Bliss, rugby in the morning, honestly its one of my happy places! Although my team where not successful in the game, they still played well. I didn’t do any weight in before i left for rugby, it always comes after!
So what happened when i got home? 113.0 kg, thats -0.5kg from the day before!
I also once i got home from rugby did my DDP Yoga to help stretch my old muscles out a little
I am one tight little boy these days!
It wasn’t a big step day either, i pretty much veg’ed after rugby for the rest of the day and tried to have a pretty chill day!
Food intake remained consistent with a net total calories of 1424! The main thing is that i am keeping both calorie intake and my net calories are low!
Hopefully over the next few days i would have broken the 113kg barrier!
The roller coaster that is my weight continued today…. up +0.3kg to 113.5 kg! One of the thing i am finding with my current withing’s scales is also how inconsistent the body measurements are, i am finding bone, muscle, fat % figures are just wildly inaccurate day to day!
However one of things i did get back to was the Yoga! I did an hours DDP Yoga and followed that up with laying in the sauna blanket with a peloton meditation
As much as it was a Saturday i got higher than i expected on the step count! which rocked in at just under 18k and almost 9 miles.
I was also able to get some more recovery with a really good lay in
Tomorrow is a rugby day with the kids, and that’s always a pleasure!
A weight loss day! Yeah!!! and the weigh in today was 103.2 kg, down -0.6 kg
A few simple things today
Yesterday i ate really light, i mean my calorie intake was pathetic, and i should not be proud of that
I slept…. almost 8 hours, which given my last few days is pretty good going really!
And i did top up the food over the course of today…….
I carried on walking with a bit of a swagger given the loss of weight, and tried to keep thinking that i was progressing downwards again. 26k Steps and almost 13 miles.
I hope i am not burning through all my joints in my body!!!!
Anyway nice to have a loss moment! But i did not yoga or weights again…. must get back to it!
So last night, as i said, it was a bit of a lesser sleep night…. was nowhere near as bad as i expected, but still not great
So clearly i was dubious about my weight, and suspected it would be an increase day vs a decrease day……
And thats exactly what it was 113.8 kg and +0.2kg ….. i feel slightly drained at that news! But i am also aware that my sleep was terrible!
Thursdays are hard days post late night Wednesdays, i have to get going pretty early and start the day, and that also means walking….. The step count was pretty consistent when i got going, but i was motivated to move, and i finished the day at nearly 26k steps and 13 miles. I think thats still a good number.
Calories in/out stayed strong with some good numbers, it was a low day
It was a low consumption day, i mainly had protein shakes and by the end of the day all i wanted to do was shower and crawl into bed.
A few concerns, my DDP yoga was slipping and the peloton guide work was not its normal self! I know both of these items are critical for resistance and losing weight!
Anyway a good night sleep i hope and ready for the next day….
Earlier in Jan i got behind in writing, and low and behold its the 18th Feb and i am being in my writing from the 1st Feb till now….. I am going to try and have a bash at catching up with the world.
Firstly the weigh in, I left January at 113.5 kg and started Feb at 113.6 kg , urgh that’s +0.1 kg…. booooooo 🙁
But lets keep consistent and keep on going, as i said i found the end of January a little flakey with my focus, and just need to keep myself chipping away, Wednesday being wednesday means late night calls, it also means excessive walking for the whole of the day, i was just shy of 40k steps and 20 miles….. honestly by the end of the day i was truly exhausted, mentally and physically, and i knew the next few days would be truly hard.
One of the things with late night calls is the after affects, you just dont shut down, you cant be unwired! i think i always stay awake for another 2 hours after my calls. I watch a bit of TV or something just to relax…. but i know that the next morning is an early start, i need to get my daughter to school and i have an early morning call with my directs.
My net calories continue to be pretty decent at 1324 consumed! I am being good, and being focused…. but lots still to do!
Forgive me for my delays! I am going to play catch up
Lets start with some amazing news! My son, the blonde boy in the middle of the picture won his schools house rugby competition today. There is nothing more special than seeing our shared love for the game of rugby but more than that my admiration for him as he excels me in life! Couldnt be prouder!
This month has been a real journey for me! Firstly its been good to have the weight coming off at a good a steady rate. I am proud of that fact, i am proud that for a month i have been able to stay consistent and see a downwards trend, but i am also aware that i cant have false hope, and what may be coming off can soon go back on and i will need to stay consistent for a long long time.
I started this month on Jan 1st at 119.7 kg, and i finish the month at 113.5 kg. Thats – 6.2 kg, thats – 13.6 lbs, and just shy of 1 stone!
Thats a lot of weight for one month! But its only one month, and i need to ensure that this continues into February.
When i look back over the month i have weighed in daily. I have tracked calories daily. I have walked and collected steps daily and i wanted to reflect over this post about the individual elements i did and where i am.
One of the elements i collect is my blood pressure. My blood pressure has not been good recently. I have been collecting my information with a withings blood pressure monitor and noticed i am consistently having high blood pressure. What i have noticed towards the end of the month and specifically after i have sauna blankets is that i have seen some good blood pressure readings!
The other interesting fact is that this month is my highest step count this year. I logged 634,242 steps in January 2023! Over half a million steps!
Not every day has been a great step day. You can see my weekends often dont meet my goals, but thats totally fine, and i deserve some recovery at points.
