• Mid-Stone Milestone
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    Mid-Stone Milestone

    Day 117 and I’ve reached the 3 ½ Stone Milestone! The weight loss continues consistently as muscle mass continues to increase. I’ve Got This!

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  • Spanish Bolognese
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    Spanish Bolognese

    Here we are again with another new high protein low carb slow cooker recipe from Scott Baptie Food for Fitness. Just 324 calories, 39g protein, 6g carbs, 16g fat per serving.

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  • Week 17 – Update
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    Week 17 – Update

    Day 119 – End of Week Seventeen – 17 November. 2kg (4.4 lbs) weight loss. Total weight loss, to date: 22.9kg (50.5 lbs / 3st 8.5lbs). That’s 20.8% of my starting body weight. Muscle Mass increased to 74.0%. Fat Mass dropping to 22.1%. So, another consistent successful week.

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  • Mark’s First Gym Class
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    Mark’s First Gym Class

    It’s 06:45 and I’m leaving the house, getting in the car and driving to the gym. Now, I do visit the gym every weekday morning but not usually quite this early. Today marks another big step on my fitness journey… attending my first ever gym class.

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  • ParkRun #5
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    ParkRun #5

    Back again at Stanley Park for ParkRun Blackpool #276… my fifth ParkRun in six weeks. The weather forecast was pretty rubbish for 9am, but luckily the rain moved east an hour or two earlier so we had a soggy route through the park but no rain. Chalk Guy was able to mark the occasion in his usual style. And, once the formalities were out of the way, we were off. The same 2 laps of Stanley Park, through the muddy woodlands and around the lake. 5km, 3.1 miles, later… and a personal best, and that’s despite still having a temperamental…

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  • Mark’s Motivational Monday #2
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    Mark’s Motivational Monday #2

    Rid Your Mind of Can’t

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  • Mark’s 35kg Bench Press
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    Mark’s 35kg Bench Press

    During my first week in the gym back in September, Matty the PT wanted to test my ability level with the bench press. It wasn’t great, I could barely hold the barbell steady, let alone move it very far. So he set about working on strength and stability over the following weeks. Fast forward to the beginning of November and it was time to try the bench press once again. Things had improved, so over the next couple of weeks we incorporated bench press into my weekly upper body session. On Thursday 23 November I was ready to attempt a…

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  • Week 18 – Update
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    Week 18 – Update

    Day 126 -End of Week Eighteen – 24 November. 0.4kg (0.9 lbs) weight loss. Total weight loss, to date 23.6kg (52 lbs / 3st 10lbs). That’s 21.5% of my starting body weight. Muscle Mass increased to 75.2%. Fat Mass dropping to 20.8%.

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  • ParkRun #6
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    ParkRun #6

    Back again at Stanley Park for ParkRun Blackpool #277, this was to be my sixth ParkRun in seven weeks, and boy was it cold. -1°C when I left home and only a slightly better 2°C when I arrived at Stanley Park but at least it was dry and the sun was shining. Despite a good 45 minute session on the treadmill yesterday, and despite doing stretches when I got out of the car, my calf decided today wasn’t going to be a good day. It started niggling me as I walked to the clock tower, the ParkRun meeting point. I…

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  • Mark’s Motivational Monday #3
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    Mark’s Motivational Monday #3

    It’s Not About Being The Best. It’s About Being Better Than You Were Yesterday

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