LilDragon

30th 7km run, and stairs (300 steps, much harder than i thought!!) 31st - LAST DAY!!! 5km bike ride and stairs again, but this time 400 steps! It was a great month of training, having to write down what I did was incredibly beneficial - it made me want to do more exercise. I will continue to keep a trainiing journal on MS Excel and maybe even start my own blog! Let the good times begin

28th - Football match, played 94 minutes (covered approx 6/6.5km) and won the match (2 assists) 2-1! 29th - Blisters on my foot from my new football boots!! Decided to do 1 hour of weight training/ press ups. Some health statistics, weight has gone up 1.5kg in mostly muscle! and body fat percentage was 9.1% !!! So happy! Also a friend who hasnt seen me in a few months said i seem to be getting younger every time he sees me

27th I didnt do any workout today, I did some yoga meditation, but thats all, Fail.

Left work "early" to go for a run, times are imroving from when I 1st started, managed to get to approx 28mins for a 5k 25th 7km run 26th 10km run Also sorry I keep posting approx every 2 days, one of my resolutions was to be on the computer less and outside/ reading more.

23rd 5km run 24th 3km run I have signed up to a 5k race, 10k race and the London 1/2 marathon (well registered my interest for it) Hopefully I will have more time to exercise more from next week onwards as I am currently in the process of moving roles at work so been in the office way too long, any others balance a corporate work and time for exercise... Can be done I know very easily, but just seeing if theres any tips I may have overlooked... Thanks!

22nd January: meal 1: 5 bananas, 6 dates meal 2: Kale chips, roast potatoes, sprouts and hummus meal 3: Roast potatoes, sprouts and brown chickpea curry 2km bike ride, weight training (3 sets of 30 reps of 5kg)

20th January: meal 1: 6 bananas (medium size), soy milk, and blended into a smoothie. meal 2: Tofu and brocolli stir fry meal 3: Rice pancakes with potatoes and greens (brocolli, sprouts, green beans) 10km in total - 5k run and 5k bike ride 21st January: meal 1: 4 bananas, 4 dates and rice milk meal 2: Urad dall, rice and brocolli meal 3: Roast potatoes, kale chips (1st time im trying them) and brussel sprouts 5km bike ride, weight training (3 sets of 30 reps of 5kg) Question, I have a very stuffy head, good to continue to exercise lightly or have a rest? (I had a longer sleep - 12 hours, compared to my usual 7 hours).... Thanks.

sorry i put the date wrong, meant the 18th (dam blackberry small keys!)

16th January meal 1: 3 bananas and 2 pears meal 2: Ginger, garlic, tofu and borcolli stir fry with coconut rice meal 3: Curry (made from an Indian vegetable, not sure what the english name is) Snacks: Apple juice, dates (6) 3km cycle, 30 press ups, the weather has got really cold here and im feeling a rather ill so taking a rest today.

17th January 5km run and resistance bands.

16th January meal 1: 6 bananas and soy milk smoothie meal 2: Avacado wrap (with salad, humus, chickpeas, tomatoes, coriander and greens) meal 3: Cabbage stir fry with baked potatoes. Snacks: Apple juice and water. No running today, cycling 5km and found some resistance bands at home so did some work with them. As you can see from all my posts, im not to technical with all the exercise (like names etc), never been to bothered with it if I feel it gives me results I continue.

15th January meal 1: 6 bananas and soy milk smoothie meal 2: Mashed sweet potato with diced cucumbers, red onion, tomatos and coriander. meal 3: Not sure yet Snacks: 2 apricots 1st competitive football (soccer) match of 2012, played the full 90 minutes (plus a 30 minute warm up) And did about 50 pressups today (not in a row though) Can feel my calf and hamstring muscles toning up!!

14th January meal 1: NO BANANAS IN THE HOUSE!!! Had apple juice mixed with spirulina and wheatgrass powder. and Mug of rice milk a bit later. meal 2: Black beans, rice and steamed veggies meal 3: Rice with peas and tofu curry Snacks: 5 apricots, 3 oranges, dehydrated kale chips and vita coco (coconut water) NO jogging today, went for a run (much faster pace), around 5km and then a 3km brisk walk to slow down. press ups (30 normal ones) and then fist and diamond shape ones (15). Tried to do pull ups in the park today (using the monkey bar rings), woah, can barely do one! Any tips on improving that aspect? Guessing more free weights on the arms and press ups?

