Health: Lose Weight

I am still cycling over to my job from Neil’s office and now that the weather has got better its so pleasant. 6miles each way easy peazy. So much nicer than the tube.

However the last few weeks at work have been so busy with off site meetings where I’ve been carrying loads of brochures and gifts and just generally too much to do that I’ve had to skip the cycle and go straight to meetings by train or car. MMM not good.

Also I will end my contract at the end of July so I have to start thinking about my next assignment and how to fit exercise into it.

1. I love my 6 miles on my Brompton using up dead commuting time
2. I know that when I get stuck into work Ill be too tired / lacking in motivation to go back out in the evening after Ive got home.

on the positive side, everyone has commented on the leaner me, and I can get into clothes that use to be too small. so I have an incentive and 5 weeks to come up with a plan.

Well after my self pitying entry last week, I appear to have pulled myself together

I hear Hurrahs all round.

During the week I was good and did a short walk round the block most days, ate well and avoided any alcohol.
Early on Saturday, I went for a walk (9miles) with friends and later went out to dinner with more friends..

It was a very relaxed meal and our host kept filling my rather large wine glass. Oh dear, I had been so good earlier in the week.

I had made apple crumble as our contribution (well the lads were going cycling on Sunday morning) and as I was eating it I thought, it’s good. I’ll just have to have more exercise to make up for it.

Somehow during the meal the lads changed their plans for Sunday, cancelled cycling and my long lazy lie in, and we all walked for miles round the Science Museum.

We ended up shattered and today I’ve lost 2lbs and had a lovely weekend.

New rule
I must make more puddings and get more exercise.

Thanks to all my supporters, may be I aam back on track

I think dieting and worrying about what I am eating is making me lose my sense of reason.
Since I have come back from holiday I’ve had so little energy that I havn’t felt like having any exercise and because I wasnt getting any exercise I have been cutting down on what I eat.
I’ve been going to the fridge looking inside and see milk, cheese, fresh pasta, potatoes etc and my brain seems to say, “you can’t have any of those they are unhealthy.” Where did that crap come from, its about eating in moderation not cutting out things completely.

Now I have ended up feeling completely morose and depressed and I feel that I have wasted the last few months. I have not done the things I promised myself I would do, in fact I haven’t achieved anything and I am getting more and more depressed thinking about what I haven’t done.

So, I have decided to stop worrying about what I eat and drink and just have what I fancy as long as its what a normal healthy adult would eat ie not sweets and chips. So if I want to have porridge made with milk and strawberry jam on it, I am going to. It might give me the energy to take some exercise to work it off.

The only 2 exceptions to my new rule is that I am not going to have any more chocolate or alcohol. They seem to make me feel even lower and more tired.

I really only eat chocolate beacause everyone else likes it but it has a weird depressive effect on me, sure its to do with sugar highs and lows.

Also, I have got into the habit of drinking wine while watching television but if I had some energy I would go out and not do the couch potato act.

Giving up chocolate will be easy but giving up alcohol that will take some will power umtil it becomes a habit.

Tonight before I allow myself to sit down I will just walk round the block and see if by the end of the month I can’t start the Penguins regime of walking and jogging.

Of course I could be feeling more morose than usual because the light levels are going but I worked outside for four hours yesterday and didnt feel any better.

My reading matter isn’t helping I need to read the Lighthousekeeping by jeanette Winterson for my reading group tomorrow and boy is it morose, thank goodness I have only got another 140 pages to go.
Oh I need a light hearted book next.

Had a bit of a break whilst the house was being pulled apart. Thats really just an excuse, I got lazy again.
Now I am back on the trail, watching what I eat and picking up my running again.

Ran for 20 minutes last night and will run again Wednesday and Friday

Wow I had a premonition

Wow, I can actually wear the M&S trousers I bought in January.

I kept saying to my partner that they were falling down. His reaction, completely missing the point, was “wear a belt, like everyone else”. I have never had to wear a belt in my life. I don’t even own one.

Anyway I stood on the scales this morning and I am 9st 13.8lbs wow wow wow. I must be doing something right. Only another stone to go.

In case I’m sounding just a little too smug, the rest of life is going down hill rapidly.
My van left me stranded in Islington last night, I’m about to have no job, have just had to cancel my holiday and the workmen still haven’t finished pulling the house apart.

But at least 1 thing is going in the right direction.

What can you expect if you have a lazy week.
I had a hard week at work so didn’t do any additional exercise so didnt lose any more lbs, not surprising.
I am going to start running this week so hopfuly it will start coming off again.

not such a hectic week this week and I’m glad to say I’ve just weighed myself and have lost the lb I hoped I would lose. I’m now 10st 2 lbs. Actually managed to get into the M&S trousers that I bought in January. Wonder if I could lose 2lbs the unconvention on Friday. Sadly, I’m still very flabby, and I need to start toning, which will be hard as I hate pain.

Hope you are all ok

I feel the last 7 days have been like 365.
Ive been ill, had a hard week at work.
Blown up a van.
Tried to sell a car,
Pack my partner off to work up north,
Done the 26 mile moon walk.
Today I weighed 10st 3lbs and was 33.5% fat first thing in the morning. So it is coming off just very slowly. I guess it went on slowly so it will come off slowly. I want to lose another lb this week.

I really did start well.
Actually started to look thinner in the face and lost some more fat % but then we went visiting at the weekend and it all fell apart.

Lets just say that Sunday I ate the following 1am left over Indian takaway 11am fried egg roll 3pm chips followed by ice cream 7pm a couple of glasses of wine followed up with cheese on toast. mmm maybe thats why this morning I weigh 10st 4 and am 35% fat again.

I blame my friends in the photo. They were a bad influence.

Hope you have all done better than me.

on the whole a good week except for the fish and chips and the
odd over indulgence in the wine department.

I was doing well up to Friday then we went out for a meal and I ate far too much. I was rewarded with acute indigestion.
It was obvious because I had been really good all week and my portions were getting smaller, then I just tried to eat a normal 2 courses in a restaurant and couldnt. I am eating a lot more fruit and veg particularly at work. I find if its on my desk then I will eat it.

All my exercise came at the weekend 20mile walk on saturday and 1hr biking on Sunday.

I have lost another 2lbs and even better am 33% fat this morning, so that means Im now less fatty than that bag of crisps. My aim this week is to lose another 1lb and try to stay at 33%. Not sure how Im going to fit the exercise in as I have a tough work week and then am visiting at the weekend.