Update time - running is not easy...at all

It's going great, I forgot how great you feel after a workout. This morning we did 5 x 2 min jogs with 3 minute walks in between. Was not easy, and I suffered big time, but I managed to get it done, so that is another good 30 minute heavy cardio session done. The eating is going well, I am limiting portions, and had a great day yesterday food wise. I also got about 2 l of water in so I am very happy. Started the morning with a nice bowl of Future Life. I am hoping to shed some more weight fast, it can only make this running business easier! I'm happy, and it is going good.

Hope all of you are doing great too!

L8r
W

hitting the road

So after a few months of laying around and chillaxing way to much, we had a nice big braai on Friday. Me and my wife went for drinks after work, and on our way home a fellow tabler phoned to ask if we want to come by for a quick drink. Needless to say we ended up having more than a quick drink, and a few shooters, and a lekker braai. This guy is 40 years old, weighs about 105kg's and have done 3 Ironmans and a comrades. He is also completely out of shape at the moment. So we got talking about training, loosing weight, and how out of shape we are. Then the challenge was set. My wife dared me to do a half marathon on the 27th of September. In my intoxicated state, I accepted, so that was that. I was in Cape Town from Sunday so our training started today. We did 4km, I actually feel pretty good, we probably walked 80% of the time, but still, I was active from 5:30 this morning for a good 30 minutes. It feels awesome, there are training plans coming, and it is great to do it with 2 friends, of which one has done this kind of stuff before, but the other is in the same boat is me. So here I go again, I am amped, and hopefully I will be doing that half marathon in September. And let's hope the weight melts off.

L8r
W

Chicken Noodle Soup - The only good thing about having the flu

With flu having completely taken over my household, the only good thing to come out of it has been a very nice, chicken noodle soup. It makes you feel good for a while, is nice and hot, and very nourishing.

Here's what you'll need:

• 2 Cans creamed corn.
• 2 Cans regular corn (drained)
• 1.5l chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons ginger ( freshly grated if possible)
• 3 onions peeled and roughly chopped
• 4 chicken breasts chopped into cubes
• Noodles - as much as you like

All of this goes into a large casserole or saucepan. At once, let it boil for about 5 minutes, then simmer for another 5, check that the chicken is done, simmer for as long as you like, you can enjoy immediately, freeze it, have it whenever. I promise you will feel better and less flu -y for the few minutes your drinking, eating this soup.

L8r,

w

here's a status update

Yep, I am still around. It has been a very, very hectic dew weeks. Weddings, parties, work commitments and much more. And I am off to Cape Town on Friday and only returning on Wednesday next week. The diet side of things aren't as good as they should be, but I have not fallen off the waggon completely. My exercise routine is pretty well non existent though. To make matters worse, the wife and I are both struggling with a nasty flu. And winter has arrives, and the monrings are getting proper cold now. I have not been on the scale in quite a while, but will do a weigh in and update accordingly. Still a lot to loose, still a lot of running and gymming to be done. I am still here, it's still happening. We must do what we must, but we must also live life, and I have been doing a whole lot of living life lately!

L8r,
W

I am still here

It is going all right. I still have not got back on the scale, I promised I would not before I felt like I weighed less than a 100 kg's. I do not feel it yet. I have overeaten a few times, and things has just been incredibly hectic, at work and at home. It is no excuse for not getting time in at the gym, or going for a swim, or eating better. What I can say, is that I am so used to eating better, that I do make healthy choices most of the time. I am getting back into the swing of things, and I have promised myself I will do everything possible to get below 100kg's before the end of this month. It is very possible, very doable, and my first weigh in will be at the end of the month. So, it is back to work for me. Although I have not blogged in a while, I have enjoyed reading about your trials, Revelations, successes and failures. In the end we are all human, we will all slip up, but we won't all get back up again.

Have a good one,

W

I am still around

It's been a hectic few weeks. Apart from my joburg business trip, we headed down to Cape Town on Friday for a quick holiday and a wedding. It was a great trip, but very exhausting. We had a bday dinner, a lot of bad foods, and way to much drinks. It was good fun though, and now I am back. Will tackle the gym again, will eat well again, will loose some more weight again. I still haven't weighed myself again, as I promised myself I will only do green postings on that page. So it might be a week or so before I get on the scale again, but I want it to be a green number so bad! I don't think I have picked up a lot, but I don't think I have really lost any. In fairness, it doesn't really bother me. I lives, I ate, i laughed, and I had a great time. I still had a billion calories less than I would normally have, I am still making good conscious decisions. I am getting there. Live goes on, and we need to live it. It's all good.

UPDATE TIME

Sorry I ave been MIA the last few days! I had to go to Jozi for a meeting or two. It was good fun, but my diet regime did suffer. The hotel had a gym, and I managed to make it there once. Otherwise, I ate too much, drank to much, and was behaving badly overall on the diet front. Still, I skipped the breads at breakfast, and the pastries. I feel like I might have picked up some weight, I am hoping it wasn't much. I have decided I am only getting back on the scale somewhere after the 20th of this month. I would hate to put a red weigh in on my page. So have some more time to make sure it will be green. The wife and I are also off to Cape Town for a quick holiday and a friends wedding. So lots of temptation, and I will have to make sure I keep working out and eating right. I need to loose weight, I need to live life, and I need to find that lifestyle balance. I am getting there!

L8r
W