Day Eighteen - Saturday 23rd October 2010

Not feeling to good today, it seems that the Diclofenac tablets really don't agree with me. Woke up tired and seriously in pain until I took my first lot of Co-Codamol when it eased off a bit. Got some good news though, we have been offered a permanent house :) in case you don't know the reason we have been waiting for this, say you are visiting my blog for the first time and haven't met me through Facebook or anything -

Basically what happened was we were living in a private rented house here in Glenrothes when we discovered (by accidentally opening a letter addressed to the arsehole) that our landlord had been pocketing our rent money and not paying his mortgage.

So after the mortgage company had taken possession of the house (and after the landlord had tried to illegally give us notice) we were asked to leave.
This resulted in us being placed into a temporary house (they tried to put us in a B&B first) where we have been since the end of July.

Anyway we went and had a look at the outside of the house and spoke with the neighbours (who seem very nice and even showed us around their house so we could see what it was like) to see what the area was like and why the house had needed fumigated =S etc.
Upshot is that it seems nice the area seems fine and it's not to far away from the town centre so I think we are going to phone the council on Monday and arrange a viewing and to move in hopefully  :)

Food and Drink Diary - 

1035 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1600 - Large Latte (2) (1 Sugar)

1930 - Dinner -

• 3 Piece (assorted small) Your Choice roll selection from Asda
• 1 Salmon Salad sandwich on wholemeal (Asda)
• 1/10 of a tub of Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Browny Ice Cream

0000 - 1 can of Carling Lager

0015 - Asda Chicken and Bacon Salad Box and a Chocolate Cup Cake

0205 - 1/2 Packet of Levi Roots Peanut and Cashew Nut Mix

Total Cigarettes = 18


Feeling -

Really really got to start eating healthier and at reasonable times. Ended up eating really really late because I couldn't sleep well I couldn't even lay down without my knee killing me so ended up sitting on the end of my bed trying to sort out my laptop :( complete pain in the arse and ended up waking my girlfriend up to boot. Not a happy lady to be woken up like that :(
Really need to also look at drinking more water because I haven't drunk any that hasn't been in either coffee or pop or beer for the last few days.

Day Seventeen - Friday 22nd October 2010

Started taking the Co-Codamol today and I have to say it has quite an effect. I'm getting a lot less pain in my knee, it still hurts but much less than it did. Not to sure about the Diclofenac though, it seems to make my stomach very weird and painful when I take it.
Today has been quite fun, went to Arbroath to visit my step-kids Great Gran. Also had a bit of a look around and had lunch in a cafe there which was delicious, not in keeping with the eating plan at all though lol.
Bought back some Steak and Gravy pies which are supposed to be the best available but they seem to have changed the recipe because I've had better :)

Food and Drink Diary -

1045 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1300 - Small Latte (2) (1 Sugar)

1435 - Lunch -

• Smoky and Leek Ramekin with Brown Bread (little bit of Cheese on top)
• All day Breakfast :S - 2 Sausages, 3 Slices of Bacon, Large slice of Black Pudding, Beans, Mushrooms and Half a grilled tomato.
• Latte (3) (1 Sugar)

1530 - 1 Pint of Freeway Iron Brew

1600 - 1 Pint of Freeway Iron Brew

1630 - 1 Pint of Freeway Iron Brew

1930 - Cup of Coffee (4) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

2010 - Dinner -

• 3 Steak and Gravy Pies
• Mashed Turnips (Approx 2 Spoonfuls)

2230 - Can of Coke Zero

0220 - 1/2 Packet of Levi Roots Peanut and Cashew Nut Mix


Total Cigarettes = 24

Feeling -

Not cool at all. Had a really really good day but really didn't eat well at all. Tasted bloody good though lol.
Ended up staying up till 0415 in the morning because I couldn't sleep from the pain in my knee but also because of some truly spectacular heartburn caused by the Diclofenac tablets. I think I'm going to stop taking those ones and see my Doctor again on Monday to see if there is an alternative available.

Day Sixteen - Thursday 21st October 2010

Well today was different, had a driving lesson at 0745 this morning so took a Brufen Retard (very strong 800mg time release Ibuprofen) when I woke up to try and ease the pain in my knee and allow me to drive. Seemed to work for a time, right up until I was doing 3 point turns and the reversing part meant I had to use my leg at an awkward angle for the clutch and the pain flared up again :( could have driven home but I didn't feel that it would be safe with my knee like that.
Also went to the Doctors finally this afternoon, got told it was either tendon or ligament damage and given a script for Co-Codamol and Diclofenac to help with the pain and inflammation. We shall see how that goes.
I was also advised to try swimming once my knees better as a way to lose weight and to also build up the strength in my knees before I start jogging again.

