The saga of the house movie continues so only a short update.
This week has been mostly the same as the last only even more frantic. With the help of my family I have finally got my place nearly ready to rent after a solid week of dawn to dusk grafting.
And it seems to have paid off since I lost 2.6kg this week!!
This is pretty huge as I'm now into phase 2. Finally some real food.
Right told you it would be short, back to packing, laters!
Friday, 22 February 2013
Thursday, 14 February 2013
14/02/13 Weekly Update
Hi all,
This week I are been mostly running round like a blue arsed fly. This might explain me being 1.8kgs lighter, which is a great loss considering my slowdown in recent weeks.
The reason for being so hectic is my imminent move to start a new job and while this is hugely exciting it also means I will be transferring Alizonne clinics. It will be a big challenge to stick to the plan during the transition period from my current to new life. I am doing some positive things like purposefully choosing a flat in walking distance of the nearest town and work to encourage less car use.
I am also, for the first time, going to be taking Alizonne into an office environment which will require more planning and preparation but I reckon with all the temptations I have seen off over Christmas it should be easy.
What will be very difficult is my leaving do. I have lived around here for a long time and made some great mates that I know I will keep in touch with for the rest of my life. I'll miss them all a great deal and it will be hard not to raise a glass or three. What ever I decide to do I know it won't be a lack of will power or peer pressure that guides me. It's a choice I will make and I'll have to live with the consequences one way or the other.
New graph update coming soon......
Cheers,
Shrinking Man
This week I are been mostly running round like a blue arsed fly. This might explain me being 1.8kgs lighter, which is a great loss considering my slowdown in recent weeks.
The reason for being so hectic is my imminent move to start a new job and while this is hugely exciting it also means I will be transferring Alizonne clinics. It will be a big challenge to stick to the plan during the transition period from my current to new life. I am doing some positive things like purposefully choosing a flat in walking distance of the nearest town and work to encourage less car use.
I am also, for the first time, going to be taking Alizonne into an office environment which will require more planning and preparation but I reckon with all the temptations I have seen off over Christmas it should be easy.
What will be very difficult is my leaving do. I have lived around here for a long time and made some great mates that I know I will keep in touch with for the rest of my life. I'll miss them all a great deal and it will be hard not to raise a glass or three. What ever I decide to do I know it won't be a lack of will power or peer pressure that guides me. It's a choice I will make and I'll have to live with the consequences one way or the other.
New graph update coming soon......
Cheers,
Shrinking Man
Friday, 8 February 2013
Thursday, 7 February 2013
07/02/13 Weekly Update
Hi everyone,
Another week, another update. This week was a lot easier than last simply because the social situations I have been involved in have been much more under my control. I have stuck to the plan as closely as I ever have and was quite happy to see 1.4kgs off. Especially since this was a 6 day week. This puts my current weight at 91.5kgs.
So this loss marks 2 significant milestones, firstly that I have lost 3 stone in 2 months and secondly, for the first time since.........well I can't remember, my BMI has dropped below 30. By medical definition, I am no longer obese, WIN!
Not sure how familiar a lot of you are with this chart..
But I have had it waived at me since being about 8 when I was first taken to the dietitian and told I needed to eat more healthily. My entire life has pretty much been lived in the orange "Fat" band but at my heaviest I did move into the red. I have to say it feels good to see how far I have travelled to the left in the last months/years.
It was also my second doctors review this week. Everything from a medical point of view is going well, I don't seem to be having any adverse side effects to the diet. I think that after 2 months my body has adjusted to this regime pretty well.
The main topic we discussed was my target weight.
I mentioned in an earlier post that I felt my goal weight of 13st was based on a certain level of disbelief from my part that the diet would actually work. Also, I haven't been that weight since I was 14, this means that as an adult, I really have no perception of my "happy" weight.
Now that I am 14ish stone, I can tell that I will not be happy at 13, there is still more than a stone there to lose. And while I am much happier with how I look now, I didn't get into this to become less fat or nearly be happy. I intend to finish this diet at my new target weight of 12st 4lbs (about 78kgs). And make it a focus of my life to stay there as long as physically possible.
So having agreed this with the doc we have shunted the new numbers into the plan. This of course means that my entry into phase 2 is delayed until my weight drops further. It also means that my weight loss graph looks pretty different since I have moved the goalposts.
So here is this weeks graph with new goal!
I'm going to do another blog this week specifically aimed at men on this plan since I think our reasoning, goals and attitudes might vary slightly.
