Day 16 Well this is weird

I actually went to the pub yesterday lunch after the gym and had a couple of lime sodas,  and didn't have a drink when I got home either!  Diet 100% compliant,  well actually minus 2 egg whites but considering I'm not doing weights, just stationary bike this week to rest my niggles I figured that's not too much of an issue. My back I think will be fine by tomorrow,  heel is giving me no grief ATM but have decided to rest it until next week to give it a little more time,  and ease back into the skipping slowly.

I know the diet is going to go horribly wrong at some point this week but hopefully by next Monday I'll have a clear stretch to knuckle down and get back to something approaching day 90.

In other news,  work is so crap at the moment I actually cleaned out the inside of my little desk kettle this morning,  just for something to do.

Day 15 Monday. It's another false start

So the weekend wasn't great diet wise,  and managed to crick my back a bit to boot.  It's not too bad really,  but conscious of making it worse,  I am just going to cardio bike for a few days.  Mandy and I are off to KL for motoGP this weekend, and buggered if I want to be hobbling around for that.  I also have my MD in town from London this week so drinks will be in order one night,  I blew him out last time he was here during PCP so can't do it again,  also my desk boss has head wetting drinks on Thursday evening,  then Malaysia Friday morning. So being realistic I'm a bit fucked.  I think the best I can hope for it to stay on message with the PCP diet, at least that should arrest any weight gain, but that ain't gonna happen in KL.  Mandy is equally as depressed with how we've slipped,  it's just finding that date to really knuckle down and get back to basics. Next Monday I guess it is.

Day 12 The weight is going up

I'm not doing any cardio,  and am nibbling on shite in between my PCP meals, I actually read though a couple of Patrick's daily emails earlier....  I think I need to reread them all quick sharpish.  HFCS,  I shouldn't be eating that should I?

On the plus side I'm rattling through the exercises daily before work, I could probably do a little more but happy to just get back into the routine, it'll step up in time, am doing a little extra tummy work her n there,  so once my heel is healed and I get back to my rope my inner beauty will be revealed once more.  Talking of revealing my inner beauty, I did a mammoth dump last night,  yet I didn't lose any weight,  unfair but a sign of the place I'm in right now.

I have 2 sickly children at home and one sickly wife,  and it's pissing down,  have a feeling this may not be my best weekend ever!

Day 10 This just isn't the same!

I don't have any blogging mojo,  I'd spend my days thinking of material before,  I'd have a list of topics for future blogs.  Now it's all a bit blah,  I think it's because my audience is limited,  I'm doing this for you Tracey! I don't even have any poo material.

Missing my skipping,  but am working on the basis that if I keep up the rest of the exercise,  even if it's covered by the newly created lard from the past 6 weeks,  it'll still be under there ready to show its face once I've trimmed down a bit.  Really need to focus on the diet,  it's key, especially without the cardio. Truth be told apart from the floor jumps and creeps (well I never liked them) I'm finding the exercises a bit too, not easy per se, but short.  I'm using weights/ropes to get to failure mostly but I feel like I could be doing a bit more.  Having said that it fits nicely into my morning schedule before work so not sweating it.

Off to Malaysia next weekend for the motoGP with Mandy.  Super excited as won an auction for 2 paddock passes for the weekend.  Will I finally be able to meet my hero?  You know how everyone is allowed a famous fuck which doesn't count as cheating?  Mandy's is Colin Firth,  mine is Valentino Rossi.

Day 9 " The lost weekend"

Well that wasn't a good start,  so much so that I'm doing week 4 again,  sans the skipping.  Hip fine, heel not,  this has actually been ongoing for a while so just giving it a proper rest and see how we go.  Fri-Mon was an exercise free, calorific mess for the both of us.  so seeing as week 4 never really saw my best attn, figured I'd just do it again.  Bit like being back at school!

Day 5 OMFG

I don't think it's possible to be more hungover than I am right now! Popped out for a "quick drink" at 5 last night,   was home at 11 so not massively bad,  but fuck me,  I clearly did some damage.  All my PCP food in the fridge is somehow not seeming appealing right now.  To bookazine and the wall of sweets me thinks.  But first a fry up!

I think today will be a rest day,

Day 3 & 4 Bugger...already

So, day off work yesterday,  went and did my skips,  great session,  right up to the point my right hip went.  WTF is that all about?  I'm 41 not 61!  Can only assume it was caused in some way from being skewiff whilst protecting the heel.  Hobbling a bit today from both heel and hip so hung up the rope until both are better.  This time round it's a marathon rather than a sprint so no point in making things worse.  Weight/bands I'm finding,  not exactly nice,  but a nice amount of time. I try and make sure I get to failure for the most part and also keep an eye on the rests between sets which I wasn't doing before. The light is always at the end of the tunnel at the moment so don't feel it's one laborious slog,  I know it'll get harder but right now bring it on.  I'm going to whisper this,  I'm quite liking doing planks,  for some reason they're working, I've no idea why.  did 2 min and 1 min this morning,  both times I could have done longer.  Anyway enough of that mumbo jumbo.

Small PCP fail yesterday,  lunch with the family,  ordered well,  well as well as can be expected, grilled salmon on veg n mash,  creme brulee did somehow slip into the order,  but only as I needed something to go with the wine!  But it was lunch.  Apple and pear for dinner,  honours even?

I learnt today of a bookshop I pretty much pass on the way home that has what's been referred to as a "wall of sweets" All old time UK penny sweets + UK chock and candy bars.  I have to check it out, would be rude not to. The fact I wasn't there when they opened their doors this morning is testament to Patrick.