Food and Drink Diary -

0555 - Cup of Coffee (1) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

0625 - Cup of Coffee (2) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

0730 - Small Glass of Semi-Skimmed Milk

1615 - Cup of Coffee (3) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1745 - Dinner -

• 2 Steak Pies
• Boiled New Potatoes (with a little Butter)
• Spoonful of Mashed Turnips
• A little gravy

2010 - Cup of Coffee (4) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

Total Cigarettes = 19

Feeling -

Really not great, my diet has gone totally down the crapper these last few days and without being able to exercise (can't do any sit up's, press up's or kneeling press up's either due to pain whenever I try) I have a feeling all the weight I've lost already will be piling back on. It's starting to make me extremely depressed. Also the pain in my knee gets worse when I lay down so it's effecting my sleep as well, leaving me exhausted most days :(

Day Fifteen - Wednesday 20th October 2010

Firstly let me apologise for not posting for a few days. I've been rather busy and not really on the ball so to speak.
I've also decided to post my entries in a slightly different way mixing my personal posts along with my diet/exercise posts.

So lets get to the week so far. Things have not been going according to plan, I've had to rebuild my PC which lost me my top images (my own stupid fault) you may notice that they have slightly changed with the font and alignment :S. I've also been having more trouble with my knee and it's beginning to have an effect on the rest of my day and activities like not being able to walk properly or very far. Other than that things are OK I guess.

Food and Drink Diary - 

0930 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1135 - Cup of Coffee (2) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1410 - Cup of Coffee (3) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1440 - Lunch -

• Asda Chicken and Bacon Salad Box
• 1/2 Round of Cheese and Salad Toasty

2000 - Cup of Coffee (4) (1 Sugar, Semi Skimmed Milk)

2130 - Dinner -

• 1 Large Meat Feast Chicago Town Pizza (with Barbecue sauce crust)

2315 - 1 Coconut Snowball


Total cigarettes for today = 17

Feeling -

Kind of rubbish to be honest. Since my knee injury I can't really be bothered with anything because every time I move I'm in pain.
Not really an excuse for not following my diet though, although I am going to use it as one ;p
Going to see the doctor tomorrow for sure and see what they say about it and if I need any treatment etc.

Week Three - Starting Statistics

Date Wednesday 20th October 2010

Weight  = 110.4kg/ 243.4 Pounds/ 17st 5.4lb

Body Mass Index  = 36.1

Body Fat  = 34.8%

Smoking  = 8-9g Tobacco a day - approx 15-20 cigarettes (hand rolled)

Differences of -


Last Weeks 

Weight  =  0.7kg/ 1.6 Pounds/ 0st 1.6lb more

Body Mass Index = 0.2 more

Body Fat = 1.6% more



First Weeks

Weight = 2.9kg/ 6.4 Pounds/ 0st 6.4Ib less

Body Mass Index = 1.1 less

Body Fat = 0.8% less


Feeling -

Surprised to be honest, I thought I would have done more damage than that. Fair enough I'm heavier than I was last week but I'm still better off overall than I was when I started :)

Hopefully if I introduce some different exercises to help compensate for my knee being buggered until it gets better and also watch what I eat again (bad Dazz didn't really bother last week) then I might show some real improvement by the start of week 4.

Here's hoping anyway :)

Day Fourteen - Tuesday 19th October 2010

Diary -

0935 - Woke Up (Cig 1)

0940 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1000 - Cig 2

1010 - Shower

1020 - Cig 3

1100 - Went out to Kirkcauldy (Cig 4)

1200 - Cig 5

1240 - Cig 6

1330 - Cig 7

1400 - Lunch - Restaurant/Pub -

• 16oz Mixed Grill (Included)-
• 1 Small Sirloin Steak
• 1 Small Lamb Chop
• 1 Small Pork Chop
• 1 Small Piece of Gammon
• 1 Sausage
• 1 Fried Egg (Soft)
• 1 Grilled Mushroom
• 1 Grilled Tomato
• 8 Garlic Mushrooms in Breadcrumb 
• 1 Pint of Carling 

1500 - Cig 8

1550 - Cig 9

1655 - Cig 10

1800 - Cig 11

1855 - Cig 12

1900 - Cig 13

1905 - 1 can Coke Zero

2015 - Cig 14

2050 - Cig 15

2100 - Rest of Chinese Takeaway -

• Special Curry (1/2 Portion)
• Boiled Rice (1/2 Portion)
• 1 Can Coke Zero

2120 - Cig 16

2200 - 2 Coconut Snowballs (Cig 17)

2230 - Packet of Beef Jerky (Cig 18)

2300 - Can of Coke Zero (Cig 19)

Feeling -

Pretty bad today, my knee's been in constant pain and I can't really walk very well. Even bought a walking stick to try and help :(

Didn't really stick to my eating plan at all today much like the rest of the week. I should really go to the Doctors if my knee's as bad tomorrow but I will see.

