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..

Monday, 23 January 2012

Post 15

It has been quite a difficult few days, starting on Friday with a work trip to London that meant having my shakes out of order because of being away from anywhere to prepare it at lunch time.

Not too difficult getting lunch, in fact I had a nice Thai noodle soup for lunch followed by a Natural yoghurt with granola, banana and honey - very tasty if you are ever in Euston Station! The issue was that it was about 3.30pm before I had chance to eat after my first shake at 7.00am and just an apple in between. By the time I got home it was about 7.30pm and I really didn't want to eat so late so I must admit I missed the shake out completely.

Saturday was spent outside marking out a motorcycle event in the morning and back in time for my lunchtime shake. I was feeling a bit guilty as I had missed the gym on both Wed and Fri during the previous week so I decided to go for a fast power walk which turned into a walk/jog for 3 miles in the afternoon.

We then had friends staying and whilst I was really proud of sticking to water all weekend it was not easy eating with everyone when my wife had prepared some great Mexican food for everyone. I stuck to some Fajita mix again and kept off the cheese so although it was hard, I felt strong for not coming off the wagon!

Sunday started with a shake and a good 3-4 mile walk with the dog followed by lunch at a nice restaurant in Worcester. I had Minestrone soup followed by Salmon Risotto and a small cheese board - not too bad but felt that I could have done better if we had eaten at home - still, nearly 3 weeks in now and hardly any 'sins' so i think you have to take the odd treat to help keep on track!

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