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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Friday, 21 October 2011

A clean sheet of paper ...

I've now finished my course and am looking forward to getting back to a reasonably healthy lifestyle. I managed to put on 12 pounds in just 8 weeks so have some work to do just to get back to where I was 2 months ago. I have given myself a 10-week plan starting this week to ease myself back into it gently and hopefully by Christmas I will be back at the lower end of the 11 stone scale rather than the upper end that I am now. I plan a nice mix of CrossFit, gym bike/turbo training, the odd road ride and plenty of core, stretch and flex as well as some healthy eating.

I've been in touch with my Desk Officer and we are currently discussing where I will be moving to in 2012. There are some good jobs on the table but no doubt there will be plenty of interest in them because of that. More news as and when I know it!

We had some sad news earlier this week; one of our chickens died. We didn't know the cause of death so couldn't eat it. The other 2 chickens are still laying one egg each per day but with 5 of us currently in the house (it's half term) I may actually have to buy some eggs this week!

Train smart folks, and enjoy the winter break.

3 comments:

Mark "Frank" Whittle said...

12 pounds?!?!?!? Wow!!!

Turbo Man said...

Yes, Frank. You need hardcore determination and dedication to achieve those sort of stats. It will be interesting to see how Coach Roy gets on.

Cavegirl said...

That is an awesome gain in 8 weeks, congratulations LOL!

But you know how easy it is to get back in shape :-)

Sorry to hear about the hen, made me laugh, we didn't know cause of death so couldn't eat it!

As for job move next year, I though you'd extended a year or does that mean that year has already flown past ... :-/