So this is my new diet and fitness blog. The reasoning behind it is simple. I’m forty five years old, incredibly overweight and even more unfit. Having moved to working at home three days a week, my already sedentary lifestyle has become almost comatose. Sitting at the computer, moving only to visit the toilet or make a cup of tea does not make for a healthy lifestyle, especially when the only other exercise I now get (having stopped working in the pub where at least I was walking a lot) is the stroll to and from the bus stop on work days. It is abundantly clear that changes need to be made before I either turn into one of those people in the freaky dieting shows on the telly or die of some nasty weight/unfitness related illness.

To this end I have joined a gym to improve my fitness and am about to embark on the latest attempt to lose weight through a new eating regime (I don’t want to say the ‘D’ word as I think it’s rather negative). As I chronicle my journey to greater fitness, better health and weight loss there will be daily posts as I think this will help to keep me focussed and hopefully help me to stick to the plan during the bad times I know lie ahead. I intend it to be honest as I need to acknowledge my weaknesses and fails as well as my good progress, which could be painful, but will hopefully, eventually be cathartic and helpful.

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Day Eleven


I had another long sleep in today. I’m not sure where my energy has gone, but it’s definitely not around at the moment. This might be due to the extreme lack of carbs in my diet and from generally being at the lower end of the 30 gram limit, although the pink bible tells me that I should be leaping around with boundless enthusiasm and energy.

Today has been mainly spent watching television, washing up, and trying to sort out my poorly computer so little thought has been given to food. Prosciutto (of course – yes I’m addicted to the stuff) and some cheese served for a late breakfast and a few hours later when I finally got round to it a nice cooked brunch of bacon, scrambled eggs, mushrooms and tomatoes. Dinner was supposed to be the last of the faux shepherd’s pie, but I discovered it had gone mouldy (not really surprising after a week, although it was in a lock and lock box at the back of the fridge, so supposedly immune from the air). This has left me with a slight problem as I really can’t be bothered to start cooking anything now and I’m not very hungry anyway and the only snacky food I have in the house is low carb so for the second day running I’m not going to hit the minimum. In the end I went for smoked salmon, philly and avocado roll ups followed by some chocolate cream - in an effort to raise the carbs a bit - although it still didn't get me into the green zone. I just hope it doesn't throw my weight loss off course too much. Which reminds me that I need to find the tape measure still too.

Today’s exercise: Nothing much
Carb's Eaten: 16.8G
Exercising to: Film day today
Weight Loss = 5lbs
Inch Loss = 0
Mood: Strangely Neutral 
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