I'm halfway there!

Moïen,

As you can see from the title, i'm halfway there! Yes the goal is to lose 50 kilos by the end of the year, and as of 24th May, i've lost over 25 kilos! Yay!

I haven't updated the blog for a while, so here's an update on what's been happening...

As per my last posting, last weekend I was sick, so I had 3 days with no exercise. I was actually feeling quite down about losing 3 days, and I was totally expecting to gain weight. Thankfully when I stepped on the scales for my Monday morning weigh-in, my body had done me a favour & I had lost a kilo in the week! This good turn inspired me throughout the week to keep on going strong. I did however take it a bit easier, as I was still recovering from being unwell. So here's what I did, activity wise, in the week.

Monday - I did an easy cardio session - a light 30 mins on the cross trainer, followed by a walk home.

Tuesday - PT session with Ben, doing various cardio exercises & strength training. Ben showed me a great way to do interval training on the cross trainer - basically going really hard & fast for 30 secs, followed by a slow down for a minute. It was something I hadn't thought of doing on the cross trainer - which is my favorite machine. Then a walk home afterwards, getting absolutely saturated by a downpour whilst walking acros the bridge!

Wednesday - 30 mins solid interval training on the cross trainer, followed by 10 mins on the bike, & 10 mins on the rower then a walk home.

Thursday - Group session with Richard - it was cardio intensive and quite a hard solid workout - and walk home.

Friday was my day off, but I still walked home.

Saturday - into the gym early for a good cardio & weights session. I started with 30 mins, interval training on the cross trainer, them 10 mins on the bike, and on to the rower. Richard had challenged me to do 20 mins straight on the rower, and the last time I used the rower, before I was sick, I finally reached that 20 min goal. I did it in a better time than I thought as well - a 2.10.8 (average per 500 metres). Now Richard has challenged me to do it in under a 2 min average. So after the bike, I jumped on the rower & went for it. My time? 2.07.7!! Yeah! A big improvement over last time. I followed this with an hour of weights.

Today, I met Neil @ the gym & had an intensive cardio session. I was totally soaked at the end so I know I did well! I did 40 mins on the treadmill, running & walking. In this session I did a 12 min warm up increasing the walking pace, then 8.5 mins running at 9 km/h, followed by a small walking rest, then 8 mins at 9 km/h, walking rest, and 6 mins at 9 km/h followed by a walking rest. I did more than half of the time on the treadmill running, and am very proud of that. I then did 15 mins interval training on the bike, and 15 mins interval training on the cross trainer. A great 70 min cardio session it was!

This past couple of weeks I have also been trying out something new. A double espresso coffee first thing in the morning to 'kick start' my metabolism, and you know what?.. I think it's working! Other than that i'm also eating lots more fresh vegies - i've started using my steamer more, and steaming spinach, beans, squash, carrots, zucchini & more. Having lots of vegies with every meal.

Also I have added an extra ingredient to my morning fresh juice. So along with my 1 orange, 1 apple, 1 carrot & 1 stick celery, i'm also adding a splash of pomegranite juice. I've read up on the benefits of pomegranite juice & I think it's worth it. And i'm still having fish twice a week at least - seafood is great for the system and i'm making myself like it! Tonight it's lemon pepper snapper with vegies, followed by passionfruit yoghurt with mixed berries.

This week i'm also experimenting with will power. I have bought a block of Lindt Dark Chocolate 'Intense mint' - and I will see if I can stick to having two squares a night. It's quite thin (the block is only 100gms) and dark choc is proven to have healthy benefits, so as long as it's used in moderation. And moderation is what i'm testing myself on this week! Wish me luck!

So that's my update - thanks for reading!

Pete

Oh and there's one more thing... ever since I can remember, so pretty much all my adult life, I have been at least 130 kilos. I had an exercise kick a few years ago where I did well, and managed to get down to 126 kgs, albeit from a lower starting weight. So basically that means, i'm now at my lowest adult weight ever! Cool huh!