Toughen Up Princess

Pictures

2007-04-29T11:31:00.000+10:00

29-April-07
95.8 KG

27-March-07

97.2 KG

26-Feb-07

96.7 KG

27-Jan-07
99.8 KG

29/04/07

2007-04-29T11:26:00.000+10:00

95.8 kg
29.2% Body Fat
50.6% Body Water

28/04/07

2007-04-29T11:23:00.000+10:00

96.8 KG
26.8% Body Fat
51.7% Body Water

27/04/07

2007-04-29T11:22:00.000+10:00

95.8 KG
29.2 % Body Fat
50.6 % Body Water

26/04/07

2007-04-29T11:20:00.000+10:00

95.3 KG
27.3 % Body Fat
51.5 % Body Water

25/04/07

2007-04-29T11:15:00.001+10:00

95.4 kg
28.9 % Body Fat
50.7 % Body Water

25/04/07

2007-04-29T11:15:00.000+10:00

95.4 kg
28.9 % Body Fat
50.7 % Body Water

24/04/07

2007-04-24T16:36:00.000+10:00

96.4 KG
28.1% Body Fat
51.1% Body Water

23/04/07

2007-04-24T16:35:00.000+10:00

96.7 KG
26.6% Body Fat
51.8% Body Water

22/04/07

2007-04-24T16:34:00.000+10:00

96.8 KG
28.6% Body Fat
50.8% Body Water

21/04/07

2007-04-24T16:33:00.000+10:00

96.5 KG
29.8% Body Fat
50.3% Body Water

20/04/07

2007-04-24T16:31:00.000+10:00

96.2 KG
26.6% Body Fat
51.8% Body Water

19/04/07

2007-04-24T16:29:00.000+10:00

95.7 kg
27.5% Body Fat
51.4% Body Water

18/04/07

2007-04-18T14:17:00.001+10:00

96.3 kg
29.2 % Body Fat
50.5 % Body Water

17/04/07

2007-04-18T14:14:00.000+10:00

96.5 kg
27.0 % Body Fat
51.6 % Body Water

16/04/07

2007-04-16T17:59:00.000+10:00

96.8 kg
27.6% Body Fat
51.3% Body Water

15/04/07

2007-04-15T16:29:00.000+10:00

96.7 KG
28% Body Fat
51.1% Body Water

Was camping on the 14th :-)

13/04/07

2007-04-15T16:28:00.000+10:00

97.3kg
26.5 % Body Fat
51.9 % Body Water

12/04/07

2007-04-15T16:26:00.000+10:00

96.2 Kg
28.3% Body Fat
51% Body Water

11/04/07

2007-04-11T15:26:00.000+10:00

95.7 kg
27.8 % Body Fat
51.2 % Body Water

10/04/07

2007-04-10T10:09:00.000+10:00

96.5 kg
29.8 % Body Fat
50.3% Body Water

09/04/07

2007-04-10T10:08:00.000+10:00

97.1 kg
26.7 % Body Fat
51.8 % Body Water

08/04/07

2007-04-10T10:07:00.000+10:00

97 kg
28.6 % Body Fat
50.8 % Body Water

07/04/07

2007-04-10T10:06:00.000+10:00

97.6 kg
28.5 % Body Fat
50.9 % Body Water

06/04/07

2007-04-10T10:02:00.000+10:00

97.8 kg
27.5 % Body Fat
51.4 % Body Water

05/04/07

2007-04-05T09:45:00.000+10:00

96.7kg
25.3% Body Fat
52.6% Body Water

14 min 40 sec Run

Almost managed to complete the run without stopping. Truth be told I probably could have had I Toughened Up.

04/04/07

2007-04-04T09:22:00.000+10:00

96.5kg
26.6% Body Fat
51.8%

15min 11sec Run

Not bad considering I'm feeling seedy from imbiding a bit to much last night to celebrate my Bro's B'day. I drank a bit and ate way to much. My mum likes to throw a lot on the plate and as it was so nice (some type of fish curry) and because she put so much work into it I just couldn't say no :-)

3/04/07

2007-04-03T14:23:00.000+10:00

96.4kg
25.4% body fat
52.5% Body water

15min 42 sec Run

My goal for my run was to get further in my first burst before I cut back to a fast walk to recover. Next time I'll aim to jog a bit further again continuing until I can do the whole thing in one go.

02/04/07

2007-04-02T12:09:00.000+10:00

97kg
24.9% body fat
52.8% body water

After a night shift and a snooze I got up and surfed the web. It didn't take long for me to say to myself "hey, WTF are you doing? Reading about weight loss and not doing anything about it!"

So I put on my trainers and went for a jog. I've got an established course which has some hills in it and avoids having to cross to many roads and those that I do have to cross are side streets. So apart from avoiding rat runners it's all cool.

