Day 65 - New Bands

While on the hunt for a pull up bar, I bought some new resistance bands. These ones have a much better handle than my other ones (see pic here) as they are not solid but are foam with soft mesh tape. The solid hard plastic handles on my other band make it really hard to do thumbs up curls etc. 

Also, the door attachment on the other one doesn't have a disk for the anchor on other side of the door. I was always afraid I would pull it out and smack myself in the head. I never did but still the concern was there.

This band is black and the second most difficult one in the shop. The lady in the shop told me that it was very strong and normally meant for men. I told her that I was training every day *grin* and that the pink one was now not enough resistance for me. She checked the resistance of the pink one and the black one I was planning to buy and conceded that it might be an OK step up. 

I used the new one last night for the first time and I am really happy with it. I will still use the pink one for things like double katanas and davincis as these are still quite tough for me.  

I was also on the hunt for a fancy pants set of scales and I still haven't bought any. I just don't understand enough about them and how they work for me to navigate the Japanese instructions. My Japanese is pretty good after living here for 11 years but still the kanji on most instruction booklets defeat me. Especially as I am not familiar with the vocab needed for the various settings.  

So the only stats I am able to share are the absolute weight in kg. I didn't even think to measure my waist or anything before I started PCP. Oh well, my final post will only have photos rather than the stats.

Speaking of photos, I have uploaded some new ones. I can't get the whole breathing thing right but I am still a long way from a 6 pack so it is probably moot at this point in my journey. But progress can be seen and I am looking fitter and less like a big pudding.

Workout yesterday went really well. Floor jumps left me crawling on my hands and knees again. Good burn in the shoulders and I can see some definition happening there too. Arms still flabby but rather than a leg-o-mutton, I am starting to look more defined.  

Skips done this morning before breakfast. Still lots of trips but I figure as long as I am averaging 500 skips per set or 100 skips per minute, I am doing something worthwhile with my time. I do work up a good sweat and it does set me up for the day so I really am kinda enjoying the skipping now. 

Despite Patrick's warning of tunnel vision, I am still fairly determined to stay on this path of weight loss. But I will decide what to do after the 90 days is up rather than planning which day to start at again immediately.

Welcome to all the new PCP'ers. I got a shock yesterday looking at all the new blogs on the PCP home page. I kinda envy these guys starting out as I want to start again too. I remember the eager anticipation of those first few heady weeks and the excitement of those first few kilos coming off.

p.s.  I still haven't found a pull-up bar yet.