I'm cursed!!!

I can not believe it! I truly believe I am a cursed soul, I must have peeved off the gods in all my former lives.

After one week on my challenge, I fall ill. Severe case of blocked sinus, that I had to find other means to breath. Coughing so hard and loud, like I smoked 20 a day. I'm sneezing so hard I'm like the big bad wolf.

I've hardly eaten during the week as I haven't felt like it or been asleep for the majority of the week. I kept it quite clean, with additional carbs in the for of toast. My stomach managed to accept the odd slice of toast.

But tonight I made a bad bad food choice. I hadn't prepared any meals this week due to illness, so I made the fatal decision of buying my meal tonight whilst hungry. I'm not feeling 100% and not on top form, I fell into old habits.

I chose a packet of Chicago Town Deep Dish Peppironi pizza. I wanted something quick, easy and what I now class as crap. I got it home, undid the package and removed the two mini pizzas from the package. For a moment I did pause and question myself. But by then I was ravenous

Once the pizza was cooked. Placed on the plate and I sat down. Disaster struck. The gods of Health and Fitness played their card. Off the plate flew the pizza and topping side down did it land on the carpet. The gods had spoken, I wasn't meant to have the pizza or any other crappy food ever again.

So in the bin went the pizza, and for the last hour I cleaned the carpet. But this is not the only punishment I have suffered this week. There was a power cut at the beginning of the week. Which has damaged the communal dish , shared between the flats in my block. Someone came out today, but as always didn't have the right part. So current estimate is Monday for the TV to be working again. So no crappy food, no TV and a head full of cold. This week my life sucked. Roll on next week.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Well my first week has gone reasonably well. Managed to keep to healthy eating, all except last night. When an un-expected guest turned up and relented to a very small portion on Chip shop fish & Chips.

I managed four out of an planned five workout sessions, but due to finishing work so late on Thursday I just didn't have the energy for it. But I got straight back to it on Friday.

At the beginning of the week I took some starting stats, which are in the previous blog entry. I'll update the stats in week 3, 6, 9 and finally 12

I will put up the ghastly starter image next blog entry. Which will also be used as my for my USN Challenge.

I'll also put up my training programme. For now a few images of what I have been eating this week.

USN: Body & Lifestyle Challenge

As the above title tells you I have committed myself to the Body & Lifestyle Challenge. Its a 12 week fitness challenge run by www.USN.co.uk. They sponsor such athletes like DOOM and ENIGMA from Gladiators and UK Female Body Builder Carly Thornton. Its much like the Body for Life programme been run for years in the US and equal to that of the one that Maximuscle does yearly.

I've signed up for this went for my first training session in my makeshift gym (garage). Suffice to say I'm weak and have alot of work ahead of me. But I am up for the challenge and so full of determination its un-real. This is just the first step and will not end at the 12 weeks. Once I have done this i will start all over again and get bigger and stronger each time.

I have also committed myself to applying for the MEN's HEALTH Survival of the Fittest 10K obstacle course in LONDON 17th November 2012. I don't run and have never trained for an event. But this is my end of year goal to reach. I've told family about it a tweet'd it and now placed it on my blog. I am well and truly outed about the whole thing, and will not allow the shame of not doing it. For i would be too embarrassed to disappoint my family.

As this is Day 1 of my 12 week challenge I shall add below my starting stats, suffice to say I disgust myself and these numbers. I have images taken also, they will be my inspiration and motivation to see this filth animal go and a new hot rod model appear.

Age: 34
Height: 1.98m (6'6")
Weight: 120kg (19st)
BMI: 30.57 (Estimated)
Neck: 44cm (17.5")
Chest: 122cm (48")
Bicep: 37cm (14.5") both arms
Waist: 114cm (45")
Hips: 110cm (43.5")
Thigh: 64cm (25") both legs
Calf: 41cm (16") both legs

.... So it begins!

Having planned, mapped out and prepared. I am ready to get things kicked off. The challenge starts at breakfast Monday 9th January 2012.

Followed by visiting my local sports centre to find out about membership and swimming. The best times etc. as I plan to incorporate swimming into my changing lifestyle. As well as circuits of free weights.

As well as the exercise I have put in place a healthy eating plan. Consisting on more fresh fruit and veg, than I used to consume. Making meals from scratch and taking packed lunches to stop the ad hock eating. Hopefully preventing me turning to convenience food.

I will in a future entry lay out a typical days meal, maybe a weeks worth. I'm also starting to look at events layer in the year to enter into as one of my resolutions.

Goals!

I've been told I need to set some goals. To keep my motivation going throughout the year I need to set Long and Short term goals. Now when I sat down and had a think about the goals I wanted to reach in life as this year is my 35th birthday.

As I wrote them down, the silly, the funny, the ridiculous. I began to get more serious as to the goals I wanted to accomplish.

So here are my top 5 goals I wish to accomplish:

1) Lose 50lbs
2) Get waist size under 40"
3) Enter a sporting event
4) Go swimming once a week
5) Gym or Circuit session 3-4 times a week

Happy New Year!!

It's 2012!! The year the world is going to end!, the Olympics comes to London and the year I join millions of people all over the globe beginning a blog.

So what is this blog all about? This will be my own personal views, thoughts, groans, whines, as I commit myself to changing my lifestyle to live a healthier and fitter life. I hope that it will encourage myself to continue with the changes and at the same time be a humorous and light hearted account that others will enjoy reading.

My main focus will be on losing weight and developing a strong and solid core. From which I can then add functional muscle and become a much more fitter and active person than I currently am. There will be No real set format to my blog , as I am not a writer by nature. But as I go along I will tweak things and the structure of my posts will be improved. I intend to post at least once a week, though I hope to do more when work allows and things occur that I feel will be of interest.

For now I will sign off and thank each and everyone of you that has stopped by to read my blog. I would like to add that these are my personal views and in no way should replace professional advice.