An Englishman heads to New Zealand

There is a lot to be said for ‘healthy body, healthy mind’. At the moment, both my body and mind are decidedly unhealthy and in need of buffing up. If I’m going to make a big life change by moving out to New Zealand, I want to be physically in good shape to make the most of it and enjoy life to the max.

Nearly a decade in the IT industry has left me nursing a pretty inflated body! I’m not making excuses… well just a little bit… but 5/6 years of shift work during that spell hasn’t helped much either. Exercise in my life right now is kind of non-existant, and less said about my diet and alcohol consumption the better! Having just said that, I’m currently necking a poncy Italian premium lager, and have just got off the phone ordering a sweet vegetarian pizza, and 2 portions of chicken nuggets! I feel so dirty… might go and scrub myself in the corner of the shower with sandpaper. Things need to change over the next 3-4 months if I’m going to leave the UK in a healthy state.

At lunchtime today, myself and 3 of my ’stay-puffed’ friends from work, ventured into town to check our weight/bmi etc out at a wacky measuring machine in Boots. Yours truly tipped the scales at 12st 13lb. This was fully clothed with a pocket full of shrapnel… so go easy on me!

Stats in full:
Weight: 12st 13lb (82.4kg)
Height: 5′8.8″ (1.75m) – but I reckon that’s an inch too shy!
BMI (whatever that means) : 26.9
Body Fat: 23.0%

According to the read-out provided, it suggests I’m Overweight, nearly a stone too heavy, but on the bright side have a body fat percentage in the good-average range! Beautiful.

Efforts must be doubled. I don’t know how much of this is really significant, but one thing I do know is that I need to shift a lot of fat into muscle.

{I was the lightest out of the 4 of us podgy amigos though! I won’t reveal what those porkers weighed in at!}