Cholesterol level Aug 2011

After going to docs a couple of weeks ago and having blood tests they tell me everything is fine, liver cells ect and my cholesterol was great at 3.3 (anything 5 and below is good so they tell me).

Not given up yet

I saw little point in coming on here when there was nothing to add, all ive done is sit in and at weekends just drink 2 to 3 bottles of wine on a fri and/or sat night while on facebook.
This week i hope is a turning point for me my leg even though it is a little painful in the groin where i had my opp seems ok to start walking on.
Ive been for two 13min walks this week at a brisk pace round what i call the block which actually took 13.37 and 13.17 on tues, both walks about killed me off due to being unfit and i would say the biggest problems was a lot of pain in my lower back (maybe my weight) and lower legs due to not not being used.
Today iam 19 stone  266lb 39.29 bmi and looking forward to hitting my target of 12 stone in 10/12 months

WEIGHT 9/05/11

My weight at 11pm on mon 9th of May was 17.8 stone (111.6 kg)

Ate wrong stuff again over the weekend as well as drinking friday and saturday evening really really feel iam letting myself down, i feel low i drink and eat, i gain weight feel lower then drink an eat again, i really have to snap out of this circle, my only hope at the moment or should i say the only thing i look forward to is getting back to work and eventually start walking and exercising again. Its so frustrating still not being able to walk a distance without feeling pain in the right groin and thigh, even a shopping trip causes the pain.

My bmi is 36.31 which is still obese

Tags: bmi, overweight, diet

Not proud of myself at all drank at the weekend again

Its very hard to want to write the bad stuff about yourself and certainly not at times when your not feeeling on top of the world, but by doing this i hope when/if things get better i can look back on this as a reminder not to come back again to this way of living. Yes still not feeling great but hopefully i start work on thursday which will give me a kick up the backsisde. I was really hoping by now that i would be comenting on how my weight loss program is going how much ive lost and how good i feel with the exercise but iam still in too much pain in the right thigh groin area to even walk great distances without any pain even a trip round asda hurts.
So with the lack of exercise and the weight gain i just feel iam spiraling deeper and deeper and now drinking and eating more isnt helping at all i really need to see some light at the end of the tunnel but its just not working.
After going on the stress control courses on a thursday now it has made me realise iam showing signs of depression there is loads of little things and i suppose major to but ive realised how little i have done in the last 6 weeks while being signed off and that isnt me at all, normally i would at least have a go at a little cleaning ect but ive just let the house get in a mess. Regarding myself i aways bath or shower every single day but ive found myself leaving it for 2 or 3 days i know its not much but it isnt me at all, then there is the feeling my life at the moment is dead busy and ive done loads during the day, but when i look back ive done nothing at all, i cant even be bothered to open letters ive just let things pile up. Strange but while typing this i thought maybe i should mention this at stress course and see what they have to say.
I cant help but feel sorry for the people who are housebound and cant get out, ive been signed off six weeks since last op and i cant describe how its doing my head in especially when iam so active normally, i just should stop feeling selfish i suppose but it is hard.

tags: drepresion, drinking, stress, stress control, self help, motivation

FEELING LOW 04 05 11

As i mentioned on main blog page today ive not been feeling to great over the last week or so seem to have hit a low spot hence why nothing has been put up. Its still too painful to walk and i still cant exercise so find it pointless doing this page maybe i was too keen to get going and started it too early. With not feeling great in myself i had a few bottles of wine sat and sun eve and my diet has been bad with chocs and ice cream, i think you call it a treat but there not treats at all, still that didnt stop me treating myself.
I did start a six week stress control program last thursday hopefully this should help me start to get my mind on track if nothing else.Last week dealt with progressive muscular relaxation (PMR) and relaxation i did find it very usefull, hopefully thing will start to feel better.

My weight at 11pm last night has gone up to 16.13 (107.5kg) which is heading totally in the wrong direction

this gives me a BMI of  34.98 which is classed as obese just to make me feel better : )

tags: bmi, weight, stress, stress control, dr jim white, pmr, progressive muscular relaxation

Exercise and weight 24 04 11

No exercise again today ive really got to try and rest right leg as its very painful its so frustrating but i dont want to do any perminant damage so decided to lay off the walking for a bit grrr.

Regarding eating ive done well right up to 9pm then called to mum and dads and had ice cream and biscuits, this is first time ive let myself have a treat and felt a bit guilty but hey its a bank holiday week end and could have so easily been bbq stuff and wine so i suppose i wasnt that bad (well thats my excuse).

My weight at 10pm was 16.4n (103.4kg)

BMI is 33.64 still obese

Exercise and weight 23 04 11

No exercise or walking today had to give myself a rest as right leg (thigh and groin) are really painful even when just sitting down so decided to give myself a rest for a day or two or at least until pain goes.

