Rumble in Rymättylä

One day is enough

2010-07-06T20:30:00.000+03:00

Tried to stop, but I can't. Reaching my goal didn't make me feel thin. I will continue my quest, next goal is 74,8 kg by christmas.

So keep reading.

Today I reached my goal

2010-07-05T22:01:00.001+03:00

82,6 kg. 'Nuff said.

Blog continues

2010-06-13T22:04:00.001+03:00

Due to popular demand (thanks Peter), I will continue writing this blog.

Today I put on my running shoes for the first time in over a week. I ran four laps on Kasavuori, so the usual 12,xx km in an hour and twenty minutes.

I got a nasty blister on my toe, so I won't be running in a while. I will either get o my bike or go to the gym.

I will try to reach my goal of 83 kg asap. The lowest I've been was 83,7 kg just a few weeks ago, but the irregular diet and lack of exercise while traveling over the last three weeks has made me gain a few kilos. I think my weight will be around 85 kg tomorrow morning.

Cycling (117) (25.4.2010)

2010-04-25T16:20:00.001+03:00

First bike ride of the year was fun! Just 24 km in 71 minutes, but it was great to go where ever I wanted. I really like an easy and quiet sightseeing in my beautiful home town.

Sunday morning run (116) (25.4.2010)

2010-04-25T11:52:00.001+03:00

A nice morning to run at Kasavuori. A little over 8 km in just over 50 minutes.

I've decided to start living "normal" life again. Last night we ate well and even had some candy and potato chips. This will mean my weight will go up temporarily, but I'm sure I will get below 83 well before my deadline.

I think I'll take my bike out later today.

Deadline (115) (24.4.2010)

2010-04-25T11:46:00.001+03:00

I decided the official deadline for my last 4 kilos. The date is obvious, of course it has to be Friday the 13th of August the day before the Rumble.

Today was an uninspirational Saturday at the gym. I started with 45 minutes on the AMT, then followed with four sets of inclined bench presses and abs. Before leaving I did three sets of lat pulls.

Making weight (114) (22.4.2010)

2010-04-22T22:26:00.001+03:00

As always, Thursday is the day for getting the weight as low as possible for Friday's weigh'ing. I ran 10 km in an hour at the gym. Weight is looking pretty good. I'm expecting to be just below 66 kg.

Second run outdoors (113) (20.4.2010)

2010-04-21T21:25:00.001+03:00

Yesterday I ran 8 km in good ol' Kasavuori. I still can't average 6 min kms. That'll be my first goal in running.

Today we went to the driving range instead of the gym. Tomorrow I need to do something in order to get my weight down a bit. This morning I weighed 86,8 kg.

The date for the big Rumble has been set. It will all happened on the 14th of August.

New goal ( 112) (18.4.2010)

2010-04-18T20:11:00.000+03:00

A trip to the gym after lunch was a bit tough, but I managed to get an hour of aerobic done. 30 minutes on the xtrainer and another 30 minutes on the bike. I'm hoping I will still be under 87 kg tomorrow.

My new goal is, as planned in the beginning of this year, to weigh 83 kg. This then is my next goal, but I really haven't figured out by what date I want to reach this. Is June 30th too early?

Under 87 kg (111) (18.4.2010)

2010-04-18T14:02:00.001+03:00

I made my second goal of 2010.I weighed under 87 kg ( 86,7 kg).

As promised, I started the outdoor running season this morning. I ran a little under 9 km in just under 55 minutes as you can see from here. A lot harder than runnning on the treadmill.

Run (110) (17.4.2010)

2010-04-17T17:59:00.001+03:00

An hour on the treadmill. Bought new running gear and will start my outdoor running season tomorrow.

Normal weight (109) (15.4.2010)

2010-04-16T12:29:00.002+03:00

On Thursday I ran 10 km (60 minutes) on treadmill and tried to gert closer to my next target weight of 87 kg. This morning I weighed in at 87,2 kg, so I should reach the goal in the next few days.

87,2 kg means that I have reached one milestone. My BMi is now 24,9, and I am now officially normal weight. How come I still feel fat just like before? Got to keep on working hard, maybe reaching my next goal of 83 kg will make me feel less obese?

Sunday run (108) (11.4.2010)

2010-04-11T20:29:00.000+03:00

Didn't take the bike out, went to the gym instead. Ran 10 km in an hour, the pedaled 21 minutes in the bike before heading home.

I just might break 88 tomorrow morning. We'll see.

AOS-(107) (10.4.2010)

2010-04-10T20:57:00.002+03:00

80 minutes and 12,65 km on the treadmill. Spring is here, but I rather ran indoors than out there in the cold night.

Tomorrow I will go for the first bike ride of 2010.

