HEALTH - Run Boy Run

Health seems to be dominating this at the moment, maybe thats a good thing.

I have entered a 10k race. I did one about 2 years ago just after I had lost the weight. I was pleased when I did it. I made it round in 1 hour 2 mins but I did have to stop on some occasions. This time I would like to beat that 1 hour mark and also get round without stopping. I think if I do the latter then the former will be achieved. The only problem is that I only have about 5 weeks until the race is on - talk about doing it tight.

So I have been doing some running in the last week to see where my level is. At the gym I can comfortably do 3km on the treadmill and think I can push to 5km at the moment. That’s good as I have 5 weeks to build up to the 10km.

I did 3km on the road today which is a lot harder than the gym. Not sure why but it feels easier to stop when outside. Maybe it's because in the gym the treadmill dictates the pace???

Anyway - I am going to run this even if I then have to sleep for the next two days.

HEALTH - stuttering and faltering

At the restart of this blog I decided to kick of my healthy life style again. So how has it been going? Well I shall just finish my bag of Doritos’s and let you know..................

Not as well as expected. I am so crap. I need will power - Will - where are you?

It is working of sorts. I have been to the gym 4 times in the last 2 weeks and I am conscious of what I am eating again. The problem is being conscious of it is no use if it doesn't stop you. I have lost 3lbs in the last two weeks so I shall be positive in that it is going in the right direction. I just need to find that little switch in my head that says 'no - bad dog!' when I reach for a bag of crisps or a bar of chocolate.

Next week we push on with the gym again. I honestly think that will help my mindset.

FRIENDS: A night with family and a FISH

Had a great weekend this weekend. Just what the doctor (or IT Geek) ordered. I often need to unwind and find that hard without other people - I guess I am just very rubbish at being on my own, however what man isn’t???

Had a real laugh on Friday night with my cousins in the old haunt of Chesham. I always have a laugh with them when I go out, they are both completely nuts and make me laugh. They have a great set of friends too who always make me feel welcome which is superb because Chesham is one of those towns that you recognise an outsider. Every one knows everyone else and I always expect the pub to hush when I walk in and mutterings of 'he's not from round here' to break out.

Saturday I recovered and was aided in that by the visit of the FISH. We sat outside in the summer evening, drank beer, ate pizza (I know - bad for the health bit) and chatted about endless bollocks. Those evenings are often great - made me realise how much the Friends section needs work. I miss the gang.

Too much wood in this forest!!!

It's an old saying but feels apt. There feels like there is so much to start dealing with that I am not sure where to start. I have to take the plunge and go for one and see how it rolls.

Family - have my mum coming to stay with me next week for a few days which I am really looking forward to. My mum and I have a great relationship where she worries and I try to explain I am ok........typical mother and son I suppose.

She has recently given up her job and is having a year out which means I will no doubt see more of her. That is actually very cool for me. In the years I have been in a relationship contact with family has been sporadic. I have always known they are there but never really seen them as much as I think we would all like.

Health - new eating regime and gym has begun. Feel a lot fitter than I expected but I expect that will get harder as we go forward. Currently amassing a whopping 19 stone which needs to be reduced to 17.5 stone. I have done it before and I shall do it again.

Work - scale it back. Learn to run by the 80/20 rule (80% of the work can be done with 20% of the effort) and focus on delivering. Also scale back the amount of weekend working and thinking about work I am doing. Must think about the personal areas of life.

Lets go with these at hit Friends, Finance and Relaxation in a bit..................

A year on....help!

So for those of you who have checked in case I have been on here I am sorry for my absence. Some of you will know what the last year has brought me and understand why. For those who don't let me just say the following:

1) I am now single
2) No the wedding didn't happen
3) I am back renting again
4) The cat is a distant memory
5) I have been a shell of my former self
6) I am on the come back
7) I hate myself for my recent reclusiveness and must sort that out......to all my close friends I am really sorry.

I am not going into details on here as it will not be fair to those involved. And besides I want to look forward now. For too long I have been dwelling and god damn it I need to move forward. I am 29 years old and feel I am reeling backwards.

So what is the plan I hear you cry....well I shall tell you.

Firstly I have to sort my life and be able to strike a balance. There are some specific categories in this that should have equal attention. These are:

1) Family - don't see enough of them at all, immediate or otherwise. URGENT ATTENTION REQUIRED
2) Friends - again I don't see them enough and this has to change before they all remember me distantly. IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED
3) Work - this is fine and has been the one constant upward part of the last year. NO ACTION REQUIRED
4) Health - I am eating shit and not exercising. IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED
5) Finances - without going into detail I have to move some bits around. ATTENTION REQUIRED
6) Relaxation - what is this??????? IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED

Jesus Titty Fucking Christ!!!!! My life to that is a mess. I must be bloody good at hiding it. Right, time to act, how involves some thought so that is what I shall do and I shall be back shortly.

As for you readers any advice you can supply of the way will be gratefully received. Honestly at the moment I can do with all I can get.

Impaired Vision

So a couple of posts ago I mentioned how I lost my car keys. I have now excelled myself by losing my glasses. What a week.

It seems amazing that two things that I keep attached to my body pretty much at all times can disappear with no knowledge of how that happened.

I know where it happened - in Bristol on Rich's stag weekend. (Which was awesome and much kudos to Danny for sorting it). But I can not believe that they just disappeared on me - aggghhh!!

So I am now starting to every morning shoving bits of plastic in my eye as my old glasses make me look far too nerdy (when did I become so vain??)

New Cat = Lack of Sleep

9 month old kittens are not designed to let their new human owners to sleep. We care for them, we buy them food, we shovel their excrement out of the litter tray for them and yet still they will run around the house at 4.30am.

Rage! Roll on next weekend when we can let her outside.

(Anyone reading this who has children may think I am a wuss and over reacting - mayzbe so, but I am tired and want to moan)

Days of Stupidity!

Some days things just happen that make you wonder how you can get through life without your head falling off. I have just had one of those 24 hour periods which hit you hard in the head and the bank account.

Yesterday lunchtime I went to the supermarket for lunch, obviously, and walked out after 2 minutes to find my car key has disappeared. It literally had been star trekked (beam me up Scotty) from my pocket to god knows where.

So what happens when you lose your one and only car key and your car is stuck in the shopping centre car park? You call your ever so helpful insurance company who will do the following:

- explain to you that you would be covered if the keys were stolen but not if they were lost
- explain that you need to take out emergency breakdown cover that will cost £125
- put you through to a very unhelpful man at the pick up service who asks you to call back when trying to find the address of the car park because THIS IS AN EMERGENCY LINE!

Once you have done all this and had the car towed the garage will then sort the keys for you, however it will cost £266 AND YOU HAVE NO CHOICE AS YOU HAVE NO SPARE KEY!

But do you know what is even more annoying than all this. I AM! For about 6 months my car key has occasionally fallen off and I have always noticed and said 'I must change this keying as some day it will fall off without me noticing'. GRRRRRR!

I suppose at least I can say I was right for once - but I am also sooooo angry with myself.

So a word to the wise - never ever lose your car key and if you only have 1 key get a spare cut as it will be so much cheaper in the long run.