June 2011
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Sporadic visits to the gym....
….seem to be in vogue at the moment. Struggling on a day to day basis but getting there with some encouragement.
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Walked outside...
….for thirty-two minutes and forty-eight seconds covering 3.01 km.
Really didn’t have the motivation but managed to get out after an hour or so of self-persuasion.
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...and again...
…despite bring in a very low period. Kit bag was in car and I drove there without thinking. It helped that the pool and the bright sun was there.
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May 2011
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..surprised myself by going to the gym today....
…unplanned and not a great effort but I got there.
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March 2011
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Day#96
…not a good day. Another midnight snack feast. Really need to kick start my use of the meditative technique to combat emotional eating.
Gonna have a day off. Not a ‘fuck it’ day. But a day off nonetheless.
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Day#97
A good day so far despite having a had a midnight snack of Chorizo, pepperoni, cheese and houmous.
So far I’ve eaten two tins of tuna and drunk water only. I’ll have another tin later.
Walked to doctor this morning and back covering 2.16 km in 25 minutes and 32 seconds at about 5 km/hour.
Also been the gym and swam for twenty minutes. My gym has decided to open the...
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Consequences...
…of not taking regular exercise.
Of course there is the being fat bit.
Aside from a brief visit from anal leakage the thing that irritates most is the way my t-shirt/vest rises up revealing the bottom of my stomach. Grim.
Starting again has brought about this…
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Day#98
Another day feeling rough. Opted for my bed instead of the gym which never helps. Still I walked for over two miles tonight across and around a park. 3.5 km in 41 minutes 32 seconds at a rate of 5.1 km/hour. Lovely dark night with next to no light and a panoply of stars.
Ate one tin of tuna and in my depressed mood a bunch of sausages, bacon and cheese.
After my walk I meditated for...
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Day#99
Another day where I felt pretty rough until I exercised.
I ate a middle of the night snack of German and Italian sliced meats, a handful of olives and 100g of cheese. Throughout the day two tins of tuna. I haven’t felt hungry.
I meditated twice and went to the gym for a swim (fifteen minutes) and a sauna.
I lost another three pounds making a total of seven. Five pounds up against the...
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Walking...
I walked to a meeting I attend on a Tuesday night. It is about 2.5km each way and I managed it in just over fifty-two minutes averaging about 5.7 km per hour. My feet hurt. I walked in my boots which I only do occasionally thinking they would be better!
Saw some pretty lit up trees.
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Day #100
A good day despite a general feeling of joylessness that hung around most of the day until I left the gym. It felt very much like I was on a treadmill passing through the day with no feelings at all. Just an absence.
Ate well. Three tins of tuna. A couple of cups of fruit tea and plenty of water. My usual supplements.
Meditated twice. Once in the sauna for ten minutes and then in the park...
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Walked outside again....
…this time a little earlier in daylight and for a longer distance.
I walked to the next bridge down which gives a nice view of some prettily painted pastel coloured houses up on the hillside (see photos below) which meant the distance was extended to just over two miles.
All in all I covered 3.31 km in 34 minutes 14 seconds at an increased pace of 5.8 km/hour.
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Walking...
In as much as I’m not gonna schedule any walking in the gym until next week I will take the occasional walk outside when I can. It is something I’ve shied away from for a while as I fear damage to my knees.
However tonight I went for a walk in the dark for fifteen minutes. It took me in a circle and back to my home. It takes me over a bridge along the river, back over another...
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Another day#101...
I’ve struggled a while and sometimes think that my announcements of impending recovery are best left until I am a week into some improved eating exercise.
However I’m gonna have one more go at it this way round.
I’ve had a good day today. One tin of tuna and then a steak and potatoes and coleslaw meal. I’ve swum for fifteen minutes and generally feel positive.
The...
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Not been good...
…depression kicked in bad.
Hopefully I’ve come through it again enough.
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Day#98
Ate well. Four tins of tuna. Not enough water. Couple of cups of fruit tea. Supplements.
Gym I did a two mile walk at 5 km/hour in just over 38 minutes and a five minute swim. Sauna for about ten minutes.
Felt awful most of the day. Wretched. Until I went to the gym. I need to remember this. Felt the same yesterday and turned to food. Today I did the opposite and it worked. ...
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Day#99
Sick day… overdid it yesterday with the extra walk.
