Toughest Week

The week on holidays was hard but at least there was a routine. This week just felt like a series of compromises. I kept up the exercise but that was really the highlight. Being at a conference that serves that horrible heated buffet stuff is impossible.. and being 10min to any other normal restaurant meant that the balance was hard to find.

I had always know the food was uninspiring but when trying to fit spring rolls, kung pow chicken, peacan pie, saffron white rice, pork buns, sweet and sour pork, chocolate biscuits and an assortment of other processed "delights" into a changing routine and it was horrible.

Please dont get me started on airplane food... two dinners this week were limited to 2spoonfuls of triple boiled tasteless veg and that little fruit salad.. picking "meat" out of the sauce... shocker..

Did avoid alcohol though which was a plus, must have drunk 4L of water a night.

Otherwise now looking forward to a week in HK before parents get here and the dinners start, then off to NY which will be very difficult.

Starting to lose the love handles but the pace has certainly slowed.. I know what everyone is talking about. The enthusiasm is gone, the results have slowed.. the temptations seem legitimate.. compromises are being made.. ALL BAD.. need this week to be a good one to get me back on track.

The Fish Bowl

Stoked today as found out the actually lost a small amount of weight in Bali last week. This is a minor miracle considering the temptations.

Fairly rigourous with meals, focusing on keeping carbs to a minimum while not worrying about too much protein (all fish) and the occasional glass of SavBlanc, I think what saved me was the fishbowl.

So at the resort...

http://seminyak.thesamayabali.com/

the Gym is in this glass box next to the restaurant, not the main restaurant thankfully but still prime position. Considering there were no walls to this gym and not much else to look at this made me the prime attraction. I wouldnt go so far to say people came to watch me but I was definitely having in impact. Day 3 as I was mid-way thru a particularly intense grimacing/bicep routine I could see a Russian couple deep in conversation, 2 min later I had company... apparently getoffyurassyoufatslob translates quite well in Russian and he was on the bike next to me.

As for the wrap-up of the International Soccer 7's.. our results were as follows..

Liverpool 3-0 lost (me in goal looking like rubbish, but actually a decent shop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5XCVEVHIMU&NR=1

Celtic 2-0 lost
HKU18 2-0 WON!!!!
Everleigh 1-0 lost (robbed)

more clips to follow, that don't just show goals against....

Playing Liverpool & Celtic U19 Teams today

Exciting day today, earlier in the week I was chosen to play in the Yau Yee Select to play football against the visiting international teams, in our pool are Liverpool, Celtic and the HK U18 side.

http://www.hksoccersevens.com/

So today I think I will take my rest day and switch around the days. Weighed myself yesterday, around 84kg now which I think in no small part helped with my selection to the team, you have to be a better goal keeper if you are 6kg lighter.

Anyway if you are in HK come down to the HKFC, tickets $120 HKD and the tournament runs Saturday and Sunday.

Family Affair

Family getting behind the weight loss program.

86.5kg this week so progressing along. Diet not proving too hard although Szechuan last night was a little difficult. Eggplant in a vat of oil or Dumplings in a vat of oil.. tough choices.. went for the dry chilli fried prawns and the sauteed spinach.. and some San Choi Bao... so definitely no good but think I found a happy medium, plus another night without booze or carbs.

Am cruising through these skips now, only getting 100 or so at a time but have increased my pace almost two-fold so net time and frustration had come down.

Busy with work and soccer extending into the evenings meaning most workouts this week have been post 10:30pm... not the best for sleep patterns.. may seek to move to 5:40am.. same lack of sleep but at least there is consistency in when I do them.