I've moved

Thats it from this blogspot folks!
I've moved over to stuckinrunningmode.tumblr.com.
Thanks for looking in on me and following my progress in the last year. Tumblr is much more interactive and I have hooked up with another load of health and fitness tumblrs so I get loads of ideas and encouragement. Its a great site so I encourage you to join it yourself. If not join it certainly look around it! I am leaving my blogspot open though as it does record the first year of the rest of my life!
See you all on the tumblr side :-))

I will leave you with some facts and figures;

Start weight = 197lbs  89.4kg
Current weight = 168lbs  76kg
Goal weight =154lbs  69.8kg

Calorie count (most of the time ) 1500 calories

Started walking every day = 8th march 2011
Started couch to 5k = 25th April 2011
First ever and official (parkrun) 5k run = 18th June 2011  - 40 minutes 15 seconds
10 official 5k parkrun runs done. Latest one at 33 minutes 15 seconds
10k distance completed = Sunday 25th March 1 hour 12 minutes

Uk size 16/18 down to UK size 12/14

PT session

I joined the local gym and had my first ever PT session yesterday. It was nowhere near as scary as I thought it was going to be. My only “experience’ of PT’s to date are those on Biggest Loser and A Year to Save my Life. Chris Powell can come and live with me for 3 months anytime :-)

It was only for 1/2 hour and was really an ‘introductory’ 1/2 price session for him to get to know how fit I was and what I wanted to achieve. 

We did some free weights, planks, lunges, squats, things with my arms (hey, give me a break, it’s a new language!) - all good. I did a side plank for 30 secs each side  - twice! A new exercise for me!  I enjoyed having new things to do. I also enjoyed input from another person. A fresh perspective if you like. Although I felt my thighs burn on the lunges I thought it was all pretty tame. That was until this morning. Oh my!

My thighs restricted my short run this morning and my glutes certainly worked yesterday! Even my torso feels tight. It hasn’t felt like that in years!! Its amazing how post exercise tight muscles make you feel.

I‘ve booked my next 5 sessions already :-)

Friday and Saturday Goals

Friday

Drink 2 litres water - fail (again) I had about 1 litre

Consume under 1500 calories - fail!  I had 1820

Exercise  - fail!!!!! I didn't do any !!

It was a funny day. I was working all morning then had a few hours break so had some lunch, looked at the internet, then, just as I was thinking about going to the gym or for a run, my next client asked to come earlier so that was that, no exercise done - at all.

Remembering to drink 2 litres of water is hard going. You really have to start first thing in the morning to get 2 litres in. I can't drink anything after about 8pm. If I do I generally have to get up in the night to go to the loo. It's my age!

I need to work out some sort of exercise programme that I can stick to. But then again, a day off now and then should do me some good!

Saturday

Drink 2 litres water - fail again!

Consume less than 1500 calories - umm, not sure because we ate out in the evening and I have no idea how many calories were in my dinner.

Exercise - hell yes! TICK!!!!! I did a pb on my parkrun 5k at 33.17 and burned 430 calories.