25/Jan/2015

Health Goal: The weight shedding continues unabated. All told I am down over 4kg since the start of the year which is great. I'm not quite into flat tummy territory yet but getting closer. I don't have a goal weight as such apart from a vague "middle of the green" BMI score. In my own head I have "six pack" as the real goal :) The diet itself has been pretty easy to follow, after almost 4 weeks I have no real cravings to speak of and have not cheated. Here's an album of some meals I have been enjoying. Preparation is the key, I eat 2 meals a day, lunch and dinner. Lunch is primarily salad with some dressing, eggs, meat or fish topped off with cheese or mayonnaise. The macros I am following is less than 25g carbs, 100g protein, 150g fat (or more) each day split across the 2 meals. Honestly I have not measured those at all apart from keeping an eye on the carbs to ensure i consumed less than 25g per day. The diet works like most diets, calorie deficit, which means I should probably be counting my calorie intake more closely but meh. I don't feel hungry, my energy levels are good and the weight is coming off. So far so good.

edit: I forgot to mention that I do measure one thing every 2-3 days and thats my Ketone levels. Even though I am on very low carb amounts my ketone levels normally range in the 1-1.5 mmol level which means I am in Ketosis but not as high as some others are. There are a couple of potential reasons for this, one is that i am eating a little too much protein which i am converting to glucose or I am more efficient than the average person at converting the trace carbs i consume into glucose... Who knows. Anyway the levels appear to be fine so far.

Its funny, my health goal and project goals have a similar trend. While my health goal is going really well in terms of weight loss, I have made no real progress with my running training apart from the odd short run once a week.

Project Goal: The project goal is also going well in one direction. My work project is moving along nicely and I am well placed to benefit from it should we pull it off. On top of that a new opportunity related to it has raised its head and I am considering going after it. There is some restructuring going on and gaps are opening for a prestigious role. I have a good wind behind me right now and it might be time to strike. I'm a poor chess player but I know enough that making a move at the right time can win the game.

Family Goal (goal is so not the right word here): Going great, we had a scan this week and everything is going great. My wife is managing her illness pretty well considering, we need to manage her condition closely but things seem to be fine so far. I spent all day in the attic rooting out baby clothes, bottles, sterilizers etc in order to figure out what we have and what we need to buy. Pretty good haul, a small bag of baby clothes goes a long way, you forget how tiny they are after a few years. Other than that I am doing a lot of house work (laundry, cleaning bathrooms, throwing out old junk we don't need), my wife normally does this when I work but the work is a bit too much for her now so I leave her rest while do the scrubbing.