So its been a pretty bad week

So it's been a pretty bad week on the PCP.

Managed to injure a knee skipping - don't know how. Wasn't really pushing it - trying a few new moves.
It was bad news. The leg is injured. I was travelling in China limping around.

And then the diet went out of the window. I had some large dinners with clients. Twelve course Chinese banquets. Then tubs of ice cream, pizzas - the lot.

And then I started drinking.

Had a good email chat with Patrick who gave me some decent practical advice:

• Don't beat yourself up too much about it - just make the right choices from now on.
• Take care of the knee - listen to your body. Work on building the muscles up again slowly.
• Swim for cardio.
• If you cant do any cardio (I'm travelling again next week) take out 70 grams of carbohydrates per day from the diet.
• No reason not to do the strength training plus 8 minutes abs.

It's interesting how I can feel the fat coming back around my waist!
But I have decided to be in cotrol of my own body.

I'm back on the diet and the training.

The knee is getting much better fast - no more limping. Although I'm not doing any leg exercises yet - I'll introduce them again this week - very gently. I'll try some walking and swimming for cardio.

I'm back from China so I can blog again - no blogging on the mainland due to the censorship laws.

I'll blog after my training every day - hassle me if I don't.

Matt

Censorship

Dear PCPers, gonna be travelling to China for a few days - will be blogging on my return...

Back on the horse

Well PCP Brothers & Sisters,

It's confession time. I have NOT been a pure PCPer this week. Commitments at work wiped out two days of exercise (like 20 hour days) and then there was the catch up on sleep. I have stuck to the diet though.

It feels good to get it off my (significantly more muscular) chest.

I know it's not cool at all. It means that I won't be getting the most out of the programme. The only thing to do is to have some perfect PCP days. And then repeat.

Check out the latest flicker photo - this sh*t really works. I'm happy for what the PCP has done for me and want to see the next stages.

I did my first 8 minute abs today (Mark made me). Yeah.

The scales say I've lost 8.2 KGs

Which is awesome - very happy with that.
I need to find some time to go through my cupboards to find old clothes.

Bad news is I just pulled a 21 hour shift at work, no skipping today. But I got the job done.

Back on the horse tomorrow. I'm looking forward to what the new diet has in store. And catch up on sleeeeeeeeeep.

Just for the record - I like egg whites. And I love the idea of losing fat faster in the morning...

I do. I like em boiled. I just scarf em down no problem. Woof.
I don't know what the rest of you moaning minnies are making such a fuss about.

I have been feeling a bit achey today so I haven't done the workout yet - so its gonna be another late workout for me.

However, I love the idea of losing fat faster by exercising before breakfast - as per Patrick's post this week. I'm gonna commit to doing it once this week.

I can walk quickly to work in 17 minutes door-to-desk if I take the escalator down the hill from mid-levels into Central. You can bomb down the hill at 6.50am, there's hardly anybody around - just a bunch of other bankers legging it into work.

So the plan is to get up at 6.00am, skip as much as possible in 20 minutes (I won't be able to do the 1,500 in that time, but what ever I can) followed by a shower and pegging it in to work at around 6.55am.

I know it's not Ricky-like levels of commitment, but it's good enough for me. If I do it once, I'll do it again.....

Peace

Matt

Short stories

I was doing my skipping today and had to change my shorts - the ones I was wearing had no tie around the waist so they kept on falling down as I was jumping; does anybody else get that or is it just me?

Anyway, I went to the cupboard and the first pair of shorts I got were a pair of white flannel numbers (part of a costume for last years Rugby 7s when we all got dressed up as giant pieces of sushi - I was rice and salmon - but that's another story) and these shorts had shrunk in the wash.
I still managed to get them on but they have the following effects:

• Making my bum look perky - but not in a gay way.
• Pushing up all of the fat on my tummy so that it hangs over the belt line.
• Making me look like I used to, before the PCP, in my normal shorts.
• Making me realise I've made very good progress, but there's still a way to go - I still have a bunch of fat.
• I'm actually happy that there's 50 days left in the PCP so I can sort it out.

I'm up to 250 skips without stopping

Worked too late at the office - only did half the strength training.

Gonna have to exercise at lunchtimes.

I found out a way to do chest dips

So I found out a way to do chest dips - just use two high chairs. Easy when you try. 4 sets of 4 is my lot for now though.

It's taking me ages to get through the workout. But I get there.

Muscles are a bit achey. Gonna go have massage soon I think - especially my calves as the jumprope makes em burn and then makes em tight.

The scales say I've lost 7 KGs - without my shoes or my belt on.

No nanas for dinner

OK so we know it's getting serious when:

• There's no nanas for dinner.
• I can do 200 skips without stopping.
• I don't really want to stop at 1500.
• I start wondering how far I can get to by day 90 if I'm pure PCP.

All interesting stuff kids.
I can't do more than one and a half pull ups though - gonna have to work on that one.
Finding the diet easy.

Peace,

Matt