Weigh In: Week 5
Starting Weight: 25 stone, 13 pounds.
Previous Weight: 24 stone 7.6 pounds.
This has been the worst week since I started, food wise. Terrible choices, time after time after time. Entire tubs of pesto, four cheese tortellini with cheese sauce and an Indian takeaway (not my choice, but I really should have pushed back on it). Then on Wednesday, I had what I would describe as my first binge since I started. I had dinner, then had dinner again, then had dinner a third time and then a fourth, the final one compounded with sausages and Yorkshires. I am uncertain as to what triggered it really but am quite concerned as to how easily I found myself slipping back into my old patterns.
I compensated for this by basically running myself into the ground on the exercise front. By Friday night, I had done 105,000 steps in five days, which I believe is some way past the target I described as "insane" a week or so ago. Obviously, this is unsustainable and the discomfort felt has pushed me into two days of inactivity. Although Storm Ciara and the fierce wind currently whipping around my house can take most of the credit for today's hibernation. All told, I consider myself fortunate to have escaped with a 1.5 pound loss and this week has thrown up some major issues that need to be addressed if I'm going to achieve long term success. As a side note, being left 0.1 away from a stone and a half loss is rather frustrating.
Having succumbed to peer pressure from my workmates, I have signed up for Gung Ho, which is a 5K incorporating an inflatable obstacle course. It seems like a lot of fun and apparently it isn't frowned upon to walk, which I suspect is probably what I will end up doing. In the unlikely event any of you wish to join me, I'm doing the one at 10am on 6th June at Crystal Palace Park. At the moment it's around thirty quid to enter, but apparently the price will rise from Monday onwards. I didn't know the staging of 5ks was such a racket but there you go.
I have seen three films in the past week. Below are mini reviews of each one, featured mainly so I can meet my unofficial word count minimum for these blogs.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield: A superbly crafted adaption of Charles Dickens' classic tale. There are excellent performances across the cast from Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Benedict Wong and Daisy May Cooper, whilst it's a pleasure to see Hugh Laurie again for the first time in a while. A warm, witty film that I can highly recommend.
Uncut Gems: I might have found more to enjoy in this if it hadn't been hyped to high heaven over the past couple of months. Adam Sandler's performance in it has received critical acclaim but it's not a million miles away from the noisy Jewish schtick he's been peddling for most of his career, merely transplanted into a dramatic context. It's loud and brash, but ultimately unsatisfying.
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood: I didn't know a great deal about Fred Rogers or his beloved US kids TV show before watching this, but it certainly didn't affect my enjoyment. This portrait of one of the most beloved men in America could have been saccharine or cloying in the wrong hands, but the film skilfully evades that fate. Tom Hanks is terrific as Rogers, bringing warmth and depth to his portrayal of a quietly remarkable man.
Previous Weight: 24 stone 7.6 pounds.
New Weight: 24 stone. 6.1 pounds.
This Week's Loss: 1.5 pounds
Total Weight Loss: 1 stone, 6.9 pounds.This has been the worst week since I started, food wise. Terrible choices, time after time after time. Entire tubs of pesto, four cheese tortellini with cheese sauce and an Indian takeaway (not my choice, but I really should have pushed back on it). Then on Wednesday, I had what I would describe as my first binge since I started. I had dinner, then had dinner again, then had dinner a third time and then a fourth, the final one compounded with sausages and Yorkshires. I am uncertain as to what triggered it really but am quite concerned as to how easily I found myself slipping back into my old patterns.
I compensated for this by basically running myself into the ground on the exercise front. By Friday night, I had done 105,000 steps in five days, which I believe is some way past the target I described as "insane" a week or so ago. Obviously, this is unsustainable and the discomfort felt has pushed me into two days of inactivity. Although Storm Ciara and the fierce wind currently whipping around my house can take most of the credit for today's hibernation. All told, I consider myself fortunate to have escaped with a 1.5 pound loss and this week has thrown up some major issues that need to be addressed if I'm going to achieve long term success. As a side note, being left 0.1 away from a stone and a half loss is rather frustrating.
Having succumbed to peer pressure from my workmates, I have signed up for Gung Ho, which is a 5K incorporating an inflatable obstacle course. It seems like a lot of fun and apparently it isn't frowned upon to walk, which I suspect is probably what I will end up doing. In the unlikely event any of you wish to join me, I'm doing the one at 10am on 6th June at Crystal Palace Park. At the moment it's around thirty quid to enter, but apparently the price will rise from Monday onwards. I didn't know the staging of 5ks was such a racket but there you go.
I have seen three films in the past week. Below are mini reviews of each one, featured mainly so I can meet my unofficial word count minimum for these blogs.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield: A superbly crafted adaption of Charles Dickens' classic tale. There are excellent performances across the cast from Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Benedict Wong and Daisy May Cooper, whilst it's a pleasure to see Hugh Laurie again for the first time in a while. A warm, witty film that I can highly recommend.
Uncut Gems: I might have found more to enjoy in this if it hadn't been hyped to high heaven over the past couple of months. Adam Sandler's performance in it has received critical acclaim but it's not a million miles away from the noisy Jewish schtick he's been peddling for most of his career, merely transplanted into a dramatic context. It's loud and brash, but ultimately unsatisfying.
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood: I didn't know a great deal about Fred Rogers or his beloved US kids TV show before watching this, but it certainly didn't affect my enjoyment. This portrait of one of the most beloved men in America could have been saccharine or cloying in the wrong hands, but the film skilfully evades that fate. Tom Hanks is terrific as Rogers, bringing warmth and depth to his portrayal of a quietly remarkable man.
I'll join you!
ReplyDeleteUnknown... Who could I be?
Delete