Hotel gym (106) (6.4.2010)

2010-04-06T22:00:00.001+03:00

I was in Tallinn for a few days and went to the good gym at the top floor of the Reval Olümpia Hotel. I ran for 30 minutes and did 4 sets of bench presses and biceps.

Synny walk (105) (5.4.2010)

2010-04-05T18:21:00.001+03:00

Two-hour nordic walk. 'nuff said.

New week begins (104) (5.4.2010)

2010-04-05T13:04:00.001+03:00

Happy about staying beliw 90 kg, pissed off that I can't break 88.

Ran for 30 minutes and did some inclined bench presses. We'll go for a nordic walk a little later today.

New invention (103) (4.4.2010)

2010-04-04T14:56:00.000+03:00

I came up with a new workout or test for myself. I called it the Indoor Triathlon. My plan is to do 60 minutes on th treadmill, 60 minutes on the crosstrainer and 60 minutes on the bike.

Today I did just the 60 minutes of running and 30 minutes of crosstrainer. I got hungry and bored, so there was no chance on continuing for another 90 minutes. Bt one of these days I will do that.

Morning AMT (102) (3.4.2010)

2010-04-03T11:08:00.000+03:00

We're visiting some family today just after noon, so I had to be up early and ready to work right away. I was the first person at the gym when it opened at 9:00 am. I had time for one hour on the AMT before I had to leave, so that's what I did.

Even though I did a lot of stuff yesterday, our good food made me be heavier this morning than what I wanted. I was hoping to break 87,5 kg over easter, but it looks like an impossible task. That sucks.

One hundred and then some (100 + 101) (2.4.2010)

2010-04-02T18:43:00.001+03:00

I was really anxious to go to the gym this morning after taking yesterday off. We did have some good stuff to eat last night, so my weight ended up being 88,5 kg for my weekly weigh'ing.
I started with a good hour of running on the treadmill and followed it with 20 minutes on the bike.

Before having good pasta for lunch we went for a kittle over 9 km nordic walk. Now my legs are pretty tired.

Let's see what else I get done over the Easter holidays.

Wayne G (99) (31.3.2010)

2010-03-31T21:11:00.000+03:00

Another day of boring, but effective running. 40 minutes on treadmill, followed by four sets of inclined bench presses.

I will remain under 89 kg. Happy happy joy joy!

Basic aerobic (98) (30.3.2010)

2010-03-31T21:09:00.000+03:00

On Tuesday I did my pretty usual aerobic crap. Once again I was tired, but I'm sure I don't want to bore you with that same crap again.

I did 35 minutes on the treadmill and 15 minutes on the xtrainer. This got me below 89 kg for the first time.

Thursday and the weekend (95, 96, 97) (25.-28.3.2010)

2010-03-28T21:03:00.001+03:00

I seem to be updating this blog pretty lazily.

On Thursday I was tired, but had to try to make Friday weigh'ing be below 90 kg. After 30 minutes on the AMT, 15 minutes on the bike and four sets of abs I weighed 89,6 kg on Friday.

On Sarurday we ate some fried garbage for lunch. This made our hour of badminton just about as sucky as possible.

Today was better. I spent an hour on the treadmill and 15 minutes on the bike. Most likely I will be below Friday's weight tomorrow. That'll be a good start for the Easter week. I'm hoping to close to 88 kgon Friday.

Btw, yesterday I bought a pair of Peak Performance pants in size Medium. Can you believe that? I sure can't.

Three dull ones (92, 93, 94) (23.-24.3.2010)

2010-03-25T13:44:00.002+02:00

Slowly but steadily I keep losing the extra weight I gained last weekend.

On Tuesday I spent 45 minutes at the gym, 30 minutes on the xtrainer, 10 minutes on the treadmill and 4 sets of inclined bench presses.

On Wednesday morning I did 30 minutes on the bike and 15 minutes on the xtrainer.

On Wednesday night I started with 35 minutes on the AMT and followed with 15 on the bike.

This mornign I weighed 90,2 kg. So close.

Last time on skis? (91) (22.3.2010)

2010-03-23T15:39:00.002+02:00

Yesterday I came home after spending 4 days at the cottage. Even though we spent two days skiing, I still managed to gain a lot of weight during that time. To keep my sanity, I tried to shed some of that weight before Tuesday morning by going skiing. I did the usual 10,5 km in central park with a pretty easy pace and burned off 1100 kcal. My weight this morning was 91,5 kg, so 2,2 kg more than on Friday morning. I have a really tough 3 days ahead of me if I want to get even close to my last week's official weight of 89,3 kg.

90 (90) (17.3.2010)

2010-03-18T17:50:00.001+02:00

Do I try or shouldn't I? After yesterday's 30 minute run, abs, inclined bench presses and biceps I weighed 90,5 kg this morning. I haven't really eaten anything, so by doing a good aerobic workout tonight it might be possible to reach 89,X kg tomorrow. What to do?

