Wednesday Weigh-In - 28 January

When this blog goes quiet it usually means I'm falling off the diet. My lack of activity this week does not reflected calorie loading on this occasion. True on Saturday night I devoured a large bag of jelly babies (and again on Sunday), but by and large things are still on track. I've been less prolific with my writing this week due to laptop issues and not wanting to type out on a tablet. So you'll have to trust me that things are still moving along.

The best thing I can do to demonstrate this is to show the results from my weigh-in this morning, which again produced a loss. 2lbs gone again this week, meaning that since 2 January the scales have dropped from the wrong side of 16st to under 15. 18lbs in total and I'm feeling a lot better about myself and looking in better nick.

Back into 14st territory. Rejoice

So it has been a very productive month to date, and done a lot to correct the damage I inflicted upon myself through the excesses on November and December.

At the moment I'm still finding my way back into running, and have been sticking to just the Saturday morning 5k. As my waistline has receded and my body has got used to the idea of exercise, it has become more comfortable as the month has progressed. I'm not immediately looking to set myself a challenge for this year, but there is talk of signing up for the Maidenhead half marathon in September, and I couldn't resist putting my name into the ballot for the Royal Parks Half in October. I've got unfinished business over the distance but not going to rush into an event I've not trained properly for.

January has been alcohol free since New Years Day, but I'm looking forward to enjoy a glass of something nice with my wife in early Feb when we celebrate her birthday. She has also been dieting in recent times and has been doing brilliantly, so I think we both deserve a night off from our respective plans.