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NTA

Went for a run this morning, and kept my promise to extend distance - to 7 km from 5, overlapping part of my regular 5 km and 3 km circuits together. Time was just under 39 minutes which is around 10.1 km/h. Didn't want to aim for much more than that given the hazardous footing (rained big last night) or the humidity - was mid-20s here and heavily overcast, raining on me for the last 2 km. Don't think I could have gone much faster anyway. 
 
Got home, cooled down, showered, dumped, and here are the results: 
 
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1353704417' post='327322'] 94.0kg, Chest 107cm, Waist 98cm, Hips 103cm.[/quote] 
 
Today: 93.0kg, Chest 107cm, Waist 97cm, Hips 103 
 
So a new low marker for weight and waist, though the bathroom scales were a bit farken mental, varying anywhere up to 300g. I took the most consistent reading.

NTA

My original plan was to do a Spring weight loss, so the results for the period 1/9 to 1/12 were 
 
Weight: 98.8 down to 93 - lost 5.8kg which is a little distorted by the fact that I'd fed well in the week before that first weigh-in. Anything around 4 is about normal for me over 3 months based on stats since Aug 2011. 
Chest: 114 down to 107 - 7cm (nearly three inches) 
Waist: 104 down to 97 - 7cm 
Hips: 108 down to 103 - 5cm 
 
I'm going to extend this sequence into December, up to the 22nd which gives me another 3 weeks to hit 90kg before the dreaded Xmas holidays and my Italian in-laws strike with a prejudice on the food stakes. 
 
I'll be aiming to do 3 x 7km a week minimum and 1-2 home gym sessions per week in addition to karate. I should also get back onto hundred pushups program as I feel it had great benefits for shaping and burn.

NTA

Morning circuit after a fairly lax diet day - pizza is bad on so many levels, but mainly the dehydration effect. Drinking plenty of water and fibre is the only answer. 
 
Chins x 5 
Bicep into hammer x 5 @ 14.25kg 
Top to bottom x 5 @ 50kg 
Arnies x 5 @ 14.25kg 
Pullups x 5 
Lunges a no go due to a fuct knee. First circuit 25 done on the left, then 10 on the right before stopping. Had to ditch squats as well... 
Pushups x 20 
Burpees x 10. The knee is a real problem at this point so won't do any more of those 
 
Circuit 1: 08:45 
Circuit 2: 05:44 - because there isn't any leg work 
 
At that point the circuitous nature of exercise seemed pretty pointless, so I did Arnies to fail (11), bent rows to fail (13), shrugs to fail (15), hammer curls to fail (10), chins to fail (4), pushups to fail (18) 
 
Hanging knee raise: prone x 10, supine x 5, then supine x 5 to finish

NTA

Went for another 7 km run tonight as it was cool and breezy. Nothing excessive, just cruising along. Finished in a tick under 39 minutes again which is something like a good base.

NTA

Another 7 km run tonight - didn't want to watch us in the final throes of the cricket. I upped the pace a little and clocked in at 38:30 which is about 10.9 km/h. I've run a half marathon in the last three days...

NTA

Karate tonight. As the last grading was on the weekend, tonight it was basics followed by a lot of self-defense, which was fun. Jeez I wish I'd known some of this stuff on the rugby field though - would have come in very handy. 
 
Got home and did hundred pushups Week 4 Day 2 for the first time in a while... 
 
Set 1: 25 OK 
Set 2: 29 OK and in fairly good time 
Set 3: 25 OK with minimal rest at top. 
Set 4: 25 OK but started to fatigue badly - several rests at top so extended the rest period in 120s 
Set 5: 28 OK, 8 on knees. 
 
While the form probably wasn't the greatest, I've made an executive decision to finally move on to Week 4 Day 3. 
 
Incidentally I've passed the 3000 mark on the app recording of my efforts, not including the ad hoc pushups I do in other workouts.

NTA

7 km tonight - wasn't really feeling up to it after I got up early to go donate plasma, then had a day on the road doing site visits. 
 
37:42 - jeez! Took nearly a minute out of the previous best, upping the speed from 10.9 km/h to 11.1 km/h - average of 5:23 per km for those playing at home. Nothing in particular I did differently, except to cut one corner off the third km, so I could finish closer to home.

NTA

Another 7 km run tonight, taking the total for the week to 35 km. 
 
