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.

Monday, 26 September 2011

Day Nineteen


The gym clothes I’d washed yesterday hadn’t dried by this morning so despite getting up at 5am I didn’t actually get to the gym until 6.30am as I had to wait for the drier. As today is a work day I reduced my work out slightly so I would still finish and be home before 9am.

Breakfast was a protein shake with another litre of water and my vitamins – I’ve decided to start the psyllium after tomorrow’s weigh-in in case they have a negative effect (although I’m really not expecting to lose any weight this week after the mints and glass of wine which would have knocked me out of ketosis).

I’ve had a nagging headache all day, so took a couple of paracetamol before settling down for some work. By lunchtime I was feeling really rough so I had a quick snack of wafer thin ham and a couple of Babybel then went for a sleep.

Refreshed, although still somewhat headachy, I went back to work, stopping briefly at about 3pm for some chilli bake (served alone as I couldn’t be bothered to do anything to go with it). Dinner this evening was another chicken and smoked bacon salad with a little mayo.

Now I need to go sort out a menu for the next week so I can go shopping tomorrow morning after the gym as I’m almost out of food. And then I think it’s time to dig out the tape measure again.

Today’s exercise:  Bike = 10 mins; Armbike = 10 mins; Stretching = 10 mins; Treadmill = 5 mins; Standing Armbike = 5 mins; Arc Trainer = 6 mins; Bike = 4 mins; Swimming = 20 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 26.6G
Exercising to: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling read by StephenFry (UK Edition)
Weight Loss = 10lbs
Inch Loss = 0
Mood: Motivated


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