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..

Saturday, 28 January 2012

Post 18

This week has been another difficult one on the program for me.

All started well on Tuesday with an early gym session followed by the normal routine throughout the day however Wednesday and Thursday were spent away from home on a residential training course which made it far more difficult to stick to.

The morning shake was pretty straight forward as it could be done in my room and I could miss breakfast with the other course attendees. The daily routine from then was not so simple because it was centred around the classroom and central dining area so I just had to pick the more healthy option available which meant salad at lunch time and fish and vegetables in the evening.

Not too bad but at the same time not easy to abstain from the constant flow of coffee and biscuits or cakes being bought in for each break during the day.

I made an attempt to get some exercise but the gym (if you can call it that) was about the size of a normal car garage and most of the equipment was broken so I resorted to running up and down some steps to get my heart rate up along with a few sit ups and push ups.

Friday was back to normal with a decent 50 min cardio session in the gym on the cross trainer and treadmill, 2 MonaVie shakes for breakfast and lunch and a nice chunky chicken and vegetable stew for dinner along with a blueberry and skimmed milk smoothie for desert and a treat of cheese and biscuits.

Today has been far better with a 2 hour walk this morning with the dog and the rest of the day spent in the workshop preparing my motorcycle for a show next weekend.

Tonight we are out with friends for a Chinese meal so it will be interesting to see what healthy options I can find on the menu.

I may have to work extra hard on my morning walk/run tomorrow.

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