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, 19 September 2011

Day Twelve


Back in the gym this morning. I didn’t quite make it for 6am, but it was close and once I was up and about had considerably more energy than I’ve had for the last few days. This was shown by the fact that I ended up swimming almost three times the amount I usually do.

Today I was determined to have three proper meals so that I ended up in the green carb-wise. Breakfast was bacon, scrambled eggs, mushrooms and tomatoes with a large mug of rooibos vanilla tea. But that nagging headache I was getting last week had returned by lunchtime so I went for a nap, always the best way of getting rid of it. Lunch therefore was late (and not really wanted) – I think if you’ve read any of my other posts you can probably guess what I had – yep prosciutto with some cheese - more a snack than a proper lunch I’m afraid. Dinner (which I really didn’t want, but needed otherwise my carbs were going to be at 6 grams or something) was a lovely pork stroganoff with an avocado salad. The recipe is an old favourite from one of the members on the Pig2Twig forum and I actually enjoyed it much more than I was expecting to given my lack of appetite. It was a little too greasy though as it’s cooked in olive oil. Next time I’ll cut back on that a bit. However, that still didn’t put me in the green, so I added some chocolate cream as a dessert, which did the trick.

I finally found the tape measure but it appears I haven’t lost any inches at all. I’m trying not to be disheartened about this as I know it will come eventually, but last time I was losing inches almost immediately. Tomorrow is weigh-in day, but I’m not sure how I’ve done. Maybe it’s because I’m full up from dinner, but I’m not feeling thin this week. I’m hoping the extra low carb days haven’t thrown me off track.

Today’s exercise:  Bike = 10 mins; Stretching = 10 minutes; Treadmill = 10 mins; Arm Bike = 5 mins; Arc Trainer = 5 mins; Standing Arm Bike = 5 mins; Swiss Ball and Weights = 5 mins; Swimming = 50 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 22G
Exercising to: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling read by Stephen Fry (UK Edition)
Weight Loss = 5lbs
Inch Loss = 0
Mood: Motivated


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