And that's my week
Till next time.........
Another week, another update. This week was a lot easier than last simply because the social situations I have been involved in have been much more under my control. I have stuck to the plan as closely as I ever have and was quite happy to see 1.4kgs off. Especially since this was a 6 day week. This puts my current weight at 91.5kgs.
So this loss marks 2 significant milestones, firstly that I have lost 3 stone in 2 months and secondly, for the first time since.........well I can't remember, my BMI has dropped below 30. By medical definition, I am no longer obese, WIN!
Not sure how familiar a lot of you are with this chart..
It was also my second doctors review this week. Everything from a medical point of view is going well, I don't seem to be having any adverse side effects to the diet. I think that after 2 months my body has adjusted to this regime pretty well.
The main topic we discussed was my target weight.
I mentioned in an earlier post that I felt my goal weight of 13st was based on a certain level of disbelief from my part that the diet would actually work. Also, I haven't been that weight since I was 14, this means that as an adult, I really have no perception of my "happy" weight.
Now that I am 14ish stone, I can tell that I will not be happy at 13, there is still more than a stone there to lose. And while I am much happier with how I look now, I didn't get into this to become less fat or nearly be happy. I intend to finish this diet at my new target weight of 12st 4lbs (about 78kgs). And make it a focus of my life to stay there as long as physically possible.
So having agreed this with the doc we have shunted the new numbers into the plan. This of course means that my entry into phase 2 is delayed until my weight drops further. It also means that my weight loss graph looks pretty different since I have moved the goalposts.
So here is this weeks graph with new goal!
I'm going to do another blog this week specifically aimed at men on this plan since I think our reasoning, goals and attitudes might vary slightly.
And that's my week
Till next time.........
Thursday, 31 January 2013
31/01/13 Weekly Update
Hello again!
This week was a bit of a challenge, a lads weekend in Nottingham meant making & packing 3 days worth of food and making sure I kept close check on my timings.
It went off mostly without a hitch, I avoided drink completely but did have a few diet cokes. I also had a salad on Friday night that wasn't strictly on the plan. The seafood and salad itself would be a perfectly fine phase 2 meal but I think the dressing contained something quite sugary. It's amazing but after a couple of months without certain types of food I can instantly pick them out when I smell/taste them.
We also got lost on the way to the restaurant so that was an hours walk in the snow (good for burning calories) It then really started to snow, everyone in Nottingham jumped in a taxi to get home so the delay to get one got ridiculous and we decided to walk back too.
So all in all I would hope it balanced out.
drum roll.............................1.3kgs
Not the best week, in fact it's equal my lowest loss in a single week I have had since starting the diet, however I'm not down, it's still a great loss for any diet. When I lost 3lbs in a week on Weight Watchers I was well chuffed so why should this be different.
So on to another week, going to keep this one absolutely tight and see if I can push the loss up towards the 2kg mark. 1.8 to go till phase 2!
I think it's my doctors review next week so will update on any developments then.
One thing I do know is that my blood pressure has gone from 157/99 (which is borderline for medical treatment) down to 120/85 (which is only marginally above the normal range). So that's a massive result in itself.
So lastly an update on the graph......
This week was a bit of a challenge, a lads weekend in Nottingham meant making & packing 3 days worth of food and making sure I kept close check on my timings.
It went off mostly without a hitch, I avoided drink completely but did have a few diet cokes. I also had a salad on Friday night that wasn't strictly on the plan. The seafood and salad itself would be a perfectly fine phase 2 meal but I think the dressing contained something quite sugary. It's amazing but after a couple of months without certain types of food I can instantly pick them out when I smell/taste them.
We also got lost on the way to the restaurant so that was an hours walk in the snow (good for burning calories) It then really started to snow, everyone in Nottingham jumped in a taxi to get home so the delay to get one got ridiculous and we decided to walk back too.
So all in all I would hope it balanced out.
drum roll.............................1.3kgs
Not the best week, in fact it's equal my lowest loss in a single week I have had since starting the diet, however I'm not down, it's still a great loss for any diet. When I lost 3lbs in a week on Weight Watchers I was well chuffed so why should this be different.
So on to another week, going to keep this one absolutely tight and see if I can push the loss up towards the 2kg mark. 1.8 to go till phase 2!
I think it's my doctors review next week so will update on any developments then.
One thing I do know is that my blood pressure has gone from 157/99 (which is borderline for medical treatment) down to 120/85 (which is only marginally above the normal range). So that's a massive result in itself.
