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, 23 October 2011

Day Forty Five


Late again due to an evening out with the girls, watching a band that one of my friends plays in. I ended the day a little over my carb maximum due to a few glasses of wine, but it actually came in lower than I was expecting, so all’s good.

Started the day with ham, cream cheese and avocado roll ups while I flicked through my new cookery book, which isn’t quite as exciting as I’d hoped as it has no pictures. The recipes seem okay, but I do like a picture to inspire me. I shall go through it in greater detail when I get a bit more time.

Most of the day was spent cooking – making the pumpkin tart to be specific. It is a hugely time consuming endeavour, although it smells, looks and tastes yummy (I haven’t actually eaten any of it yet, just tasted as I cooked). I don’t think I whisked the egg whites for quite long enough so it’s taking a lot longer to set than mentioned in the book, but I can wait.

I have loads of pumpkin left over which I’m not quite sure what to do with. I’m thinking about making a soup with some of it and freezing the rest for later use.

Lunch was the usual picky prosciutto and cheese as I was too busy with the tart to cook anything and because I was having an early dinner due to going out. Dinner was pork stroganoff with buttered green vegetables.

Today’s exercise:  Nothing much apart from moving around while cooking
Carb's Eaten: 33.4G
Exercising to: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Book 1: The Bad Beginning
Weight Loss = 1 stone 1 pound
Inch Loss = 7.5 inches
Mood: Motivated
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