Middle Aged Spread and the Lack of Time

Evening all.  Doesn't time fly, can't believe how long it's been since I blogged.  Usual excuses I'm afraid, busy at work, a million things to do at home etc.  And there's a new excuse - middle aged vanity has kicked in.

Mrs MacBeth was given Wii Fit for her Xmas.  So early January I decided to have a wee shot.  It gives you a synopsis of your weight etc.  It came back with the news that I am obese.  Now with everything else nowadays, the term "obese" has been bandied about for people who are a wee bit overweight.  But it still pissed me off to the degree that I got my arse in gear and decided to look after myself a bit better.

I had started to play five a side football last year with the guys from work, but I ended up with tendonitis in my right knee.  Rest and physio is the only cure.  So the good work I'd done playing fives went to the wall over the last 6 months and I probably put on about a stone. 

So over the past 3 weeks I've jacked in chocolate.  And biscuits.  And worst of all crisps.  I love crisps.

No snacking between meals.  Eating more healthily at lunch and tea.  Actually having breakfast.  Cutting down the cans of beer at the weekends (will be a glass of red wine from now on). 

Using the Wii Fit regularly, running for 10-15 minutes per day, doing the yoga and stretching exercises.  And I've lost around 6 pounds already.  Determined to get rid of a stone and a half overall.  I'm hoping the physio will sort the tendonitis altogether so I can get back to the football again.  And I'll be playing more golf this season and taking long walks with the family when the weather gets better.

Middle age creeps up on you and the belly does too.  I must be de-toxing a bit too as I've not felt all that great.  The amount of fruit I've been eating has given my insides a real clear out too!!!!

In the long run I hope this will all to my advantage.  Time will tell if I can keep it up.

Music tonight and we're back to the 80s soft rock again.  Marillion and their Scottish frontman Fish's finest hour - Kayleigh.  Kept from the top spot by Frankie by Sister Sledge.  Jesus wept.