... I'll be a Non-Smoker. I'm psyching myself up properly because I can't fail this time. I feel ready but I know I'm going to miss it for a while and this is the first apology in advance because I know I'm going to turn into a right git and ooberloobas will be flying everywhere...
So, what triggers me to light up? At work, they have these groovy like bus shelter thingys outside for the smokers to go to and I think I'm going to miss breaking up my day by getting a bit of fresh air. I'll have to see if I can sneak out for a couple of laps of the building or something. It's wired that I'll feel more guilty doing that than going out for a burn. After meals is another trigger as is the pub. I always seem to puff away when I'm at my computer at home. It's going to be hard to avoid them so I'll just have to be strong...
If anyone is wondering why I'm giving up on a Wednesday, it's because it's when the bins get emptied and I won't be going through the kitchen bin like a tramp looking for my old lighter ;)
28 January 2004
24 January 2004
McDonald's diet makes you sick as hell
So, what would happen if you ate nothing but McDonald's? A brave soul decided to try to eat nothing but McDonald's meals for thirty days to see what would happen.
"Within a few days of beginning his drive-through diet, Spurlock, 33, was vomiting out the window of his car, and doctors who examined him were shocked at how rapidly Spurlock's entire body deteriorated. "It was really crazy - my body basically fell apart over the course of 30 days," Spurlock told The Post. His liver became toxic, his cholesterol shot up from a low 165 to 230, his libido flagged and he suffered headaches and depression."
Here's the article in full
"Within a few days of beginning his drive-through diet, Spurlock, 33, was vomiting out the window of his car, and doctors who examined him were shocked at how rapidly Spurlock's entire body deteriorated. "It was really crazy - my body basically fell apart over the course of 30 days," Spurlock told The Post. His liver became toxic, his cholesterol shot up from a low 165 to 230, his libido flagged and he suffered headaches and depression."
Here's the article in full
19 January 2004
Quitting
My attention is slowly turning to stopping smoking. For me, the 28th is when the focus really starts and quitting day is just over two weeks away on the 4th of February. I'm changing my mind set for this. I'm not giving up, I'm stopping. It's a whole control thing that I'll explain more fully when I feel the need.
There is also an advert doing its rounds at the moment. It's the one with the fat in the arteries. Here's a linky to it (Real Player Needed). Disturbing stuff and it's doing its job. I'm totally freaked out....
There is also an advert doing its rounds at the moment. It's the one with the fat in the arteries. Here's a linky to it (Real Player Needed). Disturbing stuff and it's doing its job. I'm totally freaked out....
Week Two of Weight Watchers
It's not bad this. I'm eating plenty and I'm not worrying much about anything to do with the food apart for the points system which is a relief compared to what I went through a few years ago. I lost 3.5lbs and I now weigh in at 14st 11.5lbs which is a total loss of 8.5lbs. I was a little surprised that it was so much. I was expecting half that at the very most but I'm not complaining. Ideally I'll be looking at one or two pounds a week.
The snacking is something you have to tackle when your on a diet. Some days its a real problem. At the moment, I eat pickled onions, cherry tomatoes or satsumas if I get peckish.
The snacking is something you have to tackle when your on a diet. Some days its a real problem. At the moment, I eat pickled onions, cherry tomatoes or satsumas if I get peckish.
18 January 2004
Diet Progress
Here is a picture me that was taken today. I'm going to repeat this every few weeks to see the difference (fingers crossed).
16 January 2004
Flabby to Freak in a year
This was in the B3ta newsletter this week. It definitely outlines the importance of exercise in health and weight loss. But.....FREEEEAK!
RIP Blogspeak
The commenting system that I used, Blogspeak, is now pushing up the daisies. It seems that the server it was on was under constant hacker attack for some unknown reason and the host pulled the plug. The comments are going to end up at Haloscan but they will be down for the time being.
Thanks Harry. It was good while it lasted.
Thanks Harry. It was good while it lasted.
12 January 2004
A Confession
It's time to come clean.... I joined Weight Watchers.
It's pretty good! I eat to the guidelines they laid out and never found myself hungry. If anything, it seems that I am eating more! The thing is that you know exactly what you can eat and it's an absolute doddle to keep track of.
And in my first week, I lost 5 lbs! Niiiice!
It's pretty good! I eat to the guidelines they laid out and never found myself hungry. If anything, it seems that I am eating more! The thing is that you know exactly what you can eat and it's an absolute doddle to keep track of.
And in my first week, I lost 5 lbs! Niiiice!
8 January 2004
Atkins "Diet" is Shite (in my opinion...)
