The Chrysalis Chronicle

So in blogging terms it’s been about 20 years since my last update….my bad.

Heaps has been going on since my last post. Last week was a very family intensive week with the passing of my Nan and having her funeral just this weekend been. Lots of sitting around and everyone else eating and drinking. My little brother Steffan found this HIDEOUS picture of me from 2 Christmas’s ago… I look like Chris the son from Family Guy… eeeek.. will have to find someone with a scanner and share with you.. SHAME, but sweet because that’s the old me.

Today was my first day back working and I am out of Auckland, I can already tell the next week for me is going to be quiet and boring on the social front – have heaps of work that needs my time now that I’ve had the best part of a week off!

Read my last post again before writing this and am pleased to say for the 4 days following that post I did do heaps of exercise, typically a 3-4km run followed by a 10km cycle each night… Wednesday night I went a bit OTT and did a 4km run followed by a 20km cycle, legs hurt a fair bit on Thursday but not as bad as I had expected.

Weight today is 110.2kg so am over 53kg down now, and not to far from being under 110kg!!! Mint. Am thinking I might set an extended target to 90kg…meaning that my total weight loss on achievement will have been 73.5kg, just don’t think that the 95kg goal weight is going to cut it, don’t think that it will have had significant impact on the stomach region?... will make that call a bit further down the track.

Really need to lift some weights – It’s been approx 3weeks since I have lifted any weights, not because I haven’t wanted to, but I thought it best to have a break after dislocating my shoulder. Shoulder seems to be 90% better now so might get back into it on my return to Auckland.

Think that I will go see a personal Trainer at the 100kg mark to focus more on stomach region...work on my flabdominals a bit.

I had a neck and shoulders massage last week - $15 for 15mins by a Chinese Massage and acupuncturist… wow, why have I not done this before? He was pretty hard out in some parts, a couple of times I came close to wigging out at him but right when I thought I had had enough he would ease up… freaky Asia man was reading me like a book. Slept so well that night! Speaking of sleeping well – I’m sleeping SOO much better these days, due to my weight and body size sleeping was a mission, I couldn'tt sleep on my back because the weight of my stomach would create discomfort…pretty much the same with sleeping on my stomach…but these days , wow, loving it.

Not sure if I have mentioned this previously but a great friend gave me some electrolyte tablets (like Berocca, but no other vitamins and sugar free) to take after exercising… they are great, have a nice taste and seem to help recovery – even if its just me believing they are!

Anyway – am staying with family tonight so should probably sign off and be a bit social.

Have a great week and hopefully you will hear from me again in the weekend!

Peace.
Mike