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Marks a bit fat and wants to get a bit thin, part three.

(I'm feeling accomplished)

Okay, so those of you that read my last Blog, and watched the vlog to follow it, know that

1 – I’ve started to loose a little bit of weight
2 – I’m drinking a lot more water
3 – I’m cutting down on the amount that I eat
4 – I’m going to the gum now.

All of these have left me rather tired, but still motivated, and whilst I’m not loosing much weight, I’m feeling healthier and more energised.

What’s really amazing is the gym has kick-started things nicely. Actually it’s quite surprising, because despite the fact that I’ve only been twice, it’s already had a little effect combined with everything else. Parts of me feel a little tighter, but not smaller.

So, I had a chat with the dieticians today. Had a few tests done, just to make sure I’m safe. Now Is time for the next stage of the process which should also be the last.

Diet Changes.
This is the one that scares the crap out of me. In the original blog I said I absolutely will not give up on my food... which I won’t... however It’s become apparent I need to make some dietary changes to get the best effect, and I’ve been recommended something safe, but will give me a near immediate effect to better motivate me.
Let me run through what I had to eat today, and then exactly what I did exercise wise and you’ll see just why I need a little kickstart to get a bit more motivation today

07:20 Breakfast – None (whoops)
10:45 Snack at first break (a bloody Cadburys snax biscuit)
12:30 Chicken Ceaser Salad Baguette with chips, and a pint... (It started good didn’t it)
18:00 Chinese Crispy Beef, with sweet and sour sauce and rice (not so bad, but oil.. and prawn crackers!)

Ok, so that didn’t go so well, so here’s the exercise routine I did tonight

15 Min’s treadmill, running only at a 3% gradient
10 Sets Leg Raises 15 Reps Each 25 Kilos
10 Sets Leg Curls 15 Reps Each 30 Kilos
5 Sets Lower Back Crunches 15 Reps Each at 35 Kilos
5 Sets Abdominal Crunches 30 Reps Each at 35 Kilos
10 Sets of Abductor Sel Crunches 30 reps each at 20 Kilos
10 Sets of Adductor Sel Crunches at 30 reps each at 20 kilos

Okay so thats my nights work down the gym, it’s usually pretty similar, same workout I used to do before. Only difference was it included leg presses at 150 kilos 30 presses and 15 sets, and a 2000 Meter row to be completed in 8 mins.

So it’s not a bad workout, it targets mostly the lower body, abdominal area with a little saved for upper body from the rowing. That part will get toned later. So after speaking with the dietician, my exercise plan is sufficient, but I need to cut down what I eat and of course notice a little difference so I can actually get more motivation and keep this going.
Enter the diet simply entitled soup.

Before we begin, let me stress something. This diet is dangerous, and has been approved for me to use under medical supervision. Do NOT try it unless you’ve sought advice from your doctor.

Basically, I must do the following for seven days
Drinks that are allowed – Black Coffee, Water,
Food that is allowed – Soup (no more than 300 calories per tin), Bread Roll (one each evening with soup), Banana’s, Vitamin Tablets

Now. Looks a little silly doesn’t it? Remember that this is a one off diet, that will allow my body to process the fat and kick-start the metabolism to help me START to achieve weight loss goals but keep the weight off.
Basically the diet runs as follows

Day 1 & 2
- Breakfast – Cup of Coffee & One Pint Of Water, Plus one Vitamin Tablet
- Lunch – Soup
- Dinner – Soup with a bread roll, cup of coffee
Day 3 & 4
- Breakfast – Cup Of Coffee, & One Pint Of Water, One Vitamin Tablet & One Banana
- Lunch – Soup
- Snack if wanted (recommended) – Banana
- Dinner – Soup with a bread roll, cup of coffee
- Late snack – Banana
Days 5 – 7
- Breakfast – Banana, Vitamin Tablet, Water, Coffee
- Lunch Soup, with a banana as desert
- Dinner – Soup with bread roll
- Late snack – Banana

The diet is designed on the first day to provide a controlled reduction of calories to the point where my body is forced to start processing the stored fats and sugars. The second day is to allow it to stabilise. Days three and four, start introducing slow releasing carbohydrates to up my calorie intake and provide a little more stability and bring the body away from starvation mode. Days 5 – 7 are the final process, adding more stability, with not much change. Basically it’s dropping the calorie intake dramatically but ensuring I have enough vitamins and minerals to be alive and well. Essentially I could live off of this diet with no effort.

All the time I must drink as much water as possible. The general rule of this is that I have to drink enough so that I’m essentially pissing water. If there’s colour in my urine, then I’m not drinking enough.
The diet has two rules.

One - I must stick to it as best I can, but, I am allowed to deviate if I get to a point where I feel ill from hunger.
Two – If at any point I feel physically sick, faint or unwell, I am to stop straight away and not repeat the diet again.
I also have to complete my workouts at the same pace as I am doing now, but with the addition of a Hypotonic drink if water isn’t rehydrating me well enough.

The diets not that dangerous, but it is enough to cause a little shock if I don’t administer it properly.
From this, I should loose about 10 to 11 pounds, and then once I reintroduce my normal diet on the Monday afterwards (with some reductions of course), I should gain about 3 maybe 4 of them back, however it will give a kick-start and my body will be mobilising the fat etc, so should allow me to reduce weight a little easier.
So, on with that.

I’m going to be keeping a regular diary of how I feel each day, so you know how I’m getting on, with a weight at the start and at the end. And It starts Next week!

Wish me luck! - Or Not!

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Posted May 14, 08 by lilosh13 (

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hoooooooooooooooooooooly crap.

good luck!! :P im here to help!