Wow and I thought I ate loads of fruit! I need to up my game lol

Oops wrong date on my last training post, was meant to be 12th January. My bad. 13th January meal 1: 5 bananas (medium size) and applie juice smoothie meal 2: quinoa and passionfruit fruit pot sort of thing with soy yoghurt and a green salad (spinach, lettuce, kale, cucumber, bell petter, edame with some rice cake sushi style thing) meal 3: Rice with Moong Dall and steamed veggies (carrots and borcolli) Snacks: 3 more bananas and 3 apricots Jogging - 1 hour (again no distance as I took a new route so not sure) Need to get a pedometer or one of those counting things!

Haha quality find Dylan!, just did a 2km bike ride post dinner to add to the above!

Hi! Yes im going to try and do 2 1/2 marathons this year or 3. Thanks for the website, i read it occasionally but will get the guide there to help out, plus I actually signed up to your blog a while back and it was one of the things that got me into running (I used to think it was boring)! Keep up the great work! 11th January meal 1: 5 bananas (medium size) and soy milk smoothie meal 2: quinoa and passionfruit fruit pot sort of thing with soy yoghurt and a avacado/ chickpea/ mumus/ salad wrap (with wholemeal flat bread) meal 3: havent eaten yet but will be roast aubergines with brocolli and rice. Snacks: Just lots of water! Jogging - 30mins. Feel too sleepy to do any more, rather than do any damage will save up energy for a big weekend workout hopefully!

11th January meal 1: 6 bananas (medium size) and apple juice smoothies meal 2: tofu salad (lettuce, sea weed, sesame seeds, edame beans, green beans, bell pepper) and buckwheat noodles. meal 3: chickpea curry and vegetable rice Snacks: green machine smoothie from starbucks (not promoting them but incase anyone wants to try, its really nice) Jogging - 30mins, power walk for about 30mins and then a 2km cycle after work. Were having a diet/ healthy competition at work, see who can improve the most, I'm the only one of the real healthy plan so can't wait to disprove their thoughts on veganism by showing my results.

Thank you Karen! I would love to do a lot more (fitness wise I think I can) but time wise its difficult to fit in given I start work at 7:30am and finish at 8ish pm. But im going to try plan my work more around my fitness over the coming weeks hopefully. 10th January: 5km bike ride, 1km bike sprint, 3 sets of dumbells (50 reps each).

8th January: 10km bike ride, 1km bike sprint sprints, 30 press ups. Football practice (more technique based than intense work out) for 30 mins 9th January: 1 hour jog (not sure about distance), pressups (roughly 40).

6th January 40 press ups, 10 crunches, 3km run 7th January: 8km run, 200metre sprints (three times), 30 press ups. Am able to run longer without getting tired. Feeling a silight tightening in my right leg (calf and hamstring)

My journal for today (5th January) was: meal 1: 5 bananas (medium size) blended with apple juice and cinnamon meal 2: Sweet Potato Falafel and salad. (Loved the taste so much yesterday had to buy it again!) meal 3: Moong beans soup and vegetable rice (carrots, green beans, sweet corn and peas) Snacks: Just loads of water! SO bust at work didnt get time to eat! Managed to do 5km run after work but not much else. Now back to writing reports feeling renergized after the run Any tips of how my diet/ traning can be improved? I keep it rather spontaneous rather than a set plan but have a rough idea each day of what I want to do...

My journal for today (4th January) was: meal 1: 5 bananas (medium size), 1/2 inch of ginger and rice milkblended into a smoothie meal 2: Sweet Potato Falafel and salad. meal 3: Brocolli, carrots stir fry and brown rice Snacks: A green machine smoothie for starbucks (not sure if avaiable in the US) and a berry blast smoothie later. 30 push ups, 2km bike ride, 2km run, 20 crunches. Very busy at work so dont get time to go on long runs, but my plan is to go "heavy" on the weekends cardio wise and focus on bulking up slowly during weekdays with a bit of cardio.

My journal for today (3rd January) was: meal 1: 6 bananas (medium size) and rice milkblended into a smoothie. meal 2: Avacado wrap (avacado and salad) in a wholemeal flatbread wrap. (Not my ideal lunch but was at work and only thing close to healthy) meal 3: Brocolli, carrots stir fry and brown rice Snacks: Apple juice, Orange juice. 30 push ups, 2km bike ride, 20 crunches. Giving my self a bit of a rest today but still doind a bit.

January 2nd Running - 7km Sprinting - 100m (twice) and 200m sprint (twice) 15 push ups and some free weights Tomorrows focus will be on the bike and weights.