Day 90 - COMPLETED

What a great feeling to have made it to the end. Although conceeding to two blowouts i am pretty happy with the results, i feel a million times better than on day 1 which seems a very very long time ago.

Not  only have i lost 14kg, and from a 42inch to 38 inch waist, i have learnt more about health than i thought was possible. I am very excited about carrying alot of this knowledge forward and going even further with it over the next few months.

Thanks especially to my georgous wife Sally who without her support none of this would have been possible. Not only did she manage a thousand ways to cook healthy meals for me she also gave me the encouragement to keep this to the end when it was all so tempting to throw in the towel.

My blogging has been patchy at best so i better not break the trend with anything too deep or insightful in my last, but i also wanted to thank Patrick and all the PCP crew for all their support on the blogs/emails we've all done so very well, brilliant work !

Ouch !!

That was hard work day 87 u are the hardest workout to date

Tuesday April 5

Seems hong kong is sold out of jumpropes! WTF

Monday 4 April

10 days out and the end is within sight!

Going to really push myself super hard tonight with my workout, its going to hurt but ohh so good!
Can really see myself getting more active, and enjoying excercise as opposed to seeing it as a chore when this merry go round comes to a halt next Friday.
Kyaking, hiking, tennis, kick boxing, cycling, rock climbing all being looked into.

Quite surprised with the no of questions that we've all asked on the threads. i hope we'll all be able to think for ourselves when this is over...

best of luck everyone , lets finish strong !

31 MARCH

Indulgence no 3

4 pure blonde beers (low carB apparently...) think 95cal each whilst watching the cricket.

Shared starter of crab cakes and tuna taretare
Ribe eye steak and sweet potato chips yum yum...

woke up this morning feeling groggy and tired...not so good at all.

Hopefully a workout will sweat out this nasty feeling. and i can more onwards and upwards to the end!

Post HK Sevens

What a crazy weekend in HK..sevens is a sight to behold and for PCPers "avoid"

Managed to punch out the new workouts and not miss the diet plan by too much which was good.

Although seeing some great results, 12kgs down and much smaller in the waist, I am struggling to keep interested particularly with the skipping. switched it one day last week with a spin class at the gym and really enjoyed doing something different. i do realise the benefits of skipping and my endurance/skill in the area has well advanced but think that skipping every day will be a hard ask once this pcp is over.

Is anyone feeling the same??

This kid needs a skipping rope and a shift in diet !


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3483987/Tragic-three-year-old-Chinese-toddler-Lu-Hao-weighs-nearly-ten-stone.html

another week...

These workouts are getting tough, really needing to push myself to get even 3/4 way thru some of them.

Abs the hardest for me, really really struggling to get out that last set or so of plank, especially after a tough hitout with the rest of the excercises.

The fifth and sixth sets of shoulders and arms also tested my pain barrier, needing to blokc that out and just push thru.

Diet wise need to sharpen up, think like maybe others i take the as much as u want vegs a little too far.

I see everyone seems to be on track.
HK sevens this weekend so massive danger, i better be on gaurd for all threats.

adios amigos !

Day 60

Hope everyone in Japan stays extra safe the next few days, take care guys.

Day59

Looks like everyone is really progressing well with their projects well done gang.

One movie you need to see is "the fighter,"brillaint movie, leaves Rock for deady (big call i know)i found it quite motivating.

Off to the gym after work to push myself once more, getting some weird looks from those around me, and i think my second resistance band is likely to break sometime soon (she has taken a beating of late)

Stay safe all you guys n girls in Japan, I hope things improve for you soon.

DAY 54

Did my workout last night in front of so you think you can dance, what a terrible show, shame my wife loves watching it.

Pumped out all my excercises , really solid burn on those creeps was duck walking around the aprtment like a freak almost in tears, not getting any discomfort in my knees/shins any more which is good, definately feeling stronger down there.

V-sits although getting better are still a struggle to get a balanced/controlled movement.

Diet wise, my wife Sally had helped alot with cooking up bug vats of fresh veges everynight for me with plenty to take to work for the following day (def better than frozen emergency rations i have at work).

Hope everyone is doing well, from the look of all your posts we're all on track!

07 March 2011

Back in Hong Kong after a weekend in taipei with my wife. An interesting place,,,reminded my a little of Japan, definately not as chinese as i was expecting.
We got into town late Friday and headed to Shilin night markets, sprwaling retails and food stalls selling anything and everything...sampled a few things as part of last weeks induldgence ..some deep fried salt and pepper prawns and bbq squid , was tasty at the time but woke feeling pretty dodgy...not used to all the salt.

