Weigh-in: 115.5 kg

Weight loss to date: 42.5 kg

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Hi All,

Hope this finds you all well. I like others (especially our overseas guests stopping at the hotel) are very happy to see the sun.

I must admit that I am glad that Anton has moved and has opened his personal training studio, I can’t imagine how I would be in the wet and the cold training in the early morning.

My weight loss journey continues, each week it is getting a little harder to move the kilos. I am now at 115.5 KGs.  My original goal was 110 KGs and I will reassess this when I achieve this. I am in no way disheartened by the slow down, I knew the weight loss would slow down, and I know the reasons – in addition to adding muscle, when I had first started working out, I would burn anything from 600 to 800 calories. I now burn about 500 to 600 calories (except for the last 2 training sessions where I did averaged a  1000 each time – I think Anton wanted to prove to me that I could do it. Mind you I nearly crawled home J). Anton has been very technical in explaining the change, however in a nut shell, as you get fitter you have to work harder to burn the same amount of calories, however your overall metabolism is boosted so it should help. (Anton explains this a whole lot better than I do.)

Also as pointed out to me, you also have to look at the percentage of weight loss to your body weight. 2 kilos at 158 kilos is a 2 % loss while 1 kilo at 115 kilos is almost 2 % loss as well. So I am on track when you keep in mind the percentage of weight loss.

With the slow down, Anton has introduced new torture – I mean exercises J. I can honestly say that it is refreshing to try out and learn new exercises (trust me I don’t say this when I am doing them). I know that I have to be pushed, and this is what having a personal trainer does. The session before the last I had was a prime example – I had to be pushed and encouraged or I would have given up. However, having a personal trainer (in my case Anton) encouraging me and yes hounding me not to give up, repeating over and over that I can do it, allowed me to achieve my highest ever calorie burn of 1125 in a session. It was a great sense of personal achievement.

Last week, when I hopped off the scales, I put on a suit I used to wear 5 months ago; all I can say is WOW, there was room in the pants for another small person and I was swimming in the coat. At times, when the scales aren’t telling you what you want to hear, take time and reflect on the achievements you have made. This is what I did and let me tell you it really helped. Just putting on that suit uplifted me and gave me the boost I needed. A 42.5 Kilo Loss since I first started in late February and early March is something.

The hotel is abuzz with the upcoming “Dragons Abreast Charity Cabaret” – to date we have over $5000.00 in prizes for the night. It promises to be a great night with prizes from Ray Ban sunglasses and cases of wine to a session in a music studio where you can record your own record (oops I mean CD 0 showing my age ). So if you haven’t booked, do it now as there are limited seats left.

Well tomorrow (Saturday 7^th) is my official weigh in day and I am not sure what the figures will be, I don’t feel that there will be a big loss this week, however as I have learnt “only the scales know”.

Until next time

Cheers,

Steven

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The negative Steven this week is that  training might getting harder but the positive is you have listened and you understand the technical side of exercise and weight loss and are still very committed to change your lifestyle. Well done !!

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