Weight 2011 - week 21 - made it below 100 kg !

Morning,

Saturday again. After jumping over my weigh in due to travel last week i checked this morning. Actually, i did weigh in, but on a different scale that gave about 94 kg. Not really usable.

Gained a bit of weight in holland, even though i did not eat that much and did run. Was less strict though compared to back home. When i got back, the scale said 102 kg.

During the last few days it went down again. This morning i finally hit it: 99,9 kg !!! Finally under 100 kg again. Really happy as i did not think that was going to happen ever again. Now i will hopefully never go over again!

The happyness of this is overshadowed though by the fact that today is the funeral of my younger cousin, who died of cancer last week at the too young age of 32. Unbelievable that this has happened and so quickly. Life seems to be a fragile gift that needs to be appreciated every day.

Now it's up to 90 kg which will be lower that what i managed in 2006 (91,3 was lowpoint then).

Total loss now 29,7 kg. 25,3 to go to target.

Have to eat breakfast now and then go for a run. Talk to you later. Have a good weekend//Geert


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Location:Gamla Landsvägen,Svärtinge,Sverige

Visit to Holland

No update for some days now due to Holland visit and some less nice things happening. Would still like to show the pictures from our visit though.

Weight 2011 - Week 19

Morning.

Saturday again and time to weigh in.

A good week training and foodwise. Running continued and i notice i can run longer. Made it upto 200 situps this week. Pushups i had to restart as i did them wrong earlier. Will get there though!

On the scales this morning it was as usual. First a really low weight on the first weighing. Then it jumped up 200 grams suddenly. I get really annoyed as you first get happy, and then a bit disappointed.

Anyway, result for the week is 100,5 . That means i lost 1,3 from last week, and a total of 29,1 now. Getting really close to 100 now and this hopefully, probably is the last week with 3 digits.

That is quite a big thing for me. Never thought i was going to be below 100 again. To be honest, not even when i started in january i could really imagine that. Now it is only a few days away!!

Another amazing thing is that i seem to have lost 6 cm (!) from my stomach this week. Strange idea that more than 26 cm have disappeared there.

Coming week thursday we go to holland. Really looking forward to that, but will be a challenge with food. Will be running my old round in Etten-leur on friday and monday !!

All the best, have a fantastic weekend//Geert


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Bike lesson 3 - out on the open road

A lot of fun this time. Got to ride the new bike the school has bought. An yamaha xj6n. I think i liked this one better than the suzuki bandit i had before. A little lower and lighter it feels.

Out on the motorway and country roads today. Nice to feel the agility and power. Interesting to use countersteer to turn more. Also a bit of an eye opener on how quickly riding a bike can become dangerous. Too quick into a corner can be enough.

Think it went well as the teacher said this was ok and we can move on in the education. Means i really only have the high and lowspeed track excercises left. He even said that these should not be a problem. Does that mean that maybe only 2 lessons are left? One can hope,

Next lesson 1st of june. High speed course. Also booked risk sessions to the 7th. Risk one is a group discussion on risks and bikes in traffic. Risk 2 are track excercises during 5 (!) houra. A full day !

What a day..

Hi.

Just got out of the shower after a very intensive day.. Phew, totally exhausted and very happy that it is finally over..

Started with work this morning, Lunchwalk in Linköping at 12. Then finished work around 14.30 to go to the driving shool.

Spent 1,5 hours driving in city trafic today in the heath with hot motorcycle clothes on. Hot and sweaty was only the beginning of it. Actually started worndering if this was any fun at all. Teacher seemed to be pleased and we can move on from town driving to the countryside.

Later at home, after dinner, I put on my running shoes and made it out to the Electric light track here. Looks as if they have a competion coming up there as there were all kinds of tents there. Managed to do my run and ran 5 intervals of 1,5 minutes with 2 minute walks in between. The first ones were difficult, but the last ones felt as if i could run longer than the 1,5 minutes. Progress ?