Excercise wise was not ideal, replaced skipping with a run on  and punched out the resistance bands in the tiny hotel room (quite tough)

Ready to pick up pace this week. will get the photos up tonight. have slackened off a bit in all departments needing to pull my socks up and make a fresh push, otherwise i will slid back into my old ways...

second effort  here we come !!

04 march

Back on the blog...its been a while.

Discovered cottage cheese and cous cous and added it to my meals, great suggestion guys.

excercises are going ok, although the plank for a minute is a real stretch to complete.

Off to Taipei this weekend to check out some hot springs...should be good for the tired frame.

check out this link...sad story.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/heart-attack-grill-giant-dead-at-29-20110304-1bhme.html

OVER THE HUMP !

New week , new diet and excercises...

Feeling like i have a bit of momentum on my side. Diet is going well and excercises are really hard which i guess is a good thing.

JUst ate a big serve of raw vegetables with my lunch, hoping it keeps me full all afternoon.

and another thing....

who has a sore backside? mine is killing me and lunges squat jumps tonight i need to man up !!

TGIF 25THE FEB

Back in  the groove this week with training and diet, still dropping sml weight but most noticable clothese are getting looser...needing to add a few notches on the belt.

looking fwd to another healthy weekend. cant wait to get out in the sunshine tommorrow then set myself up on the couch to watch the Waratahs/ Reds Match. go the Tahs !!

Train crash of a weekend....

I flew back to Oz for a mates wedding in the country. To cut it very short i drank and ate and totally deviated from the pcp for two nights in a row. althugh i did manage to get some of the workouts done.

Pretty angry with myself so will try  back into the groove tonight and get more skipping done to try and offset the indulgence..

Saturday Feb 12th ***One month****

Pretty pleased with my progress this week, clothes are all feeling a bit more lose and noticing less volume in the gut department. Its beeen a month of zero booze , its been 5 yrs since ive had a break like this. Although i wouldnt consider myself to have a "proper" drinking problem i realise now it has been the quickest escape/relaxation mechanism....something i need to consider when i re-introduce "responsible" drinking in a few months time. I have a wedding to attend back in oz next weekend which will be fun, i better make sure i keep a mineral water in my hand and avoid the cold beers...mmmm beer :)


Did my workout this morning. it hurt . 1300 jumps or possibly more...i am terrible at keeping count.
The legs really copped it especially the squat jumps straight after 160 lunges. other excercises fine, sit ups getting much easier (theres muscles in there somewhere..)

Another night at home on the couch, thankfully some rugby to watch so not so bad.

I am really feeling for my wife at the moment, i think this project is probably taking up alot of my atention and my lack of wanting to socialise is probably taking its toll. anyone got any ideas for non drinking activities in HK ? Hows everyones better halves dealig with your projects??

Diet wise i think im going fine, the dinners this week will be interesting a couple of peices of fruit and 2 egg whites??? who wouldve thought...

hope everyone else is doing well and keep it up !!

Tuesday 8th Feb- body scan results in...

New excercises , ouch !! squat jumps really work those legs.

1150 jumps was fine even though i had to stop every 100 or so...does anyone use a pedometer to keep count?

diet wise....not feeling too hungry. i miss the booze though i'd kill for some wine or a vodka right now.

got some promising results on my body scan at the gym (how on earth do these things work?)

visceral fat area  VFA (cm^2) down from 160.8 to 131.4 whatever that means....

body fat mass kgs 39.6 kgs to 34.5kgs...

still a long way out but encouraging none the less.

hope everyones doing well and thanks for all the encouragement guys.

7 Feb

Spinach's superpowers revealed - Pop-eye was right !

http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/fitness/spinachs-superpowers-revealed-20110203-1aext.html

and more good news ! coffee helps releive muscle pain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6254731.stm

Saturday Feb 5

Another week down and feling pretty good !

Although finding it hard to be sociable. went to a chinese new year party last night....watched everyone get hammered while i chugged down the soda waters ....damn.  early doors for me.

Got all the excercises out really well today. Pushed it as hard as i could and really added some pull on those resistance bands (they will snap b4 this is over i think)

Skipping is much easier and getting some pace on so geting done in 15mins ...

Diet is where i am struggling, need to get more orgainised and make things more intersting.

All in all think i am on the right track but alot of work to do.