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.

Friday, 25 November 2011

Day Seventy Nine


I couldn’t get to sleep last night for some reason and ended up being awake until almost 3am. This meant I was a little later than usual getting up this morning, but not much. I was still hard at work by 9am and because I wanted to get the work I was doing out of the way I didn’t have anything to eat (or drink I’ll be honest) until almost 2pm.

When I did eat, it was some butternut squash soup, followed a few hours later by a raspberry ripple protein shake. Dinner was almond crust topped courgette mince, which brought me just over my carb limit for the day, but not enough for me to worry too hard.

And yes, I did finally dig out the Zumba DVDs. I spent forty five minutes trying to learn some of the basic Zumba steps (which almost killed me) and then did ten minutes on the XL-Glider whilst watching Merlin once I’d recovered a little. I think my gym workout is the easier option than the Zumba to be honest, but now the DVD is out I’m going to try and have a go at part of it on most days (depending on schedule) and hopefully not only will I improve in learning the steps (I am by no means a natural dancer and definitely haven’t picked up any of it on the first try) but it will become easier and I’ll enjoy it a bit more.

Although Zumba wasn’t a great success for a first attempt, I am at least now a little fitter and thinner than I was when I bought it and I did manage to do some of it. The first time I put the DVD on I got tired out from just watching it, so there’s already an improvement. It can only get better!      

I also had a minor victory today, or at least one that I’m claiming, when I turned down the chance to get a free bag of Thornton’s Continental Selection chocolates. All I had to do was complete an online shopping survey and the bag would be delivered to my door tomorrow morning. Normally I’d have been on the computer like a shot, but although I considered it for a moment I decided that I didn’t really need that sort of temptation in the house so I passed on the opportunity. Go me!

Today’s exercise:  Zumba = 45 mins!!!! XL Glider = 10 mins
Carb's Eaten: 32.3G
Exercising to: Rubbishy Zumba music and Merlin (of all things)
Weight Loss = 1 stone and 4 pounds
Inch Loss = 12.5 inches (still need to measure) 
Mood: Bored and a little fed up
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