243.6108 Google pounds, down from 245.15 Google pounds on the 20th Feb.
That is all. :-)
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Throw him to the floor centurion!
Ouch..... OK, so it was back to Taekwondo tonight after an extended break of about 3 years due to broken feet and general laziness.
Had a very casual intro warmup, and then some self defence with Dave and Taff. After about 25 minutes of being tossed around like a rag doll, I am finally tenderised quite nicely.
Seriously, great to be back on the floor after such an extended break, and I know that I am going to feel the pain tomorrow, but it's a good pain.
I have a small problem with the weigh in.... I have been sometimes calculating the my weight in pounds as kg * 2.2, and sometimes I use Google Calc and enter 112kg in lb and it gives me the pounds..... But you see, there is a problem with that. Google Calc uses 2.20462262185 pounds per Kg.
So..... I am lighter, but a little bit mathematically heavier than last weigh in......
This morning I am 245.15 Google pounds! (Not the fake 244.64)
Dave, I say Dave.... Where are you champ???
Had a very casual intro warmup, and then some self defence with Dave and Taff. After about 25 minutes of being tossed around like a rag doll, I am finally tenderised quite nicely.
Seriously, great to be back on the floor after such an extended break, and I know that I am going to feel the pain tomorrow, but it's a good pain.
I have a small problem with the weigh in.... I have been sometimes calculating the my weight in pounds as kg * 2.2, and sometimes I use Google Calc and enter 112kg in lb and it gives me the pounds..... But you see, there is a problem with that. Google Calc uses 2.20462262185 pounds per Kg.
So..... I am lighter, but a little bit mathematically heavier than last weigh in......
This morning I am 245.15 Google pounds! (Not the fake 244.64)
Dave, I say Dave.... Where are you champ???
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Geek fest 2012
I am doing a training course in Melbourne for the week, and it is catered :-o
The thing is, I am in IT and the trainers seem to have ordered “geek fare”.... Pastries, cakes and biscuits and a barrage of sweet drinks. Did I mention the leaning tower of lamingtons?? No joke, there was about 200 of the things. Normally this would have bought me undone, but my craving for sugar has just gone.
Yesterday was a little bit of a challenge, but I managed to eat pretty well considering.
Home made muesli in the morning, a spinach wrap for lunch with a side of coleslaw and I totally skipped the morning and afternoon sugar assault.
It's pretty warm here at the moment, and I had about 1.5 litres of water and two coffee's (At least that's what it said on the urn anyway).
To be honest, I was starving by 6pm, but my sister is a chef and put together the most excellent chicken wrap I have ever had. Tortilla wrap, rice, Greek yoghurt, cheese, carrot, capsicum, cucumber, skinless chicken breast and a dash of home made plum sauce.
No scales to weigh myself today, but I am feeling great.
The thing is, I am in IT and the trainers seem to have ordered “geek fare”.... Pastries, cakes and biscuits and a barrage of sweet drinks. Did I mention the leaning tower of lamingtons?? No joke, there was about 200 of the things. Normally this would have bought me undone, but my craving for sugar has just gone.
Yesterday was a little bit of a challenge, but I managed to eat pretty well considering.
Home made muesli in the morning, a spinach wrap for lunch with a side of coleslaw and I totally skipped the morning and afternoon sugar assault.
It's pretty warm here at the moment, and I had about 1.5 litres of water and two coffee's (At least that's what it said on the urn anyway).
To be honest, I was starving by 6pm, but my sister is a chef and put together the most excellent chicken wrap I have ever had. Tortilla wrap, rice, Greek yoghurt, cheese, carrot, capsicum, cucumber, skinless chicken breast and a dash of home made plum sauce.
No scales to weigh myself today, but I am feeling great.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Warm apple pie! The Justification you have been waiting for!
So, this is where my best intentions would normally fall in a screaming heap. I am in Melbourne, where every 20 meters on any street there is a choice of some of the most amazing food experiences available.
"Normally" I would be bursting a the seams having gorged myself on, typically, junk food!
Something has really changed.... I am not interested in eating the bad stuff (burgers, chips, biscuits and milkshakes).
Having said that, my sister is a chef and made dinner and fresh apple pie for the wife and I on the weekend, and it was something that I really wanted, so I ate a piece of that pie, it was delicious! No guilt here!
So... 5 days ago I was 247.5..... Today, 242.9 pounds. 4.6 pounds <- That's crazy.
Do I now tell you about the Thai food last night and pizza for brunch today?? I don't think I need to trouble you with all that blah blah blah.....
Sugar.... who are you again????
"Normally" I would be bursting a the seams having gorged myself on, typically, junk food!
Something has really changed.... I am not interested in eating the bad stuff (burgers, chips, biscuits and milkshakes).
