OK so it’s been a tough month and along with my previous post (a couple of days ago) I am ready to get back on it.

I have been weighing myself the last few days and it went like this

22nd Feb – 19st 2lb
23rd Feb – 18st 13lb
24th Feb – 18st 12lb

I have also given up alcohol for Lent so I am hoping for a big loss over the next 40 days.

Watch this space.

Woke up pretty early this morning and I am in a good mood despite stepping on the scales at 18st 9.2lb an amazing 2lb above yesterday but I guess that’s just the weekend coming back to haunt me. I will be working extra hard this week to get down to 18st 3lb which would put me at a stone loss in 4 weeks, which isn’t so bad.

Breakfast

Crumpets and butter

Lunch

Mugshot

Dinner

Snacks

Exercise

Rest day.

Today is the 3rd week weigh in and I managed to cap off a horrible weekend with a 2lb loss weighing in at 18st 7.2lb now if id have stuck to my regime this week then I would have been down further but c’est la vie. I am once again very focused today despite struggling to have a run this morning (largely due to me being a little hungover) and I managed a paltry 20 minutes and 2.14km on the running machine.

I have decided if I am going to drop this weight then I have to stop drinking full stop, I probably drank around 10 pints over the weekend as well as a bottle of wine and a little vodka, not only is this not helping but it cant be doing my health any good either.

Breakfast

Nutrigrain

Lunch

Ham and Mustard cob, wholemeal bread. Brannigans beef and mustard crips

Dinner

Steak and Chips (Oven 5% Fat)

Snacks

2 x coffee, sugar, milk
Cheesecake Muller light Yoghurt (Fat Free)

Exercise

20 Mins 2.14km
5 mins on the X Trainer

Today is a good day, I woke up determined to get to the gym and stepped on to the scales to an amazing 18st 6.6lb which is an almost 4lb loss this week, now I expect it to yo yo a bit by tomorrow but even so if I can end the week at 18st 6lb i’d be happy I just have to focus and make sure it happens.

I have to deliver some training in London on Friday and that will be the biggest test as I have to find somewhere to eat and something good during the day.

Finally, I have been to the gym this morning and managed to do Week 2 Day 2 of my plan although I was once again, willing to give in before the 10 minute mark, this is definitely a common thing with the running and as long as I get past that, at 20 mins I feel great. The running has to be around 70-75% intensity and that must help.

Mood
Good

Breakfast
Cheerios with Milk

Lunch

Jacket Potato with Chicken and Bacon

Dinner

Home made extra lean mince burgers and home made oven chips.

Snacks

Large latte

Exercise
3.20KM – 30 Mins

Today I am very motivated (mainly because I am writing this after a run) as I have managed to go to the gym for the second of my three runs a week.

I am happy that I managed to do 2.97km in 30mins and strangely this has given me lots of motivation to stick it out with the food today.

I weighed in today at 18st 9.5lb which is again only a 1/2lb weight loss since the weekend but I am hopeful that this should change by the end of the week due to exercise and no beer.

Thanks

Matthew Hughes

I am actually writing this the day after so I cant remember my mood, however I do remember my weight and that was 18st 9.5lb a half a pound loss.

Nothing much else to say

Matthew Hughes