Ok 1st I must apologise for being a day late with this, I would like to lay the blame on a busy Saturday or the internet being down, however, I can only blame one thing... Being in a great mood! I was in such a good mood I cracked on with things yesterday and did not take the time to sit down and write the promised update.
It was the sort of good mood that I should not have been in, I hadn't achieved much nor had I got anything to look forward to other than a cookie that I had bough earlier in the week. I had been doing well with my reduction on calorie intake to loose some timber off the belly but I succumbed to the constant carrot dangling that stores do when it comes to unhealthy food. If they were actual carrots instead of metaphoric ones it wouldn't be so bad but I had done well apart from that one cookie.
My good mood had stemmed I suppose a little from taking a positive mindset on in order to achieve the things I want to achieve. This has worked out a little in my 1st week of trying it and last night I went out for a meal that I really enjoyed, the company, someone I wanted to spend time with who was less keen on spending time with me. I hadn't kidnapped her, she agreed in fact suggested it although I think it was more to be nosey into what I'm up more than anything but I took the night for what it was and had fun.
Having fun included having a few drinks, well, a few... a lot... quite a lot, alright it was a hangover that stopped me writing yesterday. I had still made progress during the week though. It is possible to make progress without putting yourself through a personal boot camp. Bitesize goals are more achievable and my goal for the week was to have written 3000 words of my comedy story, done 6 hours of French (sadly the language not the kissing.... do people still call it French kissing or is that a bit 80's?)
I left off last week with a 2 hour session speaking the language of love.... that being French, Yorkshire English is not quite the sexy dialect Sean Bean manages to make it look tha knos!!
I don't feel confident speaking any French just yet, my French accent is no good, it sounds like someone has taken an LP of Brian Glover talking and played it backwards. But words I knew nothing of before were starting to sink in and that date with Audrey Tautou is only a matter of time away!
Exercise wise I have been cycling, weight loss is something I was always so blase about, I mean why lose weight when I am so god damn sexy with my gut!! Of course I am not but when I look in the mirror it lies, or moreover my brain lies. Sadly photo's don't lie and neither do people who comment on Facebook as comments on a picture of me in a denim shirt included "hey Jim Elton John wants his shower curtain back" and "wow I didn't know Jacamo do denim shirts"
I won't be shamed into having a body image that society deems correct, however, I do want to live past 40 so my health is important and as a single guy I want to look good in case I meet a girl that wants to do stuff with me!!!
My progress had been good and the myfitnesspal App has really helped me as I record everything I eat now... I had no idea how bad a snacker I was, I would snack to the tune of 2000 calories a day on top of any meals.... no wonder I got all chunky, its not deliberate so I could do fat guy jokes on stage!!!
I have done well this week though, keeping my calorie intake down to a net consumption of less than 1700 per day until Friday night when I accidentally drank my body weight in wine!
My challenge to get up early and write has been good, the alarm goes off each morning at 6 but I am now awake before the alarm, I think my body clock thinks its a game, that waking me up before my alarm goes off so I can lie there for 15 mins with one eye open thinking about getting up but deciding the alarm should be the instigator has some kind of sadistic fun factor for a part of my brain.
That said it is painless and I have seemingly trained myself very quickly so it is fair to say I am doing well.
The comedy I have been writing has been dreadful though, I mean there have been funnier bouts of flu, but at least I am writing, yes I am writing crap but I am writing so its a start.
This week I hope to get another 6 hours French under my belt and work on some upper body exercises. I will also write each day in the hope that eventually I write something decent! I also will make some more social time too, just to prove I can make huge changes, achieve things and still live my life. So I will see you all next week and hopefully some of you are on your way with changes too.
Have a great week
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