Day 25

Hi gang

My pattern is slowly but surely turning into workouts late in the evening. No time in the morning and too busy with kids and cooking. Coming home at night, difficult to workout while kids are still up, so end up doing workouts after dinner. As dinners are so light anyway, 1 hour later I feel ready to break a sweat.

Skipping definitely getting easier. Can do 100 jumps at a time fairly consistently now

65 more days to go!

Day 24

Got through the jump ropes pretty well today. I've been skipping on some really smooth tiles lately and the rope slips under my feet much better. I used to do it on a rough surface and the rope would get caught more often.

I am now 3.5 kilos down from the start which I'm very happy about. Keeping up roughly a kilo a week loss so far. I haven't weighed 79 in at least a couple of years.

Still very hungry at times during the day

Alex

Day 18

Hi everyone! Is anyone reading this or is this mainly for my benefit? Anyway, thrilled that I can update my blog via my iPhone.

So today I got workout 18 done at night. Couldn't do it right after dinner (not that I was particularly full) so did it around 9pm. Tomorrow planning on getting up early for workout 19 (but that was what I told myself LAST might).

Getting used to the workouts (but no Patrick I am not slacking off). Just getting used to having to do them every day.

Food remains harder. I am still very tempted to have some sweet foods when I see some but have been very disciplined about that. Today, ate ONE mentos which come individually wrapped in our office meeting rooms.

That's it for now.

Day 16

I'm getting better at the jumpropes but still don't like to do them. I used to do them barefoot and finding it better with shoes on.

Overall weight down about 2 kilos which is not surprising given diet. I find that very encouraging. My BMI is now back in "normal" zone.

Toughest part is travel (I was in Seoul yesterday) for the food. But managing.

Day 11

I like most of the workout, but I have come to loathe the skipping.  For some reason, my left ankle hurts after I'm done too....  I hope to be able to replace it with a jog at some point.  Surely, there is nothing FUNDAMENTALLY better about jumprope than a jog?

I keep telling myself that I should get up earlier to do the workout, but that has been hard to conquer.  Tonight, I got the workout done around 10:30pm.  Tomorrow I have to get up early (5:30am) for an 8am flight, so no chance of getting up "earlier".  No doubt I will be doing my workout late in the evening.

Day 8

I don't think I've eaten so much for breakfast EVER.  I normally just have coffee, and occasionally some fruit or cereal.  The workouts are definitely getting longer to complete.  This morning I had to rush to finish and get to work.  Need to set the alarm 30 minutes earlier to make sure I can get it all done.

Day 7

Today is my birthday! Got the 500 jumpropes done first thing but had to split them into sets of 100. Even then, I was out of breath after each set. Going sailing later today with PCP alum Vittorio. Have a nice Sunday!

Day 5

Got up early, did my Day 5 workout in my hotel room in Tokyo.  Kept banging the jumprope against the desk.  Need to find a hotel with larger rooms.  It doesn't quite seem worth going down to gym when you know you can get the workout done in 20 minutes in the privacy of the room.  Nice to do the jumprope barefoot too.

Got back to HK this afternoon.  I'm "home alone" for one more week until Veronica and the kids come to HK.

Tomorrow, I plan to do Day 6 workout first thing in morning.

Day 4

I took my jump rope and my push up bars to Seoul and Tokyo (Day 3 and Day 4).  Found it very difficult to find enough space in a hotel room to do my jumprope, however.  Yesterday started with early flight and breakfast meeting (just ate a few slices of fruit) and ended with a business dinner, so had to do my Day 4 workout around 11pm after getting back to Grand Hyatt in Roppongi Hills.  Made me wish I had just woken up 30 minutes earlier and done it in morning!  Henceforth, morning.

Day 3

So far, the workouts have been very manageable. I am actually discovering that I like to jump rope! I have been very hungry on half rations however. Skipped lunch today because I had a business dinner where it's difficult to simply eat half, but managed to consume in moderation - so did not exceed 50% of my typical food intake on a daily basis. Still hungry! I have a feeling the diet part will be tougher for me than the exercise part.

Anyway, looking forward to some jump rope tomorrow