It's pretty snowy up here in Stockton at the moment. I've been going out for walks everyday and the ground is getting more icy and slippery everyday. The weather on the news says it's going to snow again tonight but they are always wrong. I hope it doesn't, i want it to be easy to walk.
On my walk today, i went up a big hill into town and i saw this man i an orange work coat trying to carry a heavy pine T.V unit up to the town at the top. He looked like he was struggling, so i offered to help him. I helped him carry it to the bus stop. I don't know what he would have done if i didnt help him, it was really heavy. My arm still aches. I don't normally stop and help people like that... I don't really know why i did this time.
Anyway. The cigarette quitting has gone out the window. I'll think about that after i've lost some weight. I barely smoke anyway. But tomorrow is the first weigh-in. I think i've lost quite a bit. I've been sticking well to my diet, and walking a lot, so i think i'll lose a few pounds. I'll update tomorrow and write about how much i lost.
I'm getting my exercise bike hopefully a week today when i get my money. So then i can start exercising without having to go out in the cold. I'll still go for the odd walk, but it's getting really slippy, so i won't go for big walks. I've got blisters on the heels of my feet too from walking, so i won't walk as far until they heal up a bit.
Right, i'm off to go watch T.V, i might battle through the weather later and go round my friend Rob's house later if he texts me. Another little bit of exercise!
I hope i lose a lot of weight tomorrow. Anything under 5 pounds will be bad! It normally falls off me to start off with.
Tom P
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Friday, 26 November 2010
People i miss, and kicking the ciggies.
I know no one is reading this, but maybe one day someone will. So hello! I've just been thinking today about a few people who i miss. Some who i have just not been in touch with for a while, some who are away, and one who i've fallen out with recently.
Firstly, the ones i've lost touch with. Jade. I've known her since i was a kid and we spent everyday together at one point. I haven't seen her for months. She is pregnant now and living with a guy called Pete. But i really miss her. Also, Abby. It's been so long. We were best friends at one point. I don't know what happened. We just stopped talking. We both should have made the effort to keep in touch really. There is also other people like Abs and kaela. I miss all of them a lot.
I miss Peter and Emily. I still talk to them and stuff but they are away at university, so only get to see them a few times a year.
But Laura is the one i miss the most. We've fallen out over something i didn't do. I sent her a message on facebook explaining i never did anything. But she doesn't believe me by the looks of it. She's even deleted me off facebook. I'm a bit gutted. Friends come and go, i know that. But She was one i thought would hang about. The same with Abby and Jade (and obviously everyone else mentioned, and few i haven't).
Anyway. I think around Christmas time (if i have some money), i'll ask everyone if they want to meet up for a drink, separately probably because some don't get on. But i just want to get in contact with everyone i haven't seen for ages. It's just such a shame to lose contact with some really great people. I just hope they haven't changed. I know i haven't (apart from getting fatter).
Anyway. I know i'm on this diet. But also, as i'm trying to get fit as well as lose weight. I'm thinking about cutting out the ciggies too. I know people say not to do both at once or it'll get hard, but the thing is, i haven't had one for a day anyway and i feel fine. I might as well not have any (i can't afford anything for 2 weeks anyway). If i manage not to have have any for 2 weeks, then i will be fine and probably won't have anymore. But we'll see how it goes. It might be too much to quite and eat healthily at the same time. I think i'll be ok though.
Day 2 of the diet, and it's going well. I've just had my pasta and cheese sauce. (only 7 points out of my 30) and for my tea i think i'm having lasagne, which is my favourite. I find it hardest on a night, because i go to sleep late. So i drink loads of water to try and fill myself up! I'm not starving myself or anything, no where near! I just get bored. i'm used to eating all the time. I'll soon get past that.
Anyway. See you later blog. I think quitting the fags will be difficult, but i think i'll be ok. The diet is pretty easy, i've done it before. BYE!
