It's week 2 already and though I haven't had much time posting on the blog, the exercise part is going good. Been to the gym last night and had a nice bag workout as well.
Things are a bit busy businesswise as we are starting up a new business - www.fortisgroup.co.za - but as long as I keep walking, things should turn out fine.
I already feel stronger in the gym although the wind is still a bit lacking, but we will get that sorted as well. Exciting times ahead methinks.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
And it goes on
2nd day in the gym - Wed 25/8/2010 - I was strong, very strong!!!
Focused, and a very good workout. Also got the 3 meals in per day, so all in all a very good day.
Very busy though businesswise, but at least we sorted a whole lot of stepping stones for Fortis.
Bring it on !!!
Focused, and a very good workout. Also got the 3 meals in per day, so all in all a very good day.
Very busy though businesswise, but at least we sorted a whole lot of stepping stones for Fortis.
Bring it on !!!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
It's alive - AGAIN
Okay, so I decided to give it yet another go. There's a gym closeby (1km) so I can walk there after work and start getting fit again .....
Maybe it's because my wife views me in a different light, she prefers no light at all.
Anyhow. Monday - Monday 23 August, went for the evaluation - not too bad, but still, not good, not good at all. Fitness levels at an alltime low, body fat % too high, shoulder injury messing me up, etc etc etc.
Made it through evaluation - barely alive.
Tuesday 24 August - DAY 1
So, I start the day with a massive bowl of organic oats, some ham and a fruit (banana). Not too shabby, but missed the fruit inbetween. Had nice healthy cooked meal for lunch and missed the fruit inbetween.
Almost missed first gym session due to car troubles but alas, I went. Ugh, maybe not a good idea. I feel dizzy, feel nauseaus, feel weird and not nice. Struggled through it though, just have to keep going.
The hardest part was the walk home - hahahahaha, almost didnt make it. Will end the day with nice eggs and ham meal and some milk to get some power back.
Tomorrow - day 2....
Maybe it's because my wife views me in a different light, she prefers no light at all.
Anyhow. Monday - Monday 23 August, went for the evaluation - not too bad, but still, not good, not good at all. Fitness levels at an alltime low, body fat % too high, shoulder injury messing me up, etc etc etc.
Made it through evaluation - barely alive.
Tuesday 24 August - DAY 1
So, I start the day with a massive bowl of organic oats, some ham and a fruit (banana). Not too shabby, but missed the fruit inbetween. Had nice healthy cooked meal for lunch and missed the fruit inbetween.
Almost missed first gym session due to car troubles but alas, I went. Ugh, maybe not a good idea. I feel dizzy, feel nauseaus, feel weird and not nice. Struggled through it though, just have to keep going.
The hardest part was the walk home - hahahahaha, almost didnt make it. Will end the day with nice eggs and ham meal and some milk to get some power back.
Tomorrow - day 2....
Thursday, January 29, 2009
4 weeks in and going strong
Have to say, this low GI thing is becoming a habit. I go so far now as to rather skip buying chocolates and either not buying anything or buying something better.
See, its all about choices isnt it? Thus, when I decided end of 2008 to start making better choices, I didn't even think as far as February 2009. But here we are, and a whole month of making better choices is behind me.
The best part is that the whole family is joining in. My daughter lost a lot of weight, my wife looks a lot thinner and the younger kids are all okay with the so-called health food that we eat.
But its not bad, the food is great, it tastes nice, and I even have a small bowl of ice cream 3 times a week. Have to balance the exercise program out, see.
Cause I've been keeping that up as well, I can now do a sidekick chest height again - 3 weeks down. Man, this feels great!!!
Only place I'm still lacking is the old H2O - yuk, cant get used to the stuff, but at least a lot less gass and fizzy drinks.
So, here's to February - month 2 of the rest of my live !!!!! Why don't you join me in the quest?
See, its all about choices isnt it? Thus, when I decided end of 2008 to start making better choices, I didn't even think as far as February 2009. But here we are, and a whole month of making better choices is behind me.
The best part is that the whole family is joining in. My daughter lost a lot of weight, my wife looks a lot thinner and the younger kids are all okay with the so-called health food that we eat.
But its not bad, the food is great, it tastes nice, and I even have a small bowl of ice cream 3 times a week. Have to balance the exercise program out, see.
Cause I've been keeping that up as well, I can now do a sidekick chest height again - 3 weeks down. Man, this feels great!!!
Only place I'm still lacking is the old H2O - yuk, cant get used to the stuff, but at least a lot less gass and fizzy drinks.
