Survival Of The Fittest

Things have been pretty mixed since my last post. I've got the exercise routines down to a T. Since I've been back from holiday I've been doing my three runs a week and three weights sessions with a bit of swimming whenever I can.

As you can see from my July weigh in, food seems to be more the issue at the moment. People say when it comes to losing weight, if you could only choose between a good diet and an exercise routine, it would be the good diet that would give you better results. What good's all the working out I'm doing if I'm eating lots of crap?

Looking at the positives though, I'm hopefully getting back on track. Over the weekend, I planned out and wrote down what I was going to eat this week and so far it's doing the trick. I've spaced the meals/snacks out every threeish hours and am just going to my notes to see what I can eat rather than eating any old rubbish. I've managed to put a good mix of homemade Indian, Italian, Chinese and other foods in too. It's been a good few days, lets hope I can carry it on.

I'm feeling pretty mixed right now though. I'm positive because of the food, but I'm getting headaches too, which I put down to the lack of junk food I'm having. My body's probably used to so much sugar and rubbish, but I need to push through it.

Onto some other news then, the first of my monthly 5k runs for a year starts this weekend. I'm looking forward to it. Been doing some running in preparation so I'll let you know how it goes over the weekend. In fact, every month when I do an official run, I'll give you my timings. That way we can compare the timings each month, and hopefully they'll improve!

I've already booked my runs for July, August and September, but I won't be doing a 5k run in October. Before you laugh, I'm not skipping the month! You will not believe what I've booked myself in for... the MEN'S HEALTH SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST CHALLENGE!!!

Now if you're not sure what this is, let me tell you it's a 10km run with a 'twist'. I've been involved with two 10k runs in the past, but this is something different.

Basically, every km of this run has an obstacle. I'm not talking about some little hurdle you jump over. I saw the video from last year's challenge and each obstacle is BIG! I'm taking about a 3 meter high pile of hay that you need to climb up and come back down from, a Free Running/Parkour zone and an 8 foot high wall that needs to be scaled to name a few of the ten challenges.

How am I supposed to climb an 8 foot wall? There's no ladder, no grips, nothing. Just a straightforward 8 foot wall.

It's mad isn't it? I'm looking forward to it though. You're taking about an intense physical experience that'll probably put you out of action for about three days, even more! It's a scary though, but I'll be ready for it. This is just what I needed to keep me motivated. My running will help me with the general parts of this challenge and my weight sessions will help me with pretty much trying to lift my own body weight with the obstacles, like that bloody 8 foot wall.

I'm excited, bring it on!!!!!

Will let you know how my first 5k run goes this weekend too.