I’ve been a large man since I was in my mid-20s, and for all except a year in 2005/6 when I lost lots of weight, I have been pretty large indeed.
There are times when you just get on with being porky, and there are other times when the size really matters. Holidays is the worst.
Going on holiday when you’re fat brings with it all manner of problems from the High and Mighty clobber to the fear of the seatbelt on the plane.
I have five weeks till this year’s holiday, and I wonder how much I can cut between now and then.
A pound? A stone? Two? More?
Over the years we have been on many breaks where there has been quite a crew of us – family, friends, random hangers on.
There was one holiday where, between my fellow fat pal Ali and me, we must have bust five of those white plastic garden chairs simply by sitting in them.
Some went with a pistol crack, others gently melted beneath us.
I don’t want to be the laughing stock or the source of pity or scorn this summer.
Most of all I do not want to be sitting by the pool, impotent and sweaty, while others splash around having fun.
Five weeks is not a lot of time, and I should have started before now, but it gives me enough time to have a crack at it.
I am joining a gym tomorrow again, and I am speaking to Shaun to see if we can get some kind of timetable together.
I’d like to swallow any shame and pride and also get back to the boxing.
Likewise, even though the house is a tip because we are having some work done, I will get the rowing machine back up.
I am so big just now that I can only really hope to get down to ‘Very Big Man’ size rather than a anything else, but even that will be a great achievement in the time I have.
Hi Iain – i tweeted you but thought i’d add thoughts here.
1. I recently got a rowing machine (6 wks) – what i do if find some good streaming videos, and get on the rowing machine for 20 to 60 mins every single day. Go at it 100% .. gets easier to maintain after 2 weeks of trying. You will notice results very quickly if you work hard on it.
2. I know for a fact that this works http://www.juicemaster.com/7lbs-in-7-days-super-juice-diet.html – you could do one week on, one week off – 3 times before you go (more if you can maintain it). This is actually easier to do that #1 above!
Good luck!
I feel your pain brother. I’ve been there many many times in the past and as recently as a month ago.
What I’d say is this. Don’t put a number value on weight loss before a holiday. It only gives you a number to fail against and you’ll enter your holiday on a downer. Instead, have a target like “feel better/weigh less than now” or even “at least not heavier than now” and be happy with that. Wishy washy I know but now is not the time for big targets. Use the hols as a time to replenish your energy and enter post-holiday period with verve to hit targets.
But really don’t enter your holiday hitting yourself with a big stick. No one benefits.
Good luck fella.
Repeating myself … please read marksdailyapple.com , sign up for the daily updates. Read the ‘getting started’ pages.
TL,DR version – stop eating anything with grain in it. Eat more meat, and more vegetables. Don’t try to do more exercise, unless it’s something you enjoy. The way you lose weight is by changing what you eat – exercise is for building muscles, and you have enough of those to be going on with.
This is what you need alternatively you could hire the man himself just like David Cameron does.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Matt-Roberts-Will-Make-Fast/dp/1844009645/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339526128&sr=8-1