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, 25 September 2011

Day Sixteen


Once again I’m late in posting. This is because of a busy weekend with little time to spare for journal writing. But hopefully I’ll be back on track – for a few days at least.

Friday morning I was back at the gym. I did a good work out, but wasn’t quite as tough on myself as I could have been because I knew I was going to be doing some heavy lifting later in the day which was going to give me another one without even trying.

Back home to breakfast of ham, Philadelphia cheese and avocado and a cup of rooibos and vanilla tea, before spending the best part of two hours lugging rubbish down the stairs to my car and then to the tip. Once back I rested with a litre of sparkling water and the other lamb burgers in mushrooms that I made on Wednesday, served with a salad.

I was off to a gig in the evening so didn’t bother with dinner, just some snacky stuff – cheese and prosciutto etc. The addition of a few extra strong mints at the gig (a staple requirement for a rock and roll evening) and a spoonful of peanut butter as a late night snack brought my daily total to a middling, and very acceptable figure for the day.     

Today’s exercise:  Bike = 11 mins; Stretching = 10 mins; Arm Bike = 5 mins; Arc Trainer = 7 mins; Standing Arm Bike = 5 mins; Treadmill = 5 mins; Bike = 7 mins; Swimming = 20 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 26.9G
Exercising to: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling read by Stephen Fry (UK Edition)
Weight Loss = 10lbs
Inch Loss = 0
Mood: Motivated 
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