State of the garden

Today did some more garden work. More plants are in, gras is sown, weeds are gone (for now :( )




Lavender by the door




Front view




Fruit trees and hillside








Looks better without weeds




Needs some more plants, in the next couple of weeks

Well, feels as if the work is paying of. If only it grows as expected and we can keep up with cleaning we should be ok.

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Wm ice hockey - Sweden-italy

Spent yesterday evening at globen in stockholm where the world chanpionship icehockey is being played.

Last week when we bought garden stuff, we got tickets. So i invited jennys dad to go.

Had a great time. Lots of atmosphere!

And sweden beat italy by 4-0




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Grabbhalvan 2012

Well, ran my first official run today. Grabbhalvan is a 5 km run in norrköping.

Got round in 31.33 and finished with my 3 girla cheering at the spectator stand. Of course it was raining...

Anyway, 1150 out of 1500 runners. Still, 31,33 is a quick time for me with my short legs.




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Zoey chases eh... Zoey?

We have a strange dog....

Maybe later

Open house at the bikeshop yesterday so i drove past on my way home.
Saw this beauty there. Good starting bike. Ducati monster 696.

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Gardenwork

Spent the day working in the garden.


Spring has started











Set up screens in front of the house. Now let's get some plants in there.








Cleaned up a big part of the height nect to the house. Loads of weeds there.. Now we're going to put gras on there. About half done !

Just had a good dinner, pork-stew with thyme. Now tired and longing for a relaxing evening. All in all a good day.



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Weight 2012 - week 1

Well, the first week went by and i'm not too happy about it.

Motivation tanked, no training and not the best foodwise. Can't explain why, but it is so hard just now to focus and resist temptation. Thing is, the food and snacks that go in extra are not that good. Not worth it.

Today started better. Got myself out of the house in wonderfull weather and ran 8,3 km. That's a record distance for me !

Now, let'a make this a good day, tomorrow also etc...

Have.a great we//Geert


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And we're back with weight 2012

Hi all,

Well, not a lot of action here the last couple of months. After a really good trip with my weight in 2011, things did not go so good beginning of this year. Developments at work (project kilos) and home have made me go up in weight during the first 3,5 months. Sure, I have had a lot of good days, but also a lot (and maybe most) bad days. Keep finding myself in front of the fridge at night.. Not a good thing at all.

On a good note, I have managed to start running again and actually ran 7 km's on tuesday evening. Have even put myself up for a local race on the 10th of may. Will run "Grabbhalvan" in Norrköping, a 5 km run. Not a super long distance, but the first time for me doing something like that.. Excited !

Anyway.. I'm now back with Weight 2012. Starting point is a proper 93 kg this morning. This will have to be down to under 80 by the summer again.. So, running, eating healthy and no snacks/night food etc... Let's do this !

Baked cookies with elin.

Made whoopie pies this afternoon with Elin. First time baking for me. Quite chuffed with the result.



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Confusing

Saw this yesterday evening when I got out of the shop. Left or right was the question.

It turned out to be the one on the right !

Not often that you have exactly the same car parked next to you. Same colour, same wheels, same interior !

Weight 2011 - week 52 - End of the story

Well, that's it then. Weight 2011 is finished..

Last week was a bit hard with christmas. Discovered that christmas candy still is hard. Too little excercise and a bit too much food and candy mean 79,4 this week. 0,6 up from last week. Not good, but no crisis.

Some summary of the year:
Started at 129,6 kg
Ended at 79,4
Total loss 50,2 kg

Waist started at 137 cm, now at 94 cm. Loss of 41 cm in waist..

Pant size jeans from a tight 44 to a comfortable 33.

Can now walk and run and do what i want. Before always tired.

Sleep a lot better.

People seem to be more open and listen better to my opinion. Before people seemed to assume i was lazy....

All in all i am very happy to change. will try and not fal back into old habbits.

What now for 2012? Well, the big challenge now starts with stabilising and not going up. Think it will become "stable weight 2012".

Will report again next week//Geert








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Jennifer in her schools christmas show.

Last wednesday, Jennifer had a Christmas show as part of the last day of school for this semester. She is part of the choir. To our surprise and amazement she did a lot of singing during the show. Very proud I can tell you.

Weight 2011 - week 51

The year is almost gone. Next week is the end of weight 2011. Wonder what the total will be.

Eating real food totally now. Skipping carbs though, bo potatoes, pasta, bread or rice. No sugar also. Actually not that hard with little planning.

Weight now is a bit different day to day. Still going down, but slower now, despite eating very well.

Training has been a bit slow. Hurt my feet a few days ago and am taking it a bit slow. Better in the coming week.

Result then well, ended up on 78,8 this week, but have lso seen 78,1 during the week.. 78,8 means 50,8 kg total loss.

And for the people that haven't met me for a while, a picture. so that you not like my mother walk past me without recognizing me ;))



What will come after weight 2011 ???

Have a wonderfull christmas//Geert

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Weight 2011 - week 50

Morning, a new saturday and a new result.

Started eating one real meal a day this week. Nice to be on real food again.

Weight went down quite well. 78,5 yesterday morning. Then yesterday i was tempted to eat christmas lunch. No carbs though, still, it might have been a bit much as the scale said more this morning.

Result, 79,6 kg. That,s 0,2 down from last week. Total 50 kg

Will report again next week//Geert


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Elin and her christmas decorarions

Elin made some christmas decorations today at kindergarden for our tree.







Christmas is getting close!

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Weight 2011 - week 49

Morning

New week, new chanses.

Had an interesting, but hard week. Seem to be freezing more and more hungry. Must be all the christmas food you see now...

Anyhow, only managed to train on wednesday due to planning conflicts.

Weight was strange this week. Actually went up beginning of the week after last weeks good result. Maybe because i caught a cold ?

Result was then a loss of 0,6 kg. Still good... Brings me to 79,8 this morning. Total 49,8 kg lost.

That means i can start eating real food again. Only 1 portion per day for the first week. Will keep low on carbs though, so no bread, potatoes or pasta..

New report next week //Geert



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Weight 2011 - week 48 - 80,4 kg

just a quick message this week.

Down to 80,4 this week. 2,1 fromlast week, total 49,2. Hopefully now for the last week on bars and hotmeals... Real food from week 50 ?

Will report a bit more later or next week

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Weight 2011 - week 47 - 82,5 kg

And it's saturday again. A week has gone by again...

Had a work conference which only had me training 2 times this week. Food is boring but ok, still on replacement food. Hopefully only 2 weeks left, maybe 3...

Anyway, the scale said 82,5 this morning. Thats 0,9 from last eeek. To be expected after last weeks loss. 47,1 total from 1st of jan.

Measurements are getting ok aswell. 96 cm stomach now which is close to the 94 cm recommendation. Soon in the green there.

Only thing is that i am getting a bit wrinkly around my middle. Hopefully will go away with some continued training.

New report in a week//Geert




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Tried to bake worstenbroodjes

Today, had to stay home with Elin who was sick and got bored. Found a recipe for worstenbroodjes. A dutch speciality. Sausage roll is the closest i can explain it to.




Anyway, spent the afternoondoing these. Unfortunately they came out the oven a bit hard (too much flour, too little yeast?), but i'm quite chuffed anyway.

Of course, the ni e thing is that i am not allowed to eat them....

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Weight 2011 - week 46 - 83,4 kg

And a new saturday morning. Winter is still not here and we have cold, rainy grey weather. Sun is coming through now, so today will be a nice day ?

Had a good week. Morning training at 7 works well. 3 times this week.

The result then: an amazing 2,3 kg gets me to 83,4. Total 46,2 kg now. Hopefully 2 to 3 weeks left to real food... (christmas is saved ?)

Will report again next week. Have a good one !


//Geert



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