week 9.

Weight at start 103.5 kgs
Target weight 82 kgs

Weight now 88.2kgs

Weight loss this past 3 weeks 3.3kgs
Total weight loss is 15.3 kgs

Another 6.2 kgs loss gets me to the target weight..... so Im all happy with the progressive loss and aiming to hit the target for the Carlingford meet !

Have walked every day of the last 63 days with the exception of 3 evenings, total distance walked is 344.6 kms according to ‘map my walk’.... that’s the equivalent from home to Rosslare harbour !

I’ll have a couple John, drinking the odd glass of wine once again.......
But I had a visitation from a certain ‘admin’ last week who led me astray and dragged me kicking into the pub ! .... and made me drink beer, I vehemently resisted but to no avail !



Thanks John