The Millionth Weight Loss Blog On The Internet

 I've mentioned it before but I play in the Man v Fat football programme. It's something that I put as a big part of the successes that I have enjoyed so far in terms of losing weight and will mention quite a few times again.  The premise is simple; it takes place weekly and starts with a weigh in. You're allocated a team when you sign up to the league and are asked to wear a certain coloured shirt. If you lose weight that week, it's worth half a goal headstart. Lose weight three weeks in a row and then that's a full goal head start for a hat trick. Hit the goal of losing a multiple of 5% of your body weight from joining, that's a full three goals. If all your team complete a food and activity diary then that's another goal. You then go and play a competitive game of football, usually around 15-20 minutes. Our group also choose to play an extra game on a Friday between us for fun.  You also get access to the Man v Fat online gym which gives you all sorts of ...

At the risk of sounding like I've stumbled across a moment of common sense and are trying to make it out like a great revelation, my actual greatest revelation so far from losing weight is this (from my first post which is quite excellent and you should definitely read, by the way): You are going to need to make changes to your relationship with food and exercise that will last a lifetime. It really is common sense. If you lose a stone or two then revert back to what you're doing before the start of your journey, eventually you will end up as square one. Hopefully you'll get to a point where you're happy to maintain but there's no getting away from it - it's a big step to choose to lose weight and it's hard work. That's why it's so important that you acknowledge that it's hard work and also why it's vital that you have to find a routine that you enjoy and works for you. I hate going to the gym. I hate being at the gym. I hate almost everythin...

 Well, hello there. Thank you for clicking on the links I've undoubtedly spammed into a number of social media pages or Hibs forums to try and get this out there. If you've been recommended this by a friend, then maybe consider getting better friends. I'm not sure if I'd ever take being recommended a blog about losing weight in the manner intended, in fact. I'd consider myself a fairly stereotypical multiple-time failed dieter. Intermittent fasting, cutting out carbs, gym memberships, gluten free diets, workout at home DVDs, milkshake diets (doesn't work if you substitute the diet stuff for Frijj, enjoyable as it may be). Every time I'd start off well, shed a stone and then fail in terms of willpower to see it through further and put the weight back on (and a little more for good luck). There are a few simple ground rules and considerations that you absolutely have to follow and think through if you're going to successfully lose weight. There are a whole...