Plateau be gone...

Salamaleikum,

Hope you all had a good weekend – mine wasn’t too bad!

So I last left you on Friday, which was my day off, and I think I really needed it. I was a little sore on Friday, so it was good to have the break.

Saturday I set my alarm for 8am to get up and go the gym – but I was up at 7:15!! And didn’t go to sleep until 12:30, so I was quite surprised that I woke so early. So I cycled into the gym and did a fair bit. I started on the rower – I did 4 sets of 1000 metres – averaging under 2 mins/500 for each set. I then headed to the cross trainer for 30 mins of interval training. Then it was on to weight training. Normally, I’m at the gym alone or with Neil on a Saturday/Sunday, but today another arrived – Chris from Level 16. Chris had filled in for my staff before so I know him, and Chris let me know that he had just completed his personal training course, and he had some suggestions for me, based on what he was seeing me do.

Firstly there were push ups, where instead of your hands on the ground, you hold onto barbells, and after you push up, you raise alternate hands, with the barbells, up to your chest. Then there’s the machine for your triceps, where instead of just pulling your arms down, you make a ‘wood chopping’ action. It was good stuff! These exercises provide both a cardio and muscle workout in one. He’s even offered to meet me at the gym again to help out some more!

Sunday arvo I went for a big run – see below – and I did it in just over an hour! That means I was travelling at about 8.5km/h – a new record for me!



I haven’t mentioned my food intake for a while, but that’s mostly because it’s still good! I do have the occasional bad thing now and then, but I know that I would go mad if I didn’t. It great to be able to go to the supermarket and not spend hours in the confectionary aisle.

Here’s a breakdown of generally what I eat in a day

Breakfast
Double shot of fresh espresso
Glass of water with chlorophyll, a multi vitamin & omega 3 tablet
Fresh juice – one orange, one apple, 1 celery stick, 1 carrot, slice ginger & a splash of pomegranate juice
2 poached eggs, on 2 slices wholegrain/wholemeal bread with light butter & vegemite & cracked pepper.

Lunch
Rye baguette with lemongrass beef and heaps of vegies & water

Dinner
Meat – steak/fish/chicken with steamed vegies
Sunkist light

Dessert
Dairy farmers low fat/low sugar passionfruit yoghurt with fresh strawberries & blueberries (frozen – they’re cheaper!)

I’ll also make sure I have something in between meals – generally a piece of fruit or muesli bar or something.

So not too bad huh?! Here’s an example of my meal from last night. This is orange roughy topped with relish, with steamed broccolini, baby brussell sprouts and carrot. I went to Kirribilli markets yesterday and there was a lady selling ‘Relish This’ – relish toppings for meats etc that I tasted and was really yummy. I bought the balsamic red onion with lime relish – and it was noice!



And yes – by the title, plateau be gone! Jumped on the scales this morning, and I had lost 1.6 kilos from last week. Boo yeah!

So that’s me – until next time!

Pete