Where is my motivation? (89) (16.3.2010)

2010-03-16T21:56:00.001+02:00

I haven't found my motivation to keep on going with my weight loss project. I'm not quite sure why this happened. It's either the fact that I wasn't able to break 90 last Friday, my weight gain over the weekend, the understanding of what's still left or maybe just general exhaustion. I'll try to do something tomorrow and on Thursday in order to get somewhere close to 90 on this Friday and then just relax at the cottage on the weekend. I'm taking two days of work and try to gather up energy for the spring rush at work and for the remaining workout project.

I've lost a lot of muscle strenght during the last few months. I would like to work on it more and more, but I know I can't do it before I've reached a weight and waist I'm happy with. I can only concetrate fully on one aspect of working out.

Today I spent an hour on xtrainer, burning 900 kcal. I'm hoping to weigh less than 91 tomorrow morning.

92 (88) (14.3.2010)

2010-03-14T22:08:00.001+02:00

My weight seems to be settling to around 92 kg. This, I guess, means that I can fairly easily get rid of about 2 kg of liquid fairly easily, but my "real weight" at the moment is approximately 92. I decided to give up the super strict diet and get back to working on muscle strenght along side of all the aerobic stuff. My goal now is to lose 5 more kilos and reach 87 kg and at the same time gain a little muscle. In total then I think I need to lose 6-7 kg of fat.

I went to the gym. Warmed up for 30 minutes on the xtrainer and followed it with four sets of bench presses (barely was able to do it with 50 kg), abs and biceps.

I will increased my intake of protein, but otherwise I'm not quite sure what my diet is going to look like.

Good morning (87) (14.3.2010)

2010-03-14T11:12:00.001+02:00

-6 degrees celcius and a nice clear day was a perfect setting for a morning on skis. I did 12,44 km in just 1 hour 5 minutes and burned 1200 kcal.

Friday weigh'ing was a little dissapointing. I wasn't able to break 90, but I made even 90 kg. I've gained 1,9 kg since, so the skiing and a trip to the gym tonight is more than welcome. Will this be the first week this year that I won't lose weight?

Push! (86) (11.3.2010)

2010-03-11T21:47:00.001+02:00

35 minute run and 25 minutes on the bike. 90 kg is even closer, but I might not make it tomorrow. If I'm going to be short, it's going to be less than 300 g..

So close to 90 (85) (10.3.2010)

2010-03-10T21:34:00.001+02:00

Crosstrainer, 60 minutes. I will break 91 tomorrow, but 90 will probably have to wait until next week.

Crappy skiing (84) (8.3.2010)

2010-03-08T20:45:00.001+02:00

Worst skiing so far. Weather was a bit too warm to my taste, but that doesn't explain why I felt like crap all the way. I did only 5 km and burned merely 589 kcal.

Who knows, maybe I should take a day off and try to recover properly from the past weekend's Golf Expo. Or maybe I'll go to the gym tomorrow. All I know is that I won't ski for a few days.

The good news then. I'm pretty sure I weigh less than 92 tomorrow. Even though my goal is to make 83 kg as soon as possible, I'm really looking forward to first breaking 90 and then making "normal weight" BMI at 87,4 kg.

Gooooaaall! (83) (4.3.2010)

2010-03-05T19:52:00.001+02:00

Yesterday I once again I did the 11 km on skis. The weather was perfec,t and despite being tired, it felt good. 1170 kcal lead to making my summer goal in less than half the time. 12,4 kg gone in 63 days. I'm now a light heavyweight, weigh'in 92,4 kg.

A new goal is already set. 83 kg by the end of the year. I'll try to make it a lot earlier, though. Wish me luck.

X-country (82) (2.3.2010)

2010-03-05T19:48:00.001+02:00

On Tuesday I did my usua 11 km skiing. Burned the usual 1200 kcal. Did not feel good.

I'm getting lazy (81) (1.3.2010)

2010-03-02T13:39:00.003+02:00

I'm getting lazy with updating this blog.

Once again I went to the gym last night and I didn't update my blog until now.

I ran for 30 minutes and did 4x10 inclined bench presses.

It's raining for the second day in a row. I wonder if I'll be able to go ski tonight?

Back at home (80) (28.2.2010)

2010-02-28T20:02:00.002+02:00

When I got bach home I felt an incredible urge to go out and ski my ass off as a punishment for eating and drinking too much over the weekend. I skied the same route I did on Thursday, except this time doing two laps (á 1,6 km) in Olari. I tried to see how fast I could do the lap, and I did the first lap in 7 minutes and 18 seconds. On the second lap I to it a bit easier, not pushing myself to the limit like I did on the first laps. This time my time was 7 minutes and 47 seconds. I think this pretty much tells me that my technique (or rather the lack of any) doesn't last under more effort. Better just take it easy from now on and just make longer trips until I can get technically better at freestyle cross-country skiing.

