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.

Friday, 23 September 2011

Day Fifteen


Today I had a bit of a lie in and gave the gym a miss. I was up really late last night following the tragic and unfair execution of Troy Davis in Georgia and really wasn’t in the mood to be up at 6am and exercising. Instead I had a leisurely breakfast of baked ham, Philadelphia and avocado roll ups with my now usual mug of tea before settling down to do some work.

For lunch I once again broke with tradition and actually ate a meal – the last of that rather lovely butternut squash soup with yet more bacon (almost crispy, but not quite).  Dinner tonight was Bee’s chilli bake with salad, which I was more than ready for.

Once again I am having a hungry evening and am not sure if yet again it is because of having three proper meals rather than just picking at lunch time. Also today, it could be because I haven’t drunk enough water. Although I have drunk a couple of litres today, usually I drink a litre at the gym and that extra amount is hard to make up when I’m not exercising. I ended up having some crème fraiche with cinnamon sugar (I need to go shopping and so available snacks are a bit low at this time of the week).  

So I have ended today well over the 30 gram limit, as both the soup and the chilli bake are high (in relative terms) in carbs. I’m not too worried though as it’s the first time I’ve really gone over the limit and having had a few days of being really under the limit it hopefully evens out. Also another session in the gym tomorrow morning should hopefully burn off the extra carbs, even though I am still trying to stay within the fat burning zone.  

Today’s exercise:  Nothing but fighting with my computer (up and down turning the power on and off again and again and...
Carb's Eaten: 53G
Exercising to: Very quiet day as I was needing to concentrate on the spreadsheet I was working on
Weight Loss = 10lbs
Inch Loss = 0
Mood: Motivated


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