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.

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Day Thirteen


I had the day off today, but that didn’t stop me from getting up to get to the gym just after 6am. Elated by the news that I’ve lost another 5lbs this week, I had a good work out, a lovely swim and, with no need to worry about getting home for work, a long relax in the steam room and hot tub.

It occurs to me that having lost 10lbs in two weeks it seems like a lot of weight loss at too fast a pace, but I know this isn’t going to continue. Firstly, I need to lose a lot of weight, not just a stone or so, and so to begin with the weight will come off more easily than for those with only a few pounds to lose. Also I’m working on an intensive training programme which is going to aid the process more than if I was just doing the fifteen minute walk that the pink bible recommends. I had set my weight loss target at two stone by Christmas, which I still think may be realistic. Once my body gets used to the exercise and the change in eating, the loss will slow down and this target represents a loss of 2lbs a week. Obviously my target will change as my weight goes down.

So breakfast was gluten free sausages and peppered hard boiled eggs mashed into melted butter. As ever my intention to have a proper lunch was derailed by a lack of hunger and so I had the usual picky cheese/prosciutto combo. I have spent the evening cooking and so I now have some lovely butternut squash soup which I can have for lunch tomorrow. I also made Bee’s Chilli Bake, a great recipe from the IPD Cookbook, which includes a topping made of ground almonds, which is absolutely divine after almost two weeks without any bread etc. I haven’t had a chance to calculate the actual amount of carbs in this dish yet as I’ve been having huge problems with my computer, but it certainly puts me well into the carb zone for once. With this I had the usual avocado and radish salad, and also some homemade coleslaw with finely shredded white cabbage and a teaspoon of crème fraiche.



Today’s exercise:  Bike = 10 mins; Stretching = 10 mins; Treadmill = 10 mins; Arm Bike = 5 mins; Arc Trainer = 7 mins; Standing Arm Bike = 5 mins; Bike = 10 mins; Swimming = 30 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 26G
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: Happy 
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