Think I'm going to write this week off because I cannot possibly see how I could lose anything and think I may have gained weight since last week with being unable to exercise for much of the week and also eating pretty much what the hell I like.
We shall see tomorrow what the stats say and then start doing some gentle exercise and watching what I eat a bit more.

Day Thirteen - Monday 18th October 2010

Diary -

1000 - Woke Up (Slept in because I couldn't get to sleep with the pain in my knee)

1005 - Cig 1

1015 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1025 - Cig 2

1105 - Cig 3

1120 - Shower

1200 - Cig 4

1210 - Cup of Coffee (2) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1240 - Cig 5

1345 - Cig 6

1435 - Cup of Coffee (3) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1450 - Cig 7

1530 - Cig 8

1640 - Cig 9

1750 - Cig 10

1830 - Cig 11

1840 - Dinner (Chinese Takeaway)-

• Spare Ribs (1 Portion)
• Special Curry (1/2 Portion)
• Boiled Rice (1/2 Portion)

1855 - Cig 12

2010 - Cup of Coffee (4) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

2015 - Cig 13

2055 - Cig 14

2130 - Cig 15

0000 - Woken Up (?) 1 Chocolate Chip Tracker Bar and a two finger KitKat (Cig 16)

Feeling -

Apart from the pain in my knee, not to bad. As you may be able to tell the diet has taken a little bit of a back seat just at the moment due to me not really being able to move about very much at all lol. I am a little worried about my knee now so am going to book an appointment with my Doctor on Wednesday to see if I've done something serious to it (don't think my amateur Doctoring is going to cut it on this one).

Also can't help feeling that my weigh-in tomorrow night is probably going to show an increase in weight etc this week. Maybe the Doc will be able to give me something so I can at least ride my bike a bit.

Day Twelve - Sunday 17th October 2010

Diary -

1200 - Woke Up (Lazy Bastard, must have been from staying up til 0430 lol)

1210 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1240 - Shower

1300 - Cup of Coffee (2) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 2)

1315 - Breakfast (erm a very late Breakfast) -

• 2 Slices of Wholemeal Toast with a little Flora Light and Marmite

1335 - Cig  3

1400 - 1 Pint Glass of Mixed Fruit Juice

1420 - Went Shopping (Cig 4)

1530 - Cig 5

1650 - Cig 6

1835 - Cig 7

1900 - Lunch -

• Egg and Cress Sandwich and a bottle of water (500ml)

1940 - Cig 8

2020 - Cig 9

2030 - Dinner -

• Chicken Vindaloo
• Boiled Rice
• Bombay Potatoes (Very Few)
• 4 Popadoms

2100 - Cig 10

2145 - Cig 11

2200 - Cig 12

2330 - Sushi (about 12 rolls) with Wasabi, soy sauce and a little pickled ginger.

2350 - Cig 13

Feeling -

Don't actually feel to bad about today lol, slept late but I had a little bit of a hangover from the night before :) naughty Dazz. Really had to have the Sushi because it was reduced at ASDA due to going out of date, so was the Vindaloo which I enjoyed immensely (figured all the sweating from the spice would help burn off the calories hehe)
On a down note, my knee still appears to be buggered and giving me quite a lot of pain so it doesn't look like I'll be Jogging tomorrow either. I think though it should be OK for me to start cycling a bit on Tuesday and try to build up the strength to Jog again.

Day Eleven - Saturday 16th October 2010

Diary -

1035 - Woke Up (Allowed myself a lay in today to rest up my knee)

1045 - Cig 1

1100 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1105 - Cig 2

1120 - Shower

1215 - 1 Can Nourishment Original

1230 - Cig 3

1240 - Off to town

1300 - Cig 4

1330 - Went to Car Boot Sale in Markinch (Cig 5)

1430 - Caught train to Edinburgh

1520 - Cig 5

1540 - Lunch/Dinner -

• Triple Whopper with cheese (the blog's not called Diary of a Fat Bastard for nothing lol)
• 1 Large Fries
• 1 Large Chocolate Milkshake

1630 - Cig 6

1700 - Cig 7

1740 - Costas Mango and Passionfruit cooler and a 500ml bottle of Original Lucozade

1800 - Cig 8

1808 - Caught Train back to Markinch

1900 - Cig 9

1930 - 500ml bottle of Lucozade (Cig 10)

1945 - Cig 11

2030 - Cig 12

2050 - Cup of Coffee (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

2140 - Cig 13

2200 - Cig 14

2230 - Cig 15

2235 - Bath to try soaking my knee followed by a shower

2300 - Small glass of red wine (Cig 16)

0000 - Small glass of red wine (Cig 17)

