February 2011

Feb Weightloss Update – Hit the plateaux

28 February 2011

Curses! February has not gone quite according to plan, take a look: It was all going swimmingly well and I’d been losing about 2lb per week throughout January, until about the 7th Feb, then I hit the dreaded plateaux that so many dieters encounter, and in fact I hit the exact same thing at the [...]

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This Blog is Moving!

16 February 2011

I’m going to be migrating this blog to a new host in the next day or so, so there may be some disruption. I’ll disable comments whilst I make the move so if you can’t comment, you’re probably on the old site and the internet hasn’t caught up yet with where the new site is. [...]

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Barry Sears’ Book: Toxic Fat – Review

15 February 2011

I have just finished the latest book in Barry Sears’ Zone Diet series: Toxic Fat. I’ve read most of Dr Sears’ many books that he’s written over the last 15 years of his research and whilst all containing good advice, some have not been great. His first book Enter the Zone was a cracking book [...]

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Identity Theft: Defending Your Identity

8 February 2011

Here’s the scenario: you’re at the shops, you want to buy that car / TV / walk in fridge freeze / Body-Solid CEXM4000 Multi Gym (maybe not!) and you hand over your flexible friend to the spotty faced sales clerk. There’s a bit of a delay and he rings your bank for authorisation, when the [...]

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January Weight (fat) Loss Update

1 February 2011

It was not really much surprise that I lost 5 pounds in the first week of my new year’s diet. It’s pretty common to lose a stack of retained water initially once you stop eating high levels of carbs. So the real test is always, is that weightloss sustainable? Here’s the graph for January. It [...]

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