Idre fjäll day 2

Another busy day. Started this morning with a 5 km run. Did another track than yesterday to avoid hills. Failed, as this course was way worse! Managed 30 minutes straight running for the first time!

Then we spent the day at fulufjell and visited njuperkär, sweden highest waterfall.

Finished off with some swimming. Just back now, longing for a coffee and some rest.

For tomorrow we booked a rafting excursion in norway. Exciting...




At the waterfall



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Idre fjäll day one

Arrived at idre fjäll yesterday. Today did some running, paddled canoe, climbed a mountain and did some swimming. A bit tired now....



Lunch at burusjön while paddling







On the lake



Climbing lillnipan


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Holiday week 26

Spent the first week of our holiday at home. Nice weather so we went to some lakes.








Cold in the water, but elin really liked it.

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Mc theory done

Had theory exam for my bike licence this morning.

Passed with 62 of 65. Now i have a year to do the other exam.

If only i could get the slow speed course right....

//Geert


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Weight 2011 - week 25

Morning

After some stress and being sick, i'm back in the saddle...

The last 2 weeks have been a bit difficult. Still, it is too easy to fall in old habits. Managed to limit the damage though.

Had a pause in running as well. Fortunately managed to get going again and have run for 25 minutes straight both yesterday and today. Next week the 28 minutes runs start.

The scale said 98,5 this morning which is down 1,1kg from last time. Total 31,1 kg. 23,9 kg to go.

Next 4 weeks i have vacation. Planning to be strict with food and keep running. Hope i can book good progress.

Will report again next saturday. have a good weekend//Geert


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Weight 2011 - Week 23

Ok, so no good news this week.

Can't really explain why, but a combination of stress ( a lot happening at the same time), hot weather (icecream...) and being a bit satisfied with the loss so far, meant i let my guard down a bit.

Apparently, even after almost a half year, i cannot afford to do that.

Result is unfortunately that i went up to 99,6 this week. Total is then 30 kg still. 25 to go.

So, new start this morning. I'm going to be super strict the coming weeks.

Now i have to go and find some motivation to run 25 minutes.

Next report in a week//Geert

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Weight 2011 - Week 22

Saturday morning and weighin time.

A hard week with food. A lot of temptation and quite a few mistakes. Will have to watch that a bit more again.

Running compensated a bit though. This is getting tougher now and i ran a nonstop 20 minute run yesterday. Goes quite quickly to train up condition a bit, but today everything hurts. Guess that's agood thing.

The result then: 0,5 kg loss only. 99,4 kg and a total loss of 30,2 kg. 24,8 kg to go to target.

Report again in a week. Have a good weekend. //Geert


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Managed a 20 minute run

Sorry to shout this out, but can't keep this for myself.

Sitting here now very happy and amazed (not to mention sweaty). For the first time in over 10 years i managed a 20 minute Run non-stop!

I wasn't sure i would manage that today as it's only 5 weeks ago i started running again. Good progress, up to the 25 and then 30 minutes the coming weeks.

Have a great we//Geert


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Todays little adventure

Elin and me were out in the woods a bit today. Took a break at the side of a lake.



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A little guest in the garden

Coming back from my run this evening, i saw a little guest in the garden. A little hedgehog.






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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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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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Weight 2011 - week 17

It's saturday again. Time to hit the scales (seriously, one of these days i'm going to hit or kick the bloody thing ;). )

Had it a bit tough this week. Trainingwise it's hard to keep a schedule with holidays and family visits. Foodwise easter and its candy have made life hard. It's gone ok, not great, but ok.

The result then: 0,8 kg and a total of exactly 27 kg. 28 kg left to go to target. Closer again to 2 digits, hope i make that before visiting holland in 3 weeks.

Now this weekend i have to find some runningshoes and clothes. Have none at all at the moment (has been years ago that i had training clothes .....). I'll start my couch to 5 km program this week. Wonder how that will go???

Well, will report in a week again. Have a good weekend!

//Geert





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Weight 2011 - week 16

Morning.

Another week has flown by and time to weigh in again.

The weightgods have not been that kind this week. Seems things are slowing down lately. Have i hit a plateau? Feels a bit like the harder i train, the less i go down. And even in training i seem to get weaker, instead of stronger. Strange, but will have to just continue and work my way through !! Hopefully it will improve for next week.

The result then, 0,5 kg this week. Total 26,2 kg another 28,8 to go to target. Have passed 20% weightloss (total) this week...

Coming week it is time to get some running shoes and clothes. Beginning of may is my (re)introduction to running. I'm more and more motivated to get going.

have a great easter. Wonder how to avoid the eastereggs, but will give it a good try.

Will report again next week. //Geert




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Weight 2011 - week 15

Morning.

Time for the weekly update. Had a good, but tough week. The weight decided to go up first, and very, very slowly down.

Training was tough. In the fourth week now and it's getting hard. Wonder if i will manage the coming week.

Results then: 1,1 kg and a total of 25,7 kg. Will not manage 100 kg before may as it looks now.

Now up to next week and an even better result.

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Motorcycle driving lesson 1

Hi all,

Finally the day arrived today for my first lesson. I have been to the driving school earlier to confirm that they have clothes that fit (was a bit afraid that I would not fit in as I'm still quite a big guy). No problem however.

So today I got there and put on the loaner clothes. and then met Bengke, my driving instructor.
He asked if I wanted to ride the normal bike, a Suzuki Bandit, or a custom bike. I chose the Bandit as it has ABS and is more like the bike I want to ride.

After a short explanation he asked whether I wanted to try. I drove a couple of rounds at the driving school parking and then we set of into trafic. Well, I can tell you that there suddenly was a lot to do. All the things you take for granted when you drive a car suddenly feel strange and you find yourself forgetting obvious things again (like switching off turnsignals...)

Got to a parking where it was time to practice slow balance excercises. This actually went quite well and apparently I seem to have a good balance to start with. Quite proud of that as this was the thing i was fearing most.

Beyond that we drove around in some quiet areas and did a hillstart. Then back to the industrial area for some braking tests. That was a bit scary, but with a bike with ABS not a problem. Unfortunately, it was then time to head back to the driving school and my first lesson was over..

Thinking back it was one of the most fun things I did in a long time. It actually was not as hard as i expected, especially the slow balance excercises. I suspect that I just need to get a bit more used to the bike and things have to become more normal and structured. My goal of finishing this in the summer quite possible.

Next lesson is the 2nd of May. Then we probably head out into the towncenter. Don't think that will be too bad as I haven't felt that trafic is too much of a problem. Looking forward, only 18 days to go..

Weight 2011 - week 14

Morning.

Well, that just happened, my first week under target....

I think that my body after last week decided to go into saving mode. Hope it will start burning soon. Ah well, even smaller losses count.

Results then, 0,6 kg and a total of 24,6 kg. That also means a
Bmi of under 35. No longer strongly obese, but only 'normal' obese. At 90,5 (bmi 30) i will only be overweight......

Only 30,4 kg to go.......

Continued training this week. 3 sessions, up to 120 pushups and 180 situps.

Hope the coming week will be better. Have a wonderfull weekend.

//geert

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Weight 2011 - week 13

Morning,

Saturday morning again. Another time to hit the scales.

A good week for weight 2011. A lot of lunchwalks (5) and continued training. Up to 121 situps and 79 pushups i got this week. Sure, with pauses, but the target is 200 and 100 without a break respectively.. 4 weeks to go ! Unfortunately, i start noticing that my back hurts a little, and maybe have to be carefull with that.

The weight gods have been kind to me this week. Weight was down by 1,9 kg. Means a total of 24 kg now and 31 kg to go to target. In a few weeks i'll pas 100 kg. Maybe before the start of may?

