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Mark’s Motivational Monday #17
Read more: Mark’s Motivational Monday #17Rebuild yourself to such an extent that the people you used to know can’t recognize you at all.
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Six Months of Gym Life
Read more: Six Months of Gym Life6th September 2023 was the day that I walked into a gym for the first time in my life – JD Gyms, Thornton-Cleveleys. Exactly six months on and life is very different. 181 Days have gone by since I signed up at JD last September and out of those 181 days I have been in the gym for 151 of them. Gym is now part of my normal life. I aim to get into the gym, whether that be JD in Thornton-Cleveleys or Ribby Hall Health Club nr Kirkham, seven days a week, sometimes twice a day. Not every session…
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Week 33 – Update
Read more: Week 33 – UpdateDay 231 End of Week Thirty Three – 8 March1.1kg (2.4lb) weight loss Total weight loss, to date38.7kg (85.3lb / 6st 1.3lb) Current weight – 71.2kg (11st 3lb) Target weight – 69.9kg (11st)1.3kg (2.9lb) to reach target That’s a reduction of 35.2% of my starting body weight.Muscle Mass and Fat Mass stable at 84.7% and 10.8% respectively.Lean Mass stable at 89.1%. FRIDAY – 1 March No JD Burn or Abs classes at JD today as Matty the PT was feeling unwell, but I did put in a 5K row at Ribby Hall Health Club followed by the usual R&R in…
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Mark’s Motivational Monday #18
Read more: Mark’s Motivational Monday #18Once you control your mind, you can conquer your body
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Mark’s Motivational Monday #19
Read more: Mark’s Motivational Monday #19If you believe in yourself, anything it possible
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Week 34/35 – Update
Read more: Week 34/35 – UpdateWhy the break in weekly updates? Well, I am just about to go on holiday for a week. In fact, I am typing this from a hotel room at Manchester Airport ahead of flying out to Antalya, Turkey early in the morning. I won’t have my Withings Body Scan scales with me, so I decided to do a mid-week pre holiday update followed by a post holiday update at the end of Week 36 on Friday 29 March. Day 243 Middle of Week Thirty Five – 20 March0.9kg (2.0lb) weight loss Total weight loss, to date39.6kg (87.3lb / 6st 3.3lb)…
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Mark’s Motivational Monday #20
Read more: Mark’s Motivational Monday #20To change your life, you need to change your priorities
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Weight Loss Goal
Read more: Weight Loss GoalDay 252 29 March 2024 Back on Friday 21st July 2023 I started my “fitness reboot” with a starting weight of 109.9kg (17st 4.3lb). A few weeks later I set some goals to try and reach. One of them was to drop to 100kg by the end of September 2023, and another was to reach 70kg by the end of April 2024. I reached 100kg by early September but Coach Ken suggested reaching 70kg by April 2024 might be a bit ‘optimistic’ and I should perhaps look at pushing that back to later in 2024. But the weight kept dropping…
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Week 35/36 – Update
Read more: Week 35/36 – UpdateDay 252 End of Week Thirty Six – 29 March0.3kg (0.7lb) weight loss Total weight loss, to date39.9kg (88.0lb / 6st 4lb) Current weight – 70.0kg (11st 0.1lb) Target weight – 69.9kg (11st)0.1kg (0.1lb) to reach target That’s a reduction of 36.3% of my starting body weight.Muscle Mass increased to 86.4% and fat mass reduced to 9.0%.Lean Mass increased to 91.0%. I think we can safely say that I’ve now reached my target weight. I remember setting out my list of goals with Coach Ken in August last year, around Week 3. A couple of them were: Well, I smashed…
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Mark’s Motivational Monday #21
Read more: Mark’s Motivational Monday #21Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.

