Hungarian GP

Erm... I'm... what? Not only did I hit the target weight, I kept the momentum going and I'm still a pound ahead.

I just weighed in at 15 stone and 12 pounds. I really felt like I wasn't making much progress. I didn't go nuts and eat deep fried everything when I thought I was going to have the wobble so it seems consistency has it's rewards. I still think a wobble will come though...

So this is me OFFICIALLY under 16 stone! And I'm now wearing my belt on the third hole all the time.

And the Hungarian GP, which is traditionally boring as hell, looks to be shaping up to be all political with lots of infighting at McLaren and the Ferrari/McLaren spy row.

Possible First Proper Wobble Incoming

I feel it coming... I weighed in at 16 stone 1 pound last week. Just now, a week later, I'm 16 stone 1 pound.

I must have jinxed it with my Milstones post although I'm comfortably into my next belt hole.

It's just a little wobble mind you and it's not like I've put on any weight but I need to lose 2 pounds this week to stay on track and ideally I want to lose 3 pounds but that may be too much. I'm not going to change anything I'm doing until the official weigh in on sunday.

See you there...

European GP

Still ahead of schedule. I weighed in at 16 stone 1 pound so I've kept the 1 pound gap. I guess it must me being extra aware of what I'm eating because I still don't feel like I've gone "psychoness" yet.

If you watched the race you'll know they had a BIG problem with water of the falling kind. At one point six cars went of at the same place on the same lap. It was nuts!

And one thing I've tried in the last few days is drinking a lot of water if I've had a meal and I'm feeling peckish. I have a 1.5 litre jug that I fill and go through in the course of a couple of hours and it certainly fills you up. I feel it's a thing I'll do as I reach the tougher part of the weight loss.

And as I've knocked the original post off the page, here is a reminder of the targets for the rest of the season.

European GP , 22/07/07 - 16 stone 2 pounds
Hungarian GP , 05/08/07 - 15 stone 13 pounds
Turkish GP , 26/08/07 - 15 stone 8 pounds
Italian GP , 09/09/07 - 15 stone 5 pounds
Belgian GP , 16/09/07 - 15 stone 3 pounds
Japanese GP , 30/09/07 - 15 stone
Chinese GP , 07/10/07 - 14 stone 12 pounds
Brazilian GP , 21/10/07 - 14 stone 9 pounds

Milestones

A couple of big things have happened in the last week or so.

First one was using the next hole on my belt. That's an excellent sign and I hope to be able to use the next one by the end of this F1 challenge.

Another thing which is a bit weird is that I have just seen the scales showing 15st something... already! Granted it was after a monster sh... erm... motion we shall call it and I was in my undercra... erm... underwear but it definitely said 15st 13lbs. That's the lowest I've been since going into berserk bloater mode last November.

Second opinion required. One sec...

Yep... still the same. I'm mildly stunned... that's a 5 pound loss since last Monday. And I STILL haven't gone into diet nazi mode.

I guess the bigger you are, the easier it is to shed the pounds and I guess the challenge to come approaching the lower 15's.

British GP

The weigh in was 16 stone 5 pounds. Even though I spectacularly fell off the wagon one day during the holiday in an orgy of deep fried products and ice cream.

French GP

16 stone 6 pounds. Pretty good. If I mantain my weight while away I'll still be on course.

See you after Metallica.

The next two weigh-ins

So, I'm off tenting in Cornwallceistershire all next week so I'm going to do a weigh in tomorrow for the French GP and another on Monday 9th July for the British GP.

It's been an up and down couple of weeks. First week was a bit hit and miss. I don't think I did amazingly well. The last night snacks seemed to sneak in. This week however has been pretty good. Because I'm going away I haven't bothered to go shopping and am having a bit of a freezer week and I haven't snacked at all. I'm guessing I'll hit the 16 stone 7 pounds target and hopefully maitain a gap. I'm not sure if it will be the 2 pounds lead from the USA GP but I have a positive feeling.

The next week will be interesting though. I have a feeling that I won't be snacking that much and while I won't be strictly dieting, I'll certainly be more mindful than usual of what I'm eating. The target is a 1 pound loss and I'll be happy if I maintain.

One other thing. I have the Metallica gig at Wembley at the end of next week and anyone who knows mosh pits and going down the front at metal gigs know the sort intense workout it is so I'll probably sweat a couple of stone off there... and yes... I'm old enough to know better ;)

Indianapolis GP

Lewis won again in a pretty average race (especially after Canada) and I weighed in at 16st 9lbs. Two pounds ahead of where I thought I would be. It's going pretty well I think. The way I see it, my current eating regime would be perfect for maintaining once I'm at a lower weight as I'm not really trying yet. Good thing is I still have a "Diet Nazi" mode to fall back on if things start falling off the rails. That'll be the proper psychoness then...

I have to hit 16st 7lbs in two weeks for the French GP although I'm looking to hit 16st 5lbs to keep the pressure on. 14st 9lbs is still the target though and I'm not changing that.

If I hit target early then that's a bonus and if I'm still over at the end of the season I'm not stopping trying. That much I HAVE to set out now. I'm worried about a mind set I remember getting the last time I tried to lose weight which was "I haven't hit the target I wanted so I best to stop trying really."

Eggs of Doom

I thought I would analyse one of the meals I like that I suspect is too high in fat and energy for a weight loss plan. It's a breakfast type meal and it is as follows:

2 slices of bread, 180 kCal, 1.8g of fat (0.4g Saturated)
Flora light, 40 kCal, 3.8g (0.9g)
3 scrambled eggs, 270 kCal, 20.0g (6.0g)
10 sprays of Fry Light, 10 kCal, 1.0g (Trace)
Half a tin of Beans, 150 kCal, 0.4g (Trace)
3 grilled turkey rashers, 75 kCal, 1.2g (0.3g)

TOTALS
725 kCalories
28.2 grammes of fat
(7.6 grammes of saturated fat)

As a general rule I try to restrict the calories of any meal to around 500 so this was a bit of a surprise! That's a lot more than I was expecting...

If I cut out one egg and one slice of bread, I end up with 550 calories and 20 grammes of fat. That's closer and I think I can get away with that for a meal.

I could also poach a single egg. I always found that poached eggs seems to be bigger than the scrambled equivalent... yeah, possibly bonkers but it works in my brain. That takes it to 455 kCal and 13g of fat. Getting there I think.

The eggs surprised me. I never realised they were so much!

Montreal GP

Go Lewis! His maiden win. Not bad! Still waiting for the backlash. It'll come soon...

Bit of confusion with my weight. I weighed myself at 10am this monring and it was 16st 10 lbs! Well ahead! I weighed myself a few minutes ago and it was 17 st 0 lbs... What IS going on???!? Still, I'm going to take the average which will put me at 16 st 12 lbs which is dead on target. It's still rather odd and I have no explanation...

UPDATE: It's 11pm on 11 June and I've weighed myself again just now. All I did was take off my shoes and I've eaten a stir fry with vast VAST quantities of vegetables so I'm about as full as I could be and I'm 16 st 11 lbs.