starting all over?

so its been a while. I am frustrated with my commitment and fitness and my 60% retracement in 5 months. so started up again today at day 8. I have been trying with the food but failing on alcohol and failing on not eating more than I need in the evening and on sweet tooth control.
so day 8 was my starting point. I am not aiming for 100% commitment but a steady 90% will do. I want to get back to it....

Day 90 - unfinished business

Hi everyone. Sorry I have been so out of touch for a while. Basically for the last 30 days of the project and still on-going I have had a stomach issue which has meant exercise has been and extreme challenge to say the least.
The first 61 days were amazing. I learnt so much from this and I lost weight and gained toned that I thought would take me years and so put me off. But then the frustration of the last 40 days has been incredible. I have eaten pretty well but exercise has not been anything like enough.
So I am away with my family for a couple of weeks back in the UK and have been through another course of antibiotics and finally think I have this thing nailed.　Therefore I am going to ramp up the exercise while I am way and do the last 30 days again when I get back.
So the final pictures will have to wait.
However.... What have I learnt？ I love fruit snacks. I love the healthy food and I can do this easily 6 days a week on going with no issues. Do I want to do it to this intensity everyday for the rest of my life - no - but I have gained a huge tool and a huge control of myself that I was struggling with.
Thank you so much Patrick and everyone else for all their help along the way. Its been great and has taught me a lot. I really missed exercise and I loved the discipline this provided. The aim therefore is to do the 30 days again and then see how I am doing. What challenge is next??? I know now that I can do almost anything....

Day 61 - ripper

Wow. What a few days this has been. My thoughts continue to be with everyone in Japan, pcpers, friends, anyone there. Its been absolutely mad and I find the scenes incredible but also how everyone locally is behaving is just so dignified.
I do hope the nuclear issue clarifies itself quickly and calmly so that people can start to rebuild their lives. I also wish that the senior news people involved are brought to account for their sensationalist reporting.

It really puts all other things into perspective. Anyway - yesterday after work and everything else I was so mentally exhausted that at 9pm it was all I could do to prepare food rather than exercise so i pushed myself very hard tonight.

Food has been ok and have been helping visiting Brian with that. Exercises today were good. I also have a 12k outrigging race at the weekend which I am looking forward to.

Giddyup

day 59 - intense

wow - so we are nearly 2/3 of the way through this and boy does it feel like I have a lot left to achieve. cool. Brian in HK for a few days so was catching up with him and proving some minor cheffing services I think. I can poison him......

otherwise got home at a decent time after the carnage of the market today. workout was good. food today - nothing major to report.

what is on my mind is very much what is going to happen in the near future. what happens at the end and what happens on a stag weekend I have coming up. admittedly I am going with probably the fittest person I know and he is also a very good conscience so I will do my best but - I cant avoid drinking for a whole weekend for one of my best friends in such circumstances. hmmm. anyway - I am sure things will work out.

keep it up and thoughts with everyone impacted by this. Go on team giddyup.

day 58 - onwards

so the last couple of days have been a bit tough. bit under the weather and really struggling for the motivation again. however back into it properly again today. food has been fine but just exercise and everything esp whilst distracted with all the friends and so forth in Japan.
anyway - just did a good set and feeling much better for it.
this week will be 110%.

CALLING NEW PCPers IN HK

Hi - I have a brand new unopened Pull up Bar for those of you who are about to need one. I am in HK so let me know if you want it. Its a duplicate.

day 54 - back on track

home early and exercises early. out of work unusually at 5pm and I guess thats reward for being up extra early at 5.15am! so ok. food good again and generally a better day.
exercises good although was struggling to get my show offs set up properly so ended up doing some one arm curls as well to make up for technique.
otherwise thanks everyone for the cheerful banter and help.
giddyup team giddyup.

day 53 - some days

are just harder than others. didnt fancy my food today, felt hungry on and off all day, lacking focus and then struggled with the exercises. really wasnt in the zone at all for all kinds of reasons.
anyway - its over and done and tomorrow will be better.

day 52 - team dynamics

now one thing that is so fascinating about all of this is how everyone has been interacting and how some people are genki one day and others another day. its also fascinating how my personal levels and enthusiasm change. frankly today had an average day got home not in the mood but after knocking my exercise session out in 40 minutes I feel absolutely great.
so - today food and exercises all good. I do think we are all incredibly lucky in our team and how great they and also other contributors have been towards our motivation along the way.
I was also thinking with less than 40 days to go boy I still have a lot I want to achieve but have come such a long way.
thanks everyone I am sure I will need a few words along the way but also you are all brilliant and lets keep it up!

