Snack - none

Lunch - chicken & salami salad with french dressing, orange, 3 plums

Snack - eat natural bar, protein shake, black coffee

Tea - wheat free pasta, mince, tomato & garlic sauce

Snack - protein with milk

Not enough water

Snack- apple, 2 plums

Lunch - left over curried lamb, salad leaves, cherry tomatoes, orange

Snack - banana, protein shake, black coffee

Dinner - chicken & roast potato & squash

Plenty of water

Before:

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So what is this? Where have I been? Well I have been to a lot of places. I have been on holiday. From work, from health and from myself. I have avoided posting, as I have, to be honest, been avoiding exercising. I have kept away from the scales & the body fat monitor. I haven’t run much, I haven’t lifted much, I haven’t written much.

One thing I am doing is not laying blame. I am not blaming my job, my surroundings, or my family. I am not even blaming myself, I am being very zen  about the last 2 months.

Today is a new day, every can change on a new day. In fact, Every Passing Minute is Another Chance to Turn it All Around.

So this is my other chance, this is my second time around. This is me doing things for me, to make me more like the me I think I am.

If you do not attribute blame then you cannot have guilt. If you do not have guilt then you don’t need to punish yourself for whatever it is that went wrong.

Accept, Re-group, Move on.

This, i think, is my new motto.

What do you think? Is there any things you need to accept? Leave a comment and see if it helps?

Recently I have had a lot of time of on my hands. The nature of my job means I have 13 weeks holiday during a year. Through in the 39 other weeks I work like a Trojan!

In this time I try to relax and rest. The thing that is disturbing me at the minute is that I am sleeping. I am sleeping an awful lot. In the last 4 days I have slept on average 11 hours a night. I normally sleep about 6-7 hours.

I am trying to discover the factors that have lead to this need to sleep. These are what I have come up with:

1. Catching up on sleep that has been lost - From working in a demanding vocation and also living with a 4 year old child I do not have a massive amount of sleep available really. Am I making up for lost time? AmI recovering from sleep deprivation. Are all of those broken nights catching up with me?

2. Dealing with my digestive disorders - I am semi-diagnosed Wheat and Gluten Intolerant. I discovered this at Easter this year, as I ate too much wheat and was bed-ridden for 5 days. This is the most extreme reaction I have ever had to wheat/bread/pasta/pastry. After consultation with my GP, I have tried since then to avoid all wheat & gluten and that really worked. The problem is that recently I have let this slip and as I am working less I have been letting my diet slip. Could this be the cause of my over sleeping?

3. Simple Laziness - I am doing it because I can, not because I need to? As I have the extra time, am I just swinging the lead and being lazy. If I really want to achieve my goals and meet some of my wishes, why am I laid flat on my back counting ZZZ’s?

What actions can be taken to try and resolve this sleepiness issue?

From research the best things to do are:

1. Develop a night time and morning routine.
2. List some MIT’s and do them. Straight away.
3. Exercise Regularly.
4. Cut down caffeine.

The full list is in an article at WikiHow - Fight Too Much Sleep

What do you think is my problem? Do you suffer from this problem? What could I do to solve it?

After completing the free PDF on 30 wishes, I have taken time to sit down and categorise them into different areas. These are the main areas that I feel I need to personally develop. I have listed the categories and also the initial wishes I listed here.

One thing I have done is decide on the ones that I actually now (after reflection) do not want. Long hair, well I have already done this, and then cut if off for a reason. The reason was, I looked unseasonably stupid.

I feel the categories that I have decided upon could be life goals that need to explored and developed.

Categories

1. Personal Appearance
1. Stop Wearing Glasses
1. Contact lenses
2. Eye exercises
2. Long hair? (not sure about this one!)
3. Get a six pack
2. Spirituality
1. Be a good friend
2. Meditate
3. Self-Fulfillment/Self-Preservation
1. Run my own business
2. Make money online
3. Feel happy
4. Build a blog community
5. Get out of debt
6. Own a dog
7. Have children
8. Get married
9. Own my house
10. not worry about money
4. Health & Fitness
1. Get fit
2. Cycle from work
3. Crossfit Affiliate
4. Triathalon
5. Own a gym
6. Run a marathon
7.

5. Skills
1. Learn to sing
2. Learn to ski
3. Learn to ride a motorcycle
4. Learn to surf
5. Learn to speak Japanese
6. Experiences and Places
1. Skydive
2. Visit Japan
3. Own a motorcycle
4. Surf in Hawaii
5. Hang glide
6. Cycle coast to coast

Do you agree with these categories? What categories would you like to include in your list?

1. Bruce Lee & Parkour - Be Like Water

2. Lance Armstrong - Nike Advert

3. Will Smith as Chris Gardner - You want something? Go get it. Period.

4. Sly Stallone as Rocky Balboa (Rocky 5) - I didn’t hear no bell.

5. Al Pacino’s speech in Any Given Sunday

I have decided to setup a Tumblr account, (much like Leo has here) to help me track my fitness data quickly and easily. I wanted a way to quickly add text, images and information from my exercise to help me to keep motivated. Map the journey so to speak!

Here is the address for the tumblr:

http://canhazfitness.tumblr.com/