Live 30/10/2014

Exercise - Work - Eat - Watch TV

Weighing in at 10st 1lb.  Can exercise be making me bigger!?

Another day of working from home.  Eating last nights left-overs. And an evening of watching crappy films.  Apart from my physical explosion for the insanity workout my day has mainly consisted of sitting.

I got a text from a friend that simply said 'Magnet and Steel'. This made me beam one of those knowing smiles.  This was a reference to a series (which i think was on C4) called 'Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere', a spin-off from 'Pheonix Nights'.  If you've never seen it it's definately worth a look, very funny.

Exercise 30/10/2014 - INSANITY!

Haahaa

This is a cruel test but the best fun I've had at my own expense.
My sister and I have been "doing" this for just over a week and all we seem to be doing is putting on weight.  Which is most likely a result of the need to stuff yourself with carbs (...mostly crisps, cakes and sweets).

I can't even get through the warm-up without needing to stop, gulp down water, throw myself back into it and almost throw up.

My dodgy back and wonky knee don't like doing the exercises but I shake it out and soldier on.

I'm up 4lb and all my clothes are tight, this makes me miserable, is this what I want?

Diet 30/10/2014

Kcal = 1752
Fat = 47g

New approach...

breakfast...
- alpen & s.s milk, toast with honey, smoothie with cranberry juice and banana
snacks...
- coffee with milk, waffel (dry)
lunch...
- 2 pitta pizzas, 2 teas with milk, bread and jam
snacks...
- hot chocolate and an after eight, carrot and homous
dinner...
- 3 pitta pizzas, tea with milk
snacks...
- toast with butter, tea with milk

(is this layout easier to read?)

Live 29/10/2014

Work - Cook - Eat - Chores - Watch TV

I really like a site called 'good-to-know' and I trawled this item and got some good ideas on snacks.
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/wellbeing/galleries/27568/103-low-calorie-snacks

Exercise 29/10/2014 - Nothing

Exercise for today consisted of 2 walks of around 25 minutes.
No fat burning, unless the friction generated by my jeans counts(?).

Diet 29/10/2014

Amazing... 1743 kcal and 55g fat!

food

- museli and granola with milk

- 2 waffels dry

- sandwich with pesto, ham, lettuce, lentil salad and edam

- after eight

- bread and jam and jhost (cheese)

- 3 pitta pizza (no cheese)

- waffel with ice cream, half a banana and maple syrup

drink
- coffee with milk

- hot chocolate

- 3 red bush teas with milk

- glass of elderflower diluting juice

Not bad going but I did spend the whole day thinking of food.

Diet 28/10/2014

Yesterdays food & drink intake totalled 3375 kcal, 106g fat as follows:

food...
- bowl of museli & milk
- sweet waffel & jam
- 2 sweet waffels (dry)

- banana

- salad with light ceasar dressing and chilli chicken

- 5 rich tea biscuits

- 'free from' fruit cake slice

- smoked mackerel with potatoes, carrots and lime salsa

- bowl of ice cream with half a banana and strawberry sauce

- 3 after eights

drink...

- instant coffee with milk- lemon and ginger tea
- 2 glasses of water
- red bush tea with milk
- 2 glasses of white wine
- instant coffee with milk
- hot chocolate

I just went on https://www.12wbt.com which says that for a woman to lose weight they need to lower their calorie intake to 1200 a day and fat to 30g a day, hahaha I need to ease off the after eights.

Intro

Hello.

My name is Jennifer, I am 41 years of age and . . .
1) struggling to keep to a diet
2) failing spectacularly at exercising and
3) letting the above effect how I live

Through this blog I will diarise what I eat, when I exercise and how my life is "improved" by the changes I make.

My sister and friends will face all of this with me.  Any advice, heartache, blisters, binging, wobbly-bits, etc will be laid bare (look away now if you have a nervous disposition) .

I would like to dedicate my endeavours to all those whose wardrobes have become a museum of clothes still loved but are now a depressing reminder of the effect life takes on our bodies.

I wish you well.
Jenn x