Time was 38:30 (pretty much the same as Monday - 10.9 km/h) which was largely due to me being stuffed after the 5am start today. Was so tired I feel asleep at the pool during kid #1's swimming lesson. In my defense it's pretty warm in there...

NTA

On left is me mid-October this year. On right is me October 2010. 
 
Fark

Kirwan

[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1354824598' post='331202'] 
On left is me mid-October this year. On right is me October 2010. 
 
Fark 
[/quote] 
 
Guy on the left will live a lot longer than the one on the right. Great work.

dK

Impressive mate!

NTA

Showed that to the wife and she just nodded shrugged and said "yep...". 
 
You want to ask why they didn't say anything, then realise it wouldn't have made a difference to the person you were back then. The drive to change cannot come from anyone else.

taniwharugby

I'll do one of them on NY Day which will be a year, although losing ~10kg, I dont think mine seems as noticable, we'll see... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/eusa_think.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':think:' />

NTA

Keep in mind that I didn't start measuring stuff until August 2011, but I reckon around the time of that October 2010 photo I'm easily over 120kg.

taniwharugby

ah ok....at my worst I was 103kg in the Christmas to NY period last year...

NTA

Was probably close to 130kg on my wedding day... :| 
 
Run tonight - 7.1km in 38:22 (11.1km/h or 5:24/km). 
 
That officially completes marathon week, though my eating was not great this week due to snacks so the scales won't be my friend tomorrow I suspect... I'll go for a 5km in the morning before weigh-in and we'll see.

NTA

Too tired for a run this morning, so just slept in and then weighed in. 
 
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1354311418' post='329575']93.0kg, Chest 107cm, Waist 97cm, Hips 103 
 
So a new low marker for weight and waist, though the bathroom scales were a bit farken mental, varying anywhere up to 300g. I took the most consistent reading.[/quote] 
 
Today: 94.5kg, Chest 107cm, Waist 97cm, Hips 102cm 
 
Chances are the scales were probably lying a bit last weekend, bit I also had a poor eating effort this week in terms of snacks. 
 
But fuck it - I ran a marathon this week

NTA

Totals for December so far: 
 
Distance: 42.15 km (technically short of the 42.195 km stated as marathon distance, but fuck it) 
Total time: 3:51:22 
Average speed: 10.93 km/h 
Average pace: 05:29 per km

NTA

Big night Saturday - friend had her 40th so nice pub restaurant in Paddington where I had (in order around the bloody awesome food) red wine, beer, beer, white wine, white wine, white, red, red, red, red, red, coffee. After that we headed up to World Bar at the Cross where one of the lads knew the bar manager - didn't have to queue and no buying drinks! Only got in a couple of jimmy and cokes before hitting the wall and heading back to the hotel around 2. 
 
Got to mention the food for one point in particular: corned beef prepared in a certain way that I can't describe, with watermelon. The way they did it just bloody worked, and I don't know how! 
 
Kings Cross has changed. Lot more people than I remember just hanging out on the street because they can't get into venues. That many people and alcohol and its no wonder the place gets violent. 
 
So Sunday was a bit dusty - no exercise all weekend in effect. Slept 12 hours last night and am pretty much recovered. Tonight I mowed the lawn and now I'm back into it - hundred pushups Week 4 Day 3 (120s rest standard) 
 
Set 1: 29 OK 
Set 2: 33 OK 
Set 3: 29 OK, but HARD 
Set 4: 29 OK, had to slow right down and strain from 23 onwards 
Set 5: 30 OK - straining from 18, 10 on knees. 
 
Give it two days and I'll do the 4 week end test. Can't say my form is anything spectacular, but at least I'm getting to the floor if not going all the way to the top. 
 
Myotatics and cat vomits to finish - bit hard after a week of no dedicated abs. 
 
Legs were feeling neglected, so did a two minute hold in shiko-dachi - need to get the legs strong as I plan to grade orange early next year, then green later in the year. The pain I had in the right knee last week is fine thank fuck.

NTA

Karate tonight. Not much going on there physically but was good to clear the mind. Bit of sparring for a change too. 
 
Floats when I got home: 
 
30s hold, 30s rest 
60s hold, 60s rest 
60s hold, 60s rest 
60s hold, 30s rest 
30s hold, 30s rest 
Then alternating 10s hold and 10s relax for the next 2.5 minutes. Dunno why, just wanted to try it. Not hard so I tried hold 15, rest 5 for another two minutes. That was effort but after the previous floatage I'm not surprised.

The Silver Fern

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