Firstly, the ones i've lost touch with. Jade. I've known her since i was a kid and we spent everyday together at one point. I haven't seen her for months. She is pregnant now and living with a guy called Pete. But i really miss her. Also, Abby. It's been so long. We were best friends at one point. I don't know what happened. We just stopped talking. We both should have made the effort to keep in touch really. There is also other people like Abs and kaela. I miss all of them a lot.
I miss Peter and Emily. I still talk to them and stuff but they are away at university, so only get to see them a few times a year.
But Laura is the one i miss the most. We've fallen out over something i didn't do. I sent her a message on facebook explaining i never did anything. But she doesn't believe me by the looks of it. She's even deleted me off facebook. I'm a bit gutted. Friends come and go, i know that. But She was one i thought would hang about. The same with Abby and Jade (and obviously everyone else mentioned, and few i haven't).
Anyway. I think around Christmas time (if i have some money), i'll ask everyone if they want to meet up for a drink, separately probably because some don't get on. But i just want to get in contact with everyone i haven't seen for ages. It's just such a shame to lose contact with some really great people. I just hope they haven't changed. I know i haven't (apart from getting fatter).
Anyway. I know i'm on this diet. But also, as i'm trying to get fit as well as lose weight. I'm thinking about cutting out the ciggies too. I know people say not to do both at once or it'll get hard, but the thing is, i haven't had one for a day anyway and i feel fine. I might as well not have any (i can't afford anything for 2 weeks anyway). If i manage not to have have any for 2 weeks, then i will be fine and probably won't have anymore. But we'll see how it goes. It might be too much to quite and eat healthily at the same time. I think i'll be ok though.
Day 2 of the diet, and it's going well. I've just had my pasta and cheese sauce. (only 7 points out of my 30) and for my tea i think i'm having lasagne, which is my favourite. I find it hardest on a night, because i go to sleep late. So i drink loads of water to try and fill myself up! I'm not starving myself or anything, no where near! I just get bored. i'm used to eating all the time. I'll soon get past that.
Anyway. See you later blog. I think quitting the fags will be difficult, but i think i'll be ok. The diet is pretty easy, i've done it before. BYE!
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Schindler's list and the diet so far.
Hello! I'll start off writing about my diet so far. The last couple of days i haven't been at home. So i haven't been doing too brilliantly at eating healthily. But i haven't gone mad, so i think i'll still lose some weight at the end of the week. Today is officially the start of my weight watchers diet. I will be doing this diet now until the 1st of April. I hope i can keep it up and lose a lot of weight and get healthy!
Sadly, i blew all my money this week, so i cannot get the exercise bike i wanted. But i'll keep up with the diet and lose a little bit of weight. Next time i get some money i'll put it to one side and in about a month or so, i will probably have an exercise bike. I might even ask my mum to get me one for Christmas if i haven't got one by then.
I've just finished watching Schindlers list. I was a good film. I almost cried when Liam Neeson started saying "I could have saved one more.", and at the end where all the Jews he saved went to his grave. What a guy.
That's all for now. I'll write again in a while about how my diet is going.
Tom P
Sadly, i blew all my money this week, so i cannot get the exercise bike i wanted. But i'll keep up with the diet and lose a little bit of weight. Next time i get some money i'll put it to one side and in about a month or so, i will probably have an exercise bike. I might even ask my mum to get me one for Christmas if i haven't got one by then.
I've just finished watching Schindlers list. I was a good film. I almost cried when Liam Neeson started saying "I could have saved one more.", and at the end where all the Jews he saved went to his grave. What a guy.
That's all for now. I'll write again in a while about how my diet is going.
Tom P
Monday, 22 November 2010
Lets Get Fit!
Hello again!
Right, just thought i'd use this blog thing to set out some goals for the future. I have a few in my head, but i thought i'd right them down so i can have a look at them and cross them off/add some more as i go along.
I think the first ones i'll put on the list will be to lose weight and get fit. I'll be getting some money tomorrow hopefully. I have to pay off a couple of debts, but i think i'll be left with about £50. I bought an ad-mag the other day, and it had a couple of exercise bikes in there. So i'll ring about and ask if they are still for sale. If not, i'll keep looking and hopefully get one by the end of the week.
