Everything is Singapore is going well. My sore throat during the day of the delivery grews horns, evolving into a nasty respiratory and sinus infection. This was awful news in that I had to limit my time around Dakota, and wearing a mask the whole time I was with the baby. I am finally starting to feel better. At doctor's advice, I did not travel back to Jakarta. I will return to Jakarta this weekend to get back to work. Iren, Dakota, Erica, and Maria will remain in Singapore through the end of the month. Both Iren and Dakota will have follow up appointments in the next couple weeks, but so far all indications are that everyone is doing well. The whole family will return together to Jakarta on December 3rd, assuming all the check-ups go well.
The other major downside from this illness has been over a week with no real workouts. I bought a new bike in Singapore too, but I only have been able to use it once. This is bad news most immediately because the Singapore 10K race is coming soon, just a couple weeks to go. I am going to try to ease back into the gym this weekend, but I am still coughing alot and wheezing - so it's not ideal conditions for training for this big race.
Some of you have asked what's going to happen on Dec 31st. For lots of reasons, I am going to extend this program. Though I am much healthier than I was a year ago, I have not achieved the weight loss and fitness goals I envisioned. Therefore, I am extending the commitment through July 2008. The goal is to run the Gold Coast Marathon at a weight of 110 kilograms. This means there are concrete weight and fitness goals to be achieved.
That means I have 30 weeks to drop 40 kilos. An aggressive goal for sure, but I think it is possible. To drop 1.3 kilos a week, I need a negative weekly calorie balance of approximately 10,000 calories. Therefore, my strict fitness goal is to burn at least 10,000 calories per week.
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