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