10% Iron Man

Well..I have to say my efforts have been pretty crap.  On the plus side my weight hasn't really gone up either.  I've been pretty steady at 255 pounds.  There has been a bit going on at work that has prevented me from getting out of a day (I am taking over a new section at work and making some radical changes so that is taking a lot of time).  On the plus side, I have talked my 2-I-C (Dave#2) into joining the gym with me and we have been a few times though admitted not quite to our target level :-)

I've also been recently motivated by other factors in life, so I feel the need to take it all a bit more serioously.  Dave#2 was originally aiming for a half iron man (1.95km swim, 90km bike, 21km run) in december but life has gotten in his way too.  So we came up with the idea of a 10% iron man event.  That's our first stretch goal.  So that will be a 390m (rounded up to 400m) swim, an 18 km bike ride, and a 4.22km run.  We figure that is something we can aim for without demotivating ourselves.  Maybe you'd like to join us (virtually) for the 'event'.  I'm not sure what a 10% iron man trophy would look like...maybe a pair of shoes with the legs cut off at the ankles or something hehe.

Food, as you have rightly stated, is the perennial problem here for me too.  We've passed the shortest day now, so hopefully the days will start to become more encouraging.  Although to be honest there is very little encouragement to be found in your average Canberra morning.  Getting up for a pre-breakfast walk demands a little more in the will power department when it's -8 C. 

I am very glad you have reactivated us here, I want to hit the new year as fit and healthy as possible.  I'd be pleased if i could drop below 100 kilos for 2013.  thats 220 pounds or 35 pounds loss.  I've ordered the last parts i need for my "road" bike (its really an old MTB with semi slick tyres and a padded seat).  some parts were failing so I decided to replace and upgrade.  Got some nice shimano XT groupset components which should make it pretty slick indeed.

Thanks for being our conscience Steve!

Primal fear! (Of being overweight)

Hey peeps, long time no post I know. Glad to see that you were on the mend Dave, it's not so nice when people get sick. I have been doing a small amount of exercise during the weeks lately, but the major changes are still with my eating. I am hardy ever hungry. I weighed in yesterday at 234 pounds! And I attribute this to eating primal / paleo type foods for the past 5 months. Google Mark's Daily Apple to see what it is about. There have been a couple of falls from grace where we have had Indian takeaway, or a piece of fish from a restaurant but hey, I feel great. Sugar is gone... And I say that because in the past few months that I have had a sugar binge, I felt totally flat afterwards and almost sick. My pre Christmas weight you might remember was 267.2 pounds, so I am 33 pounds down now and not looking back. So Dave, how is your journey going?