Category: TRANSFORMATIONS
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Results are in: diet week #4
This week seemed doomed to be my first stall. Firstly it was a 6 day week (for boring reasons I won’t go into), secondly it was a lazy week through no fault of my own. Last week I burned 5,000kcals less than usual, which seemed likely to have spill-over effects. Moreover, this week has been…
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Results are in!: Diet week #3
This week concluded with a modest loss: 1.8lbs. Although that’s below target I crossed a key psychological threshold of moving out of the 15 stone bracket. I’ve been over 15 stone four times in my life and it generally corresponded with things going wrong. Within the 14 stone bracket – given my large body structure…
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Last day of Diet Week #3
Running comfortably ahead of target for the week. Fingers crossed I will see the back of the 15 stone bracket tomorrow.
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Diet reflections #2
I haven’t weighed myself so far this week, I’m planning to do so tomorrow so that I know where I am likely to land on my official weigh-in day – Saturday. I have mixed emotions presently, on the one hand I feel lighter on my feet but on the other I am concerned. My calorie…
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Results are in!: Diet week #2
On the US TV show “The Biggest Loser” (a wildly over-the-top but thoroughly entertaining weight loss contest), I remember week 2 as always being the sticky week. Contestants would lose half a stone or more in week 1 and then lose 2 pounds or less in week 2. In the show it was normally explained…
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Last day of diet week #2
As mentioned in earlier posts I set myself tough new calorie deficit targets this week. Three days in I thought I might fail to hit them but I have pulled through towards the end of the week. Yesterday sealed it with a massive 3,367 deficit! That leaves me requiring a mere 1,203 deficit today to…
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Diet week #2: half way point
For reasons beyond my control my diet isn’t running Monday-Sunday right now. In diet week #2 I’m doing six “drive days” (Sat 23rd + Monday-Friday), with my weekly weigh-in on Saturday 30th. Tomorrow I will do my first weekly weigh-in to get my bearings. At worst I hope to have held my losses from week…
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Diet reflections
Week #2 of my summer diet will be my first “full drive,” by which I mean five day’s hard dieting Monday-Friday. The key thought from my first week was that holding firm at 2,000 calories a day isn’t feasible once I ramp up the workouts. A ride day often means 6,000 calories being burned. Without…
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Summary: Diet week #1 completed
The debut week of my summer diet was only 4 days long, serving as a test-of-concept. Initial results have been excellent, better than expected. I’m 6lbs lighter than my start weight against the backdrop of a 9,500 calorie deficit. On one day of four hunger chased me for a significant portion of the day, but…
Dr Martin James 