It has been a while since my last post.  I didn’t realize how much of a creature of habit I am; what I mean is not having a routine is really making it difficult for me to keep on that weight loss track.

So I’m kind of stuck in a limbo at the moment.  I gave myself a wake up call this weekend just by reading through this blog from the start.  I am reviewing and refreshing my goals, I’ll be sure to post them soon.

So I have been inactive for the last 2-3 weeks, first of all I stopped working out due to my hip. The pain was increasing and I took myself off to the A&E; they gave me an x-ray and currently I am waiting on an appointment to see a specialist.  But in the mean time I have been given some pain killers and the green light to keep lifting and sweating onwards.

I should have started working out again a week ago, but I had many excuses that kept me from doing so (none of them real of course).  But I started back yesterday and need to force myself onwards and beat this wilderness experience that I am currently walking through.

I will have a new SMARTER principle up for my new revised goals by the end of this week.  I am going to give myself 2 weeks before logging a weight loss, so that means my next weigh-in will be on the 25th of October.

I really need to have a clear run at weight loss before Christmas and New Year’s comes, they will no doubt bring some gut gains.

BREAKFAST: Oatmeal, hot milk, peanut butter & a handful of blueberries

SNACK 1: Whey protein shake

LUNCH: 1 wholegrain bagel with ham and cottage cheese

SNACK 2: mini-babybel cheese

DINNER: Indonesian beef stew and boiled white rice

SNACK 3: Nothing

DRINK: 2 cups of black coffee and 3 liters of water

BREAKFAST: Oatmeal, hot milk, strawberries.

SNACK 1: Whey protein shake (made with water)

LUNCH: A tin of beaked beans, half a smoked sausage (pork), & half an onion.

SNACK 2: Nothing

DINNER: 8 oz steak (bloody) with some salt & pepper with broiled broccoli

SNACK 3: Nothing

DRINK: 2 cups of black coffee (sugarless), 4 liters of water.

BREAKFAST: oatmeal, one tablespoon of peanut butter, hot milk and a handful of strawberries.

SNACK 1: Handful of almonds & a whey protein shake

LUNCH: two slices of wholegrain bread, two slices of cheese & a slice of ham

SNACK 2: a tablespoonful of peanut butter

DINNER: Salad – 1 broiled breast of chicken, lettuce, peppers,  onion, squeeze of lemon, 3 boiled eggs,  pine nuts, cottage cheese & 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

DRINK: 2 cups of coffee (no suger, a little milk), 3 liters of water

Breakfast: Blueberry Smoothie – blueberries, vanilla whey protein, 1% milk, 1 tablespoon full of peanut butter & 3 tablespoons of oats.

Snack One: Whey Protein shake (made with water)

Lunch: 3 sausages, 2 eggs & 3 slices of bacon (fried with olive oil).

Snack Two: Babybel & a hand full of Almond nuts.

Dinner: Omelette – cheese, sausage & onion (made with 4 eggs)

Snack Three: nothing

Drink: 2 cups of coffee & 2.5 liters of water.

Do you remember me?   Well all I can say is there is more to moving to another country than meets the eye.  Susan and I are always busy.  I am currently looking for work (anything I can really) and Susan is basically holding the rest together.

Because I am not working I am struggling to keep to my routine and getting bored and then muching on the wrong things, but since last Monday (Aug 31st) I have been getting through my workouts and eating better.  So I can feel myself getting back on to habit street.

I am going to resurrect my Daily Food Log in the hope that it will keep me more accountable to the stuff that I am shoveling into my trap.

Another cool thing that is spurring me on at the moment is that I have now for two weeks been helping my sister with working out, so I am kind of her personal trainer at the moment which is cool.

So this coming Sunday will be my first UK based weigh-in (for real this time!) and let’s hope I can start to come down again!!! Ok I am going to hop off and fill out today’s food log.

This morning will be my 3rd start back since I arrived back home here in the UK.  I have also been avoiding blogging as I have gone up quite a bit since the move.  But time to swallow my pride and get serious about blasting fat and blogging for accountability.

