Man Flu!

I had a pretty disastrous week last week, I went out for my friends birthday in London which was an all night binge fuelled by Mojitos, it was a great night though. Unfortunately On Monday night I started feeling a bit ropey but not too bad, then on Tuesday I woke up feeling rubbish sore throat, headache, shivers, aches & pains. I felt pretty rough up until Thursday, but I didn't go back to the gym until this evening, and even then I wasn't 100% I really struggled with some of the exercises and I didn't finish my complete set.

But saying that, I got on the scales this morning and I had dropped a lot of weight, all of which was fat. It may just be temporary, but its definitely good results for now.

Also I have posted some new photos, you can see a big change over the first month, my gut dramatically reduced. The results during the 2nd month weren't quite as significant, but you can see some subtle differences, I don't think the changes are going to become quite as obvious overtime.

Also hit some substantial goals with my weight loss, I dropped under the 20% fat mark this week, and I've dropped under the 13 stone mark as well, all very good and definitely an improvement, I'd like to get to 12 and a half stone, I know it will be a struggle but it would be interesting to see how much difference another half a stone loss will make. I may need some more trousers though as I need belts with most of them now.

Long time no hear

Well its been a while since my last post, the last few weeks have been a real challenge, fortunately they haven't been a complete waste.

The gym in the last few weeks has been going through some refurbishment, so some of the equipment has been out of action, in some ways this is good as it got my on a few other pieces of equipment. Fortunately it looks like the refurb is almost complete so I'll be able to get back on my equipment. I also haven't been going quite as often as I should have been, twice a week at a minimum but I do try and get in 3 times if I can.

On the diet side this hasn't been going so well, I was at home a few weeks ago for the rugby, this therefore involved an entire day of booze and bad food, followed by a couple of days getting fed at home. Also last weekend I did get very lazy and bought some unhealthy food, also last night I was at a works do so I had a few drinks and a 3 course meal.

This weekend I'm going to be on healthy food all weekend.

I've also got to reassess my protein shake purchases, the maximuscle stacks aren't cheap and I'm wondering if I should try and find a cheaper alternative. Their customer service also hasn't been particularly great, I contacted them to get some advice about my next purchase, I got put through to the wrong department, they said that someone would call me back later that afternoon. That was 2-3 weeks ago, I'm sure they've forgotten about it now.
Also one item from my last stack was out of stock and I'm still waiting to recieve it after 3 weeks.

I've also been spending a lot of time thinking about purchasing a house, I saw an amazing flat last weekend. But that does mean reviewing my finances, I don't know if that is just going to be a pipe dream or whether it will actually be possible, we will need to wait and see.