Body is still okay 170 Push ups complete

Body is okay from bike accident, probably be a bit sore tomorrow but still was able to pump out my 100 push ups in 4 sets of 20 and 2 sets of 10 over the period of the day. Tonight I did a set of 15 and then a set of 35 Push ups followed by 20 on my knees. Happy with that.

Rock on Boot Camp Snap shot tomorrow with the recruits!

Blessings
Grant

Guardian Angel and Bike accident!

This morning I was biking along and came to a round about where I saw a white van slowing up so I thought sweet I will carry on. However she hadn't seen me (I was wearing my bright blue World Cup jacket and had my front light on flicker, 1st time for that to) We both broke hard and then it went into Matrix land and I rode up the side of the drivers door hitting the wing mirror and landing on the ground.

The bike was okay amazingly and I didn't seen to have any major injuries. I was more worried that my bike was stuff! But it wasn't. The poor driver was so remorseful and I just said I'm okay.

I carried on to work and starting setting up with the adrenaline still pumping, I felt no pain. About 9am the shock started to set in but I had a cup of tea and came right. Have taken it easy this morning.

10 hours sleep and planning lunch!

I have a really good sleep last night from 7.30pm to 5.30am. Feeling much better and pretty much over this cold which has slowed me down but not taking me out, thank goodness!

I was wondering about my lunch time period today with having an appointment to go to and I thought I'll just get Hot chips and the I realised my other challenge no incidental spending! So I thought right! I will have to plan better to have something before the appointment to get me through and also conserve energy to.

Aiming for over 100 Push ups today.

Go well with your Health and Well Being!

300 Push UPS!!!! Yehaaa!

Today I put the body under pressure to see if I had past through the worst of the cold and I had!

I started with 100 push ups before the other instructors arrived at the Domain this morning for Boot Camp.
I did a set of 20, 20, 10, then 20, 10,10,10

The others were late so it is custom that we do push ups together. I pumped out another 60. Arms were getting tired at this stage.

Later in the session I did 20 slow push ups in cadence of 3 seconds down 1 second up.

Then I did 40 push ups on my knees and then a following set later did 70 push up on my knees.

Did 10 more with the children at work.

Total 300 Push ups!!!

In between doing the push ups I did sets of Squat Jumps totalling 100

Chin ups 50 in one go.

Nutrition

Porridge sultanas and yoghurt for Breakfast 4.30am
After Boot Camp at 7.20am

750ml water with lemon
2 carrots raw
1 banana

Arrived at work
2 boiled eggs
1 banana

Morning tea
Scone and Sultanas
Orange

Lunch time
Scone and sultanas
Brown rice and beef stir fry

100 Club and Healthy Food

Home made Pizza with silver beet and eggs, Yummo! Well done Sally with creative flair!

 

Kombucha Tea made up. You can see the mother in the big jar which converst the tea and sugar into a fizzy vinegar flavour. Very refreshing served cold!

I worked on my 100 Push ups today with 40 this morning in 2 sets of 20 then 50 at training with sports group and then 10 extra at home to make up the 100.

Still overcoming cold but that hasn't hampered me to much.
This afternoon at Sports group training we did

Basketball jump squat, Lunges and squat hold for 30 secs
Dying fly set of 10 Sit ups 10 and V hold 30 seconds
Push up clap x 10 superman x10 and push up hold 30 seconds

Push ups x2 every time a ball was dropped when I passed it in between talking to the group, they had to do 2 push ups.

Finished with Back to back wrestling to find a champion
Warm down stretches


I have eaten the following today:

Porridge sultanas and yoghurt
Oil Pulling 20 minutes with Sunflower oil.
2 carrots medium
Sultanas
Chicken Liver Pate and Crackers
1.5 litres of water with lemon in it
2 cups of Green tea.
Home made Pizza with Spinach and egg on it for lunch
Pizza again for afternoon tea same as lunch
1 apple and some persimmon
Home for Kombucha tea 2 glasses
Dinner Stir fry beef and vege with brown rice
Dessert Yogurt and nuts


No incidental spending so far which is going well. Have extra major expenses coming up with Dental, Mole checking and Car with transmission fluid needing changed. So saving this money is helping towards those expenses!

