Yesterdays find

We did some mushroom hunting with elin. She must have given us luck!



Now chantarell sandwich for lunch :))

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Weight 2011 - week 36

Did not manage to update the last few weeks as it has been busy with work and family. Phew, projects and teenagers, what a combination...

Have been a bit inconsistent with food lately. A lot of good days, but i keep falling down regularly. I try not to make too big a thing about that, but it slows the weightloss down unfortunately. I will just have to try and only have good days.

Trainingwise it has been hard to find time for running. The last 2 weeks i only managed a few runs. Condition is still getting better and today i ran 44 minutes. With warmup and cooldown that was 8 km in an hour.

The result then for this morning: 96,4 kg. I finally started losing again. First time under 97. Total loss 33,2 kg. 21,4 kg to target.

Well, let's try to have more good days and find time for running.

Have a good we//Geert


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Weight 2011 - week 31

Hi all,

Once again a late update. With all things happening around jennys mother, who now is really very badly ill, i haven't managed to update and focus on losing weight too much.

I managed to limit the damage and sttay around the same weight. Scale said 98,9 this morning.

I have found the time for running 3x this week though. Now training for 8 km. Now running 36 minutes per training. (almost 6 km)

So the trick is to limit and watch what i eat. That is the hard thing with the irregular times and meals at the moment. Ah well, let's hop on the horse again and ride it!

Have a nice sunday//Geert





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Weight 2011 - week 29 - restart after the holidays

Well, my plan to be strict during the holidays backfired. It was ok the first weeks and at idre fjäll. The last 2 weeks at home were a disaster though due to various reasons. Let's just say that food is still stress relief for me. That risk is still there....

The week before this week motivation was quite bad. No food in the house was safe and running did not happen. Think i managed to go up almost 3 kg in that week.... :(( like an alcoholic, i still cannot trust myself and will have to watch that.

The last week went a bit better though. I lost about half of what i gained and did my running. Managed to run 5 km and 35 minutes straight non stop. That means "couch to 5 k" is finished. I will now start to train for 8 km nonstop running.

The scale said 100,2 this morning. Total loss 29,4 and 25,2 to go.

Well, up on the horse again and hopefully a good rest of the summer and autumn.

Hope you have/had a wonderfull holiday. Will report again in a week.

All the best//Geert


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Idre fjäll day 4

A bit calmer today.

After a morning run we went up to grovelsjön. Went looking for some trolls.




Elin found a trollhouse




Jenny and jennifer at grovelsjön

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Idre fjäll day 3

A very wet day today.

Went rafting in norway with jennifer today. Jenny and elin joined in the car.

Got instructions, wetsuit, lifevest and helmet at the river. Then we started with 6 in a boat on a lake. Once the lake ended and the river began things became very exciting. So much fun! Jenny and elin took some pictures.




Yes, we look funny in wetsuits




Here we go




In the waterfall




Back at dry land




Even elin wAnted to try

Back in idre we spent the rest of the afternoon in the pool. First time for elin in an indoor pool.

Finished the evening at pernilla wibergs hotels restaurant. Good food!

Now back at the cottage and exhausted. Tomorrow a new day, maybe grovelsjön ?

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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 !