day 51 - feeling good

and somehow we just won the cricket - awesome.
today was ok - suffered early in the day I guess from all the salt. otherwise nothing special. all the work on the biceps was hard. need to get into 8 minute ab man but have been tight for time all week.
food ok and organised for tomorrow.
keep it up gang - we are flying

day 50 - indulgence

oh dear.... so decided to go out for dinner with my wife and in the end the new neighbours from upstairs. went to a thai place which was delicious. had a small beer which I did enjoy but didnt want any more. did love the food but this morning what do I feel like? I feel absolutely rotten. like a really bad hangover or something.
well - I am guessing thats what my body is saying to all that salt and those sauces. whilst I did try and eat relatively simply even so.
so - does this help keep the mind in check for those days ahead? too right it does.
I am looking forward to going shopping later for the chicken and the shrimp and cooking up a storm of simple things for work!

Day 50 and photos

they are uploading as I type so will be on flickr soon.
so - an ok day although running around doing family stuff so a bit harder to do the full multiple snacks. however food has been fine and just deciding what to do this evening. its time for that treat I think!!!!
otherwise tonight the exercises were hard - my left knee was sore from early in the squats so the rest were hard and it even hurt doing the v sits! everything else was ok.
feeling good and although 40 days to go there is still a lot to do.
whilst I feel like things are going well there is still a lot to do - the photos show that! so got to keep up the hard work and motivation.
go on gang

day 49

finally I have caught up - well apart from the extra skipping. I am going outrigging tomorrow morning so I will count that as my skipping catch up. hurrah.
anyway - another good day over all although the planks kill me completely.
well done team - keep it up - day 50 tomorrow and well then not long at all to go.
photos at the w/e

day 48 - ripper

wow. I dont know what it is but I am finding this now totally addictive. its funny - instead of being down about only being half way I am working hard to push myself and get it better and better.
had a great lunch of prawns, pasta and veggies and a huge amount of delicious fruit.....
the workout was also great. had a good session of pull ups - think I did 4 full sets of 8 and I loved the kung fu sit ups - yes - I am still a day out - will be back in synch tomorrow.
just got to go and deal with my random food selection for tomorrow!
loving it dream team - lets crash on

day - who cares - sorry no photos but she walked

ok - my daughter is so cute but so lazy. but today she walked properly and not just 2 / 3 steps - but a good 10 and I saw it too. so that alone made today worthwhile.
well - so.... no photos today! didnt have time with all the excitement of such events.
how was it? felt much better today - exercises were good and done well with a few extras except in the killers like the DVs and the bicycle.... otherwise - all good though.
food is great. not succumbing to temptation although temptation is there. a guy a work who is texan brought in a huge feast for the office today to celebrate texas independance day but.... I did not eat any!!!!
stuck to my food.
comments coming thick and fast - I look really slim, dont lose too much more weight although I am sorry there is plenty of fat around my tummy and my moobs to go still.
photos I promise
go get em

half way!!!!

well..... today I was called skinny and skeletor? interesting - yes a new low weight since university so not bad for 16 years later or something! anyway - going ok.
am with many other posts on the cravings and also patricks comments around not slacking now. very very tough. tricky day at work today - just left feeling drained so really really fancied a pizza and a beer. 2 egg whites and some milk and an apple for me - woohhhho.
roasted a chicken so having that cold tomorrow for lunch - going to make a large pasta salad.
otherwise all good. wish we were on the downhill as opposed to thinking the second half is going to be harder than the first?
keep it up all and esp well done to our marathon runners

day 44 - still out of sycn

so played golf yesterday and then got back at 7pm having left pre 7am and had to go straight out again for an evening of culture with my wife and the it turns out some friends. it was good and the day was pcp friendly but didnt get my work out in - just walked 18 holes of golf!
so.... today I did yesterdays and it was good. no more counting skipping and so much better. I guess I still wonder though given I am slow whether I should be doing more skips? like have a minimum time or number?
overall it was good and am organised for tomorrow early so relaxing.
keep it up everyone!
oh and sorry was going to do photos but didnt fit it in - will get done this week. but weight has gone down - nearly through 16 stone - so 102.5 kgs at present which is a good start. keep it up! few small aches and pains...