This will start off everything once i get this bike. I've really let myself go again. I am 18 stone now, the heaviest i've ever been. I've been heavy before and lost a lot of weight, and put it back on again. I lost the weight before just by changing by diet, and it flew off me. But this time, i want to get fit too. I will change my eating habits too. It will be the same weight watchers plan as i did before, but not quite as strict, so it is easier for me to do, and makes it less likely for me to get sick of it.
So, the first thing i need is the bike. Once i've done that, i need to get a book and write down what i eat everyday, Like i used to before. I will work out how many calories and how much saturated fat is in everything i eat, and use my weightwatchers point counter to figure out how many points is in every thing i eat. I will limit myself to 30 points a day, this is more than i used to have, so it'll be a bit easier on me and i'll be less likely to quit. This number might go up/down depending on how much energy i ned to do the exercise on the bike.
Once i get the bike, i'll figure out how much exercise i can do, and push myself to do more and more exercise each week, and eventually get fitter. Burning more and more calories as i go along. i'm not sure how many calories it'll be yet, but once i get the bike and find out how much i can do before i get tired, i'll find out.
I want to lose quite a lot of weight. I was thinking 4 stone for now, and see what i'm like when i'm there. When i lost weight before, i lost weight at about 1 stone per month. I will aim for this this time too. With the exercise i'm planning on doing. I think this will be okay.
So, if i officially start the exercise and the healthier eating on the 1st December (i'll start working on the eating now). I should be 14 stone by the 1st April. Which would be amazing!
Once i start all the exercising and healthy eating, i'll start toning up too. I'll start doing press ups, sit ups, little weights etc. Just to look at bit better. I'll start small and work my way up.
I really need to do this. I really don't like the way my body looks and i want to be happy, healthy and to be able to fit into the red and black shirt that i've got in my wardrobe. At about 14 stone, i will probably fit in that comfortably. My mum bought it for me last christmas and it didn't fit, but i've kept it, just in case one day i lost enough weight to wear it. Roll on 1st April. I'll be so happy when i can wear it!
So, here is my first Goal List.
1 - Buy exercise bike.
2 - Sort notebook out and write out weeks December 1st - April 1st.
3 - Sort out calories burnt a day, sits ups, press ups, weights etc.
4 - Lose 1 stone by New Years day.
5 - Lose 2 stone by February 1st
6 - Lose 3 stone by March 1st
7 - Be 14 stone by April 1st.
The main reason i want to get the exercise bike is to try and make exercising less boring. I want something i can do from the comfort of my own home. I can watch films on my computer while i pedal away, watch TV in my room. Listen to music etc. I think if the exercise bike is in my house, i'll have more motivation to get on it and burn some flab off.
The food will be the problem again i think. Once i get going, i might be ok. Everytime i have something bad to eat, i'll burn it off with the bike. I will probably get sick of burning things off all the time, and i might start eating a bit healthier so i don't have to be on the bike all day. I don't eat too unhealthily, i just eat lots, probably because of boredom. Another reason i have this blog!
I just want to look good. I want to be able to walk to town without being sweaty when i get there.
There is loads of other things i want to do. But that is for another post. Maybe tomorrow.
Tom P
Right, just thought i'd use this blog thing to set out some goals for the future. I have a few in my head, but i thought i'd right them down so i can have a look at them and cross them off/add some more as i go along.
I think the first ones i'll put on the list will be to lose weight and get fit. I'll be getting some money tomorrow hopefully. I have to pay off a couple of debts, but i think i'll be left with about £50. I bought an ad-mag the other day, and it had a couple of exercise bikes in there. So i'll ring about and ask if they are still for sale. If not, i'll keep looking and hopefully get one by the end of the week.
This will start off everything once i get this bike. I've really let myself go again. I am 18 stone now, the heaviest i've ever been. I've been heavy before and lost a lot of weight, and put it back on again. I lost the weight before just by changing by diet, and it flew off me. But this time, i want to get fit too. I will change my eating habits too. It will be the same weight watchers plan as i did before, but not quite as strict, so it is easier for me to do, and makes it less likely for me to get sick of it.
