Stuttering Start

+Stephen Couling (CoulingKnows) 

10/06/2016

So motivation is something i am struggling to find at the moment. I have every intention at waking up at 5am for a run but my laziness is fully set in and i just roll over with the "ill do it tomorrow" mind set.

However i did manage to muster up a run Wednesday evening. It is now Friday and my legs are still sore. I nearly bailed on the idea as i didn't start a jog, i started a fast run. Exactly how i used to about 11 years ago when i was fit. 1 km down and i was puffing like an old man. I felt uncomfortable with how i was running and my lower back began to ache. I had been running about 8 minutes now and i thought fuck this. I started to make my way back. Head hanging in shame as the cold hard reality hit and i finally realized how bad i let myself get. I felt top heavy and the impact with every stride shook my half flabby stomach and it felt very uncomfortable. At that point i turned round and manage to muster up another 3 kilometers so i didn't quite reach 5 but just under 4 KM wasn't a bad first attempt.

Plus i managed to finally wear my plush new blue Nike running shoes.

Now as i mentioned in my first post food is a big thing for me and should it be bad for you i would most probably love it. Domino's, KFC and of course lager and Kebabs. I managed to leave them well alone for about a fortnight and i tried a whole manner of different foods. Chicken Skewers, Couscous, Melon, Strawberries, Steak, Egg, Homemade chips and gods knows what else. Felt a little rabbit like as i was constantly chewing on leaves.

I have worked out what i have to eat and i have had to look towards the supplements as i could not simply eat that much food. Dont get me wrong calorie wise it would be easy eating all the shit stuff but when your lunch is 350 Calories and you snack on fruit. 3500 Calories seems miles away.

I grabbed a beautiful thing from The Protein Works called super greens and it tastes like shit. It is most certainly a hold your nose and get it down you sort of drink. I bought the other standard stuff in whey protein. Yet to buy a gainer but already struggling with wind. Every time i try these i become 10x more musical and as i use public transport for work you can imagine i am getting some funny looks. Letting one slip you cant get away with but 5 or even 6 times on the same journey makes it impossible to pass blame. Especially as i cannot help myself and laugh each time.

So i am slowly changing my ways and getting to the routine that i want. The delay is laziness and i cannot deny that.

Time to kick on and again "MUST TRY HARDER".

I have also committed myself to a football match on Wednesday night. Lets hope that goes better than the dads match!

#SlimToBuff 

Prep work

@Coulingknows

25/05/2016

Developed a double chin

So apparently I have been on a slimming world diet for the last few weeks. I felt betrayed. I thought the other half was just trying to do the cooking a little bit better than normal and didn't think anymore if it. 

I have always been a slim fella and much to a lot of friends and families disgust I have never watched what i have eaten. Big sweaty greasy breakfast and then the same again for lunch and dinner. All the lager I could handle and heaps of crisps. Even with that sort of shit being pummelled into my face daily I still stayed slim.

In my late teens I had a busting 6 pack and in all honestly it was through fuck all effort. I knew I was unfit but by appearance, I looked fine. This stayed the case for quite a few years. My eating habits were never great anyway, my first meal of the day used to be my dinner at about 8pm which by that point I was starving. I could and often did go all day without eating and when your working hours are 8am to 5:30pm it's a long time. When I ate in the evenings though I did fill my boots and really tucked in. 

Big daddy Burger

I cannot go all day without eating anymore and I think that is down to quitting smoking. A cigarette used to curb my hunger so when I felt peckish I used to make Coffee and dive out for a fag. Easy and cigarette smoke didn't make you fat.

So with the fact I now have quit smoking and eat during the day my appearance is beginning to change. My body is changing and I do not like it. As I have always eaten rubbish food that is what I have continued to eat. Multi-pack of Snicker's in my work draw as well as biscuits and again loads of crisps. I was no longer hungry but massively aware certain parts of my body tend to move more than they did before. I ran up the stairs after lilz (daughter) and felt my chest move. Then it came to me.... BAM!! I'm about a month away from man titties if I carry on like this. 

It doesn't matter who you are, breast on a man is not a great look. You can't pass that shit off.

Time to do something I thought. My boy's football team was having a fundraiser and we're hosting a dad's match. Beautiful, just what I need. Motivation and something I'm good at. Bad news, I now suck at football. I'm 26 and out of shape, not 16 and trim like my mind obviously thought I was. It was terrible and I was hugely embarrassed.

Front row second from left with the pink boots and dodgy haircut

A big red X and must try harder on that test.

That was a slap and with a few mates starting to get into the gym game I thought it's best I do this now otherwise I will be ordering that bra.

I have downloaded an app called LifeSum from the android play store and it's great. Keeps me up to date on how I'm doing. Trying not to forget what I have eaten is something that is new to me as I can't recall ever logging my meals before but I'm keeping to it and it's going alright, so far. One thing i do really enjoy is the Food. I have to give it to stace some of our dinners look terrible but they taste the nuts. Treat yourself and try Diet coke Chicken. Slimming world recipe. Looks like vomit when cooking but soo nice when ready.

Diet coke Chicken with homemade wedges and Salad

I walk to and from work and have to endure a train commute as well so the step tracker on my phone aims at 10000 steps a day. Luckily during the week, i hit that target daily so at least that is something positive when i am eating 3000 calories a day.

So this is my plan. Go from a slim "wobbly up top" unfit huffer and puffer to a lean mean bicep busting your mother would love me hunk. Ok, i got slightly carried away there but I'm sure you know what i mean. I don't want to turn heads and have people think "DAMN" because wiping my arse is something i feel i need to do and mounting up to a size where that could be difficult isn't something i aspire to be like. But if I'm lean and can handle a good 30-minute kick about with my little man without rolling over dead, that is good enough for me.

I will do all the normal photo taking business healthy people do so feel free to follow my twitter and Instagram @Coulingknows.

Onwards and upwards and best i should get used to the bananas and windy protein shakes.

#SlimToBuff