lovely day run a run!!

Well im not sure wether its just the momentum of the last couple of weeks or i really am getting back into the weight loss vein but....
ive behaved i turned down food and drink at the opening night of other halfs musical show last night which i must say was brill and her solo was the best if only she was a little more confident she would make me a million!!!
and today has been good not even tempted by the biccies that are floating round the office
And what a lovely day for a run i cant wait for the clock to tick past 4 so i can get me kit on and get out the door
so itll be 6-9 miles on way home ill include intervals if i do the 6 mile route but if i do the 9 itll be steady away cos its 'ot!

Keep at it
sng

Another pound gone!!

Well i consider myself very lucky to have lost a pound this week as i know in my self that i have slipped a few times so i will have to be exceptionally good this week so as not to balls up all the hard work!!
only 3 pound and ill be in the 11 stone summat club!
had a nice run home from work yesterday felt rally quite good
so no running today but will do some cross training
10 x 3 min rounds on the punchbag
few sets of press ups
few sets of bicep curls
and all this on a day with no carbs for tea so may be shattered tomorrow!

keep at it
sng

a not so confident weigh day today

well doesnt weigh day come round quick when youve been a little naughty ,what i wouldnt give for an extra day to try undo some of the damage before weigh!!
Usually weigh in cant come quick enough but not this week!!
I had a good day yesterday and behaved very well.
Went for longish run (9 miles) which felt good as it was fairly cool and will plod home from work today which is another 6 miles.

Keep at it folks and be good!

sng

a poor weekend (apart from the england win!!!)

Well i had a poor weekend i was very very tired (worked some strange hours) and had to give my long run a miss due to exhaustion
this in turn ment that the usual weekend slips on the eating font will no doubt have a worse effect than usual!!
saturday wasnt too bad behaved all day and meal out in the evening -lasagne and chips
sunday was similar good all day then bbq in the evening coupled with numerous beers

so as a result i am not feeling as positive this week but i have my mind set back in place and will have to take this blip on the chin

been good today and off out for my long run this aft so hopefully that will help

Keep at it and be good
SNG

WHOOPSY!!!!!!

had a little slip up yesterday which was encouraged by my colleafue and other half-one providing a pork pie and the other feeding me apple pie . i also missed my run due to work commitments and generally it was a shit day so ill have to work hard to turn it around now.

I have challenged the colleague who leads me astray to a weight loss race! the challenge been loose 21 lbs before the 1st october (great north run).
Im glad to say that the challenge has been accepted and terms have been agreed the loser pays 10 pound to charity and if we both manage the challenge we both pay 10 pounds
so thats the plan hopefully he will not be leading me astray again

so heres to 21 lb off average 1.5lb a week

9 mile plod this afternoon
then punchbag press ups and cross train tomorrow

Keep at it folks good luck
sng

yippeee!!!

weighed in on tuesday pm and all the hard work has payed off as i lost 3lb so i am very pleased with myself and have been full of it since even meneged to watch the england game without beer!!!
today has been awkward up very early and working away from office boss took me out for lunch Lasagana and garlic bread which i ouldnt realy refuse and then this evening got home 14 hrs after leaving house and ate crap meal as i was too tired to bother with anything else
but not to worry its not a problem ive pulled my socks up and i will loose weight again this week
exercise wise had good tempo run home from work yesterday today i rest and tomorrow i wil plod 6 miles or so and do some punchag work/pressups

TATA for now be good!

D-Day

Well after a week of doing really well and feeling really good about it ,it has come round to d-day already WW weigh in tonight and im dreading it ! i always seem to gain when i feel this good/ive tried this hard.
But i should not be negative i know whatever the scales say that i have done my best and if it doesnt show this week itll show next.

Running home from work today nice gentle 6 miles it seems a bit cooler so hopefully will feel a bit more comfortable than sunday.

Keep at n b good

Phew!! got through the weekend

Well i got through the weekend in pretty good shape on saturady we popped out for a few drinks (vodka and diet mixer)and had lovely home cooked meal in the evening and still managed to stay within my points which i was very pleased about
And sunday was almost as good i got up early had nice run worked in the afternoon and got to 4pm on only 9 points popped out to friends bbq and had piece of chicken minus skin and a small bread roll then off to future in laws for sunday dinner and i think i managed to go over by only 5 points so exercise considered not a bad dieting weekend

on the fitness front did 5 x 3 min rounds on punch bag on sat am (god thats hard work)
sunday 9 mile plod which felt very hard but it was warm

keep at it and be good!!

Almost a week!

I know its only 5 days but i have managed five whole days and havent been tempted by evil food or drink i have eaten well and stayed within my points and drunk lots of water and i feel bloody good for it!!!
and thats the thing that baffles me ,i know how good i feel when im been good but i still fall of the wagon and trough now and again but why?? i think i must have a bit missing in my brain!

now for the hard part and heres to it THE WEEKEND!

i will be good i will point and i will drink water

6 mile run after work and something longer over the weekend

Keep at it and BE GOOD

By jove i think he's go it!!

The right frame of mind that is!!

i feel really good i feel like i want to diet and i want to exercise instead of the usual i HAVE to !! isnt that great the last time i felt like this i kept it going for two years and lost 3 1/2 stone just gotta keep making the right choices and not putting temptation in my way.

