So I hit an all-time high on the 31st of December 2013…. 86.8kg!
That’s a massive number considering that I was 77.8kg about 12\13 months before and was still training the same frequency as before.
Time to change something…..
Question - So what’s different than the other times?
So this was it….Really? The actual final time I was going to be over overweight(what I consider overweight at least) and start to head to a weight I was happy with. I’m 34 years old now and running about after one kid and with another one on the way, so for the good of my own health and to finally get back to a weight I would be happy with I said many many times. Let’s also not forget that fact that I would love to actually look good at the same time. Which one is my actual priority? Who knows ha-ha!
Question - So AGAIN what’s different than the other times?
First off, you can’t out train a poor diet.
Well for a start, there are no rewards, no cheat meals or cheat days. Did they work for me? Nope, so it was time to just stop kidding myself here. Fizzy drinks, sweets and chocolate are all gone and I can prob count on one hand how many times I have eaten a sweet in 2014!
I am eating a much better diet all round, found a love for roast veg, can eat it by the stack load! I have cut down on dairy BIG time and I have a massive love of real butter, cheese and milk but that’s been curbed. Large lattes are out, just coffee and some milk. Still take sugar in it, just less than before. I now cook a lot more and make time to do it at home. This means that I can prep meals from scratch and be sure that there not processed ready to eat from the packet crap. I’m not saying that this is always the case, but compared to last year, it’s a rare occasion.
Bread? Honestly, only time I eat it now is a small bap with my burgers. No pans or rolls, been months since I have! Burgers are my all-time favourite food, so I can’t give up the baps on these!!!!!
Protein shakes, we I was listing to this Irish MMA podcast that my boy David McConkey from www.southdublinsc.ie was on and chugging back these straight after training came up. Here is such a valid point: I work out in the gym and straight away I drink something that will just negate what I did? Yes protein is good, but if im trying to lose weight then calorie heavy shakes isn’t the answer. I now take a small one in the morning with my eggs, but only on training days.
MORE FOOKING WATER! Yeah, been told that a lot, but did I listen? Nope I didn’t!
Question - Training, more time in the gym etc., what have I done differently here?
More WODs and cardio when in the gym. I now get out and hike more and even go for a walk at lunch in work or in the evening sometimes. Still doing strength work, but don’t try and get loads of that in and no cardio at all!
Could I be training smarter? Yeah prob…. But let’s fix one thing at a time!!
I get some BJJ in, both with David McConkey over at www.southdublinsc.ie and Gracie Barra Dundrum at www.graciebarradublin.tk.
Question - So this is a great post Ross, but where the fook are you with this ‘new lifestyle’?
112 days later I am currently 79.8kg that’s a 7kg drop, just under a pound a week.
Question - Ok, but is it sustainable?
Yeah it is AND I know it is cause it’s just finally remember all the words of wisdom that came out of David McConkey mouth over the years, but I never listened. Iv yo-yoed weight over the years and that’s cause of drastic changes to my diet and lifestyle that you can’t keep going. This time I actually can and im nearly a third through the year and its working well.
Ten years ago I gave up a 20 a day smoke habit, cold turkey, easy? No, but did it.
I gave up the booze, cold turkey, ha ha not that I had an issue, just it was time to let it go. It’s about 2 years since I drank and I don’t miss it in the slightest.
SO looking at all this, why the fook was I never at the weight I wanted to be? Not sure, but I can honestly say that now I’m ready to be and that mind-set that was with me before to make it is back!
I would like to be 75kg by the end of the year, but will be more than happy for the weight just to continue to decrease at any rate.
I plan on getting my body fat checked soon to see where that is too.