Deja Vu

No, I don't feel like Denzel Washington. But I do feel pretty good despite a slow weight loss week.

You see, I've found out from various (much fitter) sources that the body has a memory. So all those Monday mornings when I stand on the scales thanking some mystical power for my weight not increasing after a weekend's indulgance, I was simply deluding myself.

The body reacts to food taken on board anything up to a week ago. I've been swinging from the rafters trying to work out why I'm not losing any weight after 5 days of vegetables and brown rice. It was those 15 pints of beer last weekend, dummy.

If I hadn't sought advice, I might have removed those pesky vegetables from my diet and stuck to solely beer and chicken wings.

On a more sensible note, I actually jogged for the very first time today. I'm still a stone over my jogging trigger weight, but Kristy very rightly could see I needed a boost. Imagine! I can actually view jogginig as a boost! If I wasn't so healthy now, I'd probably pass out due to a laughing clot. If you want to know, I actually jogged for 9 minutes, which beats my previous record by around 45 seconds and 8 minutes.

The jogging felt pretty good too. Tonight's instructions were to go from the heel to the ball of the foot and then get some height from a spring off the front of the foot. I have previously received many, many hours of advice from a "bare foot" runner. You know, like we used to do when chasing wild boar for food. I found a suitable balance in between the two styles, paying homage to the "falling forward" motion. I was actually slightly bemused that I didn't collapse in a sweaty pile after being ejected from the rear of the treadmill. Bemused but delighted.

Current weight is 17 stones and 12 pounds (250 pounds / 113.4 kg).