OOH my legs are tender!!!!

I Did What started as half marathon pace run last night it started quick and got quicker and quicker !!
ended up running a sub 50 min 10k for the first time ever and with no competition !
then still had to run a further 3 and a bit mile So managed 9.3 miles in 1.16.53 with average pace of 8.16 there my best numbers ever so feeling pretty full of it.
As far as the weight goes ive been pretty well behaved but with a long weekend coming up who knows what could happen i will try my best but i have a 20 mile run planned on saturday and i need to fuel up for that !! but ill fuel up on healthy foods pasta and the like but will be taking jelly babies with me but i dont think theyll undo the work put in.

GOD I,M EXCITED

OOH i'm excited my new shoes have just arrived, mail order took twice as long as expected, just hope i have time to wear them in before blackpool, only 5 weeks to go and im starting to get nervous. Really need to get a bit more weight of by then and im not making any headway at all it just seems everything is against me, a customer popped in to work for a meeting today and brought product samples -apple pies and oat biscuits-and even though i said no i was told not to be rude and i really should sample them so i tucked in with the best of them.
Now im sat here dying to eat my lunch but thinking i really shouldnt still nice gentle run planned home from work which should limit the damage with any luck!
WW leader rang me again last night to see why i hadnt returned my success story form she hassles me most weeks but im not going to submit it til i have a picture of me crossing the finish line at the marathon to attach to it
then ill feel like ive acheived where as now i feel like im just short of what im aiming for

SNG

GOD I,M EXCITED

Alls Back to Normal

Well it seems all is back to normal on the work front i hope that means i can control myself a little better!.
Work has been hell for the last 6 months the company i work for had set its sights on gaining 3rd party accreditation So we employed a guy whose pretty much an expert in the area and i was assigned as his assistant it has been a real learning curve for me but it has been pretty hard work it all came to a end yesterday when we acheived a higher level pass with the accreditation board Unfortunatley this led to a chinese meal and a pudding and a rather exuberent celebration last night !!!!
but hey it was an acheivement
So back to it in ernest today, all foods counted and enjoyed and heading out for a 10 miler after work try and undo some of the damage i did during the various stressful moments over the last couple of days!!
SNG

thank god for small mercies

had a mare at work for last couple of days and eaten bad as a comfort but its all over and just weighed in and managed to stay the same so something good has come out of it as i thought i may have gained, no training last 2 days but will go out in the morning, in answer to pixies question yes im a weight watcher and proud of it all though can be quite embarassing as one of the few male members ,but it does make me feel quite special!!
ill check in in the morning

SNG

6am and working again!

Its been a trying couple of days went to a party on sat evening and tried to be good and managed to a point but buffet food really isnt good no matter how little you eat so combined with a few small drinks im not looking forward to getting weighed this week!!!!!
on a more positive note sunday was fine got up late and watched the marathon on the telly headed out for a twelve mile run in the heat of the day which seemed like a good practice for the marathon in june and my word it was hard work 17 degrees in yorkshire yesterday!!!
anyway must go get breakfast banana on toast i think yum yum and only 4 points!

No running today nice rest
probably 14 hrs at work so no time anyway
SNG

Working again!

Well its 9 am on a saturday and im sure i should be in bed but work calls and here i am plodding away with tasks that im not sure i understand i was just about to turn to the biscuit tin so i thought id post instead i feel good about not abusing the biscuits and its all down to this blog

lets hope i can be so strong all weekend as it is always the hardest time to resist goodies and pals always seem to put temptation my way be it beer or a meal out something always tempts me BUT I WILL BE STRONG!
rest day on the old running front will head out either before or after th FLM is on the telly tommorow

Happy dieting
SNG

so far so good

well its got to 1 o'clock just tucking in to my lunch and behaved myself so far had a dammed headache after the chocs yesterday anyway, so i ask myself is it worth it,no its not and ive been beating myself up about it ever since .Why do we do it?

Had a good run last night so that was slightly more positive but i think it lulls me into a false sense of security because somewhere along the line i justify chocolate/running and it just doesnt work that way but i do convince myself

running home from work today nice gentle 6 miles
then nice meal from the WW cookbook the other half is on board and trys to treat us once a week

pix-ill pop in and say hi next time im in at RW
SNG

Still no will power-lunchtime day 1 20.04.06

well i guess something in me must be broken , i told myself no and then i told myself no again and then only seconds later i tucked in to the chocolates that sensible people got for easter and brought in to work for the rest of us to share.
Why cant i say no and mean it how bizzare i managed to say no for a couple of years but i seem to have lost the knack !!!!!!
but thats it gotta sort it out

What self control????

WELL THANK GOD ITS OVER!!
Easter has been a real problem - chocolate , beer , nibbles etc Ive made a complete pig of myself and i feel totally crap about it but why cant i stop myself no one held my nose and forced me to eat i just let myself go and then it spirals and i cant stop it.

so today its head down and back to it proper fashion , combined with a 7 mile fartlek that should do the trick (i hope) , so heres to a good week dieting and Running

SNG

yahoo day1

yahoo! only day 1 and someone left me a comment, thanks pixie, ill keep this space posted with my training and my weigh ins and my thoughts on the former

weighed in last night at 12 st 5 lbs

need to get off what i can before the marathon (4th june in Blackpool) to do my knees a favor if nothing else!

rest day today did 6 mile recovery run yesterday after 18.5 miles long run sunday

just about finished the easter chocolate too so i can get down to it this week

TaTa
SNG

Got to start somewhere!

Hi everyone / anyone ?
im new to this so i gotta start somwhere heres a quick intro to me
Im Early 30's male whos always been overweight and despite losing 5 stones i still am .
appoximately 3 years ago i decided enough was enough and i ought to do something about my weight before it killed me so i did, i changed the way i eat and i stopped drinking as much,and very quickly i lost a stone and then very slowly i lost another then it ground to a halt altogether so had to change the way ilived , previously i lounged around and did very little so it was in my intrest to start slow so thats what i did i walked on the treadmill 10 mins at a time and over a year i incresed it to a slow trot and over the last twelve monthe ive run 3 half marathons 4 10 ks and a 10 mile race it has completely changed my life and who i am.
im starting this blog now to try and keep me going i still need to lose 2 stones or so and ive ground to a halt again so need some motivation im running a marathon in 7 weeks and im finding it hard to juggle diet and long distance but i keep trying
anyway thats me for now.
SNG