Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Day 30 of 30

Came in at 87.8kg. This is absolutely shocking.

Had some fruit for breakfast. Tummy is in bits.

Day 29 of 30 (mon)

Came in at 87.1.

Had a fry with toast at Kennedy's.

Had a baked lamb, veg and sweet potato meal.

Had a chocolate brownie and a slice of pie. Had lots of mixed nuts.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Day 28 of 30 (sun)

Had toast (first time in a month) and bacon for breakfast. 87kg!!
Had lots of nuts.

Had lots of meat for lunch.

Went to children's birthday and ate some junk.

Had big meatball dinner and some cake. 2 NA beers

Day 27 of 30 (sat)

Had nuts with scrambled eggs for breakfast. 85.5kg

Had a double burger for lunch.

Had meatballs with aubergine for dinner.

Had cake too. Lots of NA beers.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Day 26 of 30


Weight in at 85.8kg. The calorie reducing is having an effect.

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.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Day 25 of 30





Yesterday I came to the conclusion that Paleo was not for me. I'll finish it out for the 30 days though.

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.

Feel plenty full. Calories wise, I don't think I'm eating too much. I feel full. Am I fooling myself?

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Day 24 of 30

Came in at 86kg today, kind of starved a bit yesterday so not too surprise. Bit of a dicky tummy over last number of days. Not good. Feel wreaked.

This day last year I was 92.6kg. This day 2 years ago I was 90kg. This day 3 years ago I was 94kg. So as Charlie Sheen says - "WINNING!"

In October 2007 I was around 86kg-87kg....

Looking back here are the conclusions that I draw for why I put on weight:
1. I am very under pressure with work and what not and effectively end up feeling that everything has to be done ASAP. I take shortcuts with everything including not exercising.
2. I stop exercising. I feel banjaxed. Not sure why but when I feel like that I will come up with every excuse not to exercise.
3. I start eating junk, I feel I'm 'allowed'. I am not exercising so I'm not worried about it. I am also feeling under huge stress and I use it as stress relief.
4. I tend to eat fast and eat large portions. When presented with junk food I eat a lot of it and I eat it very fast.
5. I drink alcohol, this makes me want to eat more and eat junk.

Here are the what works with me losing weight:
1. Doing exercise.
2. Eating no junk food or drinking alcohol.
3. Eating less food, less carbs too.
4. Being tidy, ordered and in control of work.
5. Tracking my weight, feeling that I know where I am with it in terms of the stats.



Had a banana for breakfast after I did my cycle to work.

I'm thinking that some aspects of Paleo work for me but some don't.

When my 30 days are up I'm going to create my own diet that will get me to 79kg and it'll be called Spanj diet - small portions no junk diet. I'll still cut the carbs and I'll focus on eating smaller portions and only when I'm hungry. I'll push with the exercise since that has a good effect and I'll won't drink alcohol. I won't go extreme in any way since this has to morph into a normal way of life once I hit my goal.

Had a chicken salad for lunch. Feel really tired and spaced out.

Had a chicken curry with added lots of veg for dinner. No rice.

Had 2 NA beers, just love those 70 cal per 500ml babies! Pauliner is the biz.

I can see a new Macbook Air at the end of all this: