Bill’s Training Blog

After an extended trip over east I’m back in beautiful Perth and getting back into a routine. I have to tell you I am tired of hotels, taxis and restaurant food. Give me a good home cooked meal and my motorbike and I’ll be a happy man.
I am happy though that while away I didn’t [...]

I have been duly chastised by my son that I haven’t been posting. And he’s right. It’s been a week since I last checked in and it’s been a weird week.
Last Monday was a public holiday in my home city of Perth but the rest of Australia has a public holiday today, 9 June. And [...]

This is becoming concerning. Two weeks where I haven’t kept up the regularity and haven’t swum AT ALL!
As an HR Manager I have been speaking with staff about Performance Reviews this week and last. One of the messages I have been sending is:
“if we can find out what successful people do and then help you [...]

If you’ve been following this blog you’ll know that there have been times when I’ve dreaded a weigh in. I know I haven’t kept the rules but somehow I’ve got away with it. I’ve dodged the proverbial bullet.
Well, kind people, not this week. You can see the graph for yourself and there is a gain [...]

Weigh in days are becoming harder to face.
My resolve, particularly on weekends, is becoming less and less. Last weekend, as I said in my last post (that sounds so ominous - “Last Post”) I attended a party and then Mother’s Day meals. I was sure I had stacked on a little and even went to [...]

“Tonight’s the night, it’s gonna be alright.” - Rod Stewart
Weigh in #7 and I’m wondering if it really will be alright. The past weekend wasn’t good diet wise but I did increase my run length from 4.6km to just over 7kms.
So, have I balanced things out?
I am no longer fully trusting my scales as one [...]

Everyone has a downfall. Something that, when they see it, must have it, especially when it comes to dieting.
For some it’s chocolate. For others it’s ice cream (not the healthy kind either!) and for yet others it can be junk food (i.e. fast food).
Mine? Gourmet!
My FBH is Italian and it is hard to go past [...]

Okay, how happy am I? I’ve just had my 6th weigh in and it’s another drop of 800g. That means in 6 weeks I’ve lost 5.2kgs! And, I haven’t had it all my own way. I have had times of full meals, I’ve lost track of the diet and there have been days of not [...]

It’s the weekend and the temptation to be slothful raises its head. My intake yesterday wasn’t bad but it wasn’t strictly diet focused. So I need to up the exercise. (I’m blogging from bed so what does that tell you?)
Exercise yesterday was good though:

4km run/walk
800m swim

The swimming effort seems to continue to burn [...]

You’ll notice that the graph on the right went DOWN after tonight’s weigh in. Okay, it was only 200g but it was DOWN people!
I think I did everything I could to redeem myself from the splurge I had in Melbourne.
It definitely confirmed how not watching what you eat can lead to weight gain. [...]