Having said that, my sister is a chef and made dinner and fresh apple pie for the wife and I on the weekend, and it was something that I really wanted, so I ate a piece of that pie, it was delicious! No guilt here!
So... 5 days ago I was 247.5..... Today, 242.9 pounds. 4.6 pounds <- That's crazy.
Do I now tell you about the Thai food last night and pizza for brunch today?? I don't think I need to trouble you with all that blah blah blah.....
Sugar.... who are you again????
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Bless me Dave, for I have sinned......
It has been two weeks since my last confession......
OK, I have no excuse for not updating this blog. (Not that will satisfy some readers, yes you Greg Y)
The sugar week was not that bad, apart from 5 pear cider drinks which did not list the amount of sugar anyway, 2 litres of milk.... There was bugger all refined sugar. No bread.... No junk food at all. I even refused soft drink and Tim Tams that were offered. Plenty of eggs, meat, veggies and nuts. I have not eaten that much fruit, probably only 4 serves per week.
Did naff all exercise as well in the sugar week.... Bit busy with work, and wanted to relax when I did have time off. I am stil feeling on top of the world, and have plenty of energy to work right through the day.
I am going to withhold the number of hours that I have managed for this weeks challenge... The suspense is going to crush Dave, psychological warfare time!
I will say that I weighed in this morning and got a bit of a shock.... 247.5 pounds!
Beats my pre Christmas weight of 267.2 pounds, 20 pounds down, no diet and no exercise....!
A client remarked to me yesterday, "Gee you have lost some weight, what DIET are you on, or did you have a lapband"...... My response "No DIET, I have just chosen to eat REAL food" They exclaimed "Oh, so your on the low carb sugar free DIET then!" "Hmmm, NO butthead" I said, "I am just eating REAL normal food".
I truly have lost the craving for junkfood and sugar. Weird and hard to explain to sugar junkies!
I hope Dave punches out some big numbers this Week And Realises For All Real Exercise there is reward! <- Did you see what I did there?? I crack myself up....!
OK, I have no excuse for not updating this blog. (Not that will satisfy some readers, yes you Greg Y)
The sugar week was not that bad, apart from 5 pear cider drinks which did not list the amount of sugar anyway, 2 litres of milk.... There was bugger all refined sugar. No bread.... No junk food at all. I even refused soft drink and Tim Tams that were offered. Plenty of eggs, meat, veggies and nuts. I have not eaten that much fruit, probably only 4 serves per week.
Did naff all exercise as well in the sugar week.... Bit busy with work, and wanted to relax when I did have time off. I am stil feeling on top of the world, and have plenty of energy to work right through the day.
I am going to withhold the number of hours that I have managed for this weeks challenge... The suspense is going to crush Dave, psychological warfare time!
I will say that I weighed in this morning and got a bit of a shock.... 247.5 pounds!
Beats my pre Christmas weight of 267.2 pounds, 20 pounds down, no diet and no exercise....!
A client remarked to me yesterday, "Gee you have lost some weight, what DIET are you on, or did you have a lapband"...... My response "No DIET, I have just chosen to eat REAL food" They exclaimed "Oh, so your on the low carb sugar free DIET then!" "Hmmm, NO butthead" I said, "I am just eating REAL normal food".
I truly have lost the craving for junkfood and sugar. Weird and hard to explain to sugar junkies!
I hope Dave punches out some big numbers this Week And Realises For All Real Exercise there is reward! <- Did you see what I did there?? I crack myself up....!
Monday, February 6, 2012
W3D3 - A special Kind of Hell
Hi Everyone,
First a weekend report. I went off like a frog in a sock! Staurday I did 3 hours fo solid gardening and then on Sunday I went bezerk out there. Starting at about 10am, I finally came in after an hour and a half of mowing at 830 that night. I had some breaks throughout the day, but I'm claiming a quite conservative 5 hours. Rest assured there was lots of digging, building new raised veggie garden bed, digging, planting, digging, weeding, digging and various other garden tasks. Including digging. 3 + 5 for 8 hours total.
Today however, after a 6 month hiatus, I went to the gym at lunch time. I did a "hi reps" pump class and can report that it's a special kind of hell. After the initial leg work...lunges and squats...i could barely stand. In fact throughout the biceps work that followed I was in danger of collapsing as my legs uncontrollably shook and spasmed. Luckily I was soon distracted by other muscle burning sensations and an urge to vomit during the ab component. I obviously survived, somehow managed to navigate down the stairs afterwards despite my legs not wanting to hold me up and walked back to work. Another hour to the total. 9 hours total "out there".
I've watched a couple of TED talks tonight including this very short one entreating us all to Try Something New for 30 Days. Hard to argue with something as simple as that. I will be having a little think about how I might do something along these lines over the next week or so.
