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.

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.

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.

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?

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:

Day 23 of 30

I came in at 86.8kg today. I was pretty pissed off to see that.

I'm now thinking that I am horsing in too much 'healthy' food. I had a pretty moderate dinner and I did actually do 42km of cycling so you would think I would lose a bit more.

Following Paleo has made me refocus on cooking dinners and not eating bread and potatoes etc. It hasn't had much effect on my weight or my constant sense of tiredness. I'm pleased to say that it has gotten me back in the zone though.

I had a banana for breakfast, followed by a manderin and an orange. Not paleo but I haven't been hungry really today.

Had some fruit, an avocado and a tin of tuna for lunch.

This is what June and July looked like, I started Paleo in July. As you can see June was a total disaster whereas I managed to get it together once I started Paleo in July. It's good not to see weight gain even if there isn't much weight loss:


Dinner was mixed veg with chicken breast in cream with fresh tarragon. Was tasty and was a normal portion only.

Had a full big bar of 70% chocolate and a NA beer.

There had better be movement in the scales tomorrow.

Day 22 of 30

Came in at 86.7kg today. I had really cut back on food last week so I wouldn't think it was Paleo helping here.

Had 3 egg omelette this morning for breakfast. Cycled to work. Delirious with lack of sleep, eyes killing me, back killing me. Drove for hours!

Had some mixed raw nuts after my cycle, some 74% dark chocolate and an apple.

I have to keep thinking, macbook air!!

Had prawn stir fry, 2 NA beers, a yog, some berries and yog and some 74% choco.

Saw this story about a 35 year old lost almost 300 lbs over 3 years by setting goals and gradually improving his lifestyle. He now runs 6-7 miles a day and cooks fresh food for his family.

Day 21 of 30

Had 3 sausages for breakfast. Also had yoghurt with jam and honey.

Had 1/2 a scone that I had to eat.

Had fish and onion rings.

Had berries and yoghurt.

Had a NA beer.

Day 20 of 30

I was in Galway.

Had a chicken salad for breakfast/lunch. Then had soup.

For dinner I had a beef salad and then black sole with veg.

Lots of NA beers, no alcohol or dessert.

Day 19 of 30

Came in at 86.2kg today.



Hyper stressful yesterday and today. Did a dragons den pitch on a new company financials after learning what an income statement was last night. Had to memorise loads of numbers for yearly sales, net income, profit % and revenue. Truely horrible and scary. Up till 1am last night, and up at 6:30am today. Got through it thank fully. Got to go through one meeting with today and then I'm destressing.

I had a caeser salad (sans croutons) for lunch and a small thai chicken soup. I also indulged in a diet coke.

Headed to Galway and went had 3 sausages before heading out the door.

When I arrived they gave me potatoes with chorizo and a slice of cake. All of which I reluctantly ate ;-)

I had non-alcoholic beers.

Day 18 of 30

Had a (paleo) chicken salad and an apple and a pear for my lunch. They were out of soup :(

Had a bunch of raw almonds (maybe too many) and some steak with cherry tomotoes and courgette. Had a yoghurt for dessert.

Feel a bit shitty and constrained.

Penny had a lovely apple slice with her tea.

I came in at 86.9kg today. I was pretty hungry yesterday and spaced so that means I was under in calories. I know this isn't sustainable though.

Had to get to work very early, under a lot of pressure.

Had no eggs at home so went to garage and got 3 sausages and 1 egg thingy. Sausages were grand by egg was not great.

Day 17 of 30

Had a tin of salmon mixed with olive oil and an avocado.

Then I had a tuna steak.

I had an NA beer even though i shouldn't have.

Then I had a cup of tea and a yoghurt.

Pretty perfect day again.

Wake at 5am this morning due to baby. Not getting the quality sleep I crave.

I weighed in at 86.4kg again today. Nice to be less than 87.5kg but nothing dramatic.

I had 3 sausages and 3 rasher today, grilled. Were lovely.

Had Soup and one apple for lunch.

It's now 4pm and I'm dizzy as fuck and can't hardly concentrate. Can't remember what is for dinner. Got to make my own dinner. Might get some curry.

Had a superb idea today, I want the new macbook air but I also need a big concrete incentive to lose weight. I emailed Penny to tell her I'm transferring €1K to her account and I'll will allow her to release it when I reach 80kg. That might be never but I will wait until I do that.

Day 16 of 30

Another perfect day, had pork loin with cream onions mushrooms and brocolli for dinner. I had a greek yoghurt for dinner. Had no chocolate or NA beer. Very tired all the time.

Had a pumpkin and red pepper soup. I had 2 apples. All for lunch.

At 4pm I had a tin of mackril.

I haven't had any bread, potatoes, pastry (anything wheat or grains), no lattes and hardly any milk since the start of doing Paleo.

I'm a bit tired and dizzy and want to go home but have a bit more work to do.

Moderate day yesterday and of course it shows on the scales: 86.4kg.

Had 2 egg omelette today and cod liver oil for breakfast. Heading off on my bike now, feel tired from interrupted nights sleep.

Day 15 of 30

Cycled home and then made dinner, baked salmon with cherry tomatoes served with leafy herb salad.

For dessert I had berries with yoghurt.

No chocolate. No NA alcohol. No star breakfast crap.

100% perfect today.

Wanted to go for a run but couldn't face it.