Project Ripped

Having been on a family holiday, and not having a weigh-in last week, I have been looking towards a static physique or a slight improvement. As always the last thing that I want is weight loss that isn’t fat.
I am pleased to say that I have made slight progress in the last two weeks. I [...]

I awoke today to some serious DOMS in my thighs. I guess I had forgotten that the few times I did manage to go running were two weeks ago and any progress made on running fitness was probably undone while on holiday. Another lesson learned – make sure I do at least a couple of [...]

Upon waking this morning I was thinking about my routine when I start back at work in just over a week’s time. I haven’t really done any early morning exercise over the summer break but will need to do so when I get back in to the routine of work. I haven’t really used the [...]

It was really nice to wake up in my own bed this morning. Thankfully a good sleep last night helped to see the back of the bug that had affected me yesterday. I didn’t feel hot, weak or in pain so I assume my now strengthened immune system is working well.
I still felt a bit [...]

This was the last day of our holiday and the day we travel home.
The day started really bad for me. For an unknown reason I awoke with severe diarrhoea this morning. This is a bad day to get this so I took some imodium tablets to stop it. Normally I would allow the cause to flush through [...]

I wonder where our Summer had gone to. The weather today feels like late Autumn/Winter. The sky is grey, the wind is cold and blowing hard and it just isn’t pleasant weather to be in.
We went to Blackpool Tower this morning and went up to the top. There is a portion of glass floor at [...]

This morning we travelled from my Mums to Blackpool. We visited Blackpool Zoo and had a good walk all around and then checked in to the hotel late afternoon. In the evening we went for a walk around the Pleasure Beach area of Blackpool.
The weather has been pretty awful today and I had planned to [...]

This is the first Sunday where I haven’t done a proper “weigh-in”. It was impossible to do it where we were staying. There was no room and it was difficult to access the equipment we needed. I will have to have a bi-weekly weigh-in next Sunday – sorry!!
Today was a planned easy day where we [...]

We decided to spend a day in London. We woke up relatively early and caught the 9:21 am train to London Pancreas station. The journey only took 50 minutes and then we got on the tube to get to our chosen locations.
We visited the London Eye which was absolutely spectacular. It took approx. 40 minutes [...]

We had another trip to Legoland today. The miles of walking are starting to take their toll on us all. Waking up in the morning our hips, ankles and feet are aching.
The weather today was excellent and Legoland was packed out. We got in early and enjoyed a few rides and the stunt show before [...]