So, the first thing i need is the bike. Once i've done that, i need to get a book and write down what i eat everyday, Like i used to before. I will work out how many calories and how much saturated fat is in everything i eat, and use my weightwatchers point counter to figure out how many points is in every thing i eat. I will limit myself to 30 points a day, this is more than i used to have, so it'll be a bit easier on me and i'll be less likely to quit. This number might go up/down depending on how much energy i ned to do the exercise on the bike.
Once i get the bike, i'll figure out how much exercise i can do, and push myself to do more and more exercise each week, and eventually get fitter. Burning more and more calories as i go along. i'm not sure how many calories it'll be yet, but once i get the bike and find out how much i can do before i get tired, i'll find out.
I want to lose quite a lot of weight. I was thinking 4 stone for now, and see what i'm like when i'm there. When i lost weight before, i lost weight at about 1 stone per month. I will aim for this this time too. With the exercise i'm planning on doing. I think this will be okay.
So, if i officially start the exercise and the healthier eating on the 1st December (i'll start working on the eating now). I should be 14 stone by the 1st April. Which would be amazing!
Once i start all the exercising and healthy eating, i'll start toning up too. I'll start doing press ups, sit ups, little weights etc. Just to look at bit better. I'll start small and work my way up.
I really need to do this. I really don't like the way my body looks and i want to be happy, healthy and to be able to fit into the red and black shirt that i've got in my wardrobe. At about 14 stone, i will probably fit in that comfortably. My mum bought it for me last christmas and it didn't fit, but i've kept it, just in case one day i lost enough weight to wear it. Roll on 1st April. I'll be so happy when i can wear it!
So, here is my first Goal List.
1 - Buy exercise bike.
2 - Sort notebook out and write out weeks December 1st - April 1st.
3 - Sort out calories burnt a day, sits ups, press ups, weights etc.
4 - Lose 1 stone by New Years day.
5 - Lose 2 stone by February 1st
6 - Lose 3 stone by March 1st
7 - Be 14 stone by April 1st.
The main reason i want to get the exercise bike is to try and make exercising less boring. I want something i can do from the comfort of my own home. I can watch films on my computer while i pedal away, watch TV in my room. Listen to music etc. I think if the exercise bike is in my house, i'll have more motivation to get on it and burn some flab off.
The food will be the problem again i think. Once i get going, i might be ok. Everytime i have something bad to eat, i'll burn it off with the bike. I will probably get sick of burning things off all the time, and i might start eating a bit healthier so i don't have to be on the bike all day. I don't eat too unhealthily, i just eat lots, probably because of boredom. Another reason i have this blog!
I just want to look good. I want to be able to walk to town without being sweaty when i get there.
There is loads of other things i want to do. But that is for another post. Maybe tomorrow.
Tom P
First post.
Hello, My name is Tom Pearce. I'm 21 and i live in Stockton-On-Tees, a town in the north of England near Middlesbrough. At the moment i'm unemployed. But looking for a job. Anything at all at the moment. But it is quite difficult to find anything.
I dropped out of Teesside University earlier this year. I spent two years there, first i did I.T, whcih i hated. Then i did Media Studies, which i enjoyed a lot more than I.T, but only bits of it. I didn't enjoy it enough to do it for another 2 years. But now i'm stuck doing nothing.
One part of Media studies i liked to do more than anything was the screenplay module. I don't know, but i think i'm quite good at it. I got 61% on my first draft, and didn't even do anything else to it. But my plan one day is to finish it off. I think it's a really good idea, and i have so many plans for it to develop into a good screenplay. I have a very basic draft at the moment, but maybe one day it'll be good. I don't really have any other ideas for any more screenplays, but sometimes little ideas pop into my head. Maybe that's what i'll do one day. I really enjoy writing stories and making things up in my head. I might talk about my idea in another post one time.
