Today I weigh 12 stone 12 pounds, a loss of 2 pounds from last week. I felt a lot better this week, plenty of energy. I did my 5 km in 26:33, where my previous personal best was 27:13. I set myself the goal last week of being able to run for 20 minutes at 7 mph. I can do that already, so I'm increasing that to 20 minutes at 7.5 mph. Currently I can run for 5 minutes at 7.5 mph so this is more of a stretch for me. I'm just going to recap my longer term goals here, so I'm not in danger of forgetting them! A while ago I set myself the goal of being no more than 12 stone 6 pounds

I realised yesterday that I completely forgot to post my weight last week. For the record it was 13 stone exactly, and it's the same today. Last month my goals were: To lose another 4 pounds. (I actually lost 7 pounds) To be able to run 5 miles without stopping to walk, aiming to finish in 50 minutes. (I did this on Friday, running 5 miles in 49:13) To buy a pair of jeans in a smaller size! (I did this yesterday, bought a pair of 36" waist jeans from Tesco (£5 - big spender!).) I've made quite a bit of progress using various weight and weight machine. I can now do a clear 67.5 kgs

I am not currently motivated! I'll admit that right now I'm struggling to maintain the exercise and, more so, healthy eating. I don't know why I'm lacking right now, except that the aftermath of my cold is probably not helping. I feel like I'm run down emotionally, but can't really identify a cause. There's no particular reason for me to be feeling down, there are no anniversaries around now and nothing bad has happened. With that comes the knowledge that to some extent I am eating poorly, with a lot more 'treats' than I should have. I have blogged previously on the addictive nature