I did a rubbish 16min 42 seconds. Next time I'll beat that. Not hard as I wasn't giving 100% - excuses excuses. TO tell the truth my mind was on work. It really sucks to have work weigh on your mind when you're at home. It sucks a lot.

More crap numbers

2007-03-31T09:33:00.000+10:00

30/03/07

98.3kg
27.4% body fat
51.4% body water

31/03/07

98.4kg
27.5%body fat
51.3% body water

To be honest what else should I expect? Haven't been exercising nor have I been watching what I eat.

Weigh in

2007-03-29T18:39:00.000+10:00

28/03/07

96.9kg

29/03/07

97.5

Hmm - so I whent up 600 grams overnight. Not surprising seeing as I didn't do a thing towards my goal. How soft am I? I mean seriously. I want to lose fat and put on muscle. I also want to be a good boxer, a paramedic (maybe a firie, maybe a cop.... not sure about that one). Also I want to be debt free but also have a house. So what the F$%k am I doing about it? Not a lot. I just bought a new (second hand) rifle that whilst is really sweet cost me a weeks wages. I'm drinking a sugar ladened Ice Coffee as I type this knowing that it is counter-productive. I'm going to eat cheese ladened home made pizza for tea whilst watching the biggest loser (hey that does that count as exercise?). I've got the application forms for firies and paramedic lying on the floor of the computer room. To sum it all up I'm doing all the wrong things even though I know what I'm supposed to be doing. Really I'm a gunna. Gunna do this, gunna do that. Kinda depressing

My comments

2007-03-27T11:53:00.000+10:00

Well here we are two months into what the Biggest Loser calls my journey (weight loss journey). I've lost a whopping 2.6kg. Whoopee F#%king Doo. What's that? About 300 grams a week? Hmm actually 300 grams a week fat loss would equal 15 kilograms over a year. That's actually pretty freaking good. I mean, it's not dramatic from a week to week perspective but it's damn good over a year. In fact, doing the math that'd mean I'd be 85kg Jan 08. The last time I weighed that I was 19/20 years old!

I'm glad I thought that through 'cause now I'm pretty pleased with myself. Perhaps I'd been having unrealistic role models aka what the biggest loser contestents were pumping out. They work out 4 hours a day and eat right whereas I work out about 2 hours a week if i'm lucky and drink booze and "energy" drinks (night shift - don't you love them?).

Anyhow - time to go a bit harder. I signed up for the Army Reserve as a motivator (and to learn new skills, shoot guns, meet up with some top blokes etc) but their pretty piss poor with their communication. I fully expect some letter saying "come on in next week for fitness testing" instead of giving me a proper heads up. I'm also in the process of putting together an application for the Fire Brigade. They get to snooze most of their night shifts :-)

Anyhow (do I say that to much?) - I hope you guys and gals are still working towards your goals. Keep the faith, and if you fall of the wagon don't beat yourself up over it - pick yourself up and keep plodding along.

:-)

Weigh in Stats

2007-03-27T11:50:00.000+10:00

97.2kg
30% Body Fat
50.2% Body Water

Pictures

2007-03-27T11:39:00.000+10:00

27/JAN/07

26/FEB/07

27/MARCH/07

Day Thirty Four

2007-03-02T17:51:00.000+10:00

Weigh in

97.6kg
27.6% Body Fat
51.3% Body Water

These stats are pants

Exercise

over 10k steps ( took pedometer off and forgot to put it back on - pedometer read 9,700)
over an hour manual labour (after my boxing training - ouch ouch ouch)
1/2 hour personal boxing training - great workout (Man I punch like a girl when I'm tired)

Diet Wrap up

OK - here's where I've F$%ked up. Alcohol. I've had the whole week off and I got pissed every night. It is funny (well kinda funny) how it sneaks up on you. It's only today that I relised that i'd done it. What's worse is knowing that i've done it and I fully intend doing it again tonight. Ahh well.

Day 33 Weigh in

2007-03-01T11:06:00.000+10:00

97kg
29% Body Fat
50.7% Body Water

Day 32 Exercise

2007-02-28T21:23:00.000+10:00

1/2 hour in the boxing gym - not the best workout i've ever done
10,000 + steps

Day 32 Morning Weigh in

2007-02-28T21:11:00.000+10:00

95.8 kg
29% Body Fat - FFS these figures must be BS to fluctuate so much
50.7% Body Water - Is this Good?

