One middle-aged man's latest desperate attempt to shed the pounds and return to fitness
Day Sixteen
Published on July 6, 2004 By Peter Attaway In Diet
WEIGHT : 235 pounds (9 pounds lost)
EXERCISE : 75 minutes cycling
ALCOHOL : One small glass red wine


Finally I seem to be back on track, health-wise at least. I breezed into work this morning, even after some enforced train-shuffling. I was asked to move carriages as my bike was causing an obstruction which, being an amiable chap, I duly did without a complaint (although I made sure my features were set into a derisive scowl). Then the train got delayed and I had to alight anyhow and move to an altogether different train. Tsk. The "bad news" i mentioned last week isn't going to fade away as speedily as I hoped, and could lead to a protracted process. Why is it when life for once appears to be adopting the aroma of roses, something comes along and empties a bag of manure all over you? Had a real epoch tonight. My wife (who is also allegedly on a diet, in the same way as George Bush is allegedly a humanitarian) bought home a bottle of wine. She proferred me a small glass, which I gladly accepted . . . but . . . then . . . I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE! I enjoy now having a clear head, to have clarity in my thinking, and just could not face (again) the thought of being hungover. All this was enough reason for me to eschew further glasses. WOO! YAY! Saying that I'm going out tomorrow evening and will probably get bladdered. Sunday is a big day as it's my first time in charge of my soccer boys in an actual match. Have managed to get a team together, although a couple of the lads are on their hols.

Comments
on Jul 06, 2004
Have you calculated your BMI ?
on Jul 06, 2004
Yup - when I started it was 31.3, which is classified as obese. It's now down to 30.2, which is still obese but a few more pounds should get to me down to "overweight" !!!. I need to get down to 190 pounds to be within normal toleration!