The Curious Case of the Regressing Ropejumper

So I am feeling great so far, have def dropped a bit from the gut, enjoying the exercises (much more when I do them first thing in the morning which I have done every day bar one), not feeling tired during the day and not craving booze, chocolate, fries, anything. I feel ready to take on next week. But. One thing puzzles me, one day I can nail 250-350 skips in a row before I trip over the rope, the next day (like this morning) i am literally tripping over the f'n thing every 10-20 Jumps. Am I THAT uncoordinated? People who played football with me need not answer that question. Anyway, am sure I'll get over it. 

Secondly, for breakfast this morning I had a raw tomato and some carrots for my 170g of veg. Ok once or twice, but I better learn some techniques to spice up my veg life quick or I will have issues. 

Day 12 .. in Haiku format

Skipping makes
The tree-trunks feel tired
Must rest more

Entering the Abyss

So my wife and daughter headed off to Japan for 3 weeks this morning, leaving me to try to fend for myself.. fortunately we have a helper, as many do in HK, so the preparation of the meals will be a dam sight easier than it would be otherwise.. so far I've enjoyed the daily exercise aspect of it, and haven't found getting up early any issue. I am already noticing that I have trimmed down ever so slightly and I reckon there's a teeny weeny bit of muscle that's poking through where my biceps are supposed to be.. will be back in a few weeks to confirm that.

Food wise, I am in desperate need of some inspiration on the vegetable part of the diet. if i eat salads the whole way through i think i may develop some pathological issues with lettuces.. so help, please if you know of any good vegie recipes...


Weather in HK right now is awesome, so getting out of bed early and having my exercise out of the way by 630 is just a great way to start the day - something I hope I'm strong enough to continue with after the 90 days is up...

Dear Computer

Does anyone else feel like Dougie Howser when they're doing these?

I learned some important lessons last night. Sometimes, when the company is good enough, being the only sober man in a room can actually be funny. Even funnier is being able to remember stuff the next day and tell people about it.

Ok so diet changes from today, the real challenge begins.. 500 skippys wasn't too bad, I can get to about 100-120 before stopping or tripping over myself which is pretty cool!

Bring on the real challenge..

Day 5 .. 1/18th through already!

So not really feeling too bad with the half food thing (Andrew and I getting a few sideways glances from our colleagues when we share our brekky and lunch), and starting to nail the skipping - managed to bust out 70 in a row 3 of the 5 sets tonight.. much prefer getting up a few mins early and getting it out of the way but slept straight thru the alarm this morning. .

Already need to find a new place to workout - my gym downstairs doesn't like me skipping indoors. Picking on the fat bloke clearly.



Go well tomorrow PCP-heads

Weekend one done..

Pretty chilled weekend, I definitely didn't miss booze (was too busy missing food to think about the beers!). The exercise was all pretty easy as it's clearly designed to be for the first week, and I spent quite a bit of time reading the blogs of our PCP Ancestors (Andy Clark's is an entertaining read and will probably be referred to when I'm thinking about chucking it in, and Blocky's is a little more down to earth with some quality looking recipes too).

All in all, just looking forward to getting on with it...

Day 1 done... 89 to go!

My first blog ever... and probably the first time I've actually made an effort to eat less too. Yesterday in the office guys were eating burgers, curries and fries I swerved. Was easy yesterday but something tells me in 6 weeks time they're going to look more tempting!

Looking forward to getting back into the kind of shape I was in years ago and willing to do all the work I have to do to get there.. bring it on!!

Here are my Day 1 fotos.. sayonara fatso!!

AHHHHHH YEAH !!!!!!!