Today my trip took a little over an hour and I burned exactly 1400 kcal according to my hr monitor.

Weigh'ing tomorrow. I hope it'll be low enough so I won't get depressed. I'm expecting a weight of high 95's, but we'll see. I'm still hoping I could make a low 94's on Friday morning for the weekly weigh'ing.

Getting closer (79) (26.2.2010)

2010-02-28T19:58:00.002+02:00

On Thursday skied a new route that was pretty fun to ski. First and last 2 km were hard (the normal central park route), but now I added a new part in Olari. All on all I skied 1,34 km in just over an hour, burning 1310 kcal.

On Friday morning I weighed 94,6 kg, so only 1,6 kg left to my first goal of 2010. upcoming weekend is going to set me back a little, on Monday we'll find out how much.

I should've believed myself (78) (23.2.2010)

2010-02-23T22:01:00.000+02:00

My legs we just too tired after Sunday and Monday, but since I wanted to lose some excess water in my body in order to get my weight down, I decided to go to the gym anyway. I ran for 30 minutes and it never felt good. After the run I pedaled the bike with a low resistance, trying to get the lactic acids out of my muscles.

Today I'll rest just so that I can do my usual routine on Thursday.

Great weather (77) (22.2.2010)

2010-02-22T19:46:00.001+02:00

Great golf by Ian Poulter mast night! The bad thing about that was that I stayed up late watching it. Today after work I fell asleep on the couch and wasn't sure if I'd have the energy to go ski, but I did go anyway. I'm glad I did, since I had a great time and I really rhig I getting a hang ofthe tecnique. I skied for an hour and 20 minutes, burning 1070 kcal.

The weekend of eating crap left an extra kilo into my body when comparing to Friday morning. I'm still confident I can lose 0,5-1 kg come next Friday.

75 & 76 (75 & 76) (21.2.2010)

2010-02-21T21:32:00.001+02:00

Fantastic day. I felt really energetic when I woke up and couldn't wait to go to the gym. When I got there, I started with 60 minutes on the bike and followed it with 30 minutes on the treadmill. I Tried to do some abs, but the were too sore from yesterday.

After lunch I still had quite a bit of energy left in me, so I went skiing. I did just over an hour in the central park.

Alltogether I burned 2250 kcal today.

The good and the bad (74) (20.2.2010)

2010-02-20T22:57:00.000+02:00

It's ugly.

A good trip to the gym. 30 minutes of running and 15 minutes on the bike. I also did 4x30 ab crunches and 4x10 inclined bench presses.

The bad came after. Since I had no nachos yesterday, I made sure I wouldn't make the same mistake again. We bought nachos, potato chips, chocholate donuts, candy and assorted chili nuts. Now, after OD'ing on sugas, fat and salt I know I won't be doing it again in a while. Feeling like this sucks.

Forgot (73) (18.2.2010)

2010-02-19T21:59:00.001+02:00

This was a hard week, so today I gave myself a day off. I wanted to me a good weight and after 15 minutes of running, 15 minutes on the bike and 30 minutes on the AMT I was able to make a decent weight this morning. 95,3 kg is 1,1 kg less than last week.

After deciding to pig out for the day I wanted to do it well. I started the morning with two rolls, a Snickers bar and a bag of candy. For lunch I ate a minute steak with french fries and a Coke. I even had a beef in the afternoon. :-) Later today we went for pizza and right now I eatin more candy. The only regret I have is that I didn't buy nachos and salsa.

Tomorrow I will return to my normal schedule of extreme dieting and working out. It'll feel good after this.

No progress (72) (17.2.2010)

2010-02-17T21:23:00.001+02:00

Pretty much the same situation as yesterday. After 30 minutes of running and 15 minutes of riding a bike I weighed 96,1 kg. Tomorrow morning I'm expecting to record a weight just under 96 kg. If I can find the energy to do my usual Thursday routine I just might be able to get to low 95's, but nothing more.

Just like yesterday, I was not able to get my heart rate above 150 and therefore I burned only 670 kcal. I anxiously want to make 93 kg as soon as possible, but it Miika like it'll take more than 2-3 weeks. Oh well, I'm still well ahead of my plan, so I should be happy. Why aren't I?

Getting tougher (71) (16.2.2010)

2010-02-16T22:08:00.001+02:00

Two things. Weight loss sems to be slowing down. So far I've been able to drop on 300 g since Friday. Since I'm used losing over a kilo in a week, I'm worried I won't lose much over 500 g this time.

Anotherthig getting harder is burning calories, since I am getting lighter and into better shape. Today I ran for a little over 6 km in 40 minutes, but burning only 600 kcal. If one kilo is a little over 7000 kcal, I have to run and ski a hellova lot more in the upcoming weeks, since I can't cut down on eating any more. My diet keeps slipping back to well under 1000 kcal a day. Today it must be something around 700-800 kcal.