Signing off for now!
Dave
First a weekend report. I went off like a frog in a sock! Staurday I did 3 hours fo solid gardening and then on Sunday I went bezerk out there. Starting at about 10am, I finally came in after an hour and a half of mowing at 830 that night. I had some breaks throughout the day, but I'm claiming a quite conservative 5 hours. Rest assured there was lots of digging, building new raised veggie garden bed, digging, planting, digging, weeding, digging and various other garden tasks. Including digging. 3 + 5 for 8 hours total.
Today however, after a 6 month hiatus, I went to the gym at lunch time. I did a "hi reps" pump class and can report that it's a special kind of hell. After the initial leg work...lunges and squats...i could barely stand. In fact throughout the biceps work that followed I was in danger of collapsing as my legs uncontrollably shook and spasmed. Luckily I was soon distracted by other muscle burning sensations and an urge to vomit during the ab component. I obviously survived, somehow managed to navigate down the stairs afterwards despite my legs not wanting to hold me up and walked back to work. Another hour to the total. 9 hours total "out there".
I've watched a couple of TED talks tonight including this very short one entreating us all to Try Something New for 30 Days. Hard to argue with something as simple as that. I will be having a little think about how I might do something along these lines over the next week or so.
Signing off for now!
Dave
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Week 3 - Just Get Out There
Ok Week 3 begins after what can only be described as an abysmal week 2 on my part.
I didn't count my sugar properly as challenged by Steve so I am conceding 3 points to Steve unless he confesses that he didn't count his sugar properly either.
Life was determined to get in the way this week. I don't know how many calories I burned carrying my gym gear to work and home again but I'm pretty sure it would have been better had I actually made it to the gym instead of getting stuck on conference calls, dealing with a seemingly endless stream of random crises and so forth. Just quietly, this week wont be much chop either as a whole bunch of the executive governance committees meet this week which always makes my work day busy...not to mention Senate Estimates.
I did manage to get one lunch walk in by doubling it up with a walk to the hospital and back (4km) to visit a mate who had just had a kidney whipped out in double quick time. 1 week from first diagnosis to going home minus a kidney and a bread loaf sized mass. A bit of exercise and an encouragement to 'do something' about general health.
On the plus size I am minus size. At week 3 start weigh in I am now 2 pounds lighter. I am claiming 1 bonus pound from week 1 for walking nearly as far as Steve. I am conceding 3 bonus pounds to Steve for Week 2 challenge considering I didn't do it properly (unless he confesses that he didn't either in which case I'll claim1 pound back and give him 2). I'm not sure how much weight Steve has lost since we began so I will post the score as...
Week 3 Challenge - Just Get Out There
Do some exercise. Anything. Walking, swimming, gardening, cycling, cardio, tai chi, taikwaendo, whatever. If it's off the lounge and doing something that burns calories at a rate above what your normal work day would burn, then it counts for this challenge. This is about converting idle time to healthy time.
"Hours Out There" is the measurement. Apologies for not posting this yesterday Steve, I thought this was ok because you can claim anything you did yesterday no problems.
I didn't count my sugar properly as challenged by Steve so I am conceding 3 points to Steve unless he confesses that he didn't count his sugar properly either.
Life was determined to get in the way this week. I don't know how many calories I burned carrying my gym gear to work and home again but I'm pretty sure it would have been better had I actually made it to the gym instead of getting stuck on conference calls, dealing with a seemingly endless stream of random crises and so forth. Just quietly, this week wont be much chop either as a whole bunch of the executive governance committees meet this week which always makes my work day busy...not to mention Senate Estimates.
I did manage to get one lunch walk in by doubling it up with a walk to the hospital and back (4km) to visit a mate who had just had a kidney whipped out in double quick time. 1 week from first diagnosis to going home minus a kidney and a bread loaf sized mass. A bit of exercise and an encouragement to 'do something' about general health.
On the plus size I am minus size. At week 3 start weigh in I am now 2 pounds lighter. I am claiming 1 bonus pound from week 1 for walking nearly as far as Steve. I am conceding 3 bonus pounds to Steve for Week 2 challenge considering I didn't do it properly (unless he confesses that he didn't either in which case I'll claim1 pound back and give him 2). I'm not sure how much weight Steve has lost since we began so I will post the score as...
Dave 3 - 5+? Steve
Week 3 Challenge - Just Get Out There
Do some exercise. Anything. Walking, swimming, gardening, cycling, cardio, tai chi, taikwaendo, whatever. If it's off the lounge and doing something that burns calories at a rate above what your normal work day would burn, then it counts for this challenge. This is about converting idle time to healthy time.
"Hours Out There" is the measurement. Apologies for not posting this yesterday Steve, I thought this was ok because you can claim anything you did yesterday no problems.
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