New Year, New Me

It's the eternal struggle.

Juggling full time work, running 2 blogs (now 3), time with my family, and building on my fledgling photography career, I have let myself go a little. 

I say a little, i actually mean a lot.

Bit of Back Story

4 and a half years ago i had a wonderful daughter, 4 years ago, i quit drinking alcohol completely.

At this point i was a fairly fit mid 30's bloke.  knocking around 10stone 6lb(146lbs or 66kg), able to run a half marathon in a reasonable time without really thinking and feeling pretty good.

I ate well and trained well and felt great.  I let that go hugely.

Where I am now.

Right now, hurtling very quickly towards 40, still not drinking alcohol, but eating like a I'm on a mission and not training at all.  reaching the dizzy heights of 14 stone (195lbs or 89kg).

This is not the heaviest i have ever been.  You've got to add another 4 stone on top of this to have my biggest weight.  That was a long while ago, and i never want to allow that again.

I honestly think that knowing I am capable of dropping weight and building my strength and cardio has somewhat made me a bit lazy.  It's also made me a bit bit angry that I could let my weight and health get out of control again.

I would usually reel out all the excuses about now, but i don't really think there is one valid excuse.

So let me look at my starting point and general stats to put all this in perspective.

Age: 39
Height: 5' 5" , 165cm.
Weight: 14stone, 195lb, 89kg.
Half Marathon Time: No Chance!
5k Time: Not tried in a few years
Squat Weight: No.....
Dead Lift Weight: I hope your kidding
Other stats as to what i can physically do: laughable
Cholesterol: High
Lipids/Triglycerides: High

The main thing i'm looking at, is dropping my weight and giving myself some sort of body shape other than lumpy.

The main stat i will look at is weight, which my target is going to be 10stone 6lb(146lbs or 66kg) again.

This blog will be a record of changes, training i'm doing, food i'm eating, recipes, running playlists, kit i'm using, inspiration, etc...  just a bit of everything to keep momentum and to help me push myself.

I'm going to give myself a year to get from DadBod to something hell of a lot better again.

The first Blog Post Proper will be a sort of weigh in, some 'before' photos and some of the things i'm going to change immediately.

Push a little further each day.