One more week gone (70) (14.2.2010)

2010-02-14T19:39:00.001+02:00

Don't worry, I haven't been lazy. Yesterday and today we spent about 5 hours on shoveling snow off our roof and our yard. I thought that would be enough, but after resting for a few hours I thought a little skiing wouldn't hurt. I went to the central park and did one lap, burning 767 kcal.

Great game of badminton (69) (11.2.2010)

2010-02-11T21:33:00.001+02:00

Antti came over and I got him to play badminton. We had a pretty close game, but Antti was better in the end. It was a really good workout as well, and I will make a great weight tomorrow morning. Looks like I'll lose at least 2 kg from last week. Yes!

Still not giving in to the flu (68) (10.2.2010)

2010-02-10T22:23:00.001+02:00

I keep getting feeling of flu every now and then, but by medication and meditation I try to keep it away. I also want to keep making good progress on my weight loss, so today I ran for 30 minutes (4,5 km) and rode the bike for 10 minutes (4,5 km), just to keep my metabolism working hard. Look like I'm going to make my lowest weight of this whole 1,5 year period on Friday. Tonight the scale matched my earlier record of 97,5 kg and I still have 33 hours until my weekly weigh'ing.

Aggressive weight loss has taken it's toll on my muscle strenght. Today I was barely able to do 3x10 with 50 kg on the inclined bench press. I need to get back to weight training as soon as I make my spring goal weight.

Really stressful day at work today. I'm really glad I have this exercise regime these days, It definetely is a fantastic way to ventilate and clear my mind of all the stress. I'm also really happy for what I have at home. Just talking with my wonderful wife and tossing a pink elephant toy to my dog is really all I need.

Pleasepleaseplease, don't let me get sick again (67) (8.2.2010)

2010-02-08T23:27:00.000+02:00

I came over to Tallinn for two days and planned on spending at least tonight at the hotel gym. Yesterday I started to feel the flu coming at me once again, but I still went skiing. Today I still felt like crap from time to time, but I decided to get in a run even if it killed me. I ran for a decent 30 minutes and watched the night fall on the city.

This morning the scale was either broken or I'm really starting to lose the weight at a really good pace. 98,2 kg after the huge drop on Friday and not even really trying over the weekend, that's what I like to see.

I probably won't have time to go to the gym tomorrow, so I just have to be extra careful with my eating. I'll eat myself full at breakfast, but not too full. I think the biggest temptation to eat garbage is on the two hour ferry trip back to Helsinki.

Good night for now!

10 km (66) (7.2.2010)

2010-02-07T17:46:00.001+02:00

Felt a bit flu-ish, but did let that stop me. The weather was perfect and I went to ski at my home golf club. The profile is a lot easier than the central park where I normally ski, and it really showed. I was able to maintain a good, even pace for the whole 10 km. Of course the hills slowed me down a bit.

I did the 10 km in a hour with a avg hr of 163. Total calories burned was 1223.

Saturday night is allright for badminton (65) (6.2.2010)

2010-02-06T22:39:00.001+02:00

The usual. One hour of badminton. This time we Tekes to make it a bit more efficient by spending half the time tryingto just keep the shuttlecock in the air.

Oh yeah. Yesterday's weight was a really good 98,6 kg. I'm half done with my project.

Wayne Gretzky (64) (4.2.2010)

2010-02-04T22:00:00.001+02:00

Tomorrow is weight day. I've been a bit worried all week because I haven't made any progress weight wise since last Friday. I still believed I'd lose at least 500 g (my minimum), but maybe not much more. Also, I have started adding a little calories to my diet over this past week, so that must have affected my weight this week.

Today I did a little bit more everything in order to record some progress tomorrow. I ate lighter food and just spent an hour on the treadmill. Ran for 9,5 km and burned 1100 kcal. All this made the scale stop at even 99,0 kg. I'm expecting to lose a little more overnight, so it looks like the result may just be good. 98,9 kg is the half-way point on this second part of my project (93 kg by May 31st).

Now for a good night of sleep.

Btw All you Finnish readers, check out our new blog about our preparation for our trip to the Arctic Sea next summer at janiksenviikko.blogspot.com.

Skimania (63) (3.2.2010)

2010-02-03T20:45:00.001+02:00

Had energy for only one lap in central park. Burned a little over 800 kcal, but still I weigh a lot more than this morning's 99,5 kg. Thankfully I have one more day before weekly weigh'ing.

Tuesday (62) (2.2.2010)

2010-02-02T21:32:00.001+02:00

An easy 35 minute, 603 kcal run at the gym. Didn't have time for more after grocery shopping. Still have the little pain on the right side of my right knee.

