Jim's 2010 shape up (Final pics page 3)

You look pretty good now Jim, particulary your lats. A bit size more on shoulders, traps and arms and you'll be set.

Good luck

Cheers Kipster!

Week one has been good. Diet has been immaculate, no alcohol, junk, binges or chocolate. But training has been non-existent!

Had an awful back spasm on Sat, my body went lop-sided and its taken 48 hours to settle down. I'd say it was the worst pain i've ever had in my life, no understatement!
Pain is manageable now, so hopefully i'll be able to train later this week.

We have 20 litres of milk in the fridge so my diet this week will be mainly milk (!). Looking forward to a cheat meal tonight, perhaps a pub dinner :)

Jimbo

looking potentially like you could be in the mix, come the finish line,
good luck buddy.

Lol! Im not actually aiming to win this, but it certainly helps with motivation and a good old kick in the buttocks.

Back spasm alot better - went to work today and found it manageable.

Had a lovely cheat meal on Monday:

Starters - Herbed Gnocchi
Main - rib eye steak and hand cut chips
Dessert - Apple crumble

...polished off with a glass of Pinotage/Shiraz

Resumed normal diet Tues, and then a wee slip today - had two large muffins and some Quality Street sweets

Bit annoyed but glad i didn't binge, have a tendency to be very impulsive and not know when to stop. Might be seeing friends on weekend, will keep it clean but next planned cheat is the other half's birthday in a week.

Bodyfat measured today in gym using hand-held monitor: 19.8%

...bee interesting to see how much this falls at the end of the SUC.

Jimbo

If you're going to cheat then that sounds like a damn fine meal!

Precisely! If your gonna cheat then cheat properly!

End of week today - back is feeling a lot better. Plan is to remove the back support i've been wearing and see how it goes. Starting to get some regular training in now, but still no cardio.

Diet has been a tad ropey this week. Girlfriend had made mocha cake again, ended up eating lots of coffe butter cream (!). Went cinema last night and had a few handfuls of sweet popcorn.

Next cheat is Thurs.

Bodyweight 88kg.

Jimbo

Time to introduce cardio!

Run: 41 mins

Very slow pace, appauling fitness level at the moment. No back niggles during run, i will know tomorrow if im a cripple.

Some cheat meals due:

1. Tonight - Mongolian BBQ buffet (GF's bday)
2. Sat - Dinner out (GF's bday, 2nd celebration)
3. Sun - Probable sunday lunch at pub

...thank god im starting cardio again!

Jimbo

Mongolian BBQ was lush, a combination of:

Lamb/Beef/Chicken
Green curry/red curry/indian curry/thai curry
Lots of veg
Lovely fondue for dessert, ending up drinking someone elses melted chocolate too.

All yum

Took the missus clay shooting earlier today and now going out to dinner, followed by a pub lunch with her family tomorrow. I will update then to let you know about all the gorgeous treats!

Weight was 87kg today, feeling weak as a kitten

Jimbo

Lovely past couple of days of food!

GF's birthday meal:

Starter: Gnocchi with goats cheese and pecorino with tomato coulis
Main: Fillet of beef with oxtail crepinette  in port gravy with root veg
Dessert: Chocolate lover's platter

Today, lovely pub lunch

Starter: Mushrooms mornay (and stole some baked camembert!)
Main: 8oz Rib eye steak with fries, mushroom and tomatoes

Just made my food for the week! Lamb pavlava, Sausage and Leek hash, some wild alaskan salmon. My GF also made some cheeky Victoria sponge!

Feel much happier now im doing cardio again, managed a 4 mile run this morning :)

Jimbo

Good to see you've made it back to running again, take ot the back is feeling good.

Don't risk the deads yet though..

This week has been awful. Lacksadaisical efforts in the gym and poor diet. Started with a small binge on Weds (several chocolate chip croissants and brioche) and then really regretted Friday - thought i'd treat myself with Fish and Chips, and then had pizza pre-cinema. Spent the next 2 days in bed with abdominal pain and nausea, no diarrhoea funnily enough. Things like this really put me off fast food. 

So yesterday i had nothing to eat, two glasses of milk and some wholemeal toast. 