So, here's to February - month 2 of the rest of my live !!!!! Why don't you join me in the quest?
Welcome to National Fat Week
Do you feel personally responsible for the world food shortage?
Everytime you go to the beach, does the tide come in?
Have you ever eaten an entire moose?
Can you see your neck?
Do joggers take laps around you for exercise?
If so, WELCOME TO NATIONAL FAT WEEK !!!!
Everytime you go to the beach, does the tide come in?
Have you ever eaten an entire moose?
Can you see your neck?
Do joggers take laps around you for exercise?
If so, WELCOME TO NATIONAL FAT WEEK !!!!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
bad bad fat man
Today was hectic.
Had to drive here, drive there, drive everywhere, so without enough planning beforehand, I ended up without enough quality foods to eat where I were.
Lesson learnt - if you know you have a hectic day going all over, you need to be prepared.
Amazing how no-one makes this easy. Any shop you go into will have tons of all the wrong stuff but none of the right stuff to eat on the fly. Issue is, this body cant actually fly, more like flop down.
Well, I'll chalk this one up to good? experience. Be prepared and prepare beforehand.
Had to drive here, drive there, drive everywhere, so without enough planning beforehand, I ended up without enough quality foods to eat where I were.
Lesson learnt - if you know you have a hectic day going all over, you need to be prepared.
Amazing how no-one makes this easy. Any shop you go into will have tons of all the wrong stuff but none of the right stuff to eat on the fly. Issue is, this body cant actually fly, more like flop down.
Well, I'll chalk this one up to good? experience. Be prepared and prepare beforehand.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Thinner and thinner
So it has come to pass that I have decided to give getting thin a real chance.
Now don't get me wrong, I gave it a chance already. In fact, throughout my life, I gave it a lot of chances. Thing is, I don't think it really wanted those chances. Or the wise would tell you - I didn't really wanted the change.
Well, I suddenly realised that my age clock is ticking like mad and I need some serious balance in my life. There's more to life than work work work. And most probably more to it than eat eat eat.
So I took the plunge. I have been doing a low GI diet for almost 2 weeks now, and starting training again today. Nothing spectacular - mostly because I cant do anything spectacular anymore - but just put on my backpack and walked about 5 km.
Will start kicking tomorrow again - some years ago I held a 4th Dan black belt in Taekwondo. Now I might kick you in the knee if I really stretch it.
So, this is it - I think a total onslaught - not just on fat but on life in general - trying to get balance back.
I will keep you posted.
Now don't get me wrong, I gave it a chance already. In fact, throughout my life, I gave it a lot of chances. Thing is, I don't think it really wanted those chances. Or the wise would tell you - I didn't really wanted the change.
Well, I suddenly realised that my age clock is ticking like mad and I need some serious balance in my life. There's more to life than work work work. And most probably more to it than eat eat eat.
So I took the plunge. I have been doing a low GI diet for almost 2 weeks now, and starting training again today. Nothing spectacular - mostly because I cant do anything spectacular anymore - but just put on my backpack and walked about 5 km.
Will start kicking tomorrow again - some years ago I held a 4th Dan black belt in Taekwondo. Now I might kick you in the knee if I really stretch it.
So, this is it - I think a total onslaught - not just on fat but on life in general - trying to get balance back.
I will keep you posted.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
This problem is getting bigger all around
It would seem that there is a new planet in our solar system - ME !!!
Instead of shrinking, I am expanding. Now, in most cases expansion would be a good thing. But not when you're picked up on radar when going past an airport. Why, just the other day I was resting my weary bones after walking out of the supermarket, when some kid asked me to stand still, he wants to sit in my shade.
What really is getting to me, is the fact that I can actually lie next to me when I'm lying down. This is at least how it feels, with my tummy lying way out there when I am on my side. So, now my wife said no more chocolates and drink more water, see, I might die. But I thought, I'll die anyways.
And the biggest problem with water is the taste - it really tastes ....... !!!!
So, let's hope that the water drinking spurs me on to bigger things - at least I am getting more exercise now - walking to the fridge a couple of times a day.
For now - the planets might be Mercury, Venus, Earth, DUNDELS, Mars ......
Instead of shrinking, I am expanding. Now, in most cases expansion would be a good thing. But not when you're picked up on radar when going past an airport. Why, just the other day I was resting my weary bones after walking out of the supermarket, when some kid asked me to stand still, he wants to sit in my shade.
What really is getting to me, is the fact that I can actually lie next to me when I'm lying down. This is at least how it feels, with my tummy lying way out there when I am on my side. So, now my wife said no more chocolates and drink more water, see, I might die. But I thought, I'll die anyways.