Was at the driving school this week to try out clothes for my bike license. I fit in their clothes (sure, xxl pants and xxxl jacket). Great feeling to finally start being able to do normal things. Sure, the clothes are big and i look like a sausage, but i fit in and can do something i could not do before. Gradually, as i lose more it will become even better! First lesson, 14th of april :))

Right, time for breakfast. Have a good weekend //Geert


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Beviks today

Open day at beviks in linkoping today and looked at some bikes. Shortlist to start with is now: kawasaki er6n, yamaha fz6n, ducati monster. Dreamlist ducati diavel or triumph speed triple....

Elin also tried a few.

Soon driving lessons start as i'm getting closer to fitting in the bike clothes.








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Weight 2011- Week 12

Good morning,

Another week has flown by and now it is time to hit the scales again. This week has been quite good foodwise (one customer visit and a thai lunch though :/ ) which means the result should be ok. Last weekend, after weighing in my weight went up a little, so it was in the beginning of the week hard as i didn't think it would be a good result.

Anyway. it turned out ok with -1,4 kg. That means that the total loss now is up to - 22,1 kg.

Slowly but surely the halfway point is coming into sight. Also, and more important, I'm getting closer to a 2 digit weight.. That is a big step and will probably reach that in lite more than a month from now. My mother is visiting after easter, so I'm hoping i'll reach it by then. Will probably end up a little over still then.

Started working out this week. To my amazement i discovered muscles in places i didn't expect them, as it hurt in a lot of places.. But that's a good sign, right ? Will continue that for the coming weeks. After the 100 kg mark, I'll slowly start running again. Goal for this year is to be able to do 100 pushups, 200 situps and run 10 km... Tough from where I am now, but a goal is a good thing.

well, that's it for this week. Will report back next week with hopefully a good result.

have a good weekend // Geert

Weight 2011 -week 11

Saturday morning again. Here are the results of the swedish vote...

No falldowns this week. Even trying to start some training (muscleache now :)) ). Weightloss this week is not that great. Oh well, it will catch up and all loss, even small counts.

Result for the week, - 1,1 kg. Total -20,7 now. 34,3 kg to go to target..

Coming week i start with exercises a few times per week. Actually looking forward to that. Planns for the coming weeks are also to slowly start running again. Looking at c25k, couch to 5 km program.

Well, will report again next week. Hopefully my body decides we can lose some more.

Good weekend//Geert


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Yesterday morning, Elin had to try the "Boer zoekt vrouw" stövlar..

Weight 2011 - week 10

Morning.

What a strange and difficult week it has been. Almost no weight loss untill thursday, and i thought it would be a bad week.

Then thursday and friday my weight suddenly dropped, ending with a good result anyway!

Score for this week: 1,6 kg (again) and a total of 19,6. Still 35,4 kg to go to target. Over a third on the way.

Have a good we. Will report again in a week. //Geert


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On the ice

Visited Kolmården yesterday and looked at the ice on Bråviken.

Traffic rules - left turn att a crossroad

Hi all

Reading theory to try and get my motorbike license this year. Just noticed something interesting.

Here in sweden at a crossroads with stopsigns, the traffic that arrives first, drives first! That explains why i always thought these situations were strange here. In holland, the traffic that turns to the right goes first (shortest corner) Weird that there is such a difference in such an important rule... Amazing..

Wonder if i'll notice more differences//Geert


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Weight 2011 - week 9

Morning,

Another week gone, and a new result. Loss is going well and is not that hard to keep up. Why haven't i done this before???

Anyway.. The result for this week is 1,6 kg. That gives a total of 18 kg now. 37 kg to target.

Hope next week will go as well. Will report again next saturday.

//Geert


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Weight 2011 - week 8

It's saturday morning again. Time for me to check my weight again.

Still on schedule with food and my walks. Hoping that the snow will disappear so i can try and start moving a bit more. On the other hand, might be good to do that slowly.

Anyway, the score for this week: 1,6 kg to a total of 16,4. A good result. Now there are 38,6 left to go. Very happy with that.

Measured centimeters also. From the start i seem to have lost about 9 cm in diameter overall (breast, stomach, hips). Can tell you that you notice that with clothes. What almost didn't fit 2 months ago is now getting too big. Means that i soon will start going down in sizes. : )

So, up to hopefully another good week and maybe 18 kg total ?

Have a good weekend//Geert


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Weight 2011 - week 7

Quickly the results for this week. Was a strange week, lost 1,7 kgs to tuesday. On wednesday morning all of that was gone and i was back at 0. Why ? I don't know, maybe because i caught a cold ??

Anyhow, results for this week: 1,1 kg and a total of 14,8. Slowest week this far... 40,2 kg to go.

Up to week 8 and over 15 kg!

//Geert

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Jennifer snowboarding

From jennifers lesson today.

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Elin plays the piano

Visiting jennys parents, this happened. :)

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Weight 2011 - week 6

Good saturday morning all!

Weight 2011 has gone really well this week. No problems keeping away from the fridge. 3 lunchwalks when i was working from the office. Besides that we got snow again and that means extra training by cleaning the driveway.

After the last two weeks that i thought were stable, my body decided to behave different. Suddenly i lost weight quicker this week. Seems it goes down a bit, slows down a couple of days and then goes quicker again. Like there are some plateaus it has to go through.

Diet wise i still do the same. Small breakfast in the morning, some Knackebröd with cheese, little bowl of yoghurt. Mealbar for lunch. In the evening a normal cooked meal, watch the sauce and portions though. Nothing in between ( sometimes a fruit). I normally get somewhere around 1200 kcal on that. That's quite low for a man, but i seem not to get hungry on that and have no energy problems.

Anyway, result for this week is an amazing 2,4 kg ! That means my total is now 13,7 and there is 41,3 left. I passed a milestone this week and made it over 10% weight loss. Next milestone is 25% of my total weight to go down, which should be easy next week. (13,8 so only 100 grams :) )

Hope this continues. Talk to you next week.

//Geert

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Weight 2011 - week 5

Morning,

Another week gone by and the new results are in:

1,3 kg this week. Total 11,3 kg. 43,7 to go.

Loss is getting stable now, and i hope it will continue this week. Got in 4 lunchwalks this week aswell.

Now up to the first 10%, maybe the coming week ?


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Weight 2011 - Week 4

Hi,

Another week has gone by. Time to weigh in again.

Has been a hard week. With a lot of things happening in the family it has sometimes been hard to keep up motivation. Found myself at home with Elin a couple of days, and found myself in front of cupboards and the fridge a couple of times.. Fortunately, managed to not open them.... Elin has been ill the last nights, and that means going up when she calls. Hard to go past the kitchen on the way back then....

Anyhow.. I'm still on track. The results are slowing down a bit as I suspect my body is getting used to the lower intake.

Results for this week: -1,3 kg which means a total of 10 kg ! (yahoo !). 45 kg to go to target.

When I consider that the original plan was to go down 1 kg a week, it actually is going extermely well. That means that after 4 weeks, I'm 6 kg before schedule.. Hope it keeps up going this way.

Funnily enough food and our new menu still is an inspiration. Had a really nice gullasch-soup this week that Jenny made. Yesterday I made a pie myself that also was very nice. It is easier to say no to food and eat smaller portions if the food you do get is good !

Trainingwise not a good week. Only had my lunchwalk due to circumstances once this week. Am actually starting to feel that I want to start walking and then maybe running again. Hope the weather will allow more of that soon and that I somehow get the time to do that.

By the way, thanks for all the nice reactions. Really good motivation !

That's it for this week. Will report again in a week.

All the best//Geert

Location:Granbacken,Norrköping,Sverige

Weight 2011 - result week 3

Hi,

Another week is finished and time to hit the scales again.