0045 - Small glass of red wine (Cig 18)

0110 - Small glass of red wine (Cig 19)

0130 - Small glass of red wine (Still no effect on the pain in my knee :( )

0145 - 1 Small box of Mikado Milk Chocolate biscuit sticks (39g)

0150 - Cig 20

0215 - 1 can of Carling Lager (Cig 21)

0245 - 1 can of Carling Lager (Cig 22)

0330 - 1 can of Carling Lager (Cig 23)

0400 - 1 can of Carling Lager (Cig 24) (and finally able to get to sleep)

Feeling -

Not to great today, my knee was playing up like hell and by the time we got home from Edinburgh I could barely walk. Couldn't sleep because of the pain so ended up drinking a bit over my diet limit of alcohol to try and control it. I even tried a Brufen Retard 800mg tablet and it didn't touch the pain :(

Ah well my head will be sore tomorrow I suspect LOL. Oh and I really feel like a Fat Bastard after eating that Whopper :S

Day Ten - Friday 15th October 2010

Diary -

0800 - Woke Up (Cig 1) (Knee buggered so resting today)

0820 - Shower

0840 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

0845 - Cig 2

0915 - Cig 3

0935 - Off to Perth (Cig 4)

1100 - Cig 5

1155 - Large Costas Latte (2) (1 Sugar) (Cig 6)

1245 - Cig 7

1330 - 1 Murray's Scotch Pie (Drained off as much grease as possible) (Cig 8)

1455 - Cig 9

1500 - 1 Can of Original Nourishment

1515 - Cup of Coffee (3) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1610 - Cig 10

1800 - Cig 11

1825 - Cup of Coffee (4) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Feeling a little stressed out)

1830 - Cig 12

1900 - Cig 13

1930 - Cig 14

2000 - Cup of Tea (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

2010 - Cig 15

2100 - Dinner -

• 2 Murray's Scotch Pies =S
• 1 Small tin of reduced salt Baked Beans
• A little half-fat cheese

2140 - Cig 16

2250 - Cig 17

2330 - Small serving (6-7) Dates

2350 - Cig 18

2355 - 1 Small Glass of Red Wine

0025 - Cig 19


Feeling -

A bit worried about my knee and also eating Murray's pies today, the are greasier than a mechanics bollocks lol. Ah well I'll just have to work harder once my knee's feeling up to it. From looking online (yeah I'm an amateur Doctor too :) it appears I have runners knee which is -

Definition: A softening or wearing away and cracking of the cartilage under the kneecap, resulting in pain and inflammation. The cartilage becomes like sandpaper because the kneecap is not riding smoothly over the knee.

 As told by the Time to Run website.

So I'm going to rest it up a bit and see if it will sort itself and wear a knee support when I start Jogging again.

Day Nine - Thursday 14th October 2010

Diary -

0500 - Woke Up (Cig 1)

0505 - Bottle if Water (500ml)

0520 - Jogging for 15 minutes (on and off, hobbled home after knee gave out half way through)

0540 - Cig 2

0555 - Breakfast -

• 2 Slices of Wholemeal Toast with a little Flora Light and Marmite
• 1 Banana
• 1 Glass of Tropicana Essentials Multi-Vitamin fruit juice

0605 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 3)

0620 - 1 Set + 3 Press Ups, 1 Set + 3 Sit Ups, 1 Set + 3 Kneeling Press Ups

0705 - Cig 4

0745  - Cup of Coffee (2) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

0750 - Cig 5

0800 - Shower

0830 - Cig 6

0855 - Cig 7

1015 - Cup of Coffee (3) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1030 - Cig 8

1130 - Cig 9

1230 - Off to Town (Cig 10)

1330 - Cig 11

1430 - Cig 12

1600 - Lunch -

• 2 Kippers (Butter drained off)
• 2 Slices of Wholemeal toast with a little Flora Light Spread

1610 - Cig 13

1705 - Cig 14

1800 - Cig 15

1850 - Cup of Coffee (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Needed the energy) (Cig 16)

2010 - Cig 17

2030 - Dinner -

• 2 Small Baked Potatoes with a Flora Light and half fat grated cheese and chopped cress
• 1 Tin of Spinach
• Small Portion of Saurkraut

2050 - Cig 18

2200 - Cup of Tea (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

2205 - Cig 19

2230 - Cig 20

2330 - Cig 21

Feeling - 

Woke up feeling good and ready to Jog but after my knee gave out felt pretty crap and in pain. Don't think I'll be able to Jog tomorrow and will just rest my knee until it can hold my weight without hurting like hell, if its still bad on Saturday morning I will probably use my mountain bike to cycle for 20-30 minutes so I don't undo all the hard work so far. Also need to still look at my smoking and drinking water a bit more to see if I can cut down further on the smoking and up my intake of water instead of coffee and tea etc.

