I started this blog in January 2012 and in a frenzy of activity I managed to keep it updated, and lose lots of weight, and get fitter all in the space of a few months.
Credit for this goes to all of you who not only encouraged me in doing it, but who also gave me lots of great dietary and fitness advice. It really helped, and had a dramatic impact as you'll remember from the fantastic progress I made early in 2012.
Since then two things have gone a bit awry. The blog has been completely neglected (apart from a false dawn in August 2012), and I have returned (in the main) to my bad eating and drinking habits.
The only thing I have consistently kept up from that period is my cardio work, which evolved from running and walking on the gym treadmill, to participating regularly in organised running events.
In fact, these days I often run 5k Parkruns and charity events with the family, and I also run half marathons with my buddy Chris Marsh on a monthly basis.
I love all of this stuff and there's no doubt I am getting fitter with each event I train for and run in.
However, I am putting on lots of weight again, even though I've been running 14, 15 and 16 mile stints during my recent marathon training! The reason for this is simple. I am eating and drinking the 'wrong' foods in volumes that are not recommended.
Hopefully breathing life back into this blog will help me achieve the weight loss I need to get me back into those nice 'slim fit' shirts I was able to wear only but a year ago!
The next blog post later this week will include my starting weight and an initial improvement plan. I'm hoping for the same type of encouragement and advice I got from you before, so please feel free to contribute either or both if you can!
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