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Day 83 - The Dark Side Revisits

June 29th, 2008 1 Comment

Exercise Summary: 4.6km Run/Walk; no time recorded
The above summary says it all. Yesterday was not a good day on the road to health and fitness (pardon that godawful pun!). Sure, I went for the 4km run/walk and while that sounds good, I did it as an afterthought rather than as a planned activity.
You see, the [...]

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Day 72a - The Weigh In and 100 Pushups

June 19th, 2008 1 Comment

Exercise summary: 5km run; Time: 24:56; Weigh in: 81.9kg; Push ups: 62 (15, 13, 10, 10, 14)

For the first time in 3 weeks I ventured into Jenny Craig’s for that fateful moment of … “The Weigh In”.
After a week and a half living out of hotels, buying restaurant food and struggling to keep a routine [...]

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Day 54 - Less Effort = Less Results

May 31st, 2008 1 Comment

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 [...]

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Day 40 - Nil by Foot - (Oh Dear!)

May 17th, 2008 No Comments

What’s that saying: “Pride comes before a fall”?
I had my weigh in last week and lost the 500g. I feel like I’ve been dodging bullets this past couple of weeks by not sticking to the diet very well but still able to lose weight. Somewhere in my cocky subconscious I must have thought I was [...]

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Day 29 - Losing Weight: It’s Simple Really

May 6th, 2008 1 Comment

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 [...]

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Day 14 - Chart Your Progress

April 21st, 2008 No Comments

Many of us are visuals and, as the saying goes, “A picture paints a thousand words.”
Having a good read through Leo Babauta’s blog he currently has a guest post by Israel Lagares, the Fat Man Unleashed. And in his blog I saw this really cool application that graphs your weight loss progress.
It’s from skinnyr.com.
I’ve started [...]

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