Ok - so here goes. I'm 39, 5'8" and weigh bang on 14st. Been at that weight for a few years now. Normally pretty sedate on the exercise front and my diet is a disaster - all the usual junk and portion control non existent.
Planning to lose 2st before the end of the year and will document progress here - win lose or draw. Plan is as follows:
1. Diet. Started the Dukan Attack diet today and will do that for 6 days. Basically an all you can eat protein fest. Once the 6 days are up will move to next stage of the diet. According to the Dukan plan I can achieve my target by xmas but will then move to the final consolidation phase which will last a further 5 months. Each phase of the diet is less extreme etc. I have a week off work starting today which is a good time to get the attack phase out of the way.
2. Exercise. Gyms don't really appeal to me. Bought a road bike last week and in the process of getting used to it. Plan is to build up to cycling for approx 1 hour every 2 days and alternating that with a 30 minute walk on the off-day. Won't be overdoing the exercise in the next week while starting the diet.
That's it for now. Clear targets set and a simple plan to follow (in theory anyway). Apart from general risk of failure I'll be in Vegas for 4 days and San Francisco for 5 days in late Sep/early October and that will be challenging to say the least.
Will check back later. Any words of encouragement (and general piss taking) welcome...
Planning to lose 2st before the end of the year and will document progress here - win lose or draw. Plan is as follows:
1. Diet. Started the Dukan Attack diet today and will do that for 6 days. Basically an all you can eat protein fest. Once the 6 days are up will move to next stage of the diet. According to the Dukan plan I can achieve my target by xmas but will then move to the final consolidation phase which will last a further 5 months. Each phase of the diet is less extreme etc. I have a week off work starting today which is a good time to get the attack phase out of the way.
2. Exercise. Gyms don't really appeal to me. Bought a road bike last week and in the process of getting used to it. Plan is to build up to cycling for approx 1 hour every 2 days and alternating that with a 30 minute walk on the off-day. Won't be overdoing the exercise in the next week while starting the diet.
That's it for now. Clear targets set and a simple plan to follow (in theory anyway). Apart from general risk of failure I'll be in Vegas for 4 days and San Francisco for 5 days in late Sep/early October and that will be challenging to say the least.
Will check back later. Any words of encouragement (and general piss taking) welcome...
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