Month: September 2009

Impressed with my discipline so far. Was raining yesterday morning so I skipped the jog but went this morning (a Saturday!) instead. Can’t believe I managed to get up so early on a weekend… it’s amazing how much you can get done in a morning if you don’t sleep in too long!

I worked out (thanks Google maps) that the route I’ve been runnning is about 2.5 kilometres… which doesn’t sound like much but it’s a good starting point for a fat bugger like myself! Should be able to increase the distance in a few weeks time once my fitness has come up a bit.

As of this morning… 94.5kgs. Not sure if that’s due to random weight fluctuations or the running…. surely it couldn’t be the running after such a short time?

In other news, Kevin Rudd is full of his own self importance (what’s new there) and Geelong have managed to win another AFL flag in an arm wrestle against the Saints… who probably should’ve won it – they missed too many sitters early on. But hey, them’s the breaks!

Argh. Am I the only one who struggles with the dreaded spare tyre?

There’s lots on this blog about it – but last year I managed (with the help of Kate Morgan) to trim down from a rather portly 106kg back to 87kg. It took maybe 8 months to do but was relatively painless aside from the necessary avoidance of any lunchtime social occasion pertaining to food! I stopped it just before Christmas last year, figuring with good eating and healthy habits I would be able to keep the weight off.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago, I was 94kg and realised that some of my hard work had been done. I really don’t eat that badly (or that much!) but having a fairly sedentary job seems tobe taking its toll. As of this morning, I discovered I’ve bumped back up to.. 96kg. ARGH!

Anyway – the work is being done, I’ve decided to start getting up early a few times a week and going running. Already done so Monday and this morning. It is very painful but I am managing to run maybe 2 or 3 clicks without a break and hopefully it will get easier and I will run longer distances as time goes past. It’s just a matter of staying motivated to do it – leaving a warm bed at 6:30am just to inflict pain on oneself is difficult!

Must keep blog updated with progress… worst case scenario, I go back to Kate Morgan for a few months. Probably not until after Christmas though, that’d be too difficult 🙂