Monday, May 9, 2011

Day 70 - I see that crafty extra minute on the skips!!!

Another week ends and harder one starts........Finding the skips a real pleasure now, so was quite happy to have that extra minute.....and makes me think back at day one when 250 skips felt like a major work out, hahahaha....I know that day 70 is meant to be skips only, and i know from Patricks video (now i know i mean) that I should not be doing extra sets or extra work out...but I did it anyway...did some back, abs and shoulders...feel like i've been kicked in the back and chest over night....but remarcably i feel good for it...

I have noticed that I am less hungry every week....so the all you can eat veg is pretty much about 150 gr...so I know the option is there I just dont seem to need it....but i ma having all other meals/snacks and still manage to hike, run, dive, play footy.....so I would guess I am still burning that excess fat...well, I am sure Patrick will let me know or tell me off, or both hahahaha.

Today gonna hit the gym for the first time in ages and I will see if I am actually any stronger than the last time I went (about 2months ago)....I sure hope I am....

Tonight I will get some pics up I promise...and Giles, yeah i knwo about the timer...just not sure when the damn camera is after my Thai trip......it may well still be in thailand.....I sure hope not damn it!!! 

I see I get more food this week...i guess I will force feed myself...

Uh, please make the indulgence this week end!! pretty please!!!! I have a huge partay to attend....and I was not going to till I heard the magical words of indulgence.....

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Day 69 - Long time no blog....

Hello All.....Back from Thailand and back in smoggy and polluted HK....

I tried to be as PCP as possible in thailand....but I did have a few days when i had a drink and i missed my work outs...I know...very very bad...but in my defense i was diving up to 3 times a day and sometimes more than thata....and all of them pretty deep....30+m....and at least 45 mins......so I was pretty sdhattered by the time I make my way back to my room...

Now, from reading otehr blogs I see not much point in typing a 5 page essay on what i did, did not do, could have, should have etc.... I think in total i missed 3 dayys of excercise, and drank 2 days...end of....

Rope skipping...I remember telling James Young a month ago that the skipping would never be part of my fitness regime as i found too boring.....we I am now a believer.....might be the fact that I am no longer counting or the fact that i have been doing it for so long now, but I seem to have soo much fun skipping now, esp trying new tricks and moves.....the otehr day I had a little audience by me...Ok they were all about 3 years old....but still....

Ok I am now 73 kg....I have never been 73 kg....in fact I am sure I was born at 74 kgs....(i was a big baby)....well, 20 days left....but really, a part from the drinking i am happy to live with the PCP regime...

Okie, might write mroe later...Ah, also sorry, need to update some pics too.....its just weird to ask a friend to come over to take some pics of you in your shorts....some might even say a bit gay....

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Day 58. Koh Tao -thailand

It's not too easy to find a wifi that works And when I do find it I do not have the iPad with me. Also hard to make people understand that, yes, I Want bland food with no salt or coconut cream, and yes I want my veggies boiled not stir fried....still, I'm coping, just!!

Exercises are going ok, hard to find a pull up bar, but i might be able to find something soon....

Diving 3 times a day should burn off any excess salt/carbs I eat by mistake as it's really odd to turn up in a restaurant with tourism scales.

Have fun this week, I'll try together online again later in the week

Thursday, April 21, 2011

day 52 - Kung Fu sit ups my *ss!!!

Ok, I am either a giant or HK outdoor parks are biult for very short people....prob both....

there is no way I can do the kung fu sit ups at home....my ceiling is simply not high enough......once I stretch my arms my knees are hitting the floor......I gave it a go but the only way for it to work is a cross between a pull up and a sit up, and there is no way I could muster that after the workout yesterday...so I went to the park, and guess what??  Same problem,...so I need a solution...and I guess the gym has to be the answer....but its a pain to make my way to the gym after the excercises in the park, but I guess im gonna have to find a way....

I bought a super hard resistance band last week and starting to use for all excercises...and my arms hurt today....and my legs, and my back.....

Achievement of the week has been to be able to do tricks whilst skipping..the ol' arm crossing and uncrossing....kinda makes it more interesting...

Off to Thailand this week end......there is no way I will find yogurt there so Im hoping milk will do...

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Day 51 - no indulgence to report

One wee thing i forgot to mention was that last fiday its was a friends enaggement party and I went along with the intention of not drinking...welll....that did not happen....and nor did the work outs the next day....

anyway, onwards and upwards, anotherr 39 days to go....

excercises are ok, the amount of reps is growing, but again that is ok....Struggled a bit with the push ups towards the last set....

Off to Thailand for a weeks holiday ina  few days...not sure how easy it will be to find milk let alone skimmed milk and yogurt...but ill do my best to find them hahaha

on the plus side Koh tao is soo cheap i wont have to cook, ever..i coudl probably get my own personal chef...hahhahaha...if I like green curry in my boiled eggs that is...

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Day 50 - Now it gets serious

Even more excercise and even less food....sounds just like a new PCP week....

I have now a little posse of followers in the park where I do my skips...they are in the form of 2 or 3 mice that seem to like the vibrations of the rope hitting the ground because they come out of theyr little hiding place and observe as I do my skips...Yes..it s the little things that keep me amused!!!

I have started to play a bit whilst skipping and been trying to cross/uncross my hands as I skip along...its fun but a bit harder, but kinda makes me feel I am doing some progress....

The rest of the excercises are getting hard, esp 5 sets!!...the jumps, oh the bloody jumps!! I really suffered!!

A part from that I managed to host my first dinner last night, and whilst my guests ate Pasta with a fab Ragu sauce, I had my milk and apple...I wont be doing that again as I went to bed craving some pasta or anything that was not veggie...

Ah, anyone else have trouble lifting the arms after the work out???

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Day 45 - The half way mark....

well, i was hoping that today would have been more signoficant as its now the half way point and we are heading into the home straight......I struggled with my skips for the first time...I think its all the extra hiking and football......7x2 minutes was damn hard, as well as the jumps...The lunges on the other hand where not as bad I was expecting, maybe because I hated them so much on tuesday that I expected it to be hell...More like purgatory....

I did nto have any issiues with any of the otherr stuff...well maybe the katana's.....humbling excercise for sure....

I think the constant lowering of my food allowance and the increase of excrcise routine is really having big effects on me, I am allways tired, shattered actually, and really have to struggle to get out of bed and to do anything.....