Post Vegas Update

A week in Las Vegas again, but this time in the Mandalay Bay. Not the best Gym's I have seen but they do have a full suite if you want to pay $30. I just missed out on the Rockstar event, well not quite. It turned out to be on the day I arrived and the 20 minute cab ride took over an hour!

On my first morning (again jet lagged and awake at 3am) I decided to go for a run. The route I took was from the Mandalay Bay Beach level, through the entrance and out to the strip, Unfortunately, the first crossing of a major intersection and a wait. Then along passed the Luxor and Excalibur and over the bridge to New York. Over the Brooklyn Bridge and headed up towards the Aria. Another bridge and over the strip towards the MGM then back along the opposite side of the strip towards New York and then over the strip and back towards the Mandalay Bay. This was a 5k route, but not the easiest run due to the bridges, steps, escalators and crossings so not the quickest!

 I managed to do this every day while I was there, variable temperatures but an enjoyable run with good views. It's not often you can run from Asia to New York and get a view of Paris and the Eiffel Tower in a single run!

I ate pretty well, despite the food and drink challenges. I even had a salad in the Cheescake Factory! Despite the disciplined approach to healthy eating and the daily runs I managed to put 1.7Kg on when I weighed in on my return. Sure most of that is water retention from the flights and will come off quick enough but annoying nonetheless.

And so it did! A week later and 1.9Kg loss and now quite happy sitting under 71Kg staring towards my target of 69.9Kg. I'll do another Boditrax this week to see how I'm doing overall but quite pleased with the progress and the new healthy lifestyle.

Nearly at the final goal!

Another great week, a moderate 0.9Kg loss and now sitting at 71.1Kg and an overall loss of 15.2Kg. Running is going great, just under 30K run this week and getting faster each time. Another business trip to Las Vegas tomorrow and will try and get a run of the Strip in for the week, just missing out on running the RockStar challenge on Saturday as I have to fly back. Would have been awesome to have that on my run list, especially as my first race!

A great week!

This week I've managed to complete my first major target, the goals I set along the way of losing half a stone have obviously been moving me towards an end target weight but the key achievement was to move from being rated "Obese" with a BMI of over 30 down to "Normal" with a BMI of under 25. Today was weigh in day and I've hit 24.9 and 2Kg off my target goal of 69.9Kg (11st). This has been completed in 108 days, through careful calorie consumption against a daily calorie allowance tracked with Livestrong's MyPlate app and increased exercise.

I knew it was looking good as I rescanned myself with Boditrax at the Gym yesterday and was really pleased with the results.

Above is yesterday's scan and below the comparison from a few weeks ago.

I've lost a little muscle mass, but a lot of fat and my Metabolic age is 5 years lower and 8 years below my actual age.

Running is going well, I managed 36.9k last week and have completed 28k this week as well and also attempted to run one of the "official" runs in the area this morning and made the 7.1k run in a time I am very happy with. That's the furthest I have run, and while not my quickest it is quite a tough run with some pretty steep hills.

I'm very tempted to run my first 5k Parkrun tomorrow, but might defer after this morning's run. I'll make a call on it in the morning depending on how stiff I am. It's bonfire night tomorrow and I'm going to a party tonight and as I have now hit my target, I think a beer might be in order!