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Weekly Weigh-In 2007-01-28 January 28, 2007

Weight loss chart for 28 January 2007 All time weight loss chart up to 28 January 2007

So, I’m back. And as you can see, I had a blow-out over Christmas! Although, to be fair, about 2 kg of the weight gain is due to using my new (and presumably more accurate!) digital scales.

Still, a few kilos of weight gain is not going to be a major problem. I’ve shifted many times that so far – I know what it takes, and I know how to do it.

I’ve got a little extra short-term motivation, too. A good friend is getting married on February 9th, so I tried on one of my old suits last week. I haven’t been able to wear this suit for 5 years or more, but it now fits (albeit rather tightly around the waist!). I figure if I can lose a couple of kilos over the next two weeks, I should be able to wear those pants comfortably. Let’s see what happens…

In other news, I’ve started jogging at night time. Mornings have been too inconsistent, with G waking up early some days and sleeping in others, and the weather, and tiredness, and a bunch of other pathetic excuses. I also had to give the jogging pram back to its owners, which means I can only walk when I take G out now.

So I’m jogging at night. Usually I go out at about 8 pm, after the kids are all asleep. My wife usually puts on some girly TV show and does a session on the exercise bike, so it’s a good time to get out for a run.

After all the excesses of Christmas and my lack of running lately, I was surprised to find that I can still run 3 km without walking, and I’m still doing it in around 16 minutes. I don’t know why my fitness hasn’t gone backwards, but I’m really pleased!

My usual run is now 7 km (doing 4 minutes running/1 minute walking), which takes me around 45 minutes. If I’m feeling lazy, I can just do a 16-minute 3 km run. I never thought running 3 km would become my ‘lazy’ option! A long run takes up a 1-hour block of time (adding in getting changed and showering), whereas a short run only takes half an hour. Looked at that way, it’s not so hard to fit a run into my usual night-time routine, especially a short one.

I’ll try to post some more stuff soon!

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