life after the 6 week biggest loser challenge

Friday, April 27, 2012

Friday, April 13, 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Exercise:

I've continued to exercise daily by going on my 6.7lm power walks. I missed out on one day though; final weigh in day last Friday.

I have a concern but it's a "good" concern. My weight in this morning was 87.7kg [no clothes]. I don't want to loose too much. I'm more than happy to hover around the 88-90 mark.

I'm considering cutting my walks down to 4-5 per week.It'll be interesting to see what happens.

Eating:

Last Friday night Toni and I went out for the first time in 6 weeks. I probably had about 6 schooners and shared a bottle of red. We had Japanese for dinner.

Apart from that, we've been very good and continued the good habits we developed over the 6 week period. People at work have said "Stew, you're finished now so for god sake have a piece of cake or a buscuit".

That's fair enough. I know that sort of stuff in moderation is fine but the thing is, I don't really feel like it. If I don't feel like it, I'm not going to eat it just because it's there. It's probably not a bad habit to get into to.

We aren't going silly. We're just enjoying the healthy eating. We will eat junk every now and then but only when we really feel like it ...

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Day 44 and beyond ...

The biggest challenge is now maintaining the weight loss which I've achieved.

I've decided to keep this blog alive by posting each Friday with my weight and a small summary of the week. The summary will include what exercise I've done [or haven't done] and whether I'm maintaining my healthy eating habits ...

Monday, March 26, 2012

Day 43 [23 March 2012] - WEIGH IN DAY!!!!

I made my way down to Terrigal for the final weigh in. I was to weigh myself on Stephen's scales as they are the ones I originally weighed in on.

My final weight?

88.8kg.

I was happy.

The winner? ...

Scott with a final weight loss percentage of 12

We had a breakfast at Bellyfish Cafe across the road. Surprisingly there wasn't much bacon ordered!

Our next meet up will be at the Terrigal Hotel on the Thursday before Easter for dinner and drinks.

I suggested we do another weigh in then but that idea was shot down pretty quickly ...

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Day 42 [22 March 2012] - LAST DAY!!!!

Well, it's finally here. The last day of the six week challenge. The final weigh in will be held at Terrigal tomorrow morning @ 7:10am.

I think Scott has it in the bag. While I've been very good during the last week I did let loose a bit last weekend. Doesn't matter though; it's the $100 I've ever spent!

It's been the best thing I've done in years. I'm feeling great, it's helped me get back into and most importantly enjoy regular exercise.

It's also proved that I can be quite disciplined when I want to be. At times I've questioned that about myself.

I'm definitely, without question, going to continue the what I've started. Toni and I will relax a bit but we are going to keep most of the habits that we have picked up during the last 6 weeks.

My daily walk will continue each and EVERY day. I think this is very important and a leading factor in my weight loss. I'll also be getting back on my bike. I've recently got a new car [a Nissan Dualis ST] and one of the first accessories I ordered were roof bars and a bike carrier ....

I've also been speaking to some friends I use to play teniis with about starting up again. We stopped around 3 years ago after playing for years.

Ok, so what am eating on my last day? ...

Breakfast ...

3 Weet-bix + lite milk.

I've been having weet-bix at work for breakfast for years so nothing will change here. I'm just having lite milk instead of full cream.

Morning snack ...

A skim flat white + a banana.

After a 5 week break from having coffees at work I'm starting up again. Importantly, I'm on skim milk now. I had a break for 2 reasons ...

1. to save up the $100 6 week biggest loser entry fee
2. to see how'd I go. I wasn't surprised that I didn't suffer withdrawal systems though.

Lunch ...

Chicken & salad wrap + a small tub of low fat yoghurt.

I'll be continuing to have the tuna [or chicken or turkey] & salad wraps. I love them! The big change with lunches is that I use to grab a packet of chips probably twice a week. I haven't had a chip in 6 weeks and I'm not missing them at all!

sorry for the delay in coming back and concluding my blog ...

this is the the sort of stuff I'll be giving a wide birth ...