When the ball flies too far...

5/10/12 Friday. Out and enjoying the sunshine today in the afternoon 9 hole ‘Chicken Run’ Hitting the ball and having fun even as the greens are recovering from the coring on Monday there was a reasonable result given the social and experimental influences on the game play. Also playing off a 9 handicap in this comp. and not my official 13 hcp. with two wipes managed a credible 12 points. A couple of lost balls and a struggle with distance affected the scoring. The ball was travelling much further that expected off the tee and with the short irons. It was the shorter irons flying over the green or through them that had a lot of effect on scoring. Warm weather does enhance the travelled distance of the ball. Off the tee that is not so much a problem, having wedges and other irons getting 20 metres further than expected when going for the green is a problem that needs to be adjusted to quickly. Will be fun out on Sunday in th e18 hole comp. playing back into form in preparation for the home club open on the 11th of November. I lost 7Kg taking these African Mango + Advanced Colon Cleanser capsules 6/10/12 Saturday. A week of no weight loss and through no fault of the supplements. All was travelling along well enough diet wise until after Monday night, which included a night out to a restaurant dinner with wine and sweets included in the eating list. Unexpected social functions on Wednesday and Thursday night though had copious amounts of food and alcohol well in excess of what should be consumed be devoured in the party mode. Whilst this is a minor set back there is not the slightest concern. Being happy and celebrating birthdays and the company of family and friends far outweigh the goal of losing weight. The discipline has not been lessened and the diet supplements will still deliver the result in 3 weeks time. Thankyou for your time and attention. “Hit ‘em straight all” Geoff

Pre-Summer conditioning...

29/9/12 Saturday. Ready to go again, the recovery from the recent injury is stable. Doing something different this time if any other readers wish to drop between 3 to 8 kgs in the next month I have got extra diet supplements available.The weigh in total for me this morning is 103.5 kg. Diet Supplements available here make an offer... http://www.quicksales.com.au/buy/auction.aspx?itemid=15243678

Not to bad considering I have been very lethargic of late recovering from the injury definitely puts a stop to physical exercise. This is not a bad thing. Proves that using these diet supplements does work and once the weight is dropped it does not come back. My initial choice to try this to assist in weight loss was motivated in that I cannot maintain regular physical exercise because of permanent injuries. To have added a kilogram in the past month from being incapacitated was not part of my plan. It gave the impetus to take the supplements again and go for the target of lower than 100kg. If I reach 109kg that would be a ten kilogram plus weight loss since starting to take the supplements. Which is impressive considering it was a sensible and moderate not a rigorous diet and exercise program that got the weight off. Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff

Two days of Weight loss program to go...

29/8/12 Wednesday. Into the last week of the 2 month weight loss effort taking the diet supplement and I am recovering from a debilitating bout of back pain that often coincides with weight gain. As usual there has been no exercise in this period which began on Friday, literally bed ridden on Saturday and Sunday. Up and out of bed moving gingerly by Monday afternoon, taking care not to jar of strain the injured area.

Rest is always a good healing agent and by Tuesday the injury had receded into a relatively minor disability. Managed to book a Bowen Therapy treatment on the same day and that was to speed up the healing and correct the cause of the injury flare up. Would have forgone this for a few days in normal circumstances yet with the first matchplay round of the club golf championships on Sunday it is vital to improve as soon as possible.

The crunch of all is has my weight blown out in this injury recovery period? In this case no, in fact the opposite; down to 101.2kgfrom Saturday’s 102.3kg

Visually my body has obviously lost a few of the rolls and bulges from the initial 109kg when I began the weight loss attempt taking the diet supplements. 

With only two days of supplement capsules left I am very happy with the result since beginning in July. To have lost, at worst 7kg in eight weeks, up to 8kg possible in the last few days is a definite success.

Without doubt my sceptical opinion has been changed to one that says this works. During this weight loss period there have been times when there has been gains between some weekly weigh ins. The point is that this is not an instant quick fix and what you eat and moderate exercise has to be considered. The fact is that the loss of 7 kilograms in eight weeks is the minimum result I have achieved. You must follow some simple rules and not eat fast foods, biscuits, cakes, cream pastries, chocolate bars and other confectionery from the sweets and lollies section in shops.

I will do a final weigh in on Saturday morning. Then continue this written record for a couple of weeks to see if the weight comes back now that the supplements are not part of my dietary routine.

Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff

Injury and bad weather slows progress...

25/8/12 Saturday. Into the eighth week of taking the diet supplement and have decided to continue for another month (4 week) program. The reason is very modest and simple. To get below 100kg to 99kg and have lost a total of 10 kilograms by taking the supplements.

