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, 11 September 2011

Day Three



So today’s been a really lazy day for me. I slept really late because of my late night, and also because, when the alarm went off at 9am I turned over and went back to sleep.


Once I had finally surfaced I spent the day doing my usual Saturday stuff, i.e. a bit of housework and a lot of game playing and chatting on the internet whilst watching TV.  Not one single bit of exercise at all in any shape or form. I suspect this will change eventually, but as I’m starting from the beginning again I’m having the weekends off, at least for the time being.

So breakfast was the same bacon and egg combo that I had yesterday, mainly because I couldn’t be bothered to do anything else, followed a few hours later by prosciutto and a couple of cheddar Babybels. I actually haven’t intended to have the prosciutto every day for lunch, but by the time I’ve got round to breakfast it’s been far too late to have a proper lunch and a proper dinner. Tonight’s dinner was supposed to have been the IPD faux shepherd’s pie, but I really couldn’t be bothered to cook so instead I had chicken in a lemon and tarragon sauce (this takes five minutes to make instead of an hour) with a baby leaf salad, which I put a spoonful of blue cheese dressing on.



Partially because of sugar cravings, and partially because my carbs were too low (you’re supposed to have between 20-30 grams a day), I had a dessert made up of couple of teaspoons of extra thick jersey cream mixed with a teaspoon each of low GI sweetener and cocoa powder. This was more than sufficient to relieve the craving and fill me up.

Tomorrow I really do have to get into cooking mode so I can get myself sorted for next week. Not wanting to cook is okay at home when I have stuff I can substitute but will be no good at work when I need to take something in with me so that I don’t end up stuck eating a sandwich or something.

Amazingly, although I had so much sleep last night I’m still tired, not sure if this is the IPD or the exercise this week – possibly a mix of the two along with not doing much today (always tiring for some reason). 

Today’s exercise: Housework and computer time have taken over. Normal service will be resumed shortly!
Carb's Eaten: 23.5G
Exercising to: The soothing sounds of the TV - watching Doctor Who must make me burn some calories right? 

Mood: Lazy
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