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, 19 October 2011

Day Forty One


Sorry, another late post. By the time I got back from the gym last night, had something to eat and sorted out my washing it was almost time for bed and I was too tired to journal.

Breakfast was gluten free sausages with buttery eggs and lunch was a piece of the pizza quiche with a large mixed salad and creamy salad dressing. I was too tired to get my usual post-workout kebab this week so instead had a protein shake, some prosciutto and some cheese. The shake was cookies and cream, the flavour that had been out of stock and had held up my order, which had turned up in the post and I wasn’t awfully keen on it. It was drinkable, but I doubt I would ever buy any more of it. This meant I didn’t quite make the minimum carb amount for the day, but I wasn’t hungry so didn’t feel the need to have a yoghurt or anything to boost the carbs.

The power plate workout was different again from last week’s session. This week included press ups, squats and curls and twisting while holding a bar plus some weight work. It wasn’t as intense as last time, but I can still feel it, especially in my abs, today. It was a little difficult at points as my foot has started hurting, for no discernable reason which made some of the exercises a little difficult, but I managed to get through it.

I then went for a swim with my Splashgear mp3 player and completed fifty laps of the pool before having a nice relax in the hot tub and the steam room. I am still having a problem with the headphones, but I assume the more I wear them the easier it will get to put them in properly. Good music for swimming is Muse, My Chemical Romance, Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance, Ministry of Magic, The Libertines, and punk songs like Magazine’s Shot by Both Sides and Jim Carroll’s People Who Died – anything with a bit of a beat really. Not so good are the slower songs – as much as I adore I Am Kloot they really aren’t great to swim to, although they’re fine for relaxing in the hot tub to.

Today’s exercise:  Bike = 2 mins; Power Plate = 20 mins; Bike = 5 mins; Swimming = 50 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 19.7G
Exercising to: Siobhan's nagging and power-swim tunes
Weight Loss = 1 stone 1 pound
Inch Loss = 7.5 inches
Mood: Shattered and aching

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