Despite my mega training routine this week I’ll take (and be happy) with the 2lbs drop on the scales.  This week I increased everything at the gym and have been training for 2 hours per day;

Monday; 60 min strength training / 60 min CV training

Tuesday; 130 min CV training

Wednesday; 60 min strength training / 60 min CV training

Thursday; 120 min CV training

Friday; 60 min strength training / 30 min CV training

Saturday; Will be aiming for 120 min of CV training today.

Well, I’ll keep pushing on;  the only option is to go forward! I will keep hacking my way forward and I hope that I can get back on track by (down to 250lbs) the end of January 2010, so watch this space!

Now I promised you a Christmas competition, didn’t I? Well here it is.  I have a copy of The Official British Army Fitness Guide to give away to one lucky DisciplineOrRegret.com reader. This is action packed with exercises and nutrition advice that Brittan’s finest are following.

The workouts outlined in this book are very recession friendly and they require very little equipment or extra equipment.

“The British Army is the fittest in the world, employing tried-and-tested training programmes that are guaranteed to build the levels of stamina, strength and flexibility that every soldier needs. In this official guide, developed with the Army Physical Training Corps, you can discover the exercises and activities that the Army uses and follow specially designed programmes to get yourself to the peak of physical fitness. This book contains three carefully planned twelve-week programmes; simple to follow illustrations that show you how to get the most out of each activity; and, assessment tests to help you track your progress. Whether you’re a complete beginner who simply wants to be a bit healthier or a weekend warrior looking for the next challenge, this easy-to-use book will help take your fitness to the next level.”

HOW TO ENTER

All you need to do to enter into this completion is sign up to my RSS feed on the right hand side by entering in your email address and then confirming your subscription in the email a that you receive.

Now since all the previous Discipline Or Regret competitions have been won by people outside of the UK this competition is exclusively open to UK residents only!

This competition will expire on December 24th at 12pm (UK time) and the randomly chosen winner will be notified within 24 hours.

So get your email in and don’t forget you must confirm your subscription to my RSS feed in the confirmation email that you will receive, if you don’t get a conformation email then have a look in your spam or junk mail inbox.

Good Luck!

This competition and many more can be found at Loquax Competitions

I have no idea what number this weeks weigh-in is, but I haven’t lost a button.  Anyways tomorrow is Monday and I am going to keep pushing on with some new workouts and I have ordered a bike online, nothing expensive; actually let me tell you about it… SportsDirect.com are doing s special offer on a Dunlop bike, it’s £149.99 but if you enter in a code (which you can see in the image below) then you can get the bike with free postage and packaging for £55!  I believe that this offer is only available to UK residents, and hurry because it wont last!

I will let you know when my bike arrives and I’ll do a mini review of it.

And NO I am not erning anything from SportsDirect.com, I am just shareing you a healthy deal :0)

Hi there, I know I have been pretty dormant in the blogoshpere since moving to the UK but over the last 5 weeks I have been really getting back into a routine with working out and my nutrition program.

I am no longer roaming around in limbo, but I am back and fighting forward; so you should see things come back to life over here at disciplineorregret.com.

As you can see I now have my skinnyr graph permanently on the right side bar; I had a drastic rise there for a while, but now I can say that things are starting to get back on track and you should see be back into a falling pattern.

Like I said I have been back in action and I have joined my local gym, I am currently visiting there 3 times per week (Mon, Wed & Fri) for a 40 min strength training and 20 min CV training. Then on Tue, Thu & Sat I am doing some interval training for about 20 min at home on a strider. Sunday is truly my day of rest.

Well keep watching this space as things will be starting to heat up here again; I’ll be having a Christmas competition soon for my UK readers which I will post the details on this week some time.

Bye for now!

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.