Day 78 - Uh oh... slipping

Hey guys.
Well it's been a long time since I've blogged, and I have to confess, I have been a less-than-perfect PCPer in the time since I've got back from Bali. Exercise-wise I'm still keeping up with the program, but I have slipped, particularly in the evenings.. A client dinner at a Teppanyaki resty in TST, washed down with a couple of beers last Tuesday, I justified to myself was the Third Indulgence come early (though I had really hoped to share the Third Indulgence Dinner with my wife!) Then a great mate of mine was in HK for Friday and Saturday, so we showed him the town - culminating in a 2am finish last Friday night and a pizza Saturday lunch in Stanley.. a pretty much perfect week up until another major blowout last night..

I am finding the final stretch really difficult. Mentally I have checked out..

Why is that? Results have been great, amazing, better than I expected so far, I have really quite enjoyed the diet, discovered I love having mango instead of chocolate after dinner, I love low fat plain yoghurt, I can tolerate skim lattes instead of the full cream variety. I love the extra energy during the day, and felt so good about the fact that I didn't touch a drop of booze for almost the first two months of the program.

Yet I have slipped so badly since I went on vacation. I think it's three things.. Firstly, I'm so happy with the results, I feel like if it ended now I'd be very satisfied with what I'd achieved. Secondly, and this is key for all those around me and particularly following, I have started to get a little lazy - Day 54 was my first drink and I felt that it was ok to occasionally have a drink - especially if it was a vodka soda or something low fat, then I was on vacation, and everyone relaxes on vacation right? Then I came back and the willpower I had earlier that would have stopped me from drinking or eating teppanyaki, just hasn't been there. Thirdly, 90 days is just a long time in HK or Tokyo!

So that's the bad stuff, the good news is that I have continued with the exercise, can do 2 sets of 10 pull-ups now (a massive improvement from earlier) and keep getting stronger. The work is getting harder and harder, and getting up 5:30 no longer cuts it - it's alarm set for 5 and up by around 5:15 else I get in ridiculously late.


I am making a pact to myself to do this last 12 days perfectly, then take a week or two off and try to do the last month of the program again.. this week is key - a few nights out with clients/friends.. if I can get the power to resist the booze and rich food back, I will be able to feel better about how I've done this.

PCP Out

Day 65 - Bali bliss

Just a quick one from me today.. moved up to Ubud with the family for a couple of days before heading back to HK tomorrow.. loving it here - Bali is far better than I remember it being all those years ago when I came last time (2001!).

On the workout front, they've definitely upped in intensity haven't they? I did my first session to failure today - 26 bicep curls on the final set and I was barely moving, but the Guns are starting to look a lot better for it. So much so that I imposed them on the poor people at breakfast by wearing a singlet rather than a shirt..

Food wise though, I have not been exactly PCP compliant on every meal and it is showing. Definitely still carrying a few around the gut - so I have been doing a bit more skipping to compensate. But wondering what more I can do once I get back to reality Monday to aggressively target those last few pounds? Thoughts welcome?

Day 60 and Day 62.. Bali!

Day 60 and we're down in Bali for a week or so with my sis, her family and some other friends from hk. Weather perfect, company great, food is going to be difficult! I have been very good so far on the pcp but the evenings here are difficult! Last night I had loads of vegies, but also one or two satay skewers and a bit of fried rice. To compensate I did another set of skipping this morning. An extra four mins of jumping rope cures all ills right? Right? Oh well, off snorkeling tomorrow, keeping up the fitness regime and doing my best on the food for most of the day should keep me on track. I can't believe we only have one month to go!!! It's been amazing so far but there's still so much more I want to achieve in this last month. Good luck and check in in a few days!

Actually now Day 62 by the time I get to post this, and still doing best not to stray from the regime, though the odd beer and G&T has been consumed, and definitely not sticking to PCP dinners of milk, apple and egg. Everything else going well though, but when we get back to HK I will be going for it with new resolve - feeling a little guilty for straying.

Day 53 - New photos up

Starting to really notice the difference now.. no need to tuck the gut in when i went down to the pool yesterday for the first time in a very long while!

Have been feeling pretty rough however since I got up yesterday morning - sore throat that graduated to headache and started to feel like the beginnings of the 'flu. Slept all afternoon today and feel a LOT better now. I get sick extremely rarely so I wonder if all the exercise and a pretty busy schedule at work started to take its toll but I've recovered very well so let's hope tomorrow's all good.

Day 52 - Back in the groove

Hola..
So after my little lapse Thursday night/Friday I am firmly back on track, putting in a great PCP day yesterday sweating it out in the sun with my three 80 year old mates who were yoga'ing away while I skipped before a healthy meal at the 4-seasons lobby. Finished the day with a movie with the missus and walk home.

This morning, at Wei's suggestion, met up with him, Yeeman and Reeves to do our sessions together. It is such a good idea to get together every now and then to check your form (I got a couple of pointers) and also to see how far ahead Wei is .. he nailed the 5 sets of 10 pull-ups leaving Reevsie and I trembling like little bunny rabbits. Impressive strength.

Another long weekend in HK, so off to enjoy the rest of my Synthetic Saturday now. Good luck all!

Day 50. The Day I slipped!

Gidday all happy friday

Well, after 50 days without a drink, the wheels sorta came off last night. After avoiding the booze at about 6 client events, seven Friday and Saturday nights, and every other random time I'd have likely had a drink, i finally succumbed to it last night. And it was pretty good.. I think 3 beers, 2 1/2 glasses of white and a couple of ports (i must have been drunk!) over a lovely french meal in Happy Valley (Saint Germain, used to be The Stable, recommend) with a couple of colleagues. Luckily for me Patrick had just told us to indulge at some stage this week.. unfortunately, it slightly unhinged me and I mentally checked out of PCP last night as well. Today is the first day I have not thought about the program much at all, the first day when my focus was not on trying to find the time to eat the 6 meals, I wasn't feeling as alert, and there was no way I was getting up at 530 to do the work this morning, and at 11pm I ain't doing it tonight either. So I guess this is my first proper slipup.. I am confident it will be my only one. Tomorrow is a new day, and I'm pumped to get back into it, so bring it on!