Time to Nail this and Singapore suprise

Apols for not attending to the blog for the last week but its been quite a manic time! I blame work most times, but the workouts have gotten longer, had friends in town and a great weekend in Singapore has kept me away from the laptop at home!

Given all thats going on,  I still managed to pretty much nail PCP workouts for the last 10 days  ex of thurs/friday where I tweaked that muscle in the mid of my back and had to pass on the abs stuff as the pain was just to much.  I just did a lot more skipping and was easily over 2000 reps a day.. still can't complete those dam bicycles and floor jumps ( up to 12 reps now!) but its def getting better.  The weight loss has stopped and am actually up 1kg but am chilled in the paddock!! - more inches off the waist and am feeling good and a lot more fit.

Sing i must say is a top place - especially for PCP. You really sweat it out in the literal sense - and the air is so much cleaner than hk, grassy area's everywhere. I really use to find Sing a bit sterile and boring but it really has changed and got a lot going on! If I stay long term in Asia - this is def where the wife and I would settle down - i highly recommend a run along the quays in the early morning for anyone going there anytime soon - such a great vibe!!!

Anyway here are the latest pics.  Hope you all have a good week!!
Day 45

Another manic monday!

Why is it that you always have less time on a monday - be it work, for a meal, or PCP! finally sitting down with my 2egg shake with a dash of coffee (thx for the tip marko - def a winner!) Great last 4 days..
Work-out are really kicking my a$$ at the moment! the bicycles, pull ups, planks.. but am enjoying  it big time.

One other thing i have been using of late is the ab wheel to help strengthen my core - i used to struggle on these, but now am killing them.. so def can see how much PCP is working NICE ONE!.
Not sure if ok  but have been sliding in 3-4 sets when i do my PCP at the gym and its a cool little addition. and man do you feel it the next day!!!!

Anyways hope you all have good week !

..... Confessions of a 30r old in Hong King + Pirates

Well its been an awesome 2 weeks and i'm noticing the results....

Having said that i failed abysmally tonight - work got the better of me, guests in town and just couldn't find the time to fit in my workout. Before i knew it i was at sevva hitting a few glasses of wine and eating a load of *&^*. Back early at 9pm but don't feel chuffed at all to have had a few on a night out....  don't get me wrong its awesome to see mates and catch up after more than a month, but if anything - I don't feel great now and a huge sense of guilt at not hitting my workout today is kicking in  - bad end to what has been 2 good weeks... i guess we all have hiccups along the way but going to have to make up for this one.

One thing I can recommend to people looking to take some time out and chill, is to hit the new Pirates of the Carribean! Watched this late Weds night and man was it entertaining.. Not everyones taste but it cracks me up! Hangover 2 also looks helluva funny also! Bad weather w/e in HK so book your tickets!

Workouts are all  good ex of the the V's and dam those planks are killing me !!!!!!!! frikkers - the burn at 40 secs after a load of legups is just unreal - sure breathing must play some part but i am failing in that department!

anyways hope you all had good week out there and ended on a better note than i did!

over and out

TGIF

Well I am super chuffed its the weekend.... and time is on our side for once!  Woop woop. About to head off to buy my blender and start smashing those smoothie dinners in my face!!

 Had a great week of PCP but used the indulgence card last night.. Some carpaccio to start - Steak and rocket salad, with a little bit of cheese and glass of red wine really went down a treat and was great to spend some quality social time with the mates! I can see this is the way i will spend most if not all of my INDULGENCES . Dam it was hard not to eat the bread they put on the table before or the biscotti;s but had to draw the line somewhere and only 60 s to go!

Work-outs going well...and liking the new double exercises -  the pulls ups are weirdly fine but man those V-SITS on the final sets are killers!

Have not lost any wight this week, but noticeably seeing some muscle mass and definition building - so chuffed.

Took these pics few days back but blog was down

Day 28 - 84.00kg waist 33.5

After 4 solid days of PCP... man was it tough to get going today!!!! Just felt super tired this morning and more that i feel like doing something else as exercise, but finally convinced my self to get down to the gym at 2pm - workout was really tough but got through it all pretty quickly. 

I am not looking forward to those planks getting longer .. 10 sec's more and i would been overs! Guess these are the cycles u go through... but i could have done with a serious energy injection today

Being sticking to the diet pretty much 99% - ex of one night out at japanese  restaurant - edameme, mushrooms,  asparagus and some salmon teriyaki fitted in as well as it could have.. !!  

Found a great stuffed pepper recipe which is great and thought i'd share

http://caloriecount.about.com/healthy-stuffed-peppers-recipe-r83016

Hope you all having good w/e

BACK TO REALITY

Back to school, work and the reality of limited time vs PCP!!

Man that was a shock.. after finishing work at 7pm, shopping for groceries and PCP i finally sat down for my dinner and an episode of Modern Family at 9:15pm - not your mate, but if you're not gonna sacrifice on your food,  guess this is the hard part that people talk about on their blogs - thinking  a gym membership will have to be done for 2 months on the darkside so i can go before/after lunch.

Workout was great today - after a long flight - def what i needed to help shift the jet lag - liked the sideways curls, and almost completed the pull ups... with a lot of difficulty. Feeling a massive improvement in my dexterity.

Anyway here are the pictures now that my wife has returned with the camera- Looking forward to seeing more improvements, and getting rid of that lower belly.

Day 19 - weight 84 kg, 33.5in on the waist.

Big Day 1 - 87,5kg 35.5inch waist