I want to do my first IRONMAN!

ZEROSKULL

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I used to be 250lbs and I am 5"7. I started to do some exercises 2 years ago when my doctor said to me that he's going to give me a high blood pressure tablet or I lose some weight. I choose to lose my weight.

Through that 2 years I achieved a lot of things from finishing Half-Marathon to Full-Marathon, doing few Triathlons and so on. Now, I want to finish my first IRONMAN end of this year in Australia. IRONMAN is a long distance triathlon that double the distance than a normal Triathlon FYI. My plan was to do this year but I have to cancel due to commitment (family) and within 5 months of doing nothing only eating, I gain my weight back to around 220lbs which my lowest peak was approximately 187lbs. Yup, living in Asia is the most difficult part to avoid those delicious food but thats no excuse

Here I am going to share my journey to become an IRONMAN and along this journey is to lose my target weight.

Basically my routine exercise is going to be Swim, Bike and Run which I usually do in sequence. This week is more like a 'base' training which is to regain my fitness level heheh and maybe the first 2 months I will be concentrating on burning calories rather than distance I attempt.

My training log so far:

April 2010 :


My weight as in Mon 5/04/2010 100 kg

5/04/2010

6/04/2010
Swim 600mtrs

7/04/2010
Weight before run 100.4kg and after 99.7kg


Noon Swim 700m

8/04/2010


Noon Swim 1km

10/04/2010



10/04/2010



Wish me luck guys..
 
You're outrageous! I really appreciate your goals and determination. So as I understand it you are about 220 pounds now?
 
Summary of my activities last week. I did more than 6 hours of workout in 7 days week. The calories burn is excluding my Swim activity. The Avg speed is both Cycling and Running. My current weight is 215lbs. Need to work harder!

5/4/2010-11/4/2010

Count:
11 Activities
Distance: 79.36 km
Time: 06:13:35 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 297 m
Avg Speed: 12.7 km/h
Avg HR: 150 bpm
Avg Bike Cadence: 72 rpm
Calories: 3,827 C
 
Did not really lose weight last week because I missed 2 days of workout due to family commitment. My current weight to date is 96.8KG. If I could drop my weight to 1.5KG a week and I think it is possible to reach my goal weight which is 70KG (atleast) in August 2010 if I eat right and do regular work out.


Report for Week 2
Count: 9 Activities
Distance: 56.15 km
Time: 06:39:55 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 294 m
Avg Speed: 9.0 km/h
Avg HR: 147 bpm
Avg Run Cadence:
Avg Bike Cadence: 78 rpm
Calories: 4,639 C
 
I noticed from your profile that you are from Brunei. I am one of the very few people that have traveled to Brunei and jogged through the streets of Seri Bandar Begawan.

One thing about losing weight is to make sure you eat less calories than you body needs. I know that you probably think that burning calories through fitness is the way to lose weight, but you need to figure out how many calories your body needs.

Go here and find out what your BMR is. Let me know

Assuming you are a guy
 
I noticed from your profile that you are from Brunei. I am one of the very few people that have traveled to Brunei and jogged through the streets of Seri Bandar Begawan.

One thing about losing weight is to make sure you eat less calories than you body needs. I know that you probably think that burning calories through fitness is the way to lose weight, but you need to figure out how many calories your body needs.

Go here and find out what your BMR is. Let me know

Assuming you are a guy

Thanks for the tip.

Yup I am trying to consume as what is essential to lose weight and my body. Thanks again and appreciated.
 
Week 3

I didnt do much this week. A lot of resting done due to my slight ankle injury. I managed to do long run which was on and and that was on Saturday. Did not do much swimming either. ( and )

This week will be my Half-Marathon in Sabah.

Summary of Week 3 Activities

Count: 6 Activities
Distance: 67.48 km
Time: 06:33:52 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 253 m
Avg Speed: 11.8 km/h
Avg HR: 148 bpm
Avg Run Cadence: --
Avg Bike Cadence: 91 rpm
Calories: 5,117 C
 
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