So here we go (ready to gasp?) I am now weighing in at 268lbs! Wwwwaaaaahhhhh!!!!! Yes folks a serious chunking and a major setback, but it’s time to go forward again and burn on!

I must admit I really let loose on coming home; all those tempting Scottish treats that I missed, not to mention my friend John Smith (best served chilled).  I think what made me go up so much was the amount of simple carbs that I have been chewing on; mainly bread and potato (fried).

So on this Monday the 10th of August I have hammered away on my multi-gym and broke a moderate sweat. But today I am going to churn out a new workout program and some long & short term goals.

So that’s that for now everybody, I am back so stay tuned in by subscribing to my RSS feed so you don’t miss a thing!

Hi all, yes I am sorry that it’s been a while since my last post, but immigrating to another country (even if it is my own) has a lot of things to focus on

My wife, son and I are now safe and well in the UK. We are slowly but surly getting our house setup.  It’s probably going to take another 2 – 3 weeks before I can get my internet up and running.

On the downer I have chunked up a bit, I have been knocked out of my routine and I have gained about 10 lbs!

But not to worry I have already purchased a multi-gym and I have played about with it this week and I’ll be in full fat blasting action starting on Monday with a new workout plan.

As I said it will probably be about 2 or 3 weeks before I have internet up an running but I will try to get online somewhere and keep you guys up to date more.

So I haven’t given up, and I’ll be back soon!

Take care!

Last week was a bit of a nightmare to say the least. On Monday morning I had that all to familiar itchy throat and then by Wednesday evening I was out in a cold sweat, headache, dizzy, sore muscles and joints, sore to swallow, etc, etc… the full blown flu was in effect and then to top that off a courier arrived with my mother in law’s passport and a letter of refusal.

This was a big blow to our time line to leave Indonesia, but with a deep breath and some digging around we are getting ready to make an appeal in the hope that we can get the visa approved.

Normally when I am ill I would go down on the scales but not this week, I knocked up two more pounds.  My Stress-O-Meter is in the red at the moment and I’d say that it’s going to stay that way until all of us have arrived safely in the UK.  It could take 4 to 6 weeks more to get my mother in law’s visa so I am going to make it my goal to maintain my weight and not get to worked up about losing weight at the moment.

I am still going to be following my nutritional program and working out that’s my life habits now and I enjoy them; this is the good thing about developing fitness lifestyle habits, they become a part of you and when it hits the fan in life you have nothing to fall off.  I can imagine if I was stressed out like this on a diet that was something that’s not apart of me I would fall off it faster than a snake horse racing!

This morning I was watching Larry King and someone on the program said something that I want to share with you, it is very relevant to the theme of Discipline or Regret.

I would give credit to the person that said this on the show but I didn’t get to see their name; this is what was said;

“Your THOUGHTS become your WORDS, your words become your ACTIONS and your actions become your REALITY”

This got me thinking a lot, and I (and I am sure you can) could look back at my journey so far and it’s so true. The way that I have been thinking causes me to speak and then act, it doesn’t matter if it is positive or negative this principle can be applied to both.

With this we need to be aware of our thoughts and base them on something solid.  Something that I have been challenging myself with for a while not is not being ruled by my feelings, but basing my thoughts on timeless principles.  In the context of weight loss that would be the solid biological facts about how the body works and how I can use that to accomplish my fitness goals.

If I based my efforts on my feelings to lose weight then I would not have made it this far.  My feelings would have been based on passed failure, negative comments from others, and what box society has put me in.

We can’t be creatures that are habitually ruled by feelings, we need to be doers and risk takers; and then our feelings will follow.

That saying “If it feels good, do it” should be made redundant in our day and age, because those that follow it run away from things that make them uncomfortable, or gives them difficulties.

I heard someone say that 99% of mankind is afraid to take risks. This figure to me might be an exaggeration but I am sure that it’s not far off!

This week in I am doing a lot of thinking and pondering on this, what am I thinking? What am I dwelling on? How are my thoughts limiting my ability, and how is this effecting my family’s success.

THOUGHTS

WORDS

ACTIONS

REALITY/DESTINY

I hope this helps someone, remember discipline or regret!