Let's try again...
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I think everyone does that, if I relax my stomach (sitting here doing that, I look like an Ethiopian) it pokes out. the muscles are sort of always engaged, otherwise you'd fall over. Find an old fashioned AB-Wheel. They are some of the exercises we do - a set of 15 and two of 10. That is the weeks ab workout. Feel it for 2 days afterwards!!
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Skipped the workout last night as a few muscles were still recovering, and I wasn't very motivated with the rugby on. Also we ordered pizza for dinner, and in an almost unprecedented event, I only had 4 slices (one quarter) in total! So it was kind of an early start to DDO.<br />
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Stepped on the scales this morning and they read 111.8kg which was a bit suss. I moved them to another point on the floor and they were 112.7kg. After several locations I finally started getting consistent readings of 112.2kg so I'll stick with that. Trend projection puts me at 110.2kg by end of period so I'm on track.<br />
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Friends coming around for BBQ today so DDO will probably be a fairly calm affair with lots of snags, chicken, and salad. What to do with the leftover pizza I'm not sure... Bacon, Boconccini and Brie is a good option. We have a chain over here called Eagle Boys who recently moved into the area and they do some good stuff. -
Eagle boys!? we used to have that in NZ (or at least Wellington). Good restraint on sticking to four pieces : )<br />
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Smart man <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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Went out for dinner last night for wedding anniversary, and ate chinese. Skipped the rice generally and pulled off as much of the batter etc as I could from the prawns, chicken etc<br />
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113.4kg today but my scales are giving me the shits, reading anywhere from 112.8 thru 114.7. Fkers might have to be replaced if they don't wise up -
[quote name='NTA']Smart man <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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Went out for dinner last night for wedding anniversary, and ate chinese. Skipped the rice generally and pulled off as much of the batter etc as I could from the prawns, chicken etc<br />
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113.4kg today but my scales are giving me the shits, reading anywhere from 112.8 thru 114.7. Fkers might have to be replaced if they don't wise up[/QUOTE]<br />
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That's a pretty normal day to day fluctuations though, particularly for a big guy. You are basically measuring the difference in fluids in your body from day to day.<br />
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You'll drive yourself mad if you keep doing that, just weight yourself once a week on the same day (or at least pay attention to only one weigh in a week) and make sure each one of those is less than the previous week. -
Didn't explain that very well; I meant the scales are giving me different readings on consecutive attempts within a few seconds!<br />
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This morning i stepped on the scales and got 112.8 - given what I'd consumed over the weekend I found that a little odd. I stepped on again and got 114.3, then 113.7, 113.2, and various other readings. <br />
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Tried moving to another area of the floor, different foot positions, etc but still could only get a rough average once I'd got three readings in the same general number.<br />
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Its definitely driving me mad tho...<br />
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This week I'll be throwing some cycling into the mix to work different areas of my legs. The distance to work is only 8km so I'll extend that with a loop ride on Wednesday. -
112.5 today - sits right on the current trendline which I suppose makes sense given recent fluctuations<br />
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5.4 km walk in 42:44 @ 7.58km/h which is a new record by 36 seconds over that distance. Haven't done any strength work this week - concentrating on diet and aerobic exercise. Will probably ride the bike to work tomorrow via a longer route to stretch it out past the standard 8km. Will put MyTracks on the phone up against the bike computer to see how they compare. -
[quote name='BartMan']keep it up - you're 2XL rugby jersey that arrived today will end up too big...[/QUOTE]<br />
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Will have to put it in the dryer ...<br />
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112.4kg this morning. Need to think about a re-jig of the diet as I feel I'm starting to plateau a little -
111.5kg this morning. Mostly fluid I guess but I'll take it <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /><br />
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Didn't bother extending my bike ride yesterday as my butt was sore enough - must be missing some arse padding since the weight loss.started <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /><br />
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Still the bike ride is a good leg workout and is higher on the aerobic scale than the walking. Seeing the chiro next week about my inflamed disc so hopefully that will come good and I can start running again.<br />
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I reckon I can set new records for my 5km run now I've shaved off a few kg. Feeling good! -
Considering I started losing weight before I rejoined the Fern, I'm already there! Belts all down to the last notch. Pants falling off if I don't have a belt. Shirts of all kinds getting decidedly roomy.<br />
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1.5kg from the goal now, but only 2 weeks to get there... picked up some more protein powder so that will be put to good use. Might do strength tonight after the rugby. -
111.0kg even this morning. Had a bit of a protein day yesterday, and instead of ordering pizza last night and restricting myself to two slices, I picked up T-bones, bbq'd those suckers and threw down some salad chaser (with Fetta). Awesome. And in other news: DDO today! I am about to hit a couple of meat pies after spending most of the morning digging up various bits of the yard with the landscaper dude. New garden shed and front yard turf (Sir Walter Buffalo) coming my way. I'm knackered, but loving it!
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Lads, I reckon I'm sailing close to the rocks as far as diet goes. Last week Friday and today I've been having a bit of weirdness with my vision and the odd headspin. <br />
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Usually those days I've had a lot of protein and tried to keep the overall intake down, but I'm not starving myself.<br />
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got to have the carbs - your brain needs them - it's the only 'food' that it'll use!<br />
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Carbs - oats for breakfast, kumara, rice or something for lunch, dinner, not really needed. And that would be at least a cup of oats (whole grain rolled), and at least a cup of uncooked rice for lunch, or 200-300g kumara (or pumpkin). Got to feed the machine NTA!<br />
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get to a nutritionist - have your weekly schedule ready so they can then work out what your intake of carbs / proteins / fats need to be etc.
