I dip in and out of this thread usually, as is the case now, to report progress.
October 28th- 75.5 kg
December 13th- 71.6kg.
Distance cycled in November/December:- 53 miles/7 miles.
What's happened is that I started a new job as a home delivery driver for one of the major supermarkets.
Suddenly I'm doing a lot of lifting, carrying, jumping in and out of cabs and, when I'm working in the store, walking up and down towing pallets of shopping.
It's very hard work for a previously desk/car jockey but I'm amazed and delighted about how I've/my body has adapted:- minor aches and pains but nothing major and, for a wimpy 50+ year old, that's something I'm very grateful for.
It makes my desired weight of 70kg seem within reach even though I'm eating quite a lot ATM. It's healthy stuff when it's under my control.
I have to have "emergency" rations with me when I'm out doing deliveries (bananas are a particular saviour) but I'm struggling to find "ready to eat" high protein/low(ish) fat/low salt stuff from the (literal) shop floor when I'm back at base. I don't want to eat much meat and even the "quick" meat stuff is high in salt (or it's brought in from Thailand
) but the, mostly Quorn, veggie, alternatives are very, very salty.
I take hard boiled eggs in when I can plan ahead but I'd like suggestions for fill-in stuff if I decide to work an extra shift. I can get sandwiches from the staff canteen vending machines but I'd rather have something more nutricious.
FWIW, I met up with CathG (notOTP) this morning and one of the first things she said to me was that I seemed leaner. My belly is certainly flatter and the saddle-bags have reduced. Sadly, I don't appear to have developed bulging biceps.
Still, mustn't grumble.