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That’s right people, i did it. 34 minutes and 4 seconds, a pulled muscle at 2.5k but i did it.

Sponsorship is still open if you feel you could donate, i’d be really grateful. I’m still desperate to hit my £150 target

Now if you’ll excuse me i am doing to lie down a lot

On September 20th I am running my very first 5k for the NSPCC in the Liverpool Corporate Cup. Please help my motivation and final time by donating to the NSPCC through this page. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Thank You

LizSara

Every year in the UK we throw away £10 billion worth of food which could have been eaten. Love Food Hate Waste is a campaign from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) which shows that by doing easy practical everyday things in the home we can all waste less food, which ultimately benefits our purses and the environment too. If we all stopped wasting food that could have been eaten, it would have the same environmental impact as taking 1 in 5 cars off UK roads. lovefoodhatewaste.com has lots of delicious recipes to use up leftovers, handy hints and tips for storing food to make it last longer, a portion calculator to help you cook the right amount, and information on what food date labels mean. There is something for everyone, whether you are a keen cook, or simply want to reduce the amount of food which you throw away.

and what did we learn…through teamwork we can achieve so much more than we ever thought

As long time readers will know I used to blog about my diet and exercise habits here and after a while I moved them over to another place. Now I have decided to try and cut back the time I spend on-line I will be throwing them back in here again when I have something to report.

According to the gym I currently weigh 156lbs. My BMI is normal but my percentage body fat is over. Well yes I knew that, I have fat where it shouldn’t be. Everything else is fine, so I’m pretty happy with that. Unfortunately I haven’t been losing weight very much, and today I think I have discovered why. For my age, weight and height, with no exercise I should be consuming 1418 calories a day in order to maintain my current weight. Add to that the number of calories I am burning in the gym (approximately 500 a day) and minus the fact that I am currently on about 1100 calories a day and you begin to see where the problem lies. My body is in constant starvation mode because I’m getting too few calories to function properly, expecially given the amount of exercise I do.

My ideal weight is 135-140lbs, which is not that much to lose when you consider when I started trying to diet I was at 198lbs.

So what I was thinking of doing is trying to cook meals more often. I am going to buy a calorie counting cook-book so I know what I am eating and I am going to go for a properly healthy diet. That all sounds totally normal right? Yes except for the fact I have never really learned to cook because I never really enjoyed it. It’s going to be a really big challenge for me to do it, but I am determined to do it and get to where I want to be…plus have recipes that I can trot out when entertaining (which I will be able ot do much more of when the house is finished).

Anyone got book/website recommendations I might be able to use?

Think-about Thursday will be along later