Day 31 Exercise

2007-02-27T20:47:00.000+10:00

Pirated from here

Kicked the footy around the oval with my missus for 35 min - Got plenty of sun
1/2 hour private session Boxing (man my arms were caned)
Didn't wear my pedometer - sorry

Day Thirty-one weigh in

2007-02-27T10:53:00.000+10:00

96.7kg
29.1% Body Fat - Huh? WTF is that about?
50.6% Body Water
31.6 BMI

Today's Exercise

2007-02-26T14:29:00.000+10:00

I've been one of the gym's best customers lately. You know, paying for membership just not going. So with that in mind I rocked up today and performed

one set on each upper body part.
10,000 steps in the AM 15,200 in total
3pm(ish) 3 sets of 10 lengths of a cricket pitch (see above) - best time 1.09

Two Week Plan

2007-02-26T14:23:00.000+10:00

Lilly the attack dog :-)

Ok then. I've got two weeks off from work. The plan is to get some decent exercise in, knock over my assaignments from work and get some decent sleep. My old man found out that i've got some time off and wouldn't you know it? He's chucking a new kitchen in and I can give him a hand. Lucky me. With any luck that shouldn't interfere with my plans.

Pictures

2007-02-26T10:24:00.000+10:00

26th Feb 07

27th Jan 07

Day Thirty

2007-02-26T09:06:00.000+10:00

Bloody work interfering with my weight loss :-(

Ok here's the score

97kg = Loss of 2.8 kg
25.3% Body Fat = Loss of 1.2%
52.6 Body Water = Gain of 0.7% Body Water
31.7 BMI = Loss of 0.6 BMI

To Put it another way I've lost 2.8% of my start weight. Not bad, not good. I mean a loss for a fatty like moi is a good thing.

To be honest I'm not to concerned that the scales are higher than my lowest reading of 95.4kg. Why? Well fluctuations are a fact of life. Today before weigh in I'd done 10,000 steps, pumped some iron and drank a protein drink and some water.

Day Twenty Six

2007-02-22T08:53:00.000+10:00

95.4kg

I've got today off which is really great. I had a private boxing lesson this morning and I had been really looking forward to it. No slacking off with Jo-Jo busting your hump. Boy was it a tough workout again. I had two set's of interval running. That really killed me. Then I had two rounds of alternating punching and calisthetics (30 sec then swap). I was stuffed.

I'm also looking forward to the next two weeks off from work. I've got some assaignments to catch up on and I want to also focus on my boxing (umm I'm getting a sense of dejevu)

Yesterday was my "sleep day" . That meant that I'd worked until 7am and the rest of the day is counted as a day off for some f#$king reason. And they wonder why no-one wants to do them? Anyhow yesterday all I did was sleep, watch an anti NWO movie, and thought about getting some exercise (that counts doesn't it?).

I chucked my stat's up on Excel and worked out that my title was wrong - I originally had "day twenty two" as the title :-)

I worked out my BMI - I've gone from 32.36 down to .... wait for it..... 31.15 - On the cusp of going sub 31 !!!! Yeah me!

32.35918

Any how I hope you're reaching your weight loss / fitness goals as well.

Day whatever again

2007-02-20T18:44:00.000+10:00

Image hijacked from here

Working a string of nightshifts. Am really run down. If anyone's got any tips on coping with nightshifts I'd be very gratefull.

On the positive side quite a few people at work are working off their extra kilo's as well. I think it may be linked to the Biggest Loser starting back on Telly. I like elimination time. Not to see people get booted but rather see the booted person kick arse by losing weight at home. Very motivational.

Got two weeks off coming up. I'll be hitting the boxing gym hard. With any luck that'll get me back on track training regularly again. I've been using work as an excuse for not training which we all know is a poor excuse.

Day whatever

2007-02-17T17:03:00.000+10:00

Image stolen from here - BTW I've wanted a boxer for well over a decade

96.7kg

What can I say? Been sick the past couple of days and haven't done any training. On top of that my diet has been off track. The good thing is that I've picked up on the weight gain early.

Right - First thing tomorow morning it's time for some cardio.

Day Seventeen

2007-02-14T09:04:00.000+10:00

Hijacked from here

96.1kg

Have gone back to training at my local boxing gym. Well today was my first day back and bloody hell i've let my fitness slide. I've just gotten back and i'm almost physically sick it was such a tough work out.

I'm real happy with my how my weight loss is going. I've got real high hopes that the rate will increase now that I'm back in training.

Thoughts on weigh-in

2007-02-13T13:23:00.000+10:00

sioux-warrior

Think about what you eat and drink each day. Each glass of water, every healthy tuna and garden salad and every piece of fruit weighs something. I hate to talk about it in a round about way but everything that goes in must come out. So if you jump on the scales in the afternoon you might get a bit dirty that you're not losing weight, indeed you may well have put it on! My weight fluctuates upto about 3kg. I really keep the fluids (water) up and this really can add to the numbers on the scales.

