Goal 4 hit

A hard run this morning, no energy but made it round in a slower time than normal. Not sure why, low carbs or after another 5k run yesterday.. that's twice in a week now and something that wasn't planned at the start of this journey. I've clocked 30k this week which I'm really pleased with but the best part was after this mornings weigh in, 72.9kg and an overall loss of 13.4kg and now 3kg short of my goal of 11 Stone.

My original plan was 0.5Kg a week loss, and I've reset that today to 0.7 from today's weight as the original target date was projected as 24th February 2017 and I was 11 weeks ahead of plan.

My revised target is 25th of November so only 4 weeks to go and I hope to get their early, the reward will be a bottle of Champagne with Sophia and maybe a desert and then I can look towards Goal 6 of 10.5 Stone ready for Xmas. That one will be a hard target, Xmas parties will no doubt derail me for a bit but I'm sure the new me can cope.

Back to the gym later for an hour of weights with a 2k run at then end. From this mornings run I've hit my Apple Watch Green Exercise ring already and 316 calories out of my 550 calorie target and it's only 10:40am. This month is looking to be the first full month where I have filled all rings on the tracker since I started this journey. 

It's looking to be an expensive new year though, my 36" trousers that started this have now been sent to the charity shop, only worn twice. My other suits, at 34" are also too big now, and I've had to buy some smaller belts and put some new holes in some of the others. Waist size is under 32" now, so a really amazing transformation in 3 months. 

First 5K!

Not due for a weigh in yet, but it's looking like I might just make my 4th goal of 73.1Kg but I've now managed a 5k run on the treadmill. I've completed 22.3k overall this week so far so really pleased with that progress. Generally doing 3k with the dog in the morning and 2K as part of my workout but took my daughter to her first girls boxing session at the gym today and had an hour to kill os went on the treadmill. 5k in under 30 mins I am very happy with. Park run in the very near future then!

Gym Membership sorted

We now have a family membership and I've been measured with Boditrax. A 0.9Kg loss this week, not sure why, diet has been good, still no alcohol but maybe it's the weights in the gym. Anyway the Boditrax is supposed to be a fairly accurate tool to measure your overall composition. My results were not too bad, shame I didnt do this in July so I had a real comparison. My training program is for 6 weeks so I'll get measured again at that point.

Goal 3!

A great end to the week, Goal 3 well and truly hit and a 1.7Kg loss. Lots of running this week, what started as a 2K park run challenge now seems too small and I'm moving towards 5K. Weigh in at 74.8Kg today, an 11.5Kg overall loss. Only another 6.5 to go

I think it's time to join a gym

13 weeks of British Summer and I haven't been rained off on the morning walk yet, until this week. It's got cold, dark and now very wet so I need to think about a "Plan B" and start toning up a little but have somewhere I can do cardio as well. I was a member at David Lloyds a few years ago, great Gym but very expensive. My local leisure centre has an Impulse Leisure gym in so I need to get some prices and join the family. Another 1.2Kg down and 0.2 off Goal 3 so all is good still.

Noticeable!

With being away from work for some time now, I made it into HQ for a few days and people noticed the difference without me saying what I've been doing. "How can you lose weight after posting everything you have eaten for the last 3 weeks on Facebook?" was one of my favourites. Still not quite got over the Cape Town peak but down to 77.7Kg now and a 2.1Kg loss last week. I'm now at an 8.6Kg loss overall and up to 2 mile run.