301k in debt and morbidly obese - things aren't great!

MrBloater

Back from another cheery 4k. Cheery being completely the wrong word. Stoic is probably better but I'm not really keen on pretentious words - otherwise I'll start sounding like the young guns at work who we refer to as 'briefcase w*nkers'. Anyhow, the run was stoic because in the old pre-MSE days I would have given up - 2.5k in and the legs had totally gone - it would have been the easiest, most sensible (yet most soul-destroying) thing to take a breather for a minute and then just walk the rest of the way home. Nobody would have minded, Mrs B and the kids wouldn't have thought anything of it, I could have fessed up on here and would have got nothing but support, but inside that little ticking timebomb of self-esteem would have counted down another unit on its red LED timer. And so I plodded on literally forcing one foot in front of the other, if there had been walkers around they would have overtaken me at parts, even though the songs on the mp3 were good solid rocky tracks - Doves' "Kingdom of Rust" and Kings of Leon "Radioactive" which have served me well on countless runs, they were about as inspiring as measles. That's what I get for having an alcohol-free Saturday night.

Weight / BMI are plateauing (there I go again, turning into the Daddy of all Briefcase W*nkers) at the 22-13, tad under or over 39.00 mark. Either need to up my game or reduce my intake to get the fat shifting again. Think I need to add some more to my repetoire (final warning) other than just the running, it's all very well having the legs of Lance Armstrong but when atop it is sat the body of Russell Grant then it's kinda wasted, so press-ups/pushups/free weights should help things along nicely.

Perfect day for a nice walk in the countryside, and were it not for my quite justified suspicion of rural folk then we could have even stopped off at a farm shop to stock up on the fruit and veg we need for the week, or even ordered one of those worthy organic boxes full of dirt, caterpillars and veg you don't like. But we'll probably go to Tesco instead. And that's what sets me apart from the Briefcase W*nkers.

custardy

MrBloater wrote: »

Back from another cheery 4k. Cheery being completely the wrong word. Stoic is probably better but I'm not really keen on pretentious words - otherwise I'll start sounding like the young guns at work who we refer to as 'briefcase w*nkers'. Anyhow, the run was stoic because in the old pre-MSE days I would have given up - 2.5k in and the legs had totally gone - it would have been the easiest, most sensible (yet most soul-destroying) thing to take a breather for a minute and then just walk the rest of the way home. Nobody would have minded, Mrs B and the kids wouldn't have thought anything of it, I could have fessed up on here and would have got nothing but support, but inside that little ticking timebomb of self-esteem would have counted down another unit on its red LED timer. And so I plodded on literally forcing one foot in front of the other, if there had been walkers around they would have overtaken me at parts, even though the songs on the mp3 were good solid rocky tracks - Doves' "Kingdom of Rust" and Kings of Leon "Radioactive" which have served me well on countless runs, they were about as inspiring as measles. That's what I get for having an alcohol-free Saturday night.

Weight / BMI are plateauing (there I go again, turning into the Daddy of all Briefcase W*nkers) at the 22-13, tad under or over 39.00 mark. Either need to up my game or reduce my intake to get the fat shifting again. Think I need to add some more to my repetoire (final warning) other than just the running, it's all very well having the legs of Lance Armstrong but when atop it is sat the body of Russell Grant then it's kinda wasted, so press-ups/pushups/free weights should help things along nicely.

Perfect day for a nice walk in the countryside, and were it not for my quite justified suspicion of rural folk then we could have even stopped off at a farm shop to stock up on the fruit and veg we need for the week, or even ordered one of those worthy organic boxes full of dirt, caterpillars and veg you don't like. But we'll probably go to Tesco instead. And that's what sets me apart from the Briefcase W*nkers.

have you considered mixing cycling into your runs?

Karmacat

MrBloater wrote: »

Back from another cheery 4k. Cheery being completely the wrong word. Stoic is probably better but I'm not really keen on pretentious words - otherwise I'll start sounding like the young guns at work who we refer to as 'briefcase w*nkers'. Anyhow, the run was stoic because in the old pre-MSE days I would have given up - 2.5k in and the legs had totally gone - it would have been the easiest, most sensible (yet most soul-destroying) thing to take a breather for a minute and then just walk the rest of the way home. Nobody would have minded, Mrs B and the kids wouldn't have thought anything of it, I could have fessed up on here and would have got nothing but support, but inside that little ticking timebomb of self-esteem would have counted down another unit on its red LED timer. And so I plodded on literally forcing one foot in front of the other,

And thats *why* you get such support on here :j:j:j well done you

if there had been walkers around they would have overtaken me at parts, even though the songs on the mp3 were good solid rocky tracks - Doves' "Kingdom of Rust" and Kings of Leon "Radioactive" which have served me well on countless runs, they were about as inspiring as measles. That's what I get for having an alcohol-free Saturday night.

Weight / BMI are plateauing (there I go again, turning into the Daddy of all Briefcase W*nkers) at the 22-13, tad under or over 39.00 mark. Either need to up my game or reduce my intake to get the fat shifting again. Think I need to add some more to my repetoire (final warning) other than just the running, it's all very well having the legs of Lance Armstrong but when atop it is sat the body of Russell Grant then it's kinda wasted, so press-ups/pushups/free weights should help things along nicely.

See, you already know! Love the image of having Lance Armstrong's legs ... not so keen on Russell Grant tho :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Perfect day for a nice walk in the countryside, and were it not for my quite justified suspicion of rural folk then we could have even stopped off at a farm shop to stock up on the fruit and veg we need for the week, or even ordered one of those worthy organic boxes full of dirt, caterpillars and veg you don't like. But we'll probably go to Tesco instead. And that's what sets me apart from the Briefcase W*nkers.

That and the ability to know them and laugh at them .... :T:T:T

Give yourself an enjoyable Sunday, yes?

Igamogam

MrBloater wrote: »

Perfect day for a nice walk in the countryside, and were it not for my quite justified suspicion of rural folk then we could have even stopped off at a farm shop to stock up on the fruit and veg we need for the week, or even ordered one of those worthy organic boxes full of dirt, caterpillars and veg you don't like. But we'll probably go to Tesco instead. And that's what sets me apart from the Briefcase W*nkers.

Hmmmm. Why are you suspicious of 'rural folk' and what justifys it:huh:

Karmacat

I think he's generally suspicious of everyone, Igamogam, don't worry - think of the briefcase wallahs, and the mad milkmen after all

chevalier

Well done on not giving up. Sorry to hear about the plateauing weight. You mention about the alcohol free saturday and not feeling happy about it the next day. But what about having non alchohol week days? this would lower the calories in part of the diet equation, so your 4km jogs would do you more good weight wise. And of course you would save money too. Win win really!
good luck with carrying on
chev

Igamogam

Karmacat wrote: »

I think he's generally suspicious of everyone, Igamogam, don't worry - think of the briefcase wallahs, and the mad milkmen after all

A bit of leg pulling but I understand what you mean

Karmacat

Oh! I thought using that particular smiley meant you were serious, and slightly upset - that'll lern me!

patchwork_cat

Have you ever read any books by Dr Michael Sparrow as your style is similar.

short_bird

Sadly, mate, with this whole losing weight lark, it's 90% what passes the lips that makes the difference although the exercise helps in a whole other way.
What? yeah, I'm plateauing as well, due to forgetting that it's a proportion of 90/10.
So it's time to look at my portions and whether I'm eating and only that or eating, doing other stuff at the same time and not concentrating on either action. Cheers, chief:D