day 42 - another week bites the dust and

so does my appetite. its amazing - I can count the few times this week I have been hungry. generally I have felt great few only a very few exceptions. more cravings this week I have found though as well - not entirely sure why but definately been the case although a couple of classics avoid - the chinese buffet at work from my favourite place but didnt eat anything at all from it.
otherwise is going well - exercise is good although I am still finding the last couple of bits and pieces quite hard. the ab work towards the end I am finding really tough for some reason.
will post photos over the weekend.
tomorrow I am playing golf all day which will be amusing.

day 41? - anyway its nearly Frida

better day although the exercises were hard tonight - not quite sure why and food also was hard late in the day - still preparing now at 10.15pm!!!
anyway going well if slowly. want the next stage to kick in but also appreciate I need to work harder and harder.
well done team keep it up!

day 40? - well I am out of synch!!!

well following the trip am still a day behind so did day 39 exercises today - have to say I found that hard. especially the old forward shoulder raises after all the other stuff. ow.
good though overall and food is good - much more organised. struggle with the veggies a bit still at least from time to time esp late at night.
feeling good and the results are definately there. looking forward to the next straight and seeing more rewards esp a bit more of this annoying fat disappearing.
was good though today - got home early to see the children and some friends who were also round playing. makes everything much better!
keep it up guys

day 38 - tough this late

howdy - my typical monday but on a tuesday - late meeting - get home at 9pm and have to crack it out. also I am a day behind following the travel so just had the fun of a few of the new exercises.
skipping went well - quicker by 20 secs that yesterday. still tripping too much.
exercise ok until the abs. did wonder a bit about the form on a couple despite much studying and the pistol squats are of course a killer.
food - going well - obviously have to go and cook now as well as consume some eggs! all good and have stuff planned but its painful anyway.
well done everyone!!!

day 37 - thirtysomething and back?

hi - this will be brief but back in hk and back into it. its great to be back off the road with nothing firm planned for quite a long time.....
anyway - managed to keep it up pretty well whilst away but food was harder. good to do the 1,400 jumps in under 20 mins and finish the whole thing in 36 mins. that will do.
pistol squats are just a disaster.....
the rest was ok if hard but ok.
off to cook up a storm!
well done everyone!!!

day 32 - london

first of all - come on everyone. lets not let let it get us down. and second - being on the road and being in my old home town is really really tough.
not being able to get all the right food, having lots of meetings, struggling to time everything is all difficult but still I am doing my best to eat pcp, not eat the bad things and do the exercise.
so I landed, got the exercises done in my hotel room but to do that I had to move literally almost every piece of furniture in my room to have the space to do the skipping. the rest of it was fine and I felt ok until I got to the abs - still finding the double ab sets hard work so havent moved on to the video yet.
met a friend in the evening whose wife is overdue so we went for an indian and ate as healthily as I could.
today the food has been harder but focussed on the core concepts of good protein, vegetables etc. tonight going to fit in my workout and then going to meet some family for a quick light dinner. so not sure how on earth I can do the eggs? tomorrow I have a team drinks session - so even if I survive without drinking anything at all which is my aim - these are people I have known over 15 yrs and used to go out with all the time? not doing anything is going to be hard.
after that it should get a bit easier but ..... working on exercise and core food first with a view that next week I can go ultra perfect and try and make up a bit.
dont let it get you down! we can all beat it...... I wish I could get onto the egg shakes again!

day 30 - miserable and rainy!

but got it all done. going to try the shake route this evening - then I am off on the midnight flight to London.
obv will have to do my best next week but should be ok for most of it. am sure I wont be able to avoid all dinners but should be able to keep it fairly tight and worst case eat just fish.....
good luck everyone and keep it up TEAM!!!!
oh....
and I loved my shake - delicious. I am a convert. now to pack....

