{"id":115,"date":"2007-12-02T21:30:22","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T21:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/02\/zone-diet-monthly-update-half-a-stone-lost-in-a-month\/"},"modified":"2007-12-23T09:26:53","modified_gmt":"2007-12-23T09:26:53","slug":"zone-diet-monthly-update-half-a-stone-lost-in-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/02\/zone-diet-monthly-update-half-a-stone-lost-in-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Zone Diet Monthly Update – Half a Stone lost in a Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

7 lbs lost this month!<\/p>\n

Last months Zone Diet weightloss update<\/a> I was at 13 st 8 (190 lbs \/ 86kg). This month I’m down to 13 st 1 (183 lbs \/ 83kg). Whereas in October I lost 2 pounds only, this month it’s 7 lbs (3kg). Interestingly though, my body fat percentage is still 18% <\/strong>according to the Zone Diet book charts.<\/p>\n

The reason is that I’ve lost another half inch off my waist<\/strong>, now down to 36.5 inches, and whilst this pushes me left another column on the chart, I also move up a row due to the extra weightloss, and this maintains the 18% body fat percentage. The upside is the next 1\/2 inch lost should drop me 2% points.<\/p>\n

So why did I lose 2 lbs in October and 7 lbs in November? What changed? What did I do different? How did I more than triple my previous months weightloss?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The answer is I did exactly what I said I’d do: cut back on the wine.<\/strong> Ok, it’s not quite been the tea total affair that I’d planned, but certainly not drinking (mostly) during the week has made a big difference.<\/p>\n

The second change was I went back to weighing and measuring. It seems that over time, portion sizes miraculously change in your head<\/strong>. For stuff you like, the sizes slowly creep up, an ounce of cheese becomes an ounce and a quarter, then an ounce and a half. So every few months, it’s a good idea to recalibrate yourself by checking the things you’ve become accustomed to measuring by eye.<\/p>\n

Clearly December is going to be a challenge what with Christmas coming, but I aim to get a head start by doing the best I can for the next 3 weeks before Christmas. If I lose another 2 lbs and drop into the 12 stone range, I’ll weigh less than I have for about 10 years!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7 lbs lost this month! Last months Zone Diet weightloss update I was at 13 st 8 (190 lbs \/ 86kg). This month I’m down to 13 st 1 (183 lbs \/ 83kg). Whereas in October I lost 2 pounds only, this month it’s 7 lbs (3kg). Interestingly though, my body fat percentage is still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"category-the-zone-diet"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}