Entries from August 2008

August 31, 2008

Extreme Obesity Sounds Horrid

Day 12: 1+ hour of exercise, 2703 calories (!), 314g of carbs (double OUCH!!!), 4 pints of water and 4 cups of green/herbal tea. Supplements: 1 cod liver oil, 1 multivitamin and 1 neurozan.
Feeling like an old blood hound, I can smell the two week mark now! It’s Sunday and I’m not in the best [...]

August 30, 2008

A Taste of Summer

Day 11: 1+ hour of exercise, 2954 calories (!), 281g of carbs (OUCH!!!), 4 pints of water and 4 cups of green/herbal tea. Supplements: 1 cod liver oil, 1 multivitamin and 1 neurozan.
I’m on day 12 of my new Fitness Regime and I’m beginning to get all excited at the thought of reaching two full [...]

August 29, 2008

I’m Feeling All Warm and Fussy

Day 10: 1+ hour of exercise, 2098 calories (yay!), 148g of carbs (not doing a good job here am I?), 4 pints of water and 4 cups of green/herbal tea. Supplements: 1 cod liver oil, 1 multivitamin and 1 neurozan.

It’s funny, isn’t it, how if you get a good start to your day the whole [...]

August 28, 2008

Recharged and Ridiculously Loved Up

Day 9: 1+ hour of exercise, 1878 calories (a bit on the low side, but ok!), 134g of carbs (champagne and whisky…), 4 pints of water and 4 cups of green/herbal tea. Supplements: 1 cod liver oil, 1 multivitamin and 1 neurozan.

Last night was one of those magic nights that doesn’t happen too often. John [...]

August 27, 2008

Speaking of Metabolism – Let’s Do the Maths…

Metabolism and bone structure are fat people’s two favourite excuses to being fat. I’m sure you’ve heard enough of them. “I don’t really eat all that much, I just have a very slow metabolism.” “I’m not fat I’m big boned.” Yeah, right! As Denis Leary would say: dinosaurs are big boned, ok – you’re [...]

August 27, 2008

Ever Heard of Low-Impact Jogging?

Day 8: 1+ hour of exercise, 1241 calories (far too few!), 74g of carbs (brilliant!), 4 pints of water and 4 cups of green/herbal tea. Supplements: 1 cod liver oil, 1 multivitamin and 1 neurozan (supposedly good for brain function and performance).
I didn’t eat enough yesterday. It was just one of those days. I went [...]

August 26, 2008

My Virtual Model

I’m a creative person, and I like to visualise things that are too abstract for my brain to work around. (Hence why I don’t like maths at all!) One of many tools I have found useful in my weight loss is My Virtual Model. It’s a shopping tool, really, but also very handy when you [...]

August 26, 2008

Yay!! I AM a Big Fat Loser!!!!!!!

Day 7: 1+ hour of exercise, 2083 calories (perfect!), 214g of carbs (dreadful!), 4 pints of water and 4 cups of green/herbal tea. Supplements: 1 cod liver oil and 1 multivitamin.
I can’t believe I’ve done a whole week on this new Regime already! Well done me!! And, even better, looking at my weekly average for [...]

August 25, 2008

Am I a Loser?

Day 6: 1+ hour of exercise, 1882 calories (perfect!), 121g of carbs (not so good), 4 pints of water and 4 cups of green/herbal tea. Supplements: 1 cod liver oil and 1 multivitamin.
After my dipper on day 5 it felt fantastic to be able to hold back again. In fact, last night I had to [...]

August 24, 2008

Day 5 – I’m on a Dipper

Day 5: 1+ hour of exercise, 3599 calories (ouch! see below), 341g of carbs (the thought makes me cringe!), 4 pints of water and 4 cups of green/herbal tea. I’ve also started to take 1 capsule of cod liver oil and a multivitamin.
I had the munchies yesterday and was dying for chox, drinks, pasta and [...]