Week 8, the end of the ‘foundation’ stage of Lighter Life for Men. At my Week 7 weigh-in this past Monday I’ve apparently lost another 5lb bringing me to a weight of 16st 8lb. My total loss in seven weeks was 2st 13lb which is one single bloody pound away from 3st. That’s irritating, but I’m happy in the knowledge that I’ve lost more than 3st now, as it’s Wednesday, and I got weight two days ago 
The past week has been much better than the week prior. My mood has lifted and I’ve found it easier. The novelty of this way of living has totally died off now however and I’m increasingly looking forward to getting on the track to a normal, healthy way of eating. My plans for the next few weeks however have changed somewhat…
… Thinking back you may remember that one of my initial hangups about this was dealing with Christmas dinner. Whether I’d be able to eat it or not. I think mentally, it would be too tough on the emotions for me not to enjoy some form of Christmas dinner with the family, it’s a strong tradition to break, and quite possibly, one too many. I’m already missing out on family meals and won’t be able to go for a meal with my girlfriend when I take her to London in a couple of weeks. That’s hard enough.
So, as my foundation period is up at the end of this weekend, I’ve made a decision. As I’ve never been fully convinced by getting down to the 12st region, I’ve always had a fairly loose overall weight loss target. I’ve decided instead, that after this week, I will continue on development (basically, as I am now) for a further six weeks. This means by early December I can start on the Route to Management plan and have some form of food on Christmas Day. Also, If I continue to lose an average of 4/5lb per week over those six weeks, then I’m still in line to get down to around 14st. This seems like a pretty average number for a guy of my ‘build’ and most male friends say this seems to be a good target too. Like I say, I’m going for another six weeks, then I’ll just be happy with whatever I get.
I’m told you will still lose some weigh in Route to Management anyway.
Phew, now I’ve rambled through that lot -
Back in real life, I treated myself to a new pair of Levi’s at the weekend, and I got in a 38″ waist pair for the first time since I was about 17! Not only that, but I’m really having to pull my belt tight, so can’t be too far off of a 36″ waist That is one AWESOME feeling. Even managed to try on a Bench top (XL, but they are stupidly small) and it fitted! Didn’t buy it though. I’m not used to spending ‘decent’ money on clothes because its so so rare I ever find anything that fits, and if it does, I never think it looks good, so I pretty much live in baggy jeans and XXL t-shirts, dirt cheap and out of shape. That is changing! I’m going on a shopping binge at the end of this, because I’ll pretty much need to replace my whole warderobe. In fact, I already do – all my workshirts are massive on me!
Thanks for all your support so far folks, I’m #34 in the WordPress Top 100 Growing Blogs at the moment which is nice to see, so thank you for contiuning to follow me on my journey
S