Day Eight - Wednesday 13th October 2010

Diary -

0520 - Woke Up (Cig 1) (Not feeling well at all, probably from eating so late) Went back to sleep

0900 - Woke Up again (felt a bit better)(Cig 2)

0915 - Cup of Coffee (1)(1 sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

0930 - Shower

1020 - Cig 3

1100 - Cig 4

1155 - Cig 5

1240 - Cig 6 Off out to town

1405 - Cig 7

1440 - Cup of Coffee (2)(1 sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1600 - Cig 8

1630 - Cup of Berry Tea (no sugar)

1640 - Cig 9

1715 - Dinner

• Home-Made Lasagne (approx 350g)
• 1 Pack of Steam Fresh Vegetables

1730 - Cig 10

1900 - Cig 11

2000 - Cig 12

2020 - Snack/Supper -

• 2 Crumpets with a little Flora Light and Marmite
• 1 small Kabanoss Sausage
• 4 tsp of Low fat Cottage Cheese
• 1 Blueberry Muffin

2130 - Mug of Horlicks Light (no sugar, a little semi-skimmed Milk)

2140 - Cig 13

Feeling -

Been feeling a little poorly today, kind of sick :( so I've skipped the exercises and jogging because I didn't want to risk making it worse. Also missed most of today's meals but felt better towards the evening so had dinner and a snack/supper later on. Spoke to my lovely girlfriend about stopping smoking and we've decided that I should try a little further into my fitness/weight loss plan because it can apparently increase your appetite (my girlfriend gave up smoking recently so the voice of reason) which would be disastrous for me at the moment lol. So I'll continue to cut them down and give up altogether when I reach about 12st I think.

Week Two - Starting Statistics

Date Wednesday 13th October 2010

Weight = 109.7kg/ 241.8 Pounds/ 17st 3.8lb

Body Mass Index = 35.8

Body Fat = 33.2%

Smoking = 8-9g Tobacco a day - approx 15-20 cigarettes (hand rolled)

Differences of -

Weight  =  3.6kg/ 8 Pounds/ 0st 11lb less

Body Mass Index  =  1.3 less

Body Fat  = 2.4% less

Feeling -

Good, good :) more than I expected this week due to messing up quite a lot. Not looking forward to the plateau in a week or two but should be fit enough to take extra exercise and counteract the effect.

Day Seven - Tuesday 12th October 2010

Diary -

0500 - Woke Up (Cig 1)

0505 - Bottle of Water (500ml)

0520 - Jogging for 15 minutes (Jog till wheezing like an OAP then Walk, repeat and call me in a week)

0540 Cig 2

0600 - Breakfast -

• 3 Crumpets, toasted with a little Flora Light Spread and Marmite
• 1 Glass of Orange Juice

0615 - Cig 3

0635 - Cup of Coffee (1)(1 sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

0705 Cig 4

0725 - Cup of Coffee (2)(1 sugar, Sami-Skimmed Milk)

0740 - Cig 5

0815 - Cig 6

0820 - Shower

0855 - Cig 7

0935 - Cig 8

0945 - Cup of Lemon Green Tea (No sugar or Sweetener)

0950 - 1 Set (12) Press Ups, 1 Set (12) Sit Ups and 1 Set (12) Kneeling Press Ups

1045 - Cup of Tea (1 sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk) and a Morrison's Bakery Blueberry Muffin.

1115 - Cig 9

1130 - Cig 10

1155 - Out to look around town (Cig 11)

1300 - Cig 12

1345 - Lunch -

• 1 Medium sized Ham Salad Baguette 
• 1 Banana and Pecan Muffin
• 1 Latte (1 Sugar)(3)

1440 - 1 Can of Original Nourishment (Cig 13)

1515 - Cig 14

1700 - Cig 15

1800 - Cig 16

2005 - Cig 17

2055 - Cup of Coffee (4)(1 sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 18) (Only drank half)

2135 - Cig19

2140 - Cup of Coffee (5)(1 sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

2200 - Cig 20

2210 - Dinner/Supper -

• Salad and low fat Cottage Cheese Sandwich on Wholemeal Bread with a little Flora Light Spread
• Rest of the bag of salad with a little Italian Style Dressing

2230 - Cig 21

2245 - 1 bag (57g) of Wild West Beef Jerky.

2315 - Cig 22


Feeling -

Yep, not bad. Seem to be a slight increase in cigarettes today but that could just be boredom lol. Also had a few more coffee's today through sheer tiredness and not wanting to nap.
I also ate really late which is why I only really had a snack but I must start eating earlier.