This past week was a minor weight gain of .20 kg and a total 102.3kg on the scales this morning.

Since Tuesday of the past week I have not got outside for a daily walk of 3 kilometres because of bad weather and visitors. As well this involved two particularly large meals Roast Chicken and vegetables and sharing two bottles of wine Wednesday and two pints of Guinness with a meal of Fettuccine in a creme sauce on Thursday.

To compound the lack of exercise I have been crippled with a very bad flare up of my back injury since Friday morning. Started to play nine holes of golf Friday afternoon and had to stop after playing two. This morning am only slightly better having been up since 5am delivering newspapers under duress. I am quite certain that playing golf and getting exercise this weekend is not going to happen.

Having got below 102 kg after golfing last weekend reaching the first goal of 100kg is also behind schedule now with the disabling of my exercise activities. It is only the competitive motivation and the enjoyment of having already lost a considerable amount of weight seven kilograms, already that has me chasing the targets set.

I feel much more healthy and satisfied with the successful experience with the diet supplements so far. Whilst I have not followed a strict dieting menu there has been no eating of rubbish snacks. Fresh Apples, vegetables cheese, meats, coffee and moderate alcohol, bread consumption were the mainstay of the diet. No chips, chocolates, soft drinks, sugar, gravy in addition to the consumption of nutritional meals.

Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff

One week of diet supplement to go...

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 22/8/12 Another week of being restricted in getting outside due to the weather. One of the important aspects of the weight loss effectiveness from taking the diet supplements has been exercise. Nothing extraordinary or excessive as far as exercise routines go based around playing golf it has been a matter of walking 6km (playing 18 holes) twice a week and 3km (playing 9 holes) 2-3 times a week. Even if you are not a golfer making the effort to walk 18 to 21 kilometres a week in addition to your usual activities is not a lot.

Yet it makes all the difference when it comes to losing weight. During each week the practise is not to get on the scales and check your weight. This is not an effective action as your weight does fluctuate day to day the only total that matters is the weekly result which gives the loss or gained tally.

This week though after having already taken seven kilograms of weight off my body I have been breaking this rule for a purpose. Being unable to exercise due to the weather and with the very loose diet when it comes to what I eat I was interested to see what the effect would be. Starting on Sunday I have weighed myself each morning on rising and have fluctuated between 101.6kg and 102.1kg in that time.

Having lost so much excess body fat in the past two months obviously there is less to lose in the future. Having not followed a strict dietary regime and instead putting the diet supplement claims to the test has worked in favour of the supplement. Sitting about doing no exercise though would not have been as effective in the weight loss result. The success has all came from moderation and that covers the gamut of eating and exercising while taking the diet supplements.

With a nine days to go, the end of the second month of taking the diet supplements has arrived. It will be grand to hit the 100kg mark but even 101kg would be more than acceptable. Yes the diet supplements are a definite success in assisting with weight loss. As long as the person taking them is not lazy and make the effort to improve them self and not just expect weight loss to happen magically.

Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff

Nine days of weight loss to go...

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22/8/12 Another week of being restricted in getting outside due to the weather. One of the important aspects of the weight loss effectiveness from taking the diet supplements has been exercise. Nothing extraordinary or excessive as far as exercise routines go based around playing golf it has been a matter of walking 6km (playing 18 holes) twice a week and 3km (playing 9 holes) 2-3 times a week. Even if you are not a golfer making the effort to walk 18 to 21 kilometres a week in addition to your usual activities is not a lot.

Yet it makes all the difference when it comes to losing weight. During each week the practise is not to get on the scales and check your weight. This is not an effective action as your weight does fluctuate day to day the only total that matters is the weekly result which gives the loss or gained tally.

This week though after having already taken seven kilograms of weight off my body I have been breaking this rule for a purpose. Being unable to exercise due to the weather and with the very loose diet when it comes to what I eat I was interested to see what the effect would be. Starting on Sunday I have weighed myself each morning on rising and have fluctuated between 101.6kg and 102.1kg in that time.

Having lost so much excess body fat in the past two months obviously there is less to lose in the future. Having not followed a strict dietary regime and instead putting the diet supplement claims to the test has worked in favour of the supplement. Sitting about doing no exercise though would not have been as effective in the weight loss result. The success has all came from moderation and that covers the gamut of eating and exercising while taking the diet supplements.

