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Getting Restarted - One week = One KG - nothing more. Manageable goals.
New year and I let things go a little. Back up to 84 KGs, BMI over 27 now. I have only one aim: Lose 1 KG by 10th January. That's it. I can upscale after that. I can dream of abs and a new Hugo Boss suit at a later stage. Right here, right now, I want a 1 KG drop in the next 7 days. I know that there's a danger of aiming…
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Broke my 5k target time - you can too.
I told myself I would try to be able to accomplish 5k in 25 mins by the end of September in order to set myself up for a sub 50 10k in November. Five months ago, I simply could not do a 5k. Hard to imagine a target time, but it would have exceeded 35 mins. I ran last Monday and aimed for 25 mins. At the starting line, I…
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Money and Weight Loss - Money well spent.
Have spent a small fortune on new clothes because my old ones no longer fit me. However the money saved by not buying junk food pays for it. Also getting a lot more respect at work.
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Do it for yourself - not to prove a point to someone who rejected you in the past!
I bumped into a girl I once asked out. At the time, I was quite heavy and she was very beautiful, thin, had a pretty face and great smile and we would have had a lot of similar interests. Like any person who ever tries to ask someone out and gets rejected, I was gutted. That was about 15 years ago. I had since met her…
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Snacking - really tough
I made a few mistakes recently....ok just made one. Didn't stick to the plan. But here are the root causes. 1. I didn't get enough sleep. Watched crap tv and movies I had seen before. Leading to late nights. 2. I did grocery shopping when I was hungry. Bought snacks (just in case the Pope dropped in.) 3. I switched off at…
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Abs
I can almost being to see my abs. When I such in my stomach, I can see some definition and I can definitely see my obliques, even though I still have small love handles. Awesome feeling. Must get rid of the last few KG.
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Clothes
So one of my favourite sports jackets no longer fits me, it looks way too big. Yay. But it was awfully expensive and was about to chuck it into a charity shop (where it would get 10 eurs) when my wife suggested that I ask a tailor if they could do anything. The best 18 eurs I have ever spent. It fits like a glove and looks…
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Alcohol Free Stag/Bachelors weekend?
Can it be done? I'm Irish so there's a big drinking culture here and even though most of the lads now have kids and we're not as wild as used to be, it's a chance to let the hair down away from the wives and girlfriends.
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Resetting Your Goals and Getting Hung Up on the Past!
When advising people about finances, I used to always say "I don't care how much you bought the stocks (or house or whatever) for. The only thing that matters is how you are going to improve your lot from this point onwards." It's the same with weight and fitness. You gained 2 kilos, so what! That's 2 kg more that we have…
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Small Targets - Great Results
Just a quick post to say that I set myself very modest targets, 1 kg per week (about 2 lbs for my US friends). Setting this modest target has been great for my motivation. I no longer think that it's not worth my while. Even at 9pm I think "well a 30 min stroll" will help. I've already seen the news or whatever movie is on…
