Happy again, another one bites the dust

As you may gather from the title of this blog, I have lost another pound yesterday. My wife stayed the same. At the moment we are easing into this as we are not doing anything particularly special to lose this weight. The main thing is to just eat the meals, have our dog walk, and limit snacks and treats. Yesterday I got through the cream cake torment, so today should be a bit easier. 7:15 coffee with milk and sugar. 8:15 choccy bar, pack of crisps and a mini pork pie with a cup of black decaf with sugar. I have no apple today? I am sure we have not run out, so I expect to be flagging a bit by lunchtime when I have my soup and sandwiches. I gave in and 10:00 I went and bought an apple. I need to do a little exercise today to make sure I lose a little bit of weight. If I can lose at least 1 pound per day I will be happy. Lunch time at 12:00 soup and a ham sandwich. My electric car batteries have been returned today so I will get a bit of a workout tonight fitting them back in my car. http://www.probatron.blogspot.com/ . 3:30 cup of decaf with sugar. Had a bag of crisps when I got home at 5pm, then fitted the batteries (2 of them) in the front of my car. Picked up my daughter from school, and soon after we were out again to her football training session. I then fitted the remaining 8 batteries in the back of my car and it is working again now, but the batteries were not charged, so I have it on charge now. I had dinner about 9pm as I had a curry in the freezer and I had some uncle Ben's pilau rice with it. I regret this as the wii shows I gained one pound today and I felt bloated. The size of the portion was enough for at least two people. I really regret this as I am now bloated and short of breath. That has spoilt my curry experience and next time I will have a much smaller portion so I can appreciate the flavour without gaining weight, getting bloated and feeling short of breath. Mary was the same weight as yesterday and just had a banana at dinner time. Some lessons learned today.

Happy today

I lost 4 pounds yesterday, wow, that is fantastic. My wife also lost 2 pounds and this is great too. So far my days are fairly routine. Today started at 7:15 with a cup of coffee with sugar and milk. 8:15 an orange and a pack of crisps with a cup of black decaf with sugar. No choccy bar today. Peter who I have been getting a lift to work with is celebrating his birthday today and has brought in cream cakes for everybody. This is torture for me as they will sit on the table in the middle of our office pen all day or until they have all gone. Everybody that has come round keeps saying ummmmh and arrrrr and these are nice ummhhh. So now I need will power. Normally I would have just taken a cake without even thinking about it. Oh well, back to my decaf and keep thinking about the 4 pounds I lost yesterday. 10:45 ate my apple, a bit later today as I was busy. 11:45 two tortilla wraps with ham and soft cheese and a vegetable cup-a-soup mmm. There are still 4 cream cakes left. I wish somebody would hurry up and eat them. I got home from work without eating a cream cake hurrah! Mary had done us an early dinner, so it was salad at 5pm. This was one of Mary's specials, a bit of quiche, half a scotch egg, a slice of ham, some coleslaw, lettuce, baked beans and a blob of mayo. Had to dash out after dinner as Mary had a couple of jobs to do and I was driving her. As a result the dog did not get his walk until quite a lot later. Before that I did the weigh in and I have lost another 1 pound. I did the test and my wii fit age was 50. I still don't put any belief on this number, but hopefully I'll get better at these tests over time and then I'll be much younger. I had a bit of a scotch egg and some more quiche later.

Shocked after the "weigh in"

Today has started very similar to yesterday. I haven't got over the shock of seeing over 21 stone on the wii weigh in. 7:15 early coffee with milk and sugar. 8:15 1 pear, 1 orange, bag of crisps, choccy bar and a cup of black decaf with sugar. I have a tough target to meet and I start the size 12 in 21 days diet on Friday I think. This depends on when we have been shopping and can start the next day. 10:15 had my apple. This gives me a boost mid-morning. It seems to wake me up again. 11:30 I had my cheese and ham sandwich with a cup-a-soup. 1:15 a cup of decaf with sugar. I had another dip in the Bombay mix when I got home at 5pm, then steak and chips with tomatoes at 7pm. After tonight's constitutional (dog walk) we watched England vs Ghana football. We drew 1-1 with Ghana scoring the equaliser in extra time. It was just a friendly. On the wii today I was really pleased that I had lost 4 pounds, fantastic. My wife had lost 2 pounds and she was pleased too. I am now under 21 stone at 20 stone 11 pounds. I only did the basic checks tonight and made a right mess of them. I had a wii age of 39 yesterday, today I was 52. It does seem like nonsense to me, but it is nice to be told your younger than you are. I have probably lost most of the weight in just water, but I like to think I lost some fat too.