Day Six - Monday 11th October 2010

Diary -

0500 - Woke Up (Cig 1)

0505 - 1 Bottle of water (500ml)

0520 - Jogging for 15 minutes (Jogging, Walking, Jogging, Walking etc)

0540 - Cig 2

0550 - Breakfast -

• 1 Glass of Orange Juice
• 2 Shredded Wheat with a little Semi-Skimmed Milk
• 1 Slice of Wholemeal Toast with a little Flora Light spread and Marmite
• 1 Banana

0610 - Cup of Coffee (1) (1 Canderel, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

0615 - Cig 3

0655 - 11 Press Ups, 11 Sit Ups and 11 Kneeling Press Ups (added new)

0730 - Cig 4

0800 - Cup of Coffee (2)(1 Canderel, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

0815 - Cig 5

0820 - Shower

0855 - Cig 6

0915 - 1 Cup of Lift Lemon Tea (no extra sweeteners added)

0930 - Cig 7

1015 - Cig 8

1100 - Cig 9

1130 - Cig 10

1150 - Cig 11

1155 - Cig 12

1200 - Driving Lesson (2hr)

1400 - Cig 13

1405 - Cup of Coffee (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1445 - Cig 14

1600 - Cig 15

1745 - Cig 16

1800 - 1 Can Vanilla Nourishment (missed lunch) (Cig 17)

1830 - Cig 18

2010 - Cig 19

2030 - Dinner -

• 2 Small Multi-Seed baguette rolls with Tuna and Sweetcorn (no mayo or salad cream) and low fat Cottage Cheese.
• Watercress, Spinach and Rocket Salad with the rest of the Tuna and Sweetcorn mix and a little oil free Honey Mustard Dressing.

2050 - Cig 20

2120 - Cig 21

Feeling -

Not to bad today, Coffee is still in target but could be drinking a lot more water. Have stopped using Canderel in favour of 1 sugar due to the Canderel making me pee a lot (really a lot). Smoked a little more today but I think that's mainly due to having a driving lesson, I'm still kinda nervous due to my previous instructor who was a bit of an asshole. My new one Louise is far better and I'm actually starting to look forward to my lessons and getting my License :)
I also still seem to be eating kind of late as well so I need to address that asap.

Day Five - Sunday 10th October 2010

Diary -

0950 - Woke Up (arghhh slept in again!!!)(Cig 1)

0955 - Cup of Coffee (1)(1 Canderel, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1025 - Cig 2

1105 - Cup of Coffee (2)(1 Canderel, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1115 - Cig 3

1200 - Cig 4

1250 - 10 Press Ups, 10 Sit Ups

1255 - Cup of Coffee (3)(1 Canderel, Semi-Skimmed Milk)(Cig 5)

1320 - Cig 6

1330 - Shower

1355 - Lunch -

• Small Bag of Salad with a little oil free Honey Mustard Dressing
• 1 Apple
• 1 Cup of Nettle and Sweet Fennel Tea (1 Canderel)

1450 - Cig 7

1500 - Walked into Town

1510 - Cig 8

1715 - Cig 9

1725 - 1 Tin of Vanilla Nourishment Energy Drink.

1835 - Cig 10

1900 - Cig 11

1955 - Small Pot of fruit pieces in fruit juice

2000 - Cup of Lemon Infusion tea (1 Canderel)

2020 - Dinner -

• 3 Small pieces of fish florentine
• 1 Small serving of sauerkraut
• 1 box of salad with a little oil free Italian style dressing
• 2 Small popadoms (Garlic and Coriander)
• 1 Small Weight Watchers Chocolate Brownie 

2040 - Cig 12

2145 - Pot of Onken Mango, Papaya and Passion Fruit Biopot yogurt (Because it was going out of date :)

2200 - Cig 13

2230 - Cig 14

2330 - 1 small jam tart

0000 - Cig 15

Feeling -

Pissed again that I overslept, going to have to work on that. A louder alarm perhaps.
Quite pleased with the way the cutting down smoking is going, thinking maybe around Tuesday or Wednesday I will start with my patches and see if I can stop entirely. Also quite please that I've been able to reduce and then essentially rid my diet of sugar in favour of one Canderel  in my coffee's, which I've also been able to cut down to my goal of 3 per day (most days ;)) replacing the others with fruit tea's.

I have noticed from keeping this diary though just how late I seem to eat, I think I'll need to work on that because eating late is never good since the body stores it while you sleep. Also I could be drinking way more water, still far from my target of drinking 8 glasses a day.

