G'day guys.

Today was a bit of a free day food wise for me. 2 boiled eggs for breakfast. Lunch was a kebab and dinner was a shepards pie with a little mash. I also had 2 beers. I had a bit of milk chocolate to. I know it wasn't a great day but I'm not gonna worry about it too much. Will jump back on tomorrow. I would like to eventually not eat like this at all.

So I decided today was the day to try this tabata. I thought 20/10 would be possible but decided not to go too hard the first time. Then I thought 15/15sec would be a good starting point. Decided against that as well. I ended up settling for 10 on/20 off and I completed all 8 sets. The last 2 almost killed me. My lungs were screaming and I reckon it took me 25 mins to recover 90-95%. it was really good pushing myself that hard. Will slowly build up to 20/10. Will try to do this 2-3 times a week. Thanks for the advice suze, they really kicked my butt too and I only did a fraction. I stopped smoking almost a year ago and it still smashed my lungs.

Night all.

Lunch was a kebab

I lived in England from 1988-'91 and there was a Middle Eastern man at a round about that would make awesome kebabs with lamb, pita, cabbage, and a sweet sauce. Mmmm. I miss eating those. Would you have a recipe for the sweet sauce or recipe for the entire kebab or point me to a website?

Hello all.

Jumped back on today. Started the day with tabata HIIT training. I did 10 on/20 off. Was really hard again and I even went over 10 seconds on a few occasions. I went to 12 to 13 seconds on some of the intervals. I know it's only 2 or 3 seconds but it hurts like hell! Going to slowly bring it up. Will start doing 12 sec on all of the intervals and move up from there. Good workout.

Breakfast was 2 eggs, 1.5 rash of bacon, protein shake with water and a banana. Was full for ages.
Lunch was a pear and some almonds with 2 fish oils to bring up the omega 3 from all the omega 6 in the almonds and an apple. I've been taking fish oils sporadically since I've started paleo. Dinner was some leftover cottage pie with a tiny bit of potato.

This morning I decided to do a weigh in. I thought that over my days off I didn't really eat the best. I wanted to see the damage even though I said it usually brings me down. I thought seeing a number would motivate me and it did. 87.5kg/192.6lbs. It's day 14 and I've dropped a touch since day 11. I'm really happy that I hadn't put on 5kgs like I thought I would have.

 It motivated me to get back on and keep pushing and today I'm back to being super motivated. Maybe it's the good food I had today. My good energy and outlook has motivated me to keep eating paleo and enjoy this great mental and physical state!

Night all and happy eating!

Glad you are enjoying it--though enjoying might not quite be the right word for Tabata.   

G'day everyone.

Yesterday I did tabata training with all 8 sets at 12 seconds on/18 seconds off. I went about 95%. it was hard but I didn't push it as hard as last time. Didn't make myself feel sick, which was good.

Today I did 16 hours of work and I've got 14 tomorrow!!!!! Today's food, 2 boiled eggs + protein shake + apple for breakfast. Lunch was a few nuts, some fish oil and an orange. Dinner was steak and veggies. I also had 2 lemon meringue's. Whoops! After 16 hours I cracked!

 No workouts tonight. I should be doing more weights. I hardly do anything these days. I'm doing lots of biking though. Need to do some boxing as well. Watched 101 greatest knockouts today. Really want to have some lessons. Gotta stop doing these long shifts. Need a job that I work 40 hours a week and get paid $100,000AUD. Any offers?

Good evening everyone.

Hi claves. Yeah on my days off I organize and buy food for the next few days. Your right, when I plan and buy the food I do eat well. If nothing is planned I head right down to maccas. Cooking in bulk is a great idea but I don't know about the freezing and re-heating. On the other hand i never had protein shakes in water until recently and now I love it. Curries are even better the next day so I might have to give that a go.

Today I did a weigh in this morning and i hit a new low. 87.2kg/192.4lbs. Only a little bit away from my goal of 86.999999999999kg. Only 0.1 of a kg but I'll take it. Breakfast was boiled egg and an orange. Lunch was some nuts and seeds, fish oil tablets, protein shake, banana and dinner was eggs and bacon with some rice that was brought over with some chicken. Not a bad days eating. To this day I don't think I've had a full day of paleo eating. Might be time to get real serious about it.

Did some training after I got home tonight. Biking. 8 sets. 30 sec on/30 sec off. I went pretty hard tonight. Felt really good. It really is 90% mental for the last 2 intervals. Gonna sleep well tonight after back to back 16 hour and 14 hour shifts. Only 10 hours tomorrow, so really a walk in the park. I reckon I can hit 87.0kgs tomorrow morning. Night all.

Hi everyone.

Been going ok as of late. Although last night I had macca's. Today.

B- chicken BLT.

L - chicken and banana

D - meat balls with veggies.

I did some boxing this morning. Bit of shadow boxing, heavy bag and skipping. Trying to focus on technique even though I've never had a lesson.  What mean is, as soon as I felt my form go down I would take a rest.
I did some biking this afternoon. 1 min work/30 sec rest. I did 8 sets. I liked being in a negative for rest to work ratio. Getting myself ready for a real tabata workout. Didn't go too hard as it was my first time with this ratio. Great workout though. Just went for a 45 min walk with the dog also. Thought I'd put that in aswell.

Night all. Oh yeah my weight is back up to the 87kg's again after all the beer and partying. Gonna set a new goal for myself. Might be 79.9999999kg.   

Good evening everybody.

Did a chest and back workout today in-between watching some ufc. It's good to get some resistance training again. Now I just need to do it on a consistent basis.

Today I decided to have a decent breakfast of eggs and bacon. Was really good to have breakfast today.
L - 4 chicken drumsticks and 1 mouthful of salad. Did not taste good at all. Work food!
Snack- nuts, seeds and a banana.
D - little chicken wings. I've still got a leftover steak which I'm gonna smash in a minute. No cycling today. My knees are a bit sore, so I'm gonna take a day or 2 off. My weight has gone back up to 88.something. Too much partying. Need to be a bit disciplined for a few days. I need to see that weight get down to the 86's again. Mmmmmm steak!