BelfastBiker's Fitness Blog.

12.4 miles walked, 249/2500 to target. #TwitterFitclub #barefootC25K #GoTheDist

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:17:53 +0000

Good distance today, and over 25K steps. Left calf a wee bit ballixed with the barefoot running!

6 miles walked, 237/2500 miles to target. #FitBit #GoTheDist

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:13:05 +0000

Haven’t left house much today, and managed to walk 6 miles while bro and myself cleaned and tidied my house top to bottom -climbed stairs exactly 50 times!

5lbs DOWN this wk - 70lbs loss total! #Paleo #FitBit #C25K #BarefootRunning #GoTheDist

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:01:26 +0000

I *knew* I could redress last weeks silly weight-gain! Even though my lovely work colleagues provided many cakes and buns and chocs and sweets on my birthday. :)

Being MOSTLY paleo diet-wise is helping greatly - also started barefoot running with Couch to-5K yesterday… hopefully get injured less! My new FitBit is working great, after I finally worked out how to calibrate it, so hopefully it’ll show in all those times I DELIBERATELY walk to someone instead of phoning or emailing them.

Gonna have four eggs with lots of butter beat-up in a cup to celebrate. :)

9.5 miles walked, 231/2500 miles to target. #GoTheDist #C25K #BarefootRunning

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:14:00 +0000

Got my FitBit today, another gadget to keep me right - bit of an easier way to track mileage and number of steps. Had no fun calibrating it at all, had to walk the same 0.7 mile loop 5 times! all sorted now….

Also started C25K, barefoot this time - I hear good things about barefoot running… we’ll see how that goes. Damn treadmill gets hot underfoot….

221 / 2500 miles to target. Forgot to log this week! #GoTheDist

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:51:52 +0000

Oops…..

6 miles walked, 213/2500 to target... #GoTheDist

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:10:44 +0000

Bak to it….

4.8 lbs UP this week! All better now though....

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:01:45 +0000

Buggery ballix! :)

For a variety of reasons/excuses (mostly gone now) I’ve tkaen the eye off the ball walking and foodwise, and end up hugely UP! To think my diet and lifestyle was liek this 24/7 before….any wonder I got up to 330lbs….

Anyhow will do a long walk later, and a healthy food shop. Back in control…

4.8 lbs…. sheesh!!!

8 miles walking, 200/2500 to target. #GotTheDist

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:15:36 +0000

Plus 7 miles biking on Sunday, how could I forget? My ass certainly cannot.

3.5 lbs DOWN this week. 70lbs DOWN total. #GoTheDist

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:36:37 +0000

That’s FIVE stone gone, only about six or seven to go - Walking lots and 90% paleo diet is working very well for me, and haven’t needed to count calories!

10.2miles walking, 192/2500 to target. #GoTheDist

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:44:28 +0000

Clawing back a wee bit of deficit.. :)

5 miles walking, 182/2500 to target. #GoTheDist

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:26:41 +0000

Bit light, other things doing today, had to get two buses home, sadly.

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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:25:07 +0000

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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:23:42 +0000

9 miles done, 177/2500 miles to target. #GoThedist

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:45:01 +0000

Busy day, no lunchtime walk, but decent mileage nonetheless. Allowed myself a chocolate bar, apart from that solid as hell Paleo diet. roll on payday to allow me to prep food better!

5.2miles done, 167/2500 miles to target. #GoTheDist

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:18:14 +0000

Bit light, uncontrollable water leak this morning made me get the bus to work, grrr!!!

5 miles done, 163/2500 miles to target. #GoTheDist

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:57:06 +0000

Tired, not sleeping.

2.7 lbs DOWN this week, 11lbs DOWN this month, total loss 66 lbs. #GoTheDist

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:33:37 +0000

Also this month I’ve taken 2” off my chest, 2” off my ass and 2.5” off my waist. AND my resting heart rate is down TWENTY to 62bpm.

Now, I’m basically at my weight/heart rate/measurement stats that I was at last May 2011. So I’ve just rewound 7 months of neglect in less than a month. Over 150miles of walking has clearly helped, but I put this down to Paleo eating almost completely, it’s fantastic!!!

One wee thing, I was lighter the previous day - it’s shocking how a salty snack and meal yesterday can hurt a couple of days of dieting! To think I used to do that at worse each and every day, any wonder I got up to 23 and a half stone. :)

8.2 miles done, 157/2500 miles to target. #GoTheDist

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:27:17 +0000

Did half of those barefoot on the treadmill. When I start running again, will consider that barefoot too, so basically training my arches tonight.

Great Cholesterol results for a fatty!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:11:37 +0000

TOTAL Cholesterol - 151 mg/dl (<200 is good, >240 is high risk.)
HDL - 39 mg/dl (getting that up to 40 would be best, or higher, work to do!)
LDL - 101 mg/dl (right on the edge of fantastic - reduced chance of atherosclerosis, heart attack, stroke. >160 is high.)
Cholesterol Ratio - 3.9 (well into low risk, less chance of heart disease. >9.5 is moderate risk, >23 is high risk.)
Fasting Blood Glucose - 4.6 mmol/L (great result! >7.0 would likely be diabetes.)
Triglycerides - 55 mg/dl (Lower risk of heart disease. <130 is what you want, >200 is high.)

So overall, I’m elated at these results. Apart from HDL which is holding steady, all the other results are lower than the last result mid last year. The trigs in particular are down from 169 to 55!

I put it 90% down to the Paleo type of eating I’ve switched to - healthy fats, great quality proteins, little carbs, minimal processed food and dairy, lots of veggies. Obviously my lot of walking is helping too I guess. Can’t weight to get off the treadmill tonight, sleep, and wake up for weigh-in. Yeah I know, rock and roll… :)

5 miles done, 149/2500 miles to target. #GoTheDist

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:21:21 +0000

Tired.