Sleep has been one of my bigger weaknesses. I am sleeping poorly and i dont fully recover each day. I feel that now, i feel tired, and my weight loss journey does improve when i get a good nights sleep. Thats something for me to try and improve over Feb.
One thing is for sure i am loving being back on DDP Yoga, especially after a days walking. My original intention was to do a DDP yoga session each day, but frankly i am so tired after work and walking that at points i just cant face it. I think thats fine, but its something for me to be aware off. I was great the first two weeks but my consistency did not pay of in weeks 3 and 4, but i have tried to be consistent in week 5.
My Calories and controlling my eating has also been a major contributor to the journey. I have ensured i stuck under 2100 calories a day. I have made sure i log my intake each and every single day. I have made sure to select the right choices and not nibble on everything.
At the same time i have continued to drive for a calorie deficit. My Net Calories have stayed way under the 2100 limit, which again is a factor for my body using its fat reserves! and i have some fat reserves!
I have logged every single thing i have eaten or drunk! Its given me some time to also reflect on how much tea i drink in a single day !
And similar to the DDP Yoga, i have tried to keep my peloton journey moving forward. Doing some weights or other mindfulness activity!
Its been a good month, but that does not lead me to be inconsistent! My next goal should be breaking into the 100’s kg mark. Get underneath goal 2 of 110 kg and slowly start to see the double digits in front of me!
I want to make a positive difference to my life, i feel unhappy mentally, but know i can turn that around with seeing the differences to what i wear and what i see in the mirror!
So 6.2 kg is the number to beat for Feb. Which means i want to aim for 107.3 kg. Now Feb is a shorter month, and there is a risk of my birthday also! So need to make sure i keep my eating and drinking on track!
And so it goes….. the treadmill calls and the work week is underway!
Weigh in time…. with the sudden big drop i expect some increases to take place, and today was an increase day. 113.6kg +0.2 kg from yesterday…. boooooohhhhh
Perhaps some consistency of the working week will help focus things for this week and get the trend the other way!
Ended up crunching through the steps again, lots on, i ended with just over 20k steps and over 10 miles walking!
The consistency of walking must be burning calories and keeping me in check!
I have decided this week i would do DDP Yoga every day. Where i have no yoga sessions in my course i will fill that up with Below the Belt 2.0. DDP Yoga with all the walking is keeping me stretched out…. and i need it!
I am still keeping my calories under control and really proud of that
I feel my eating habits changing, but want to be careful with going out and eating rubbish.
Anyway, thats me for now, best i have a review of the month from tomorrow
One of my true joys is coaching rugby on a sunday. I am the head coach for my sons U12s rugby team. Its one of my two coaching roles i perform, the other is for his school team. Today was a pure joy day, as my team played so well and beat a local rival. I couldnt be any prouder of my kids.
My son is the blonde one in the bottom right corner crouching down!
For the game this morning i ended up being the referee. I did my England Rugby Award and getting as much game time as i can. Lots of running around and keeping up with play.
When i got home it was weigh in time! I did 3 weigh today, 2 really close together and 1 an hour or so later after a cup of tea.
The first two weigh ins were 113.2 kg and then 113.1 kg thats a whopping 1.5 kg. The last weigh in was 113.4 kg and to ensure i did not feel like too big a drop i will take 113.4 kg as my weigh in, which is 1.2 kg down. I can live with that!
As we have been discussing over the past few days, sleep is critical, and when i reflect on my sleep from last night at just over 8hrs. Thats way better than the 3hrs i was getting.
With all the running about on sunday, i ended up with my step counting being just over 11.6k and 6.6 miles.
As the evening progressed, i ended up finishing with my DDP yoga and a bit of time in the sauna blanket!
Thats it for now, but so glad to be in the 113s , i feel i have truly met goal 1, and now focused on goal 2!
Exhausted, thats the only words i can use to describe myself! I normally start with the weight results but today is the sleep results, 3hr 30 mins! pathetic!
I was hoping to get a few power naps during the day but that did not happen.
So when i went to weigh in the inevitable took place 114.6 kg, +0.4 kg from yesterday. Urgh! i knew there was a correlation between sleep and my weight!
I didn’t do much today as i was a true zombie! I was here in body but not in mind or soul. And in the end the only thing i did do was towards bed time, i went upstairs and feel asleep in the Sauna blanket! Yeap you heard me…. i set the timer for 60 mins, put some meditation on peloton and feel asleep.
I awoke in the womb! A warm wet sensation surrounded me, almost as though i wet the bed. But i woke up and jumped in the shower and then got back into my bed to fall asleep. Hopefully more rechanged for tomorrow!
To think i am 42 years old, and on a Friday night, my life is spent in front of computer screens just blows my mind! My friend who i have known for many many years, in fact i met him when he was just a child, now is an owner of a family run insurance business. I have helped them loads over the years, but tonight was their first merger and acquisition. So my evening has been spent doing that, and it was a long long evening.
Firstly the weigh in….. back down to 114.2 kg, thats down – 0.7 from yesterday and more in the right direction.
whats interesting here, is that with the weight loss was my first good sleep result this week
Walking was fine and i walked a fair bit in the evening, but my shins and my knees really hurt towards that later part of the night. I just felt like i couldn’t take another step. I still did 32k steps and just under 16 miles, but boy was it hard going
I didn’t stop till around 5am. I was tired, i was also stressed that somethings were not as straight forward as i planned, and i knew i needed to wake up early to get them fixed and underway.
