Day 2
Today I have eaten 2 apples for breakfast with 1/2 a litre of water, whilst attending a resettlement brief in preparation for leaving the Air Force. A daunting thought as I don't feel like I am ready to leave yet. Although people often moan about how "crap" the Air Force is I cannot think of any other job that could possibly bring me the same benefits that the military does. With really cheap housing, free health care and endless opportunities to get numerous qualifications (most of them free) I can't think of any reason to complain. I worked out that to get a job in "civvie street" where I could live the way I do now, I would have to have an income of around 45-50K! I have got 3 opportunities to sign on for further service until I get the boot so hopefully when I apply I will get accepted. I will certainly be taking advantage of the resettlement training as soon as I can as I dont want to be panicking 2 months before I leave. What is it I actually want to do with my life after the military though??? That I still dont know, so hopefully the career advisor will put me on the straight and narrow. All I do know is that me and the family want to move back to sunny St. Annes to be close to family again. Hopefully by that point I will have enough money for a nice deposit on a house, if I reach my 12 year point I will have at least 10.2K from a bonus which will be a nice boost! Wow all that spiel just from saying i've had 2 apples and some water!
For lunch I had a ham salad, with a spoon full of leftover lasagne from last night. Nom Nom! However, I think my wife is secretly trying to kill me as she is very well aware that im allergic to raw peppers and cherry tomatoes but always manages to sneak some into the bowl!
As I write this Jenna is currently at the Gym with her friend, I bought her an mp3 player so she could listen to her drivel that is Beyonce and destinys child whilst she's there. That reminds me, I need to charge my mobile so I can watch my next Gym Film, not sure which one to choose yet
Well I chose to watch a film that I knew Jenna wouldnt want to watch as I know she will get annoyed if I keep watching all the latest releases at the gym without her! I chose Zombieland, it's not a bad film really, glad i picked it because Jenna DEFINATELY wouldn't have wanted to watch this one.
I thought I would stick to what I know so opted for another cycling session, I didnt cover the display screen this time which made it harder because I just kept looking at the distance I had done and was getting annoyed with my progress. I dont know why because I think i completed 20km quicker today than yesterday. I got to about 3.5km and felt my legs aching but the film took my mind off it. I got hot a lot quicker tonight because I was wearing a hoody/vest type thing, not sure of the technical term, its what boxers wear I think but I wasnt bothered because the more I sweat the more weight im getting rid of surely?? Haha! Once I took my mind off the aching the km's soon started to mount up. It took me 38mins 27secs to do 20km's today which I'm pretty sure was faster than yesterday but I have only started to document things properly today as I took a USB stick in to download the results. After a quick cool down I went into the resistance suite again to work on my arms, definately not ready to do free weights yet because some of the blokes in there are just huge and it would be quite embarrasing to go in there and lift little crappy weights when they're lifting what looks like 2 massive anvils at both ends of a metal pole! I used the chest press again and did 2 sets of 20 with 35kg weights, quickly followed by the shoulder press with 2 sets of 15 with 35kg weights. Finally I used the bicep curl machine and did 2 sets of 15 using 35kg weights. I must be doing something right because my biceps and triceps are really aching now.
Leaving the gym, its snowing AGAIN! Hopefully it doesn't stay! Or maybe it should stay because I've had a week off because of it so far! Get home to a lovely home cooked tea of salmon fillet thai fish cakes with noodles and green beans. Will definately be having that again! It was delicious. Forgot to mention after my lunch I had a muller light vanilla yoghurt (fat free), still not good for you but I'm not on a diet so I didn't mind soo much. Before the gym I had a packet of wotsits as well.
I weighed myself today and was quite happy because the last few days I have stayed at 13stone 10lbs. I was 13stone 8lbs so i'm going in the right direction! I feel a lot better about myself too but still not liking what I see in the mirror. I have been going to the gym for 2 weeks now and have lost a total of 8lbs so I cant complain! Just hope it keeps going down. I'm dreading the point where it just stays the same for weeks but I'm expecting it this time and I wont let it put me off! Getting quite hungry now so will probably have an apple or something and log off so will update you soon. If anyone is interested here is the link to my fitness session and a picture of my body as it is now which is difficult for me to broadcast to everyone but I guess it gives me more incentive to keep going to the gym. Both links are below.
Ta Ta for now, and thanks for reading!
My Fitness Session 09/02/2012
Well I chose to watch a film that I knew Jenna wouldnt want to watch as I know she will get annoyed if I keep watching all the latest releases at the gym without her! I chose Zombieland, it's not a bad film really, glad i picked it because Jenna DEFINATELY wouldn't have wanted to watch this one.
I thought I would stick to what I know so opted for another cycling session, I didnt cover the display screen this time which made it harder because I just kept looking at the distance I had done and was getting annoyed with my progress. I dont know why because I think i completed 20km quicker today than yesterday. I got to about 3.5km and felt my legs aching but the film took my mind off it. I got hot a lot quicker tonight because I was wearing a hoody/vest type thing, not sure of the technical term, its what boxers wear I think but I wasnt bothered because the more I sweat the more weight im getting rid of surely?? Haha! Once I took my mind off the aching the km's soon started to mount up. It took me 38mins 27secs to do 20km's today which I'm pretty sure was faster than yesterday but I have only started to document things properly today as I took a USB stick in to download the results. After a quick cool down I went into the resistance suite again to work on my arms, definately not ready to do free weights yet because some of the blokes in there are just huge and it would be quite embarrasing to go in there and lift little crappy weights when they're lifting what looks like 2 massive anvils at both ends of a metal pole! I used the chest press again and did 2 sets of 20 with 35kg weights, quickly followed by the shoulder press with 2 sets of 15 with 35kg weights. Finally I used the bicep curl machine and did 2 sets of 15 using 35kg weights. I must be doing something right because my biceps and triceps are really aching now.
Leaving the gym, its snowing AGAIN! Hopefully it doesn't stay! Or maybe it should stay because I've had a week off because of it so far! Get home to a lovely home cooked tea of salmon fillet thai fish cakes with noodles and green beans. Will definately be having that again! It was delicious. Forgot to mention after my lunch I had a muller light vanilla yoghurt (fat free), still not good for you but I'm not on a diet so I didn't mind soo much. Before the gym I had a packet of wotsits as well.
I weighed myself today and was quite happy because the last few days I have stayed at 13stone 10lbs. I was 13stone 8lbs so i'm going in the right direction! I feel a lot better about myself too but still not liking what I see in the mirror. I have been going to the gym for 2 weeks now and have lost a total of 8lbs so I cant complain! Just hope it keeps going down. I'm dreading the point where it just stays the same for weeks but I'm expecting it this time and I wont let it put me off! Getting quite hungry now so will probably have an apple or something and log off so will update you soon. If anyone is interested here is the link to my fitness session and a picture of my body as it is now which is difficult for me to broadcast to everyone but I guess it gives me more incentive to keep going to the gym. Both links are below.
Ta Ta for now, and thanks for reading!
My Fitness Session 09/02/2012
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