Day Four - Saturday 9th October 2010

Diary - 

0500 - Got Up (Cig 1)

0520 - Jogging for 15 minutes (Jogging till panting like a porn star then walking, repeat etc)

0535 - Small Bottle of Water (500ml)

0600 -Breakfast -

• 1 Glass of Orange Juice (fresh)
• 2 Weetabix with Semi-Skimmed Milk
• 1 Slice Wholemeal Bread, toasted with a little Flora Light Spread and Marmite
• 1 Banana

0620 - 9 Press Ups, 9 Sit Ups

0625 - Cup of Coffee (1 Sugar,Semi Skimmed Milk) (Cig 2)

0750 - Cig 3

0855 - Cup of Coffee (2) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

0900 - Cig 4

0955 - Cig 5

1025 - Cig 6

1050 - Shower

1115 - Cup of Coffee (3) (1 Sugar, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1135 - Cig 7

1215 - Lunch -

• Box of Salad with a little oil free Honey Mustard Dressing
• Ham Sandwich made with 2 slices wholemeal bread, a little Flora Light and a little Mustard
• 1 Low fat Fruit Yoghurt

1245 - Cig 8

1330 - Trip to Kirkcaldy (approx 6 cigarettes total up to 14)

1600 - Dinner -

• Bowl of Leek and Potato soup with 1 white roll, tiny amount of butter.
• 1 Wild Boar and Apple Burger with Salad, no sauce and no dressing
• 2 Pints of Carling Larger 

2035 - 1 cup of nettle and sweet fennel tea (1 Canderel)

2045 - Cig 15

2115 - 1 cup of nettle and sweet fennel tea (1 Canderel)

2130 - Cig 16

2200 - Cig 17

2230 - Jam Tart

2245 - 1 Small Bag of Caramel Snack A Jacks

2300 - 1/2 a bag of Twiglets (slight fuck up)

2330 - Cig 18

0245 - Woken Up (inexplicably) (Cig 19)

Feeling -

Well today would be what I class as a bad day, started well but sort of tapered off into obscurity. The bar meal in Kirkcaldy didn't really help with the two pints of Carling and also because I tried to pick healthier options but I don't really think they were (the soup seemed to have cream in it and the Wild Boar burger was quite greasy.
In the evening I didn't manage to get to bed until quite late and then got serious munchies hence the 1/2 bag of Twiglets which ain't the best things to munch on but certainly not the worst either.

Day Three - Friday 8th October 2010

Diary -

0845 - Woke up

0850 - Cup of Coffee (1) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 1)

0855 - Shower

0915 - Cig 2

0920 - Out to Dundee. Total of 6 Cigs smoked so numbers 3-8 while there. Also large Latte from Costa's (2)

1500 - Arrive back and late Lunch -

• 1 Greggs Mexican Chicken Oval Bite
• 1 Greggs Sausage Roll
• 1 Greggs Sausage, Bean and Cheese Melt
• Small Bottle of Water (500ml)
• Cup of Coffee (3) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1620 - 8 Press Ups, 8 Sit Ups

1645 - Cig 9

1740 - Cup of Coffee (4) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

1750 - Small Bag of Sweet Chilli Snack A Jacks

1820 - Cig 10

1925 - Cig 11

2105 - Cig 12

2125 - Dinner - Chinese Takeaway

• Crabmeat and Sweetcorn Soup
• Chicken with Green Peppers in Black bean sauce (1/2 container)
• Boiled Rice (1/2 container)
• 1 Glass Coke Zero

2150 - Cig 13

2305 - Twiglets approx 25g

2320 - Cig 14

2325 - 1 Wagon Wheel (Original)

Feeling -

Gutted, what a fucking disaster. First I miss my alarm so the joggings off, then I make a really bad choice for lunch in getting Greggs. Who'd have known that it was possibly the very worst thing I could have gone for, checked it out when I got home and it stacks up like this -

• 1 Greggs Mexican Chicken Oval Bite = 420Kcal and 15.5g of fat
• 1 Greggs Sausage Roll = 320Kcal and 20g of fat
• 1 Greggs Sausage, Bean and Cheese Melt = 460Kcal and 28g of fat

That's a total of 1200Kcal and 63g of fat in those three things, I was amazed. Now like I said I'm not really on a diet but I am watching what I eat to make sure its healthy and also trying to knock about 500Kcal off what I eat every day (reason behind this is that as a adult male I need about 2000Kcal a day, 1Ib of fat provides about 3500Kcal so if I can knock off 500Kcal of food a day then I should lose around 1Ib a week through eating alone) so this alone has taken up most of my allowance and is also stuffed full of fat!
By the time it came to dinner I think I just couldn't be arsed trying to keep it to 300Kcal or less so just had the healthiest option I could find among all the deep fried this and battered that.
I am probably not going to see any weight loss after today's fuck ups but since I'm counting today as my jogging rest day it means I will now have to get up early and jog on Sunday instead of having a lay in so at least I will end up a little fitter by the end of week 1 :)

Also smoked less cigarettes today and had 1 less coffee so that's a bonus :)

