Hello, beautiful people. Just thought I would check in let you know how everything is going with my weird and wonderful fasting diet... So today is coming to the close of my 7th fast day since I started on the 15 April. The plan is to weigh myself tomorrow morning at the end of the fast, so no tantalising info just yet.  There has definitely been a steady loss and, as I said to Pepe tonight, this is the third weeks of the diet and I still feel motivated to carry on... not something I could say for the others diets.

I was pleasantly surprised today when my friend Juliet commented on how my clothes look looser! it made my day. Clearly I am easily pleased! Anyway, thank you Juliet for making me smile!

Keeping up with my commitment to exercise on fast days has proved a little bit more challenging this week. I have but both sessions were harder than expected. On Monday night I had a session with the running school and did about 40 minutes of HIIT training and then 20 minutes of Swiss ball exercises and stretches. I'm not sure if it was  the fasting or the fact that I've been injured and not been able to train properly, but my recoveries were taking a lot longer than usual, probably about 10-15% longer  to get my heart rate down to the 140's before starting the high intensity intervals again. In the end, I still managed a full session and did not faint for lack of sustenance. Tonight, I ran 3kms on empty and then did another 30 minutes of weight training... again, hard and there were points were I thought I could not lift the damn dumbbells, but did  a full set of chest, arms, triceps and back exercises. I figured given that I had run 3kms I could skip the leg exercises :P

Right I'm going to post this and wish you all a good night and pleasant dreams.

Hello, another year has passed?

Oh my... where has the week gone? A week that on reflection has been terrible. I caught a cold last week and thought it would go after a 3 days... 5 tops. Nope, not at all... it's still here. It's focussing all of it's attentions on my sinuses and throat. I constantly feel at a loss for oxygen and have an insatiable need to cough, despite my chest being clear... oh, yeah and I have developed an enduring post nasal drip which would explain the throat issues. In short to say I'm feeling less than inspired with the diet is an  understatement!

Cold notwithstanding, it was my birthday on Saturday so we celebrated by going to my sister's and having a relative-ly  ( :) ) healthy dinner.  I made a leg of lamb, slow cooked in the Webbber. Recipe below.

The lamb:
I dressed the lamb with honey, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, nutmeg, cinnamon, thyme and rosemary. It was wrapped in foil and left in the Webber, with the coals on the opposite side, for about 3 1/2 hours with the lid on. For sides we had roasted butternut, peppers and, here's the less than healthy part... potatoes!! (ok there may have been a cupcake or two for desert). The lamb was sublime. The slow cooking worked a treat. the meat pealed away soft and tender. It was lovely! Importantly aside from the tablespoon of honey and olive oil there really wasn't anything too sinister about the marinade.

Taking it back to the purpose of the blog now.... Ok so Monday I had my running school session with Chris Mangioni, who is also a member of my running club. We, and use the word we liberally, did a HIIT session varying the treadmill incline between 5% and 10% with speeds alternating between 8 to 10.5kph for short fast bursts of speed work ranging from 10 seconds to 30 seconds for about 40 minutes followed by 20 minutes of strength training and stretches. Wow... I felt rotten to start with (that cold again) but by the end with the oxygen pumping through I felt spent but on top of the world... highly recommend similar sort of training for anyone thinking about losing weight. You certainly feel it during the session and the next day too. Thinking about it has brought a smile to my face, it's that great.

Yesterday, however, I fell off the wagon... drinks after work... red wine in abundant quantities and so today I had one massive hangover  topped off with a cold that is not going away. Feeling very sorry for myself, obviously. Anyway, have climbed back onto that weightwatchers wagon....so here's my penance for the day...




ProPoints™ Tracker entries

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Breakfast
1 1/2 serving(s) Crispy Minis Chocolate Chip	6
2  teaspoons Sugar, White	1
200  ml British 1% Fat Milk	2
Subtotal	9
Lunch
1  serving(s) CRUSSH Superfoods Healthpot	12
1  glass(es) Diet Coke	0
1  medium Orange	0
Subtotal	12
Dinner
2  slice(s) Bread, Wholemeal, Sliced	4
2 1/2 serving(s) Olive Oil Spread	4
Carrot and lentil soup	9
Subtotal	17
Any Time
No entries for this meal time.
Subtotal	0
Food ProPoints values total used	38
Food ProPoints values remaining	20
Activity
No entries for activity.
Activity ProPoints values earned	0
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