nothing has happened!
to my exercise regime, i am still under physiotherapy so therefore have had no go ahead to commence anything more than a brisk walk, i could have done some spinning on my turbo trainer but my life seems to be just work at the moment. after 8 years of self employment i have decided it has become too much of a struggle finding work enough to pay the bills, as David Cameron says "we're all in this together" and while he gets paid thousands and thousands for basically smirking on TV and shouting "ere ere ere" in the houses of parliament, I and the rest of the country have to try and graft to make ends meet, so i have signed up to a couple of employment agencies, the first agency got me the odd day driving an industrial bin wagon around deeside and Ellesmere port, that soon ended when they messed me about so i ended up going to one in Warrington, the very next day i was off to Haydock, no the races weren't on, i was sent to a company who seem to pay peanuts, well they got this monkey for a couple of long days, 6am starts and finishing at 4pm, well that was the plan, the 2nd day i sat in a canteen until 830 and then when our truck was loaded we ended up driving around the outskirts of Manchester until 530pm so a long long day but thankfully it was only 2 days and then i had a phone call saying some better news that they had a company nearer to home who paid more and wanted me for a week with 8am starts. after driving around the WA, M and OL postcode areas for a week i had the boss shake hands and tell me they'd had a phone call from a customer praising me, so for once i felt good and proud of myself, i think its best i don't mention the problems I've had with the tacho now I'm in a positive mood.
anyway, this blog is meant to be about my health and fitness, well i feel I've been too hectic this week with work, not been finishing till almost 8pm and I hadn't weighed in for around a week so when i got up yesterday morning i stood tiredly on the scales expecting no change as that was what had happened for the last few weeks, i felt id hit a brick wall with weight loss, started to question what id been eating and whether my lack of exercise was the reason id been stuck. i slowly looked at the scales and imagine my surprise when i saw that my weight had dropped to 13st 8lbs, that's almost half a stone lost in the week id been driving, i hadn't been eating a lot for my lunch as i didn't want to end up being like the stereotypical lorry driver like this one
so i have another week at the same place coming up, hopefully my will power to resist truck stops and crap food along my journey may bring another good figure on the scales come next Saturday.
when i reached 14 stone i felt really good, although i set myself a target of trying to get to under 13 i really thought it might have just been wishful thinking, but 8lbs to go and how amazing would that be, to see 12st something on the scales. i need to get an appointment made to see the doctor and review my health after 3 months of dieting, will be very interesting to see my results cholesterol wise as that was slightly above where it should be when i went last time.
remarkably and maybe foolishly, the day after i got under 14st i signed up to do the 2013 great Manchester run, it is only a 10k which i think is around 6.5 miles but i think its a challenge i can do, it isn't until the end of may so i have all winter and spring to start some proper fitness training and get out there and achieve something, 50 will be upon me before i know it and i don't want to be idle when it arrives.
I'm pretty well sure that's beyond me, ill just set my goal of the 10k....and a time of..........???
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