Slightly belatedly... I am now into week 4 of my 8 week challenge. So far, not so good - I have lost 0.5" off my waist (but that could seriously just be as a result of a light breakfast) and lost the kilogram I gained in the first week ( Read more... )

I've decided to be brave and *not* skip the weigh-in for the 8-week challenge this week. I know it'll be bad, but I need to put my big girl panties on & deal with it. I really can't see me making my goals now, though! Oh well. Damn you, high tea at Pennyhill Park ( Read more... )

I have completed week 1 of my 8-week Challenge and guess what ( Read more... )

I had my first personal training session today, as part of this 8-week challenge at my work gym. It was... well, I feel like I worked out. However, it didn't all go to plan.

The workout was:

( Contains mild unpleasantness )

Back to normality after beer-filled Bruges, and today I had the kick-off session for the "8-week challenge" at my work gym. You can set whatever goals you like, not necessarily weight loss, which makes me happy (so none of that "You must weigh less to be healthy!" bollocks). I decided to put my goal down as losing 2" from my waist. The way it works ( Read more... )

A quick write-up - I'll probably do a better one once I've got the photos Matt took.

Firstly, I made weight! 71.4kg on the day, having fasted for 16 hours beforehand and drunk nothing but coffee before weigh-in. So it was close, and I feel a bit dispirited that it was such a struggle to lose a measly 2kg (8 weeks of sobriety!!!) but never mind ( Read more... )

So someone put a pic on Twitter of me wearing my Nyan Cat t-shirt at FOWA:


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Jut a quicky to say that Crisis at Christmas is open again for volunteers!

I've signed up for my usual 3 days, doing morning shifts on 28-30th December at Deptford Reach. Hopefully this time I won't get norovirus and miss it!!

Bit frustrated and worried about my STUPID WEIGHT at the moment. So I've been dry for 3 weeks, diligently avoiding refined carbs during the week, learning to love salads & eggs blah blah, and...I have gained half a kilo.

So, I was 72.5kg for ages & ages & ages, I need to be <72kg on the morning of October 9th*, and after 3+ weeks of being good, I ( Read more... )

My schedule is slightly disrupted this week due to going down to see my mum & dad tonight and therefore not being able to make my usual Thursday night training...

MondayGood mornings: 3 x 10 with 20kg bar ( Read more... )