Hobbling, pain and overeating. Onwards though. Day#98 tomorrow. Break on through to the other side.
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Day#100
A good start.
Ate four tins of tuna and 1/4 cup of mixed seeds. I added in the seeds when I came home exhausted after walking for nearly three miles in the evening in about an hour and ten minutes.
I took my supplements, attended my meditation class and the gym. I walked at 5 km/hour pace for two miles in about 38 minutes.
…and I weighed in at seven pounds less than my recent high.
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February 2011
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A better day...
…ate well. Four tins of tuna. Two cups of fruit tea and plenty of water. Took my usual supplements.
Didn’t exercise and felt edgy most of the evening but ready to kick off tomorrow with day#100, some light exercise and a weigh in.
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Day#101 redux...
…not had the best few days but feel ready to give it a go tomorrow.
The grim reality below.
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Two false starts...
…after another mood depressed couple of days. The tuna diet helps lift this.
Can I risk a prediction that tomorrow will kick off at day#100?
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Depression...
…is not something I’ve written about here. My acknowledgement of how crippling it can be waxes and wanes. However whatever my state of thinking on the matter it cripples.
My enrolment in the mindfulness meditation group is my latest effort in trying to keep the ‘black dog’ from the door. I’ve tried numerous treatments none of which has managed to give me any long...
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Uberslip...
A hiccup again. Following on from two days of running I couldn’t walk. An excuse closely followed by a family meal to postpone the diet.
I also had a timely reminder of my general lack of fitness as I nearly expired in the moshpit at a King Kurt gig. Soaked in sweat and unable to breath I had to do the walk of shame to the bar for a pint of water and a sit down.
My thoughts which had...
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Day#99
Supplements and one tin of tuna for breakfast. Cup of herbal tea.
Ran for thirty minutes covering 2 miles at the same pace as yesterday. Did the same five minute warm down swim. Lost 3 lbs.
Breathing meditation in the sauna.
Tin of tuna for lunch.
Plenty of water.
Two more breathing meditations planned for later. Plus a longer stretch and breath meditation.
Plus one more tuna tin for tea.
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Slip#1
I learned last night that when my emotions are overrunning in a positive sense - the mighty THFC having won in Milan - that I can overeat as much as when they are negative.
This morning the feeling in my stomach was something akin to that experienced after a minor drinking bout. Low level sickness. I think the mindfulness work (which has been ongoing for three weeks) has helped me notice more...
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Day#100
A good start.
Supplements taken which I will detail at a later date.
Breakfast consisted of two tins of tuna. Not the most interesting meal but I like the taste which helps. I washed it down with a cup of herbal tea. No coffee for four days which is a help.
Forty minute body scan meditation.
Thirty minute run at the gym @ 6.4 km/hour so I managed two miles. I’m surprised at how...
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Day#101
The day before I start afresh. New plan. 100 days to give myself a fighting chance. Starting with 12 or so days of eating tuna and tuna only to get a break between my appalling eating eating habits and a new attempt at healthy eating. This in part to shrink my stomach. My aims are to get in 30 minutes worth of exercise daily and to eat well. I’m also in the middle of a mindfulness...
November 2010
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One hundred and first day at the gym...
… solely involved a triple ten sauna: swim: sauna medley. About three weeks before Christmas and then ten days or so… Breaking even by January and moving on through to June 2011… Hmmmm.
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Day one hundred at the gym...
The fiftieth day at the gym was on April 11th so the second fifty has taken somewhat longer. I was twenty stone eight pounds and I am now twenty-three stone ten pounds. At the height of progress I had lost 44 pounds so I need to lose 68 pounds in six weeks to make a total of 112 and my desired loss for the year. Well creative accounting in this time of austerity is the way forward. However of...
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Ninety-ninth day at the gym...
I did a sauna: swim: sauna fifty minutes. Fifteen: twenty: fifteen.
I walked outdoors but have been struggling.
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Days ninety-seven and eight at the gym...
…took place on Thursday and Friday 28th and 29th of October.
On both I did a fifteen minute walk @ 5 km/hour up an incline of 5.5% covering 1.24 km… I’m regular if nothing else.
I finished with the sauna: swim: sauna thirty minutes.
Again I walked outdoors as well and have done most days. In fact I’ve managed a walk 20 days out of the last 23 days.