And the biggest problem with water is the taste - it really tastes ....... !!!!
So, let's hope that the water drinking spurs me on to bigger things - at least I am getting more exercise now - walking to the fridge a couple of times a day.
For now - the planets might be Mercury, Venus, Earth, DUNDELS, Mars ......
Friday, November 17, 2006
Me, myself and Us
We went swimming the other day.....
Me, myself and once I took off my clothes, I realized - not I, no, but US. So there I stood, looking more and bigger than before and realizing I might be fighting a losing battle.
Okay, so I did have a Coke and 2 chocolates before going swimming, but still, I thought I would look better than the reflection of blubber I saw in the mirrors in the dressing room.
Eventually ended up in the water and started wading - seeing that actually swimming makes me look even more like a hippopotamus than just standing still. So wading it was.
that's when the circumference of the issue actually hit me, as I started moving up an down in the water, I felt parts of my body moving separate from me, and no, its not what you think - it was actually my bum, my tummy and my legs....!!!!!!!!!!??
I started feeling weird - like I was really more than one person what with all these bodyparts moving independently from the mother ship.
Will I ever be an individual again? Or am I doomed to being "legion".........................
Me, myself and once I took off my clothes, I realized - not I, no, but US. So there I stood, looking more and bigger than before and realizing I might be fighting a losing battle.
Okay, so I did have a Coke and 2 chocolates before going swimming, but still, I thought I would look better than the reflection of blubber I saw in the mirrors in the dressing room.
Eventually ended up in the water and started wading - seeing that actually swimming makes me look even more like a hippopotamus than just standing still. So wading it was.
that's when the circumference of the issue actually hit me, as I started moving up an down in the water, I felt parts of my body moving separate from me, and no, its not what you think - it was actually my bum, my tummy and my legs....!!!!!!!!!!??
I started feeling weird - like I was really more than one person what with all these bodyparts moving independently from the mother ship.
Will I ever be an individual again? Or am I doomed to being "legion".........................
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Sick and tired and tired and tired
Still fat - yep.....
Months later, you've made all these resolutions, tried this and that and that and this but alas.....when you undress for shower, you still want to do it with your eyes closed.
So, what to do ?
The truth about fat and lean is all about balance. If there is one thing I've learned in life is that you need balance, and the Chinese have rather hit it on the noggin with their Yin and Yang theory. And we've all heard about that scientific opposing law - for every action there is a reaction and then some.
This is true for all facets of your life - and also losing weight and keeping it off. I mean, 95% of us have absolutely no excuse at all (and that includes me). We sit too much, exercise too little (see the yin and yang?). We eat the wrong foods and do all the detrimental things to our bodies and worse of all ...... WE KNOW IT !!!
The only guys with excuses are those who really have medical problems which influence their weight. We will exclude them form this post.
Seeing that we know this, when do we make the change ? When will we improve our lifestyles to ensure we don't die of heart-disease or another fat-related issue ?
When will we be sick and tired of being tired all the time, of looking at ourselves and not liking what we see, of not being able to bend down and tie our shoelaces, of stuffing ourselves with all the wrong stuff?
When ?...................... and until then, fat is where it's at.
Months later, you've made all these resolutions, tried this and that and that and this but alas.....when you undress for shower, you still want to do it with your eyes closed.
So, what to do ?
The truth about fat and lean is all about balance. If there is one thing I've learned in life is that you need balance, and the Chinese have rather hit it on the noggin with their Yin and Yang theory. And we've all heard about that scientific opposing law - for every action there is a reaction and then some.
This is true for all facets of your life - and also losing weight and keeping it off. I mean, 95% of us have absolutely no excuse at all (and that includes me). We sit too much, exercise too little (see the yin and yang?). We eat the wrong foods and do all the detrimental things to our bodies and worse of all ...... WE KNOW IT !!!
The only guys with excuses are those who really have medical problems which influence their weight. We will exclude them form this post.
Seeing that we know this, when do we make the change ? When will we improve our lifestyles to ensure we don't die of heart-disease or another fat-related issue ?
When will we be sick and tired of being tired all the time, of looking at ourselves and not liking what we see, of not being able to bend down and tie our shoelaces, of stuffing ourselves with all the wrong stuff?
When ?...................... and until then, fat is where it's at.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Hypnotherapy for fatloss
This is it ! You've had it with this other self ! This fat person inside of you. You decide to get hypnotized.
Rather get sick just by looking at a carb and never eat another carb for the rest of your life. You phone and ask about hypnotherapy - a friend wants to know how this process works, yes, he has a bit of a weight problem, can you help?
