http://www.afatboyslims.com A story of a fat bloke on a mission to get fit Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:07:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, amazingly its been quite easy after Christmas with the dieting. I'm going to start my running from today too. I'll have my final few beers on new years eve and the big push. Have a good un! http://www.afatboyslims.com/2009/12/preparing-for-the-new-year-and-a-big-push/ I'm going to start putting recipes up and gradually make them better over time. This is a really simple way to get a couple of eggs into your diet in the morning, good for building muscle etc. This omelet has the following nutritional values: Serving Size:  190g Energy: 273.5 calories Total Fat: 19.3g (Sat ... http://www.afatboyslims.com/2009/12/ultra-quick-nuked-plain-omelet/ Well here goes, I'm hoping that this will motivate me into being embarrassed enough to drop the pounds! Note the size of gut and ill fitting shirt. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="First ever Gut Cam - 27th December 2009"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="First Ever 'The Clothes Mark' image - 27th December 2009."][/caption] I ... http://www.afatboyslims.com/2009/12/this-first-gut-camthe-clothes-mark/ Well, I had many ups and downs in 2009 - this lead to me totally neglecting this blog, as well as my waistline. I feel ready now to go for it and am going to start from today, 27th December 2009, and plan to lose my belly in 2010. I have ... http://www.afatboyslims.com/2009/12/2010-its-gotta-be-done-next-year/ Well I'm back on this mission with a vengeance. I'm going to use this to track my progress and see what works for me and what doesn't. I've decided it has to be a combination of fitness and diet and a whole change of lifestyle. Here goes! http://www.afatboyslims.com/2009/03/back-on-it/ Just a quick post to say that its all going well, I've been eating again and Ive dropped a few pounds a week. Ive been eating loads of Tuna and cottage cheese! It all seems to be working well though. http://www.afatboyslims.com/2008/10/its-all-going-well/ Well this is what I went for on my first calorie counting trip to Tescos. Tuna Steaks Salmon Fillets Burgen Bread 2 bottles white wine 2 bottles Bulmers 1 whole mackerel 8 tins of tuna in spring water Loads of water Tuna with Vegetables (says this is new on the tin) Spinach, rocket, watercress Organic potatoes Organic bananas Garlic Chilli I have NO IDEA why ... http://www.afatboyslims.com/2008/09/the-real-diet-begins/ Apologies for not posting for a while. I have been deciding what to do about the Lighter Life diet. And I've decided I dont like it! To be honest, it's no fun whatsoever and I really missed the preparation of food and eating of food and having to act like ... http://www.afatboyslims.com/2008/09/lighter-life-no-thanks/ Well I've lost 6.5 pounds in my first week. I'm neither pleased nor displeased! I'm going to up my running to try and get a bit more off I think. The posts for tonight and last night have been lame. I promise to write something decent and worthwhile every day ... http://www.afatboyslims.com/2008/09/lighterlife-day-7-2nd-weigh-in/ Right I've had the right hump today. I've been hungry and gagging for a beer. I'm worried that if my weigh in tomorrow goes badly I'm going to be demotivated. I'm not going to right anything more tonight and see how it goes tomorrow. http://www.afatboyslims.com/2008/09/lighterlife-day-6-grumpy/