April Stats…
Start Weight: 11st 3.8 lb
Weight Now: 11 st 4.5lb
Monthly Gain: .7lb
Total loss: 13.5lb
Waist: 30.5″
Miles Run: 18.82
Average Distance per run: 3.1 miles
Like I said in my only other post this month, April has been a real struggle. Whilst I’ve always travelled around a lot, this month has seen a sudden increase and also more actual *travel* rather than just being away from home, which has meant more snatched meals in service stations and restaurants. It’s one thing getting home after a busy day at work, with the makings of a healthy dinner in the fridge and having the willpower not to order a pizza, quite another arriving at a restaurant after that long, busy day and having the will power to choose what ever lacklustre “healthy” options they deign to offer instead of the steak and chips.
I did OK on my running twice a week goal, until the end of April when I managed to get ill again, this time with a stomach bug AND a head cold in the same week, it wasn’t fun.
What I have done is started on the fabled Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred 
The thing that is happening in May, is that according to My Asics my official training for the Larking Gowen Half Marathon begins. This isn’t all about weight loss, it’s about my journey from “person who occasionally did a bit of Wii Fit” back in May 2012, to “person who has signed up to run 13.1 miles” in May 2013. This one is going to be a real challenge for me. I’ll HAVE to fit the training in around this stupid busy life, no excuses, but at least it’s light later at night now!
The reason I am running, or one of the reasons I am running, is that I want to raise lots of money for Parkinson’s UK. When I ran my very first 5k (which I am signed up to again this year) I raised £371 for Cancer Research, I ran it on the same day that I got a phone call from my Mum telling me that my Grandad had cancer. He died in December. In January I lost my Nana, she suffered from Parkinson’s and it’s an awful disease that not a lot of people know much about. It’s not just shaking, it has a whole host of symptoms including depression, bladder and bowel problems, and problems with swallowing and eating. So I’m running this Half Marathon in memory of my Nana, she found the idea of me running anywhere at all quite bemusing, but she should have spent the last few years of her life pottering around the garden and helping out at the History Society instead of stuck in a chair and in and out of hospital with falls.
If you’d like to donate to Parkinson’s UK, I’ve set up a Just Giving page.
Aprils Achievements
Not many in a fitness and health sense. Even putting a positive spin on it I can’t claim April contains any successes. Still, onwards and upwards!
May’s Goals
Finish the 30 Day Shred. All 3 levels.
Start Half Marathon training. My Asics gives me a distance of 46.5 miles in May.
PLEASE get me back under 11 stone!
Deary Diary: April http://t.co/nVBqotVBxq
Ive just tried to comment on your blog but I cant so Ill do it on here instead! You know what? I think you should measure yourself not go by weight – thats what my boxing gym/trainer has told me as muscle weighs more than fat and inches count more. Ive been told to throw the scales away. Ive lost 3 inches off my waist since end Feb but I weigh the same! But Ive been boxing 3 -4 times a week and Im certainly fitter so PLEASE dont get hung up on your weight cos I can see a difference in the photos you post………..Iv eheard of the 30 day shred – very brave lol as is the half marathon – I have my first race for life in June! Oh and have you tried protein shakes?! Your body needs more protein to hekp muscle repair and recvoery – drink one after a work out – trust me, it makes a difference and give up sugar………….sorry , ranting a bit and prob preaching to the converted but you are the one who inspired me to do something in the first place!!!!