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.