Its kicking off

Ok, so in usual Phil fashion, I've lost the cable that links my camera to my laptop, so picture of this week taken and hopefully it'll be up in the next day or so.

The work-outs are getting more intense and time intensive.  All the skipping and endless lunges are making my legs pretty muscular, more so than they have been in a very long time, maybe ever.  I am hoping the same happens to the upper body.  I'm secretly hoping the skipping becomes less of the programme but I doubt that is the case. 1300 is a whopping amount.

I think my body has now finally adapted to the food regime and I can't say I have any serious cravings any more.  That's pretty impressive given the folk in my office have a table dedicated to cookies and cakes and pop.  Luckily they all know about my diet so even if I wanted to cheat, I couldn't get away with it.

I think I need to weigh myself, I'm losing weight up a storm,  I'm almost three belt loops up now.

Ok, this boy is off to bed.

P :)

Day 27

Almost four weeks down.  I have to admit I snuck some bad food today.  I think I will repeat today's exercise tomorrow on top of the jump ropes tomorrow.  The good news is I felt physically not very well after eating it.  So, that will now keep me on the straight and narrow for the narrow for the next 63 days.  Maybe my body is also at a point of rejecting bad food, which must mean I am well on my way to being healthier from the inside.

Just a short (and honest) blog today.

Happy day 27 everyone.

  

Guilt - well only a little

So I missed a day of exercise.  I had intended to do them last night after work but I ended up going out with friends and dancing the night away until 4am.   I decided that after 4 very stressful weeks at work, the release of dancing the night away - bottle of water only in hand - was the perfect mental work-out that I really needed. And all those hours on the dance floor had to more than make up for the 1100 jump ropes at least.

I did get up and do today's already, so feeling quite proud of that.

And my success of the PCP programme so far: I have moved up two holes on my belt already.  Yahoo!!

  

BORED...............

This must be some sort of meditative programme.  1050 jumps and by the time I get to about 800 I am in a complete daze.  My shins are still killing me and I really notice it every morning as I walk to work.   And 17 x 4 sets of lunges per leg with no rest in between is really just another way of doing 136 lunges in a row.  It burns by the time I get to about 80.  Ok Phil, stop bitching and just get yourself through it.

I'm glad the exercises are starting to change.  I'm still motivated, but getting bored somewhat by the daily repetition (see earlier comment about meditation).

That's all I have for today.  I finished my exercises at 11:40 so happy to have finished this side of midnight.

Px

Day 20 something

Hey All,

So its 12:01, just past midnight and I have just finished my exercises for today.  I have now decided I am, by circumstance, a late night work-out boy.  Work continues to be incredibly busy and it's usually very late by the time I get my meals ready for the next day and climb into bed.  I think the next 68 days will be a complete daze, which is slightly a shame as I'd like to have more time to enjoy this process.

How are people doing with injuries? I ask because the 1050 jumps are wreaking havoc on my shins.  I looked ahead and saw at about day 28 we have to do 1300 jumps. Thankfully I work for the NHS so access to emergency care is quite easy. I might get some nice drugs to dull the pain.

OK, that is it. My pillow calls.

Sunday so good

Ah, Sunday, the last bastion of peace before the craziness of the week sets in.  Highlight of today, I skipped 1050 jumps.  I got to 900 and said I'd go til I got caught up in the rope.  I hadn't expected to make it so far, but was pretty impressed.  My chins are killing me.  Is anyone else finding that?  I might start swapping jump rope for a swim once a week just for a bit of a break.

I really enjoyed reading Patrick's e-mail the other day about how your body and mind changes a few weeks in to   this programme.  Cheers for that, P.  I could relate to the BM and the balanced outlook on the world. I also have found I am generally tired all the time.  Case in point, a two hour nap this afternoon.

Today was another major shopping trip. I was laughing to myself.  24 aisles at my local Sainsbury's and I can only shop in five of them with the PCP diet.  If that doesn't give you an idea of how much crap is sold in supermarkets that isn't that good for out bodies, then I don't know what does.

On the food front, I'm following Patrick's method and only doing fish.  I know we are only on day 20, but can anyone give me some imaginative ideas for carbs please.  I have done whole wheat pasta three times a day every day now and so looking for something different. What is everyone else eating?

I think I am starting to see some changes to my body, but still need to do some way to lose the gut. 70 days to go, it's gotta disappear by the end of it surely :).

Had dinner with mates on Friday night and then headed out on the town.  6 bottled waters later and didn't even want any alcohol.  I'm surprised at how little I miss alcohol.  I wish the same could be said for Haagen-Daas Ice Cream.....at least it's far from my mind as I don't go down that aisle anymore.

Ok, time for bed here PCP'ers! Keep it up everyone!!


  

Free breakfast going on tube

So my day started at 5:30am with my breakfast and lunch nicely packed into my tupperware containers.  As usual, I eat my breakfast on the tube heading to work. It wasn't until I got off the first tube that I realised I left my food on the seat and it was making its along the London Underground solo.  I can only hope that someone picked it up and had a very healthy meal.

I then amended my lunch as best as I could so it now became my breakfast leaving me the (I thought) relatively simple task of getting a healthy lunch in Central London.  So here is the revelation of the week: It is really difficult to find a place to eat in London that serves food that even comes close to the PCP diet. Or maybe I am just not that inventive.  I ended up having sashimi and some assorted veggies.

Well its now 11:30.  I have just finished my dinner and work-out and its time for bed.  Sorry Patrick, I am failing horribly on the 8 hours of sleep.  I'm soooo gonna make up for it this weekend

Happy Day 17 everyone!!

P