day 29 - skip skip hurray

yeah maybe finally. 1,300 skips in lots of at least 200 in 19 minutes almost dead. wooohhhoooo - that will do for now. I really tried to push myself hard and fast the whole time and it paid off especially in the second half where I did the 700 quicker than the first 600. so great progress.
food tough today with timing with family. have been pcp but not quite everything I should have eaten - a bit light. tried to concentrate as patrick said on protein as much as I could.
not really looking forward to dinner and vegetables at the end of the day tbh. I am not a big fan of apples at all - although I guess I could cook some up with just a touch of honey. maybe that is the way forward. and next week in london eating apples and bananas might prove amusing.
but really chuffed with my workout and that will enable me to surmount the rest of the pain tonight.
and come on england

day 28 - onwards

so the end of week 4. finally whilst not 100% feeling much better. got out of work early and ran home to do the workout. did day 27 workout to make up for the fact I missed 2 this week while under the weather. felt brilliant - really enjoyed it all - wondering if I got the double katanas completely right since they didnt kill me but otherwise all good.
my indulgence was a piece of my wife's birthday cake.
then we went out for dinner to her favourite restaurant with 11 friends - smashing night! went to a place called zuma - very good fun japanese type restaurant. delicious food and managed to keep it at least 90% pcp friendly but I am sure I ate a little more than I should have done. what was interesting was that their beef which is delicious I had one tiny piece of, the lamb was too rich for me. my taste buds and body truly is changing. most of the people there hadnt seen me for a few weeks and were amazed at the changes - I am nearly back at the weight I was when I was 20 which is great. also whilst I tasted the wine I didnt drink any beyond a mouthful. feeling very good. and also everyone was completely respectful of what I am doing.
next week will be interesting - like brian on the road with work and getting these egg whites sorted might be a bit tricky. will of course do my utmost but I am guessing thats going to be a little tougher. apples and bananas - fine! egg white omelettes ????
welcome to the real PCP

day 27 - part I

day off today - not because ill but because its my wife's birthday. having a very relaxed day which is good all will save my work out for later.
just cooked myself a delicious lunch. I made a huge ratatouille the other day which frankly is delicious. I was inspired by all the veggies in the organic veggie box I had delivered and so took it on myself to get through most of them. my wife scoffed when I bought so many which was only 2/ 3 days ago but we have eaten most of them already - and its only horrible things (joke!) like mangos left!
anyway had that with fresh cooked brown rice and prawns pan fried with just a drizzle of oil with spices. delicious considering I am at home baby sitting (my currently sleeping daughter) while my wife has lunch with her friends. we are celebrating tomorrow.
anyway more later. will try and get some photos up in the next couple of days as well
tally ho

day 26 - rock and roll

so back into it a bit today. feeling pretty rough so didnt go to work except very briefly. then feeling somewhat better so thought I would have a go. havent eaten so much but felt ok - did 1,200 skips and all the other stuff in about 40 mins.
love the creeps - ow they are going to hurt.
pull ups still a massive struggle.
all the rest ok although the plank is never one of my favourites.
well - the good news is I am finally touching the 105 kg barrier which is awesome. party time!!! I know that my indulgence is almost definately going to be a couple of glasses of wine on Friday at a dinner but it might be a slice of the birthday cake that I baked my wife this afternoon. icing with my son later.
onwards - thanks for the support guys and keep it up team.
I also may need to do some clothing shopping but not going to do any of that until April.

day 25 - ugh

hello - so not getting any better. am freezing cold and really shakey. so I am guessing I have caught something else beyond the basic body is rebelling!
hoping to get through a couple of days with minimal additional pain - should I be eating something different? Not sure.... I would have thought given the amount of fruit and veg I am eating that I wouldnt have caught a cold but who knows.
anyway - onwards.

day 24 - sick

having to retire early to bed without doing my full allotment. sorry listening to my body and it says rest and sleep. hopefully back up and running tomorrow. struggling to even walk around - pathetic case of man flu

day 23 - timings

timed everything today. I think my jumprope is the the right length - have measured it. I just think I am doing it too slowly but if I try and increase significantly my trip count goes up. basically 100 jumps takes me 1m 30s and so I am therefore at just over 15 mins assuming no mess ups. obviously I am going to keep working on this but this is my benchmark. therefore today the whole session took me 32 mins.
the rest of it was much better and the skipping. earlier in the day and was a lot stronger and quicker. need to optimise this since clearly normally I would be at work!
will try and do photos as well today if I can!
keep it up everyone - going great guns.

day 22 - tough day

Hi - so one of those nights with the children where they keep waking up and then up early to watch the rugby.... great match and the right result so ok but still tired. then went outrigging - had a beautiful mornings paddling both in pairs and in 6s which was amazing. seas were stunning and a good workout.
then all day we were running around doing stuff culminating in a bbq with friends who had spent ages smoking some beautiful meats which was all pretty pcp friendly. the temptation came in the form of freshly cooked cookies but I managed to resist. however the evening was then tough... neither of the children wanted to go to sleep and in addition I have a slightly sore back and top of chest for some reason. so most of the exercises were a bit tougher. skipping whilst getting better still takes me a long time - I mean nearly 20 minutes to do 1,050 which when people are knocking them off in just over 10 mins is a bit of a worry.
anyway - another week down and feeling good overall and the weight coming off still. off for my evening fruit snack!

