It’s Monday 1st February and my day started with a live broadcast on BBC Surrey Breakfast. It was time to sign-off Fatloss 2010…Nick Wallis’ quest to lose a few pounds of weight during January. After weighing Nick and measuring his body composition (% of fat) on 4th January, his mission was to lose approximately 8 pounds during the first month of 2010.
Using my body composition scales, Nick had managed to lose 1.5 pounds of weight and increase his bodyfat percentage by 1.5%! Ooops. At least the weight loss was heading in the right direction (he even took his jeans off to ensure that we measured to the nearest ounce!!!) Without going through a full and thorough analysis of Nicks’ actions during January, my guess as to why his bodyfat % had increased and why he hadn’t lost as much weight as he would have liked would be the following:
- If you stick to the same exercise routine without any changes or progressions, your body adapts and sits in the comfort zone. If you do the same thing over and over again, you can only expect the same results! If you exercise regularly (at least 3 x weekly as a required minimum) your body needs exercise progression every 4 – 6 weeks.
- Your daily food intake plays a huge role in any weight loss programme. Balancing each meal between complex carbohydrates, protein and good fats is vital and provides your body with essential nutrients. If we skip any of these food groups, there will be costs associated and weight loss becomes very difficult.
- Strength training is very important for building lean muscle tissue (along with the right balance of nutrients). Muscle tissue is more metabolically active than fat and burns more energy on a daily basis, leading to less fat being stored.
I congratulate Nick for his public effort!! It was fun to read his blog and track his progress each week. Remember that if you want something bad enough, it will happen!
To listen to the broadcast, click here (Fatloss 2010 starts at 2 hours and 21 minutes)
