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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.