Matthew Hughes

Back on the game

Matthew Hughes — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:09:44 +0000

Well in the last month Amys mum died, this had an effect on the positive progress I was making however, I am back on it as of tomorrow, I will be joining my local gym and will be setting off on a 8 week regime. More details will follow as I am currently in London town.

Matt

Day 23

Matthew Hughes — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:06:39 +0000

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.

Day 22

Matthew Hughes — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:14:37 +0000

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

Day 18

Matthew Hughes — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:12:46 +0000

Might finish this off on the train but pretty good mood, maintained since yesterday which is good and looking forward to the weekend.

Fingers cross for a 5lb total this week.

Mood
Good

Breakfast
Banana

Lunch

Couple of chicken sandwiches

Dinner

Snacks

Exercise
-

Day 17

Matthew Hughes — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:49:01 +0000

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

Day 16

Matthew Hughes — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:06:58 +0000

Today is a pretty good day I woke up with the feeling in my arms that I had been on the cross trainer for 20 minutes, I am considering that this may be a good all over workout and better than the running but with my goal of the 5k in March (not a fixed goal yet, give it two weeks) I need to persist, I am wondering if I could use one of my rest days and do some cross trainer then? I don’t want to over do it but I don’t want to under do it either.

I will mull it over and see what I am going to do, oh in other news I managed to lose just short of a pound weighing in at 18st 9.2lb which means I am back on track for this week already. Given what I ate yesterday it is no surprise.

Mood
Good

Breakfast
Cheerios with Milk

Lunch

Pot Noodle

Dinner

Omlette, 4 eggs, spring onions, chicken and mushroom with reggae reggae sauce.

Snacks

coffe and a tea

Exercise
Rest Day

Day 15

Matthew Hughes — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:33:54 +0000

Wow so I have been a bit slack over the last few days but I am determined to pick this back up as I need to see progress and this is a good way to do it.

Today is my Week 2 weigh in and given my slack week I have managed to maintain, not a bad thing but not good either over the next two weeks I am determined to lose the 10lb that’s hanging around or at the very least hit the 1 stone mark, with that in mind I had a good session at the gym today, the running machine was taken so I had to hit the cross trainer and managed to make it a good 20 minutes and once the treadmill was free I was on it for 16 minutes before my legs gave in. Either way I am quite happy with the combined workout and it has set me up well for the day.

Mood
Good – Motivated

Breakfast
Nutrigrain

Lunch

Pot Noodle

Dinner

Spaghetti Bolognese – Past swirls, extra lean mince, mushrooms and onions.

Snacks

Coffee, Tea and some diet cherry lemonade

Exercise
X-Trainer 20 mins, 16:30 running

Day 12

Matthew Hughes — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:01:54 +0000

So today I have decided to change the format of the posts and instead of posting my food seperately (it was so that it was easy to see the food I was eating) I am going to keep everything in the one post and this includes any exercise.
Weighed in at 18st 9lb so no major change.

Mood
Good – Motivated

Breakfast
Banana

Lunch

Dinner

Snacks

Exercise
3.05km in 30 Minutes

Day 11 – Food

Matthew Hughes — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:20:07 +0000

Breakfast

Small danish pastry

Lunch

Chips (fried) and Shepherds pie

Dinner

Chips (oven) and Steak with Reggae Reggae sauce

Snacks

Loads of coffee and tea eek.

Day 11

Matthew Hughes — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:37:37 +0000

Today I am fairly motivated, there was another 1/2lb lost and if I manage to keep it up I should hit the 2lb a week target but I was hoping for a bit more given my exercise this week, however, I am on a course and you get a whole ton of food and whilst I could be good a small loss this week will mean a better week next week getting back on the normal food.

That’s my way of thinking anyway haha.

Matthew Hughes