Steve Jarvis When I first signed up for the One Million Steps challenge with Diabetes UK, I thought it sounded fairly straightforward. Not easy but doable. It’s just under 11,000 steps a day? right? No problem. I walk quite a bit already. How hard could it be? Now that I’m 80% through, I’m starting to see just … Read more
Today marks 6 months since I came to the realisation I had to lose a lot of weight. 26 weeks ago, after a night out at Chantry Tap venue, things had to change. I’ve written a few updates over the last 6 months with an update of how things are going. 6 months seems like … Read more
This update is a week early for the simple reason this week I hit 3 stone lost. 3 stone 2 now. That’s 44bs since I started this at the beginning of February. I’m now 19 weeks in and seem to have settled into roughly 1 pound a week on average, or just over 1 pound. … Read more
Well, it’s been another 4 weeks. It’s felt like more than that with loads going on at work and generally. All good stuff though just lots needing to be done. Starting with the not-so-good. I’ve done barely any running in the last 4 weeks, I’ve just not had the time to. On the flip side, … Read more
So another 4 weeks have passed and it’s been a busy time at work. There won’t be any real let-up for the next 6 weeks at least with work Open days and another exhibition to plan for and a big work celebration. I’m quite looking forward to the last one. I’ve seen the buffet menu … Read more
Starting with running, when I say running I mean jogging, running will come later. When I started 8 weeks ago could barely run at all without feeling like I was about to keel over and need a nap. I knew when I started I needed some sort of goal to help me along and I … Read more
So it’s been 4 weeks of “Making better choices”. 4 Weeks of making long-term changes to reduce my weight. In the previous post, I said I wanted to keep myself accountable. So, my plan is to post each month with an update. So how is going? Well, when I started, I weighed 313 pounds or … Read more
Well, so far 2024 has been a proper roller coaster. The reason I’m writing this is just to get it out of my system. To help me process through the act of writing (typing) things out. There are many ways to deal with things. I’m a nerd so I chose to blog. I think everyone … Read more
So I’m trying to lose weight. I’ve a lot to lose and there is loads of advice around on that there internet. A lot of it is sometimes confusing and contradictory. I need to lose weight and then not just pile it all back on. I’m posting this as it keeps me accountable. I’ve been … Read more