The appointment made, you urgently count the days and as the hour nears you wonder what will happen under hypnosis - will you walk out of there without your wallet, having acted out scenes from the local zoo?
Only time will tell - and as there are only 2 days remaining - you eat another carb - for the nerves you see ......................
Rather get sick just by looking at a carb and never eat another carb for the rest of your life. You phone and ask about hypnotherapy - a friend wants to know how this process works, yes, he has a bit of a weight problem, can you help?
The appointment made, you urgently count the days and as the hour nears you wonder what will happen under hypnosis - will you walk out of there without your wallet, having acted out scenes from the local zoo?
Only time will tell - and as there are only 2 days remaining - you eat another carb - for the nerves you see ......................
The big decision - to eat or not to eat
Then comes the crossroads in your fat existence - to eat or not to eat, or is that to wheat or not to wheat.
Because no matter what you try, fat becomes you - or fat stays you. And you read you should eat this but not that, in another article -no, no rather eat more of that and less of this, or do not eat wheat - that is what bloats you in the first place.
So you think back to your childhood - damn all that bread, but times were few and so was money. So bread was the top of the pyramid.
Will my kids also sit with this psychological issue regarding fat and fatloss - or will they grow up happy among other fat kids and never give two pennies worth ?
These and other questions bug you as you stop to rest for breath halfway up the stairs......
Because no matter what you try, fat becomes you - or fat stays you. And you read you should eat this but not that, in another article -no, no rather eat more of that and less of this, or do not eat wheat - that is what bloats you in the first place.
So you think back to your childhood - damn all that bread, but times were few and so was money. So bread was the top of the pyramid.
Will my kids also sit with this psychological issue regarding fat and fatloss - or will they grow up happy among other fat kids and never give two pennies worth ?
These and other questions bug you as you stop to rest for breath halfway up the stairs......
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
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How to set your weight problem aside and really "dig in" to delicious but oh so fattening foods.
What you need is a solution !
Now YOU can lose 10, 15, or even 20 pounds in a few short months. Keep reading and you'll discover?
How to easily lose 10 pounds of unwanted fat
Easy methods for weight loss and keep it off.
How to gain an almost "unfair advantage" over people not using this knowledge.
How to set your weight problem aside and really "dig in" to delicious but oh so fattening foods.
What you need is a solution !
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Hoodia weightloss with nature's wonder herb
Hoodia weightloss with nature's wonder herb: "What is the secret to Hoodia ?
It has been desicribed as magic by some. But, this magical ingredient from a little plant found in the desert in South Africa is taking the world by storm.
A hunger suppressant deluxe - take a little bit of Hoodia and instantly your hunger is suppressed for 6 hours. During this time, you won't crave anything."
It has been desicribed as magic by some. But, this magical ingredient from a little plant found in the desert in South Africa is taking the world by storm.
A hunger suppressant deluxe - take a little bit of Hoodia and instantly your hunger is suppressed for 6 hours. During this time, you won't crave anything."
Monday, July 17, 2006
How to win friends and influence THIN people
Two positive things people always say about fat people :-
"They can't fight and they can't run away." Maybe that's why we are always so cheerful - or is it skindeep ?
Once again, you can use your girth as a positive ally when expanding your friends network. By influencing thin people - win friends.
Thin people can be influenced by your cheerful personality. Be happy and they will invite you = positive about this is, you can have the leftovers once they have finished eaten. Yep, your thin friends will soon see your true value - a win win situation.
You won't fight with them, and they will have someone to share their food and eats with. Soon, they will invite you with them to more thin friends who will also have leftovers to share. By being happy - or jolly (as us fat people tend to do) your circle of thin friends will be ever expanding.
And if this fails - thin people are always scared of "bigger people" - you can always sit on them until they are influenced enough to be your friends.
Till next time
"They can't fight and they can't run away." Maybe that's why we are always so cheerful - or is it skindeep ?
Once again, you can use your girth as a positive ally when expanding your friends network. By influencing thin people - win friends.
Thin people can be influenced by your cheerful personality. Be happy and they will invite you = positive about this is, you can have the leftovers once they have finished eaten. Yep, your thin friends will soon see your true value - a win win situation.
You won't fight with them, and they will have someone to share their food and eats with. Soon, they will invite you with them to more thin friends who will also have leftovers to share. By being happy - or jolly (as us fat people tend to do) your circle of thin friends will be ever expanding.
And if this fails - thin people are always scared of "bigger people" - you can always sit on them until they are influenced enough to be your friends.
Till next time
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