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.

Saturday, 12 November 2011

Day Sixty Five

Sorry, I've been MIA again, this time due to a general reluctance to post. Not entirely sure why this is, although to begin with it was due to lack of time, followed by laziness after a few days had gone by. But it's time to get back on track and where better to start than with an epic fail day.

It began well enough with me getting to the gym for 6.15am and managing a fairly decent workout followed by a protein shake, but went downhill just slightly when I went for a late lunch at the pub with some friends (Wexford steak and salad as ever) and had three glasses of wine.

Once home I decided to compound the problem by drinking that bottle of fruit cider that I'd bought all those weeks ago whilst having the usual picky dinner of prosciutto and cheese. The cider was a really bad idea, and as soon as I'd drunk it I knew it was a mistake. It was really sweet and I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as I was expecting to. It was definitely a complete waste of carbs - I'd have been better off having a decent pasta meal or something!

I haven't been able to accurately calculate the carbs as there appears to be no nutritional info anywhere on the internet for fruit cider, but according to Fitday the equivalent amount of carbs for normal apple cider is 91.8!!!!!

So as you can see I made a huge blunder with the cider, and worse still didn't even enjoy it. This is obviously going to impact on my weight loss, which is annoying because I really needed to lose weight this week to boost my flagging enthusiasm for this way of eating. It just goes to show how one reckless decision can undo days (weeks?) of good work. 

Today’s exercise:  Bike = 10 mins; Stretching = 10 mins; Treadmill/weights = 10 mins; Cross Trainer = 10 mins;  Arm Bike = 12 mins; Stretching = 10 mins;  Swimming = 40 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 114.7G!!!!!
Exercising to: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling read by Stephen Fry (UK Edition)/ Various swim tracks
Weight Loss = 1 stone and 2 pounds
Inch Loss = 12.5 inches
MoodKamikaze


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