I mean at the like button we have now.
Thatās a great achievement.
My missus did 5 stone a few years back. Looked great, but I decided I canāt have her too confident and got her pregnant instead.
Finally got the nod from my consultant to get running again.
My fitness has evaporated so getting back to it with C25K, but it felt immense to get back out again after over a year 
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Another 3lbs down in 2 daysā¦yeaaaaaah love the initial drop!
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Iām at the really frustrating part of being tantalisingly close to having a healthy BMI for the first time in my life.
Excuse the metric/imperial conversion just being rough in my head, but Iām about 2.5lbs away it. So Iād be over the moon if could also lose 3lbs in a day!
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I have no idea how accurate this stuff is, or realistically what it actually means, but it feels good to see
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Dread to think my āfitness ageā.
The military has destroyed my body over the past 12 years.
In other news I was so desperate to PR on deadlift this morning I ended up slowly adding 0.5kg weights 
I did PR in the end, but still canāt pick up my goal weight.
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I decided that 2024 was going to be the year I got in shape - and so far Iāve had mixed results.
I started strong, but had to take two weeks off from the gym because I was working ridiculous amounts of time to put a show on. However, I had my first session with my new personal trainer this week, and loved it! I also went to my first exercise class today, boxing! We were learning how to roll and dodge, but my opponent ended up not moving and I hit him in the head with the padš
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Chaps, perhaps prematurely, Iām starting to become somewhat excited for Aprilās marathon.
Looking at how the training is going, and which pace feels like my āeasyā pace, I think I could be on for a 3:30 - 4:00 hour finish time, assuming all goes well through the rest of training and on the day.
If that happens, it would give an official PB by at least 80 minutes, possibly up to 2 hours! To say I was barely running before October, it would be incredible.
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Got to stop watching Gladiators 
I must now head to the gym immediately. Somehow need to get bigger than the measurements theyāre giving for the gladiators.
You also wondering how to outsize Giant?
I mean, my 5ā10" backside is not going to get anywhere near that 6ā5" frameā¦ And the guys quads are bigger than my waist.
Yeahā¦ The dream is there, but it aināt happening 
Think heās aiming more at the Athena size level
Iād still take that. Successful powerlifter with a word record.
Cue Lou Bega: Ladies & Gentlemen, this BMI 25ā¦
4 months to the day since start Keto at a BMI of 32.2
Weight has come down from 98.6kg (15st 7lbs) on day one to 76.4kg (12st Ā½lb) today
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Finally hit my three short term lifting goals in the past 7 days.
60kg military press.
100kg bench, which Iāve managed to progress to repitions, with a one rep max of 110kg.
150kg squat
And topped it off this morning with 180kg deadlift. Absolutely over the moon with that.
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Iāve done something that I personally find highly anxiety-inducingā¦ and joined a gym! Mainly to learn how to do resistance exercises properly, but also hopefully for social reasons too.
Wish me luck!
I still definitely need my early morning solo runs though.
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Really depends on what sort of gym you have joined, unless they have classes specifically focused to people meeting I find a lot of gyms quite anonymous places. People turn up with headphones in, do their routine and go home again.
If you want to learn how to do resistance work properly then hire a well reviewed PT from the local area, some may be linked to a particular gym, others wonāt be and will use whatever gym you are in.
I have also joined a gym!
On Monday we (missus & I) went to a Spin classā¦ oh my god!
To be fair, itās only the local PureGym - although I did take out the Plus membership so I can use their gyms near my office too for when I have to travel in.
The idea is for me to attend some of the classes on a regular basis. My hope is that itāll largely be the same people on each occurance and thus thereās a reason to eventually begin chatting to one-another. Time will tell whether this approach works or not.
A PT may be on the cards after the marathon.
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