Really need to focus this coming week. I have a drug rep dinner on Weds evening and im going to see Avatar 3D at London IMAX followed by a Gaucho (awesome Argentinian grill!). 

Despite this crap weekend managed some cardio this morning, 30 mins run. Wondering if i should pull out of the half marathon? 2 weeks left to build up to some decent level of fitness...

Jimbo 

Jim

start again tomorrow, take it one day at a time, get back on track that way.

With regards to the half marathon make a decision on that one a few days before. When was the last time you ran close to that distance?

Is that Gaucho the Argentinian grill that was on the F-Word recently?

If so it looks a carnivores heaven! Om nom nom

Bloke


Jim

start again tomorrow, take it one day at a time, get back on track that way.

With regards to the half marathon make a decision on that one a few days before. When was the last time you ran close to that distance?

Probabably at least 5 months ago i ran that distance, i've currently built up to 4 miles. Im one of those people whos determination exceeds fitness and somehow pull through. Got 2 weeks so still hopeful!
 
I really don't know how you stay so disciplined
 
Jimbo

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Is that Gaucho the Argentinian grill that was on the F-Word recently?

If so it looks a carnivores heaven! Om nom nom

Yes, its an Argentinian grill. Very highly recommend it, especially if your a steak lover. Try their "churasco" steak, its marinated for 24 hours in herbs and tastes divine.
 
Jimbo

Jim

I've been married years and I'm not known for my social nature so that means I don't go out very much which helps on the diet.

I enjoy weights so never miss a session and was told at school I'd never achieve anything as I was a daydreamer. I'm still a datdreamer at 41 but it certainly helps when you need to zone out for long cardio sessions.

I have very simple food tastes and follow almost the same diet every day and don't get bored.

I'm also a creature of habit.

Those are my key attributes when it comes to staying disciplined.

Bloke


Jim

I've been married years and I'm not known for my social nature so that means I don't go out very much which helps on the diet.

I enjoy weights so never miss a session and was told at school I'd never achieve anything as I was a daydreamer. I'm still a datdreamer at 41 but it certainly helps when you need to zone out for long cardio sessions.

I have very simple food tastes and follow almost the same diet every day and don't get bored.

I'm also a creature of habit.

Those are my key attributes when it comes to staying disciplined.

I wish i had that discipline! I just love eating out (I started up the 'Restaurant Society' at university) and have absolutley no control around food portions.
 
Bit of a late update re: last week, have been quite busy. Diet was pretty clean all week, and then had a smashing treat at Gaucho Grill (400g churassco steak) with some cocktails and wine. Had a smallish binge this morning on chocolate croissants/twix/cadburys mini rolls but my weight is fairly stable at 87kg. I certainly feel 'smaller' and trousers are a bit looser.
 
Finding it hard to stay disciplined as the weight loss has stagnated, im very tempted to eat out the next few days or stay clean and then treat myself on Valentines

Update week ???

Things have been going well, i've been treating myself with daily coffees (just found a nice cafe around the corner from where i work) and this week had a McDs on Sat (don't ask me why, i was hypoglycaemic, honest!) and having some treats today, including chocolate, red wine and a curry later.

Dry body weight was 85.5kg yesterday.

Unfortunately the back has been playing up again, so will be taking cardio easy this week

I will therefore withdraw from the Half Marathon unless the back is massively better by thurs, which is annoying really.

Onwards and upwards!

Jimbo

Sorry its not looking good for Sunday.

My membership at David Lloyd is up at the end of the month, I can't justiy a 35 mile round trip to the gym any longer and going after work means I don't get home until 8.

I've joined a small gym closer to home which has enough for 2 of my weights workouts and when work calms down a bit I'll have a chance of training at lunchtime. I train chest on Saturdays and am going to train that at cheetahs when I'm down in Brighton anyway, its only £3.50 to train at there at weekends. Since Christmas I've only been using David Lloyd to train chest so that will be a fair saving.

Hope your back starts feeling stronger soon.

Sorry to hear about the back mate, been plagued with back issues over the years so know how you feel, it can be so frustrating.

Hopefully you will be back on form soon.