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, 9 October 2011

Day Thirty One


Apologies for another late posting, but yesterday I spent the day battling a sudden cold which left me sneezing all day with a runny nose and an awful sore throat. I spent most of the day doing housework and sorting out old clothes and by the evening was still feeling lousy, so I headed off for bed without posting.

Breakfast was another cooked one with bacon, scrambled eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms, followed later by smoked salmon, philly and avocado roll ups for lunch. Due to getting carried away with clearing out my wardrobe I was really late cooking dinner, so had an early evening snack with some wafer thin ham and a couple of Babybel cheddars. Dinner itself was a lovely matured rump steak topped with St Agur cheese and a creamy mushroom sauce (my own version of the Wexford steak), which I served with a mixed salad.



I was a little disconcerted to see how much lettuce you need to eat to equal one of your five a day portions. According to the Morrison’s salad I had, the entire bag was equal to one portion, but 90g of lettuce is far too much for one meal (at least it is for me, and also according to the recommended portion size). No wonder people can’t get to their five a day if you have to have two meals of lettuce just to have one portion.

As my carbs for the day were a little low I finished my meal with a dessert of chocolate cream, which I laced with a couple of teaspoons of Glayva (to cheer my sick self up). This took me just over the limit, but it made me feel a little better.

Today’s exercise:  Housework
Carb's Eaten: 30.6G
Exercising to: Pure silence reigns, except when I stopped to watch Persuasion
Weight Loss = 9lbs
Inch Loss = 0
Mood: Snuffly

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