Day - 21 wot no skipping?!?!?!

got up v v early and went and met my outrigging friends for some circuit chaos. a short run, lots of steps, more steps and steps bunny hopping later, another quick run and then a massive circuit session on the beach. wow that was worthwhile but I certainly felt that I was in much better shape for having been doing this. I may have to keep this as a regular weekly session - really good fun and good way to start the day and just a little variety.
otherwise food ok - not 100% on the veggies today with the various other things going on and meeting a friend for lunch. food pretty pcp friendly but still a small struggle.
given the amount of circuits and running and stuff I thought a day off skipping was in order.
up at 3.45am tomorrow for the rugby anyone???

Day 20 - thanks

Hi - first I want to say thanks to everyone for their help and supportive comments. Second I want to say - wow. Today with an extra day off was pretty interesting - should have done my exercise earlier but with the family I ended up doing it at 9pm after having had dinner with everyone relatively early. And I have to also admit I slipped a little - some of my carbs was a small portion of bread and butter pudding. Now I know thats bad and I am not going to do too much self justification but it was the lesser of various evils and I also fell right into the trap that Patrick laid. Anyway!!!!
However otherwise all good - still loving my lentil dahl - whats next? And the exercises were good even the skipping at this time of night. Loved the pull downs. So in a good mood tonight.
However meeting some of my outrigging crew tomorrow at 6am for a circuit session so will see how that goes. Rest day? Hahahaha
enjoy everyone!

DAY 19 - kung hei fat choi and photos

So we have a short week here in HK and it was great to get out early and get my workout in in the day light and feeling good. 900 skips went pretty well and the rest was ok except the pull ups. What a shocker that was. I cannot do them yet with arms fully straight so had to start part way. The burn on the legs was great in the lunges as well.

Food today was good. I made lentil dahl last night inspired by Aki and that was delicious with salmon and brown rice. Loving the fruit and this morning got up super early to have scrambled egg at home which was superb.

Interesting timing on the email. My skin actually has improved but is pretty dry. Not noticed too much else - I shall we say have always been overly regular and that continues.

Really enjoying it so far and the blogs are a brilliant idea. Love the public discussion and admission of issues etc.

Keep it up everyone especially team ninja or whatever we are hahahaha!!!!

And its great that the other sides to it are starting to show. Definately tightened up a bit if a very long way to go but 10 kgs is a good headstart!

day 18 - hard yards

hi - found food tough again but had peppers as my morning veg and that suited me a lot better. tomorrow am going to get up even earlier and try and have my eggs at home. inspired by aki cooked some lentil dahl - had some for supper - delicious so thats great - looking forward to eating more tomorrow.

felt pretty avg this afternoon - wondered if I had a cold or something coming on - but got home at a decent time, got the exercises done and now have to go and put my pull up bar together!!!!

feeling good over all - yes its step by step. have another hurdle in the way - I have to go to London for a week in a couple of weeks for biz which is frustrating but thats the way it is....

day 17 - long day but skippppppping

hey everyone so its now 11pm - been up since 5.45 organising and eating and chopping and munching and working late. getting home just before 9pm and working out could have been worse but.... of the 850 skips I did 5 full sets of 100 without tripping or anything. I was moaning to the guys about this today and then what happens - its like calling IT about something! anyway - it went great tonight.

the other exercises I got done but it was hard work tonight and the abs were tough at the end. my pull up bar is here - I need to assemble it tomorrow and get that up and going as well - looking forward to that. has always been my nemesis. I remember doing them for an army selection course years ago when I had the sergeant shouting at me - just a few more and then holding around my waist and expecting me to pull him up too. OW OW OW.

anyway - all good. feeling pretty good considering although didnt have much spare time tonight to get the food sorted. looking forward to CNY and getting a bit ahead of the game....

go guys!

