January 1st 2014

Ach. Wait. What?

It's New Year's Day? Christ on a bike, when did that happen?

No matter, there are things to be done now. As is customary, I went on absolutely ridiculously this Christmas season. Lots of food, far too many drinks and too many cigarettes. While I may not have a hangover, I am feeling a bit crap in myself.

It's been a while since I blogged last, so here's the quick catchup. In September I started running. The idea was to get into a state where I could do the 2014 Great North Run. I was really enjoying it too, getting up to regular runs of about 3 miles or so and managing it comfortably. I hurt my back this month which has stopped me from running, however I will be picking this up again next week.

In terms of the smoking, I will be stopping again. I managed to do the whole of October without smoking so I know I can do it again with minimal discomfort. That and i've got no money so smoking is something I really could do with kicking.

So here it is, the first day of the year and the last day of living unhealthily. When my current pack is empty, there will be no more cigarettes, exercise commences again next week and the diet starts tomorrow.

As in 2011, I have a wedding to go to in April, so I WILL look good for that.

Bring it on

June 3rd, 2013 part two

Hi again

So, as I promised, I have some more details for you all. I weighed myself at the gym and I've had myself measured. It's slightly grim reading but we all start somewhere:

Weight: 26.7 stone

Chest: 54"

Waist: 64"

Bicep: 13"

Thigh: 30"

So what we can glean from that is that yes, I'm a fat bastard.

Self deprecation aside, this means I'm exactly back to my heaviest weight when I started in 2011. This is annoying on several levels. Firstly, it means all the hard work I put in during 2011 has been wasted and secondly, I appear to have put all of that weight back on my stomach. Bastard body.

Anyway, I visited the gym for the first time in ages and managed to have a nice workout. 10 minutes on the exercise bike, 20 mins of resistance then 10 minutes on the cross trainer. Not bad considering my fitness is back to 0. And that I've already walked 2 miles today too.

Diet wise, I had a large, carb loaded dinner tonight. It's going to be my last carb heavy meal for 10 days, I enjoyed it.

Last of all for today, here is my weekly picture. I'll post one every Monday so you can get a visual idea of how I'm doing. If anyone notices any change before I do, please let me know.

Night all

Michael