So, New Year (well it was when I got back onto my diet approx 2 weeks into January) new start.

Having been off the cross trainer, and generally not “being in the right headspace” I piled on 12lbs over a  7 month period that included Christmas. Really annoying because I had hit my 2 stone mark previously, and I really hadn’t been caning the bad stuff that much. It is proof that for me to shed the weight, and keep it off, I need to exercise and get back on the cross trainer.

At this point, I’ve lost 6 lb again and I now do my exercise in the morning before going to work. I find that I have more energy at this time of day – previously I was getting home so tired I couldn’t be bothered to exercise, and the times I did do it when I felt tired I strained my knee. Even now my knees are still my “Achilles heel” (even though they’re my knees) and they are sometimes really painful, which does hinder the exercise some what.

My goal is to get back to my 2 st loss, so another 6lb to lose and then another stone. We are looking to goto the Canary Islands in October time so I want to get some weight off by then. I am in the right headspace now, just need to tune my diet a bit more (mainly eating the right stuff again and portion control).

Wish me luck!!!

So, in January this year I got to the ripe old age of 40 (yeh yeh I know I look 20 years younger). I also thought it would be a good idea to try and “get a bit fitter”.

Now bearing in mind the only exercise I did was the bare minimal, any additional work would be a benefit. I decided that I would be sensible, and go see the doctor to get checked over. She advised me that my BP was a little high, and I then explained my health-kick and she said we should monitor it.

I then went and purchased a Bremshey Cross Trainer from my favourite shop, John Lewis. One driving factor for this choice was the amount of weight it could hold, and it had a funky control pad! So, my first stint almost killed me. .5 miles in and I was sweating like a child-worker in a sweatshop making Nike trainers. I was thinking to myself “Is this really a good idea?!!?”

Along with this jump into the unknown I was also starting to watch what I was eating. Not that I ate too badly to start with (most evenings included plenty of veg etc), but I would also partake in a few pints now and then, and also had a lot of bread and potatoes etc…..so my “new” diet now consists of less bread, using tortilla wraps at lunch time, and generally cutting down a lot on the “bad” things – so far I’ve lost 1 stone (it’s been fluctuating but life is life) over about a 2 month period.

Back to the crosstrainer, I slowly built up the distance from a paltry .5 miles, to now 3 miles which I cover in about 25 minutes. The good thing about the X-trainer I have, is that you can set profiles that allow you to modify the resistance, so you can emulate walking up hills, or having sustained high resistance with differing levels in between. I can see the changes already, albeit slight, and my moobs are shrinking! Hoorah….

So, my aim now is to shed another 1 stone in weight, ideally before our US holiday in September this year…watch this space!