What are people thinking? Yates's pub chain have brought out a special "Atkins Diet Menu" for the New Year and obviously this is to cash in on the latest fad diet. On the menu is the type of thing that you would expect on the diet like meat and certain veggies but taken to the absolute extreme. It includes the Yates's Burger, which is chargrilled chicken breast covered in melted cheese, sandwiched between two 6oz beef burgers instead of a bread roll.
Now I've always thought that the diet was dodgy as hell but this takes the piss. How on Earth are you meant to stay healthy eating crap like that! If this carries on, in ten years we'll have a generation of thin dead people with fucked ateries and kidneys. Muppets...
[Original Article found at Ananova]
Now I've always thought that the diet was dodgy as hell but this takes the piss. How on Earth are you meant to stay healthy eating crap like that! If this carries on, in ten years we'll have a generation of thin dead people with fucked ateries and kidneys. Muppets...
[Original Article found at Ananova]
Weebl and Blob
Weebl and Bob rule.... 100% FACT! Now I usually post these updates on the Planet but the latest installment is rather more apt for here. There was tea in my monitor after is saw this. Watch it until the end. (and it's best viewed in MS Internet Explorer)
Enjoy!
6 January 2004
Weight Watchers... or not
Do I need help to motivate myself and should I join? I know what my ickle sis and mum will say. Yes... it helps you lose weight and allegedly helps you with exercise too but do I want to fork out for it? One positive negative is that the money may motivate me to succeed.
I think we'll have to see how long it takes me to have a 'bad' day.
I think we'll have to see how long it takes me to have a 'bad' day.
1 January 2004
Happy New Year!
It's 2004! Yay!
Of course, on such a virtuous blog as this one, New Year's Resolutions have to be made. I hear people saying that they are made to be broken but I need to get my motivation from somewhere and December was an evil month for me. I feel like I've put on a stone, my lungs feel like they have the capacity of a six-year-old and I feel weak and feeble.
So these are the resolutions...
1- Become a non-smoker
2- Get to a healthy weight
3- Do exercise
Doddle! But lets look a little deeper into these decisions.
I am thirty-one now and in a couple of years I will have spent more of my life as a smoker than a non-smoker so it has got to be the highest priority. I think it will affect my weight in the short term which will not be good for number two but after a few weeks I should be able to do number three without collapsing in a wheezing heap. It's definitely the toughest one but I've been looking around the interweb and found a few good sites with some really useful stuff. I will reveal these when I announce my quitting day.
I should be able to handle the weight thing okay. I have done it before and I have had some success in recent months so I can do it. I am a little worried as to how number one will affect my weight loss but number three will help a great deal.
The exercise thing will take motivation but when I do the smoking thing it will get easier and easier. I will start with running. I bought some fancy running shoes in the summer and I still haven't used them properly. I will start small and work my way up from there. Even if I can only do 20 minutes to start with, it will be a step in the right direction. I want to go back to doing kick boxing but in the state I'm in, I'll get my arse whupped so that will be later.
So there you have it. I'm going to use this as my way of announcing anything good or bad and I hope to get lots of encouragement from anyone who reads this. So give me a cheer if I do good and give me a slap if I do bad. Heh... I'm going to blog myself healthy...
Of course, on such a virtuous blog as this one, New Year's Resolutions have to be made. I hear people saying that they are made to be broken but I need to get my motivation from somewhere and December was an evil month for me. I feel like I've put on a stone, my lungs feel like they have the capacity of a six-year-old and I feel weak and feeble.
So these are the resolutions...
1- Become a non-smoker
2- Get to a healthy weight
3- Do exercise
Doddle! But lets look a little deeper into these decisions.
I am thirty-one now and in a couple of years I will have spent more of my life as a smoker than a non-smoker so it has got to be the highest priority. I think it will affect my weight in the short term which will not be good for number two but after a few weeks I should be able to do number three without collapsing in a wheezing heap. It's definitely the toughest one but I've been looking around the interweb and found a few good sites with some really useful stuff. I will reveal these when I announce my quitting day.
I should be able to handle the weight thing okay. I have done it before and I have had some success in recent months so I can do it. I am a little worried as to how number one will affect my weight loss but number three will help a great deal.
The exercise thing will take motivation but when I do the smoking thing it will get easier and easier. I will start with running. I bought some fancy running shoes in the summer and I still haven't used them properly. I will start small and work my way up from there. Even if I can only do 20 minutes to start with, it will be a step in the right direction. I want to go back to doing kick boxing but in the state I'm in, I'll get my arse whupped so that will be later.
So there you have it. I'm going to use this as my way of announcing anything good or bad and I hope to get lots of encouragement from anyone who reads this. So give me a cheer if I do good and give me a slap if I do bad. Heh... I'm going to blog myself healthy...
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