Good News

This is a mixed bag here but i feel motivated so that makes it good news. I have been struggling with binge eating, alcohol and general laziness for the past few weeks. Last week in particular i felt that I'd fallen off the wagon and started to gain weight. Today i weighed myself and got 98KG - this is much better than i expected.

There was a fat tester sitting on the bench left out by the trainers so i thought I'd get a reading on that ('cos often we feel that the gain in weight is 'all muscle' but rarely do we check). So the reading was 30.1% (obese) i was a little shocked by the label but if that is what it is then time to push things a little harder.

I had planned to give up drinking and go hard core for the next 5-6 weeks as we have a regional conference in September and i really want to wow the crowd (plus any target is getter than no target). However i am expected to do some travelling and entertaining in the month which will be boring and un-enjoyable if i keep off the drinks - after all i do want to succeed without giving up completely. Yesterday i was a little down as i thought this might make my goal of under 94 by conference difficult to impossible.

But with today's weigh in i am much more confident. Plus while my body fat seems to be much higher than expected i now have more motivation to drop the pounds.

So, now for the August plan. I will try to really stick to this all month - i really want to see good results. here goes:

• Exercise - three days per week TT including intervals, alternating cardio and BW/DB intervals (i really enjoyed these last round), cardio on off days (either in the gym, stairs or back to running with the boss) but not too high intensity as we don't want to over train, golf practise every day in the evening (not super exercise but better than sitting at home watching tv), if i get comfortable with the golf then i can substitute one cardio day for golf at the course. trying to be very active on weekends but also have an afternoon snooze.
• Food - really stick to the Big Mac format, ESE twice a week, alcohol only if in a social environment for work (just friends doesn't count) and never get drunk. Once i get back from my business trip i will do a full two weeks of no-carb, last ten days also before the conference will go no-carb.

I'm off to a good start as this is still the last day of July and I'm fasting - i will keep dinner clean and go for golf practise tonight as well. I want to be clearly under 94kg by the 8th of September - also, to add to this challenge i set the goal of being 26.6% body fat, which at 94 will mean that i've gained a little muscle.

Please anyone reading give me some words of encouragement! i need help in this pursuit, i will post each week to confirm my compliance.