With a nine days to go, the end of the second month of taking the diet supplements has arrived. It will be grand to hit the 100kg mark but even 101kg would be more than acceptable. Yes the diet supplements are a definite success in assisting with weight loss. As long as the person taking them is not lazy and make the effort to improve them self and not just expect weight loss to happen magically.

Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff

Weight keeps getting lower...

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18/8/12 Saturday. Very satisfied with the weigh off this morning.Following last weeks gain of .7 kilograms, today the total is 102.1 kg a loss of 1.10 kg.

The thought did cross my mind that possibly the diet supplements had ran their course of effectiveness and were beginning to falter as a reliable weight and health program. Instead the supplements have passed with the best possible result and that is a lower weight figure on the scales for me.

Again there was no specific dietary regime followed in the weeks eating. Coffee, toast and cheese for breakfast. Ham and salad sandwiches for lunch and grilled lamb chops with salad and vegetables with baked potato for dinner. On Friday and Thursday I had baked chicken Pie with salad for dinner. These were straight from the Bakery. What is a major plus is eating apples and carrot sticks or celery when getting the hankering for a snack while working. No crap foods like corn/potato chips, biscuits or cake etc.

With the particularly bad weather during the week I did less exercise with no 3-4km walks around the golf course on Thursday and Friday as I would usually do. With this and not following a particular diet program it would be possible to gain weight. Instead once again there has been a significant loss of more than a kilogram.

With approximately 2 weeks to go until the end of the second month of taking the supplements, it is still possible to reach my goal of 100kg. The benefits of carrying less weight 7kg at the minute is apparent in the lessening of other physical ailments. I had a Bowen Therapy yesterday and the usual groin and hamstring treatments were barely noticeable. They were almost perfect in their ability to operate without discomfort and pain.

Will head to Kingston and play 18 holes of golf today and also on the home track Sunday in the competition, first qualifying round for club championships.

Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff

Performance improves with losing weight..

Diet Supplements available here make an offer... http://www.quicksales.com.au/buy/auction.aspx?itemid=15243678 A fortnight ago on the first of July,  I began a weight loss program to improve my overall health, well-being and fitness. Eating a proper balanced diet is important to not gaining weight and combined with a regular effort to exercise a steady weight can be maintained. Unfortunately there are times when my various injuries are debilitating enough that I lapse into a  poor diet with far too many carbohydrates and also include between meal eating of 'junk' foods ie corn chips, biscuits etc. This compounds into more weight and less ability to maintain the occurrence of injury flare ups.

The last bout of this had seen my weight become far to much at 109 kilograms and it was time for a dedicated weight loss effort to be done. This time after the success with the Champix tablets which stopped my cigarette smoking habit two years ago after several failed quitting attempts at cold turkey, I looked at taking a diet supplement to assist with weight loss. Discussions with my doctor and having seen friends losing weight with prescribed medications put me off that option considering the side effects and my condition was not drastic enough to do that course of action.

I browsed the net and found several that were appealing and eventually took up one that had a very appealing trial offer. Following is the record of the first two weeks of the dieting while taking the supplement at the same time. Perhaps fortunately for reader sake I did not take a picture of myself at the beginning. I have since started recording a personal image at the beginning of each new dieting week. During the first four weeks of seeing if these supplements do assist in weight loss as I am a sceptic in the effectiveness of  "diet pills'.

• Jul 02 2012 14:12
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Of late it has been a bit of a struggle to keep the kilos in check. Not unusual for me to have to work at it and that just takes a little discipline. Unfortunately the body has been a little restricted due to my current obsessive golfing actions and the mid week exercise has been further hampered by crap weather. Hence a couple of extra kilos has been added, which of course increases the load on the various broken bits of my frame and restricts exercise efforts more. What is a definite Catch 22 in this case.

Anyways in my browsing online checking up on my usual diet info came across a newspaper article on a Dietary supplement capsule program. Not being a pill taker in general for many years. These days I am a little more open to the benefits that can be provided with the right stuff. Yet still very sceptical of anything be it a medical prescription or not.

Being so damn inquisitive and having an attitude still of trying stuff just to see what happens as I have on the golf journey there comes a time when theoretical analysis has to be acted on to get a definite answer to shut up the voices in my head.
So this time after a week of research and being very critical about the idea I am giving it a go. Will not be mentioning any names of products etc but at this stage after three days some effects are noticeable.

1) Definite appetite suppression

2) some increased vitality/energy

3) have not began to grow new physical appendages or howl at the moon

This product does not include caffeine and also today I received the second 30 day dietary supplement that goes with the first. I started out at 109kg so it will be the proof in the results at the end of July if this works or is a con for the lazy who go from fad to fad looking for a quick fix.

