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.

Monday, 5 December 2011

Day Eighty Nine


Woke up with a blocked yet snotty nose, sore throat and banging head but was determined to get to the gym as I haven’t been for so long. According to my foursquare this is my fourteenth week in a row there. Weigh in time this morning and I wasn’t too surprised that I didn’t lose any weight after last week’s huge loss. But at least I didn’t gain any either – so I think that’s a bonus.

The work out wasn’t as good as it could have been due to a lack of breath caused by my blocked sinuses and for some reason my heart rate was higher than normal, possibly because of the headache. I did still manage to get a fair bit done before having to call it a day though.

Breakfast was a chocolate mint protein shake with some prosciutto and cheese for lunch. Dinner was a full cooked breakfast, with bacon, gluten free sausages, scrambled egg, mushrooms and tomatoes - a super low carb treat which doesn’t take a lot of cooking, especially as I needed to cook the sausages for breakfast tomorrow anyway. Even with a glass of wine (I’ve had that bottle that I bought for Christmas tree putting up over the last three days while I’ve been making the angel) the carbs for the day are still under the minimum. Hopefully this gives me a little in reserve for tomorrow as it’s the office Christmas dinner and the pudding alone will be enough to blow my days carbs (yum yum)

Today’s exercise:  Bike = 10 mins; Stretching = 10 mins; Treadmill/weights = 10 mins; Cross Trainer = 5 mins;  Arm bike = 12 mins; Bike = 12 mins; Swimming = 20 lengths
Carb's Eaten: 17.9G
Exercising to: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling read by StephenFry (UK Edition)/ Various swim tracks
Weight Loss = 1 stone and 11 pounds
Inch Loss = 12.5 inches
Mood: Cold and snuffly

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