Category: April 2025

Weight at Start of the week = 107.4 kgs

Weight at the end of the week = 108 kgs

Sunday 30th March

As it was Mothers day My son drove us down to Weymouth to meet up with my parents and Brother’s family for the day as we had a table booked in a local pub for 2 pm.

Before we went into the pub and after the meal we took the dogs for a walk so by the end of the day I was on

Monday 31 st March and Tuesday 1st April

So the week hasn’t gone totally to plan as I had conjunctivitis at the weekend so I couldn’t go into the office on Monday or Tuesday and combined with having to wait in for deliveries on Tuesday meant that I got really low step counts on both days:

DAY	Date	Day	Weight (kgs)	Steps Done
92	31/03/2025	Monday	107.6	3583
93	01/04/2025	Tuesday	108.6	2389

Wednesday 2nd April

On Wednesday I was feeling better so I got up early and walked into the office as I had a lot to do in there and then walked home again before my 9 am meeting. At lunch time I went to my parents house as I planned to go to Andover for gates in the evening so its easier to get out from their house than from mine. This meant that other than a bit of hoovering I didn’t get any exercise at lunch time. After work I drove to my Friends house an he gave me a lift to Andover and I did a gates session on the jump bike to protect my wrist! The session went well and I learnt to do a pump jump on the step up on the first straight which is way faster than the manual I used to do. by the end of the day I had done 15619 Steps 🙂

Thursday 3rd April

On Thursday I got up early again and walked to the office again. At lunch time I worked on my BlackMarket Contraband 24″ bike and fitted the new to me forks that arrived on Wednesday. I also put in a new headset as the old one had fallen apart. I then went to the track at 5 and set up for gates and then rode a bit and the bike feels amazing other than the bars are too high and the front wheel kept working loose all the time! Other than that the bike is amazing and manuals like a dream 🙂 I actually got super fast smooth last straights for the first time EVER 🙂 When I got home I walked the rest of my 15000 steps on the treadmill. I finished the day on 15113 Steps.

Friday 4th April

So today was a total write off as I worked from 5 am until just before midnight without a break so I didn’t have time to do anything other than a bit of cleaning here and there and fitting my cranks and pedals on the road bike as they arrived in the afternoon:

The road bike looks mint with the new cranks so it just needs the front Derailleur, cable and new bar tape fitting and it will be ready for more hilly rides! Its fine for the flatish rides that I plan to do for now so its not an issue but will need sorting when I get some fitness back.

I finished the day with a lot ticked off at work and have a posh road bike again but only 1957 Steps for the day so my 15000 steps a day streak went out of the window pretty quickly! (2 days!)

Saturday 5th April

As I was up until after 1 am last night I slept in until 7 am and then got up, did my weigh-in and I am back to 108 kgs this morning as I caved yesterday and got a load of sweets and crisps and ate crap all day 🙁 I then got showered and dressed and headed to the track. As the main gates were closed I parked outside and walked up to the track and then grabbed the Black Market from the container and did some laps until my knee and wrist started hurting after 5 or 6 laps so I went home andtook the bike with me as I want to fit the lower bars, fill the forks up with air to make then stiffer and cut the steerer tube down when the pipe cutter and shock pump arrive later today.

I did remember to take a photo of the new stickers on the BlackMarket and they look pretty good to be fair:

I think with the lower bars, more air and the steerer cut the bike will be ready to go and I may take it for a ride again later! I may get my son to drive to a pump track on the way to my parents to practice his driving too 🙂

While I am up and waiting for things to be delivered I am going to get the 24″ bikes out of the garage and get them fully up together and up for sale. I am also going to build the Supercross up as a Upgrade package of frame, 15mm Onyx rear wheel, BB and DXR cranks and stick it online for £500 and see if anyone bites.

So I have got the lower bars on and they feel better already:

I also got the front wheel spindle sorted as the quick release thingy had spun around a bit so wasn’t locking fully and the axle was not screwed in fully! Its now rock solid so hopefully it stays that way 🙂

I have also got the DK 24″, GT 24″ and the Supercross frame, wheel cranks and bb bundle up for sale too. It looks like someone I know is interested in the DK already and I am meeting them tomorrow so he can have a play on it and test it out.

I have also sold a set of DXR 175mm cranks which I will get cash and a service for the Road bike so he can fit the front derailleur, cable and new bar tape and also dial in the gears so that’s a win win 🙂

Looks like I have 2 people wanting to buy the DK so I have bought a set of lower rise bars for the jump bike in case I need to lower them any more 🙂

I am still waiting for the time window of the suspension pump and pipe cutter to cut down the steerer tube and pump up the suspension then the jump bike is done!

So the pipe cutter and shock pump both arrived so I have now cut the steerer tube down a lot but I have left it long for now until I get the lower bars and have time to play around with the bar height over the coming weeks. Once I have settled on a height I will cut the steerer down more as the forks are staying on the bike. I also cut down the seat tube on the OS20 so that it could be slammed too.

