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.

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Day Sixty One


Having a little trouble getting going this morning, but I did manage to get to the gym by 6.30am. After my recent troubles with food I was pleased to see that my weight had stayed the same. Normally I’d have been disappointed with this, but after a week which included donuts, beer and several days over the limit, I think it has to be considered a good result. My left leg is still bruised and sore from last week’s fall and my knees were playing up big time so I had a slightly shortened workout but still managed to get a fair bit done.  

After yesterday’s waver on the eating front I decided I needed to take a radical approach. A trip to Asda this morning gave me the usual prosciutto, ham and soy milk, but I also decided that I’m not going to worry too rigidly about the carb limit for the next few weeks until I can get myself back on track. To that end I bought some of the carbier vegetables – courgettes, peppers, aubergines etc. to try and kickstart myself back into eating.

Breakfast was a banana cream protein shake, lunch was prosciutto and some Babybel cheeses, so not much change there from the last few days, but this evening I cooked stuffed aubergine – and I have to say it was lovely. I even forced myself to have some buttered green vegetables with it, having bought some fresh ones today and that was good too. The best thing is that the carb count wasn’t as high as I was expecting and so I ended the day within my limit, and that was even after a treat of chocolate cinnamon cream for dessert.



I also bought a marrow and so I’m going to use the remainder of the mince mixture to stuff that and then slice into portions and freeze so it’ll give me something different for meals. The best thing is that it showed me that I do still have the appetite when given something a little different from the things I’ve been eating recently.  

Today’s exercise:  Bike = 10 mins; Stretching = 10 mins; Treadmill/weights = 10 mins; Cross Trainer = 10 mins;  Arm Bike = 12 mins; Bike = 5 mins; Arc Trainer = 5 mins; Stretching = 10 mins;  Swimming = 30 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 29.6G
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
MoodMore positive

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