Stumbling Block (more of a pebble...)

So, I need to identify this and tackle it before it properly sabotages anything. I really need to watch the snacks when I get in from work and just before bed.

Getting in from work snack seems to be an actual proper habit that needs breaking. I did smoking so I can do this.

The just before bed seems to occur if it gets to the time when I really should be hitting the sack but I'm not tired. So I have a sneaky snack.

Thing is I've already cut out most of the snacking, especially at work.

I do it automatically and I'm usually halfway through preparing it before I catch myself and think... and I hate chucking food...

It's never anything too evil. I think the worst culprit is the marmite on toast. I also have crisp bread and soft cheese. Maybe a couple of pots of yoghurt. Perhaps some fruit.

So you see it's nothing uber evil, I just need to control it a bit more.

I'm going to try getting dinner as soon as I can after I get in and perhaps have a couple of healthy type nibbles later on.

Monaco GP

So without really trying I'm at 17 stone 2 pounds. This bodes well for the next race. All I have been doing is not snacking and cutting out obviously evil stuff like deep fried Scottish Mars bars and lard burgers.

Next stop Montreal.

F1 Challenge

So, here is my bizarre vehicle to successful weight loss... I give you THE FORMULA ONE CHALLENGE. It was going to be the AFC Wimbledon challenge but by the time they chuffing go up I'd be 5 stone.

Here's the thing. I will reach my first target weight by the end of the Formula One season. The last Grand Prix is the Brazilian GP at São Paulo on the 21st October. So that gives me about 21 weeks to do my thing. I hope to lose weight at between 1 and 2 pounds a week so my target is to be 14 stone 10 pounds when they cross the line in Brazil.

I've been more careful about what I've been eating since resuming this blog so the first official weigh in on sunday should be interesting. Even if it's not 100% positive, I tend to lose bonkers amounts of weight in the first week of really watching what I eat. The Canadian GP will be the first one to watch for me.

These are the guidelines for where I should be each race:

Spanish GP , 13/05/07 - 17 stone 5 pounds
Monaco GP , 27/05/07 - 17 stone 2 pounds
Canadian GP , 10/06/07 - 16 stone 12 pounds
United States GP , 17/06/07 - 16 stone 11 pounds
French GP , 01/07/07 - 16 stone 7 pounds
British GP , 08/07/07 - 16 stone 6 pounds
European GP , 22/07/07 - 16 stone 2 pounds
Hungarian GP , 05/08/07 - 15 stone 13 pounds
Turkish GP , 26/08/07 - 15 stone 8 pounds
Italian GP , 09/09/07 - 15 stone 5 pounds
Belgian GP , 16/09/07 - 15 stone 3 pounds
Japanese GP , 30/09/07 - 15 stone
Chinese GP , 07/10/07 - 14 stone 12 pounds
Brazilian GP , 21/10/07 - 14 stone 9 pounds

See you at the finish line in São Paulo.

Psychoness

PSYCHONESS

A word someone said to me today on messenger to describe my weightloss. I'm grabbing hold of that and using it. Possibly scary but hopefully it'll work.

PSYCHONESS

Sneaky Nosh

Well, I haven't done TOO badly. No mega binges. I think the worst was sneaky marmite on toast yesterday but then all I had for dinner was a bacon sarnie to use up some bacon just about to go out of date.

The worst thing about all this is the way my clothes fell. Trousers are way too tight and I refuse to buy the next size up cos they will be biggest size I've ever bought.

I think I get bored with what I'm eating which is why I go off the rails. I have to come up with ways around it. I may have to research some recipes although I'm rather impatient when it comes to cooking which makes be a bad chef...

First Day Ambush

I cycled to work today. That's over 10 miles each way and no major traumas.

So far I have eaten :

Porridge for breakfast
Slice of buttered bread mid morning
Tuna salad for lunch
Apple, banana and a bag of crisps when I got in.

Yet to eat dinner but I just have to make sure I don't go bonkers. That's pretty much how I intend to continue. It's not a huge change to be honest, I just have to cut out any rampant snackination.

I hate throwing away food but I threw away the most unhealthy stuff I had which wasn't much really. A few toffees, biscuits, some ice cream.

Tomorrow, I'm going out to a restaurant so I just have to not go bonkers there. I'll do my best to watch the sauces and the deep fried products.

How am I doing?

I think I need to do something. This is how it is on my planet right now...

I'm 17 stone and 5 pounds and I really need to lose weight.
My clothes don't fit properly.
I'm always tired.
I sweat too much.
I can't hold concentration without getting bored or nodding off.
I can't get to sleep at night.
I can't wake up in the morning.
I've thought about starting smoking with the specific goal of losing weight.
I own a bike and have made it to and from work without too much grief.
I wouldn't do exercise because I was worried the people might think it was wierd that such a large bloke was doing exercise.

As I said here, so long ago, there will be a reckoning.