3 Oct. | 1 Jan. | 1 Feb. | 1 Mar. | 2 Apr. | ||
Morning Weight: | 63.0 kg | 60.7 kg | 59.2kg | 58.7kg | 59.0kg | |
Evening Weight: | 63.9 kg | 61.7 kg | 60.4kg | 60.3kg | 60.3kg | |
Morning Body Fat: | 30.7% | 27.7% | 26.9% | 26.2% | 25.2% | |
Evening Body Fat: | 28.8% | 25.8% | 25.2% | 24.7% | 24.3% | |
Measurements: | ||||||
Bust: | 33” | 32” | 32” | 32” | 31.5” | |
Waist: | 28” | 27” | 26.5” | 26.5” | 26” | |
Hips: | 40” | 39” | 38.5” | 38.5” | 38.5” | |
Thigh: | 23.5” | 22.5” | 22” | 22” | 22” |
Overall I think March has gone well. I did find life got in the way more than usual, both in terms of finding time to exercise, eating a healthy diet and recording that diet in my food diary. Visits from in-laws, things getting busy at work, trips to Zurich . . . it all adds up. Given that this was the case, I’m a bit surprised that my weight and measurements are showing any improvement at all. Despite spending last week in Zurich, which meant a couple of missed workouts and eating all over the place, I still managed to drop almost a percent in body fat and half an inch from my waist. I could wish the inch of fat lost from my bust could have come from my hips, but that’s not the way it works! And given that my sport is running, it’s entirely possible that I have put on muscle on my hips, bum and thighs, which would account for my weight staying the same despite the drop in body fat.
Overall, since I started this food diary blog 6 months ago on October 2nd, 2011, I have met all my weight loss goals. I have gotten my body fat percentage below 25%, reduced my measurements so I fit into all my clothes again, and lost a good 4 kilos. I had originally thought to lose 5 kilos (10 pounds), but given my measurements and how much muscle I think I have put on, losing 4 kilos was plenty.
This being the case, I have decided to end this food diary here, rather than continue for a full year. I have learned a great deal about nutrition and training by doing it, and it has certainly helped me stay on track during my weight loss and training. But I’m finding it more and more of a burden to keep up. And I’m tired of picking foods because they will balance off my fat grams for the day or choosing restaurants based on whether I can find the nutritional information online. One of my goals for this blog was to share my love of good food with other athletes and Celiac’s, but I find myself struggling to enjoy my diet as much as I used to.
So, before I lose sight of why I started this, I have decided to stop. Thank you for your attention dear reader, and I hope you have found at least some of this information useful. I wish you all the best.
The Score:
Calories: | Protein: | Carbs: | Fat: | Alcohol: | Fibre: |
2252.77 | 124.84g | 303.54g | 60.86g | 0 | 40.46g |
22% | 54% | 24% | |||
Calories burned through exercise: | 209 | ||||
What I ate:
Time | Item | Amount |
08:45 | Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate | 1 each |
Cold water | 200mL | |
Mattesson's Turkey rashers | 4 rashers | |
Sainsbury's Freefrom oats | 50g | |
with Sultanas | 20g | |
Sainsbury's Orange, Mango and Passionfruit juice | 200mL | |
10:30 | Black Tea | 500mL |
12:15 | Black Tea | 500mL |
13:15 | Lee's Hippy Farm Beans (Leon's recipe book) | 350g |
Merchant Gourmet tinned puy lentils | 105g | |
Irish Yoghurts Diet Pear and Mango | 125g | |
13:45 | Green Tea | 250mL |
14:45 | Resistance workout | |
Strawberry lemonade Nuun electrolyte tablet in water | 750mL | |
15:45 | Sponser Chocolate Recovery Shake | 30g |
in Skim milk | 225mL | |
Brazil nuts | 6g | |
Pecans | 10g | |
500mg Glucosamine sulphate | 1 pill | |
18:00 | Sainsbury's lighter mature British cheese | 40g |
on Amisa Gluten free Buckwheat Crisp bread | 27g | |
with Waitrose Carmelised red onion chutney | 18g | |
Galaxy Minstrels | 50g | |
20:30 | Sainsbury's Extra Lean casserole steak | 96g |
Boiled and mashed sweet potato | 200g | |
Sainsbury's frozen green beans | 100g | |
Bisto Best beef gravy | about 5g | |
21:00 | Sprungli Liliput chocolate truffles | 3 truffles |
21:30 | Ellactiva Chocolate Calcium Chew | 1 chew |
500mg Glucosamine sulphate | 1 pill |
Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.
