Daily update; Day 19

Tuesday 24th January 2012

Weight; 13st 9lb 
Loss this week 2lb (plus another 1lb just after my last post)

Total loss; 11 lbs
BMI has reduced from 38.1 to 36.1

I haven't posted for over a week as my weightloss has slowed right down (it's now approx 2lbs per week) and I didn't have much to report.  I'm sticking to the diet fine, I've not had any setbacks really.  But this week I've decided to move to a 4 day PP (mon-thurs) and the PV fri to sun.   This will help with meal planning as I am work Mon-Thurs and my partner works in the evenings, but we eat together on Fri-Sun.  So I'm happy with this.

I'm also adding in more exercise including the Tabata method* which I am going to do for 4 times a week (I'm doing jumping stars but you can do any form of aerobic exercise I think).
This should help the fat to melt away :) and I am also going to start doing some workouts which will help to tone me up.  The wii fit is ok, but it's a bit boring after a while, so I'm looking forward to the change.

Hopefully I should start to see the benefits of this intensive exercise soon.  I'll report back here.

It's now rapidly approaching the 1st February which was my first mini goal (to lose 1 stone by the 1st Feb).  Can I do it?   I still have 3 lbs to go....

Tabata Method

A popular regimen based on a 1996 study^[2] uses 20 seconds of ultra-intense exercise (at an intensity of about 170% of VO₂max) followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated continuously for 4 minutes (8 cycles). Tabata called this the IE1 protocol.^[3] In the original study, athletes using this method trained 4 times per week, plus another day of steady-state training, and obtained gains similar to a group of athletes who did steady state (70% VO₂max) training 5 times per week. The steady state group had a higher VO₂max at the end (from 52 to 57 ml/kg/min), but the Tabata group had started lower and gained more overall (from 48 to 55 ml/kg/min). Also, only the Tabata group had gained anaerobic capacity benefits.