Archive for January, 2008

Resisting The Urge To Be Competitive

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Does anybody else get like this when they get in the gym?  I was quite happily plodding along on my rower this morning when some bloke sat down next to me.  Even as he was starting I could see that he was looking over at my display to check my strokes per minute.  Just about [...]

Body Fat Percentage

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

That body fat percentage reading from yesterday has really annoyed me.  I can’t believe that not only have I increased the amount of fat on my body but I’m still made up of almost one third fat.
So today I decided to find out once and for all what the truth was.  I popped into the [...]

3rd Weigh-In, 3 Weeks In

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Last week has been great for the gym (almost 4000 calories burnt) but I just can’t get a grip on my evening meals. This week I will kick the ass out of it, no excuses. This is how I’ve done:-
Body Weight: 12 stone 11 pounds (A loss of 2 pounds)
Body Fat Percentage: 31.5% [...]

6 Bacon Rashers

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Part of my wife’s hangover recovery program yesterday required bacon baps. As I was in town anyway (having to work on a Saturday, can’t be good for you) I picked some baps and bacon up and we treated ourselves to a bit of a fat boy lunch. The problem with this was that [...]

Is Sleep Important?

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Last night the wife went to a Virgin Vie party (I think that’s what they’re called).  From what I can gather the whole point is to buy sparkly things whilst getting as shit faced as possible.  Seeing as how she’s had to rescue me many a time from a late night I decided that I’d [...]