It’s time to do something about my weight

Ok, I’m writing this pretty much to put something in the public domain that I hope I can use as a motivational tool.  The theory is once I’ve gone on record that I’m working to a weight goal I’ll be shamed into making it happen rather than letting it fade into dim and distant memory.

As a child I was always active being both a swimmer and a runner.  I used to go to the city Judo club with my dad every Monday night where we would run around the City Memorial Park with other club members and then do sprints and piggy back sprints and such like before returning to the club to either do Judo on the mat or to continue working out in the gym.  I also did a lot of running with the school competing well in all distances from 100m to cross country so from about 11 to 16 I was incredibly fit.  At 17 I left home and brought my first house and my feeding and exercising regime changed for the worst.  I started eating bad food in big portions and supplementing it with beer and wine.  Back then mostly beer.  In adulthood I was still pretty active until I had a fall from my horse and damaged my back by slipping a disc.  I’ve not really been able to run since other than on a treadmill which is simply not the same as proper running and so my activity declined whilst my food and alcohol intake continued as before.

In gaps between work I get to the gym in quite an agressive fashion.  At the begining of this year I had a couple of months without much work so was for a period of 6 or 8 weeks in the gym virtually every day.  Typically I’d do an hour of cardio work and then push weights until I could push no more.  I can pack muscle on quite quickly and can see my strength increasing in addition to my cardio performance improving but once work became busier I couldn’t maintain the committment to get to the gym.  Even whilst at the gym my gross bodyweight didn’t move that much.  Sure, I was probably carrying more muscle and a little less fat but my weight didn’t move that much.

So, because of work committments I can’t rely on getting to the gym so my only other option is to change my diet for better eating and to cut the alcohol consumption.  I’ve been eating well since the weekend with very little in the way of alcohol.  My starting point is 14st 9llb and I’m going to weigh myself every sunday morning for the next few weeks to see if I can get down to 13st 6llb.  I’ll also update this post on a weekly basis with my progress

STARTING WEIGHT    14st 9llb

Tagged as: diet, Health, weight