Currently 91kg. Started at 109.7kg back in March. Go me.

Italian GP

15 st 10 lbs

Turkish GP and Update

So, I was mildly grumpy because when I got back from the Reading Festival I was 15 st 11 lbs which was 3 lbs off my target which was 15 st 8 lbs. But looking positively, after a month of not really trying and going nuts with beers etc at Reading I STILL managed a weight loss! So that is GOOD!

The Turkish GP weight will be 15 st 11 lbs.

Also, I weighed myself a few minutes ago and was 15 st 9.5 lbs in my undies and with a big old stir fry in my belly, so I'm STILL losing weight... especially as I ate shockingly badly yesterday but I was out all day. I suppose looking back I balanced the shocking food with the fact that I actually didn't eat that much full stop. I've just double checked it and it wasn't that bad at all. Nutritionally poor but acceptable from a pure weight loss perspective.

The next target is 15 st 5 lbs which may be a tall order but I'm going to revise the target to adjust. Yes... I know... it's moving the goal posts but if I try to lose a stone to reach 14 St 9 lbs by October I'm going to make myself ill. I'm thinking of making is a straight 15 st target. We'll see.

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.

Stumbling Block (more of a pebble...)

So, I need to identify this and tackle it before it properly sabotages anything. I really need to watch the snacks when I get in from work and just before bed.

Getting in from work snack seems to be an actual proper habit that needs breaking. I did smoking so I can do this.

The just before bed seems to occur if it gets to the time when I really should be hitting the sack but I'm not tired. So I have a sneaky snack.

Thing is I've already cut out most of the snacking, especially at work.

I do it automatically and I'm usually halfway through preparing it before I catch myself and think... and I hate chucking food...

It's never anything too evil. I think the worst culprit is the marmite on toast. I also have crisp bread and soft cheese. Maybe a couple of pots of yoghurt. Perhaps some fruit.

So you see it's nothing uber evil, I just need to control it a bit more.

I'm going to try getting dinner as soon as I can after I get in and perhaps have a couple of healthy type nibbles later on.

Monaco GP

So without really trying I'm at 17 stone 2 pounds. This bodes well for the next race. All I have been doing is not snacking and cutting out obviously evil stuff like deep fried Scottish Mars bars and lard burgers.

Next stop Montreal.

F1 Challenge

So, here is my bizarre vehicle to successful weight loss... I give you THE FORMULA ONE CHALLENGE. It was going to be the AFC Wimbledon challenge but by the time they chuffing go up I'd be 5 stone.

Here's the thing. I will reach my first target weight by the end of the Formula One season. The last Grand Prix is the Brazilian GP at São Paulo on the 21st October. So that gives me about 21 weeks to do my thing. I hope to lose weight at between 1 and 2 pounds a week so my target is to be 14 stone 10 pounds when they cross the line in Brazil.

I've been more careful about what I've been eating since resuming this blog so the first official weigh in on sunday should be interesting. Even if it's not 100% positive, I tend to lose bonkers amounts of weight in the first week of really watching what I eat. The Canadian GP will be the first one to watch for me.

These are the guidelines for where I should be each race:

Spanish GP , 13/05/07 - 17 stone 5 pounds
Monaco GP , 27/05/07 - 17 stone 2 pounds
Canadian GP , 10/06/07 - 16 stone 12 pounds
United States GP , 17/06/07 - 16 stone 11 pounds
French GP , 01/07/07 - 16 stone 7 pounds
British GP , 08/07/07 - 16 stone 6 pounds
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

See you at the finish line in São Paulo.

Psychoness

PSYCHONESS

A word someone said to me today on messenger to describe my weightloss. I'm grabbing hold of that and using it. Possibly scary but hopefully it'll work.

PSYCHONESS

Sneaky Nosh

Well, I haven't done TOO badly. No mega binges. I think the worst was sneaky marmite on toast yesterday but then all I had for dinner was a bacon sarnie to use up some bacon just about to go out of date.

The worst thing about all this is the way my clothes fell. Trousers are way too tight and I refuse to buy the next size up cos they will be biggest size I've ever bought.

I think I get bored with what I'm eating which is why I go off the rails. I have to come up with ways around it. I may have to research some recipes although I'm rather impatient when it comes to cooking which makes be a bad chef...

First Day Ambush

I cycled to work today. That's over 10 miles each way and no major traumas.

So far I have eaten :

Porridge for breakfast
Slice of buttered bread mid morning
Tuna salad for lunch
Apple, banana and a bag of crisps when I got in.

Yet to eat dinner but I just have to make sure I don't go bonkers. That's pretty much how I intend to continue. It's not a huge change to be honest, I just have to cut out any rampant snackination.

I hate throwing away food but I threw away the most unhealthy stuff I had which wasn't much really. A few toffees, biscuits, some ice cream.

Tomorrow, I'm going out to a restaurant so I just have to not go bonkers there. I'll do my best to watch the sauces and the deep fried products.

How am I doing?

I think I need to do something. This is how it is on my planet right now...

I'm 17 stone and 5 pounds and I really need to lose weight.
My clothes don't fit properly.
I'm always tired.
I sweat too much.
I can't hold concentration without getting bored or nodding off.
I can't get to sleep at night.
I can't wake up in the morning.
I've thought about starting smoking with the specific goal of losing weight.
I own a bike and have made it to and from work without too much grief.
I wouldn't do exercise because I was worried the people might think it was wierd that such a large bloke was doing exercise.

As I said here, so long ago, there will be a reckoning.