Week 16

First full week back at work after the holidays, but failed to get into my routine.

Monday and Tuesday were fine, long six mile walk to work in the morning and the mile walk home – managed to get three miles in at lunchtime on Tuesday, so 10 miles on the day – well chuffed with that.

Broke down a bit on Wednesday though – still managed the 6 mile walk into work, did a mile and a half, walk to the sandwich shop and back with a colleague, then the 1 mile  walk home, followed by another mile to the station for a trip to Edinburgh in the evening. So Ok on the daily mileage, ten miles in again, but no dinner in the evening – just sandwiches and a bag of crisps on the train. When I got to the flat in Edinburgh I scoffed a couple of tins of Stella and a pair Samosas – disaster really.

Thursday I worked from home in the morning, so no walk to work, I managed a five mile circuit at lunchtime, then caught the 2:30 train back to Aberdeen, where I was served a very nice Chicken Chasseur, and a couple of tins of beer to wash it down – it would have been impolite to turn it down, and I had paid an extra £5 to travel first class, so I had to get that back somehow? At home I had dinner as normal with my wife. Friday I did manage to get the ten miles in again, but drank too much red wine in the evening. Saturday and Sunday were days with too much to do to get out and about, so no serious mileage, but some serious red wine drinking.

Cutting to the chase, the walk of shame to the scales this morning was in trepidation. 15st 5lbs. I have lost 4 ounces – could probably get the same result by a visit to the barbers for a hair cut and shave!

This coming week is also going to be a challenge. I am out with a colleague for lunch on Monday, colleagues for dinner on Wednesday, out with my wife and son for his birthday on Monday and a curry with friends on Thursday. Friday I am working in a clients office out of town all day – so that will need the car and curb my ability to plod out the steps – so with a whole week to go I will be a happy man if I am still this weight next week – hopefully as we get into the second half of January, ‘normality’ sets in, but as my daughter is due to give birth on or about 30th, that will require a trip to and a stay in London making any chance of serious exercise and eating sensibly unlikely and I may have to wait until February before I can make an assault on the pounds gained over Christmas and start on the weight loss again.

Any way onwards and upwards.