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.

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Day Eighty Four


Sorry, knitting again!

Had a pretty good workout at the gym, although my right knee was starting to hurt by the time I came to the Arc trainer and so I only did five minutes on there, instead of the ten I should have done. Also, I wore one of the two new pairs of Sketchers tone-up trainers that I bought on Black Friday (they were a mega-bargain at £20 each) and they were hurting my feet by the end of the circuit. This is my own fault as I have a tendency to supinate and hence don’t always walk properly, especially with the toning trainers, which require a special way of walking, and my plantar fasciitis, caused by the underpronation doesn’t help.

Back home to a chocolate mint protein shake (I think I’m off raspberry ripple for a little while after yesterday’s blow out) and the ever-popular prosciutto and cheese. Amazingly for me when working at home I managed to force myself into the kitchen for both lunch and dinner and had chicken and bacon salad and pork stroganoff and buttered green vegetables respectively. I also had a Greek yoghurt which was a nice dessert.

And then it was back to the knitting – which although rather sedentary does burn about 120 calories an hour apparently (although probably not at the rate I knit).
  
Today’s exercise:  Bike = 10 mins; Stretching = 10 mins; Treadmill = 10 mins; Cross Trainer = 10 mins; Arm Bike = 12 mins; Bike = 10 mins; Arc Trainer = 5 mins; Bike = 10 mins; Swimming = 40 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 28.6G
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 11 pounds
Inch Loss = 12.5 inches
Mood: Calm

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