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I decided now we have our own section that this may be the place to keep an online diary of how things are going personally with the challenge. Hopefully (if anyone reads it 
) I will be able to help anyone who has hit a sticky point with their program, and also recieve the same in return if I get stuck.
Today I'll start with the story so far, and bring everyone up to speed with where i am at.
Firstly I actually started cleaning up my diet and cutting my carbs the week before the challenge officially started, that first "pre-week" saw my weight come down from about 248lbs to my start weight of 242.5lbs.
Week 1: The frist week was basically a cruise for me, I suprised myself with how disciplined I could be when I put my mind to it. The end result was at first disappointing, only losing 1.5lbs, but then then I looked deeper I realised I had gained about 1lb of muscle and lost 2.5lbs of fat, I also took half an inch of my waist, something which If i can do on a weekly basis will lead to a whopping 8 inches less, something not to be sniffed at.
So week 1 I learnt not to focus on the scale, which is not as easy as it sounds (I might get my girlfriend to hide the battery!) I'll let the tape-measure do the talking, and as long as my waist is shrinking I know i'm on the right track.
Week 2 (so far): Well is started well, my cheat meal on sunday left me bloated and ready to rock and roll with the diet and training, and I was just as fired up for week 2 as i was for the first week.
Things took a slight turn on wednesday though, I woke up with a stomach bug and spent most of the day alternating between sitting on the toilet and sleeping, I tried to soldier on with the diet, eating a couple of protein shakes, some chicken and some boiled eggs, I will admit right here and now though that I had 2 slices of bread with my eggs, basically a moment of weakness brought on by feeling ill and trying to settle my stomach.
Thursday my stomach felt better, but I felt drained so I decided to take an extra day off from the gym and train friday/saturday instead of thursday/friday. I still did all my cardio though and was back 100% with the diet.
Today I will hit shoulders and arms, then tomorrow it will be the dreaded leg day, I'll fill you all in on why i'm dreading leg day so much later though.
) I will be able to help anyone who has hit a sticky point with their program, and also recieve the same in return if I get stuck.Today I'll start with the story so far, and bring everyone up to speed with where i am at.
Firstly I actually started cleaning up my diet and cutting my carbs the week before the challenge officially started, that first "pre-week" saw my weight come down from about 248lbs to my start weight of 242.5lbs.
Week 1: The frist week was basically a cruise for me, I suprised myself with how disciplined I could be when I put my mind to it. The end result was at first disappointing, only losing 1.5lbs, but then then I looked deeper I realised I had gained about 1lb of muscle and lost 2.5lbs of fat, I also took half an inch of my waist, something which If i can do on a weekly basis will lead to a whopping 8 inches less, something not to be sniffed at.
So week 1 I learnt not to focus on the scale, which is not as easy as it sounds (I might get my girlfriend to hide the battery!) I'll let the tape-measure do the talking, and as long as my waist is shrinking I know i'm on the right track.
Week 2 (so far): Well is started well, my cheat meal on sunday left me bloated and ready to rock and roll with the diet and training, and I was just as fired up for week 2 as i was for the first week.
Things took a slight turn on wednesday though, I woke up with a stomach bug and spent most of the day alternating between sitting on the toilet and sleeping, I tried to soldier on with the diet, eating a couple of protein shakes, some chicken and some boiled eggs, I will admit right here and now though that I had 2 slices of bread with my eggs, basically a moment of weakness brought on by feeling ill and trying to settle my stomach.
Thursday my stomach felt better, but I felt drained so I decided to take an extra day off from the gym and train friday/saturday instead of thursday/friday. I still did all my cardio though and was back 100% with the diet.
Today I will hit shoulders and arms, then tomorrow it will be the dreaded leg day, I'll fill you all in on why i'm dreading leg day so much later though.
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