Calling HK PCPers

Hi
Aki and I met earlier for a coffee and thought that we should reach out to any other fellow HK based PCPers and see if we can spread our addition and love for this further. Well actually help find anyone else who is there to help us all with motivation face to face on those tough days!
Get in touch and lets meet up on the Bowen Rd or somewhere for a session!
Nick

day 16 - weekends what fun

ok - so I am behind on pictures - they will have to come a little later. I do promise.... I need various weekly pictures and I also need to follow the challenge laid down by george and take some pix of our food.

so today at home - have been super productive at home, moving furniture, washing cars and so on and also did all the shopping for a couple of days, made some great chicken and brown rice and lots and lots of veggies. delicious. still struggling with the sheer amount of food though but just had some beautiful melon to round off the day. next week of course back to work will require some discipline - long hours and taking the food in and I think tomorrow I will be in from 6.30am until 8.30pm which is a lovely thought before coming home to exercise and eat.

exercises were pretty good although harder work today. I know what patrick means - many of these are easy to skimp on a little bit but I try very hard not to cheat myself.

oh - and I am under 109 kgs - which is down over 8 from weigh on....

day 15 - back to reality

back from the break of the wonderful undersea world..... so got in got my exercises done - didnt have as much energy today I guess the flights and being static took a bit more out of me. otherwise all good though and looking forward to organising myself properly tomorrow.
went out for a really good friends birthday to a pub and just drank soda water with squeezed lime which kept me going long enough. even managed to avoid any of the delicious looking snacks somehow...
come on week 3!!!

2 weeks awesome

Knocked off the 800 jumps pretty easily and a quick swim.
Anyway feeling good just looking forward to getting into it fully from home next week. exercise has been better than I expected but all these veggies need to work on since frankly steamed veggies are already quite tedious.

day 14 - 4 dives and out

wow this week has been fun but 4 dives today was exhausting esp given the sea was a bit rough! Anyway seahorses, turtles etc kept me v happy indeed today. I got back thinking I would hate the workout but did 2 full sets of 100 jumps, maxed all the sets and even tried the failure trick with the last set even if I was only doing another 5 reps or so.
So will power is ok, jumps improving, circuits improving, haven't weighed myself this week with being away but will do that and a new pic when I get back. But physically I dont see anything yet - I guess that takes a while!
Over for now rover

day 12 - cuttle fish

another ok day so many veg for breakfast is tough. food ok, exercises good did over 100 jumps without a break or trip! all good.
diving good highlight being two enormous male cuttlefish having a fight in front of me while their ladies laid eggs.
roll on day 13

day 11 - sorry no photos - no camera

well another great days diving and got my veggies sorted! spoke to the owner who just said steamed veggies no problem! now i have to do the hard work you guys have been doing. workout went well i did a nitrox course which meant less nitrogen in my blood and do less tired. anywat even did 100 jumpropes without tripping. otherwise diving was great - saw wrecks, barracuda, scorpion fish, lion fish to name a few. will take a camera down one day to keep patrick happy.
typing on my tablet is tedious so thats it for now - roll in day 12!

turtles ahead

hi so day one away. breakfast was ok bit short on veggies but have that in hand. snacks fine and lunch was good lots of veggies! so just dinner to go. in the meantime 3 great dives lots of big turtles dnakes and loads of cool stuff. got back despite super rough seas and got the workout done. by the sit ups i admit to being tired but managed to get my full sets in! rock on and keep it up guys!

day 9 - philippines

so the journey was fine food wise, got here did my workout and then had some food. even though i asked for it plain that was lost in translation so work to do there
am diving all day tomorrow so hope i have the energy to do my workout too!
blog may be brief while away!

Day 8 - week 2 - food and family!

So - this morning was interesting getting myself ready as I realised that I needed snacks, lunch etc all ready and its now 8.42 pm and have just done my work out and about to eat the rest of salmon that I cooked earlier. The food thing with a routine I can see as being relatively easy but fitting it in with being with your family and children and then going to see friends who are eating was a bit tougher! Anyway - am sure will get it working....
Now - I was also talking to a friend who whilst she didnt do PCP did something similar with her nutritionist whilst pregnant with her baby just born a few days ago. She was really pleased with it and had a few top tips although did find the eggs pretty mad.
Did my work out - bit harder tonight. I still struggle to do more than about 25 jumps and the rest was ok but by the sit ups I was very very tired. Completed max sets of everything though.
Tomorrow is going to be interesting - travelling to the Philippines for a week's diving. I am sure I can do the food while I am away but will have to be a bit more flexible whilst travelling.
Good luck everyone and if my blog is less regular while I am away that doesnt mean I am not doing my workout!!!!

