Day 16 momentum

My routine is well and truly in place, the exercise is becoming easier to incorporate into an evening and the diet is a habit. I know its going to get tougher and I know I'll begin to crave more and more, but for the moment I'm enjoying myself!

The exercises are becoming easier but as the sets get larger its going to be seriously tough, I know, but the tougher it gets, the better I'll get (hopefully). I'm settling in well into my new school and homework is no longer a big problem so its all going smoothly!

Finally, team name suggestion, "nine to the finish line" a bit long but, its catchy, right?
Anyway, I hope everyones getting on well, keep it up!

day 15 a good day

I've had a few rough days with illness and homework, but today was an easy day. A half day at school, very little homework I feel much better and the exercise went well. I find the curls, squats and jumps easy enough, but the DaVinci's are a serious challenge. Howerver, short term pain, long term gain! I managed a personal best 900 jumps this afternoon, I was wrecked after it, but felt good.

On another subject, my inspirational figure (Cristiano Ronaldo) was in action last night for Real Madrid. It wasn't a vintage Ronaldo performance, but Madrid came away with a good 1-0 win against french side, Auxerre. He's a great player, but so far this season he hasn't been up to his best, but I'll enjoy watching him find his form this season!

I've taken a few photos of my food today, I forgot at dinner but I have some pictures of my delicious PCP breakfast!
Oatmeal (80g), brown bread (40g), one tomato, some grapes, an egg, 250mils of milk (most which is in the  oatmeal) and a cup of tea!

Hope everyone is getting on well in team "yet to have a permanent name" team... we'll get one!

Day 14 slogging through it

I've had a heavy cold over the last few days, and today it was no better. I hope its not anything worse, but its not stopping me!

My diet is going well, its become a great routine and I'm getting more self sufficient and I actually love the amounts. The fact that you can be so creative with your food and know when your eating it, its good for you!

The exercise was tough. I felt awful and strangely short of breath during the jumps, the strength work was ok. Looking forward to tomorrows workout/diet plan e-mail for the week...bring it on!

Keep it up team blue, we've got to get a better name!

Day 13 a short post, after a long day

Hi guys,

This will be brief, today has been a hectic day with homework, football training and feeling bad making everything a rush. The dieting went well as usual, but I simply didn't have enough time and I couldn't face a full workout feeling like I do. So I made an executive decision, I swapped todays longer, tougher workout with tomorrows simple (enough) 800 jumps and through in a few push ups and sit ups. It was frustating, but I'll make up for it tomorrow, I promise!

Hope everyones well, I'll get commenting tomorrow!

Day 12 my body is a strange thing

I very rarely get ill, but whenever I do pick someting up, it tends to be bad. However, since I began the diet, I've had a running cold for the last two weeks or so. Every few days it hits me harder and the only thing I can put it down to is my drastic change in diet. Also, I've been doing my jumprope outside, which could also be a factor. Its not serious or anything, but it doesn't help, especially when I'm so busy these days with school and exercise and unfortunately, it hit me the hardest on saturday so it effected my weekend a bit, but I enjoyed it all the same!

Apart from that, everything is going well from a PCP point of view, no problems so far with the training and I'm enjoying the amounts of food I'm being given to eat!

Hope everyones well, keep up the good work team blue!

Day 11 cup of tea...and a biscuit

The title of this post is a phase heard throughout the world. I've always noticed how people say "god i'd love something with this coffee/tea!". I for one have said it many times, and its true, biscuits, a slice of cake or a muffin all go so well with a hot cup o'. But this is the sort of mentality that has people eating 'badly' in the western world. We see tea or coffee as an excuse for a treat, a treat we wouldn't otherwise have had.

Its not a big deal, but I sight it as an example of our lack of awareness of what we're putting into ourselves and since I started the PCP diet, I am always thinking and looking at what I'm eating. A few times (especially when I'm bored at home) I've found myself just going to the fridge to get something and thinking, "why am I doing this, I'M NOT HUNGRY!!". And thats the key for me, eating when we aren't hungry is the norm for most yet if we don't feel hungry, it means we don't need food, simple as.

Let me know what you think, and keep enjoying the weekend!

Day 10 friday:)

Happy weekend!

Its been a tough week of homework and PCP dieting and excercise. The weekend is a chance to catch up on what foods I'll be needing for the coming weeks, and to relax!

I had a good workout today, I'm really getting used to the resistance bands and the jumprope. I did my 650 jumps today and only tripped 9 times, which is a major improvement for me! I'm doing them in quick time too which is really satisfying.

I hope everyone is still getting on well, and enjoy the weekend!