Day 2 next sub-goal is 89kg (full body massage)

Back to day 2 I was made redundant, then went on holiday and i kind of let things fly for a bit. So I'm currently 90.7kg. I have a bit to claw back. I'm training for the connemara ultra now so things should come off fairly handy at 1-2kg per week. I'm glad my focus is back.

Day 40 - next sub-goal is 85kg

Things have been going fairly well. I won the lunch prize from Aoife by losing 1lb in comparison to her 0 loss. I've been sticking to things quite well. I weighed in at 85.7kg today that that is also my current average. I have been doing 3 days of cycling per week and I am about to get stuck into running. I've been eating small amounts of food and am drinking almost no alcohol. I have a firm belief that I will get to 79kg by the end of the year.

Day 31 - hot stones at 86kg

On Monday I started a competition with Aoife beside me.

I came in at 85.2kg today and am very tired. Have been off carbs almost completely.

Average is at 86.2kg so looking forward to getting the hot stones treatment.

Day 22 - hot stones at 86kg

Was 86.1kg.

Need to focus on the calories. Cut out eating nuts. Stop the need to stuff myself.

Had yoghurt for breakfast

Day 21 - hot stones at 86kg

Was 86.8kg.

Yoghurt for breakfast.

Fruit during the day.

Chicken sandwich for lunch when I met the postulas lads.

Chicken Kiev and salad for dinner. And yoghurt. And lots of pistaschios.

Day 20 mon - hot stones at 86kg

Was 87.8kg.

Ate lots of junk on Sat and Sunday on Karl's race.

Had no breakfast.

Had a soup for lunch and that's all.

For dinner had lots of pistachios. Had salmon and chedder, asparagus and gratin potatoes. Had berries and cream.

Feel very very tired.

Day 17 Fri - hot stones at 86kg

Was 85.8kg

Drove to Karls 100 race and ate a lot of junk.

Had day off work.

Day 16 >>> Hot stones at 86kg

I am 86.1kg now.

Had an apple and orange for breakfast.

Had soup for lunch.

Felt a bit mad for food.

Had lots of almonds and sliced meat. Had a steak with veg. Had 2 yogurts and a piece of chocolate.

Craving carbs.

Day 15 >>> Hot stones at 86kg

Was 85.9kg today. Pretty much starved yesterday during the day so not surprised.

Had a 3 egg omlette.

Had a tin of tuna and a soup for lunch. Had an apple.

Had yoghurt and a bunch of nuts.

Had steak with veg.

Day 14 >> hot stones at 86kg

Was 86.8kg today.

Had cod liver oil. Had 3 scrambled eggs for breakfast.

Had Soup and nothing else for lunch. Was banjaxed with lack of energy.

Had no chocolate, no biscuits, no NA beer.

Had a decent portion of chicken with creme fraiche and veg for dinner. Had some greek yoghurt.

Day 13 >> buy hot stones treatment at 86kg

This hasn't been working out. I've been eating a lot of chocolate even though it has a lot of sugar!!

Weighed in at 87.2kg

Breakfast: had 2 eggs scrambled
Lunch: Had no food during the day, was a bit busy. Starved myself
Dinner: Had some chorizo, salmon, salad, a couple of biscuits

Ate my dinner on a small plate. Had 1 NA beer. Wreaked tired.

Bought some supplies so I'd eat well during the week

Day 3 >> 86kg helicoptor

Came in at 85.8kg, 86.6kg average today. Great movement.

Had mixed nuts, chocolate and a banana for breakfast.

Had mixed nuts, a few squares of 70% chocolate and a banana for breakfast. Had plenty of fruit during the day and a soup.

Had more mixed nuts, a chilli con carne (no rice) with fresh guacamole. Had more choco and 3 NA beers.

Feel really full.

Day 2 >> 86kg helecoptor

Was 86.2kg today. My average is 86.6kg.

My prize for getting to 86kg is a remote control helicopter.

I had 3 rashers (3x85cal = 250cals) for breakfast.

Feeling really full.

Had an avocado and a manderin and a soup for lunch = 270 + 50 + 300 = 600 calories (850 so far)

I came in at 86.2kg this morning and had 3 x 85cal ( 250 cals) slices of rasher for breakfast.

No cycle today since I have the NCT to do later.

Had an avocado and a manderin and a soup for lunch = 270 + 50 + 300 = 600 calories.

Had some mixed nuts and 2 NA beers when I got home.

This is for my din din, some salmon with veg, roasted in the oven in a tinfoil bag

Had 2 squares of chocolate.

Ground rules DAY 1

I've just spent 24 days on the Paleo diet and while there are good aspects to it I just don't think they can match the scientific reality of calorie reduction with exercise as a way to lose body fat.

I'm 86-87kg right now and I want to get to 79kg. It'll take a while but I'll detail my strategy in this blog article.

• I need 3000 cals per day, if I drop 3500 cals per week I lose a 1lb of fat.
• On Mon-Thurs I am effective at dieting so I will drop 800 cals per day there, if I don't do the dog on it Fri/Sat/Sun then I'll make up the remaining ones there.
• When I exercise, particularly running I tend to stay on a diet and lose weight.
• When I eat porridge/breakfast, soup/lunch, moderate portion of healthy dinner regularly, with fruit for snacks - I lose weight.
• When I avoid alcohol I lose weight.
• When I avoid bread/pasta/potatoes/rice I lose weight.
• If I stay on a contineous diet for months I tend to lose the perspective and then gain all the weight again.
• When I am less stressed I lose weight, and when I organise myself and don't avoid essential tasks I stay less stressed.
• When I get a good night's sleep I lose weight.

A typical day should be 2200 calories or less:

• Porridge = 250
• 4 fruit = 300
• Soup = 300
• Moderate Dinner = 800 = 1650
• yoghurt with dinner = 200 so total is 1850 with 350 cals to spare for some cheese, a couple of biscuits or whatever

Tools I will use:

• Google Calendar, for 3 weeks on (lose weight 1lb per week), 1 week off (maintain weight) diet.
• Hackers Diet, to record my weight and comments.
• EpicWin, to have reminders for myself and to set my prizes for hitting the kg targets.

This starts today with 25th July being start of week 1.

Next aim is 86kg on average in Hacker's diet.