Making the weight.

Things are going well. my weight has dropped form 15 stone 2lbs at the start of the year down around 14 stone 5 lbs today. Ive been dieting hard and have been trying to consume no more than around 1500 calories a day which isn`t that easy. Todays intake consisted of a tuna sandwich, a slice of ryvita with gloucester cheese and a small bowl of porridge.
I do allow myself to play my joker on sundays which meant I was a able to have a burger and chipos in Weatherspoons yesterday, a mere 1200 calories.
One thing I have notices on my past couple of runs is that they do seem to be getting slightly easier which is possibly down to my smaller frame.
I also managed to run a mile after work, better than nothing I suppose.

Better late than never!

I did a 5k last night in a decent time by my own incredibly slow standards. I also did a mile run on sunday night but really need to get back into the swing of things. Ive struggled to fit in any running/blogging in the last week or so, so by the rules of Janathon Ive failed miserably.

stats (running)
Distance 3.14 miles
Time 29.47
Speed 6.3 miles per hour

Bad day.

Pathetic effort today, I was fairly busy due to work and didn't arrive home till late meaning I only managed to run a mile albeit fairly briskly by my standards. Tomorrow the plan is to get up the gym and knock out 5k on the treadmill. Wish me luck.

Shake and Bake.

Today has been a very good day.

My diet went extremely well, I had a tuna sandwich for breakfast/lunch and trout with mashed potato for dinner. In between I had two small bananas and finished the night off with a 'weightwatchers' fromage fraiche. Another couple of weeks of eating like this and gonna end up looking likr mr bean!

I had my boys for a couple of hours and we made fairy cakes topped with icing, dr oetker has a range called 'shake and bake' which even makes me look like a decent cook.

After dropping the kids off I popped up the gym for my janathon session. I managed to run a mile and a half on the treadmill and I then did three miles of cycling. A relaxing chill out in the sauna/jacuzzi/pool comnpleted my day.

Lazy tuesday

After finishing work today I planned to do one of two things - I was either going to go to the gym or do a run with a running club tonight. Instead I layed on the sofa and watched some of the snooker and a film. But at 9-30 I managed to drag myself out and run a mile in a very slow time.
Then it was porridge and horlicks and bed. What a night.

Time to diet!

Everything seemed to drag on today and I didn't get to the gym till about 7 o'clock.

I decided to do some bikework today mainly because I have a habit of getting shin splints when I run too much. I managed to cycle 4.09miles in 16 minutes without ending up with a sore backside. I then did a mile on the treadmill which felt like a marathon but I somehow got through it. I really think that this janathon thing is starting to do me some good.

Ive also decided to go on a diet starting from today. My current weight is 14st11 and my aim is get down to exactly 13 stone. Apparently the heaviest a man of my height(6ft1) should be is 13st9 whereas I am 14st10. My target weight is 13stone which I aim to achieve by 2021!

Back in the Loop.

I had a good night last night, the boys stayed over and we watched 'Hustle' which has just started a new series. its one of my favourite programmes and fortunately the boys enjoy it aswell. I decided to drink a bottle of red square late last night which was a bad idea because I was still trying to get to sleep at 3.a.m. Not a good idea when you`re working the following day.

Sunday started badly when Charlton were hammered 3-0 by Tottenham although it wasn't a complete surprise. I managed to run a couple of miles after work, my usual round the block and back home again loop.

Distance ran 2.2miles
Time 23 minutes
Average speed 5.7 miles per hour

A sort of workout.

I didn't have any time to do a run today. Generally I work on saturdays and go straight from work to pick up my boys who stay with me every saturday night.
Today was slightly different in that my firm was opening a new branch today in Woolwich and I was helping out. These things never seem to run smoothly, even when no stone is left unturned something always seems to go wrong such as when a well known sporting personality is booked for the opening and turns up an hour and a half late.
It was necessary to go into Woolwich town centre to pick up some stationary accompannied by my 11 year old niece (I am the bosses brother) and having got all that I thought was needed I then recieved a phonecall on my way back necessitating a secong walk around woolwich town centre.
I think I walked probably nearer a mile during this excursion but am only going to claim half a mile as I don`t want to take the piss!

Janathon

Today Ive joined this thing called 'Janathon' without being exactty sure what I was letting myself in for. Ive subsequently found out the idea is to run everyday during the month of January and record it on your blog - I think. The winner being the person who runs the most miles in the month. Well I can forget about that, I`ll be somewhere near the back as usual but its just the motivation that I need.
Tonight I managed to run to 'tesco express' and back (which is fortunately bang on half a mile away according to my car) , so at least Ive got another mile under my belt.
I was intending to go out tonight but ended up stuck on the sofa watching the darts. Im just about to stick a movie on called 'In Bruges' which Ive heard is pretty good.

Finding my feet again.

Ive done a couple of short runs in the last two days and it feels good. Its been a long time since Ive done any kind of exercise so I had to start somewhere. I`d been intending to get back in training since before christmas but partly because of the snow and the fact that my gym just seems to far away sometimes(especially if its raining/snowing or the traffic is bad)I haven`t managed to do any training.
I did a 1.5 mile run in Bromley on wednesday before watching the rather dulkl Arsenal-Man City game in `The Bricklayers`.
Last night I ran another 1.5 miles at the gym with an incline of 2. My legs are aching a bit but I intend to find my way back to the gym tonight before going ceroc in Bromley.