I started noticing this week that something is happening. Clothes I could't use anymore now start fitting again. Very happy with that.

The result for this week:
2,4 kg. Total 8,7 kg.

Means only 46,3 kg to target......

Will report again next saturday.

//Geert




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Weight 2011 - result week2

Another saturday, time to check the scales and see what the result for the second week is.

Foodwise it has been a good week. We continued with the weekly menu which makes it easier to eat less. Had some hard moments though, waking up hungry in the night, the smell of kebab in the office at lunch.. Managed to steer clear of temptations (except one little meatball from the fridge....)

Started walking again. Managed to do 2 45-minute walks this week during lunch. Not much, but a beginning.

So, the result:
2,1 kg this week
6,3 kg total

Quite happy with that. As i think much more than one kg per week is not reasonable on the long run i'd better not start expecting much more, which is tempting now. Too high expectations reduce motivation if not realised!

will report back next saturday.


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Weight 2011 -result week 1

This morning a week has gone since weight 2011 started. Time to hit the scales and see the result:

4,2 kg !

So, that means 50,8 to go to the target.

Now i think this for a part is due to my stomach etc emptying which also reduces weight. Next week will probably be quite a bit lower.

Good news (?j is that jenny started complaining about the smell of my breath. Means that i probably started burning fat (gives bad breath). The trick now is not to get in too many calories, but not get hungry.

Coming week is the first working week under weight 2011. Will have to be careful with lunch then. Hopefully i find the time to do some lunch walks.

Will report again in a week.

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Weight 2011 - menu week 1

In our family we often have the problem that we don't know what to eat. Often this leads to a trip to the store to buy something or in worst case ready food being brought home. As a part of weight 2011 we are trying something different.

We started using a week menu with recipes and make sure all ingredients are at home. Then it is just a case of doing the recipes. This week has had some nice food:
- Homemade meatballs with brown sauce and potatoes
- potato and artichoke soup with mushrooms and parsley dip. not so nice, but we used the wrong kind or artichoke
- shrimp pasta with dill
- ginger marinated chicken with lime yoghurt
- roast tenderloin with garlic cottage cheese and olive sallad

Funny thing is that due to the recipes and measured portions i seem to eat less and have an easier time not overeating. Funny, trying to lose weight by thinking more about food.

Anyway, we continue next week. Tomorrow is the end of the first week for weight 2011. I had a good week and did only eat my meals, nothing exta (except one "bulle" during "fika"). Have good hopes for my weight tomorrow!


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Playing outside

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Tofsar

Finally enough hair for some tofsar

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Christmas pictures

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Weight 2011 - interesting facts

Via: WeightLoss.org



Wow... Where are things going. Good motivation!

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Weight 2011 - week 1

My new years resolution for this year is (again) to lose weight. I have tried maybe a hundred times the last few years, but always seem to fall back......

Time to try something new. For motivation (and a bit of group pressure) i'm going to write weekly reports and observations on my progress. Hope this will keep me on track !

Anyway. Today is day 1, week 1. Score is 0 kg, 55 kg to go........ Will probably take up to a year to complete...

First step is to watch the calories and start with some lunch walks again. then slowly but surely start moving more.

Biggest challenge for me are evenings and nights. If only i could sleep a full night without waking up hungry....

Update in a week. Hope that will be good news...

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My Blackberry Is Not Working! - The One Ronnie, Preview - BBC One

Brilliant.. Still laughing....

Gingerbread house

Jenny and Elin build a house today..





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Skotta, skotta, skotta

Phew. - 17 and still sweating from skotting the snow. My wish for christmas is that it rains hot water, just for a day!!













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New wheels

My old company car was 3 years old. Time to change. Will be spending time in the car below for a while. Life is hard :)










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An autumn day

Picking Apples and riding skateboard































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Elins musical Card

Oma Rina sent a musical Card today. This is what happened.

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I feel like dancing

Now look at this

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