Time to re-group and start again. Diet VS Exercise

Where do I start? The last 2 weeks haven't been very well disciplined for me. I haven't been following the Turbulence Training plan to the full. In terms of exercise, yes, I've been following the resistance and interval training programs, as well as doing my own thing on off days. However, I haven't cut my alcohol consumption and this has dramatically affected my goals. I actually gained 2 lb of weight this week although my body fat percentage only went up by .2%. So now 78.7kg/173lb with 18.8kg/41lb of body fat.

I've embeded one of Craig's diet vs exercise videos to the blog below. It makes interesting (and amusing) entertainment and I have posted links on my facebook pages. It's a pity I never took much heed of the message it contains as I could have achieved my goals if I had.


Whilst I'm not a big beer drinker (wine is my tipple of choice), I do drink far too much of the booze. I know its been a bank holiday (and a long one at that) but 5 bottles of wine and 3 half litre bottles of 5% beer must equal at least another 5000 calories and no body fat loss!!!

That said, enough is now enough. Its time to write off the last 2 weeks and re-group to start again from scratch. And this time I'm more determined than ever to shake off this horrible fat that I'm carrying.

So, I've taken a few simple but effective measures.

Instead of setting just targets, I've actually thought about how I am going to achieve those goals.

The big problem is the vino. So I've printed my calendar off for the rest of this month and next and have scheduled when I am allowed to take a drink. I will add a "smiley" on the chart for each day i remain "dry", and start giving myself some small (non-alcoholic) rewards to keep myself motivated.

I have signed up to Craig's Twitter page and already I have 27 new followers on there, so please followers and friends keep kicking my ass to keep me off the wine cos I really do struggle at times to control it.

I've also set up an account on Fitday to allow me to keep a food journal, and I will re-do the 21 day kickstart plan on the TT for fat loss manual. I am also seriously thinking about posting my progress on the TT members forums.

Anyway, I have been doing a bit too much "guilty" exercise to compensate. However, that might contribute to dehydration and even worse, potential injury. So that is why it is important that I cut down.

To move away from my sins (for which I now repent!!!) I have had a nice long weekend. I decided to walk up The Wrekin, which is a local hill here in Shropshire. Its 407m (1,335 ft) high (according to Wikipedia). At school, we used to do our sponsored walks there (2 circuits) and it was quite a challenge. I haven't been up there for what must be 20 years. Yesterday I jogged around the base and climbed up the steepest part. It took me about 35 minutes from leaving the car to do it and it is quite a bit of a hike. I'd intended to shoot a quick video but the video cam battery had discharged so that wasn't to be.

Today I did the body attack class before doing my TT program. I have added a 5 exercise abs circuit for which I do 3 circuits before going on to do the intervals. The air conditioning hasn't been working properly at the gym (and it was worse in the studio) so it was a tough day today. The new body attack routine has now started and its a little bit complex. That said, I know I will pick it up shortly.

This afternoon I went for another trip up the Wrekin. I just walked it and did the easier route. However, I did it at a fairly brisk pace, and that combined with the abs work from earlier, I could feel the work I was doing and did break a bit of a sweat.

I am going to wrap it up for tonight and will make more of an effort to post a new entry more often

Keep kicking my ass if youre following my blog or twitter and I am still drinking the booze, and keep praising me for each bottle of diet ginger ale I consume.

Neil

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Big Wednesday

Just posting a quickie tonight as feeling really really tired tonight.

I call it Big Wednesday because I do a good solid stint of exercise. Today, I did the body attack class. I was a little late as Micky started the class on time for once. But she never does all 11 tracks for some reason. Still we did all the aerobic tracks and given yesterday's and Monday's training efforts, and with bigger than usual turnout on a Wednesday, I was dripping by the time I came out of the studio at 10:30am.

I spoke to my mate Mark after the class (who incidentally was a footie referee here in Shropshire). We were both still feeling the effects from the studio classes last Saturday, and we were both soaking wet from just the one hour body attack class.

That little chat left me a little late going back up to do my turbulence training (program B) routine, but I did manage this in full, including interval training on the cross-trainer. I was unsure about going to the circuits class, but decided to go anyway. It was quite an intense half hour (after warm up and instruction on the circuit), and followed with a cooldown (in the loosest sense of the word) with a mini abs circuit for about 5 minutes or so.

All I can say is that If I don't sleep well tonight, then maybe I never will.

Oh, I have just remembered, for all you ladies out there, check out the Fit Yummy Mummy program available at godzillamarketing.co.uk. This has to be the premier fitness program for new mothers who are looking to get themselves back into their pre-pregnancy shape. And further, those principles can be applied to any woman of any fitness level, beginner or expert, whether post pregnancy or not. Incidentally, a copy of the basic FYM e-book is also available with the deluxe turbulence training e-book suite, also available from godzillamarketing.

Keep up the hard work.

Wishing you all the success in your fat loss quest

Neil