Day - the end of the half week

So its been ok - actually I have felt full most of the time with a few periods of strong hunger. The exercises have been ok and tonight I did pretty well with the jumprope as well - I am not fluent but I am a lot better than I was before.
What next week holds I am not sure about! I know thats a lot to eat and will take a lot or organising etc but I am sure it will all be fine!
Well done everyone so far and lets rock on the next week or so - if the weight comes off like this first week it should be great!

Day 6 - hmmm

Well - another long day - home at 7.30, children bath, stories, bed - now PCP. Well - did it! Didn't really feel like I was into it today - much less energy. However jumprope was a bit better - trying to work out of the 2 jumps and into a much smoother single jump one.
Still confused especially having just watched the video where on earth I am going to do a pull up!
But.... We are nearly through week one - onto the 500 jumps tomorrow.
What are my thoughts so far? I have done ok so far - jumpropes are tough but I can feel that I am getting better. The other stuff I have found pretty good so far - solid, no major pains and able to complete relatively easily!!!!
Anyway - well done everyone so far!
Good luck!

Day 5 - rock and roll

Hi - don't know what it was today. Perhaps it was having the inspirational Brian in town, maybe meeting my team buddy Aki or just something about today. I slept like a baby last night despite having to wake up to feed my daughter. My alarm woke me up which is unheard of. I ate less for breakfast and was full, I  didnt struggle to make it to lunch despite lunch being at 1pm (breakfast was 7am!) and I only ate half my lunch.

I got home much earlier - around 5.45pm and knocked the sets out quickly. Felt great - the skipping was so much better although I am still averaging only around 30 in a go and sometimes getting started is really hard! But.... the rest of it was good. I have just eaten half a salmon steak, lots of green beans, some broccoli and about a teaspoonful of rice and I am full and feel good.

Now obviously we have a long way to go and I am nervous about the real food starting but I have so much energy already its great. I know I normally feel this way when I am exercising but its great and it motivates me to try harder with the food and the exercise because well I am a believer and I know I can get myself in great shape. Oh and I had a lot of fun at work today which helps....

Oh and PS - down about 6 kgs.... wow

Day 4 - I see what they mean

Ok - so we survived but today appetite was an issue and also I was at work until nearly 8.30pm so coming home at 9pm and doing my workout was pretty tough. However because I was tired I miscounted and for some reason did 15 lunges each side, 10 press ups and 15 leg raises and I did it all and now having re read it feel great.
I dont yet have a strong view on our team..... I think we need a sensible one and one that gets us going. I am sorry but its going to take me a while to get into doing the daily pictures that George is managing.
People do seem sceptical of this and what I am trying to do. People also just dont think its worth the commitment and that makes me want to try harder.
I am going to the Philippines next week diving - hardship I know some may say. I am sure my exercise wont suffer but my diet may be more tricky to be so precise as may be required and also if I am diving 3 times a day I may need to eat a little more.
Keep it up everyone!

Day 3

So first day at work - and fine - the half food was manageable. Just having a small portion of a delicious and relatively healthy Indonesian fish curry. Knocked out the exercises after work and whilst feeling a little tight all going ok.
Just getting nervous about being organised next week..... and doing pull ups - I hate them!!!!
Anyway thanks everyone and keep it up!

Day one and two

Well having signed up so late I had to do both days today.... Fortunately I ate pretty well yesterday and the food thing was survivable today. I will update weight and stuff in time - but whilst I am not at my heaviest I am still a pretty chunky 117 kgs. First target is 105 kgs and then we will see if I can break the magic 100 number. But for me this is about fitness for pleasure and for my family and personal satisfaction.

So today I managed 500 jump ropes and 2 days of exercises. I am feeling it but it was better than I expected. I also struggled with the jump ropes but got up to doing around 40 in a go without stumbling so there is progress. Like George B I have a couple of ropes and I love my old fashioned rope one for now - with a couple of notes in the middle to centralise the weight.

Photo attached and shows there is a lot of work to do. I do hope that not too many people have the pleasure of viewing this but as they say the public declaration is very important.

Thanks for the early encouragement guys - I know there are going to be some tough days out there. Good luck everyone and thanks!

Just signed up

So this is day one.... I have heard great things.... I am nervous though - I need to do this, I am determined but 3 months with a family and working pretty hard is going to be a new challenge for me. I hope that what people say about fellow bloggers is true! So thanks in advance and good luck everyone Nick