So back home it was the second time that I came in hot and sweaty and had to change clothes. Think our washing machine will have to work overtime this summer if these kinds of days become common.

Tomorrow is a bit slower, a normal worksday with some training in the evening. Wednesday is a running day again.

Couch to 5 k, week 1 run 3 done

Just back from the third round this week. Kept losing one of my headphones. Annoying.

Felt hard this time, especially around the middle. Became a bit easier on the way home. Think i ran/walked around 3,2 km again.

Week 2 next week. Then it's 5 times 1,5 minutes run and 2 minutes walk in between. Wonder how that will go.

Have a good evening//Geert


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Weight 2011 - Week 18

Good saturday morning

Well, another week has flown by in my "new" life. Had another ok week. A big challenge this week was a 2 day conference about project management. Luckily it was a healthy conference with some training and no alcohol. Got the chance to try some pilates (ball) exercises, some yoga (i like !) and even some american football. Learnt a bit about myself aswell, which is also a good thing.

A milestone this week was that i finally started running. This far only twice (due to the conference), but will be out again today. The coming 9 weeks, i should be able to train up to a 5 km run.

Trainingwise i am coming to the end of the fist schedules. Under next week i'll have to do the final 100 pushups test and 200 situps test. That is going to hurt i think.

Expected my weight to go quicker this week with all activities. However the weightgods decided on the same level as last week. That means a loss of 0,8 kg again and a total of 27,8. Still 1,8 kg to go too 100 kg which i really want to clear before visiting holland in 2 weeks. If only i could make 0,9 coming 2 weeks... And.. Finally over halfway. 27,2 to go !

People seem to notice quite a bit now. I am in the "explain a lot" phase now where if someone asks or comments, i go on and on about weight loss. Can imagine that is quite tiring, but hey, i need to talk about it for inspiration/motivation.. Can only ask for patience. Anyhow, people seem a bit shocked when i mention what i lost and how much is left. Maybe i hid my weight quite well ? Another thing is that now people start noticing that i am quite a small guy...

Coming week is a busy one again. Have to catch up at work, 2 mc lessons and a talk at the bank (redoing our loans in order to build a garage). Besides that 3 runs and 3 times strenght training. Going to be a challenge to combine family-logistics, work and training..

Have a wonderfull weekend//Geert

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Week 1 day 2 run. Done!

Hi,

Just got back from my second run. Another 8 intervals of 1 minute and 90 secs walk in between. One round of svärtinges electric light track and from/to the house. About 3,2 km.

Felt a bit harder than last time, but seemed to go quicker.

A guy walking on the track must have found me annoying. Everytime i ran i passed him, but during walking he passed me every time...

Now catching my breath and then a quick shower. Tomorrow/friday project leader school in stockholm.

Keep well/groetjes//Geert


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C25k week 1, day 1

Did it!

Running shoes -check
Training clothes - check
Podrunner intervals podcast loaded - check

So, finally started couch to 5k. In 9 weeks i should go from start to be able to run 5 km in 30 minutes.

Today went well. A bit cold (actually saw snow in the forest !) ran 8 times 1 minute with 90 second walks in between. With 5 minutes warmup and 3 minutes cooldown. Quite hard actually when as much out of shape as i am. Hey, you have to start somewhere...

Ended up running/walking 3,2 km.

Feeling happy now that the start is here. Body is aching quite nicely. Next run on wednesday,

//Geert

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A wellplanned day that turned out different.

What a day. Took today of after my mothers visit (and to maybe see her in the morning) to be able to go to the hospital with elin and do a bike lesson. A tightly planned out day.

What happened instead?

Well, the doctor we had this morning was sick.... New time next week....

Then my driving lesson was cancelled as the teacher is sick...

So i went home for a run instead. Great to have a day planned to get things done and the result: nothing..

Hope that this will not be the theme of the week.

Ah well, a new day tomorrow. Keep well//Geert


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