99,8 kg this morning. I seem to be stuck at this weight. If there's no change in a week I will start to worry.

Skiing on fresh snow (61) (31.1.2010)

2010-01-31T20:59:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-30T21:28:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-28T22:37:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-27T21:40:00.000+02:00

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)

2010-01-25T21:18:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-24T21:14:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-23T20:25:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-21T21:54:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-20T20:30:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-19T22:07:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-16T21:42:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-16T19:21:00.001+02:00

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.

2010-01-16T10:59:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-15T08:30:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-08T09:15:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-04T09:41:00.000+02:00

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)

2010-01-03T22:18:00.001+02:00

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)

2010-01-03T16:22:00.003+02:00

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)

2010-01-02T18:16:00.001+02:00

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

2010-01-01T10:48:00.001+02:00

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.

More learning (43) (31.12.2009)

2009-12-31T13:50:00.001+02:00

Went to ski on my home golf club. Such a fantastic place to ski at.

Did the 6 km lap in 50 minutes. I still have a lot to learn and I really need to get into better shape. The good news is that I burned 1100 kcal and my average hr was over 150.

Skiing on my own (42) (30.12.2009)

2009-12-30T18:12:00.000+02:00

Woke up this morning with a lot less aches than what I thought yesterday.

Went out to ski in the morning and it was fun. Now I'll go either to the gym or badminton. So, more later on.

Cross-country (41) (29.12.2009)

2009-12-29T16:54:00.001+02:00

Bought cross-country skis. Tried to learn how to ski. 'nuff said. Actually, kinda got a hang of the techique, but a loooong way to go before its smooth and easy. But anyway, it was fun and I definetely think this'll be a good addition to my winter sport option.

Jussi taught me for an hour and there was no way I could've done it more today. My legs are killing me, as are my arms. I must be doing it wrong (surprise).

Four-zero (40) (28.12.2009)

2009-12-28T21:55:00.001+02:00

Second time at the gym today. Didn't want to do to much, since tomorrow is going to be hell testing new cross-country skis. I'm really looking forward to it, but ar the same time petrified, because I'm afraid I don't have the stamina for skiing.

This time I did 13 minutes on the bike (5 km), and four sets of inclined bench presses, triceps, reverse butterflies and abs.

Setting goals (39) (28.12.2009)

2009-12-28T14:50:00.000+02:00

After gorging all the food and especially chocolate for the past week, it's time to set some exact goals. I need them for motivation and to make the following of progress easier.

So. Goal number one. I want my weight to be 95 kg or leass, by the 1st of June 2010. I will start the process on January 1st, and that's when I'll record the starting weight. I will post my weight on this blog on every Friday, even though I'll be following it daily.

Goal number two. To not eat candy or chocholate or potato chips or anything similar until I've reached goal number one. I will allow myself to eat anything I want on the 5th of every month.

I started the fat burning process by getting my body prepared for growing amount of aerobic workouts. This morning I did 30 minutes on the xtrainer and then did 4 sets of butterflies. I think I will do something else later today.

Tomorrow I'm supposed to go to buy some cross-country skis. I haven't owned a pair in about 20 years..

Part 2 (38) (26.12.2009)

2009-12-26T22:30:00.000+02:00

How much can one man eat? And how much can man hate himself after eating all that crap?

Made myself go to the gym after way too many days of just pigging around. Did 30 minutes on the xtrainer and it felt like a slow and sweaty death. Heart rate got close to 170. Man, I really need to do something to make myself from slipping back to my old habits and habitus. I also did 3 sets of biceps and inclined bech presses.

We also had a fun walk in the snow later tonight. No I think we'll just watch something on tv. Tomorrow I'll definetely get back to weight training.

Xmas, part 1 (37) (23.12.2009)

2009-12-23T16:37:00.001+02:00

All the shoping and moving is done and I've started my vacation.

15 minutes on the bike was fun. I need to spend more time on it in order to be ready for spring in three months.

I also did the usual 4 sets of bench presses, followed with 3 sets of biceps, abs, triceps and delts.

Hopefully I can make myself hit the gym tomorrow morning.

Oops (36) (19.12.2009)

2009-12-20T22:58:00.001+02:00

Forgot to update the blog yesterday. I did go to the gym, but I'm once again feeling really sluggish and didn't do much.

15 minutes on the treadmill, followed with 5 sets of bench presses and three sets of abs. That's it.

Yesterday we also went out to eat with our good friends. I must've eaten large stones or something , since my stomach is still absolutely full. Today I've eaten only two small bowls of cereal and three sandwiches. I don't think I'll eat another thing until this feeling goes away and I can fit my normal clothes again.

Moving day (35) (18.12.2009)

2009-12-18T20:42:00.001+02:00

This time nothing traditional. We've been cleaning up our old office. Running up and down the stairs carrying out couches, office desks and all other garbage that we've accumulated over the last two years sure has been worth a few hundred calories.

