PCP is Everywhere

So I'm having a conversation with a guy in the office who sits about 15 yards from me. i dont know him that well as he's pretty new but guess what, hes doing PCP - same start date..

On the same day, after a mornings hard graft, I decide to go to the gym at lunchtime to finish the PCP exercises. Im sitting on the floor (rowing) and I spot a guy walking around with a piece of paper studying it like it's the gospel..seems a bit strange i thought but somewhat familiar. After a few minutes, he comes over to where i am and i see its the PCP exercise sheet. i say hallo and introduce myself.

Coincidence, i think not. PCP has taken over my life.

What the hell am i doing here? I dont belong here

Up early Saturday which was a beautiful day so we all went to Big Wave bay. We were there by 9am and save the surfers, the beach was deserted. A few hours of bodysurfing and mucking about with the kids and back home for lunch and PCP exercises. Its mornings like that that make HK such a great place to live.

I found the Saturday exercises tough. Not sure why, but thinking that leaving everything till later in the day makes it a lot harder. Thats the first time Ive really done that. The new leg exercises are definitely more challenging. Nobody likes a creep. Also, cant seem to get that Radiohead song out my head now.

Im happy with the progress so far though im still waiting for the beer gut to diminish. Go already!

Where is the love (handles)?

Chugging along nicely. Trousers looser and love handles slowly but surely disappearing.

Exercise-wise, Im way off doing a proper pull up. Tried to do one today in the gym and failed miserably (I hope noone was looking).

Still helperless but the Mrs has been brilliant in relieving some of the burden of preparing PCP compliant meals. After a long hiatus, I have not missed having to cook and wash up after a long day at work.

Day 18

Unfortunately, we had to let our domestic helper go today. Now the diet is going to get interesting!

Still stubbornly refusing to lose any weight.

Floating like a butterfly but dying for a beer

2 weeks in and going strong (kind of). I was skipping earlier and definitely feel lighter on my feet nowadays though to be honest weight loss to date has been minimal. Those pesky scales.

I was out last night...me on soda water, the rest on beer..I still find this a challenge (I do like my beer)and when the pizza, chicken wings and fries arrived, I had to leave or temptation would have got the better of me.

I've got to agree with Homer Simpson on this one - Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life's problems.

Cravings

I had my first real craving for sugar today. I felt a little light headed and my body was screaming "Hey, Hyams where's my chocolate??!!"

This was on the way to the MTR at 6ish and squeezing into the train to Kowloon side at rush hour was a great way to take my mind off it. A game of footy and a litre of water later and the craving is gone.

Not sure that remedy will work for everyone though...

Lunges

I am not a fan of lunges. They feel like a punishment..

"Any more of that and you'll be doing lunges, 10 reps , 3 sets, no rest!"  Now theres an idea to stop the kids misbehaving...

Day 7

I spent the weekend in Manila which was hot & humid but fun. Whilst there, I had an "executive" check up and having been weighed there,  it seems my bathroom scales are a bit lenient . I guess it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things as I'll stick with my scales throughout PCP but  I seem to be heavier than I first thought...gulp!

Diet and exercises are going well but the soles of my feet still burn after 100 or so jumps.

The first day in Manila I used the gym but the ceiling was unusually low and made skipping quite difficult.. In fact, Ive decided I much prefer exercising outside and will endeavour to do so in the future, when possible.

Roll on week 2.

Day 2 and 3

Workouts and diet going well though those lunges didnt half hurt.Off to Manila this weekend but confident of sticking to the diet & exercise regime.

Body Stats:
Weight: 200 lbs
Waist: 36 in
Moobs:check
Beer gut: check
Love handles: check

I'm hoping these stats will be totally different in 87 days...

Day 1

The skipping is a bit alien to me and the soles of my feet and my calves were burning hard at the end but all in all everything went well on the exercise front.
I had a sandwich for lunch at my desk. I ate half and left the other half wrapped up next to my computer. Unfortunately I seemed to have chosen a sandwich with telepathic powers. Throughout the afternoon it was urging me to eat it but after a couple of near misses, I stayed strong and mental willpower won the day.
Dinner was at Zuma a pre-pcp arranged event but again I stayed true to PCP and only ate half as much as usual.
So far so good.