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 Six


I am having trouble being anything other than lethargic today so I haven’t done much. I did spend some time making pesto before the basil became unusable and sorted out the remaining pumpkin, but apart from that I haven’t really done anything at all apart from catch up with friends on the computer.

For breakfast I had some prosciutto and a couple of Babybel cheddars, followed a little later by a chocolate orange protein shake (which I liked least out of all the flavours I got). For lunch I had a ham and parmesan cheese omelette and for dinner I had lamb loin steaks with buttered cabbage, asparagus and mangetout and some cheesy leeks. I followed this with a piece of the pumpkin tart I spent all that time making yesterday.

I have to say that although I love the pumpkin filling, I wasn’t at all keen on the base. I’d much rather just have the filling as a type of mousse on its own. Admittedly, it didn’t have the gallons of whipped cream on the top as specified in the recipe, but I don’t think the cream would have improved the flavour of the base. If I make it again, and with the amount of pumpkin puree I have, I could easily, I’ll probably make a pumpkin flavoured cheesecake instead, using a recipe from Bee’s IPD cookbook, as I think that would work quite well.

I have measured myself today and have lost a few more inches from my major wobbly bits, bringing my total inch loss (over my whole body) to 12 ½ inches. I’m guessing that I’m not going to have lost weight this week due to the alcohol and the sweet stuff, but at least there’s been inch loss, which hopefully will sustain me.

Today’s exercise:  Not a thing
Carb's Eaten: 26.1G
Exercising to: Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events - Book 2: The Reptile Room 
Weight Loss = 1 stone 1 pound
Inch Loss = 12.5 inches
Mood: Hugely Lethargic

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