We are now into the first weekend of August, I am back at work but only have two weeks left of my current job. I'll be moving back into the personal training world after a week's holiday at the end of the month, and my life will be en route to where I want to be.
Over the last few weeks I have been getting into regular training, but haven't posted the workouts as I have been playing about trying to improve my speed, strength, stamina and skill. I now feel that I'm beginning to get there. I have also been on quite a strict diet to help improve my recent ill health, it also has the benefit of guaranteeing weight loss.
The diet is from the book Eating Without by Barbara Cousins that aims to tackle a number of health complaints. The principle is to cut out all of the things that can stress the liver and digestive system, allowing your immune system to return to full function. Currently I am dairy, yeast, gluten, caffeine and alcohol free and make sure I steer clear of added salt and artificial additives of any sort. My diet consists of meat (limited amounts of red) and fish, vegetables and fruit (trying to limit to two portions a day, but struggling with this!), nuts and seeds, water and herbal tea. Sounds hideous, has taken some adjustments, but has been surprisingly doable! The time when I struggled the most was when we were out for a picnic for someone's party. We were assured there would be fish etc, so hadn't bothered preparing anything ourselves, when we got there it was salmon encroute and lots of other lovely stuff that I couldn't eat! It was miserable, I won't lie! For me I either need to be far more prepared or steer clear of the temptations all together! However, I have been doing this for three weeks now, coupled with the exercise, and I am 9lbs lighter, which I assure you helps to keep you motivated. I am pretty sure that I'm feeling better in myself as well, but it's hard to distinguish from feeling so bloody virtuous!
In future I am going to post my body measurements and some key exercise measurements once a month or once every other.
