Skiing on fresh snow (61) (31.1.2010)

I planned on doing nothing at all today, but after eating too much I had to go ski. Did two laps in the central park and burned 1508 kcal in 90 minutes with avg hr of 150.

My legs hurt, but it's a good pain. Won't be skiing in a few days though.

Lazy two (59 & 60) (30.1.2010)

30 minute xtrainer at the gym, followed by the traditional badminton. Why am I this tired.

Yesterday I maintained my weight at 99,7 kg for the 4th weekly weigh'ing. After eating a burger and other crap last night at a small party, this morning I was back in the triple digits (100,0 kg). I'll try to get my weight back down by Monday.

Trying to make weight (58) (28.1.2010)

I had to ride the bike in order to match this morning's weight tomorrow. I'm hoping to match the 99,7 kg and I think I'll do that. Today's 21 km in 46 minutes helps.

So cold (57) (27.1.2010)

The only reason I went to the gym was that I was freezing the whole day. All day it has been approximately 20 degrees celcius below zero. I'm glad  I made myself run on the treadmill, because for the first time all day I feel warm. Another thing that really made me smile was stepping on the scale when I got home. Even though night weigh'ins dont count, when the scale stopped at 99,9 kg I felt like I'm really making progress again. It's a real possibility that I just might be able to lose 5 kg in January. Let's see what the scale says tomorrow morning, and more importantly, on Friday.

My God skiing is hard! (56) (25.11.2010)

I didn't want to do anything, just sitting in front of the tv sounded fantastic. But noooo, I had want to break that 100 kg barrier this week. I'm a month ahead of my target, but still I can't give myself a break. Once again I have to make my goal as soon as possible.

Skied for 45 minutes and burned 837 kcal with the average hr o 158. The snow is still really icy, but I remembered one tip about the kick that helped a lot.

Should I take tomorrow off from gym? I know I'm not gonna go skiing, that's for sure.

Hurts (55) (24.1.2010)

Once again I tried to do some running, but this time I felt a sharp pain after 21 minutes. I stopped running and did four sets of inclined bench presses. Before leaving I did another 12 minutes on the xtrainer.

I'm hoping to break 101 kg tomorrow. I feel great about closing on the 100 kg benchmark.

Trying to maintain weight (53 & 54) (23.1.2010)

After cleaning the house I decided that it's time to do two workouts today. I started with going to the gym and running for 30 minutes. After that I came home and had a little pasta before our hour of badminton.

Running man (52) (21.1.2010)

Wanted to do a little something even though I'd rather just stayed home all night.

So anyway. I ran for 30 minutes and feel confident that tomorrow I'll weigh less than today's 101,6 kg.

Start of Q2 (51) (20.1.2010)

Tired beyond belief.

Went skiing in the central park. 40 minutes, 5 km, 877 kcal and 5,1 km. Snow was packed really hard and that proved to be way too difficult for my skill level.

Today I've eaten two rolls for lunch and some rice with oriental chili beef after work. I wish it was Friday weigh'ing already. This morning I weighed 101,8 kg, so well ahead of my schedule.

Ran for the 50th (50) (19.1.2010)

A triumphant return to the gym! I warmed up for 12 minutes on the bike, then ran for a full 60 minutes on the treadmill. Even though I ran with an easy pace (9 km/h), I still got an average hr of 159 and used up 1177 kcal.

25 % of my 200 workout goal is now done. A very, very long way to go.

I haven't eaten much today. I had a soup for lunch and a piece of pie when I got home.

Badminton (49) (16.1.2010)

An hour of badminton, as promised. My legs are pretty tired after all I've done in the last two days.

Now I've earned a movie.

Back on skis (48) (16.1.2010)

Could 't wait until tomorrow. The weather was perfect, so I went to practice my skiing technique and I really believe I'm getting better. I just might do it again tomorrow if I have the time.

I did only one lap in Espoo central park. It took me 30 minutes and accorfing to my hr monitor I used 609 kcal with a hr average of 159.

Now we're off to play badminton.

Firts time doing something other than sitting on the couch for nearly two weeks. We went out for nordic walking last night. We did 11,66 km in just over 2 hours. Heart rate was nice and high from time to time, thanks to the soft snow and ice.

Good to be back!

Location:Easy does it (47) (15.1.2010)

Another week goes by (15.1.2010)

I'm still not feeling too good, but I am getting better. I'm thinking of starting easy either tonight or tomorrow. Maybe an easy set at the gym, or perhaps nordic walking.

I have had to compensate the lack of exercise with even tighter diet in order to keep up with my weight loss goal. I feel like I'm eating nothing at all, but at least I am losing 0,5 kg per week. Today I weighed 102,5 kg.

First weight (8.1.2010)

Just as I expected, I did drop weight quite significantly. This morning the scale stopped at 103,0 kg.

Haven't been able to do anything this week and I'm still stuck with the cold. I really hope I can do something over the weekend, but in order for that to happen I mist feel a lot better in the morning than what I did today.

It's hard to try to keep a strict diet whily just sitting on the couch for a week. I've tried to cut down on my eating even more since I'm not working out.

F*%K! (4.1.2010)

Woke up this morning with a runny nose and a sore throat. I guess no skiing for me today.

Don't get a cold! (46) (3.1.2010)

The whole day I've felt more and more like I'm getting a cold. There's never a good time get a cold, but I really don't want to be sick on my last week of winter vacation. The weather is getting perfect for cross-country skiing. I planned to get in at least 7 workouts, preferably even 10 next week.

Oh yeah, we just got home from playing 70 minutes of badminton. I got my ass handed to me.

I really really really hope I'll write at least some updates tomorrow.

Crosstrainer with UFC3 (45) (3.1.2010)

I need to pay more attention to my diet. I had only cereal this morning, and I totally ran out of energy when on the crosstrainer. I did 30 minutes with the random program and had a good pace, thanks to the UFC 3 final I was watching at the time. I ended up burning 565 kcal, but had no energy to do anything else.

The weather is warming up, so maybe I can ski tomorrow.

Cardio (44) (2.1.2010)

Now that the weight loss goal has been set, I'm afraid I'll take the easy way out and just go on a crazy diet, do only cardio and forget about weight training. In a way I happy that I got back the motivation for aerobic stuff, but I really hope I will keep on lifting weights as well. I want my 95 kg to be mostly muscle. :-)

Today was a fun, easy workout. 40 minutes on the xtrainer, and for the first time I tried the random resistance program. I really liked it, so I'll definetely use it in the future as well. I also did four sets of triceps, just tried to losen them a bit so that I'd be ready when the weather outside is a bit less cold and I can go out and ski again.

The start

The magic number this morning was 104,8 kg. After over eating last night, the starting weight is high. I'm expecting a big stop in the first week.

Stay tuned, this'll be interesting.