First day

Didn't make it onto the wii last night, so tonight will be the first record. Started the day at 7:15 with a normal coffee with milk and 2 sugars. Really felt like someone had stolen an hour today after the clocks went forward. Got to work, 8:15 bag of crisps and a choccy biscuit bar with a cup of black decaf with 2 sugars. I have a desk job that has no physical requirements at all. I would normally be munching on a bacon roll for breakfast. I am not very good at breakfasts, but I know it is important to have something. I ate my choccy bar to stop it from melting. I have a packed lunch today. Sandwich, cup-a-soup and an apple to get me through my working day. Had apple at 10am then sandwich (cheese) and soup at 11:30 and 12:00 respectively. I am getting a few hunger pangs, but nothing too serious. 1:30 going for a large coffee with milk and sugar (and caffeine). 5pm I got home from work and by 5:30 I was tucking into a Bombay mix snack as I knew dinner was going to be a while and I didn't want to get heart burn from hunger. A cup of tea to wash that down then onto dinner. I had to go to the shops to buy some rice to go with some cook-in-the-bag sweet and sour chicken breasts. I have my own blend of rice that is gorgeous. Use the cheapest long grain or basmati rice. To start with half fill a saucepan with water, add a chicken stock cube per person, a pressed clove of garlic per person a handful of frozen mixed veg, or if you don't have that you can use a handful of frozen sweetcorn and a handful of peas. Bring all this to boil then add 1/2 cup of rice person, 2 tablespoon of cooking oil, this stops the rice sticking together and gives it a nice texture. Add 2 teaspoons of turmeric and get it back to boiling. Keep it gently boiling until the rice just starts to soften. I usually just flick a few grains off onto a plate, let them cool for a few seconds, then test it. Do this every 2 minutes once the rice starts to soften and you should catch it before it gets too puffy. I then just drain the excess water etc. through a sieve and serve with the chicken. I use this rice recipe on loads of different meals because it tastes delicious and is quite healthy. Unfortunately I have had way too many bacon rolls and take aways recently. After dinner it was a cup of tea with milk and 2 sugars, then a short rest to let dinner go down, then out for constitutionals. This consists of taking the dog for a walk round the block (he's glad I am on a diet now as he hasn't been getting many walks lately). When we came back we moved a few things around after yesterdays tidy up and I got the wii fit balance board out. Accordingly it has been 269 days since the last time I went on the wii and I have gained 2 stone 8 pounds (36 pounds). I was shocked to find I am over 21 stone (134kg (295lbs) to be precise). I need to lose 5 stone (70 pounds) in 4 months to get down to 16 stone. I want to go on to 14 stone then I'm done. I haven't been 14 stone since I was in my 20's. I had a few games of ski jumping and did some hip and waist exercises and that's it for today. I will have another cup of tea later.

Getting ready, understanding what to expect.

Today it starts. I am not interested in doing cardio exercises particularly, dieting heavily, buying some useless expensive compound or strapping on some magic gadget whilst on a ski simulator. I am not doing this for money and I won't ask you for any. If you want to give me money feel free, I am always open to more. I have some simple stuff that I am going to put in place to make lifestyle changes to improve the way I eat, exercise and spend my spare time. I do suffer from painful knees and I have back problems, so there is a limit to what I can do. I shall be using my wii to keep a record of my weight etc. I was born in 1966, so to save you the maths, that makes me 44 years old at this time. It's pay day on Thursday and I am going shopping with my wife to get the food on her "size 12 in 21 days" diet. This diet has worked for us before, but we adapt it as there are some things that we just cannot tolerate. I believe it is the detox and regular eating that helps on the food side. Then there is the video exercise regime and regular walks etc. So that is the first 21 days taken care of. Really, I don't think so. Keep reading to see how that goes. I believe the main thing is to want to keep going and lose weight. I recently gave up smoking and that started me picking at food more than usual. I wouldn't say that I eat much more than before, but it felt that way at first. Its been nearly 8 months now and I believe I do eat too much, but no more than most people. I know I can lose weight as I have had some success in the past. Drawing energy from that success is what will keep me going. I can always remember how much better I felt when did lose a bit, then I started eating a bit more and lost sight of what I wanted to achieve and the packing up smoking etc., etc. All excuses, but my medical motivation is high blood pressure. I won't be doing anything too strenuous. I have a tablet daily to reduce the blood pressure and for some time now my blood pressure has been normal. I want to get off the tablets and I have got rid of the smoking, but now I need to lose weight and change my diet a bit, and do some regular gentle exercise. So I shall try to report in daily to tell everybody how I am progressing. So far today, I had last nights spaghetti for breakfast, went to my daughters football match and had a cup of tea there along with a pack of tic-tacs. I have these for the nerves when watching football. I had a bag of cheese Doritos when I got back and a cup of tea. I went round to a friend to help him wire up some new headlights for his project car. I had a cup of tea while I was there, then I came back home and we went out and got our last KFC for some time. I had a chicken burger with fries and a coke and 2 cobettes, so not too excessive. I finished installing the wii since we moved our furniture around recently and this was the last thing left to install. I took a gentle walk of about 1/4 mile to the petrol station to get some milk, but I forgot my debit card and had no cash on me, so I went back home and got the car as I knew Mary was waiting for the milk. I am having a cup of tea now, and get on the wii soon. I shall report again soon, hopefully tomorrow.