My weight at 11pm was 16.4 (103.4kg) i suspect the late snack last night and no exercise today hasnt helped me

BMI is 33.64 still obese

Exercise and weight 22 04 11 Good Friday

Not felt to bad today breathing ok and no chest pain just pain in right thigh area where they entered body to get to artery, i feel loads better.
Went for short walk round block left it late due to the heat and did it in 11.40 which is slightly better than yesterday.
My weight at 11pm was 16.3 (103kg) it would be lovely to break the 100kg next week, just got to get through the weekend. Been bad today because i went out i skipped a meal and ate a meal very late on so need to stop that (my mum also cooked me a steak with onions and mushrooms she said it was ok because she served it with salad, dont you love mums how could i refuse)

My BMI is 33.51 which is still obese i need to get this below 30 to go from obese to over weight

After the walk my pulse was 109   sys= 137   dia = 90

All in all its been a great day but still a long way to go

tags: weights, weight loss,

Food for thought

Thought i would share with you some of the food i eat while dieting, i have 2 weetabix every morning and every lunch time i have 2 or 3 pittas with extra light mayo and salad, the evening meal is different but i do have plenty to give me something to look forward to. My weight piled back on when the evening meals changed and i snacked later on as well as having an evening meal combined with no exercise.
I now dont snack at all if i do feel like something it is always fruit.

Two weetabix every morning

For lunch its salad and extra light mayo on pittas, if you add caster sugar and leave to stand for half an hour you have a perfect coleslaw

Evening meals vary we should all have fish once a week anyone with heart trouble should be having it twice a week.This is one of my many favourites i just put the salmon (and extra virgin olive oil) in foil along with diced potatoes and tomatoes, ive started to add other stuff to add to the five a day like red onions and greens beans which also adds a bit of colour.This is wrapped togther and cooked for 30 to 45 min, if your cooking two portions then leave it for longer, one hour to one hor 15 min at 200 C.

EXERCISE AND DIET 21 04 11

Went round block in best time yet 11:48min only slight breathing problem an chest pain, felt good though

As it was such a nice day i decided to go for longer walk round nature reserve just under 2 mile, took it really slow it used to take about 30 min, did it in hour an a half, it was a bit too much again as about half way round ended up in a lot of pain in right groin and ended up limping back.Again maybe a bit too much but feel good in myself.

weight at 11pm was 16:6 stone (104.3 kg)

BMI = 33.94 still obese

After short walk pulse was 101   sys =  156  dia = 91
later resting pulse was          81   sys = 125   dia = 81

Exercise and weight 19th an 20th April 2011

yesterday and today went for walk round block abt half a mile both in 12:14min
Still have slight chest pain lhs breathing ok (or better than last week or so).
Not had the missed breath feeling today

After walk today my pulse was 92    Sys = 123 and Dia = 82

I was 16.9 at 11pm (105.7kg)

BMI = 34.39 (OBESE)  needs to be 19 to 26

Iam a little concerned about the weekend comming up and would like to stay strong as its forecast good weather ie the smell of BBQ's everywhere its a double bank holiday, easter, st georges day and the royal wedding all good excuses to drink eat well and be merry. Part of me want to lock myself in and hide away until its all over and part of may says get out and enjoy yourself, i know a little of a good thing can be ok but to be honest i dont do things in halves, if iam going to have a drink i have a drink if i want to eat i eat well, its something i need to deal with myself.

Need to back off

Its 3:30 and not feeling to good slight pains and daren't sleep, think i pushed myself a bit to much today when walking quickly and going out twice, its times like now i wish i had stayed in and done nothing

EXERCISE TODAY 18/04/11

The only exercise i could manged today was a couple of short brisk walks of about half a mile the first in 12min 52 seconds and the seconds in 12min 26 seconds. Iam not sure how much i should be doing but felt these was more than enough as i was totally breathless and have the funny breathing thing back again when you feel like your missing a breath, i really was hoping to go further today but knew it would have been to much, even doing these short walks made me feel dizzy and sick. Mabe i should just keep to the short walks for another week or two before doing too much, my problem is i cant wait to get fit again but i know ive got to be careful as its only a few weeks after last op.

Just after the first walk the heart monitor showed 152 sys 91 dia and 75 pulse
Just after the second walk it was 165 90 and 100 pulse

At 11pm my weight n is 16.12 (107kg)
my measurements are
w = 44
b = 47/50
c = 46
t = 25
n = 17
m = 12.5/13.5
height = 5ft 9in
bmi = 34.82 = obese   (27-30 = over weight, 19 to 26= healthy, under 19 = underweight)

I will find a better way of plotting and showing this info as time goes on

tags: weight, weight loss, diet, overweight,bmi

PICTURE AT 17 STONE (108 kg) 18 04 11

SLIGHT DELAY ON DIET AND QUITTING DRINKING

This has to be quickest change of mind yet, ive decided to hang on a week or two before i stop drinking and go on a diet since it has been ponted out that we are coming up to a double bank holiday, st Georges day, easter and a Royal wedding, so i thought it best to hang fire a bit, i remember last year smelling everyones BBQ's cooking and hearing what a good time everyone was having, it wasnt much fun hopefully i cant see any harm in delaying a couple of weeks.

tags: diet, st georges day, easter, royal wedding, wine, bbq

MY HEALTH

Starting a page to track my health this year after losing 7 stone last year and now putting 5 back on i am determined to do it again but going to try blogging it as well just to keep me at it and focus on my goal of 12 stone for dec 31st 2011. I am now 17 stone (108kg) and want to get back down to 12 stone (76.2kg)