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, 27 November 2011

Day Eighty One


Today was spent doing more housework, mainly dusting and sorting (for someone who is so untidy I’m terribly OCD). I got so involved that I didn’t realise how much time had passed. So no exercise again, but I now have a much less dusty flat.

I had a nice cooked breakfast before I started - bacon, scrambled egg and baby plum tomatoes. Lunch was some gluten free sausages which I’d just cooked and dinner was roast beef with buttered green beans and cabbage and a cheesy cauli/broccoli mash, which was cheesy because I’ve run out of cream and so put some cheese in instead. I also had some raspberry mousse and because the carbs for the day were so low, I also had some of the pumpkin mousse. Now had a Splenda overdose and need to go to bed.

Actually, I’ve just about run out of everything (although that celeriac is still sitting at the back of the fridge) so I definitely need to go shopping tomorrow after I’ve finished at the gym. And yes, I am definitely heading to the gym in the morning - I really need it, although not sure yet whether I'll be able to go swimming.  

Today’s exercise:  Housework 
Carb's Eaten: 20.1G
Exercising to: The Dark is Rising Sequence Book 2: The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper read by Alex Jennings
Weight Loss = 1 stone and 4 pounds
Inch Loss = 12.5 inches (where is that shifty tape measure?)
Mood: Strangely, tired (no idea why)


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