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, 3 October 2011

Day Twenty Five


Late posting again due to my stupid computer keep shutting down of its own accord. I ended up having to rewrite this three times as it didn’t save it either. By the time I’d finished I was knackered and needed to go to bed so I could get to the gym this morning. A busy day meant I’ve only just had the chance to post. I will be writing today’s post as soon as I finish cooking the faux shepherd’s pie that I’m in the middle of making.

I woke up with the intense desire to go swimming. Partly it was withdrawal symptoms from not having been to the gym for a couple of days (yes, really, I’ve become an addict), but mainly it was because of the fabulously summery weather we’re currently having and a desire to cool down a bit. So I trotted off to the Rochester Health Club and had a good old swim then a nice relax in the hot tub. Then it was off to Asda to stock up on food.

I did make one error, which was to not eat or drink anything before I went out, which wasn’t a problem to start with, but become one once I was stuck at the supermarket with a million other people for hours on end. I have to admit that hunger, thirst and the beautiful weather led me into some questionable purchases, although the thirst did lead me to a fantastic (for me at least) discovery.

Having not had anything to drink for over twelve hours, I was gasping by the time I hit the water aisle. Desperate to find a large bottle of anything still that wasn’t sold in multipacks, I came across flavoured water. I have never really taken much notice of this in the past, but having now spent almost a month drinking little but pure water the idea of something with a different taste appealed. It appealed even more when I realised that the Sicilian Lemon version has no carbs and the Cranberry just over half a carb for the whole 1 ½ litre bottle. I also discovered that there were zero carb flavoured sparkling waters too.

I have to admit that half a litre of the still lemon and all of the cranberry water disappeared pretty quickly. The rest will now be rationed as I need to be drinking mainly plain water not flavoured. I also bought some new teas to make a change from the rooibos and vanilla. They are green teas, which I recall not being terribly fond of when I tried it before, but one is with lemongrass and ginger (I love anything ginger) and the other is with honey so I’m hoping they’ll taste okay. However, I also bought some fruit cider – which is a definite no-no with this way of eating, but I was thinking how nice it would be to have some on a lovely summery (can it still be summer in October?) evening.  

The beautiful weather also brought out my desire for some raspberries so I treated myself to some knowing that whilst they are too carby for Phase One, they should be okay considering my often inability to reach even the minimum carb limit for the day. I also got some 0% greek yoghurt as this is the least carby yoghurt available (also not really Phase One friendly because of the number of carbs) and this is something I can eat to add some carbs on a low day.

I finally got home from the supermarket at three p.m. so by the time I’d got the groceries put away and taken my psyllium I didn’t get round to eating until just gone four. I had a chicken and prosciutto salad with blue cheese dressing. Because of such a late lunch, I didn’t start cooking the roast pork until seven thirty. I wasn’t very hungry by the time it was cooked, but I did have some, with the cauliflower and broccoli mash and some savoy cabbage as one meal really wasn’t going to be enough for the day. This was followed by some long-desired raspberries with cream. I didn’t have the cider though. Once I’d had the raspberries I decided I really didn’t want to break my carb limit, so that’s been put away for another time.

Now I just need to find some time to do some cooking. Hopefully I’ll feel in the mood tomorrow evening as I need to get stuff sorted for work this week. Although I very much enjoyed reading through my new book I’m not sure I’ll be making too much from it. The food really is a bit too gourmet for everyday and there’s a lot of desserts and cakes (which looked lovely and quite possibly started my craving for something sweet). Also quite a lot of the food I can’t eat on Phase One (and I’ve got a long way to go before I can move onto Phase Two). I was also a little disappointed to see that some of my favourite recipes from the pink bible are actually taken from this cookery book as this means I now have some of these recipes three times.
         
Today’s exercise:  Swimming = 60 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 27.4G
Exercising to: A strange mix of 70s and 80s disco music that was being played in the swimming pool by a couple of people working out
Weight Loss = 10lbs
Inch Loss = 0
Mood: Annoyed


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