Hi all my name is Andrew I’m 38 and live in the UK

My current weight is 16 st 6.8 1b and I am 5 foot 9 . I would like to get to 12stone.
I am hoping that starting this weight loss diary will give me the jump start I need to get going along my weight loss journey. I wanted to lose about 1.5 stone but after reading some of the stories here and seeing the kind of weight loss some people are going for or have achieved I changed my mind and decided to set my sights on trying to lose all my excess weight which is about 4.5 stone.

The method I am going to use is calorie counting and going to the gym starting out run/walking.I went to the gym on Monday and Tuesday then was wiped out for two days and then went again today.I would like to have a body one day that is fit, healthy and generally feels nice to live in.So lets see what happens.

Friday

cals 1851

workout run/walk 18 min/12 min at 7.5km/h and 6km/h total 3.3km

all good.

Saturday

cals 1842

no workout but had a walk around the park and a walk around the shops in town .All good.

Great job!! Way to go on the exercise and calorie counting. Keep it up!

Thanks Michaela

Any exercising today?? I haven't started exercising yet... Anything you recommend?

Yep,went for a walk with my daughter.
We walked 2.4 km in 30 mins
cals were 2030

Monday I went to the gym and upped the tempo a bit

I did a run/walk session 18/12 min at 8.5/6km/h and covered 3.5 km

cals were 2015

Hooray for you!

Do you have a gym or exercise classes near you?You could try a few different things and maybe find something you enjoy.Walking is always good to fall back on.

Thanks Michaela

No training yesterday

cals 1900

Missed training today had to go to the docs.

cals 1852

Wife and daughter are going away for a few days tomorrow.I'll have to be careful not to turn it into a munchfest being bored on my own.Hope to go training tomorrow.So far so good.

Oh well made it to the gym and had a really good workout as well.Wife rang to say she would be staying an extra night and will be coming home on Sunday now instead.So that will be an extra day I will have to be careful not to binge on.Why being alone affects me like this I don’t know ,but it does.

Workout
Run/walk 18/12 mins 8.5/6 km/h covering 3.5 km plus 2 km walking to and from gym in total.

I have been reading one or two of the journals and I am finding them really inspiring and a good read.Infact I’ll go back to reading some more now.Update on the cals later.

You said:

"Why being alone affects me like this I don’t know ,but it does."

I know exactly what you mean. I'm living with family at the moment, and I find the fact that they know what i'm trying to do helps me keep my direction maintained. I feel that if I let myself down, I'll also let them down, because they'll see me as weak. That might be some convoluted form of pride or something, but hey... if it works, don't knock it!

Maybe if you get a pang of guilt you could call your wife. If she can't be there to support you in person, she can at least be in spirit... maybe that could work?

My wife rang twice today and asked how the diet and training was going.Yes it certainly helps having the support of your family.Its only when you mentioned it that I really thought about it.