Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Day Four
Where to start......
As far as fitness and weight loss today was a fail. Can you believe that I ventured to the chip machine at work four times and the coke machine twice? Ok so all up I had about 1/3 of a can seeing as I tipped the rest out but still......
My excuse? 13 hours at work. You may think "Hey Defib, that's a good reason". Yeah? That reason will see me fail.
Tomorow is another long day. I'll try to aim at staying away from junk food. Hmm, maybe if I don't take any change for the vending machines? Yeah that's the ticket.
Plus side for the warriors and blokes out there. Tomorow I pick up my new rifle. Mauser in 308w. Bummer though as I have to wait until i've worked another 4 shifts to get out to the range
As far as fitness and weight loss today was a fail. Can you believe that I ventured to the chip machine at work four times and the coke machine twice? Ok so all up I had about 1/3 of a can seeing as I tipped the rest out but still......
My excuse? 13 hours at work. You may think "Hey Defib, that's a good reason". Yeah? That reason will see me fail.
Tomorow is another long day. I'll try to aim at staying away from junk food. Hmm, maybe if I don't take any change for the vending machines? Yeah that's the ticket.
Plus side for the warriors and blokes out there. Tomorow I pick up my new rifle. Mauser in 308w. Bummer though as I have to wait until i've worked another 4 shifts to get out to the range
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Day Three
Picture was taken in Nov 05
Morning Weigh in
- 99.0 kilogram (-0.8kg)
- 28.1% Body Fat (+1.6%)
- 51.1% Body Water (+0.8%)
- 100 push ups :-D
- 13000 Steps
Monday, January 29, 2007
Day Two
Picture taken in Dec '06. My best man, now mother-in-law and Jaws
Morning Weigh in
99.1 Kilograms (-0.7)
30% Body Fat (+3.5%)
50% Body Water (-1.9%)
30% Body Fat (+3.5%)
50% Body Water (-1.9%)
Exercise for the day
11500 steps on the pedometer. Some advocate 10,000 steps a day coupled with healthy eating as one path towards healthy weight loss
Wrap Up
My Promise to you
Pretty poor showing I'm afraid. I mean, come on, it was a day off and all I could do towards my goals was 11500 steps. I suppose I did finally get around to sorting out some issues I had with my application to become a Justice of the Peace so it wasn't all bad. I also thought about doing some serious exercise. That counts doesn't it? :-(
Message to self - TOUGHEN UP PRINCESS
Diet
Ate Rockmelon for brekky, had canned meat for lunch :-( and steamed veggies with salmon steaks for tea. Then tied that over with some Bourbon. Overall thumbs down. The canned meat was disgusting but I still ate it - WTF was that all about? And the Bourbon? Come on get with the program. I'm pretty pissed off that I let the team down. Come on Defib, you can do so much better than that.
Message to self - TOUGHEN UP PRINCESS
My Promise to you
Tomorow I'm going to push out 100 push ups. 100 sets of 1, 20 sets of 5, within 1 hour or over the whole day, Full push-ups, girl push-ups it doesn't matter. What does matter is that I promise that before I go to bed I will perform 100 push ups.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Day One
Exercise for the day
| Mt Ngungun Hiking Walking Trekking Bushwalking Tramping | |||||
| Days | 1 | Terrain | Cliffs / Rock outcrops | Date | Early Jul |
| Region/Place | Queensland (SE - Sunshine Coast), Glasshouse Mtns NP | Country | Australia | ||
| Dist (kms) | 2 | Height gain (m) | 250 | Route finding | Easy |
| Route | Mt Ngungun summit trail | ||||
| Notes | Fine views from the summit of Mt Ngungun, the easiest peak in the Glasshouse Mountains to climn | ||||
"easiest peak"? Far out brussel sprout. I was almost vomiting by the time I got to the top. Great workout. Even my missus whom is by far fitter than me got a good workout. My pulse was racing and I worked up a great sweat.
Lessons learnt - Take more freaking water and don't eat a sausage roll just before the climb.
- Morning Weigh in
- 99.1 kg (-0.7kg)
- 28.8 % Body Fat (+2.3%)
- 50.8 % Body Water (-1.1%)
- 32.4 BMI (-0.2)
SWOT
This idea came from the dark recesses of my mind. For those not in the know a SWOT analysis is some sort of management exercise - Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats. Here we go
STRENGTH
STRENGTH
- I know what to do.
- I've got all the books and information I need
- The 'net offers plenty of advice and motivation from fellow travellers
- I live in a state with wonderful weather so getting outdoors is no problem
- I've been fit before (muscle memory)
- I've got a beautiful wife whom is supportive
WEAKNESS
- I work shift work
- My body is run down from years of abuse
- I like to drink soft-drink
- I like to drink alcohol
- I'm constantly tired
- Have a fear about injuring myself
- It's been so long since I was The Man (do I still have it?)
- What happens if I fail in my quest yet again?
OPPORTUNITIES
- Relative easy access to the gym (that i'm paying for but don't use)
- Park right outside my unit
- Some great area's for bush walks
- Boxing gym with great instructors just down the road
- Supportive wife
- I have many different paths to my goal of fitness
THREATS
- Working shift work I may cop out
- I may just pack it in like I do with everything else in my life
- Eating at family functions isn't condusive to losing weight
- I may find new ways to shirk workouts
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Then and Now
I remember one evening back in '98 or '99. I remarked that "I will never be fat like XXXX". The reply was "There is no way you'll be fat. You have to much respect for yourself".
Yet here I am 8 or 9 years later and I am what I promised myself I'd never be.
Yet here I am 8 or 9 years later and I am what I promised myself I'd never be.
I was riding to work five days a week, attending kung-fu classes 3-4 times a week and training in my own time, I rode mountain bikes every other weekends with my mates and I earned my living shifting heavy weights in a warehouse where I prided myself on being one of the hardest workers there.
When I applied to the Navy I was at my peak. They wanted 3 chin ups I pumped out 21 (I didn't try for more. Why when I was 7x better than their requirments.), I could push out over 70 push ups in one set and was gunning for 100, running was my weakness but there again I kicked their time limit with over 2 minutes to spare. My kung-fu was going great guns and the last fucker to cross me was lucky I didn't follow through. From memory I was about 11% body fat. I was walking tall. Hell, my nick-name was "Big Trav". Whilst I've never been a "hard" man I have bounced and whilst on the door I never let the boy's down.
Fast forward to '07. I'm a fat fuck. Soft and pudgy. I struggle to do 17 push ups, I run out of breath walking up a hill and the last guy that crossed me I was at a loss what to do. More on this later.
OK Stats time
Height - 175cmFitness (1 set max)
Weight - 99.8kg (corrected from 98.8kg)
BMI - 32.3
Body Fat - 26.5%
Body Water - 51.9%
0 - Chin-Ups (not even ONE - now i'm angry at myself)
20 - Push Ups
30 - Body weight squats