Tomorrow I'll hit the gym.

Thirtyfour (34) 15.12.2009)

2009-12-15T22:58:00.001+02:00

12 minutes of xtrainer. 4 sets of bench presses and 3 sets of biceps, side delts, leg presses and obliques.

Tomorrow I'll be in Estonia all day, but I'll try to make it to the gym when I get back home.

Ambidextrous badminton (33) (13.12.2009)

2009-12-13T22:03:00.001+02:00

Just as predicted, we did go for an hour of badminton. I played most of the time with my right hand, trying to improve my right hand coordination. I think I'm getting better at it.

Sunday morning gym (32) (13.12.2009)

2009-12-13T11:45:00.001+02:00

Woke up early this morning and got bored at watching tv. I thought I'd easily get two workout done today if I did one well before noon.

I came to the gym and started with 20 minutes on the bike. Then I continued with 4 sets of bench presses, long pulls plus 3 sets of biceps, dips and deltoids.

So much that I want to do today. I'd like to go for a fun or maybe a long walk with the dog at one of the near by golf courses. Dog can run freely and they're really beautiful when there's a light frost on the grass. And who knows, maybe we'll go and play badminton again.

Badminton Saturday (31) (12.12.2009)

2009-12-12T21:12:00.001+02:00

Just like last week, we played an hour of badminton.

Fed up, depressed, or what? (30) (10.12.2009)

2009-12-10T21:46:00.001+02:00

I really don't know if love or hate writing this blog. For the last two weeks or so I haven't been wanting to go to the gym. I've forced myself because I just can't lie that I've done something if I haven't. I truly hope I find my motivation again, or otherwise it's going to be a looooong winter..

Today was a normal grind. 20 minute on the AMT. 4 sets of bench presses, 3 sets of obliques, biceps and dips.

Lazy (29) (8.12.2009)

2009-12-08T21:41:00.000+02:00

Really tired and no nap after work. I went to the gym anyway, just so would do at least something.

12 minutes on the crosstrainer, 4 sets of bench presses and 3 sets of abs.

Hopefully tomorrow will be more productive day.

Gymgymgym (28) (7.12.2009)

2009-12-07T22:06:00.000+02:00

Back to my usual routine. Well, at least a smaller version of it anyway.

30 minutes on the xtrainer to start. Bench presses were taken all the time, so I did four sets of inclined bench presses instead. That was followed with three sets of dips, biceps and obliques. Anyway, at least the week has started and hopefully by the end of the week I have caught up with my goal average of five times a week. If my calculations are correct, that requires only six separate excercises this week.

26 & 27 (26 & 27) (6.12.2009)

2009-12-06T21:44:00.000+02:00

Well, no anaerobic today. I did go to the gym, but I really should've eaten something beforehand. I started with 30 minutes on the xtrainer, but started to feel really week after that. I didn't even have any strengt to do even a few things after the warmup, so I just came back home and had three toasted rye breads with ultralight salami, cheese and tsaziki.

A few hour later we decided to go and play badminton again. A hour ofbadminton, this time with a hr monitor. Heart rate stayed pretty low through the whole time and I seemed to burn only 450 kcal in the hour, so basically the same amount that I got in the 30 minutes of crosstrainer.

So all in all not as effective day as I hoped to do, but I'm still satisfied.

Badminton (25) (5.12.2009)

2009-12-05T20:27:00.000+02:00

Surprise. We didn't go to the gym today, but we decided to start playing badminton instead. We have ne badminton and tennis courts near our home and we went to check them out.

We played 70 minutes of badminton with my wife and it was a lot of fun. I haven't played badminton in 8 years, so it took a while to get used to, but man did we have fun! I pretty sure I'll be feeling this tomorrow on my forearm and legs. Too bad I forgor my (old) hr monitor home so I don't know what kind of effect that had.

Tomorrow will be a day for gym. I was hoping to get 8 workouts this week, but that means I would have to do two tomorrow. a run is not completely out of the question, but no promises.

What's wrong? (24) (4.12.2009)

2009-12-04T22:25:00.001+02:00

I have no idea what's wrong with me. I have no motivation to work out and I really don't want to write this blog. All I want to do is eat. I didn't feel this way two weeks ago, so I'm a bit worried about myself.

Today I did go to the gym. Pretty basic one hour set with 20 minutes on the xtrainer, 5 sets of bench presses and 3 sets of biceps, triceps and long pull.

Today i've eaten half of a kebab I bought yesterday and several cinnamon buns my wife has baked. At no point did I feel hungry, so I only eat because it is a habit. How can I change that?

Tomorrow will be a one workout day, hopefully I will find the missing motivation soon!

