the man mass loss challenge

The Treadmill or the Track: Is an hour on the Treadmill equivalent to an hour on the track?

2009-01-26T11:34:00.000+11:00

A good session at the gym today.

50 minutes on the treadmill listening to a new Paul van Dyk set. Listened to a new Audible version of The Cluetrain Manifesto for the first 20 minutes, but had to switch to music to keep interested.

I haven't seriously used a treadmill for about 5 years, prefering to go out for a run instead, also believing a run outside has a better effect.

But after my 50 minute session there, I'm not so sure. I'm more drenched with sweat than I've been in a long time, and was feeling So High on the treadmill, as one of the PvD tracks kept reminding me.

So which do you find more effective: the Treadmill or the Track?

Niall Ferguson - Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria -- Niall Ferguson on "War of the World"

2008-11-18T19:29:00.001+11:00

Some Fartlek round the Tan with history of 20th Century violence by Niall Ferguson

2008-11-18T19:24:00.001+11:00

Tonight I did a bit of running round the Tan, as usual. Didn't time myself though, just doing what I'd call light fartlek, and listening to Niall Ferguson's The War of the World on Audible. 49 minutes in. Fascinating, a lot of talk on the violence of the 20th Century.

Boot camp meal

2008-11-13T21:13:00.000+11:00

Fish and pak choy.

Run fat boy run

2008-11-12T20:50:00.001+11:00

The man mass loss challenge never really got off the ground like it was supposed to. Hey ho. I'm back in the running game, and have been posting some incredible times round the Tan, like 22 minutes a lap ! (Well ok, it's good for someone who's 10kg above his fighting weight, and hasn't done any real exercise in months, maybe years).

I'm twittering about my mean feats as I go.

How to Detox after an excessive weekend

2008-10-28T07:31:00.001+11:00

We all have those weekends that leave us feeling less than 100 percent on a Monday morning. Too much food, a few too many drinks, and not enough exercise. On Monday you feel bloated in your work clothes, and vow to a life of moderation.

I'm going to restart the food diary again, as I need to detox. I was counting the alcohol units for a few weeks there, I'm sure it really helped me to keep the drinks lower. But I've fallen off the wagon so to speak, and the last 10 days pe so have been having a couple beers or glasses of wine most nights, certainly not binge drinking, but definitely a few too many calories.

Last night I had a bit of a sugar binge, after too much food generally over the weekend.

So today I'm cutting right back. At leest for a few days, detox.

Breakfast was a few Weetabix with milk, washed down with a black coffee. Through the morning I had more coffee, some slice fruit (melon, strawberries), and 2 apples.

Lunch was a sushi box (tasty and healthy), with more water throughout the afternoon. Come 1pm I was getting a bit light headed. When you're detoxing its tempting to skip meals, but it really doesn't do you any good. Better instead to eat better quality food. Such as sushi. A mixed sushi set offers high quality protein, taste, veg and just enough carbs to give energy for the afternoon.

At the end of the day, I had a 30 min gym session, followed by egg, tomato & rice, and importantly, no alcohol.

The first run of the Tan in ages

2008-09-13T18:31:00.000+10:00

I did my first run in ages today, it must have been about 2 months since I've seriously exercised. I've over eaten, over drunken, under moved, and now the summer is coming in, it's obvious I need to really shift those pounds to fit back into my clothes.

I ran the Tan. I was thinking as I was running, spluttering, walking today, that a marathon is *only* 11 laps of the Tan, or thereabouts. 42km. 26 miles. The Tan is 3.8km, so therefore 11 laps of the Tan would be a marathon. When you break it down like that, a marathon seems achievable.

The Melbourne Marathon is about 4 weeks away, it would be utterly impossible for me to even think about doing that at the moment. But breaking down in my mind, a marathon, into 11 Tans. It seems almost, sort of, achievable. Kind of.

Exercise on a Weekly basis? ??

2008-07-03T21:43:00.001+10:00

Exercise on a Weekly basis? ??

Two thirds of British managers complain that endless meetings and mountains of emails are what drain them the most when they are at work.
Not getting enough sleep (at home rather than

[From Meetings and emails take the happiness out of work]

Japanese beef curry

2008-06-14T22:01:00.000+10:00

The Obesity Crisis: Alcoholism's link to Obesity

2008-06-10T20:59:00.001+10:00

Craig Ferguson talks about his days of Alcoholic abuse.

[From The Obesity Crisis: Alcoholism's link to Obesity]

The Anti Jet Lag Diet

2008-06-10T19:49:00.001+10:00

I was reading the other week about a method of avoiding jet lag when you fly on a long haul flight - by fasting. It has something to do with changing the circadian rhythms or something. Something to do with tricking your body into something.

I'm going to do some research into this anti jet lag diet, and maybe post some ideas on here.

I noticed when I typed "anti jet lag diet" into google, this site came up:

www.antijetlagdiet.com

These guys explain a bit what the diet is, then ask for some cash in order to get a personalised reading on what types of foods you should eat in order to avoid or reduce jet lag. That sounds like a very entrepreneurial service they've created!

I'll do my own research first, and think of maybe getting my personalised reading nearer the time.

A long pause - the food diary over the last week

2008-06-02T21:11:00.001+10:00

The first post in over a week. So what's happened? Life happened, plus the build up of my food diary that I knew I hadn't written, and then knowing I would be missing stuff out ... it became too much ... interesting how my diet and exercise has gone downhill since I've stopped recording ... anyway, here's as much of the food diary as I can find and remember. Lot of junk food, wine and beer.

Tuesday 20 May7am Porridge & coffee10am Roll with Turkey & Coleslaw, skinny latte1pm a second roll 5pm 2 slices of burgen bread with turkey & coleslaw7pm 2 rolls, tomato, turkey slices, coleslaw, mayo1 glass of red wine1/2 a yoghurt, with muesli Wednesday 21 May7am - porridge & coffee9am - 2 satsumas ...

lost track after that ...Ran home from work, 4km run Thursday 22 MayRan to work after my porridge & coffee - 4km runVery hungry after the run! So I had a sandwich at 10am, burgen bread with avocado and turkey. At lunch I had soup (I was, as I said, very hungry) with white bread, then 2 donuts and coffeeAfternoon I finished off the sandwiches (4 slices of burgen bread, total)

Pub in the evening - 3 glasses of beerFollowed by burger, onion rings & fries, with glass of red wine.
Friday 23 Mayi didn't record friday's food - I think it was:porridge & coffeesandwiches with .. ??a sausage roll before a few beers at the pubmacaroni cheese & some wine Saturday 24 MayDidn't eat a lot on SaturdayPorridge & coffeesausage roll... can't remember ..Beers & wine @ night Sunday 25 MayAgain, not a lot, but not great food - some greasy food when I woke up - toast with bacon & eggA salad rollA burger in the eveningsome wine Monday 26 Mayporridge & coffeetoasted bacon & egga poppyseed muffin2 skinny lattes


Tuesday, Wednesday .... ??


Thursday 29 May
Tea
Egg and bacon toast
Cafe latte
Lamb on baked potato

Saturday 31 May


Porridge and tea
Egg sandwich
Roast lamb
Brie cheese

Sunday 1 June

Porridge and coffee
2 slices burgen with 2 eggs


Mash potato and gravy chicken meal with a small chicken burger
2 chicken breast nuggets


Monday


And today ... ?  Sandwiches, coffees, chocolate .. blah blah.  Getting the picture?


Tomorrow is a new day.

Weigh in

2008-05-26T18:55:00.000+10:00

Reading a book while working out

2008-05-21T23:30:00.001+10:00

I was watching a girl reading a book on the cross trainer tonight at the gym.

Just put it down for goodness sake and work out!

Tuesday morning check-in

2008-05-20T07:15:00.001+10:00

I've got a bit lazy with writing my food diary. It actually does get a bit boring after a while. Actually, that's the wrong adjective. It gets a bit too much of a commitment to blog every day, maybe several times a day, on exactly what I've eaten. So here goes:

Monday

Yesterday, went to the gym. Did 45 minutes of exercise. That's not bad. Also a shoulder weight exercise. But mainly cardio.

Got home, had salmon and mange tout.

Friend came round for an hour, un-announced at 10.30, so we had some wine (maybe 2 glasses for me), then a midnight snack before bed - a wholemeal roll, with turkey, coleslaw.

Weigh in 82.60kg

2008-05-19T17:42:00.000+10:00

Food diary for Sunday (& today so far)

2008-05-19T16:43:00.001+10:00

Sunday evening

Not a great food day on Sunday. After the Vietnamese noodles, I had a few beers in the pub, finished off by a slap-up Chinese restaurant feast. Too much beer. Too much greasy food.

Monday

7am Porridge & coffee.

10am Skinny Latte.

1pm Tuna sandwiches (burgen bread) and bean/tuna/kiwi fruit salad.

Nutty flavour mushrooms

2008-05-18T14:57:00.000+10:00

Good value, this soup.

Flavoursome.

Yum

2008-05-18T14:50:00.000+10:00

Green tea

2008-05-18T14:49:00.000+10:00

Double cook duck noodle soup

2008-05-18T14:41:00.000+10:00

Vietnamese noodle café

2008-05-18T14:39:00.000+10:00

Food diary: Sunday (so far)

2008-05-18T13:33:00.001+10:00

I woke up today about 11am (it's a Sunday, so that's ok).

So far I've eaten:

Porridge

A coffee

2 boiled eggs on toasted burgen bread, with soy sauce and blue cheese.

Divorcing yourself from the drink

2008-05-18T12:42:00.001+10:00

I stumbled across this website today, and it really came at a good time for me.

I wrote a short article, which is as yet unpublished, on whether I should reduce my drinking. Am I an alcoholic, is the main question I ask myself. Though increasingly I'm thinking it is an irrelevant question.

Sid Richmond's story, Divorce, talks about his observations of people's relationship with Alcohol, including his own.

I relate to that. I like to drink in the evening. Not (usually) a lot, but just enough to forget. To numb me.

Thanks Sid, good inspiration.

Food diary Saturday 17 May 2008

2008-05-18T02:20:00.001+10:00

Late breakfast

Started the day with 2 boiled eggs with 2 slices of toasted burgen bread.

Mid afternoon snack

I had an almond croissant and coffee.

Evening

Pizza & 6 beers throughout the evening. Finally a little yoghurt bar.