New Counter 29 December 2011

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

still going strong - pleased I stuck to just one Guinness

So far this year I have managed only 7 treadmill sessions but have done plenty of exercise in addition, whether pre-season cricket training or walking round a rugby pitch, with my son for the former and watching him the latter. Each have been good workouts- all above my pre-July 2014 lifetime best of 7.2kmph for a 50 minute session. Today was my best so far this year with 7.05k covered in 50mins (8.5kmph) and am hoping to break my best ever post keto session of 7.35k before month end.

Incentive enough to kep off the carbs - last night while a friend downed several pints of Guinness I stuck to just one and a couple of whiskies. This morning's session ample reward.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

A good start to 2015 - more discipline needed.......


10am New Years Day. Work begins in earnest. 24 hour water fast from now begins. ‎Weight too high (83.8kg) and well out of ketosis. 6:30pm and only a few spoons of Greek yoghurt, plenty of water and a few cups of tea. Keeping active with some sorting out to take mind of food. 

Will test keytones again tomorrow and may persist with the fast.
 0.2 per Mmol at 10am this morning. Followed by 10k bike ride during which thighs moaned low level for first km but after fine all the way even when I increased speed marginally for a couple of short bursts. Already feeling the benefit of mild ketosis. 

Day two with only modest eating yesterday of a small amount of cheese and natural yoghurt and down to 81.6 kg at 0.8 mmol on ketone tester. Great start to 2015. Mild headache this morning. 

6th Jan and 1st treadmill session of a New Year, 1st for several weeks but thanks to the wonders of ketosis easily (that may be stretching it but..) managed over 7.4kmph average for my 50 minute session. Distracted talking to a friend in the gym at vital moment so did not get the readout to provide exact number. Really very pleased with the session though and have decided to try and keep every session this year above an average speed of 7kmph. Will require consistency and a good level of ketosis but I think it's possible. 

To provide context up until September 2014 I had never done a 50 minute session at that average speed so 1st up after a break from the gym is a real positive. 

Weigh in and ketone test tomorrow morning.