Hogmany, in the midst of our revelry Jane & I set target for weight loss this year. We are both "plus size", in fact I reckon I've put on over 5 stone over the last 8 years.
I am aiming at a 4 stone loss this year (that's 56lbs to you Yanks out there or 25.4kg for our metric cousins). Jane will go for 6 stone, good on her. Obviously if I breach the four I'll try and take off more and if I am honest I need to get about 7 stone off. I'll be cutting back in fats, eating more fresh fruit and vegetables but most importantly, no more snacks, crisps, chocolate and sugary carbonated drinks. I've been a good boy today, a little bit of hot smoked salmon, low fat cottage cheese & matzo. Tonight I will be having home made cottage pie for dinner. I know I have the will power, I stopped cigarettes cold turkey nearly 5 years ago, I've given up chocolate for Lent most every year for the last 6 and back in 1989 I gave up alcohol completely for over 6 months.
Next part of the target is fitness. I used to do an Army Basic Fitness Test which was 3 miles; 1.5 miles in 15 minutes followed by the next 1.5 in less than 10.5 minutes. So there's a target to aim for. I think 5km in 22 minutes seems fair. Part of the reason I'm going to focus on fitness rather than diet is that weight appears to just slough off me when I stay physically active. This means joining the local gym in the village, possibly going for some walk/runs down the riverside. I might struggle a bit getting started with this.
I weighed in today. 19 stone, 5lb (271lb or 123kg). Pretty horrendous, eh? I may put up some scary pictures tomorrow.
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