WW weigh in on tuesday night and gained 12st6.5lb so goal is 20.5lb before my wedding at the end of october which i think is fairly realistic

i have run everyday this week mon and tues were just plods but last night i did my first real quality session since the marathon and it felt great!!
1/2 mile warm up
8 x 1/4 mile @+/- 90% effort
8 x 1/4 mile recovery
1/2 mile jog down

really enjoyed it, rest day today or maybe a few mins on the punchbag
keep pointing and plodding
SNG

The plan

Well as with all plans something came along and spoiled mine at the weekend the comment i mentioned that someone thought i was a girl hit me harder than id realised and on friday i was a little down n depressed about it but thought nothing of it then as the weekend went on i got worse and before i knew it id eaten my way through titanic amounts of poorly chosen foods and gallons of beer (england match didnt help that!!)

But ive picked myself up and Kicked my own arse and hopefully now i have the mind set to stick to the plan and acheive my goals i havent felt this determined/positive in a long time so i really hope i can make it all come together

Bit of extra incentive (as if i needed it with wedding to look forward to) We have booked our honeymoon so can look forward to week in orlando playing at diney followed by a week on the beach in jamaica i WILL be 11 stone and i WILL NOT have my man boobs

WW tonight first weigh in since marathon so not expecting much in fact after the performance over the last couple of weeks im expecting a substantial gain

BUT hey ho plod on and sort it out best foot forward!

Running wise ive done a couple of short plods this week and legs feel quite good so gonna push for a 5 miler tonight

and then work from there

SNG

The Plann is made-just gotta stick to it

Missed post Yesterday as i was working hard and away from my desk but im back today and im back with that plan i promised myself so here goes

DIET PLAN
-I have no excuses anymore the marathon is over and so is the need for extra fuel!
-I must get back in the groove and PLAN PLAN PLAN ive done it before (for years) and i WILL do it again.
-I must count everything and start my food diary again it works - so mht stop??
-I must stop drinking beer and get back to spiritd/diet mixers

And i have to do all of the above becuse ...I KNOW IT WORKS

EXCERSISE PLAN
-I will run gently +/-30 miles a week until my Knee op(mid july)
-After the op i will do upper body work on a punchbag to maintain fitness
-As soon as possible after op i will use cross trainer and genle runs to maintain my fitness
-6 weeks after i should be able to run as good as new so aim for a 10k before the GNR in oct

And the biggest thing i must do is . . . STICK TO THE PLAN!!!!


All of this has been re itterated today as one guy i met in blackpool at the weekend admitted he thought i was a girl !!! (i have still some weight to loose and my upper body needs work on the man boobs)

keep at it
SNG

Back to normal!!

I had no idea in the days and weeks leading up to my marathon ,just how wrapped up in it i was until today it has dawned on me what a big part of life it has been and i cant believe the size of the hole left behind now it has passed ....i am totally and utterly bored i have my wedding to look forward to but its all pretty much in hand i need to find something to get my teeth into as i am really really BORED

Im resting after the race which doesnt help cos usually if im bored i go run and im really trying to resist the urge as i know there isnt much in my legs after sunday

Diet wise there is a marked improvement on the past few days but that bores me too i want tasty new things not healthy boring things
i need to sit down and make a plan -where im going with my running , where im going with my diet and how im going to get myself there!!

Keep plodding and be good
SNG

well i did it and im in one piece!!

well after months of training and weeks of panicking ive finally run my marathon !!!

And i feel wonderful (Apart for the aches and pains that is)

the weekend went something like this:
SAT 3/6/06
Sat am 11.30 set off to blackpool in very hot car sat 12.10 traffic diverted due to accident sat 1445 eventually arrive in blackpool plus or minus 2 hrs later than expected and very dehydrated!!and very nervy/snappy

Spend sat afternnon looking round the expo and then a couple of pints to settle my nerves splendid pasta feast at the b+b and off to bed early for one of the worst nights sleep ive ever had.
SUN 4/6/06
Up nice and early for large bowl of porridge and a bacon sandwich , quick change and on the tram to the start arrived at the expo in plenty of time for the loo etc only to be told the start was delayed (again) so my nerves were off at 100 miles per hr again finally after a bit of confusion we found the start and we were off !
After mile one my watch went dead which got me down straight away but i talked my self round and fiddled with it and by mile 5 it was operational so at least i could monitor my pace i wanted to maintain a stedy 10 min mile pace plus a bit due to the heat wave got to the half way very comfortably and plodded off on the second lap which again was comfortable til about mile 18 when i became very weary and felt like i was going no where even though i was working so hard-and then an angel of a lady appeared and started to chat and ran me through what must have been the wall she stopped for a drink and i didnt see her again i wouldve liked to have thanked her, from then on in it was hard work all the way but i knew in my own mind i had it beaten so 4.27.23 after i had started i crossed the line to rapturous applause from friends and family and tears from mum and dad at which point i shed a few myself in the arms of my other half

A Truly Marvellous Experiance i can recommend it to all

AS for the diet Forget it i have i pressed the reset button this morning and i am back to it so i wont tease you with the weekends menu
Keep plodding and pointing
SNG

3 sleeps (lets hope anyway)

well not long now i popped out for a short plod last night to try and help me sleep as ive been struggling to sleep since i backed off on the training a bit which is driving me mad but ive been staying in bed and relaxing even though ive been laid awake!!

Food wise ive been pretty good a few points over last couple of days so not spectacular but i coul have really gone off the rails this week as im a nervous eater and my nerves are shot!!!!
Keep at it