DAY 25

Today has been good. The day started with Bm Fitness bootcamp! It was chucking it down, freezing and very windy but we got on with it. I was 5 mins late so had a punishment of 20 burpees! All very good fun! Great way to start my day!

No diet plan for today. I stuck to the structure of the diet but went out for dinner and relaxed a little. Didn't go mental but it's good to know you're still a human. We all need that luxury every now and then.

Iv decided to tweak the diet just a little. As iv been training far more, sometimes twice a day, iv been really struggling with energy so I am going to up my carbs by 10% to 40% protein, 40% carbs, 20% fat. This will also give me far more flexibility with regards to meals. I'll still be sticking under my 1600 calories but I recon this is a good decision and will help with my training.

DAY 24

Miles over my carbs today but was impossible not too. Stayed well under my calories for the day so no damage done. Was just an extremely busy day. Bootcamp in the morning.

Today's diet below.....

DAY 23

Great day! Sorted my meals out and didn't struggle at all. Makes a difference to plan ahead. Doesn't even take that long!

Training tonight was quite fun. 2 mates (Gilbert and Ince) joined me for a kettlebells session. We went to KG5 football pitches and ran round it twice then carried out a kettlebells workout with shuttle runs in between each exercise. Went through the circuit twice and was absolutely burst! Haha! That's what it's all about! Recon the boys enjoyed it too so we are going to get together at least once a week and swing some bells. Looking forward to getting an absolute beasting on Sunday morning for Brian's BM Fitness Bootcamp. Always guaranteed a top class workout with that man at the wheel! Anyone is welcome so if you fancy it, get it touch with him or myself and I'll speak to him and get you booked in. 9:30am Sunday morning.

Today's diet below and the workout we did is there as well.

Happy Days......

DAY 22

Today I am going to refer back to the beginning of my challenge. I spoke of how with taking on this diet, one of the key factors I was going to have to adopt would be preparation. Well today, I didn't prepare enough and guess what, I made an arse of it. When you look at the picture below, you will see that I am well under my 1600 calorie day allowance. However, I am not counting calories, I am count HOW I take in my calories. Protein, Carbs, Fat!! You get the picture! Today I am well over my fat and well over my carbs. This isn't too bad but with regards to how I am tackling this diet, it's not good. I'm not going to be too hard on myself, I'm just going to knuckle down and stop just thinking 'aw it will be cool, I'll be fine'. I won't be fine!!!! Today I have been hungry ALL DAY!!! I have been taking a supplement called 'Chromium Picolinate' Basically it helps my body balance sugar levels when I'm on a strict diet. Well iv not taken them for 3 days running and did I notice that today! All I wanted was 10 mars bars, 3 lion bars, a crunchie and 2 boost! I managed to not have any but I can't feel like that again so I need to be strict.

Weight loss this week after my night out was poor. -1 lb! I have lost 1 stone in 3 weeks so that's good I suppose! Backing it tomorrow!

Today's diet below........

DAY 21

Not much for saying today really. Diet has been fine and I did the 300 workout at lunch and just been out a run. My lunch time workout only lasts about 25/30 mins but its very intense so defo feel the burn from that. Im trying to up my cardio running/rowing etc. Got my official weigh in tomorrow morning. Not as excited about this one purely because I had that night out on Saturday and when I weighed myself on the Monday it had done some damage but when I weighed myself yesterday I was 201lbs so hopefully get at least 1 off from that but we'll soon see.

Today's diet below.......

DAY 20

So that's 20 days down, 40 days to go! Delighted with the way thing are going but it's time to turn it up a notch. I'm training harder than I ever have so I'm going to set myself a target for the remaining 40 days. The challenge is simple.....Get to 180lbs!!! I'm currently sitting at 201lbs so that will be a loss of 21lbs in 40 days. Averaging roughly 4lbs per week. So far iv been hitting great numbers but I know that as my challenge goes on, the weight loss will slow down. I won't be changing anything as far as dieting but will be putting even more effort in in the gym and will be training for 30 mins during my lunch break as well. Will be trying to go 2 runs per week as well.

Training today was a 30 min weights workout @ lunch time and a circuits class at BM Fitness.

Today's diet below......

DAY 19

Today I have trained like a man possessed! 6am Circuits class at BM Fitness, 300 workout on my lunch break at work and a 3 mile run tonight which i ran in 27 mins. The fastest iv ever ran that distance but my mate Ince was there to pile on the pressure so I had to try my best and keep up with him. If I loss anything at all this week I'll be happy. My plans for tomorrow are to have a weights workout on my lunch break and then I'll be at Circuits at night.

So many nice comments over the weekend with regards to how I look and how far iv come so far. When you have people in your ear saying positive things it makes not eating the rest of those wine gums so much easier. I still enjoy the 60 Gay Challenge banter though. Starting to really feel positive changes in my body. The bottom of my stomach is the most toned its ever been and for once I can actually feel solid abs. Don't get me wrong, iv got a long way to go before they are through but I know I am chipping away at that 'now small' layer of fat that is covering them. It's just as much down to diet as it is training so I know what I need to be doing. With the only one night that worried me now past, I can concentrate on shredding this fat and being in the best shape of my life.

Today's diet below.....