At the end of the day…

So another day ends and with it comes another blog post.

It’s been a tough day – constant work, which has resulted in constant stress and yet another late night.  I feel out of shape too, despite having only exercised the other night.  Surprisingly enough, I do exercise frequently!  My housemate Chris and I are planning on taking up swimming again sometime next week.  I haven’t done any since about February and it’d really be good to lose some Christmas pounds…

It sounds funny writing such a thing, seeing as about two and half years, I only weighed around 70kg and was desperate to put on weight!  Now I’m pushing on 85 thanks to 2 years of weight training and perhaps eating a little too much here and there (sure the six pack isn’t exactly visible but the abs are still strong!).  The pictures below really do show how different I am now compared to then.  Sure, I’m no super strong body-builder but I have no intention of being, and I reckon I look (and feel for that matter) much healthier now than I used to.  Judge for yourselves!  The one in the bar is perhaps the oldest and I truly do look horrid – I swear my face is almost yellow!  The other is whilst running the Bath Half Marathon back in 2006, I did fine in it, if anything being stick thin helped but I just look like I haven’t eaten.  Ever.  The other pictures are from the other week, I just wanted to see how different I look now compared to then.

Anyways, I think that’s enough self-praise (for lack of a better term) for one evening!  I shall have to stare at myself in the mirror tomorrow morning instead…(don’t worry, I don’t really!).

El Pookiablo will return next time, in the next exciting episode of “The Adventures of El Pookiablo”.

A healthier looking me, perhaps trying too hard…

My most hated picture ever!

Look at those twigs for legs!

Weight training goes a long way!