Friday, 26 June 2015

Poorly, sick, feeling sorry for myself

Illness always feels like the universe trying to tell me something. Like it's time to stop take stock and see why your body has thrown this curveball at you.

Did I do anything to protect against potential illness? No I've been rubbish with food, exercise, hydration, sleep - the lot. In fact all the things that should boost immunity, increase wellbeing have been replaced by the short term fixes... Junk food, chocolate, caffeine, late nights, early mornings.

I have been niggled by a need to turn things around, but have postponed to tomorrow pretty much everyday with a new excuse each day, even today I could make bad choices 'because I'm sick'. 

After a couple of days off work I returned to the fray this morning, unprepared & a sneaky visit to the shop on the way to work meant my snack for the morning wasn't the most nutritious, guess what by lunchtime I was back at square one, only good for coming home and heading for bed!!

You might think this is a drastic point if view but from someone who believed in supreme health, you are what you eat, but has let it all slide I can see how the right choices could have meant no sickness - not guaranteed, but I'd rather look back from a sick bed knowing I did all I could to feed my body and prevent this than look back and regret my choices.

Oh well, a good nights sleep tonight and let's see what happens tomorrow!!

Monday, 22 June 2015

Monday 22nd June

BW- still the same as yesterday!

The Day: tiredness rules today! After hitting the weekend tired, not catching up on my sleep then an early morning wake up call from Winnie (I tried to sleep again afterwards, but struggled to drop off) I have started the week in the worst way!

The Iron: 

No training - tired!


The Fat Burner:
No training - tired!


The Nutrients:
1, fruit toast x 2, butter & coffee 
2, croissant with banana & peanut butter, coffee
3, tuna sandwich, crisps, flavoured water
4, lasagne, chips, garlic bread, beans, wine
Calories in: 2813
Protein in: 84g

The Red Stuff:
2 glasses of vino in a Monday night - totally breaks my rules!!

The Routine:
Erm.. Non existent!!

Sunday, 21 June 2015

Sunday 21st June

BW= I didn't weigh in today!

The Day:

Up early for golf, it was a rush, we weren't prepared (due to yesterday). Had a good game - came in 2 over my goal for the summer, a but of shopping then home. We both feel tired, grouchy & crappy (all because of yesterday)!!

The Iron: 

No training today


The Fat Burner:
Round of golf (burns around 1000 calories)


The Nutrients:
1, fruit loaf x 4 slices, coffee
2, snickers, lucozade
3, pork pie
4, croissant with ham & cheese, coffee
5, bakewell tart protein powder & total yoghurt
6, 1/2 individual portion of passion fruit frozen yog
Calories in: 2038, goal 2030
Protein in: 94g, goal 165

The Red Stuff:
A couple of glasses to finish the weekend!

The Routine:
The day started in chaos, no food prepared yesterday, no waterproofs in my golf bag (it rained!!).
I managed to get some housework done & prepared food for tomorrow.

Bought some new golf pants - UK size 14, they are tight. If I don't take control I will be buying a size 16 by christmas!!

Things I wanted to do but didn't today:
Vac the house
Sort out my nails
Clean gym bathroom
Get in some weight training

Saturday, 20 June 2015

Saturday 20th June

BW=167.4/ 32.4%

The Day:

On Saturdays I let the dogs wake me - no alarm. I am usually woken by the potter patter of claws on the bedroom floor or a cold wet nose sniffing my face. The dogs body clock means I tend to be woken around 5am so there still isn't a lie in for me. Got my training done, got some chores done, then we decided to drive to Scarborough and join family for lunch. It didn't go to plan... We didn't eat until 3:30pm, then didn't get home until 7:30pm... I was pretty miffed as I had a great tea planned!!

The Iron: 

Back & bicep

Basic 8's

 

1 Pulldowns (Front, Wide-Grip)

1 60 × 8

2 60 × 8

3 60 × 8

4 60 × 8

2.1 Reverse flye

10 × 8

10 × 8

5 × 8

5 × 8

2.2 Hammer curl

7.5 × 8

7.5 × 8

7.5 × 8

5 × 8

3.1 Pulldowns (Front, Close-Grip)

60 × 8

60 × 8

60 × 8

55 × 8

3.2 Preacher Curls (Dumbbell)

5 × 8

5 × 8

5 × 8

5 × 8

4.1 Row (Cable)

60 × 8

60 × 8

60 × 8

55 × 8

4.2 Arm Curls (Cable)

20 × 8

20 × 8

20 × 8

20 × 8

5.1 Rear Delt Row (Dumbbell)

5 × 8

5 × 8

5 × 8

5 × 8

5.2 Crossover curl

5 × 8

5 × 8

5 × 8

5 × 8


I feel weak again, but that's ok - with consistency I will get better. That is a fact - full stop!

The Fat Burner:
Did a bit of walking around at Scarborough 


The Nutrients:
1, protein latte
2, bacon & mushroom sandwich, coffee
3, road trip snacks: frappacino, strawberries & almonds
4, pork ribs, fries, coleslaw, onion rings. 1/2 a pint of peroni
(This food was crap, pointless, tasteless, rank... I'll have nightmares about this meal!!
5, cheesecake & wine!
Calories in: 2616, 586 over my target
Protein in: 126g (masses or carbs today!!!)

The Red Stuff:
It's Saturday : 500ml of Shiraz I reckon!

The Routine:
The day started so well, but went to pot!!

Friday, 19 June 2015

Friday 19th June

The Day:

I'm so tired this week! I wanted to sleep in but the puppy woke at 5am, so I headed downstairs to caffeinate! It was a steady Friday - nothing much to report!

The iron:
Nothing today - I am feeling ready to take it on again though!! I read a post on Facebook I really like! It was poo-pooed a bit when I shared it but I like the idea of setting goals by performance not by look which was my 'takeaway' from the post.

The Fat Burner:
Nothing..


The Nutrients:
1, Coffee x 2 & cranberry wheat cereal
2, monster munch x 44g, chocolate cookie
3, supermarket sarny (crap), crisps & kitkat
4, musclefoods buffalo burgers, brioche rolls, salad, 200ml beer, 

6, chocolate trifle
Drinks: coffee x 3, tea x 1, beer 200ml, wine 
Calories: not tracked.

The Pink Stuff:
It's Friday!!

The Routine:
Err... Cleaned the kitchen before tea....

Thursday, 18 June 2015

Thursday 18th June

No faffing, no new starts ... Just straight back into it!!

The Day
We were late to bed last night, I seriously couldn't open my eyes this morning!! It wasn't a great morning or a great day... It was ok.
I worked on my food plan, my training plan and my home routine - at least that is a step in the right direction!!

The Iron:
No training today

The Fat Burner:
No training today

The Nutrients:
1, Coffee & 4 x fruit loaf slices with butter
2, quark, fruit, muesli & coffee
3, tuna salad sandwich, cheese & onion crisps, fruit salad
4, coffee & snowball cake
5, steak, hmade oven chips, ratatouille, 150ml Matts beer
6, 1/2 a serving of salted caramel ice cream, red wine
Calories: I didn't count them

The Red Stuff:
1 x small glass of red
150ml beer

The Routine:
Err... What routine??