I biked to work and home again today.
Go well with your exercise and eating.

Healthy Food and Water for the day plus 150 push ups!

This morning was a wet one but i went planned with dry clothes and a good bag full of goodies!
Had Porridge at 4.30am
Today I packed for lunch and morning tea:

Chicken Liver Pate with Rice Crackers
Banana
2 carrots peeled (ate after boot camp)
Banana muffin
4 Fejoia's
2.23 litres of water with lemon in it
Sultanas
Pumpkin Soup for lunch
2 eggs for Breakfast 2nd at 9.00am

Exercise wise: Did 150 push ups at Boot Camp alongside other exercises while I was instructing

Started at 5.40 am with:

Set of 60
Set of 20
Set of 30
Set of 35
Set of 5

150 for the day!

Day 9 Money Challenge & 100 PUP Club Day 3

Onto Day nine for my challenge of know incidentals expenses. I was tempted yesterday on the way back from Ngatea with wanting to get some Hot Chips. I thought it is only $2 but decided no! Can't do it and had one of Sally's banana muffins which did the trick!

100 Club Day 2 was yesterday (Saturday). Interesting I cam down with a sore throat Saturday morning after my run and I thought oh know here we go! However I was determined not to let this cold take over so I hammered it with natural remedies, loads of liquid, salt gargle, Vit C and had a good sleep Sat Night. Come Sunday after a nine hour sleep I felt much better and then the sneezing started. Still I wasn't fazed and geared myself up for full recovery.
This morning I woke earlier than normal and feel a little bit sneezy but that is not going to hold me back today. I'm going to wrap up keep warm and have lots of herbal drinks.

I still managed to pump out 100 Press ups in 5 sets of 20 doing the last 3 sets within 15 minutes of each other.

Day 3 of the Press Up (There is Romelo, Javis and (Theresa doing sit ups) doing the challenge with me.

I will count  the press ups I do at Boot Camp as well which is today.

Anyway keep well and look after yourself.
Have a great week!
Grant

100 Club Press ups

Good training session this morning.

Ran up Pukekohe Hill 1.4km up steep gradient approx 10 minutes and then 30 press ups at the top.
Ran down in around 6 mins

At home 30 press ups rested 10 minutes then managed one more set at 50

110 press ups.

I want to build up to being able to do 100 press ups with Cadence of 1 second

Anyone want to join my 100 Club for 30 days. The goal is to do 100 press ups a day in sets of 10' or 20' or 30' with the end goal being able to do 100 Press ups in one go to Cadence with 1 second intervals. You up for it?

Day 6 Saving Money Challenge

So far no extra money spent this week, so happy with that! Yesterday I ended up biking to work home again for lunch and then back again on the bike and then home again at 4.30pm! Glad I have my World Cup jacket to keep me warm on the bike, plus it is easy to see with the colour.

I wanted to go for a run and do press ups as well but ran out of time having to get some milk (40 litres from a farm).

Sally made yoghurt from it which I am looking forward to trying.

Oil Pulling is still going strong every morning and I found out through Sally that Sunflower oil is the best to use for this particular ritual! So first thing in the morning I pop the oil in while I sit on the computer typing emails etc and do at least 15 minutes of swishing. I have got use to it now.

One thing I have noticed this week is Sally and Samuel were sick with colds and I didn't get it which is a first! But I said to Sally that I think it is combination of me looking after myself much better with the following,

Good Sleep
Oil Pulling
Cod Liver oil
Vitamin C
Kombucha Tea (Liver Detoxifying drink)
Raw Milk
Good eating no refined sugars
Drinking loads of water and a little lemon juice
Exercising
Keeping warm in the cold!


Have a great day!

Blessings
Grant

Day 30 No refined Sugar Challenge

Day 30 has arrived!!! No refined sugar for 30 days has been a success! I am feeling the better than ever and sharp in my thinking and loads of energy by eating good foods! All the best if you are taking up this challenge! Roseanne Elizabeth Emery, you are doing so well to cut the coke out and the cafferine after 10 days! Keep going!

