Intermittent Fasting for Beginners – New Year Challenge (Feb)

So it’s just into March and time for an update on how things went in February. It’s time for an update on my ‘gentle’ weight loss challenge. The challenge is taking up intermittent fasting for beginners. That’s because, if you recall, I wanted to ease into things, focusing on improving my behaviours after a Christmas

Intermittent Fasting for Beginners – New Year Challenge

Well, hasn’t January just flown by?! No? Me neither. But here we are in February nonetheless. It’s time for an update on my ‘gentle’ weight loss challenge. Really, it’s intermittent fasting for beginners. That’s because, if you recall, I wanted to ease into things, focusing on improving my behaviours after a Christmas of binge-eating and

New Year, New Challenge

Happy New Year. Now that’s out of the way (and the less said about the holiday season the better) let’s get on with things. I am actually feeling pretty determined right now. This time last year I probably felt marginally worse mentally than I do now, but the difference in 2022 is going to be

Time for a new challenge

If you’ve been following my blog from the beginning, you will know that it formed part of a multi-pronged attack on 9 months of depression and anxiety. Alongside the blog was a weight-loss challenge, powered mainly by fasting and intermittent fasting. You may also have noticed that i’ve gone extremely quiet on this front for

Week 7 physical assessment

I started my weight-loss challenge on the 1st September, needing to lose 20kg by Christmas. That was 7 weeks ago today, so it’s time for a weigh-in. I almost didn’t bother this week, and came close to just ditching the challenge altogether. It has been such a hard week, and my diet has gone to

Week 6 physical assessment

I started my weight-loss challenge on the 1st September, needing to lose 20kg by Christmas. That was 6 weeks ago today, so it’s time for a weigh-in. The last week has been pretty good diet-wise. I’ve eaten one meal every day, although sometimes the size of that meal has probably been excessive! I’ve fasted between

Week 5 physical assessment

I started my weight-loss challenge on the 1st September, needing to lose 20kg by Christmas. It’s week 5 now, so time for a weigh-in. The last week has been a very mixed bag. I’ve done some good fasts, but it’s been a stressful week and i’ve turned to comfort food on a couple of evenings.

The weight-loss plateau

I’m 5 weeks in to my weight loss challenge, and this period over the next few weeks is normally where, historically, things would start to go pear shaped. Something happens and the weight loss starts to plateau, and quite often this would lead to giving up and gaining back the weight. I’m not just saying

Day 28 – physical assessment

It’s 4 weeks since I started my weight loss challenge – to lose 20kg by Christmas. I do a weekly physical assessment, and take stock of my mental health every couple of weeks. Since my last weigh-in, i’ve started ‘Couch to 5k’. My wife has been recovering from some physical complaints and wanted to get

Day 24 – Psychological assessment

OK, so i’m a couple of days late with this, but better late than never. Having checked in with my physical status after 3 weeks of my weight loss challenge, i’m going to revisit the assessments of depression and anxiety, in an attempt to gauge whether the challenge has had any impact on my psychologically.