This week, I don’t care what I weigh. Yep, I mean that most sincerely…or maybe not!
I’ve worked very hard this week with both my food and exercise. I’ve achieved physical feats with my trainer Michael beyond my wildest expectations. My clothes are hanging off me and I can spot some changes in my body. My monthly inches measurements have also  revealed some losses. This week I won’t obsess too much what the scale says.
But it’s good news on the scale…
This week I’ve lost 2.46 lbs (1.1kg). I’m good with that. OK, …

Now, I was as sceptical as the next man when it came to perceived spiritual forms of exercise such as pilates. I thought it a bit slow, easy, and generally not worth bothering with. I was to get a shock. At the end of my 1st session (with strange pan pipe type music in the background), I wasn’t hot, sweaty or tired at all, I thought, too easy, waste of time. Next morning, when trying to get out of bed, it became clear what pilates was all about. I ached …

I had a great session this morning with Michael and once again, we successfully did an exercise that I didn’t think that I would be able to do in a million years.
We concentrated today on fitball exercise. A couple of weeks ago, we tried to get me on the fitball balancing the fitball on my tummy, with legs suspended in mid-air and my hands supporting me. OK, the technical name fails me but you get the picture. I couldn’t do it. It seemed like a physical impossibility.
Today, our 3rd try, …

Loosing weight successfully is a combination of diet and health. Below are 5 guaranteed ways to east and healthy weight loss. They are very simple, easy to fit into your busy day, often over looked and don’t need complicated nutrition or diet plans.
1. Increase your heart rate above 100 beats per minute each day for 45 minutes.
2. Complete at least 15 minutes of resisitance exercise per day.
3. Reduce your daily fat intake to 40-50 grams.
4. Reduce food portion size by half and eat more slowly.
5. Do the above for 1 …

I’m happy with my weight loss this week. I’ve only lost 0.66 pounds this week, but I’ve actually lost 5.5 pounds. Say what? Let me explain.
You know when people say that they only need to look at certain foods to gain weight? Welcome to my world. If I dared to eat bad carbs, I gain excessive weight. This Monday, following my celebratory weekend away, (where I chose to take a break from my regime), I had gained 4.84 pounds.
This sort of excessive weight gain tends to happen to me when …