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Low-carb update

OK, a little update. If you recall, I did the Xtreme Fat Loss Diet, which I started on the 5th of May. I ended it at the end of May, with a couple of days of slippage here and there. … Continue reading

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Diet, the wrap-up

So the big ‘xtreme’ diet is over, and the first thing that will be asked is: Did the damn thing work? Did all the fasting, pills, protein powders and working out help? Well, overall, I feel better, and some of … Continue reading

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Diet, day 26

Well, I’m nearing the end of the diet, I’m on the last 5-day cycle (there are five 5-day cycles to go through). Technically I should have finished yesterday, but I took a few days off here and there because of … Continue reading

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Diet, day 20 (I think)

I’ve lost track a bit of what day I’m on, but regardless the diet is still going good. The last time I weighed myself, last Friday, I’d dropped an inch and a half in my waist and lost a little … Continue reading

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Diet, day 12

Fast Day again, uggghh. Not fun. Have felt pretty weak and even light-headed, so much so that for lunch I had to have a flapjack (baked oat/sugar cake popular with backpackers and trekkers in the UK) in addition to the … Continue reading

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Diet, day 11

Was out of town over the weekend, so I’m not able to update every single day! I weighed in this morning and I was 97.3kg, not as much of a weight drop as I was hoping for but I started … Continue reading

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Diet, day 9

Moderate Carbs day today, so yay for real food! Breakfast and lunch consists of what I call a ‘ranch omelet’ which is basically a cubed potato pan-fried with green pepper and onion, mixed with 4 scrambled eggs. Plus an apple … Continue reading

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Diet, day 8

Yesterday went OK in the end, but I was flagging towards the end of the day, I think because I didn’t eat enough carbs on Cheat Day to be honest. I was tempted once or twice to grab a wine … Continue reading

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Diet, day 7

Lost 3.7 pounds in a week, but I’m taking that with a grain of salt because I’m not weighing myself on the ‘correct’ day…supposed to weigh on the mornings of cheat days, but didn’t when I started and I weighed … Continue reading

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Diet, day 6 (start of the second cycle)

Welp, it’s the start of the second ‘cycle’ of the diet, Cheat Day. Had a bowl of muesli and an orange for breakfast, a couple of teas (with full fat milk) during the day, gorged a bit on lunch at … Continue reading

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