The Silver Fern

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Spent two out of the past four days in the gym with punishing workouts. Today's was particularly needed since work sucked bigtime and I needed to work out the stress, and I feel mellow as a hippy now. Can feel the biceps bulging. Still a ways off my goal weight but on the right track again. <br />
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Watched a pretty interesting thing about metabolisms tonight and all the shit we put in ourselves that hurts it. Think it may have put me off having a breakfast during the Aussie-SA match at the pub - may go eat muesli at home instead, toss in some almonds and be set for several hours. <br />
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Not giving up my Guinness though...

Got back on the saddle today with my first match since the broken nose.<br />
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Did pretty well. Didn't have many carries or tackles but really hit the rucks well and wheeled the opposition scrum constantly. Unfortunately they had the best maul I've ever played against and fought out an outstanding draw - 36-36. <br />
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Even drank light beer during the post-match. Ooh er.

Am I the only one having trouble getting motivated? It's been a problem for a while - I'm starting to wonder if I've gone :idiot2:. <br />
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It seems I have good days and bad days, or even good meals and bad meals. I'll go for a long jog, then eat a fatty lunch. I'll eat a tremendous dinner, like I did tonight, then eat a midnight snack.<br />
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God, I even think I've been losing interest in rugby lately! This is going too far!<br />
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Any help, boys?

[quote name='BartMan']<br />
good work, when you hit 115, there'll be a propping position open for you with the Whangamata Premiers...  <br />
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Have an U-23 side?

Had a struggle a few days ago, but think I'm back on track with some very good work the last two days. Here goes again!

Just played about forty minutes of football. Ran all over the pitch, so good cardio workout there.<br />
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I was pretty good at setting up goals as well, which probably says a lot about the standard of football being played of a 120 kg man could play midfield general.

Pants were really loose yesterday. I liked it!<br />
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Had two cheat days in a row here. Understandable when you lose half a stone so quickly, since I think the back of your mind tells you that you can eat more and still lose weight, but time to get back on the wagon tomorrow with more disciplined meals.<br />
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I have a threeday weekend so I'm going to try to get the gym at least twice.

One cannot underestimate how good it is for you to just walk more. Don't take the elevator. <br />
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I had to take the subway around yesterday. The station I had to get off at is old and particularly far underground - six full flights of steps up to the terminal and the outside world. You could take the elevator, but I chose to walk. It was tiring, but that was probably about 30 calories right there. Things like that build up.

[quote name='BartMan']<br />
good work fester.  We'll have a pretty handy TSF frontrow fit and ready to battle soon!!  How the clothing gage going, pants fitting better etc...?<br />
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Hard to tell. Yeah, I guess so. Wore an XXL shirt today..was fairly loose on the old tyre. <br />
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God, Once Were Warriors is farkin depressing (never seen it before). I need a drink!!!

Another week, another KG and change off. 125.3 kg now.<br />
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Oh, and Once were Warriors is on TV.

I had Nutella today. Nutella is bad.<br />
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I'll feel better tomorrow - going to the gym in the morning (the first bit of training I've been able to do since I got whacked by the Samoan dude) and Weight Watchers.

Two weeks in, and now I weigh 126.2 kgs. Really good start so far.

Hi fellas. Thought I had a good week this week. Ate more responsibly, worked out more, so I think I lost some weight going into the weigh in tomorrow.<br />
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One of the few good things about getting fuckin' clocked during a game is it kept me off the post-match piss and burgers, ended up having a slice of pizza (very light on the cheese, which is the source of the fat and the way I like it anyway) and water instead. Feel a bit thinner too.

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Day 17<br />
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Food was more of the usual with beef strogonoff for dinner.<br />
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Walk to work and jogged most of the way home (reckon I would have passed the 4km mark in jogging mode). The jogging damm near killed me and caused me to cramp up at an infortunate time later on in the night whilst the wife was rewarding my weight loss efforts to date.<br />
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With the tahs game to night followed by a bucks weekend I am likely to undo some of the good work this week.<br />
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I get sore too but cramping after thrust #2 is really hamming it up, bro.  :afro:

Had weetabix and a banana for breakfast. <br />
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Had a big sandwich for lunch. Pancetta and proscuitto with a bit of fontina. Not really what you want to do when you lose weight, but I think it's more than doable with a light dinner.<br />
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Had training after that. I basically hate rugby at the moment, but it was good to have a tackling drill tonight...<br />
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Dinner was salmon with a baked potato and some cauliflower. Bit of low-fat sour cream on the potato for flavour, nothing too bad. Not bad I think. Haven't had a fizzy drink or alcohol since I started. <br />
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Will try to get in some gym work before class tomorrow, if not, then I'll do it after.

Hi fellas. Haven't been eating as well as I could the last two days, but ending the skid with a good supper of salad with whole-wheat pasta. <br />
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Completely quit drinking, which kinda sucks, but the fact is beer kills your metabolism like nothing else, so bye-bye. Might have the odd pint of Guinness (low-carbs) after a match, but other than that, drinking is no more. Going to try to hit up the gym before my class tomorrow. My university classes don't start until slightly later, so I've really got to make those 2-3 hours count with some big time gym work.<br />
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Any fellas got some ideas for reducing burnout? I'm feeling oddly burnt out about rugby. I guess it's due to the poorer physical condition I'm in, but I just can't be bothered a lot of the time. I'm fine during a match, but during the week I'm finding it hard to put in the effort. Anybody have some tips to gee me up?<br />
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If I can put in some good work the next few days and really eat right, I could lose a pound or even two before my meeting on Monday, which would really make me feel better about all this.

Hi all, I saw this and decided to hop on the wagon as I too need to lose weight. <br />
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Start: 6'3", 128.6 kg (ugh), 32% body fat<br />
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Goal: 106 kg, 10-13% body fat<br />
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ETA: 1 January, 2007<br />
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Started doing Weight Watchers. I feel like I'm handing in my balls every time I walk in, but I need something regimented in order to lose the kilos (or pounds). I've been trying to make a push into the Super League team for my club (that's the top Marakin club league) but am quite obviously being held back by the enormous stomach I have to lug around for 80 mins. Fortunately I'm still young, so if I can make some changes, it should be very handy. I actually get fairly regular exercise, since I still play, but I need to ramp up the gym sessions in intensity in order to pack on more muscle and burn more fat. Food's the biggest issue. I grew up in a family of cooks so I love to eat and eat well. Not really the McDonald's or pies type, but all can be said in what I had on Sunday to celebrate St David's Day: Stuffed pork tenderloin, a leek pie, and fresh baked bread with a bottle of ale. Tremendous meal, but not exactly low in fat.<br />
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Anyway, so today's my first day of posting a journal on the Fern. Had a 50-minute gym session this afternoon with a 2 mile walk home, carrying the gym bag. Had weetabix and a cuppa for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, some leftovers in the afternoon (BAD), and another sandwich for dinner. The Subway kind, so it wasn't bad for me.<br />
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Here goes..