• Jul 02 2012 14:57
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I do not believe in the placebo effect in the influence of this product on my body if any. I am very much tuned in to my body and what is going on but this is an experiment to answer a question on a product. It cannot “make fat disapear” that is crap and not possible there must be physical actions to do that, either less intake and more exercise.
I know exactly what I am taking in calorie wise so this is not going to be a result based on how I feel. I do not subscribe to any of the ‘fat people’ excuses that are bandied around. I do believe in the affect of chemicals on the body to inhibit appetite and stimulate a person to be active. The cost is so negligible to trial it for 30 days that it is worth a test. No interest what so ever in the full program on offer at all that is irrelevant to the reason to be having a go at the product.

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• Jul 03 2012 08:18
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 The answer to losing weight is to reduce carbohydrate intake, in particular sugars and grains. Pretty much the diet program I have followed since recovering from a serious motor vehicle accident in 1982. The carbohydrate free/reduction one of no milk, butter, cheese, bread, cooking fats etc. Unless you prepare your own meals it is difficult to significantly reduce this intake unless the cook either goes on the diet as well or is willing to prepare two meals.

LoL had a later than said delivery for mine 15-18 days the US supplier had no real idea of where “Austria” and is that a third world country? was lmao. The US postal service can be very slow from the inland states also.

I am very skeptical of the dieting products promoted in media ad-nauseum. I have had friends use prescribed diet medications and seen the weight loss effects and discussed the product with my GP.

To show my attitude is this example, I took Champix a couple of years ago to quit smoking, that worked and the doctor had some requirements that I had to follow 100% while using the medication. I am sure that it is possible to produce a medication that would have the same effect to stop people eating as Champix stops people from smoking. How dangerous would a medication that removes the desire to eat be? Hence the ones that are available for dieting have noticeable side effects and are only prescribed on a very limited basis by my GP.

What I have been doing to control my diet and weight effectively is to include the Fat Burning soup dieting program at times in the past three years to knock off the 2-3 kg that can be added when I am recovering from a bad bout of injury flare ups. Once I lose the weight I find it easy to keep it off. Unfortunately playing golf to the extent I am to improve has significantly increased my injury flareups.

I am not significantly altering my diet in this month, I am moderating it and will be still drinking beer, milk with coffee and eating breads, rice and other carbohydrate foods.

The product site has a description of it and of course endorsements from users. I also read a review from an unbiased site on various dieting products. This one was queried in that there was not a definite medical experiment on the effectiveness, just claims that medical experts do acknowledge it has an effect.
It is no loss to me if it does not work.

I expect this week to lose up to 1kg with the dieting I am doing, any extra than that I will subscribe to this diet supplement.

The following may be disturbing to some viewers. The hair was already there before starting this experiment and not a side effect of the capsules hahah. These pics were taken today, (Wednesday 4/7/12 morning) and I did do a weigh in which is not usual when dieting until the end of the week. I will keep that figure off here until the end of the week when the tally that matters is listed.

• Jul 06 2012 07:29
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Today, before the first weeks weigh off, on Saturday morning, to see the results and time for an update on some observations. Two particular bodily reactions have been noticed in the week. This one I directly attribute to the second supplement. As I started taking this one a couple of days in the laxative effect of it was obvious in its description to me at least.

Over all this has not been a problem my bowel movements are regular. Apart from the first couple of days when I kept taking the supplement at noon it has been no inconvenience. Now taking it with the other supplement in the morning the timing and the ablutions are back to the usual time.

The second observation I cannot be certain of it being related to the supplements. One of the outcomes from the MVA thirty years ago was damage to my kidney area. This definitely affects my bladder and there are times when urinating ten-fifteen times in a day and night occur. This is usually in conjunction with having strained the injured back area and a Bowen Therapy treatment soon returns some more moderate waterworks activity. On Saturday and Sunday the flow was running very often day and night, Monday was back to a more usual level, then Tuesday off and running again, Wednesday the flow abated and Thursday the flood was back.

Again I am not certain of this but am choosing to make a correlation to both actions as losing fluid is a definite way for weight to drop off. The body is a very wet package inside the skin and excessive fluid loss is not a good thing. It was not a deliberate reaction on my part to maintain a regular fluid intake (water) as I do this anyway.

I am a aware of the debate that people get into on various fitness/training benefits and programs. Personally I think it is a brilliant reaction to something which seems to be thrown at the public regularly. What is good for you, what should be done etc… The intake of water is another furphy which is pumped out, it sells a lot of bottled water. The need to drink X amount of litres per day is not as vital as some would have us believe. I drink water regularly by the glass each day, the only time I carry a water bottle is when golfing.

