Getting obsessed, staying obsessed and being inspired to reach your goals.

I love cycling all kinds of cycling, actually I like outdoor stuff and most importantly of all I like the people I meet. I’ve always been at the back of the pack and its never bugged me, I am a big guy carrying some extra weight which in the land of skinny wippet shaven legged cyclist puts me at a disadvantage especially hill climbing.  

I was watching a cheesy American TV show called the Biggest Looser where really fat people get skinny really fast, and I though I have never really really tried to loose weight, now I have exercised but I never tried to control my eating habits so I thought I would not just try but I would get obsessed and stay obsessed I would loose 10% of my body weight and keep it off for a year.

So I started calorie counting using an iPhone App called ‘Lose It’ you get credit for exercise and a daily calorie budget in my case about 1890 Calories a day before exercise.  What an eye opener I was shocked and horrified at how many calories I consumed and how easy it was to blow my budget no more nachos and cheese,  spooning peanut butter directly into my mouth or eating a package of digestive biscuits in one sitting and we will not even talk about beer.  

So I exercised my nuts of for 4 months often went to bed hungry lost heart several times and binged but I lost the 10% and more and I am not done yet.

But to stay on track I need to keep obsessed and I do that by looking at the results and setting new goals I wanted to share a few with you:

Last year I rode the Mt Baker ride 166km and lots of up in 6:30 rolling time this year 6:00 I felt great took more turns at the front and felt so good on the big climb that I question wether I was delirious, 

At the start of this season I climbing Mt Seymour in 1:05 last week I did it in 0:55.

In November I am going to Maui, where there is a vary large Volcano and I am going o ride it.

I will leave you with this link which is making me want to be very fit indeed http://www.waze.com/blog/the-19-most-complex-and-dangerous-roads-in-the-world/

All the best

Martin (should have been a rugby player) Eskes