Saturday, January 22, 2011

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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Saturday, January 15, 2011

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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Saturday, January 08, 2011

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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Friday, January 07, 2011

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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Thursday, January 06, 2011

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Weight 2011 - interesting facts

The Cost of Calories
Via: WeightLoss.org



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

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Saturday, January 01, 2011

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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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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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Friday, October 15, 2010

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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Sunday, October 10, 2010

An autumn day

Picking Apples and riding skateboard































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Friday, October 01, 2010

Elins musical Card

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

YouTube Video

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Saturday, September 11, 2010

I feel like dancing

Now look at this

YouTube Video


YouTube Video

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Some more geocaching

We spent last sunday searching for geocaches again. A very fun day it turned out to be:

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Jenny and Elin at the Kings oak. A place hidden at a little creek in the forest where a king once crossed.

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An old watermill where the geocache was hidden in the machineroom. A bit scary to go in there

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A geocache that was for the view to the manor.

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This was an interesting one. It was about a rift in the mountain blasted out for a railway. Halfway though, people started to strike, and it never got finished. Had to climb to get to the cache as in the last picture. My poor legs still hurts. (no mom, not as scary as it looks)

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The fourlegged oak close to our lunchstop

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St. Maria kyrka. Never had been there despite living 10 km away. Good way to visit new places

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A view over Glan, our local lake. A cache was hidden at this spot where the wind and water were coming in.

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And finally one hidden at one of the local little railway stations. Here Jenny found it just seconds before a bus arrived and couldn't hide the cache again. We had to wait for 2 busses and one train before we could put it back and be on our way.....

All in all a very good and fun day. Hope we can do this more often as it is a good way to discover the area and do things outside.

Ambulance

Last saturday after a walk in town we ended up in an exhibition at Stykjärnet in town. Elin and Jenny got to ride an ambulance:

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Feeding the fish

During the last day in Holland, we spent some time in a big gardencenter feeding the fish.

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Elin wanted to try my shoes
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Antwerp Zoo

One of the oldest Zoo's in the world, the Antwerp zoo right besides the central station. A nice place to spend a day.

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