So I have just updated my pages banner with a new picture. My last picture was taken in September 2010 on Rottnest Island in Western Australia when I was holidaying there in my semester break. I really liked the picture, how the sea was in the background and it inspired me the other day over the Easter weekend to take another whilst walking at my local beach.

When comparing the two I noticed just how different I look and thought it would be a good time to make a blog on my current fitness and how my goal has panned out.

So I’ll start with the Dukan diet – I started this Diet along with my family in May and lasted on it full time up until the middle of July. In that time I also really stepped up my gym regime  and trained alongside a mate who body-builds. I went from 104 kg to 87 kg in that time, and was very happy with that as my goal was to get to at least 90. I kept and still keep alot of habits from the diet till this day and have further lost weight and am now a fairly sturdy 84 kg.

I kept a fairly consistent gym routine – going atleast 3 times a week up until christmas and after new years, with just a 50/50 mix of cardio and weights but In January decided to experiment with supplementing and muscle building.

I still keep a fairly heavy cardio routine – try to run 3km in under 15 min atleast twice a week, but have increased the amount of time I stay at the gym and try to really focus down on muscle and strength building. I have been taking WPI post workout along with pre workout booster and I really am enjoying it and seeing the results. I don’t really go to the gym with a set workout routine, but I do try to target only specific areas every session, e..g chest and arms monday, back and abs wednesday and arms and legs friday.

I dont really intend to lose any more weight but I dont wanna gain too much back in muscle either, just want to be trim and strong. My knee seems to have benefited greatly from all the working out I’m doing, but I’ll leave the specifics of that for another blog.

I know this was a fairly rough overview but I just wanted to share my success and the journey I have been on, Losing weight and getting fit isn’t hard, you just need to be commited and patient!

For comparison here is my old banner, I still have the same sun glasses cause I cant find a pair I like more than this design

Well I’ve kinda deserted this place for the last few weeks, I just haven’t found the time to write a blog due to finishing up uni with exam study and assignments. But all is over, and I think I went quite well!

I now have just over a month off, and don’t have to do any work placement!! Next semester I start the final leg of my undergraduate life, and will be endeavoring on my final year project (or thesis as other Uni’s call it). In the break I plan to continue my fitness craze (which has been goin VERY well for the last month and a half) and think about my poject choices.

Hopefully I will get time to blog more and I’m thinking of just posting funny interent pic/vids etc that I find just so I can keep a cool record.

I plan to take this blog into full swing once next semester starts, and document my project (which hopefully scores me kudos points with my adviser )

so stay tuned!!

Ok so for the last 3 weeks, I have been following the Dukan diet along with the rest of my family. So far I have lost 6 kg and I feel fantastic! The diet is somewhat of a french diet, being formulated by a french man (Dukan) and having alot of basis on french cuisine (e.g. Quark, Creme Freche etc..). The underlying basis of weight loss (from what I understand) is by not eating carbohydrates and thus not having a ‘standard’ human intact of three main supplements (fats,protein and carbs), so I eat alot of meat, dairy and low carb veges which aint all too bad!

To supplement this I have been training 5 days a week to try get some muscle definition back and also my fitness (I used to be very fit when I was 18) and I feel myself getting stronger and fitter everyday!

My plan is to have reached a steady weight by summer which I think is very achievable and I’m highly motivated to do so. I probably should mention I lost around 30 kg when I was 17 just from going to the gym a few times a week, bodyboarding like a true teenage lidder, and just waching what I eat, but not necessarily dieting.

So I know its possible and plan to do so!! The reason I put on weight over the last 2 years was due to a fairly nasty wakeboarding accident I had in April 2009, which had left me unable to do anything without a high chance of knee dislocation (this included walking down steps) and thus high pain. I shall leave the story for another post one day, but basically the op was done last June and I am now just leaving the rehabilition stage i.e. can run etc so this is why I have started this regime!

Stay tuned!

Argh!, It’s Friday and I havn’t done a blog all week . Its Wk12 at uni (the last week) and I have been finalising reports/assignments/projects. This semester has been pretty good, and I’m sitting well to pass all 5 courses. Now that I’m a little freed up I will post something on the weekend, perhaps related to my current, muscle gain/weight loss regime and my progress so far.

But it will have to be coupled in with exam study, since all my exams lie on consectutive days in the first week . I’ve booked 5 nights away in Melbourne though, once they are done so should be fun!

Stay tuned!

Hi there,

Thanks to my good friend who owns and runs www.heroicmultimedia.com, I have been fortunately able to setup my own website!!

I plan to post lets say… 3 times a week? This week I plan to post a summary of my past Robot project and a little about the current Diet I have been on.

Stayed tuned!!