Other things i do include playing runescape. I know i'm 21 and it's a bit embarrassing to be still playing it at my age, and i wouldn't really want some of my friends knowing it still play it, because it is a bit sad, but i do. I enjoy it, and play it most days. I don't know if it's because i have nothing else to do, but i play it.
I also watch films on my computer. I love films. Horror and comedy mainly. but i also like action movies and all other sorts really. I like Hitchcock films, all the way up to modern day films. English, hollywood, spanish, all sorts. I'll give it all a go.
I don't really know why i've started a blog. I am pretty sure no one will read it, and i probably won't read anyone elses. I don't even know anyone who writes a blog. I might find someone on here that i know who writes one, but i've only just got this blogger thing. So i don't really know what to do.
I'm mainly using this blog to waste some time. Most of the time i'm on this blog i'll probably be playing runescape at the same time. Some parts of runescape are boring, such as cutting trees and fishing, so i thought it would be nice to have something to do while i'm waiting. So that is why i'm here writing now.
I'm not sure what i'll write about when i'm on here, but i think it will be used like a sort of diary for me. Things i'm thinking, things i've done etc. It probably won't be too interesting. But you never know. It might be nice to let off some steam with a rant, or let out something i've been thinking about and make it a bit clearer by typing it out. I don't know, i might even enjoy it.
I'm very new at blogging, so i don't really know what to do. I've even just followed my own blog by accident. I don't don't know how to stop following it. Nevermind. Maybe after a while my blog might start to look better and i might start to figure out what to do. But for now, i'll just write stuff.
Anyway. Back to runescape. I'll probably write another post later, or in the next few days. i'm not sure.
Tom P
I dropped out of Teesside University earlier this year. I spent two years there, first i did I.T, whcih i hated. Then i did Media Studies, which i enjoyed a lot more than I.T, but only bits of it. I didn't enjoy it enough to do it for another 2 years. But now i'm stuck doing nothing.
One part of Media studies i liked to do more than anything was the screenplay module. I don't know, but i think i'm quite good at it. I got 61% on my first draft, and didn't even do anything else to it. But my plan one day is to finish it off. I think it's a really good idea, and i have so many plans for it to develop into a good screenplay. I have a very basic draft at the moment, but maybe one day it'll be good. I don't really have any other ideas for any more screenplays, but sometimes little ideas pop into my head. Maybe that's what i'll do one day. I really enjoy writing stories and making things up in my head. I might talk about my idea in another post one time.
Other things i do include playing runescape. I know i'm 21 and it's a bit embarrassing to be still playing it at my age, and i wouldn't really want some of my friends knowing it still play it, because it is a bit sad, but i do. I enjoy it, and play it most days. I don't know if it's because i have nothing else to do, but i play it.
I also watch films on my computer. I love films. Horror and comedy mainly. but i also like action movies and all other sorts really. I like Hitchcock films, all the way up to modern day films. English, hollywood, spanish, all sorts. I'll give it all a go.
I don't really know why i've started a blog. I am pretty sure no one will read it, and i probably won't read anyone elses. I don't even know anyone who writes a blog. I might find someone on here that i know who writes one, but i've only just got this blogger thing. So i don't really know what to do.
I'm mainly using this blog to waste some time. Most of the time i'm on this blog i'll probably be playing runescape at the same time. Some parts of runescape are boring, such as cutting trees and fishing, so i thought it would be nice to have something to do while i'm waiting. So that is why i'm here writing now.
I'm not sure what i'll write about when i'm on here, but i think it will be used like a sort of diary for me. Things i'm thinking, things i've done etc. It probably won't be too interesting. But you never know. It might be nice to let off some steam with a rant, or let out something i've been thinking about and make it a bit clearer by typing it out. I don't know, i might even enjoy it.
I'm very new at blogging, so i don't really know what to do. I've even just followed my own blog by accident. I don't don't know how to stop following it. Nevermind. Maybe after a while my blog might start to look better and i might start to figure out what to do. But for now, i'll just write stuff.
Anyway. Back to runescape. I'll probably write another post later, or in the next few days. i'm not sure.
Tom P
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