Grant

Day 5 new challenge plus fitness

After 4 days on my new challenge I have found that it is so easy to spend or even use the car for a short trip back to work etc but I have resisted and managed to cut down in every area!

Showers have been shorten in length and I don't worry about smelling, my wife would be first to comment on that!

I have been biking back to work after lunch if I have had the car after being to Auckland for Boot Camp training.

I have been blessed by the owner of the Boot Camp who is helping me with travel expenses so I can continue being an assistant Boot Camp Instructor which I am loving!

The other morning when it was freezing I still decided to run to Church which took 11 mins and then do my exercises and extra run with buddy, ran to work, set up everything, ran home approx 3km and then biked back!

Getting fitter and weighing in lighter, approx 74.5kg at the moment. 6 months ago I was tipping the scales close to 80kg!

So it is working and I have made an awesome contact with a truck company, washing their trucks to be able to make a few more dollars to help the cause!

It can be done, go out and conquer your 30 day challenge!

Blessings
G

New 30 day Challenge is Out

My next 30 day challenge is going to be reducing spending habits especially on incidentals like a packet of crisps at the supermarket because I haven't planned eating before hand.

So to do this I need to be even more focused on my eating and planning of it.

Other areas I can cut down on is driving the car (Cost of petrol is astronomical $2.20 a litre), meaning I will have to bike more to work and other places (this is extra fitness :)

I will also cut down time spent in shower, (normally use the shower to relax and have think time, but now that will have to be somewhere else!)

Buying smart (i.e getting vegetable on special at the markets vs supermarket buying)

Keeping a transparent Eftpos transaction and cash transaction so that Sally can keep good records on our current spending excel sheet.

Eating more things like carrot sticks rather than hoeing into the cheese all the time because of hunger!

That's is for now but it will sure be an interesting challenge that will affect my health and well being on many fronts.

Go make your 30 day challenge what ever that may be!

Day 27 Challenge Still strong!

Wow I'm nearly there and I'm feeling great about my body my mind and my energy and my rest! Last night I slept soundly for 8 hours and woke up this morning feeling like yesterdays energy output never happened! I started yesterday at 4am to prepare for a Men's breakfast at church which we catered for approx 140!

Straight after I got home I was in the Ute with the father n law heading to Swanson to sort out a fallen tree at our rental property. Had a good lunch of rice and dhal + leftovers Pasta with Mussels and pumpkin and herbs that Sally had made.

Got home and pack the wood away and then went super market shopping with Samuel my son and then helped Sally with dinner with was yummy snapper and roast veges. We lit the fire and sat down on the couch to watch a video and I nodded off a bit but I didn't mind as I was really knackered. In bed around 10 and up around 6am!

Oil Pulling still going well!
Planning a hill run today up Pukekohe Hill and then off to hear Dr Grant Mullen from Canada at Church talk on emotional disorders :)

Day 24 Challenge dropped 3kg!

Well I'm nearly there with only 6 days to go on my challenge. What a journey it has been. I weighed myself this morning and was pleasantly surprised to be tipping the scales at 75 kg! I started around 78 kg 3 weeks ago and one of the goals was to lose 3kgs! Tick that one off! Good eating + exercise + good rest = Slashing the tummy fat and fitting my old dress pants that I couldn't wear for 2 years!

The no wheat and Gluten is going well however at this stage I planning to reduce it as much as possible but not worry if I have the odd food item with wheat in it. So far without trying really hard I have managed to have hardly any wheat and gluten over 7 days, I feel better for it and my skin has cleared up majorly!

So where to from here? My next 30 day challenge that I am going to start up is in the area of saving finances, more on that in 6 days times.

Go well and be healthy, AMEN!

Diet and Challenge Changed my Life!

What has been different in my diet that has made a huge difference is good fats. Below is a description of what I believe is really making a difference right now to my well being. I am loving this 30 day challenge of no refined sugar as it has unleashed a healthy me that I like especially the fact I am stable in thoughts and actions!

Chicken Liver Pate (homemade from Sally with no preservatives) Bacon and eggs (free range eggs from Sally's Dad, plus homemade Bacon no nitrates and salt cured by Sally) Nuts soaked in water and dehydrated, Oily fish and cod liver oil taken every day.
We are following Western A Price Theory which Sally Fallon has carried on his work with a book called nourishing traditions. Basically it is eating a similar diet to the 1930's.

We are also getting raw milk straight from the farmer rather than bought milk at the supermarket.

All these put together and no refined sugar have made an incredible difference to my state of mind, my decision making has been 100% better, I have had heaps of energy and I don't have any highs or lows, my skin has cleared, and with the exercise I've been doing with boot camp (Training to be a trainer) I am feeling the best I have ever been in my life.

My Sally is reading a book on Oil Pulling an old age tradition that focuses on the huge amount of bacteria in the mouth. Interesting enough our mouths harbour the most bacteria than any other place in the body and thus account for most of the issues we have in our bodies. Oil Pulling is not new but not something people like to do. It basically gets into every single area of the gums and mouth and draws the bacteria out with 15 minutes of swishing in your mouth (1 dessertspoon is  good). I also use Olive oil and then after 15 minutes, spit it out. This can also help with receding gums which I have, so I be watching in interest how that goes. You are meant to do this before you eat in the morning and if you are hard core you can do it 3 times a day before major meals.

Anyway life is fantastic with these new diet changes for me and I now know that eating right makes me the best husband, father and coworker that I can be. Amen!

Day 21 of Challenge and Recovery

Today is day 21 and I am very happy with how I am going with this challenge. My hardest temptation was yesterday going to my inlaws where I have bad food and drink habits there from the past! However I planned my attack before leaving by having eggs and fried potatos so that I wouldn't be starving by the time I arrive to have lunch. I ended up eating Sally's roast chicken nibblets and rice salad with tomato cheese and salad and water and lemon for a drink. I stayed awayed from the yummy looking cake that my sister n law made but instead had yoghurt walnuts, banana and raisins!

I need to get onto a good website fedup.com that my friend Lisa put me onto for some recipe ideas for No gluten and wheat. Changing the mindset is not the easiest especially when you have eaten bread most days for 36 years!

My legs are 90% back to normal after Saturdays Mammoth effort on 400 squats. We have a snapshot test today at the Domain to see what everyone's fitness levels are like. I think it is a 2.4km run which I am looking forward to.

Go well with your eating and exercising.
Blessings
Grant

400 squats in one go

Today was a full on day exercise wise. It started with an impromptu 7km run with a friend at Hebron 1550 in Waterview. This was followed by 30 minutes of basketbal 2 hours later. Then we had lunch and started Texem hold em push up poker.

The 4 of us were betting push ups instead of money.

After a few rounds of 30 push ups here and there I decided that I had a good hand and kept bidding higher with Romelo up to 200! I lost! The rule it is 1 press up to 2 other exercises, so I decided to start with Squats and aimed for 100. I got to 150 and I was hurting!!!

By the time I hit 200 Jackson and Romelo were tired from the counting!
I decided to aim for the entire 400 which I did without stopping! I had 2 fried eggs straight after which helped replace the enery and protein to fix my muscles.

Over other rounds I ended up doing 167 push ups in different number sets.

A good day. Hopefully I will still be able to walk tomorrow and drum at church!

Snap Shot Test 11th May 2012!

Test is to run as fast as you can for 2.4km and then do up to 100 Pressups and situps to Cadence. I did it by myself and thought I could have done better if I had others around but needed to do it in Pukekohe as I am heading to Auckland tonight for the Rugby as a volunteer.

2.4km run time 8.51 minutes (shaved 26 seconds off from 2 weeks ago)
100 Press ups (30 full press ups breaked for 5 secs did 20 on kness and then broke for 5 secs doing sets of 10 through to 100)
100 Sit ups raising my hands to my knees and keeping them on my legs all the time. Did 5 sets of 20 with 5 sec gaps in between.)

Pretty wasted after that but recovered well. Went home and had Bacon and eggs (no toast)
Looking forward to the next 6 weeks of Boot Camp to see if I can improved my times and ability on the sit ups and press ups.

Snap Shot and Day 16 and 17

Day 16 and 17 went well and also having know gluten and wheat has made a big difference in 2 days to my skin. (I am challenging myself to 30 days no refined sugar/perservatives or Artificial flavours.)

Tomorrow I plan to do 2.4km run as fast as I can (goal sub 9minutes) and then do as many pressups up to 100 and then 100 situps. (I am aiming for 60 pressups)

Feeling great and staying focused and making stable decisions and not being easily offended.

Day 15 Half Way with Challenge

I'm officially halfway to my 30 day goal of No refined sugar/artificial flavours or perservatives.

This morning I ran up Pukekohe hill on Anzac ave. 10.30 minutes to get up and 6.10 minutes to come down (1.4km one way)

Legs and abs are a bit sore from yesterdays boot camp but still mobile. DOMS Delayed onset Muscle soreness.

Food and Water today:

5.00am Porridge/yoghurt/sultanas Water

7.20am Banana Water, Cod Liver oil

8.30 am Banana Water Sultanas and nuts

9.00am Cheese

10.40 am Cheese Water and 2 Coddled eggs (plunged into boiling water for 60 seconds) and nuts

12.30pm Rice Craker with Avacado and cheese

2.00pm Apple and banana pieces.

3.30pm Nuts and sultanas Water

4.40pm Workout Mini Boot camp with sports group

5.45pm Dinner Braised Lamb neck chops, carrots, spinach and mashed potato

7.40pm Yoghurt/honey and walnuts.

9.00pm 100ml fresh squeezed apple juice

9.30pm Bed

What/Where/When Fitness 4U

WHAT DO WE DO at F4U? 
We start at Franklin Baptist Church on Victoria Street West Pukekohe.

There are 2 sessions 5.30am and 6.15am (You must text to say you are coming)


We do a short/long run/jog/walk depending on your fitness level and then we do 11 exercises one after the other using our own body weight as resistance


Time taken all depends on the speedapprox 30 minutes


See you there!

Day 14 of Challenge plus no gluten!

Today was hard yakka, I went to bed late which meant waking up early was a bit of a stretch when Samuel piped up at 4am for a feed. I was also heading up to Auckland for Boot Camp which was working on core stomach muscles today, ouch!
Food and water taken for the day:

5.00am Porridge/yoghurt/sultanas. Water

6.00am  Boot Camp Auckland Domain core stomach muscle work out on the hill

7.00am 1 litre of water

7.50 Eggs and bacon NO toast (First time doing that!) Water

9.00 am Banana, sultanas, water

10.00am Sultanas and nuts.

10.50am Soup Vegetable made by Sally previous night.

12.15pm Lunch No bread! Vegetable Soup with stock and beetroot. Water

2.00pm Nuts, some banana and water

3.30pm Nuts and sultanas water

4.50pm Hot chips as a treat

5.45pm Braised lamb neck chops with steamed carrots sauteed spincah. A glass of water

7.00pm Yoghurt anf fruit of some sort.

ETA Bed 9.00pm

Day 13 Great day!

Today I kept on top of my eating and grazing and although I had a full on day I had great energy levels throughout the entire day. I am currently getting very good sleep with an average of 8 hours, before I was averaging 6 so it has made a real difference in my energy levels and also my eating habits.
I drove to Pakuranga tonight to trained with a bunch of guys playing Touch Rugby. The fitness was good and I loosen up the tightness in my calf from yesterdays 9km run. I juiced some apples to and had a nice glass fill of pure apple juice!

BOOT CAMP tomorrow morning 6am, look out he we come trainer in training!

Todays eating and drinking

7.30am  Water
8.30am Porridge/yoghurt/LSA (ground linseed Sunflower and Almond) and walnuts and sultanas

9.30am At Church. Had water 2 glasses worth

11.00 am some cheese

Clean the garage up

12.30 Salad and chicken sanwich plus water

2.30 pm Liver pate and rice crakers/ sultana's/ water

3.00pm Left for Pakuranga

3.30 Nuts and Sultanas and water

4.00 Touch Rugby

5.20 pm Water banana/ nuts Sultanas/ Chicken Liver Pate and rice crackers.
6.15 pm Homemade Vegetable and chiken soupo by Sally.

8.00pm Yoghurt and nuts and popcorn watching a movie.

Bed eta 9pm

Big Day! Day 12 Challenge

Today I started with an empty stomach and a glass of water. I ran 9.3 km in approx 42 minutes and then went to the markets in down town Pukekohe. Afterwards I attacked my job list which involved washing the ceiling in the bathroom, cleaning shower, floor, toilet as well. Quick lunch and then outside to spend 2 1/2 hours doing the lawns and edges. The edges take the longest as I'm using a spade. Good for an upper body workout though.
Calf muscles a wee bit sore and stiff but stretch throughout the day. Had friends over for dinner and watched the rugby and the league at the same time. Cheifs won and the Warriors won yeah!

Here's what I had to eat and drink today:

6.40am wake up, glass water

7.00am run 9.3km

8.20am Peanut Butter on toast plus feijoia juice (homemade by Sally)

8.50am 2 Fried eggs on toast  Water x2 with lemon

9.30am nuts and sultanas small handful

10.00 am Went to Markets

11.30 am Home, snack on cheese, nuts and sultanas, Water

11.40 am Did Bathroom

12.40pm Lunch: Fresh lettuce, carrot grated, fermented cabbage, a bit of vogels, Pure Apple Juice and Feijoa

1.00pm Lawns and edges 3 glasses of water

3.30pm Apple

6.00pm cheese snack

6.50pm Dinner: Roast Chicken and gravy, peas and corn, Pumpkin and Kumara, Potato.
Dessert Apple and Feijoa crumble without the refined sugar plus yoghurt

8.00pm Ready Salted Chips as a treat watching the sport on Sky

10.30pm Bed!

Smashed Boot Camp with Cardio Hill Running

Mission successful. Shuttle runs up and down the hill (250 metres) in between we did 70 pressups (on my kness I might add) and 50 squats. Then we did one big loop around the main road. I hada guy beating to the top of the shuttle runs but I would over take on the downhill each time then in the last run he stopped at the top and I kept going finishing the long run first. The main trainer was away sick so the other trainer said to my group that I would be helping out. This made me work out harder.

Day 10 Challenge going well!

My no refined sugar/artificial flavours/perservatives for 30 days is going very well.
I was tempted this morning by my favourite, Chocolate Brownie!!! Instead I went straight to the fridge to get my cheese and fruit! Solved the temptation issues straight away. Fail to plan you plan to fail!

Here's my food intake for the day.

5.45am Porridge, Yoghurt, sultanas
Water one glass

6.20am Exercise 5km run

8.20 am 2 fried eggs fried in ghee on toast
Cod liver oil one teaspoon

9.00am Nuts and raisins
Water

10.00am Sultanas
Water

10.30 am Cheese, 2 Fejoias, Water,
 Sultanas

12.20pm 2 Toasted sandwiches with Avacado and tomato and cheese
Water

2.15pm Apple, Water, Nuts

3.40pm, Water Sultanas,

5.30pm Cheese, Water,

5.50pm Dinner Smoked Fish with Gnochi and fresh basil stir fried red cabbage, Water

8.00pm Yoghurt nuts and Feijoia's for dessert

9.30pm Bed time ETA

Day 8 and 9 a success!

My challenge of no refined sugar/ perservatives/ artificial flavours over 30 days is nearly a 1/3 of the way there! I had a great day today with a good sleep the prior night from 9pm through to 6am. With a quick wake up call at 3.40am from Samuel for a bottle I managed to sleep in by accident however I must have needed it because I had a huge couple of days.

Energy level stayed the same throughout the day.

7.30am Porridge with sultanas and home made natural yoghurt
Water
Cod Liver oil

10.00 Cheese, Sultanas
apple, 2 slices of Bread and butter

11.00 Nuts, Sultanas, water and rice cracker
12.40 Lunch Tuna Pie, Chunky Vegetable bean soup (leftovers) Water, and apple crumble with no refined sugar in it

2.00pm Nuts and sultanas, cheese, water, some apple

4.20pm Nuts sultanas, water, dried apricots

5.40pm Tuna Pie large portion, beans, carrots and water for dinner

6.20pm Yoghurt and some nuts.
Water

Aiming to be in bed by 9.30 pm