With the previous observations noted I also will comment that there has been a definite lessening of physical discomfort in the injured back area. That I am attributing to the lessened strain due to weight loss.

• Jul 07 2012 08:59
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Saturday AM did the weigh off and the result is quite promising tipping the scales at 106kg down from the 109kg this time last week. One addition to the final total comments mid week when I took the pics of the torso and chest I hopped on the scales and the reading was 105kg.
That did concern me a little losing 4 kg in 5 days is acceptable when doing a rapid diet program like the 7 day Fat Burning soup that a hospital will prepare for obese people in prep for surgery. Hence with that knowledge I increased my intake of carbs on wed, Thurs and Friday.
I am short for time this morning and will detail the week long diet that has been eaten in conjunction with the supplement capsules.My expected goal of weight loss was 1 to 1.5kg from the dieting. In which case I will attribute a further 1.5kg weight loss to the diet supplements in week one.

• Jul 09 2012 11:57
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A couple of days into week 2 of the Diet Supplement experiment for July. Starting this week at 106kg after losing 3 kg from the 109kg
The food eaten during week one was not what I would call a strict diet regime at all;
Day 1 Saturday coffee, 1 hot dog and bread at golf, 2xBeers Restaurant meal Mixed Oysters, Kilpatrick, Natural Wasabi and Lime then a Soft Shelled Chili crab main course + 6 glasses of white wine
Sunday coffee, Golf again 2 x Hot dogs 2xBeers Dinner Spaghetti Bolegnese, 2xRed Wine plus Ice cream, Monday coffee, Leek Potato soup and small spag Bolegnese at lunch Dinner Bacon, Tomato grilled. Tuesday to Thursday coffee apples and Meat /cheese and tomato sandwiches for lunch, Dinner Chicken Marsala and Rice, Friday Curry Noodle for dinner 2 x Beers
That I lost 3 kg was a bonus that half I believe must be attributed to the Diet Supplement capsules.
Exercise includes 2×18 hole comp rounds plus three 9 hole hits.
This week I am off and into the next challenge of weight loss. My guestimate is going to be 1 kg following a similar diet with the daily supplements in the morning. The laxative effect kicked in again on Sunday. There is a definite feeling of wellness and energy I will prescribe to the supplement capsules.
The easing of pain and discomfort has also started with less strain on my injured body regions from carrying 3 kg less weight. Still a skeptical approach to the experiment and week two will be another testing time for the “Diet Supplements” up against results.

• Jul 14 2012 09:45
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Starting week three now on Saturday 14th July. Lost another kilogram (1) in the past week and starting weight is 105kg. 
The sceptical opinion that I began with regarding the diet supplement capsules is definitely on the wane having lost a total of four kilograms during the past two weeks of taking them.
This week was a particular test for the whole weight loss program. Travelling and unable to prepare meals myself and exercise as often with the daily walks around the golf course. Hence losing any weight at all was not looking good and still another kilo has been taken. As always the personal feeling of wellness has improved with the current weight loss.
My food consumption this week is certainly not what would be deemed a recommended weight-loss diet.
Day 8 Saturday coffee, 1 hot dog and bread at golf, 2xBeers Chicken Marsala and Rice.
Sunday coffee, Golf again 2 x Hot dogs 2xBeers Dinner Steak (grilled) salad chips, Monday coffee,lunch 2 x sandwich cheese tomato ham Dinner Grilled Schnitzel, salad chips, Apple. Tuesday Restaurant Battered Garfish, salad, chips 4 glasses sparkling wine Wednesday Coffee, apples, Lunch Turkish Bread olive oil and balsamic vinegar dip and cheese, Dinner Vegetable fritters and salad Thursday coffee apples and 1 x Burger pattie and bread for lunch, Dinner beef schnitzel (grilled) coleslaw and chips, Friday Coffee 2 x grilled cheese and toast, lunch corned beef, 2 x small boiled potatoes cauliflower and apple pie with icecream 2 x Beers Dinner Baked Potato with cheese and salad. Apart from playing 7 holes of golf on Monday and Tuesday and a 27 hole round at Naracoorte  Saturday my exercising was irregular.
The only consistent was taking the two diet supplement product capsules each morning. This week I will not be travelling and weather permitting will manage to get in daily walks of 3km to 6 km at least 4 times during the seven day period.
My guestimate for the coming week is 1.5kg in weight loss with a similar diet and taking the daily diet supplement capsules.

Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff