Climate factors

In much of the health debate the focus is on food. References to exercise are vacuous at best.
What they conveniently ignore is the weather and the seasons. In the UK we get a lot of rain. Thats great for some sports but for many its a major turn off. In our winter its dark by [...]

Buzzing

Not sure quite what has changed, but for weeks (/months) my exercising has been a bit of a slog. Quite pleasant, but easy to avoid.
Yesterday and today I have done longer sessions and have come back buzzing each time. I’m up to about 15 minutes running and about 40 minutes biking. One possible difference is [...]

Progress to 11 March

The week of obsessive effort followed by 3 weeks recovery didn’t prove too effective. (net result no weight loss for the month)
I’ve changed things quite a bit now, I’m mainly focussing on getting out and doing some exercise. I’m not beating myself up over what I eat but I’m not going mad either. I’m not [...]

Operation obsessive – day 4 and 5 report

Today (fri)
Late last night I sneaked a couple of biscuits, and things have sort of gone downhill. No exercise today due to snow and generally crappy weather. Diet has been poor, but not a complete disaster. Don’t feel anywhere near as good as yesterday. Lost about 40 quid in rewards I’m not getting. I need [...]

Obsessive

I am beginning to think the only way to shift some of my lard is going for an intensive/obsessive program for a few weeks.
It just seems to be too easy to ‘forget’, or to put off for another day trying to reduce fat if its just a small part of everyday living.
I am thinking a [...]

Goal Setting

There are 2 basic types of goal
Performance goals – these are things you can totally control and actions you want to do. Examples for me

cut out the junk food
eat more fruit veg and cereals
do something active most days

Outcome goals – these are the things you hope will happen if you perform the actions in your [...]

Cost of losing weight

I posted previously about the benefits of losing weight by reducing my body fat. The other side to that is what the cost are of this transformation.
I guess the main costs are:

Time spent exercising
Effort
Financial cost of bike and fuel and other equipment
Pain of avoiding some of my favourite foods
possibly avoiding social situations that revolve around [...]

Tipping point

There is a theory I heard of somewhere about why some things suddenly seem to get easier.
Like if you are learning a new sport or language and at first it makes no sense, then suddenly something clicks and things start to be easier to learn.
I’m wondering if there is such a tipping point in the [...]

From bad to worse (and back?)

Today is Thursday.
Monday started well, and then went to bits in the evening
Tuesday and Wednesday were both bad, I didn’t do any exercise and I ate a load of crap.
Today though, so far I have stayed off the treats and managed to get out for a bike ride earlier. I feel loads healthier than I [...]

A bit of a poor day

Yesterday started well. I did a short ride, which was hard work. Then I had to do some travelling for work
I called for fuel and managed to avoid the fuel = chocolate habit, and bought an apple instead.
I did my appointments and then I drove home, when I called for fuel again (yes I went [...]