Still still here – still fat

My efforts in reducing my body fat are directly proportional to my efforts with this blog.
That means both have been floundering for months.
I havent even weighed myself for months, I know its not a disaster as I can still get in my ‘big’ clothes. But there has been a marked lack of progress.
I have been [...]

Update 25 Apr

A mixed bag over the last week, but overall good news.
I scraped in at 87 kg ( 192 lbs, 13 stone 10 lbs) this morning.
Overall since I started this blog that is a net loss of zero, which is not overly impressive. But its a kilo lost in the last week which is a [...]

Update

I’m still here, still as fat as ever!
I’ve had a mixed few weeks, but am rapidly coming to the conclusion that obsessive is not working for me anymore. It works well for a week or so, but is unsustainable, and the rebound puts me back where I started or worse.
I have started doing some sports [...]

Climate factors

In much of the health debate the focus is on food. References to exercise are vacuous at best.
What they conveniently ignore is the weather and the seasons. In the UK we get a lot of rain. Thats great for some sports but for many its a major turn off. In our winter its dark by [...]

Operation obsessive – day 4 and 5 report

Today (fri)
Late last night I sneaked a couple of biscuits, and things have sort of gone downhill. No exercise today due to snow and generally crappy weather. Diet has been poor, but not a complete disaster. Don’t feel anywhere near as good as yesterday. Lost about 40 quid in rewards I’m not getting. I need [...]

Operation obsessive – day 2 report

Tinkering around the edges didn’t work so well, so this week I am trying being obsessive.
Its working well so far – I haven’t ‘forgot’ I’m on a diet. I have pushed myself to get out and get active.
I have set myself up a spreadsheet with the following columns:

date
Target weight
actual weight
difference
diet good
diet bad
activity 1
activity 2
activity 3
activity [...]

Replacement theory

I read plenty of ‘advice’ on what to eat, and what not to eat. and plenty of advice on what to do and not do. All in the name of reducing fat or losing weight.
Personally I think advice on ‘cutting things out’ is misguided. I don’t think its possible to remove something on its own. [...]

Tipping point

There is a theory I heard of somewhere about why some things suddenly seem to get easier.
Like if you are learning a new sport or language and at first it makes no sense, then suddenly something clicks and things start to be easier to learn.
I’m wondering if there is such a tipping point in the [...]

Starting position

I used to be pretty fit, and not very fat. Now I’m pretty fat and not very fit.
There are a ton of reasons I could use as excuses, but the reality is simple:
I ate too much and was too inactive.
So here we are in early September 2007 and my stats are:
Height – 175cm ( 5 ft [...]