Year end conclusions

Had the last couple of weeks off from training and basketball as the basketball gym is closed for the holidays.

Have been walking most days with the dogs for 2-3 mile walks so I am managing to keep the weight down a bit.

My end of year weigh in was 96.8kgs and 29.8% bodyfat which means that this year I have lost over 2kgs. This is however well below my target weight loss.

The last 3 weeks I have gone back to drinking coca cola which is the main reason that I haven´t got below 95kgs yet.

Although I haven´t lost a lot of weight this year I have definately improved my fitness levels and my arms and legs have toned up a lot. I noticed the other day that I do not get winded any more walking up the hill to my house any more where this time last year I had to stop half way and use my inhaler now I dont even get out of breath. Also playing basketball I can sprint the length of the court without getting out o breath which make playing much better :-)

In a bid to start loosing more weight I started skating again yesterday which was fun but I was really bad and my ankle hurt a bit. My son has started to get into skating as well so next year we are going to go skate at least every other day which will help with my weight loss and also build up leg strength.

I have been thinking about my fitness goals for next year and I have com up with the following:

1. Go one year without drinking Coca Cola. My record is 3 months so this will be hard.
2. Walk with my dogs for at least 30 minutes every day and record the walks with Strava.
3. Do jump training at least 3 times a week.
4. Skate at least 3 times a week
5. Play basketball at least 3 times a week.
6. Use car less.

My main goal is to lose 10.8 kgs to get my weight down to 85kgs by this time next year. I think with the lifestyle changes that I am putting in place in the goals above that my main goal is achievable.

I am dedicated this year to log all of my activities in a jornal and I am going to create a new blog to chart my progress.

Tomorrow I am going to take a lot of body measurements and measure my current vertical jump so that I can keep measuring my progress over the year.

I have decided that I am only going to take weight measurements once a week instead of every day as I was doing as I want to put more focus on lifestyle changes and less focus on bodyweight.