So lastly an update on the graph......
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Cheating on Alizonne
Hi all,
Thought I'd share some thoughts on cheating.
Lets face it Alizonne is a pretty restrictive diet, existing solely on flavored powder plus a bit of veg is hard, especially in social or business situations. So IF you have decided that you absolutely must cheat, there are some ways of doing it without really screwing yourself over.
I think the best way to cheat on Alizonne is to have a day at 1 phase below you current level. e.g. if you are on phase 1, have a phase 2 day.
This means that you gain some extra freedom to eat some of the things you are missing but aren't going to drop out of ketosis like you would by say eating 2 king size snickers.
I'll admit to doing this a couple of times when times got tough (phase slip I mean, not the snickers!)
The next best way to cheat is to have more protein from any source. Your choice but the leaner the better. Oh and I mean good quality meat so not a cheap burger or turkey twizzler. Those things are poison, plus are loaded with carbs. Again the goal here is to relax the calories and fat restrictions slightly to remain in Ketosis, albeit at a reduced calorific deficit.
So on to the cheats you should absolutely avoid and this is simple to sum up, Carbs!. Anything with a lot of carbohydrate will instantly remove you from Ketosis. My understanding of the biology here is limited but I believe this diet works by creating a very low baseline level on insulin. That means your body effectively switches to fat as it's fuel rather than carbs. Introducing carbs instantly creates an insulin spike which stops the fat burning process. Apparently it takes 3 days without carbs to switch back so it's costing you 3 days of potential weight loss, Alizonne food and therapy costs.
Cheating ain't cheap
I hope that this has been helpful for those of you that occasionally need to bend the rules to keep on course (I know I am one of them). I think the real secret here is always to remain in control, If you are going to cheat, fine, just make sure you still keep control of your portions and what you eat and it shouldn't rock the boat too badly.
Good luck!
Thought I'd share some thoughts on cheating.
Lets face it Alizonne is a pretty restrictive diet, existing solely on flavored powder plus a bit of veg is hard, especially in social or business situations. So IF you have decided that you absolutely must cheat, there are some ways of doing it without really screwing yourself over.
I think the best way to cheat on Alizonne is to have a day at 1 phase below you current level. e.g. if you are on phase 1, have a phase 2 day.
This means that you gain some extra freedom to eat some of the things you are missing but aren't going to drop out of ketosis like you would by say eating 2 king size snickers.
I'll admit to doing this a couple of times when times got tough (phase slip I mean, not the snickers!)
The next best way to cheat is to have more protein from any source. Your choice but the leaner the better. Oh and I mean good quality meat so not a cheap burger or turkey twizzler. Those things are poison, plus are loaded with carbs. Again the goal here is to relax the calories and fat restrictions slightly to remain in Ketosis, albeit at a reduced calorific deficit.
So on to the cheats you should absolutely avoid and this is simple to sum up, Carbs!. Anything with a lot of carbohydrate will instantly remove you from Ketosis. My understanding of the biology here is limited but I believe this diet works by creating a very low baseline level on insulin. That means your body effectively switches to fat as it's fuel rather than carbs. Introducing carbs instantly creates an insulin spike which stops the fat burning process. Apparently it takes 3 days without carbs to switch back so it's costing you 3 days of potential weight loss, Alizonne food and therapy costs.
Cheating ain't cheap
I hope that this has been helpful for those of you that occasionally need to bend the rules to keep on course (I know I am one of them). I think the real secret here is always to remain in control, If you are going to cheat, fine, just make sure you still keep control of your portions and what you eat and it shouldn't rock the boat too badly.
Good luck!
Friday, 25 January 2013
24/1/13 Weekly Update
Quick update as I'm on the road this weekend.
1.3kg off this week, not the best but a loss is a loss.
Next couple of days are going to be hard since I'm away with the lads but everything is packed up so I won't be short of food.
Need to loose 1.9kg this week to stay on projection. It's doable but going to be difficult
Graph will be updated early next week when I get home!
Ill try to get another picture soon since the last was a couple of weeks ago...
UPDATE.........
Here is last weeks graph
1.3kg off this week, not the best but a loss is a loss.
Next couple of days are going to be hard since I'm away with the lads but everything is packed up so I won't be short of food.
Need to loose 1.9kg this week to stay on projection. It's doable but going to be difficult
Graph will be updated early next week when I get home!
Ill try to get another picture soon since the last was a couple of weeks ago...
UPDATE.........
Here is last weeks graph
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