Project Ripped

For the first time in a while it was quite tough to wake up at 6:30am this morning. I went on the cross trainer and immediately I could tell that my body felt more drained than normal. I am not sure if this is the result of days of exercise with no rest or just [...]

It is Sunday morning which means measurement day. I really wanted to see at least a little progress in the first week, and a little progress is what I got. First thing before eating or drinking I measured my weight. I measured in at 13 stone and 8 1/2 pounds. That is a weekly weight [...]

As I come to the end of my first week on project ripped I find myself having coped well with most of the aspects that I wanted to focus on – eating plan, photographing, blogging and exercise, but find myself having not managed so well on sleep. Due to family activity I didn’t get to [...]

It is Friday and it was a bit tougher to get up this morning. I felt really tired last night and was in bed by 10:30pm so should have managed my full quota of sleep. I looked at some raw food websites last night as I really like the concept of eating raw. With health [...]

I woke naturally about 5:30am. I didn’t feel tired and tried to get back to sleep with no success. So I got up at about 6:00am and caught up on a bit of paperwork. I find it strange that I felt so awake, there was no tiredness and no groggy forcing myself to get up. My body [...]

Although I failed to get to bed until 11pm last night I was surprised to wake up before my alarm clock at 6:30am. After 20 minutes of waking and gentle stretches I spent 15 minutes on the cross trainer at level 1 on the interval programme. Being on a training course and socially obliged to [...]

It wasn’t so easy to wake up this morning. I hadn’t fallen asleep until just after 11pm last night so I needed an extra 10 minutes of ‘snooze’ after the 6:30am alarm clock. The first thing I noticed when pulling my knees in to my chest for a quick stretch was a stiffness in my [...]

A relatively uneventful day today. Rose at 6:30 am and had completed 15 minutes on the cross trainer on the interval programme at level 1. A long day at work had me feeling fatigued by the time I got home. I bought 10 apples for the juicer to tide us over until our grocery delivery [...]

The day has arrived. There is no turning back and I have now made a commitment to regain my health and lose my body fat. I started the day with a weigh-in and taking my measurements. There were a few surprises. My weight was no surprise as I have hovered around 14 stone for the [...]

Welcome to Project Ripped. Over the last week I have had enough. I have had enough of being over-weight, being tired, being swollen, being ill, being depressed and being generally unhealthy. For a few years I have had the best intentions of losing weight and becoming fit again but have never taken the right steps [...]