Day 67 - Substituting jumprope with swimming pool and biking

Hi there,

Since the fracture, I am not allowed to do jump rope. I understand how convenient it was to do this and how effective it was. It's short, you can do it everywhere, you don't need a swimming pool or a gym to carry on your workout.

I have been substituting skipping with 25 minutes swimming or biking. The 25 minutes seem very long. I try to do it everyday but when I travel I can't bring with me my swimming pool the same way I used to do with the jump rope.

But at least it's better than not doing anything. The fracture during the program was not ideal but surprinsingly I am sticking to the program which enabled me to obtain significant results. Today it's minus 9 kg. I am at 82.9 Kg and hope that by the end of the program I could be below the 80Kg's mark.

I would have to keep going with PCP beyond PCP until i reach 76 Kg.

Day 68 - Challenging Ramadan

Hi there,

Not eating the whole day, doing your workout right before iftar is becoming difficult. The only positive is that the scale is showing improvements on a daily basis after a long period of stagnation. Yesterday i was so tired that I slept from 9 PM till 7 AM.

Patrick has given me a special diet during Ramadan but with still 3 meals. There is no way I can eat 3x during the night only. My stomach has shrunk and can't manage to eat the equivalent of a day of food during one night.

I still have not find the right rythme for Ramadan but all I can say it's challenging

Day 63 - Ramadan and new special diet

Hi there,

Yesterday it was the day of Ramadan. According to Wikipedia, Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان‎ Ramaḍān, Arabic pronunciation: [rɑmɑˈdˤɑːn]) (alsoRamazan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 to 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and submissiveness to God. 


So during the daylight, I can't have my breakfast, my snacks, my lunch and my snack on PCP terms. Patrick had to adjust my diet to get around this daylight constraint. Consequence, there is just too much food to eat at night and surprinsingly, my stomach can't handle all that. 


Last year, I took on weight during Ramadan. You starve yourself during the day and during the night, you have those gigantic buffets with a lot of food sweet etc... and you do this for 30 days so you can imagine. I was eating so much food that I had to take a nap to digest all that. This year is much better.


I still exercise late during the day and before iftar '=moment when you are allowed to eat'. I did my 25 minutes swim but did not have the energy to do the rest of the workout. Hopefully i will today.

Day 55 - In Iraq

For the next couple of days spending some time in Iraq where getting the right quantities on the road is not that easy... As Patrick mentioned by now, we should have a fairly good scale in the eyes to estimate the quantities. The issue is not so much about the quantities but about being able to get a yogurt in the middle of something or get low fat milk.

Have exercised at the hotel yesterday but because they don't have a swimming had to walk for 15 minutes at a very rapid pace. Started feeling some pain in my tibia again then I decided to stop walking.

Weight loss wise, it has been stagnating lately hardly breaking up the 7.5 Kg bar.

Day 48 - Shrinking man

Heard from people yesterday the sentence 'look at the shrinking man! you look much better'

That's enough to jack-up the commitment to PCP.

Lately getting the food ready was a logistical challenge. My wife who used to help me is very busy with the kid who just started the solids so she is cooking for him and not for me anymore. I am eating a lot of salads as a substitute to 'regular veg' because it's easier to prepare.

Day 45, 46 and 47 - Do you finish all your exercises?

Hi there,

I have been very irregular with my blog and mainly because of work. All my colleagues went on vacation and I end up working on all the subject which does not leave me with too much spare time.

After the tibia fracture, I have started substituting jumprope with swimming. Because it's using another set of muscles at the back, I am now sore from my back. Swimming 30 minutes a day is really a challenge. I managed to do it twice. Today I did some biking so that I can give some rest to my back muscles.

For the rest of the exercises, they are really a challenge. I don't know if everyone manages to finish all the exercises especially the pull-ups and the abs? I have to be honest I can't...

Today's stats are good. 84.4 Kg from the 91.8 when I started which means (-)7.4Kg so far. I think it's not bad given that I have been very irregular with my exercises because of the fracture and the amount of travel i did in an out this month.

Day 39 - Leg fracture caused by jumprope

I just came back from the Orthopedist today and here is what the report is saying

Findings
Transverse fracture of the upper medical aspect of the proximal tibial shaft is seen with perifocal edema.
The midline anterior aspect of the tibial plateau also shows evidence of osteochondral fracture with underlying bone edema.
Adjacent femoral condylar trochlear cartilage also shows edema.
Subcutaneous edema is seen at the anteromedical aspect of the knee joint.
Mild knee joint effusion is noted

Conclusion
Transverse fracture at the upper medical aspect of the right tibial shaft with adjacent edema.
Osteochondral fracture at the anterior aspect of the tibial plateau and lateral patellar articular margin.
Intact ligaments and menisci.

I did not know that jump rope could do that !

The Dr was astonished to see what the cause was.