Next week I am going to start doing body weight exercises Monday, Wednesday and Friday Lunchtimes to try and sort out my wrist, shoulder and knees as they are not getting better on their own! I am also going to start backwards walking Mon – Friday as it helps my knees a lot! I am also going to start getting up early and walking Monday – Friday and ride the road bike Saturday and Sunday first thing to mix it up a bit!

I really need to get back in the habit of exercising more as I have got really slack recently and I seem to just be gaining weight not losing it even though I am still somewhat active!

So this morning I woke up at 5 am and started work as I was in the middle of something that I started last night and left running so I didn’t walk again this morning! To make matters worse I put on 1 kg yesterday so I am back up to 108.6 kgs again today 🙁

I have also been slacking on updating my Training log so that is not as useful as it should be either! It does highlight just how slack I have been recently!

DAY	Date	Day	Weight (kgs)	Steps Done
86	25/03/2025	Tuesday	108.2	8954
87	26/03/2025	Wednesday	108.2	4736
88	27/03/2025	Thursday	107.6	2293
89	28/03/2025	Friday	107.6	6032
90	29/03/2025	Saturday	108.5	6411
91	30/03/2025	Sunday	107.4	8197
92	31/03/2025	Monday	107.6	3583
93	01/04/2025	Tuesday	108.6

I haven’t walked 12000 in a day since 24/03/2025 and I haven’t walked more than 8000 steps all but 2 days in that time which is really poor!

This is the kick up the arse that I need to start exercising regularly again starting today! I am also going back on the carnivore diet from today so I should hopefully start getting my weight back down and start feeling better again!

I have decided to up my daily steps to 15000 steps a day to get me back on track and burn more fat at the same time!

After I finish work at 11:30 today I will get the jump bike on the car and head to the track for an hour or so then get into my road kit and go for a ride up the 2 tunnels as well then at about 15:30 my son is swinging by so I will then give him a lift home and then head to my parents to do the cleaning and feed the fish so it should be pretty easy to get to 12000 steps today but if not I will go for a walk when I get home from their house to make sure that I get the steps in!

Last night I cooked a beef joint so I have a couple day’s beef in the fridge which will make sticking to the carnivore diet easier to stick to as well so I am hoping with starting to walk 12000 steps a day, riding the jump bike and the road bike I should get the weight dropping back down pretty quickly!

I will start getting up at 5 am and rucking again from tomorrow so that I can make my life easier by getting a big chunk of the steps in before work and also get the added benefits of being more relaxed when I start work and also get the morning sun before work (Just!) too 🙂

I think with consistent walking and bike riding plus riding the Jump bike I should get my weight in check pretty quickly and start seeing it drop significantly when combined with the Carnivore diet and intermittent fasting too! As it stands I haven’t actually lost any weight this year! In fact I have actually gained 0.4 kgs 🙁

This is really annoying as I worked really hard in January/ February to drop 3 kgs only to stop being consistent in March and put it all back on plus an extra 0.2 kgs 🙁

This shows that I need to get back to walking consistently hence my goal of walking 15000 steps a day to undo all the bad I did in March 🙁

Upping my step goal will also mean that my average steps for the year will go over 12000 again as my average for the year so far stands at 11558.1 steps which is still over 10000 steps a day but under my goal for the year of 12000 steps as day!

Not shown in the Training log is the fact that all the walking has greatly improved my fitness level and health and I am now able to breath through my nose which I was unable to do at the start of the year and walking is not painful or difficult any more which is good too 🙂

I am just updating my fridge training log which I haven’t used since January and was a really good way for me to stay motivated as I saw it every time I went in the kitchen so I was constantly reminded how many days in a row I have reached my goal etc!

As well as getting the Fridge planner updated I have also got the Pro Dialled out of the hall cupboard and put the bars on it:

I have to dial in the brakes and torque all the bolts later and tighten the chain a bit then its ready to take photos and get it up for sale! I also need to get some photos of my Pro XL Dialled as well so I can get that sold. I found some more Halo 20″ wheels in the cupboard too so I will sell them too as I don’t need them as my S&M 20″ already has profile mini wheels on it!

Once I get some parts sold I will start getting the parts that I need to finish off the GT and DK 24″ bikes then I can sell them too and get some more cash back.

I will also get the Standard 24″ back from my friend as his son now has a Curtis Cruiser so doesn’t need mine and I can get that up for sale too as I will not be using it any time soon.

Once I get some of the bikes sold I will talk to Gary about making me a second DJ frame, an OS20 frame and maybe a 24″ cruiser frame/ dirt jump frame that I can put big tyres on and use to train on and protect my wrist!

I have just checked through my posts and 32 x 16 gearing for the Jump bike is basically the same gearing as 36 x 16 on the 24″ BMX so I will go with that if the chain-ring clears the frame. I have some 170 mm Shimano Saints Cranks and a 32 t chain ring so when the new Bottom Bracket arrives from Cruicial I will change the cranks over and put the 16t driver on the wheel and the new chain and the Jump bike will be as much like a race BMX as possible!

As it turns out I have 2 x Halo drivers with 16T sprockets so I can also swap the 24″ jump bike to 36 x 16 as well 🙂

I have just put the 32T chain ring on the Saints now: