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Agony with Avril – Day 8

Well it was another early rise this morning, alarm set for 0520hrs, and out by 0530hrs…class commenced with pace at 0600hrs and went hard core for a gruelling (I like that word) 45 minutes! It was good this morning cos Troy came along and we got to laugh at each other etc. I followed the spin class with a few weights, upper and lower body, then a 15 minute walk on the treadmill (120 calories burnt!). After that I did 20 situps…and then…ooooh yeah, the spa! Woooot!

Brekky: 1 large Berry Recovery Protein Shake, consisting of: 40g vanilla protein powder, granny smith apple, mixed berries and apple juice..yummy.

Berry Recovery Protein Shake

Lunch: 1 Teriyaki roll with rice. One glass of water and a V8 vegie/fruit drink (300mls).

Dinner: My famous (err..ok) CSIRO barramundi fish curry.

Today I think I’m going to buy the CSIRO health and well being book.

Todays weigh in: 94.8kgs!

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2.5kg’s weight loss in exactly one week! – Day 7

How surprised am I? VERY! I’m not sure if I actually believe the scales at the gym. Having said that I have radically modified my diet and calorie intake.
Today I weighed in on the very same scales as I have been all week to observe that I’m now 95.3kg’s! I think my eyes popped out of my head when I saw the numbers there. And yes, I was and have worn the exact same clothes/shoes whilst weighing myself each time.

It was a good personal session today although I’m a bit sore now. Here’s what I did:

Run 2.52km
Cal 256 burned
20 mins
Ave 7.6km/hr

Elipt Trainer  0.98km
213 cal burned
20 mins

Spin
11.7km
225 Cals burned.
Mins 20

Some mild weight training upper and lower body + 20 situps.

Total calories burned today: 694!!

Back tomorrow (Monday) morning at 0600hrs of torture for a spin class with Troy. BRING IT ON!

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Hot Sunday – back to the gym! – Day 6

Well it’s a very hot Sunday morning here and after a bit of a tidy up I will be heading back to the gym for a personal workout of 1hr on the cardio machines as well as a few random weights. Of course I will delight at the end of it by jumping into the Spa!

Brekky (11am):
Small amount of left overs from last night’s dinner, thai chicken with vegies and rice + a bananna. (yes, weird combo)

Lunch: Two Japanese suhi rolls with terriyaki chicken and a big glass of water.

Dinner:  Three scrambled eggs, a splash of white light milk, a tiny bit of grated cheese,  3 cherry tomatoes and 3 pieces of white toast with no butter. 1 diet coke.

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1.9kg gone! Day 5

I’m VERY stoked with myself. 
Just did a weigh in and my total weight loss in 6 days is 1.9kgs! Wooohooo!

I’m currently at the gym and just burned nearly 900 calories! I feel energised and it’s helping me take my mind off other yucky stuff going on in my life.

Breakfast:
2 pieces of white toast with scrambled eggs and half tomato + 1 skim milk flat white.

Lunch:
1 apple, 1 banana, some celery and some carrot. 
1 glass of water.

Dinner: Take away Thai, with chicken and vegies (no nasty fatty/peanut or other sauces thanks!)chilli and corriander with a small serve of white rice + 2 big glasses of water. Oooh yeah!
I was going to take a photo of it, but I was too hungry after my minimalistic lunch to be bothered with a photo! Ha!

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50 minute spin -complete!

Well this morning I had to travel from afar to get to the gym, ok ok..only Eastwood but I didn’t want to be late.
Typically, and as per ‘Geoff’ I was ridicoulously early (by about 50 mins, ssssh..I thought the traffic would be awful).
So…before my 0930 Spin Class I hopped on the treadmill and belted out a 1.3km walk where I burned about 100 calories. Then I did a few weights and then it was nearly time to start the Spin Class.

Well well well..another new instructor (to me) and she was hard core. The 50 minute session was gruelling but I did feel I coped a bit better than my previous two attempts.

It was (eventually) over before it began and I was a sweat bucket…gross I know.

Today’s food intake:

Brekky – bowl of healthy cereal with light white milk.

Lunch – tuna and salad wrap + diet coke.

Afternoon snack
– one apple and a few (left over) pizza crusts as I was baby sitting and the boys didn’t want their crusts AND I was ravenous!

Dinner – I’m cooking one of the CSIRO recipes – Barraumundi Curry with rice..yum. Dessert will be same as last night – yoghurt (low fat) and fresh strawberries.

Barramundi Green Cury with Rice from the CSIRO diet and well being book!

The next gym visit will be Saturday or Sunday and then an 0600hrs spin class with my bestest buddy Troy on Monday morning.

PS – Had to see my GP today so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to ask her what my ‘ideal’ body weight should be…let’s just say I have a looooong way to go!

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Fishing with Martin McKenna – Day 4

So this morning I was up extra early (5:20am) to go fishing with an old mate who used to write for ‘All Saint’s’ – he has an amazing boat and house in Birchgrove and we took off at 6am for some fishing, sadly we caught nothing but the company, coffee and surroundings were awesome. We ventured out the heads in his 28ft Mustang 5L 500hp boat (beautiful) but the swell was a little less than massive and we decided to come back ‘in’ and up via the Spit Bridge, then stopped at Bantry Bay.

No exercise this morning, however my food intake has consisted of:

Brekky:

Small bowl of nutrigrain with full cream milk.
2 x instant coffees, normal milk, no sugar.

Lunch:

Japanese salmon Oyakadon with miso soup + one can of dc.

Salmon Oyakadon with Miso Soup and Rice - YUM!

Dinner:

Roasted tomato with chicken/basil salad and a corn cob for entree.

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Wednesday Feb 17th – RPM and some weight loss!! – Day 3

Another gruelling session at the gym tonight with Troy.
We had a male instructor this time and he was a LOT more hardcore than the chic we had on Monday morning.
Did 50 minutes of sheer torture on the bikes, with a lot of sitting/standing whilst riding. After that we did some weights, then I did a 15min walk (1km) followed by a nice spa!!

What did I eat today I hear you ask? Well, even if you didn’t ask here’s the breakdown:

Brekky –

  • 3 pieces of brown toast with vegemite, (no butter/marge).
  • One cup of coffee, no sugar, light white milk and;
  • one hard boiled egg.

Lunch By the time this came around I was hungry. Should’ve had one, but had two;

  • Brown bread sandwiches, no butter/marge. One had smoked salmon and avacado, the other one had egg, lettuce and tomato.
  • Also had a can of diet coke.

Dinner – After my gym session I was STARVING, so when I got ‘home’ I had:

  • Small serving of home made chicken schnitzel
  • Salad
  • Small serving of mashed potato.

Weight loss thus far (4 days) = 1.3kgs! (that’s really the honest truth according to the scales at the gym, wearing EXACTLY the same clothes)!

Sunday’s weigh in = 97.8kgs!!

Today’s weigh in = 96.5kgs!!

I have another spin cycle session booked for this Friday…bring it on!!

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My first spin class ever! – Day 2

Fresh new membership..MUST use!

Up before the birds for a 6:30am start at the gym for my first ever spin class. Whoa…what torture.

Had a female instructor who was great, only dry wretched 3 times..followed this class by a 10 minute walk and then a very relaxing spa.

Food diary starting today COMING SOON!

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Geoff’s Get Fit Lose Weight Blog! – Day 1

Well,
After umm and aahing for many many months I decided to do something about the excess kg’s that were put on over the last few years and joined a gym (Virgin Active) with my bestest mate in the world Troy.
We joined up on Sunday 14.02.10 and after signing up we did some cardio workout including:
20 minutes on an elliptical trainer, 20 minutes on a bike and then another 20 minutes on a running machine. After this we did some stretches.
Not only am I going to the gym but I’ve seriously modified my diet and intake and will be giving you all a journey into my goals as each day/week goes past.

Beginning weight with light gym clothes and shoes on: 97.8kgs!

Goal weight: 90kg’s

Goal weight by: 26th March, 2010.

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Catchup!

Tonight we’re getting to catch up with Candy, Nilo and Leona…looking forward to it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEI LIN TOO!

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Welcome Leona Jade Ibarburu

Today Bel and I visited Candy who had baby Leona just two days ago! It was great to meet her. (click on the photos to enlarge)…

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Catchup with David & Rika at The Newport Arms

Today Bel and I caught up with David, Rika and new bub Alex at the Newport Arms for David’s surprise bday!
Here’s a few shots from the day(click to enlarge):

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Happy birthday Jon!

Well tonight we attended Jon’s bday at his and Ange’s place, it was an amazing dinner prepared mainly by Ange but with Jon’s fabulous assistance.
Thanks too, to Bel for the yummy desert (ice cream cake!)…it was delicious!!  Congrats to Pete and Laura on their exciting news and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JON!!

Here’s some pics (click on each to enlarge):

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Catch up with Troy, Polly, Mia & Bailey

Today we caught up with Troy, Polly and their kids Mia and Bailey at Collaroy Park for a brekky/bbq brunch! It was great fun!

Here’s two shots (click on them to enlarge) of Troy, and Mia:

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Geoff & Bel – The Bikers!

Well today Bel and I took our biggest motorbike ride together, and had a blast! We rode from Freshwater to West Head via Forest Way and Mona Vale Roads. When we got to West Head we got out the Thermos (thanks Jan and Ane!) and had a cuppa whilst watching the beautiful afternoon sun on Palm Beach and Lion Island! Here’s some pics:

At the end of the road at West Head
At the end of the road at West Head
Nice background of Palm Beach
Nice background of Palm Beach

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Tassie Comes to an end!

With the few hours I had left in Tassie, I’ve just been to the Cascades beer brewery which was excellent! Another must if you’re visiting Tassie! I do like this place, and I’ve not seen any two headed people! 🙂

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A quick update – from Hobart, Tasmania

Having been down here in Tassie (the Apple Isle) for 3 days I think I could easily get used to the environment. The air is soo clean, the people so friendly and no one seems to be in a rush. It has been a very refreshing change from the fast pace of Sydney! So I atted the ICE (no, not that type of ICE) conference (Intensive Care Education) here at the Grand Chancellor Hotel. Two days of mostly informative and interesting lectures, a night of drunked-ness and fun at the sponsored dinner then today a bit of sight seeing, a walk into the centre of the city, then a bus up to Mt Wellington, where it was -1.0 degree celcius. The view on the way up was great, but sadly by the time we got up there, there significant cloud cover. We went from there to Mt Nelson, which was beautiful, lower down and no cloud. Clear sky looking down over Hobart and the Tasman Bridge.

Just had a yummy dinner at Fish Frenzy, local Tasmanian seafood produce! Yum. If you’re down here I highly recommend it!  www.fishfrenzy.com.au

Tomorrow I’m off to the Cascade Brewery and then home. Can’t wait to see Bel :).

Ice on the fence at Mt Wellington.
Ice on the fence at Mt Wellington.
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The end of a great weekend

This weekend Bel and I got away for a little ‘time out’ and went North (through and into the rain!) to see Nice and Greg in Long Jetty, then onto a beautiful weekend at Tanilba Bay, near Nelson Bay. No photos, it was a magical weekend 🙂

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Life Ain’t Fair

Today I had a particularly shithouse day. My patient was a 33 year old woman who lost her battle to cancer today, she was married and had come on a little holiday/reprieve and had fallen ill quite suddenly on Sunday. She passed away (quite peacefully) at 2:45pm today, but it was hard…her family were SUCH nice people. RIP RM.

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By Any Means – A ride with Charley Boorman!

What an INCREDIBLE day to say the least!!!
I managed to find out that Charley Boorman (the other half of Ewan McGregor’s series ‘The Long Way Down and The ‘Long Way Round’ was in Sydney and organising what turned out to be a MASSIVE motorbike convoy from Freshwater Beach up to Frazers Beach near The Entrance on the central coast. What a blast. The local newspaper did a story on it too, with a few snaps – http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/charley-s-convoy/

 Take a look at – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWpcmPR3wBM (we appear at 1min 31secs) 🙂

More photos to come, but this is my fave from the day. Me and Charley:

Geoff and Charley Boorman @ Freshwater
Geoff and Charley Boorman @ FreshwaterSteve Allen and Charley