WELCOME

Hello there everyone, and welcome to my blog (hats off to 'Blogging for Dummies' for teaching this dummy how to....you know!).

I am overweight; make that very overweight. I think the technical term is 'morbidly obese'....ouch! Over the last few years I have had a few health warning shots, enough to make me realise that although there is nothing going on with my health that can't be reversed; my time is running out to do something about it before something really bad happens.

So this is my journey to health, and the plan is an ambitious one. I want to lose weight, and I want to get fitter; fit enough to run the Manchester 10k in May of 2012, fit enough to run a half marathon towards the end of 2012, and then fit enough to run the London Marathon in 2013, where the blogging journey will end at the finish line down the Mall.

I write this in the hope that the words and thoughts of both myself and readers can inspire me when the journey gets difficult, then hopefully people can be inspired by my story; believing that the most difficult journey is possible.

I make a promise to you that I will be honest - if the wheels fall off and I have six pizzas in two days, I will come clean - and I will do my very best. Share it with me.

......Wish me luck!!

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Weigh in (3)

You have no idea how nervous tonight was. I've just got home from a four o'clock start (very weird when it's the middle of Summer and you still wake up when it's dark!). Almost didn't weigh in today, but I daren't risk the repercussions.......from wee Ali (she may be wee, but don't cross her!). I have done all I can this week; no fast food, eating well, and last night I worked till eight, got home at nine and - major danger of eating badly, ALERT ALERT - had.......salad for tea!!
There was a danger of joining the 'I don't know what I have to do to lose weight' club far too quickly, but I needn't have worried as I lost two pounds!!!!! GET IN THERE MY SON!!!! I am SO chuffed to bits; we are on our way. I know it needs to continue (and no, I'm not going to treat myself by eating chips!), but it has now officially begun.
There is a tiny little fly in the ointment however. You remember how I went on about how people use the scales being wrong as an excuse for not losing weight? Well I was right, the scales of the Wii Fit are wrong, as they were too light!! Now as the two pound loss was measured on the Wii Fit, I've still lost the weight; however I am actually - courtesy of a proper posh set of scales - 18 stone 9 pounds. To be honest I don't give a monkeys, I've lost the weight, and I will keep losing it until I don't need to lose any more.

2 comments:

Wee_Ali said... Reply to comment

Great news!! Can feel your chuffedness, and rightly so. Keep up the good lifestyle (was going to say "work", but that's not going to encourage anyone I think!)
Am also chuffed - I got a mention!
Wee-A x.

Adyblady said... Reply to comment

@Wee_Ali
Thanks honey! I fear a backlash this week if I take the foot of the accelerator, so it's an hour on the Wii Fit tonight followed by mushrooms on toast!!

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