Michael Jordan (23) (2.12.2009)

2009-12-03T19:05:00.000+02:00

If I would've realised that yesterday was 23rd workout, I would have been more like MJ himself. :-)

12 minutes of xtrainer, 4 sets of bench presses and 4 sets of biceps. Then rest.

I just got home, so I will not be going to the gym tonight. For the last two days I've eaten out 3 times, so tomorrow the punishment will continue.

Short and sweet (22) (1.12.2009)

2009-12-01T22:38:00.001+02:00

Xtrainer for 12 minutes, inclined bench presses and abs.

(Can't make it any shorter)

10 % and then some (20 & 21) (30.11.2009)

2009-11-30T21:41:00.000+02:00

After a whole week of being away from the gym I decided to start with a bang. I had today off from work, so I decided to do an aerobic workout in the morning and a weight training later at night.

I started the day with 60 minutes on the cross trainer. The night workout consisted of 12 minutes on the cross trainer, new bench press exercise aiming at maximum power ( 3x3 with 60 % of max wight. The % will grow every week), lower back (3 sets), triceps (4), biceps (4) and butterflies (4).

Today I've left out everything from my diet for a while. I will not eat anything besided salad and protein shakes until I've lost 7 kg. I need to take back all this weight I've gained in xmas parties, etc. Today I've eaten three small and thin slices of 100 % rye bread with tsaziki, 60 g of lasagnette and a large latte. I also started to take orlistat (fat catcher) and anti-salt to remove excess water from my body. I also take fish oil, vitamins and detox powder. Does this sound like bulimia to anyone? ;-)

Be all I can be (19) (23.11.2009)

2009-11-23T22:00:00.001+02:00

I'm trying to find the feeling I had when in the army. More dicipline and focus, that's what I need. That sais, this is a really tough week to start being tougher on myself. All kind of office parties and weekend at the cottage does not really yell dicipline.

Today I did 30 minutes on the xtrainer, 4 sets of bench presses and 4 sets of long pull.

We have the first confirmed swine flu case at the office. Just waiting my turnauksen will be. :-(

Oh yeah, the diet. Oat meal for breakfast, slice of home made pizza for lunch and two pieces of toasted rye bread after work. And a large piece of chocolate cake. Now I'll have small piece of pizza and some Cruncheez.

Double Sunday (17 & 18) (22.11.2009)

2009-11-22T22:34:00.000+02:00

Strange Sunday. Did two workouts, but also ate like an idiot. Not good.

Earlier in the afternoon I walked to and back from swimming. I swam only for 800 before I got fed up with all the people and left. I walked a longer route home, so the total distance walked was 6,8 km.

Later I went to the gym. 12 minutes on the xtrainer and four sets of bench presses, abs, shoulders and back (long pull).

Yesterday I was asked to add more detail of my diet to my blog. I'll start that tomorrow, hopefully it'll also stom me from eating like a fool.

Why is there nothing good on TV (16) (21.11.2009)

2009-11-21T17:46:00.001+02:00

Nothing new.

20 min xtrainer, 5 sets of bench presses, 4 sets of biceps, triceps, butterflies and leg presses. Finished with 3 sets of abs and shoulders.

Still hoping it wouldn't rain tomorrow.

Fifteen (15) (20.11.2009)

2009-11-20T22:35:00.000+02:00

I need to give my self a good ass-kicking. Today was only my second time at the gym this week, so I'm really falling behind on my minimum of five workout per week. I really need to get my act back together, so nno rest for me tomorrow. Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow or Sunday so I could actually take my bike out for one last ride before winter. I'm going to go to the gym at least twice over the weekend, but I really want to add one pure aerobic exercise to this week's blog entries

Today's visit to the gym was a pretty crappy one. I went strainght from work, so I was really tired. Also there was a lot of people at the same time, so pretty much everything was occupied and I wasn't able to do my usual circuit training. Instead I had to do one exercise at a time.

I started with a 12 minute, 2 km, run. I also did 4 sets of bench presses, leg presses, biceps and triceps. By the time I had done 3 sets of lower back I was really pissed of with the amount of people at the gym and decided to leave.

So. Hopefully I have the energy to do two things tomorrow in addition to my looong walk I always do when my wife vacuums.

Right now I'm watching UFC Unleached and getting motivation for the winter. I want to hit like that next summer. ;-)

Morning (14) (18.11.2009)

2009-11-18T11:34:00.001+02:00

Since we got held up at the grocery store last night we didn't go to the gym. Therefore I decided to go there this morning to do my first workout of the week.

Morning at the gym is always pretty tough, my body just doesn't want to wake up and do anything. I decided to start easy. I did 30 minutes on the xtrainer without altering the resistance or the climb angle. I got my heart pumping and thus the little anaerobic stuff I did after the xtrainer wasn't too bad.

So. Anaerobic for the day was 4 sets of bench presses and 3 sets of abs, biceps, dips and back (long pull).