Mark's Road to Newcastle - The Great North Run / Journal
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Week 7 - Update
Day 49 End of Week Seven – 8th September1.8kg (4 lbs) weight loss Total weight loss, to date10.4kg (23 lbs) And yet another week with a few milestones achieved. "Rout…
Read the entry ↗7 September 2023, 19:00Day 2 of Gym Life
Took myself off to the gym this afternoon with the aim to do 60 minutes on the treadmill at a steady walking pace. Need to lose more weight before I get up to a jogging pace. …
Read the entry ↗6 September 2023, 20:30Matty the PT
First session at JD Gym, Thornton Cleveleys today and the first meet up with my new Personal Trainer, Matty Schmid. Matty is a level 3 qualified personal trainer. He's als…
Read the entry ↗6 September 2023, 08:00The 1st 7lb Milestone
Daily Weigh-in done... On 21st August, 31 days after starting, I had shifted 1 stone of weight. I was very pleased with that. At the time I wrote... "It will get har…
Read the entry ↗5 September 2023, 17:00This is where the fun starts...
So that big step today... I finally crossed the threshold and into the mysterious world of the Gym. I've always walked past them - no clue what goes on behind the darkened win…
Read the entry ↗4 September 2023, 14:00Time to "Get Over It"
So, after a great weekend down in Warwickshire (and Oxfordshire) it's a new week, and a new phase of my "fitness reboot" is about to start. I'll call this my "scary phase". …
Read the entry ↗1 September 2023, 10:00Week 6 - Update
Day 42 End of Week Six – 1st September0.9kg (2 lbs) weight loss Total weight loss, to date8.6kg (19 lbs) Another good week with just one bump, the infamous breakfast …
Read the entry ↗30 August 2023, 10:00Banging Beef Curry
This week's High Protein Slow Cooker dinner is... Banging Beef Curry I can't wait for this tonight... smells amazing. Coconut oil, ginger, garlic and red onion into t…
Read the entry ↗29 August 2023, 14:00Step by Step
With joining the gym now just 6 days away, one of the things I've been working on over the past few days has been increasing my activity levels. Body weight exercises and walk…
Read the entry ↗25 August 2023, 10:00Week 5 - Update
Day 35 End of Week Five – 25th August2.6kg (6 lb) weight loss Total weight loss, to date7.7kg (17 lbs) With a week free of "distractions" it's been my best week of th…
Read the entry ↗22 August 2023, 13:00The World's Fittest Book
So, look what arrived in the post today. Coach Ken may be on the other side of the world bobbing up and down on a huge container ship, but he still managed to have Amazon deli…
Read the entry ↗21 August 2023, 09:001 Stone Milestone
Day 31 and I've reached the 1 stone Milestone! Just 31 days to lose the first stone (14lbs / 6.35kg). I'm pleased with that!…
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