WEIGHT : 240 pounds (4 pounds lost) EXERCISE : 17 miles cycling, 25 mins football ALCOHOL : A few beers Well, the weight ain't shifting, and there's no mystery as to why - too much drinking! Another "social" occasion tonight. A crowd of people had come over from Wallenfels in Bavaria as a sort of exchange as Wallenfels is the twin town of where the football club I help out with is based. They bought with them a barrel of cold beer and a desire to play football, so I helped out a litt...
WEIGHT : 240 pounds (4 pounds lost) EXERCISE : 17 miles cycling, 75 mins football ALCOHOL : One can lager, one small glass red wine Back to the normal slog of bike, work, bike, football. I was average at best at football, although I managed to get three shots on goal (wide, tame, saved) plus a header (very wide). There were only ten playing, so I had to do far too much running around for my liking! The rest of the day was pretty uneventful.
WEIGHT : 241 pounds (3 pounds lost) EXERCISE : Not much! ALCOHOL : Too much! A lovely sunny weekend, and a BBQ in recognition of my daughter's latest birthday. I managed not to eat much (indeed nobody felt that hungry due to the very warm weather) but the drink was a little too excellent at helping quenching a heated thirst. It was wonderful having so many friends round. I'm not usually a gregarious person, indeed this nature (focusing on just one friend) has caused me grief in the p...
WEIGHT : 240 pounds (4 pounds lost) EXERCISE : Football Training ALCOHOL : None! Shock! Horror! Car into work today as I had to get home to take the boys for soccer training. It went okay, until the match, when the lads continued their cluster-around-the-ball mentality. It's so frustrating to see players tackling their own team mates just to get a kick of the ball. It doesn't help that one of the boys is quite skilful and it's hard for anyone (of either side) to get the ball off of...
WEIGHT : 240 pounds (4 pounds lost) EXERCISE : 17 miles cycling ALCOHOL : Er . . . too much I'm afraid (again) Even hotter and sweatier today. I spend the morning shifting uneasily in my chair whilst rivulets of sweat trickle down my back and end up in my bum-crack. Behaved well food-wise but I had a social event in the evening and was a little . . . er . . . thirsty. This week has been a little bit of a loss, must try harder next week.
WEIGHT : 240 pounds (4 pounds lost) EXERCISE : 17 miles cycling ALCOHOL : Er . . . too much I'm afraid Heck, another pound gone. If I continue this way I'll . . . weigh less. Hot day today - I arrived at work hot and sweaty, soaking in fact. Not nice, although I soon calmed down. Played soccer in the garden with my son for a while then picked up the balls that had arrived for the squad I coach, then me and the wife had a night of hot, sweaty, pumping action with my long, stiff and...
WEIGHT : 241 pounds (3 pounds lost) EXERCISE : 17 miles cycling ALCOHOL : 1 small bottle cider Okay, two pounds gone, and I'm in it for the long stretch now, no excuses, no parties (except my daughter's birthday on Sunday), no holidays (except for a week off work, soon). Here I go - 40+ pounds off, no messing.Actually I do feel a lot fitter. During the footie last night I was hardly huffing and puffing around like Larry Lardcakes, and the 8.5 mile cycle into work each day no longer ma...
WEIGHT : 243 pounds (1 pound lost) EXERCISE : 30 mins cycling, 60 mins football ALCOHOL : [?] Well, I'm back from my hols. I shouldn't be too dis-spirited as I only put three pounds on, although this add to the five I'd already put back on. I kept myself busy during my hols, with plenty of walking and didn't go to excesses with either food or alcohol, which is unlike me!So, off we go again! Tried to cycle to work today but I got to the station and no trains were running, so had to cy...
WEIGHT : 240 pounds (4 pounds lost) EXERCISE : 60 mins football ALCOHOL : None. Argh! I gained another pound! This is horrendous. Equally horrendous are the photographs my wife took during the game yesterday, all these little boys surrounded by this great fat blob! I USED to be SOOO thin! Today I was off work, so caught up on a load of stuff (but then I didn't exactly over-exert myself! Played football in the evening, so hopefully a little bit of weight may have slid off through s...
WEIGHT : 239 pounds (5 pounds lost) EXERCISE : Not much ALCOHOL : Three cans beer. As is my talent, I have gained four pounds just by being "bad" for one day! Boo! Took my soccer boys for their first match of the season and they lost 12-0! Not a groovy day, then!
WEIGHT : [?] EXERCISE : Not a lot! ALCOHOL : Half bottle red wine, two cans beer. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! etc etc etc. Despite asking for nothing calorific for my presents I got a bottle of red wine, a bar of chcolate and a bag of tortilla chips! Apparently this was my son's idea for an "instant movie-watching kit" as I got "The Return of the King" on DVD, so I forgave him. My wife bought me a bracelet and my daughter "bought" (she's not yet three) me another DVD - which my wife took b...
WEIGHT : 235 pounds (9 pounds lost) EXERCISE : 75 mins cycling, 20 mins walking ALCOHOL : Small glass red wine, tot of rum. Well, the weight just won't shift this week, despite [largely] being a well-behaved boy. Oh hum. Cold a little better today, so I cycled into work, although it was a bit of a bind. Also walked back from the town to work carrying a couple of big bags of chocolate for my work colleagues - we usually buy cakes for each other for our birthdays but I wasn't gonna hau...
WEIGHT : 235 pounds (9 pounds lost) EXERCISE : Not a lot ALCOHOL : Glass red wine, small tot rum. Holy illness! I now have a cold. How annoying. My weight does seem to have stabalised a little this week. Ideally I want to have lost a stone by the end of next week (before I go on holiday) but I don't think that's too likely to happen. My son is a little better. Got him all dressed up in his soccer uniform tonight - he looks truly excellent! I seem to have lost a little commitment ...
WEIGHT : 235 pounds (9 pounds lost) EXERCISE : 75 minutes cycling ALCOHOL : Two cans lager Holy doldrums! Somehow it's only Wednesday. This week is just crawling, like a very slow-crawling thing. I think it may because I have ten days off work from Friday, plus my birthday on Saturday. Time just doesn't WANT to pass. My son puked in the night. He's had the same sickness stuff I had and now has a cold, poor little bugger. Treated myself to a bit of beer in the evening, but I reall...
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...