Week 16

Yia sou,

It's only been 16 weeks so far in my weight loss journey - in the grand scheme of things, 16 weeks is nothing! And what do I have to show for 16 weeks of hard work? A weight loss of nearly 20 kilos!!

I have to say I am actually surprised at myself that I am still so motivated - I WANT to exercise, I WANT to eat well, I WANT to push myself. This week I have been introducing weights into my regime. I have been using the machines at the gym, and doing free weights at home - while watching TV. With the free weights I have been doing bicep curls, Tricep curls - arm back, weight moving from my shoulder to the ceiling, and shoulder exercises - basically raising my arms straight up - like a flapping bird.

So what have I been doing this working week?

Tuesday - Personal Training session from 2 to 3 in the gym doing cardio & weights. I then walked home after work.

Wednesday - I had a 1 hour massage, followed by 30 mins on the cross trainer, 10 mins interval training on the treadmill, and 5 mins on the rower - I also did 5 mins in my PT training session on the rower on Tuesday - I managed 1030 metres in 5 mins. I tried to beat that time and did - 1180 metres in 5 mins! Also walked home.

Thursday - I had my group training session at work - 1 hours of running, push ups, tri dips, crunches, and more! We went up to Observatory Hill to work out - a great day for it! The trainer made us run around the Observatory as fast as we could, and then we got a small break. He then said "Run it again and beat your time - if you don't, you'll have to do it another time!". My first time was approx 94 seconds and I was stuffed. My second go I got 82 secs!!!! Needless to say i was even more stuffed then!! I also ran for the LONGEST TIME EVER!! I think I would have done about 4 mins of straight jogging - that is massive for me! And after all this I still walked home! I also did a set of weights at home & vacuumed the house!

So that's my week so far. It's Friday now, so that means that tomorrow is my last day at the Optus Shop - after almost 7 years there, it will be great to have my weekends back, and that also means I can spend more time on my weight loss.

Have a great weekend all!

Pete