Day Two - Thursday 7th October 2010

Diary - 

0500 - Got Up

0505 - Cig 1

0515 - Jogging for 15 minutes (Jogging till panting then walking.....rinse and repeat)

0535 - Glass of water

0540 - Cup of Coffee (1) (3 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 2)

0550 - Breakfast -

• 1 Grape Fruit
• 3 Crumpets with a little Flora Light Spread and a little Marmite 
• 1 Boiled Egg
• 1 Glass of Semi-Skimmed Milk

0625 - Cig 3

0710 - Cig 4

0725 - 6 Press Ups, 6 Sit Ups

0730 - Cup of Coffee (2) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 5)

0755 - Shower

0840 - Cup of Coffee (3) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 6)

0940 - Small Toasted Tea Cake with a little Flora Light Spread and a glass of water

1020 - Cig 7

1130 - Cig 8

1145 - Out to walk around town centre for some shopping (cig 9)

1300 - Lunch

• Subway - Turkey and Ham foot long with all salad (except olives) and Honey Mustard Sauce (no cheese)
• Small Bottle of Water

1330 - Cig 10

1425 - Cig 11

1550 - Cup of Coffee (4) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 12)

1625 - 1 Nectarine

1635 - Nap time again! (Cig 13)

1930 - Cig 14

2015 - Cup of Coffee (5) (2 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

2025 - Cig 15

2055 - Cig 16

2120 - Dinner -

• 6 Small Sausages in a little sausage casserole sauce
• 2 Serving spoons of Mashed Potatoes (made with a little Flora Light and Semi-Skimmed Milk)
• 1 bag of Steam Fresh Vegetables
• A little Gravy on Mashed Potatoes and Mustard
• 1 Glass of Coke Zero

2145 - Cig 17

2215 - Cig 18

2300 - Cig 19

0300 - Woke up (inexplicably) had small packet of Walkers Light crisps and a two finger KitKat (Cig 20)

Feeling - 

Again not to bad, pleased I've cut down my sugar in my coffee's to two instead of three and also that I've been able to stick to less cigarettes.
My fitness level is still getting me down because I am totally shocked that I can't even jog for 15 minutes constantly especially when I used to be really fit (about 10 years ago in my 20's)

Day One - Wednesday 6th October 2010

Diary - 

0500 - Get Up (Cig 1)

0515 - Jogging for 15 minutes (this is kind of on/off jogging, jog as long as I can then walk until I get my breath back then jogging again)

0535 - Glass of Water (Cig 2)

0545 - Breakfast -

• 2 Shredded Wheat with a splash of Semi-Skimmed Milk
• 1 Cup of Coffee (1) (3 Sugars and Semi-Skimmed Milk)
• 1 Banana

0600 - Cig 3

0605 - 5 Press Ups, 5 Sit Ups

0615 - Glass of Water (Cig 4)

0700 - Cig 5

0730 - Cup of Coffee (2) (3 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 6)

0745 - Shower

0820 - Cup of Coffee (3)(3 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 7)

0855 - Cig 8

0940 - Cup of Coffee (4)(3 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 9)

1033 - Went out to Asda (Cig 9)

1300 - Cig 10

1340 - Cup of Coffee (5) (3 Sugars and Semi-Skimmed Milk)
Lunch - Asda Chicken Salad Sandwich 30% Less Fat (Cig 11)

1425 - Cig 12

1540 - Small Packet of Sweet Chilli Snack A Jacks

1550 - Cup of Coffee (6) (3 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk) (Cig 13)

1630 - Glass of Water

1640 - Cig 14

1700 - Went for Nap (what do you expect! I was up at 5am and this is the first day, I'm knackered)

1930 - Back Up (Cig 15)

2000 - Cup of Coffee (7) (3 Sugars, Semi-Skimmed Milk)

2010 - Cig 16

2020 - Glass of Water

2050 - Glass of Water (Cig 17)

2120 - Dinner -

• 2 Chicken Kiev's with Peppercorn Sauce
• 1 Small Bag of Salad with a little Oil Free Honey Mustard Dressing
• 1 Small Pro-biotic Low Fat Peach Yoghurt
• 1 Small pot of Pineapple chunks in fruit juice

2140 - Cig 18

2200 - Cig 19

2230 - Small bag of Caramel Snack A Jacks

2250 - Cig 20

0200 - Slipped up - Woke up and ate a regular sized bar of Aero chocolate :( (Cig 21)


Feeling -

Not to bad, bit miffed at 0200 slip up because I had prepared alternative snacks in case I woke up but couldn't find them half asleep. A little bit surprised at the cigarette number because I usually smoke about 30 a day (roll ups) so even at 21 I've managed to cut down a little bit and also my other major vice which is Coffee, I didn't do to bad with only 7 because I usually drink that much before lunch lol.