Your doing really well!! Well done you
What kind of foods are you eatting??

Thanks Sinead.

The food I have been eating are things like natural yogurt with tinned peaches or strawberries,Cottage cheese with ryvitas,porridge oats,low sugar jelly,Toast with low fat philadelphia,frozen meals with veg,bananas, low cal cup-a-soups, lots of diet pepsi.

I'm not very adventurous when it comes to food and I am happy eating the same things day in day out for weeks on end.

today's cals 1860

Well it’s been a week since I started and when I weighed today I was pleased to see that I weighed 15.13.6.
So I had a loss of 7.2lbs.I am really pleased with this and I have found it quite easy with my motivation being very high(experience tells me to make the most of it while it lasts).I have lost weight in my face which is good as I like to check out my mug in the mirror from time to time

No training today.My knees are a little bit sore from the running,I will probably do the run/walk three times a week or every other day and do something else on the other days.
So all good so far.

Yesterday’s cals 1820

Well I made it to the gym today and had a good one.I tried to rev up the work rate by running as far as I could before I had to stop.I run for 8 mins which I was quite pleased with.I followed this up with runs of 5 mins and then 6mins with walking breaks in between.I have been looking at the C25K programme and I reckon I should be able to run 5K in one go in about four or five weeks WOOHOO.I really like running and it gives my mood a real boost which helps because I suffer with depression from time to time.

Had a good day on the diet I have had 1685 cals so far and that will probably be all I will have today.I wish I could make this diary more interesting for those of you who read it ,but the problem is that my life isn’t very interesting lol ,so its quite difficult.

Most days consist of get up,go to the gym ,come home eat,drink,go to bed.I am not working so I can’t write about that.So unless I start making stuff up it’s going to have to be mostly about running and cals lol.
Oh yeh I’m going food shopping tomorrow and I might have a sneaky mcflurry on the way home(big day for me lol)

So its all going good so far

Well I ended up not going out yesterday and spent a miserable day stuck in the house and this was reflected in my calorie intake of 2364 cals.Not great,but certainly not as bad as it would have been on a day when I felt miserable before I started this diary.Most of my overeating was done in response to emotions or feeling tired.It would of been straight to tesco and bring on the pork pies.

I made it to the gym toady and had an excellent workout.I managed to run 20 min before needing a walking break.I will need to run about 35 min without a break to make the 5k.Instead of taking walking breaks I might try reducing the speed to an even slower jog and see what happens.

Todays food

Porridge 410 cals

Cottage cheese 275 cals

Wholegrain 150 cals
Melba toast

Natural yogurt 275 cals
Tinned strawberries 160 cals

Low sugar jelly 40 cals

Tin peaches 170cals

4 hovis granary bread 350 cals
30 g extra light garlic and herbs
Cheese spread 38 cals total 1868 cals

Today’s workout walk 1min run 20 min walk 3min run 10 min walk 2 min run for 2 min

Running was done at 8.5 k/h walking at 6 k/h and I covered 5K
I was chuffed to bits with this workout and could of sworn that I looked better it in the gym changing room mirror after lol.But it was just the endorphins I'm sure as I was absolutely buzzing

Well after having a great session at the gym on Monday I woke up the next morning with a limp.I was probably trying to do too much too soon and only have myself to blame for the shin splints.I’m going to go and get fitted with the right sort of trainers on Saturday.Hopefully this will help.

Yesterday’s cals 2280 ,went a bit over target because I was feeling sorry for myself .Legs were alright this morning though and I made it to the gym and did 30 min on the X trainer followed by walking 1k on the treadmill plus the walk back and fore the gym which totals 3K.I will probably stick to the X trainer for the rest of the week as long as my shins are ok in the morning anyway.
So still plodding on I’ll update later with today’s calories.

Well I got fitted with some new trainers on Saturday(Asics 1130).So hopefully I will be set to start running again.I have enjoyed using the X trainer in the meantime and if the calorie counter is anywhere near accurate then I will have burned plenty of calories.I completely ballsed up the diet on Saturday and my weight is up 4 lb.So it will take me a few days to shed the extra water.I will have to be more careful how far I dig deep into my reserves with the exercise and not cause myself to break the diet because of tiredness.I reckon that if I had bought a few bananas to eat when I was out shopping on Saturday I wouldn’t have broken the diet in such big style.Oh well I will try and learn from that.A banana in time saves nine(or 29 as the case may be).

Wed cals 2047
Thur cals1747
Fri cals 2194 weighed 4lb loss
Sat cals 5385 (oops)
Sun cals 1962

Training
Thur 40 min X trainer 2k walk
Fri 40 min X trainer 2k walk
Sat about 3 hrs walking around the shops
Sun 1 lap of park

Hey Moobs,

Bannana's are great for dieting but the best advantage of them is they are instant source of energy. If your feeling low on energy go for a bannana as this should provide you with a quick fix. Also apples are good for calming down an appetite.

Monday cals 2422 training 40 min X trainer 2k walk
Tuesday cals 1890 training 40 min X trainer 2k walk
Wednesday XXXX oops
Thursday cals 1675 training 40 min X trainer 2k walk
Friday cals 3548 training 40 min X trainer 8 min run/walk 2k walk
Saturday cals 1686 3 hours walking around town
Sunday cals XXXX oops

I’m having too many off days at the moment .As of tomorrow I am going to knuckle down and stick to the diet every day for the next week.it’s a shame I am struggling with the diet because the exercise is going really well and I am enjoying it.

I’m going to update my diary every day even if it is just to log my calories and training as I felt this was helping me at the start and I will set a short term goal of 2lb a week for the next 6 weeks.I hope this will help me to focus.

Yes John I think I will try using a strategic piece of fruit here and there to help stop my motivation flagging.

Monday

training 30 min walk /run 2 min/8 min X 3 at 6km/h and 8.5 km/h plus 2k walking

diet cals 1815

had a good day.

Tuesday

training 40 min X trainer 2k walk

cals 1884

had a good day today.

Wednesday

training 30 min run/walk 8 min/2 min X 3 covering 4 k plus 2k walk

Diet went down the pan unfortunately.We went out for a meal and for some reason this makes me want to eat everything in sight when I get home.I will need to learn how to deal with this situation better in future.I think going for the roast potatoes is a no no next time.

Diary entry's are very helpfull. The best thing is that you can look back at the bad days when your feeling low and think well today is still a bad day but i've lost ** lb from that. It's can be very motivational, try and put as much as you can in.

Thursday

training 40 min X trainer 2k walk

another day off the diet today.I came back from the gym feeling great but within 10 min I was feeling wiped out.I ate my porridge straight away but within the hour I was in tesco buying crap.I will put that one down to being overtired and hope to learn from it .