About Me

I have come into 2012 with a strong desire to be more healthy and reduce my weight to something more acceptable for a man of my age and height. On the 1st of Jan 2012 at the age of 45 and height of 6ft 2in, I weighed in at 18st 2lbs (that's 256 lbs or 116kg). I have a pretty large frame and have always been able to carry a bit of excess baggage but I think its time to do something about it for my health and energy levels more than anything else. The experts suggest that for a man of my height and age I should be about 13.5 st but I have set myself a target of 15 st (210lbs or 95kg) - thats a planned loss of around 3 st (46lbs or 20kg) This BLOG is a record of my attempt to achieve this goal and I have made it public to help keep me motivated and on track. If you have any comments, thoughts or ideas and suggestions please feel free to leave me a message..

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Post 10

So today was the 2nd visit to the gym this week and it has gone quite well.

The planned timeline is working well, however I am finding that I want more than 50 mins workout once I get going but that is probably helping me from actually doing too much and not be able to walk or lift my arms the next day!

Yesterday dis the cross trainer for a 15 min warm up then did weights on my legs (quads, hamstrings, calves and some seated leg press) and chest (bench press and flys) - the weights I am doing are fairly basic with a weight of roughly 60% of my max capability and 3 sets of 10 reps on each. I finished off with some sit ups (3 sets of 15) and 10 mins on a static bike to warm down.

Today was quite similar with 15 mins warm up on the cross trainer followed by a bit more on my stomach/trunk (sit ups, twists, leg lifts, side bends) some work on arms with bicep curls and lat pull downs followed by 15 mins on the bike.

I didn't feel tired yesterday as a result of the exercise and earlier start and the MovaVie RVL shake fitted into the schedule perfectly because I could make it up in seconds and drink it in the car on the way to the gym.

I did take a mid morning snack of nuts and raisins to keep my energy level up after the exercise but lunch time soon came around and the second shake filled me up again.

I am taking on more water now and getting though about 2 ltrs of water during the working day.

People at work have taken me off the coffee round now so have stopped asking me if I want a drink which has helped because it means less decisions to make about whether I want one or not!

Last night I ate chicken stir fry followed by a yoghurt. This was a pretty normal meal for us any way so no need to change that too much.

I started to feel tired a little earlier as I expected, so went to bed around 9pm and slept right through to the alarm at 5.45am - first time in ages!

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