I'm down 5.2kg since 7th January when I bought some scales that would measure my heftiness. I have made a point of weighing myself daily and recording the results on my own graph. I find daily weigh-ins keeps weight loss at the forefront of my mind.
Although this graph is showing a fairly steady decrease since I started, I have seen some pretty dramatic increases and losses overnight. Throughout January I didn't drink and then on the 2nd Feb I went on a bit of a bender for a mates birthday. I put on 10lbs overnight! This was obviously a belly full of grub and a body full of liquid and it subsided over the next couple of days.
Since the start of February, I have been having a few drinks again and my weight loss has continued but not at such a rate as before, it's much steadier. I think not drinking gave me a kick start so I now limited the amount I have.
I'm also back in the gym regularly three times a week [Monday, Wednesday and Friday], doing a variety of cardio and weights for a couple of hours at a time. On Tuesday and Thursdays I am now doing some weights at home [I own a variety of dumbbells, kettle bells and a curl bar] and do quite a lot of stretches. I haven't started back on my bike yet mainly due to the weather [weak excuse] but plan to start cycling again at weekends.
Although not following any particular diet, I've cut back on the carbs and now eat very little bread. I tend to eat quite a lot of meat, eggs and fish anyway and have continued with this, so in theory one could say I was on a fairly high protein diet. I was told [by one of the England rugby nutritionalists] to, as a very generalised rule, eat plenty of veg that grows above the ground, but limit that which grows below; this would give sufficient useful carbs. I also drink lots of water [and tea and coffee] and take some vitamin and mineral supplements.
I'm finding that a combination of the exercise and weight loss has improved the state of my knees and therefore I move more, the dog's walks have got longer and hopefully this will promote more weight loss. A nice circle to be on.
I've got a long, long way to go but I'm on course to hit my target weight of 113kg by early September.