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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!!

Saturday, 19 January 2013

Weigh in (79)

You know how I said I was worried about this week's weigh in? Fearing it would show the result of some very VERY naughty eating over the last couple of weeks? Well, regretfully this is not where I say.....'and after all that, I am pleasantly surprised!!'......it is certainly a case of fear realisation.  Weighed in at 16 stone 3 pounds, which actually constitutes a weight gain of 7 pounds??...in a week???

I am well aware that denial is not just a river in Africa, however I do smell a bit of a rodent here (and yes, these are clean sheets on my bed); half a stone in seven days?? It seems an unnaturally high gain. Nevertheless, this is the score on the scales and I have to accept it. Without doubt it's a blow; just as breaking the sixteen stone barrier going down was a significant step in the right direction, this is just as significant a step the wrong way.

There may be issues such as the fact I am weighing myself on a different day to the first 70 weigh ins, and further issues that I am weighing in on a non-exercise day (Tuesday weigh ins used to be immediately after a gym session). I am no expert but bodily things are sure to be slightly different. These are things not to be dwelt upon, what does need attention is what I am going to do now. The countdown has begun to London, and I don't fancy my feet's chances of training for let alone managing to run 26 miles with sixteen stones of lard on top of them.

So that previous schedule I had only a short while ago? that's already history. NO more full English breakfasts (I found out that porridge is on the hotel menu, that's the way to go.....can't wait to see the look on the waitress' face when I ask for it!!). Extra vigilance with my evening meals, and maintaining my exercise regime. If I can do all these things - particularly with the increasing road-running distances there is no reason why I can't re-break the sixteen stone mark next time, and crack on towards the next milestone.

The strange thing is, that I am still feeling good. Stamina levels are high (still not feeling too much fatigue at the Stevenage commute). The running is going well, and I am comfortably knocking off five miles after work. The seven mile Sunday run is a bit more tricky, but the hills are pretty brutal in and around chilly Ramsbottom. That's a good level at this stage, and if I can keep that regime going - adding a mile per week - I should be ready come April 21st. So it's not doom, and maybe only cause for a little teeny tiny bit of gloom.

I have to do two things here; first of all I need to accept the situation as it is, not moan about it; and secondly I need to back myself. I know if I execute the plan above (which, let's face it, has been pretty much the plan since this whole thing started) I will be fine; and I'm saying that with total conviction. No doubts.

93 days to go........ 

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