{"id":3755,"date":"2012-03-22T13:43:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2012-04-02T08:36:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T07:36:56","slug":"fit-at-40-achievement-unlocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/03\/fit-at-40-achievement-unlocked.htm","title":{"rendered":"Fit at 40: Achievement unlocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written previously on this blog about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/02\/my-fit-at-40-challenge.htm\">my Fit at 40 challenge<\/a> and, for those who haven&#8217;t\u00a0already\u00a0seen my excited tweet from earlier today, I weighed in and found that I have hit my &#8220;realistic yet challenging&#8221; goal of getting to 14 and a half stone (92kg) by my 40th birthday (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/03\/fit-at-40-nearly-there.htm\">I&#8217;d already completed the three races at 10K distance or above which was the other part of the challenge<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>[blackbirdpie url=&#8221;http:\/\/twitter.com\/markwilsonit\/statuses\/182798646729904128&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"92kg - the orange marker is where I started\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/fitat40-92kg.jpg?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>I have to say that I&#8217;m totally stoked.\u00a0Whilst some people might say something like &#8220;yeah, whatever, so you lost some weight, it&#8217;s just willpower isn&#8217;t it?&#8221;, I can tell you there&#8217;s a lot more to it than that &#8211; it&#8217;s taken a year (so far) or hard work and dedication, together with the\u00a0occasional\u00a0bought of self-degradation after falling off the wagon. This wasn&#8217;t a diet, it was a change in lifestyle; reprogramming my brain if you like (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b01dzfgb\">this week&#8217;s BBC Horizon documentary which examined how two hormones impact our appetite and &#8220;fullness&#8221; was <em>very<\/em> interesting<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"JustGiving - Sponsor me please!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fitat40\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.justgiving.com\/App_Themes\/JustGiving\/images\/badges\/badge5.gif?resize=150%2C85\" alt=\"JustGiving - Sponsor me please!\" width=\"150\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve still got 2 weeks to go until my 40th, so there&#8217;s room for a stretch target yet (actually, I&#8217;ve set myself a goal of losing another 13kg before my 41st birthday &#8211; to bring my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/Tools\/Pages\/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx\">BMI<\/a> into the &#8220;healthy&#8221; range &#8211; how\u00a0achievable\u00a0that is I don&#8217;t know as that&#8217;s going back to around my teenage weight but it&#8217;s worth a try). Most importantly though, I&#8217;ve\u00a0achieved\u00a0what I set out to do by my 40th (a fitter, happier, healthier me) and raised a chunk of money for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prostate-cancer.org.uk\/\">The Prostate Cancer Charity<\/a> in the process. If you&#8217;d like to donate to The Prostate Cancer Charity, my JustGiving page is still up and running!<\/p>\n<p>So, here are the stats:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Start (Fat)<\/th>\n<th>Today (Fit)<\/th>\n<th>Difference<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>113kg<\/td>\n<td>92kg<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #339966;\">21kg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chest<\/td>\n<td>120.5cm<\/td>\n<td>112cm<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #339966;\">8.5cm<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Waist<\/td>\n<td>122cm<\/td>\n<td>107cm<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #339966;\">15cm<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Upper Arm<\/td>\n<td>Not recorded<\/td>\n<td>33cm<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Not recorded<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thigh<\/td>\n<td>Not recorded<\/td>\n<td>60cm<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Not recorded<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hip<\/td>\n<td>109cm<\/td>\n<td>100cm<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #339966;\">9cm<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Body Fat<\/td>\n<td>28.5%<\/td>\n<td>22.5%<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #339966;\">6.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BMI<\/td>\n<td>35.7 (Obese)<\/td>\n<td>29.0 (Overweight)<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #339966;\">6.7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Incidentally, on a recent overseas trip, I noticed that our (heavy) suitcase weighed 21kg. 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