Another consideration is what you are wearing when you weigh yourself. Your clothes aren't weight free don't you know? Consider the difference in the scale weight if you are wearing boots as opposed to light weight runners. It does matter what your wearing.

So what's the best option Defib? You seem to be so smart about these things. Thanks for acknowledging my incredible intelect. My weigh in routine is to jump on the scales after a good nights sleep, after i've been to the loo and before i've had anything to drink or eat and before you chuck on your clothes. The "after a good nights sleep" counts out the day I return after night shift but problems are there to be overcome.

One last piece of advice. Use the same scales. Sure they might not be accurate but at the end of the day it's not the number that counts during your journey to a healthier weight but rather it's the fact that the number is decreasing.

Later

Day Fifteen

2007-02-12T17:48:00.000+10:00

Cavalry Scout in Iraq - Hope he get's home safe to his family

13000 steps - Got home after a long night shift and went for a quick jog. I'm not really fit so it was a short jog with a long walk :-P I've somehow injured my shoulder which ticks me off

96.8kg

Day Fourteen

2007-02-11T16:36:00.000+10:00

A picture of a Roman Warrior (stolen fromthe net)

Well two weeks came pretty quick. Now i've been far from hard core in my training. Toughen up Princess is a call to action for me. Bad / Lazy habits are hard to break. Going from zero to hero doesn't happen over night. On top of that the shift work makes a routine hard to follow, a sport hard to get involved in and knocks me around physically.

So - Whats the score after two weeks? - 97kg (-2.8kg)

Day Twelve

2007-02-09T19:59:00.000+10:00

Image tea leaved from here

Had a crappy nights sleep and spent today all run down. I knocked out 10,000 steps and ate pretty good.

Day Eleven

2007-02-08T08:02:00.000+10:00

97.5kg (-2.3kg)

Can you believe it? 97.5kg I had to pinch myself. Not that I had to try hard to find a roll of fat - LOL.

I'm doing far better than I thought i'd have done. You might say "Hey Defib - you gotta be happy with that". And I'd reply "You're damn right I am." :-D

Day Ten

2007-02-06T17:24:00.000+10:00

97.9 kg (-1.9kg)

Feeling real good. I haven't been sub 98 kilograms in a long time. At this rate my initial goal of 95kg looks like it'll happen soon.

Just finished a run of night shifts. They really knock me about but at least not as bad as they do my mate. He gets physically sick which really sucks.

So i've done sweet FA exercise. Pretty disapointed with myself. But at least my diet's been pretty good. Been drinking plenty of water, avoided pop and eaten pretty healthy.

Exercise for the Day

14k + steps
Climb that freaking mountain again (hey I didn't feel like vomiting this time and that has to be a good thing)

The climb was a lot easier. It still tested me mentally and physically and it was far from a push over but a lot easier than last time. Up and back (not including rest at the top) 53 minutes 06 seconds.

Day Seven

2007-02-03T10:47:00.000+10:00

98.3 kg (-1.5kg)

Feeling good - My weight is headed in the right direction :-D

Day Six

2007-02-02T09:04:00.000+10:00

98.6 Kg ( -1.2kg)

This despite a can of coke and lack of exercise :-)

My pedometer averaged about 5-6,000 steps the last two days.

Day Four

2007-01-31T21:01:00.000+10:00

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

Day Three

2007-01-30T01:09:00.000+10:00

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%)

Exercise for the day

100 push ups :-D
13000 Steps

Day Two

2007-01-29T07:02:00.000+10:00

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%)

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

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? :-(

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.

Day One

2007-01-28T17:48:00.000+10:00

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

2007-01-28T11:59:00.000+10:00

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

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

Then and Now

2007-01-27T13:37:00.000+10:00

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.

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 - 175cm
Weight - 99.8kg (corrected from 98.8kg)
BMI - 32.3
Body Fat - 26.5%
Body Water - 51.9%

Fitness (1 set max)

0 - Chin-Ups (not even ONE - now i'm angry at myself)
20 - Push Ups
30 - Body weight squats

Toughen Up Princess

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Weigh in

My comments

Weigh in Stats

Pictures

Day Thirty Four

Day 33 Weigh in

Day 32 Exercise

Day 32 Morning Weigh in

Day 31 Exercise

Day Thirty-one weigh in

Today's Exercise

Two Week Plan

Pictures

Day Thirty

Day Twenty Six

Day whatever *again*

Day whatever

Day Seventeen

Thoughts on weigh-in

Day Fifteen

Day Fourteen

Day Twelve

Day Eleven

Day Ten

Day Seven

Day Six

Day Four

Day Three

Day Two

Day One

SWOT

Then and Now

Day whatever again